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Seduction

Definitions: Seduction

Seduction

Noun

1. Enticing someone astray from right behavior.

2. An act of winning the love of someone.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "seduction" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1780. (references)

Synonym: Seduction

Synonym: conquest (n). (additional references)

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Specialty Definition: Seduction

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

Seduction is the process of one person deliberately enticing another person into an act. The word has a negative connotation, either seriously or mildly (and also used jokingly), and may refer to an act that the other may later regret and/or would normally not want to do.

Sexual seduction

The most common example is inducing sexual desire in order to persuade someone to have sexual intercourse. The term is generally used to imply that the seducer is acting out of a motive other than love for the seducee, while that would normally be a requirement for the latter. Seduction is seen by some people as a short-cut for obtaining sex without having to master the art of social interaction, and by others as a way of using sex to manipulate other people.

Myths and legends have many accounts of sexual seduction, and describe a number of gods of seduction and romance. Legendary seducers include Zeus, Krishna and Don Juan, and legendary victims of seduction include Leda.

Giacomo Casanova (1725 - 1798) was a famous 18th century seducer, whose name has become synonymous with seduction.

Moral seduction

Other forms of seduction include seduction into crime or immorality. Some religions have accounts of evil spirits who seduce innocents into wrongdoing.

A related term is temptation; advertising, nice packaging, etc. are meant to make products tempting; in some contexts it refers to evil that is tempting, e.g. in the Lord's Prayer.

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Seduction."

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Synonyms within Context: Seduction

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Desire

Desideratum; want; (requirement); "a consummation devoutly to be wished "; attraction, magnet, allurement, fancy, temptation, seduction, fascination, prestige, height of one's ambition, idol; whim, whimsy, whimsey; maggot; hobby, hobby-horse.

Impurity

Seduction; defloration, defilement, abuse, violation, rape; incest.

Motive

Inducement, consideration; attraction; loadstone; magnet, magnetism, magnetic force; allectation, allective; temptation, enticement, agacerie, allurement, witchery; bewitchment, bewitchery; charm; spell; fascination, blandishment, cajolery; seduction, seducement; honeyed words, voice of the tempter, song of the Sirens forbidden fruit, golden apple.

Pain

Attraction; (motive); attractiveness, attractability; invitingness; Adjective: harm, fascination, enchantment, witchery, seduction, winning ways, amenity, amiability; winsomeness.

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: Seduction

English words defined with "seduction": falselyInveiglementscore, sexual conquest. (references)
Specialty definitions using "seduction": Get a discountHairMadge Wildfire. (references)

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Modern Usage: Seduction

DomainUsage

Screenplays

Objection! What length of time should she have spent? Is there any legal limit on how long a seduction ought to take? (Vérité, La; writing credit: Henri-Georges Clouzot; Véra Clouzot)

I appreciate this whole seduction thing you've got going on here, but let me give you a tip: I'm a sure thing. (Pretty Woman; writing credit: J.F. Lawton)

Lyrics

On the seduction line (YOU SHOOK ME ALL NIGHT LONG; performing artist: AC/DC)

Movie/TV Titles

The Seduction of Lyn Carter (1974)

Seduction (1974)

How to Play the Seduction Game (1973)

Seduction of the Innocent (1961)

Girl Seduction (2003)

Song Titles

Two To Make It Right (performing artist: Seduction)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: Seduction

DomainTitle

Books

  

Theater & Movies

  • Lina Wertmuller Collection - Seduction of Mimi, Love and Anarchy, Swept Away and Seven Beauties (reference)

  • The Babysitter's Seduction (reference)

  • Babysitter's Seduction (reference)

  • Body Chemistry 3 - Point of Seduction (reference)

  • Loving Sex - Erotic Seduction (reference)

    (more DVD examples; more video examples)

  

Music

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Speeches: Seduction

SpeakerTermPhrase(s)

George Washington

1789-1797How many opportunities do they afford to tamper with domestic factions, to practice the arts of seduction, to mislead public opinion, to influence or awe the public councils!

