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Definition: Sterilization |
SterilizationNoun1. The act of making an organism barren or infertile (unable to reproduce). 2. The procedure of making some object free of live bacteria of other microorganisms (usually by heat or chemical means). Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "sterilization" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1903. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Environment | The removal or destruction of all microorganisms, including pathogenic and other bacteria, vegetative forms, and spores. (references) |
Health | The destroying of all forms of life, especially microorganisms, by heat, chemical, or other means. (references) |
Medicine | Technique that aims at destroying all living microorganisms in order to eliminate infection ; process whereby one can assume with a reasonable degree of certainly that all microorganisms have been rendered harmless. Source: European Union. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Sterilization is also a term used for the process of removing or killing all microorganisms from an object, commonly done for medical instruments.
The rest of this article refers to sterilization as a surgical means of removing fertility in humans.
When the vasectomy is complete, sperm can no longer exit the body through the penis and it seems that they penetrate the blood-testes barrier. Normally, the barrier keeps the immune system separate from the reproductive system. When the barrier is compromised usually by vasectomy, injury, or even a simple puncture from a biopsy, the two systems interface. This usually results in the development of anti-sperm antibodies.
In order to allow for reproduction (via artificial insemination) after vasectomy, some men opt for cryostorage of sperm before sterilization.
In animals, castration (called neutering) and salpingo-oophorectomy (removal of the ovaries and Fallopian tubes, or spaying) are used to prevent conception and, in females, heat, and to prolong the animal's life. Owners of pets such as cats and dogs are urged to have their pets spayed or neutered in order to prevent increase in the population of stray animals.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Sterilization."
Synonym: SterilizationSynonym: sterilisation (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Sterilization |
| English words defined with "sterilization": altering ♦ fixing ♦ natural family planning, neutering ♦ pasteurisation, pasteurization ♦ surgical contraception ♦ tubal ligation ♦ vasectomy. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "sterilization": AMPOULE SEALER, ASSEMBLER, PLASTIC HOSPITAL PRODUCTS ♦ Glutaral, gut winder ♦ Sterilization Reversal, Sterilization, Involuntary, SUTURE WINDER, HAND ♦ Tritolyl Phosphates ♦ World Federation for Voluntary Surgical Contraception, World Federation of Health Agencies for the Advancement of Voluntary Surgical Contraception. (references) |
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 | The petri dishes below show sterilization effects of negative air ionization on a chamber aerosolized with Salmonella enteritidis. The left sample is untreated; the right, treated. P. Credit: USDA ARS News; photo by Ken Hammond.. |  | [Army Nurse in sterilization tent]. Credit: National Library of Medicine. |
 | U.S. Army Station Hospital, Camp Joseph T. Robinson, Little Rock, Arkansas. : Sterilization room. Credit: National Library of Medicine. |  | U.S. Army. Base Hospital No.13, Limoges, France : Sterilization plant. Credit: National Library of Medicine. |
 | U. S. Army Base Hospital Number 26, Allerey, France. : Sterilization room. Credit: National Library of Medicine. |  | Zurcher Heilstatte fur Lungenkranke und Chirurgische Tuberkulosen, Clavadel, Switzerland. : Interior view of surgical clinic, sterilization room. Credit: National Library of Medicine. |
 | Vasectomy, a form of male sterilization, is a simple operation ... / WHO p. Credit: National Library of Medicine; photo by E. Schwab.. |  | [Interior view- sterilization tent]. Credit: National Library of Medicine. |
 | Production. Blood transfusion bottles. Loading blood transfusion bottles into trucks, prior to sterilization. One of the many women workers performing war work at Baxter Laboratories, Glenview, Illinois, is Patricia Marinillo, whose husband is in the Navy. Credit: Library of Congress. | ||
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Vasectomy has been used for about a century as a means of sterilization. (references) | |
Normal sterilization procedures such as cooking, washing, and boiling do not destroy prions. (references) | ||
Like female sterilization, it is a highly effective one-time procedure that provides permanent contraception. (references) | ||
Business | Sterilization requirements are covered by the series EN 550, 552, 554, 556, and clean room production is covered by EN 46001/2 quality standards. (references) | |
Factors such as hygiene, sterilization, and sterile packaging for home healthcare products are in great demand due to an increasing emphasis on safety. (references) | ||
Children | Australia | The High Court ruled that the decision to undertake sterilization procedures should be made by an independent body. (references) |
Spain | In 1994 the Constitutional Court held that sterilization of the mentally infirm does not constitute a violation of the Constitution. (references) | |
Australia | In 1998 the Government made it illegal for a physician to conduct sterilization of a minor without authorization from the Family Court. (references) | |
Economic History | China | Official government policy opposes forced abortion or sterilization, but occasional allegations of coercion persist in localities that take their population growth targets most seriously. (references) |
