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Definitions: Sanitation |
SanitationNoun1. The state of being clean and conducive to health. 2. Making something sanitary (free of germs) as by sterilizing. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "sanitation" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1895. (references) |
| Domain | Definitions |
Environment | Control of physical factors in the human environment that could harm development, health, or survival. (references) |
Health | The development and establishment of environmental conditions favorable to the health of the public. (references) |
Medicine | Treatment of bacteriologically polluted substance, for example, waste or sludge, in such a way that the risk of carrying disease in connection with further treatment is minimized; the treatment aims at killing vegetative forms of pathogenic microorganisms; cf. pasteurization, disinfection, sterilization. Source: European Union. (references) |
Public Administration | The application of measures and techniques aimed at ensuring and improving environmental health in a community, including the collection, evacuation and disposal of rain and used liquid and solid wastes, with or without prior treatment; -DDMG. Source: European Union. (references) |
Statistics | Access to sanitation refers to the share of the population with at least adequate excreta disposal facilities that can effectively prevent human, animal, and insect contact with excreta. Suitable facilities range from simple but protected pit latrines to flush toilets with sewerage. To be effective, all facilities must be correctly constructed and properly maintained. Source: European Union. (references) |
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(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Wiktionary definition of sanitation
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Sanitation."
Synonyms: SanitationSynonyms: sanitisation (n), sanitization (n). (additional references) |
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Screenplays | All right, but apart from the sanitation, medicine, education, wine, public order, irrigation, roads, the fresh water system and public health, what have the Romans ever done for us? (Life of Brian; writing credit: Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones, and Michael Palin.) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Film 3: Solutions and People Water Supply and Sanitation in Development (1985) | |
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![]() | FSIS inspection of systems for sanitation. .Credit: USDA. | ![]() | Systems and sanitation check. .Credit: USDA. |
![]() | [View of machine shop and sanitation building].Credit: National Library of Medicine. | ![]() | Education of untrained midwives in modern methods of delivery, sanitation, and hygiene ... / WHO p.Credit: National Library of Medicine; photo by Dale Whitney.. |
![]() | Investigation of rural sanitation. / P.Credit: National Library of Medicine; photo by Anderson.. | ![]() | Complete Sanitation - Mandan, [North Dakota] - '36.Credit: National Library of Medicine. |
![]() | [Wilson County Sanitation Day Parade, Fredonia, Kansas, Oct. 5, 1915].Credit: National Library of Medicine. | ![]() | Oil application by drip can for malaria control in WWI extra-cantonment sanitation work.Credit: National Library of Medicine. |
![]() | Diphtheria : Keep Out Of This House / Dept. of Public Health, Div. of Sanitation.Credit: National Library of Medicine. | ![]() | Carrier of Diphtheria : Keep Out Of This House / Dept. of Public Health, Div. of Sanitation.Credit: National Library of Medicine. |
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Treaty of Versailles | 1919 | There shall be no impediment to the movement of persons or vessels other than those arising from prescriptions concerning customs, police, sanitation, emigration, and immigration, and those relating to the import and export of prohibited goods. (reference) |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Epidemics are a marker for poverty and lack of basic sanitation. (references) | |
In areas of poor sanitation, everyone may be harboring the parasite. (references) | ||
CDC is responsible for evaluating sanitation on cruise ships docking in US ports. (references) | ||
Business | Based on international trends, there is an increased demand for UV and dry sanitation systems. (references) | |
Many small wastewater treatment plants will be constructed within the rural sanitation program. (references) | ||
Here is an increasing demand for dry sanitation systems in rural areas, as used successfully for decades in many developing countries including Vietnam, China, Mexico, El Salvador and other South American countries. (references) | ||