James Madison

1809-1817On our southwestern border the Creek tribes, who, yielding to our persevering endeavors, were gradually acquiring more civilized habits, became the unfortunate victims of seduction.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Usage Frequency: Seduction

"Seduction" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 99.31% of the time. "Seduction" is used about 145 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 SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Noun (singular)99.31%14426,339
Noun (proper)0.69%1339,140
                    Total100.00%145N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expression: Seduction

Hyphenated Usage

Beginning with "seduction": seduction-packed.

Ending with "seduction": half-seduction.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Seduction

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.
 
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9
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Modern Translations: Seduction

Language Translations for "seduction"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Albanian

  

ngashënjim (allurement, attraction), joshje (attraction, bait, draw, enticement, inveiglement, solicitation, temptation). (various references)

   

Arabic 

  

‏فتنة (appeal, attraction, disorder, glamor, glamour, spell, temptation, trial), ‏إغواء (enticement, lure, temptation, temptress), ‏إغراء (allurement, appeal, bait, glamor, glamour, invitation, solicitation, temptation). (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

съблазън (allurement, lure, temptation), съблазняване (enticement, inveiglement), прелъстяване (ruin), привлекателност (allure, appeal, attraction, attractiveness, charm, congeniality, desirability, glamor, glamour, pizzazz, prettiness, relish, sightliness, solicitation). (various references)

   

Czech

  

svedení. (various references)

   

Dutch

  

verleiding (enticement, temptation). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

viettely (enticement). (various references)

   

French

  

séduction. (various references)

   

German

  

Verführung (enticement, seducement, temptation, tempting). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

ξελόγιασμα, αποπλάνηση (aberration, deviousness, misguidance), δελεασμόσ (blandishment, enticement, seducement). (various references)

   

Hebrew 

  

מ"וח (allure, enticement, fascination, reporting), פתוי (enticement, enticing, flat, lure, persuasion, temptation), "סת" (agitation, ferment, incitement, sedition). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

csábítás (allurement, attraction, bait, coaxing, debauchery, enticement, lure, temptation), vonzerő (appeal, blandishments, charm, draw, enticement, fascination, lure), varázs (allurement, appeal, attraction, blandishments, charisma, enchantment, enthralment, fascination, lure, spell), elcsábítás (debauchery, enticement). (various references)

   

Indonesian

  

rayuan (persuasion, see: bujukan, temptation), penggodaan (tempting), godaan (enticment, obsession, temptation). (various references)

   

Italian

  

seduzione (allurement, enticement, glamor, glamour). (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

(enchantment, fascination, glamour), 勾引 (abduction, arrest, custody). (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

"うい" (abduction, arrest, bank clerk, custody, descendant, factory worker, Father Time, Imperial descendant, official seal, scion, sexual indulgence, time), "わく (enchantment, fascination, glamour). (various references)

   

Manx

  

cleayneyraght (allurement, captivation), cleaynaght (allurement, rakishness, susceptibility), cleayn (attraction, bent, enticement, inclination, inducement, lure), breigey (allure, beguile, blandish, cajole, cajolery, coax, decoy, entice, enticement, inveigle, inveiglement, lure, persuade, seduce, wheedle). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

eductionsay

   

Portuguese

  

sedução (allurement, cajolery, charm, enticement, glamor, glamour, inveiglement, witchcraft, witchery). (various references)

   

Romanian

  

seducere, seducţie (attraction, charm), farmec (allurement, amenity, appeal, attraction, attractiveness, charm, delight, enchantment, endearment, enticement, fascination, glamor, glamour, grace, loveliness, lure, relish, salt, sex appeal, spell, spicery, witchery), atracţie (amenity, appeal, attraction, attractiveness, call, charm, draw, endearment, enticement, fancy, fascination, glamor, glamour, grace, mind, pull), ademenire (allurement, enticement, inveiglement, lure, seducing). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

обольщение (allurement, blandishment, inveiglement). (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

zavođenje (registry). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

seducción (enticement, seductiveness). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

förförelse (allurement, enticement, temptation). (various references)