Ukraine | Best sales prospects for U.S. exporters include: laboratory equipment, radiographic units, electro-medical equipment, dental equipment, laser surgery devices, sterilization devices, diagnostic systems and disposable items. (references) | |
Russia | The best sales prospects for U.S. medical equipment are for clinical laboratory equipment and test kits, dental equipment and supplies, and radiology, diagnostic, sterilization, intensive care for newborns, ultrasound, and home health care equipment. (references) | |
Human Rights | Switzerland | Instances of forced sterilization of women continued to be the subject of public debate during the year. (references) |
Japan | Forced abortion and sterilization procedures were performed on some of the patients during their confinement. (references) | |
China | The Ministry of Health implements the law, which recommends abortion or sterilization in some cases, based on medical advice. (references) | |
Indigenous People | Brazil | Women were reluctant to have children because of the high level of poverty in the community, and campaign workers allegedly convinced them that sterilization was the only effective form of birth control. (references) |
Political Economy | China | Violence against women (including imposition of a sometimes coercive birth control policy, including instances of forced abortion and forced sterilization); prostitution; discrimination against women; abuse of children; and discrimination against persons with disabilities and minorities are all problems. (references) |
RUSSIA | While the Central Bank of Russia (CBR) is limited in its sterilization efforts due to lack of financial instruments, the recent lifting of the 0.8 percent tax on bonds and other measures make it easier for the CBR to issue its own bonds, which, along with increased use of its deposit mechanism, should help to absorb liquidity. (references) | |
Women | Brazil | A 1995 law prohibits employers from requiring applicants or employees to take pregnancy tests or present sterilization certificates. (references) |
Brazil | The centers also serve as clearinghouses for allegations of discrimination In response to the Maternity Leave Law, some employers seek sterilization certificates from female job applicants or try to avoid hiring women of childbearing age. (references) | |
Peru | Unlike in previous years, the Ombudsman's office received no complaints of abuses committed by family planning personnel during the year; however, there were isolated reports that women were not given the full 72-hours to consider alternatives, as is required by law, before undergoing voluntary sterilization procedures. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Sterilization" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Sterilization" is used about 35 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% | 35 | 58,339 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "sterilization": insect sterilization ♦ soil sterilization ♦ Sterilization Reversal. 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. |
| Language | Translations for "sterilization"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | sterilizim. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | تعقيم, تطهير (cleaning, cleansing, decontamination, purgation, purge, purging, purification, sanitation), تجديب. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | стерилизиране, обезплодяване. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 绝育 (sterilisation). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | sterilizace. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | sterilisering (sterilisation). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | sterilisatie (sterilisation). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | sterilointi (sterilisation). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | stérilisation (sterilisation, sterilize). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Sterilisation (vasectomy), sterilisierung (processing). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | στείρωση (barrenness, making barren), αποστείρωση (pasteurization, sterilisation). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | "עקר", סטריליזצי". (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | sterilizálás (asepsis, sterilize), pasztőrözés (pasteurization, pasteurizing), fertőtlenítés (decontamination, disinfection, fumigation), csíramentesítés, csírátlanítás (autoclaving, autoklaving). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | pengawahama. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | sterilizzazione (sterilisation). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 断種 (castration), 消' (disinfection), 殺菌 (disinfection), 滅菌 , 優"手" , 不妊手" . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | しょうどく (disinfection), さっき" (disinfection), ふに"しゅじゅつ, めっき", ゆうせいしゅじゅつ, "しゅ (castration). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 살 (Bactericidal, sterilisation, Sterilizing). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | shiastey (dry, sterilize), jannoo shiast (sterilize), amridaghey (sterilize). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | erilizationstay esterilização (sterilisation). (various references) стерилизация (sterilisation, sterilizations). (various references) sterilizacija. (various references) esterilización (decontamination, sterilisation). (various references) sterilisering (sterilisation). (various references) sterilize etme, sterilizasyon, verimsizleştirme, mikroplardan arındırma (disinfection), kısırlaştırma (spado). (various references) стерилізація (processing), знепліднювання. (various references) sự l m tiệt trùng sự l m cho cằn cỗi sự l m mất khả năng sinh đẻ, sự khử trùng (antisepsis). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "sterilization": sterilizations. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Expression | Similar | Related | Narrower | Broader |
