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Definition: Stimulating |
StimulatingAdjective1. Rousing or quickening activity or the senses; "a stimulating discussion". 2. That stimulates; "stimulant phenomena". 3. Making lively and cheerful; "the exhilarating effect of mountain air". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "stimulating" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1790. (references) |
Synonyms: StimulatingSynonyms: exhilarating (adj), stimulant (adj). (additional references) |
| Antonym: unstimulating (adj). (additional references) |
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Screenplays | I never dreamed that any mere physical experience could be so stimulating! (The African Queen; writing credit: C.S. Forester; James Agee) I wanted to meet stimulating and interesting people of an ancient culture, and kill them. (Full Metal Jacket; writing credit: Gustav Hasford; Michael Herr) I only surround myself with people I find intellectually stimulating. (My Girl; writing credit: Laurice Elehwany. Starring Dan Aykroyd as Harry Sultenfuss, Jamie Lee Curtis as Shelly DeVoto, Macaulay Culkin as Thomas J. Sennett, and Anna Chlumsky as Vada Sultenfuss.) I hope we are not to be deprived of the learned and stimulating company of Sir Wilfrid? (Witness for the Prosecution; writing credit: Agatha Christie; Larry Marcus) It's very stimulating. (To Catch a Thief; writing credit: David Dodge; John Michael Hayes) | |
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 | The nurse is instructing a black woman, a colon cancer patient and her husband on how to administer a subcutaneous injection of colony stimulating factor (CSF). CSF is used after chemotherapy to stimulate bone marrow production of white blood cells in order to prevent infection. Credit: Bill Branson (photographer). |  | Current techniques for stimulating the "points" include the use of lasers. / WHO p. Credit: National Library of Medicine; photo by D. Henrioud.. |
 | The labor-management committee of the Titeflex Metal House Company, Newark, New Jersey set up this suggestion box to enlist employee's ideas for stimulating war production. Local and national awards are made for suggestions accepted. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | War production drive poster. "Let's Go--It's Later Than You Think." This chart, displayed in the Westinghouse Lamp Division, Bloomfield, New Jersey was successful in stimulating production for the labor-management committee. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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Anne Morrow Lindbergh | Good communication is as stimulating as black coffee, and just as hard to sleep after. |
Author Unknown | The highest function of the teacher consists not so much in imparting knowledge as in stimulating the pupil in its love and pursuit. |
Katharine Hepburn | Enemies are so stimulating. |
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Health | Hydroxyurea appears to work primarily by stimulating production of fetal hemoglobin. (references) | |
There are also medicines called colony stimulating factors that help increase your platelets. (references) | ||
Whatever the cause of endometriosis, its progression is influenced by various stimulating factors such as hormones or growth factors. (references) | ||
Business | In the U.S., deregulation of utilities is seen as an important factor in stimulating demand for APC equipment. (references) | |
The increasing demand for information on the move, such as news, stock market information, sporting results and advertisements, is stimulating growth. (references) | ||
A drop in prices of CD-RW media, coupled with the sharp increase in the number of high-speed Internet users, is another key factor stimulating demand for the drives. (references) | ||
Economic History | Nicaragua | Nicaragua faces a number of challenges in stimulating rapid economic growth. (references) |
Equatorial Guinea | In power since 1979, the Obiang government has made little progress in stimulating the economy. (references) | |
Netherlands | OPTA, the Dutch independent regulator, is closely watching and stimulating competitive developments. (references) | |
Political Economy | MALAYSIA | The year 2002 budget focuses on stimulating domestic consumption and investment. (references) |
THAILAND | While the financial crisis stabilized by late 1998, production and demand did not respond, and the government shifted its focus to stimulating domestic demand. (references) | |
THAILAND | The Thaksin administration has made stimulating domestic demand a priority, and is in the initial stages of implementing a $1.3 billion fiscal stimulus program aimed at job creation. (references) | |
Trade | Jordan | The CBJ is keen on stimulating the local capital market, particularly where long-term project finance is required. (references) |
Burma | In the hopes of stimulating commercial lending, the government cut interest rates across the board in April 1999 and again in April 2000. Current interest rates on deposits are nine percent for savings accounts, ten percent for savings certificates, 9.25 percent for a three-month fixed deposits, and 9.5 percent for a six-month fixed deposits. (references) | |
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Rush Limbaugh | Executive Window Wiper Extraordinaire: Where Russia is stimulating their economy by slashing the socialist tax burden, Britain is going for symbolism over substance. |
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Herbert C. Hoover | 1929-1933 | We must awake to the fact that this patronage from large numbers of law-abiding citizens is supplying the rewards and stimulating crime. |
Harry S. Truman | 1945-1953 | I am asking the Secretaries of Agriculture, Commerce, and Labor to explore jointly methods for stimulating new industries, particularly in areas with surplus agricultural labor. |
John F. Kennedy | 1961-1963 | Efficient expansion at home, stimulating the new plant and technology that can make our goods more competitive, is also the key to the international balance of payments problem. |
Jimmy Carter | 1977-1981 | Government can help us by stimulating private investment and by maintaining a responsible economic policy. |
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| "Stimulating" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 90.78% of the time. "Stimulating" is used about 574 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 |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 90.78% | 521 | 11,694 |