Children | Nepal | Poor or nonexistent sanitation in rural areas puts many children at risk from severe and fatal illnesses. (references) |
Iraq | The executive director of the U.N. office in charge of the oil-for-food program confirmed the insufficient placement of orders in a January 2000 letter to the Government, in which he expressed concern about the low rate of submission of applications in the health, education, water, sanitation, and oil sectors. (references) | |
Civil Liberties | Pakistan | For example, sanitation, health care, shelter, and fresh water are continuing problems in the new camps. (references) |
Economic History | Indonesia | Clean water and sanitation is another major challenge for Indonesia. (references) |
India | The figures also include estimates for basic water treatment and sanitation projects. (references) | |
Taiwan | Currently the U.S., Canada, Australia, and New Zealand meet Taiwan's sanitation and quarantine requirements. (references) | |
Human Rights | Fiji | Food and sanitation in prisons are limited. (references) |
Guyana | The Brickdam lockup in Georgetown has poor sanitation and dangerous conditions. (references) | |
Palau | The sole prison is inspected regularly by government health and sanitation officials. (references) | |
Minorities | Japan | Some of the jobs considered off limits include tax collection, construction permit issuance, sanitation inspection, and firefighting. (references) |
Political Economy | ITALY | In April 2000, a new law changed provisions of a 1990 measure governing strikes affecting essential public services (e.g., transport, sanitation, and health). (references) |
Bhutan | In the last few years, Bhutan has improved rapidly services in education, health care, sanitation, and communications, with parallel but slower development of representative governance and decisionmaking. (references) | |
Political Rights | Mauritania | The elected councils are responsible for some public services, such as sanitation, and have fiscal autonomy and taxing power. (references) |
Macau | Local government representatives elected by direct, universal, secret ballot have responsibility for public sanitation and cultural activities. (references) | |
Trade | Saudi Arabia | There are health and sanitation regulations for all imported foods. (references) |
Travel | Chad | Hospital facilities are basic and sanitation is quite poor. (references) |
Canada | Standards of community health and sanitation are comparable to those in the United States. (references) | |
Italy | Drinking water is acceptable and most pharmaceuticals are available, and sanitation is at American standards. (references) | |
Worker Rights | Madagascar | The Labor Code sets rules and standards for worker safety and worksite sanitation. (references) |
Dominican Republic | The Secretariat of Labor has 250 inspectors who seek to improve sanitation, health care, and safety for workers. (references) | |
Zimbabwe | Trafficked persons in the country were denied access to food, water, and sanitation facilities while being transported. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| Speaker | Phrase(s) |
Rush Limbaugh | Businesses seeking 'Stock Replenishment Executives' were actually looking for shelf stackers and successful candidates for a post as 'Technical Sanitation Assistant' would find themselves cleaning bathrooms. |
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Jimmy Carter | 1977-1981 | This program is essential to the continued ability of our local governments to provide essential police, fire and sanitation services. |
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| "Sanitation" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Sanitation" is used about 160 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 160 | 24,760 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "sanitation": public sanitation ♦ sanitation department ♦ sanitation man. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
sanitation | 139 |
foundation national sanitation | 53 |
nyc sanitation | 48 |
sanitation department | 46 |
department nyc sanitation | 45 |
water sanitation | 34 |
dept nyc sanitation | 34 |
robertson sanitation | 29 |
county district orange sanitation | 27 |
angeles county district los sanitation | 17 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "sanitation"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | kanalizime, instalime hidrosanitare, higjienë publike. (various references) | |
Arabic | تطهير (cleaning, cleansing, decontamination, purgation, purge, purging, purification, sterilization), النظام الصحي, التصحاح تعزيز الصحة العامة, الصحة عامة, الأدوات الصحية. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | хигиенизиране, канализация (drainage, drains, piping, sewage, sewerage), здравеопазване (health, hygiene). (various references) | |