| Birth control | Sterilization Sterilization (Birth control) | |||
| Hysterectomy | Sterilization (Birth control) | |||
| Vasectomy | Sterilization (Birth control) | |||
Source: the U.S. Library of Congress and various crossword puzzle references. | ||||
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "sterilization" (pronounced ste'ruluzā"shun) |
| 9 | -r u l u z ā" sh u n | centralization, decentralization, demoralization, liberalization, neutralization. |
| 8 | -u l u z ā" sh u n | cannibalization, capitalization, civilization, commercialization, criminalization, decriminalization, deinstitutionalization, denationalization, destabilization, equalization, fertilization, generalization, globalization, hospitalization, industrialization, institutionalization, internationalization, legalization, localization, marginalization, mineralization, mobilization, monopolization, nationalization, naturalization, normalization, personalization, radicalization, rationalization, recapitalization, renationalization, revitalization, socialization, specialization, stabilization, utilization, visualization. |
| 7 | -l u z ā" sh u n | realization. |
| 6 | -u z ā" sh u n | accusation, alphabetization, amortization, authorization, balkanization, categorization, characterization, collectivization, colonization, colorization, communization, computerization, dehumanization, demilitarization, democratization, demonization, denuclearization, desalinization, disorganization, dramatization, harmonization, hybridization, immunization, improvisation, ionization, magnetization, maximization, mechanization, miniaturization, mischaracterization, modernization, optimization, organisation, organization, pasteurization, polarization, politicization, popularization, pressurization, privatization, reauthorization, reorganization, securitization, standardization, subsidization, suburbanization, unionization, urbanization, vaporization, victimization, vulgarization, westernization. |
| 5 | -z ā" sh u n | causation, demobilization. |
| 4 | -ā" sh u n | abbreviation, abdication, aberration, abomination, abrogation, acceleration, acclimation, accommodation, accreditation, accumulation, acidification, activation, adaptation, adjudication, administration, admiration, adoration, adulation, advocation, affectation, affiliation, affirmation, agglomeration, aggravation, agitation, alienation, allegation, alleviation, allocation, alteration, altercation, amalgamation, amelioration, amplification, amputation, animation, annexation, annihilation, annotation, anticipation, antidiscrimination, appellation, application, appreciation, approbation, appropriation, approximation, arbitration, argumentation, articulation, aspiration, assassination, assimilation, association, augmentation, authentication, automation, aviation, avocation, bifurcation, calculation, calibration, cancellation, capitulation, carnation, castration, celebration, certification, cessation, cetacean, citation, clarification, classification, coagulation, codification, cogeneration, cogitation, cohabitation, collaboration, coloration, combination, commemoration, commendation, communication, compensation, compilation, complication, computation, concatenation, concentration, conciliation, condemnation, condensation, confabulation, confederation, configuration, confirmation, confiscation, conflagration, confrontation, conglomeration, congratulation, congregation, conjugation, connotation, consecration, conservation, consideration, consolation, consolidation, constellation, consternation, constipation, consultation, consummation, contamination, contemplation, continuation, conversation, convocation, cooperation, coordination, coronation, corporation, correlation, corroboration, creation, cremation, crustacean, culmination, cultivation, dalmatian, damnation, decaffeination, decapitation, deceleration, decertification, declaration, decontamination, decoration, dedication, defamation, deflation, deforestation, deformation, degeneration, degradation, dehydration, deification, delegation, deliberation, delineation, demarcation, demodulation, demonstration, denomination, denunciation, depopulation, deportation, depravation, depreciation, depredation, deprivation, deregulation, derivation, desalination, desecration, desegregation, desiccation, designation, desolation, desperation, destination, determination, detonation, detoxication, detoxification, devaluation, devastation, deviation, dictation, differentiation, dilatation, dilation, discoloration, discontinuation, discrimination, disembarkation, disinclination, disinflation, disinformation, disintegration, dislocation, disorientation, dispensation, disputation, disqualification, dissemination, dissertation, dissipation, dissociation, distillation, diversification, divination, documentation, domestication, domination, donation, duplication, duration, echolocation, edification, education, ejaculation, elaboration, elation, electrification, elevation, elimination, elongation, emanation, emancipation, embarkation, emigration, emulation, enumeration, equitation, equivocation, eradication, escalation, estimation, evacuation, evaluation, evaporation, evocation, exacerbation, exaggeration, examination, exasperation, excavation, excitation, exclamation, excommunication, exfoliation, exhalation, exhilaration, exhortation, exhumation, exoneration, expatriation, expectation, experimentation, expiration, explanation, explication, exploitation, exploration, expropriation, extermination, extrapolation, fabrication, facilitation, falsification, fascination, federation, fermentation, fibrillation, figuration, filtration, fixation, flirtation, flotation, fluctuation, fluoridation, foliation, formation, formulation, fortification, foundation, fragmentation, frustration, fumigation, gasification, gastrulation, generation, gentrification, germination, gestation, glaciation, glorification, gradation, graduation, granulation, gratification, gravitation, gyration, habitation, hallucination, hesitation, hibernation, humiliation, hydration, hydrogenation, hyperinflation, identification, illumination, illustration, imagination, imitation, immigration, impersonation, implantation, implementation, implication, importation, impregnation, imputation, inactivation, inauguration, incantation, incapacitation, incarceration, incarnation, inclination, incoordination, incorporation, incrimination, incrustation, incubation, indemnification, indentation, indexation, indication, indignation, indoctrination, infatuation, infestation, infiltration, inflammation, inflation, information, inhabitation, inhalation, initiation, innovation, inoculation, insemination, insinuation, inspiration, installation, instigation, instrumentation, insubordination, insulation, integration, intensification, interpretation, interrogation, intimation, intimidation, intonation, intoxication, inundation, invalidation, investigation, invitation, invocation, irradiation, irrigation, irritation, isolation, jubilation, justification, laceration, lactation, legislation, levitation, liberation, libration, ligation, limitation, liquidation, litigation, location, lubrication, machination, magnification, malformation, manifestation, manipulation, masturbation, maturation, mediation, medication, meditation, menstruation, migration, ministration, misallocation, misapplication, misappropriation, miscalculation, miscommunication, miscreation, misidentification, misinformation, misinterpretation, misrepresentation, mitigation, moderation, modification, modulation, molestation, motivation, multiplication, mummification, mutation, mutilation, narration, nation, navigation, negation, negotiation, nitration, nomination, nondiscrimination, nonproliferation, notation, notification, nucleation, nullification, obfuscation, obligation, observation, occupation, operation, oration, orchestration, ordination, orientation, origination, ornamentation, oscillation, ossification, ostentation, ovation, overpopulation, overregulation, overvaluation, ovulation, oxidation, pacification, pagination, palpitation, participation, penetration, perforation, permutation, perpetuation, personification, perspiration, perturbation, pigmentation, plantation, pollination, pontification, population, precipitation, predestination, prefabrication, premeditation, preoccupation, preparation, presentation, preservation, privation, probation, proclamation, procrastination, procreation, profanation, prognostication, proliferation, pronunciation, propagation, proration, prostration, protestation, provocation, publication, punctuation, purification, qualification, quantification, quotation, radiation, ramification, ratification, reaffirmation, reallocation, recalculation, recantation, recertification, recitation, reclamation, reclassification, recommendation, reconciliation, reconfiguration, reconfirmation, reconsideration, recreation, recrimination, rectification, recuperation, redecoration, rededication, reevaluation, reexamination, reflation, reforestation, reformation, refrigeration, refutation, regeneration, regimentation, registration, regulation, rehabilitation, rehydration, reincarnation, reincorporation, reinterpretation, reinvigoration, reiteration, rejuvenation, relation, relaxation, relocation, remediation, remuneration, renegotiation, renomination, renovation, renunciation, reparation, repatriation, replication, representation, repudiation, reputation, reregulation, reservation, resignation, respiration, restoration, resuscitation, retaliation, retardation, reunification, revaluation, revelation, reverberation, revocation, rotation, rumination, salvation, sanctification, sanitation, saponification, saturation, sedation, sedimentation, segmentation, segregation, sensation, separation, sequestration, simplification, simulation, situation, solicitation, sophistication, specification, speculation, stagflation, stagnation, starvation, station, stimulation, stipulation, strangulation, subluxation, subordination, substantiation, suffocation, summation, superstation, syndication, tabulation, taxation, telecommunication, temptation, termination, titillation, toleration, transformation, transillumination, translation, transplantation, transportation, trepidation, triangulation, tribulation, undervaluation, unification, usurpation, vacation, vaccination, vacillation, validation, valuation, variation, vegetation, ventilation, verification, vibration, vilification, vindication, violation, visitation, vocation. |
| 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-e-i-i-i-l-n-o-r-s-t-t-z" | |
-2 letters: literations, orientalist. | |
-3 letters: initiators, iterations, latinities, literation, natrolites, tonalities, totalizers. | |
-4 letters: anilities, initiates, initiator, iteration, latinizes, lionizers, natrolite, notarizes, oralities, orientals, relations, retinitis, saintlier, serotinal, siltation, solitaire, stationer, sterilant, striation, totalizer, totalizes, triazines, triazoles, trinities, troilites, trotlines. | |
-5 letters: ailerons, airlines, alienist, alienors, antiriot, elations, entrails, inertial, inertias, initials, initiate, insolate, intitles, intreats, introits, ionizers. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-e-i-i-i-l-n-o-r-s-t-t-z" | |
+1 letter: fertilizations, reutilizations, sterilizations. | |
+2 letters: horizontalities, literalizations, revitalizations, traditionalizes. | |
+3 letters: detribalizations, internalizations, materializations, overutilizations, totalitarianizes. | |
+4 letters: demilitarizations, editorializations, internationalizes, recapitalizations, rehospitalization, remilitarizations, underutilizations. | |
+5 letters: dematerializations, overfertilizations, rehospitalizations, reinstitutionalize, renationalizations, theatricalizations. | |
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