   

Turkish

  

iğfal, cazibe (allure, allurement, appeal, attraction, attractiveness, charm, charms, desirability, draw, drawing power, enchantment, enticement, fascination, feminene charms, gilt, glamor, glamour, gravitation, it, lure, magnetism, oomph, romance, witchery), baştan çıkarma (enticement, inveiglement), baştan çıkarıcılık, ayartma (deception, enticement, incitation, temptation), çekicilik (affinity, allurement, appeal, attraction, attractiveness, charisma, charm, comeliness, desirability, fascination, gilt, glamor, glamour, it, oomph, pull, romance, sex appeal, sexiness, witchery). (various references)

   

Ukranian 

  

спокуса (allure, allurement, bait, enticement, honeypot, lure, seducement, temptation), спокушання (seducement). (various references)

   

Vietnamese 

  

sự quyến rũ (allurement, attractiveness, captivation, fascination, lurement, temptation, witchery), sự dụ dỗ (enticement, inveiglement, seducement), sự cám dỗ sức quyến rũ. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Ancestral Language Translations: Seduction

LanguagePeriodTranslations
Latin500 BCE-Modern

corruptio. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Seduction

Derivations

Words beginning with "seduction": seductions. (additional references)


Misspellings

"Seduction" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: eduction, seducion, seductio. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Seduction"