Chinese | 衛" (health, hygiene), 卫" (hygienic, hygienical, hygienically, Wholesome). (various references) | |
Czech | kanalizace (canalization, drainage, sewerage), hygienická zařízení. (various references) | |
Danish | sanitet, sanering (rationalization, reconstruction, reorganization), teknisk hygiejne, hygiejnisering. (various references) | |
Dutch | sanitaire voorzieningen (health care facilities, health facilities, sanitary equipment), sanering (clean up, cleanup, municipal sewage system, rationalization, reconstruction, redevelopment, rehabilitation, remediation, reorganization, sanitization, sanitizing, scrubbing, sewage disposal, urban renewal, urban sewerage system, wastewater disposal), hygiënisch (hygienic, sanitary), bevordering van een gezond leefmilieu, betrouwbaar maken. (various references) | |
Farsi | مراعات اصول بهداشت , سیستم تخلیه فاضل اب , بهسازی (Improvement, Reform). (various references) | |
Finnish | puhtaanapito (grooming, street cleansing), puhdistus (cleaning, cleansing, fining, garbage collection, plaining, purge, purging, purification, refining, removal of digital garbage, shuffling), desinfiointi (disinfection). (various references) | |
French | système sanitaire, assainissement. (various references) | |
German | Sanierung (rationalization, reconstruction, redevelopment, rehabilitation, remediation, renewal, renovation, reorganization, re-shaping, restructuring, self-enrichment), Gesundheitspflege (health care, hygiene). (various references) | |
Greek | υγιεινή (hygiene). (various references) | |
Hebrew | תברוא". (various references) | |
Hungarian | közegészségügy (health protection, public health, public sanitation), higiénia (hygiene), egészségi viszonyok (sanitary conditions), egészségügyi berendezések. (various references) | |
Indonesian | penyehatan, kebersihan (cleanliness, cleanness, purity). (various references) | |
Italian | risanamento (drainage, land drying, rationalization, reconstruction, recovery, redevelopment, remediation, reorganization), igiene (health, hygiene, hygienics). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 衛" (health, hygiene, medical), 公衆衛" (public health), 保健衛" (hygiene), 保健 (health preservation, hygiene). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | ほけ"えいせい (hygiene), ほけ" (guarantee, health preservation, hygiene, insurance), "うしゅうえいせい (public health), えいせい (eternal life, eternity, health, hygiene, immortality, medical, permanence, perpetuity, satellite). (various references) | |
Korean | 위생 (hygiene, hygienic, hygienical, sanitary). (various references) | |
Manx | slayntaghys (hygiene). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | anitationsay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | saneamento (drainage, land drying, purification, rationalization, reconstruction, reorganization), higienização. (various references) | |
Romanian | sistem sanitar, salubritate publicã, salubritate (health, salubrity), asanare (drain, inning). (various references) | |
Russian | санитария. (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | sanitetsko-zdravstvene mere, sanitarni uređaji. (various references) | |
Spanish | saneamiento (drainage, exsiccation, land drainage, land drying, municipal sewage system, purification, restructuring, scaling, sewage disposal, urban sewerage system, wastewater disposal). (various references) | |
Swedish | sanering (clearance, decontamination, degassing, municipal sewage system, refinancing, renewal, reorganisation, re-shaping, restructuring, sewage disposal, urban sewerage system, wastewater disposal), hygien (hygiene, hygienics), hälsovård (health service). (various references) | |
Turkish | sanitasyon, sağlıklı hale getirme, sağlık önlemleri, temizlik işleri. (various references) | |
Ukranian | санітарія, санація, оздоровлення. (various references) | |
Vietnamese | sự cải thiện điều kiện vệ sinh. (various references) | |
Welsh | iechydiaeth (hygiene). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "sanitation": sanitations. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "sanitation": insanitation. (additional references) | |
Words containing "sanitation": insanitations. (additional references) | |
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"Sanitation" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Saanichton, Sailathon, sanitact, sanitaton. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "sanitation" (pronounced sa'nutā"shun) |
| 8 | -a' n u t ā" sh u n | annotation. |
| 7 | -n u t ā" sh u n | connotation. |