# of Phoneme MatchesPronunciationWord(s) rhyming with "seduction" (pronounced sudu"kshun)
7-u d u" k sh u ndeduction, introduction, overproduction, production, reduction, reintroduction, reproduction.
6-d u" k sh u nabduction, conduction, induction.
5-u" k sh u nconstruction, deconstruction, destruction, instruction, obstruction, reconstruction, suction.
4-k sh u nabstraction, action, addiction, advection, affection, affliction, attraction, auction, benediction, circumspection, collection, complexion, compunction, concoction, confection, conjunction, connection, constriction, contraction, contradiction, convection, conviction, correction, crucifixion, defection, depiction, dereliction, detection, diction, diffraction, direction, disaffection, disconnection, disinfection, dissatisfaction, dissection, distinction, distraction, dysfunction, ejection, election, erection, eviction, exaction, extinction, extraction, faction, fiction, flexion, fraction, friction, function, imperfection, inaction, infarction, infection, inflection, infliction, infraction, injection, injunction, inspection, insurrection, interaction, interconnection, interdiction, interjection, intersection, introspection, junction, jurisdiction, liposuction, liquefaction, malfunction, midsection, nonfiction, objection, overprotection, overreaction, perfection, prediction, predilection, preelection, projection, protection, reaction, recollection, redirection, reelection, reflection, reinspection, rejection, restriction, resurrection, retraction, sanction, satisfaction, section, selection, subsection, subtraction, traction, transaction, transection.
3-sh u nabbreviation, abdication, aberration, abolition, abomination, abortion, abrogation, absolution, absorption, academician, acceleration, accession, acclimation, accommodation, accreditation, accretion, accumulation, accusation, acidification, acquisition, activation, adaptation, addition, adjudication, administration, admiration, admission, admonition, adoption, adoration, adulation, advocation, affectation, affiliation, affirmation, agglomeration, aggravation, aggression, agitation, alienation, allegation, alleviation, alliteration, allocation, alphabetization, alteration, altercation, alternation, amalgamation, ambition, amelioration, ammunition, amortization, amplification, amputation, animation, annexation, annihilation, annotation, antiabortion, anticipation, anticorruption, antidiscrimination, apparition, appellation, application, apportion, appreciation, apprehension, approbation, appropriation, approximation, arbitration, argumentation, articulation, ascension, ashen, aspiration, assassination, assertion, assimilation, association, assumption, attention, attribution, attrition, audition, augmentation, authentication, authorization, automation, aviation, avocation, balkanization, beautician, bifurcation, brutalization, calculation, calibration, cancellation, cannibalization, capitalization, capitulation, caption, carburetion, carnation, castration, categorization, causation, caution, celebration, centralization, certification, cessation, cetacean, characterization, circulation, citation, civilization, clarification, classification, clinician, coagulation, coalition, codification, coercion, cogeneration, cogitation, cognition, cohabitation, collaboration, collectivization, colonization, coloration, colorization, combination, commemoration, commendation, commercialization, commission, commotion, communication, communization, compassion, compensation, competition, compilation, completion, complication, composition, comprehension, compression, compulsion, computation, computerization, concatenation, concentration, conception, conceptualization, concession, conciliation, concussion, condemnation, condensation, condescension, condition, confabulation, confederation, confession, configuration, confirmation, confiscation, conflagration, confrontation, conglomeration, congratulation, congregation, conjugation, conniption, connotation, conscription, consecration, conservation, consideration, consolation, consolidation, constellation, consternation, constipation, constitution, consultation, consummation, consumption, contamination, contemplation, contention, continuation, contortion, contraception, contraption, contribution, contrition, convention, conversation, convocation, convolution, convulsion, cooperation, coordination, coronation, corporation, correlation, corroboration, corruption, counterrevolution, creation, cremation, criminalization, crustacean, culmination, cultivation, cushion, dalmatian, damnation, decaffeination, decapitation, deceleration, decentralization, deception, decertification, decimation, declaration, decommission, decomposition, decompression, decontamination, decoration, decriminalization, dedication, defamation, definition, deflation, deforestation, deformation, degeneration, degradation, dehumanization, dehydration, deification, deinstitutionalization, delegation, deletion, deliberation, delineation, demarcation, demilitarization, demobilization, democratization, demodulation, demolition, demonization, demonstration, demoralization, demotion, denationalization, denomination, dentition, denuclearization, denunciation, depletion, depopulation, deportation, deposition, depravation, depreciation, depredation, depression, deprivation, deregulation, derivation, desalination, desalinization, description, desecration, desegregation, desertion, desiccation, designation, desolation, desperation, destabilization, destination, destitution, detention, deterioration, determination, detonation, detoxication, detoxification, devaluation, devastation, deviation, devolution, devotion, dictation, dietitian, differentiation, digression, dilatation, dilation, dilution, dimension, diminution, discoloration, discontinuation, discretion, discrimination, discussion, disembarkation, disinclination, disinflation, disinformation, disintegration, dislocation, disorganization, disorientation, dispensation, disposition, disputation, disqualification, disruption, dissemination, dissension, dissertation, dissipation, dissociation, dissolution, distillation, distortion, distribution, diversification, divination, documentation, domestication, domination, donation, dramatization, duplication, duration, echolocation, edification, edition, education, egyptian, ejaculation, elaboration, elation, electrician, electrification, electrocution, elevation, elimination, elocution, elongation, emanation, emancipation, embarkation, emigration, emission, emotion, emulation, emulsion, encryption, enumeration, equalization, equitation, equivocation, eradication, erudition, eruption, escalation, estimation, evacuation, evaluation, evaporation, evocation, evolution, exacerbation, exaggeration, examination, exasperation, excavation, exception, excitation, exclamation, excommunication, excoriation, excretion, execution, exemption, exertion, exfoliation, exhalation, exhibition, exhilaration, exhortation, exhumation, exoneration, expansion, expatriation, expectation, expedition, experimentation, expiration, explanation, explication, exploitation, exploration, exposition, expression, expropriation, expulsion, extension, extermination, extortion, extradition, extrapolation, fabrication, facilitation, falsification, fascination, fashion, federation, fermentation, fertilization, fibrillation, figuration, filtration, fission, fixation, flirtation, flotation, fluctuation, fluoridation, foliation, formalization, formation, formulation, fortification, foundation, fragmentation, freshen, fruition, frustration, fumigation, gasification, gastrulation, generalization, generation, gentian, gentrification, geriatrician, germination, gestation, glaciation, globalization, glorification, gradation, graduation, granulation, gratification, gravitation, gumption, gyration, habitation, hallucination, harmonization, hesitation, hessian, hibernation, homogenization, hospitalization, humiliation, hybridization, hydration, hydrogenation, hyperinflation, hypertension, hypotension, identification, ignition, illumination, illustration, imagination, imitation, immigration, immunization, impassion, impersonation, implantation, implementation, implication, importation, imposition, impregnation, impression, improvisation, imputation, inactivation, inauguration, incantation, incapacitation, incarceration, incarnation, inception, incineration, inclination, incoordination, incorporation, incrimination, incrustation, incubation, indemnification, indentation, indexation, indication, indignation, indiscretion, indoctrination, industrialization, infatuation, infestation, infiltration, inflammation, inflation, information, inhabitation, inhalation, inhibition, initiation, innovation, inoculation, inquisition, inscription, insemination, insertion, insinuation, inspiration, installation, instigation, institution, institutionalization, instrumentation, insubordination, insulation, integration, intensification, interception, intercession, intermission, internationalization, interpretation, interrogation, interruption, intimation, intimidation, intonation, intoxication, intuition, inundation, invalidation, invention, investigation, invitation, invocation, ionization, irradiation, irrigation, irritation, isolation, jubilation, justification, juxtaposition, laceration, lactation, legalization, legislation, levitation, liberalization, liberation, libration, ligation, lilliputian, limitation, liquidation, litigation, localization, location, locomotion, logician, lotion, lubrication, machination, magician, magnetization, magnification, malformation, malnutrition, manifestation, manipulation, mansion, marginalization, martian, masturbation, mathematician, maturation, maximization, mechanization, mediation, medication, meditation, menstruation, mention, migration, mineralization, miniaturization, ministration, misallocation, misapplication, misapprehension, misappropriation, miscalculation, mischaracterization, miscommunication, misconception, miscreation, misidentification, misimpression, misinformation, misinterpretation, misperception, misrepresentation, mission, mitigation, mobilization, moderation, modernization, modification, modulation, molestation, monopolization, mortician, motion, motivation, multiplication, mummification, munition, musician, mutation, mutilation, narration, nation, nationalization, naturalization, navigation, negation, negotiation, neutralization, nitration, nomination, nonaggression, nondiscrimination, nonprescription, nonproliferation, normalization, notation, notification, notion, nucleation, nullification, nutrition, obfuscation, obligation, observation, obsession, obstetrician, occupation, ocean, omission, operation, opposition, oppression, optician, optimization, option, oration, orchestration, ordination, organisation, organization, orientation, origination, ornamentation, oscillation, ossification, ostentation, ovation, overconsumption, overexpansion, overpopulation, overregulation, oversimplification, overvaluation, ovulation, oxidation, pacification, pagination, palpitation, participation, partition, passion, pasteurization, patrician, pediatrician, penetration, pension, perception, percussion, perforation, permission, permutation, perpetuation, persecution, personalization, personification, perspiration, perturbation, petition, physician, pigmentation, plantation, polarization, politician, politicization, pollination, pollution, pontification, popularization, population, portion, position, possession, potion, precaution, precession, precipitation, preconception, precondition, predestination, predisposition, preemption, prefabrication, preignition, premeditation, premonition, preoccupation, preparation, prescription, presentation, preservation, pressurization, presumption, presupposition, pretension, prevention, privation, privatization, probation, procession, proclamation, procrastination, procreation, profanation, profession, prognostication, progression, prohibition, proliferation, promotion, pronunciation, propagation, proportion, proposition, propulsion, proration, proscription, prosecution, prostitution, prostration, protestation, provocation, publication, punctuation, purification, qualification, quantification, quotation, radiation, radicalization, ramification, ratification, ration, rationalization, reaffirmation, realization, reallocation, reassertion, reauthorization, recalculation, recantation, recapitalization, reception, recertification, recession, recitation, reclamation, reclassification, recognition, recommendation, reconciliation, recondition, reconfiguration, reconfirmation, reconsideration, recreation, recrimination, rectification, recuperation, redecoration, rededication, redefinition, redemption, redistribution, reeducation, reevaluation, reexamination, reflation, reforestation, reformation, refrigeration, refutation, regeneration, regimentation, registration, regression, regulation, rehabilitation, rehydration, reimposition, reincarnation, reincorporation, reintegration, reinterpretation, reinvention, reinvigoration, reiteration, rejuvenation, relation, relaxation, relocation, remediation, remission, remuneration, renationalization, rendition, renegotiation, renomination, renovation, renunciation, reorganization, reparation, repatriation, repercussion, repetition, replication, reposition, repossession, representation, repression, repudiation, reputation, requisition, reregulation, reservation, resignation, resolution, respiration, restitution, restoration, resumption, resuscitation, retaliation, retardation, retention, retransmission, retribution, reunification, revaluation, revelation, reverberation, revitalization, revocation, revolution, revulsion, rhetorician, rotation, rumination, salvation, sanctification, sanitation, saponification, saturation, secession, secretion, securitization, sedation, sedimentation, sedition, segmentation, segregation, sensation, separation, sequestration, session, simplification, simulation, situation, socialization, solicitation, solution, sophistication, specialization, specification, speculation, stabilization, stagflation, stagnation, standardization, starvation, station, statistician, sterilization, stimulation, stipulation, strangulation, subluxation, submission, subordination, subscription, subsidization, substantiation, substation, substitution, suburbanization, succession, suffocation, summation, superstation, superstition, supposition, suppression, suspension, suspicion, syncopation, syndication, tabulation, tactician, taxation, technician, telecommunication, temptation, tension, termination, theoretician, titian, titillation, toleration, tradition, transcription, transformation, transgression, transillumination, transition, translation, transmission, transplantation, transportation, trepidation, triangulation, tribulation, tuition, undervaluation, unification, unionization, urbanization, usurpation, utilization, vacation, vaccination, vacillation, validation, valuation, vaporization, variation, vegetation, venetian, ventilation, verification, vibration, victimization, vilification, vindication, violation, visitation, visualization, vocation, volition, vulgarization, westernization, workstation.