| 6 | -u t ā" sh u n | accreditation, agitation, amputation, cetacean, cogitation, cohabitation, computation, decapitation, dilatation, equitation, facilitation, gravitation, habitation, hesitation, imitation, imputation, incapacitation, inhabitation, interpretation, invitation, irritation, levitation, limitation, meditation, misinterpretation, palpitation, precipitation, premeditation, recitation, rehabilitation, reinterpretation, reputation, resuscitation, solicitation, vegetation, visitation. |
| 5 | -t ā" sh u n | adaptation, affectation, argumentation, augmentation, citation, confrontation, consultation, crustacean, deforestation, deportation, devastation, dictation, disorientation, disputation, dissertation, documentation, excitation, exhortation, expectation, experimentation, exploitation, fermentation, flirtation, flotation, fragmentation, gestation, implantation, implementation, importation, incantation, incrustation, indentation, infestation, instrumentation, lactation, manifestation, misrepresentation, molestation, mutation, notation, orientation, ornamentation, ostentation, permutation, pigmentation, plantation, presentation, protestation, quotation, recantation, reforestation, refutation, regimentation, representation, rotation, sedimentation, segmentation, station, superstation, temptation, transplantation, transportation. |
| 4 | -ā" sh u n | abbreviation, abdication, aberration, abomination, abrogation, acceleration, acclimation, accommodation, accumulation, accusation, acidification, activation, adjudication, administration, admiration, adoration, adulation, advocation, affiliation, affirmation, agglomeration, aggravation, alienation, allegation, alleviation, allocation, alphabetization, alteration, altercation, amalgamation, amelioration, amortization, amplification, animation, annexation, annihilation, anticipation, antidiscrimination, appellation, application, appreciation, approbation, appropriation, approximation, arbitration, articulation, aspiration, assassination, assimilation, association, authentication, authorization, automation, aviation, avocation, balkanization, bifurcation, calculation, calibration, cancellation, cannibalization, capitalization, capitulation, carnation, castration, categorization, causation, celebration, centralization, certification, cessation, characterization, civilization, clarification, classification, coagulation, codification, cogeneration, collaboration, collectivization, colonization, coloration, colorization, combination, commemoration, commendation, commercialization, communication, communization, compensation, compilation, complication, computerization, concatenation, concentration, conciliation, condemnation, condensation, confabulation, confederation, configuration, confirmation, confiscation, conflagration, conglomeration, congratulation, congregation, conjugation, consecration, conservation, consideration, consolation, consolidation, constellation, consternation, constipation, consummation, contamination, contemplation, continuation, conversation, convocation, cooperation, coordination, coronation, corporation, correlation, corroboration, creation, cremation, criminalization, culmination, cultivation, dalmatian, damnation, decaffeination, deceleration, decentralization, decertification, declaration, decontamination, decoration, decriminalization, dedication, defamation, deflation, deformation, degeneration, degradation, dehumanization, dehydration, deification, deinstitutionalization, delegation, deliberation, delineation, demarcation, demilitarization, demobilization, democratization, demodulation, demonization, demonstration, demoralization, denationalization, denomination, denuclearization, denunciation, depopulation, depravation, depreciation, depredation, deprivation, deregulation, derivation, desalination, desalinization, desecration, desegregation, desiccation, designation, desolation, desperation, destabilization, destination, determination, detonation, detoxication, detoxification, devaluation, deviation, differentiation, dilation, discoloration, discontinuation, discrimination, disembarkation, disinclination, disinflation, disinformation, disintegration, dislocation, disorganization, dispensation, disqualification, dissemination, dissipation, dissociation, distillation, diversification, divination, domestication, domination, donation, dramatization, duplication, duration, echolocation, edification, education, ejaculation, elaboration, elation, electrification, elevation, elimination, elongation, emanation, emancipation, embarkation, emigration, emulation, enumeration, equalization, equivocation, eradication, escalation, estimation, evacuation, evaluation, evaporation, evocation, exacerbation, exaggeration, examination, exasperation, excavation, exclamation, excommunication, exfoliation, exhalation, exhilaration, exhumation, exoneration