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

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Anagrams: Seduction

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: eductions, suctioned.

Words within the letters "c-d-e-i-n-o-s-t-u"

-1 letter: conduits, contused, counties, discount, eduction, noctuids.

-2 letters: cestoid, codeins, coedits, conduit, contuse, counted, ctenoid, deontic, docents, dunites, incudes, incused, induces, inducts, noctuid, noticed, notices, outside, scouted, secondi, section, snouted, suction, tedious.

-3 letters: centos, cestoi, codein, codens, coedit, coined, coitus, conies, contes, cosied, cosine, costed, counts, cousin, cuties, cutins, dicots, docent, donsie, donuts, dunces.

 Words containing the letters "c-d-e-i-n-o-s-t-u"
 

+1 letter: deductions, discounted, discounter, educations, introduces, miscounted, rediscount, reductions, seductions, undomestic.

 

+2 letters: constituted, counterbids, countryside, decussation, destruction, discontinue, discounters, inosculated, introducers, jocundities, nucleotides, outdistance, rediscounts, tendencious, unsolicited.

 

+3 letters: coeducations, counterraids, countrysides, decussations, destructions, discontinued, discontinues, discountable, educationese, educationist, elucidations, fecundations, misconducted, misconstrued, miseducation, nucleotidase, outdistanced, outdistances, overdiscount, rediscounted, reductionism, reductionist, reeducations, reintroduces, unassociated, unsanctioned.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Seduction


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

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01010011 01100101 01100100 01110101 01100011 01110100 01101001 01101111 01101110

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#83 &#101 &#100 &#117 &#99 &#116 &#105 &#111 &#110

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0053 0065 0064 0075 0063 0074 0069 006F 006E

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

537170876986758180

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Modern
5. Usage: Commercial
6. Images: Slideshow
7. Quotations: Speeches
8. Usage Frequency
9. Expressions
10. Expressions: Internet
11. Translations: Modern
12. Translations: Ancient
13. Derivations
14. Rhymes
15. Anagrams
16. Orthography
17. Bibliography


  

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