, expatriation, expiration, explanation, explication, exploration, expropriation, extermination, extrapolation, fabrication, falsification, fascination, federation, fertilization, fibrillation, figuration, filtration, fixation, fluctuation, fluoridation, foliation, formation, formulation, fortification, foundation, frustration, fumigation, gasification, gastrulation, generalization, generation, gentrification, germination, glaciation, globalization, glorification, gradation, graduation, granulation, gratification, gyration, hallucination, harmonization, hibernation, hospitalization, humiliation, hybridization, hydration, hydrogenation, hyperinflation, identification, illumination, illustration, imagination, immigration, immunization, impersonation, implication, impregnation, improvisation, inactivation, inauguration, incarceration, incarnation, inclination, incoordination, incorporation, incrimination, incubation, indemnification, indexation, indication, indignation, indoctrination, industrialization, infatuation, infiltration, inflammation, inflation, information, inhalation, initiation, innovation, inoculation, insemination, insinuation, inspiration, installation, instigation, institutionalization, insubordination, insulation, integration, intensification, internationalization, interrogation, intimation, intimidation, intonation, intoxication, inundation, invalidation, investigation, invocation, ionization, irradiation, irrigation, isolation, jubilation, justification, laceration, legalization, legislation, liberalization, liberation, libration, ligation, liquidation, litigation, localization, location, lubrication, machination, magnetization, magnification, malformation, manipulation, marginalization, masturbation, maturation, maximization, mechanization, mediation, medication, menstruation, migration, mineralization, miniaturization, ministration, misallocation, misapplication, misappropriation, miscalculation, mischaracterization, miscommunication, miscreation, misidentification, misinformation, mitigation, mobilization, moderation, modernization, modification, modulation, monopolization, motivation, multiplication, mummification, mutilation, narration, nation, nationalization, naturalization, navigation, negation, negotiation, neutralization, nitration, nomination, nondiscrimination, nonproliferation, normalization, notification, nucleation, nullification, obfuscation, obligation, observation, occupation, operation, optimization, oration, orchestration, ordination, organisation, organization, origination, oscillation, ossification, ovation, overpopulation, overregulation, overvaluation, ovulation, oxidation, pacification, pagination, participation, pasteurization, penetration, perforation, perpetuation, personalization, personification, perspiration, perturbation, polarization, politicization, pollination, pontification, popularization, population, predestination, prefabrication, preoccupation, preparation, preservation, pressurization, privation, privatization, probation, proclamation, procrastination, procreation, profanation, prognostication, proliferation, pronunciation, propagation, proration, prostration, provocation, publication, punctuation, purification, qualification, quantification, radiation, radicalization, ramification, ratification, rationalization, reaffirmation, realization, reallocation, reauthorization, recalculation, recapitalization, recertification, reclamation, reclassification, recommendation, reconciliation, reconfiguration, reconfirmation, reconsideration, recreation, recrimination, rectification, recuperation, redecoration, rededication, reevaluation, reexamination, reflation, reformation, refrigeration, regeneration, registration, regulation, rehydration, reincarnation, reincorporation, reinvigoration, reiteration, rejuvenation, relation, relaxation, relocation, remediation, remuneration, renationalization, renegotiation, renomination, renovation, renunciation, reorganization, reparation, repatriation, replication, repudiation, reregulation, reservation, resignation, respiration, restoration, retaliation, retardation, reunification, revaluation, revelation, reverberation, revitalization, revocation, rumination, salvation, sanctification, saponification, saturation, securitization, sedation, segregation, sensation, separation, sequestration, simplification, simulation, situation, socialization, sophistication, specialization, specification, speculation, stabilization, stagflation, stagnation, standardization, starvation, sterilization, stimulation, stipulation, strangulation, subluxation, subordination, subsidization, substantiation, suburbanization, suffocation, summation, syndication, tabulation, taxation, telecommunication, termination, titillation, toleration, transformation, transillumination, translation, trepidation, triangulation, tribulation, undervaluation, unification, unionization, urbanization, usurpation, utilization, vacation, vaccination, vacillation, validation, valuation, vaporization, variation, ventilation, verification, vibration, victimization, vilification, vindication, violation, visualization, vocation, vulgarization, westernization. |
| 3 | -sh u n | abduction, abolition, abortion, absolution, absorption, abstraction, academician, accession, accretion, acquisition, action, addiction, addition, admission, admonition, adoption, advection, affection, affliction, aggression, alliteration, alternation, ambition, ammunition, antiabortion, anticorruption, apparition, apportion, apprehension, ascension, ashen, assertion, assumption, attention, attraction, attribution, attrition, auction, audition, beautician, benediction, brutalization, caption, carburetion, caution, circulation, circumspection, clinician, coalition, coercion, cognition, collection, commission, commotion, compassion, competition, completion, complexion, composition, comprehension, compression, compulsion, compunction, conception, conceptualization, concession, concoction, concussion, condescension, condition, conduction, confection, confession, conjunction, connection, conniption, conscription, constitution, constriction, construction, consumption, contention, contortion, contraception, contraction, contradiction, contraption, contribution, contrition, convection, convention, conviction, convolution, convulsion, correction, corruption, counterrevolution, crucifixion, cushion, deception, decimation, decommission, decomposition, decompression, deconstruction, deduction, defection, definition, deletion, demolition, demotion, dentition, depiction, depletion, deposition, depression, dereliction, description, desertion, destitution, destruction, detection, detention, deterioration, devolution, devotion, diction, dietitian, diffraction, digression, dilution, dimension, diminution, direction, disaffection, disconnection, discretion, discussion, disinfection, disposition, disruption, dissatisfaction, dissection, dissension, dissolution, distinction, distortion, distraction, distribution, dysfunction, edition, egyptian, ejection, election, electrician, electrocution, elocution, emission, emotion, emulsion, encryption, erection, erudition, eruption, eviction, evolution, exaction, exception, excoriation, excretion, execution, exemption, exertion, exhibition, expansion, expedition, exposition, expression, expulsion, extension, extinction, extortion, extraction, extradition, faction, fashion, fiction, fission, flexion, formalization, fraction, freshen, friction, fruition, function, gentian, geriatrician, gumption, hessian, homogenization, hypertension, hypotension, ignition, impassion, imperfection, imposition, impression, inaction, inception, incineration, indiscretion, induction, infarction, infection, inflection, infliction, infraction, inhibition, injection, injunction, inquisition, inscription, insertion, inspection, institution, instruction, insurrection, interaction, interception, intercession, interconnection, interdiction, interjection, intermission, interruption, intersection, introduction, introspection, intuition, invention, junction, jurisdiction, juxtaposition, lilliputian, liposuction, liquefaction, locomotion, logician, lotion, magician, malfunction, malnutrition, mansion, martian, mathematician, mention, midsection, misapprehension, misconception, misimpression, misperception, mission, mortician, motion, munition, musician, nonaggression, nonfiction, nonprescription, notion, nutrition, objection, obsession, obstetrician, obstruction, ocean, omission, opposition, oppression, optician, option, overconsumption, overexpansion, overproduction, overprotection, overreaction, oversimplification, partition, passion, patrician, pediatrician, pension, perception, percussion, perfection, permission, persecution, petition, physician, politician, pollution, portion, position, possession, potion, precaution, precession, preconception, precondition, prediction, predilection, predisposition, preelection, preemption, preignition, premonition, prescription, presumption, presupposition, pretension, prevention, procession, production, profession, progression, prohibition, projection, promotion, proportion, proposition, propulsion, proscription, prosecution, prostitution, protection, ration, reaction, reassertion, reception, recession, recognition, recollection, recondition, reconstruction, redefinition, redemption, redirection, redistribution, reduction, reeducation, reelection, reflection, regression, reimposition, reinspection, reintegration, reintroduction, reinvention, rejection, remission, rendition, repercussion, repetition, reposition, repossession, repression, reproduction, requisition, resolution, restitution, restriction, resumption, resurrection, retention, retraction, retransmission, retribution, revolution, revulsion, rhetorician, sanction, satisfaction, secession, secretion, section, sedition, seduction, selection, session, solution, statistician, submission, subscription, subsection, substation, substitution, subtraction, succession, suction, superstition, supposition, suppression, suspension, suspicion, syncopation, tactician, technician, tension, theoretician, titian, traction, tradition, transaction, transcription, transection, transgression, transition, transmission, tuition, venetian, volition, workstation. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-i-i-n-n-o-s-t-t" | |
-1 letter: natations, satiation. | |
-2 letters: annattos, natation, ostinati, sonatina, titanias. | |
-3 letters: anattos, annatto, anoints, attains, instant, nations, onanist, station, titania, titians. | |
-4 letters: anatto, anions, anoint, attain, inions, isatin, nasion, natant, nation, nitons, otitis, sonant, sonata, stotin, taints, tanist, titans, titian. | |
-5 letters: anion, annas, anoas, antas, antis, inion, intis, iotas, naans, nanas, niton, nonas, ostia, saint, santo, satin, stain, stint, stoai, stoat, tains, taint, tanto, tints, titan, titis, toast, toits. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-i-i-n-n-o-s-t-t" | |
+1 letter: nationalist, patinations, sanitations. | |
+2 letters: antagonistic, antioxidants, antiquations, incantations, infatuations, insanitation, installation, instauration, nationalists, sanitization, transitional. | |
+3 letters: alimentations, annexationist, anticipations, antiromantics, cantillations, implantations, inactivations, ingratiations, inhabitations, insanitations, installations, instantiation, instaurations, invitationals, latinizations, manifestation, nationalistic, nationalities, noncapitalist, notarizations, quantitations, quantizations, sanitizations, tetanizations, transpiration, vaticinations. | |
+4 letters: administration, agglutinations, annexationists, antimonarchist, antineoplastic, contaminations, fantastication, fractionations, instantiations, intercalations, internationals, magnetizations, manifestations, mistranslation, multinationals, noncapitalists, nonstatistical, patronizations, ratiocinations, reinstallation, sanctification, sensationalist, substantiation, transamination, transitionally, transmigration, transpirations, triangulations. | |
+5 letters: administrations, antiabortionist, anticolonialist, antimonarchists, antinationalist, antirationalism, antirationalist, antiromanticism, antisegregation, antispeculation, authentications, centralizations, connaturalities, contraindicates, emancipationist, externalisation, fantastications, fraternizations, gelatinizations, incapacitations, initializations, interanimations, intergradations, investigational, keratinizations, latensification, mistranslations, naturalizations, neutralizations, nonantagonistic, nonaristocratic, nonparticipants, nonstationaries, nonutilitarians, postvaccination, procrastinating, procrastination, quantifications, reimplantations, reinstallations, sanctifications, sensationalists, standardization, substantiations, transaminations, transcriptional, transfiguration, transliteration, transmigrations, transpirational, transpositional. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)53 61 6E 69 74 61 74 69 6F 6E |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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| American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)
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| Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)
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| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references)... .- -. .. - .- - .. --- -. |
| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010011 01100001 01101110 01101001 01110100 01100001 01110100 01101001 01101111 01101110 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)S a n i t a t i o n |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0053 0061 006E 0069 0074 0061 0074 0069 006F 006E |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)53678075866786758180 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Images: Slideshow 7. Images: Photo Album 8. Quotations: Historic | 9. Quotations: Non-fiction 10. Quotations: Spoken 11. Quotations: Speeches 12. Usage Frequency | 13. Expressions 14. Expressions: Internet 15. Translations: Modern 16. Derivations | 17. Rhymes 18. Anagrams 19. Orthography 20. Bibliography |
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