| Lexical Verb (-ing form) | 9.22% | 53 | 46,657 |
| Total | 100.00% | 574 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "stimulating": stimulating to the imagination ♦ thymocyte stimulating factor. Additional references. | |
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Ending with "stimulating": Colony-Stimulating, Colony-Stimulating, creativity-stimulating, efficiency-stimulating, fibroblast-stimulating, follicle-stimulating, idea-stimulating, laser-stimulating, Melanocyte-stimulating, mood-stimulating, over-stimulating, pulse-stimulating, thought-stimulating, thyroid-stimulating. | |
Containing "stimulating": colony-stimulating factors, follicle-stimulating hormone, granulocyte colony-stimulating factor, Granulocyte-Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor, interstitial cell-stimulating hormone, Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor, melanocyte-stimulating hormone, thyroid-stimulating hormone. | |
| 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 "stimulating"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | nxitës (abetter, abettor, aphrodisiac, cordial, encouraging, excitant, fillip, fire brand, fomenter, hortative, hortatory, impellent, incendiary, incentive, inciting, inflammatory, instigator, lively, mainspring, piquant, poignant, promoter, provocative, sexy, sponsor, stimulant, warmonger). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | منعش (animating, bracing, cool, cooling, exhilarating, fresh, invigorative, reanimating, recreating, recreative, refreshing, restorative, resuscitating, resuscitative, reviving, stimulative), منشط (activating, animating, animator, tonic), منبه (excitant, exciter, stimulant, stimulus), محمس (stirring), مثير (agitating, breathtaking, electrifying, excitant, excitative, exciting, fomenting, galvanizing, hair raising, impetus, incentive, inciting, inspiring, instigating, irritative, provocative, provoking, rousing, sensational, sore, spectacular, stimulant, stimulative, stirring, thrilling). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 刺激 (fueled, fueling, Goaded, Goading, incentive, Jarred, jarring, motivate, motivating, motivation, stimulate, stimulated, stimulation, Stimuli, stimulus). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | povzbuzující (stimulant), dráždivý (excitable, irritable, irritant, poignant, sore, stimulant). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | stimulerende virkning (stimulating action), oplæg til debat (stimulating public discussion), mavesekretstimulerende bouillon (stimulating bouillon drink), kolonistimulerende faktor (Colony Stimulating Factor), hudstimulerende midler (skin stimulants, skin-stimulating substances), gonadotropiner (follicle stimulating and leutenising hormones, follicle stimulating hormones and leutenising hormones), gonadotrope hormoner (follicle stimulating and leutenising hormones, follicle stimulating hormones and leutenising hormones), bestemmelse af TSH-niveauet (thyroid stimulating hormone testing, TSH testing). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | stimulerende werking (excitant action, stimulating action), uitgangspunten van de discussie (stimulating public discussion), Justitie en Binnenlandse Zaken (osteogenesis stimulating factor), follikelstimulerende en luteïniserende hormonen (follicle stimulating and leutenising hormones, follicle stimulating hormones and leutenising hormones), CSF (Colony Stimulating Factor), colony stimulating factor (Colony Stimulating Factor), bouillon gegeven ter opwekking van maagsecretie (stimulating bouillon drink), bepaling van TSH (thyroid stimulating hormone testing, TSH testing). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | kiihottava, kannustava (encouraging). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | stimulant (stimulant, stimulus). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | stimulierend (provocative), anregend (animating, bracing, exhilarating, inciting, inspiring, stimulant, stimulative, suggestively, vivifying), ankubelnd. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | διεγερτικόσ (intoxicating, stimulant). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | מ"רבן (accelerating, pushing, stimulant). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | stimuláló (pungent, suggestive), serkentő (animating, improver, propulsive). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | ormone follicolostimolante (follicle stimulating hormone), FSH-LH (follicle stimulating and leutenising hormones, follicle stimulating hormones and leutenising hormones), FSH (follicle stimulating hormone), fattore stimolante le colonie granulocitarie e macrofagiche (granulocyte macrophage colony stimulating factor), fattore stimolante le colonie (Colony Stimulating Factor), dosaggio del TSH (thyroid stimulating hormone testing, TSH testing), CSF (Colony Stimulating Factor), brodo per sondaggio gastrico (stimulating bouillon drink), bevanda eccitante (stimulating plant), azione stimolante (excitant action, stimulating action), avvio di dibattiti (stimulating public discussion), ambiente che stimola l'osservazione (visually stimulating environment). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 刺激的 , 刺戟的 . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | し'きてき. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 자극 (irritating, irritation, Prompting, stimulation, Stimuli, stimulus). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | imulatingstay planta estimulante (stimulating plant), lançamento de debates (stimulating public discussion), factor estimulador de colónias (Colony Stimulating Factor), CSF (Colony Stimulating Factor), acção estimulante (stimulating action). (various references) stimulator (motive, provocative, stimulant), reconfortant (bracing, comfortable, grateful, gratefully, restorative, strengthening, tonic), excitant (excitative, exciting, stimulant), cordial (cordial, cordially, genial, good humoured, good-humored, heart-felt, hearty, kind, responsive, sincere, true, warm, whole heartedly, whole-hearted). (various references) стимулировать стимулятор стимулирующий. (various references) stimulišući (excitant), koji nadražuje (irritating, stimulant). (various references) sugestivo (suggestive), excitante (excitant, exciter, exciting, stimulant), estimulante (bracer, incentive, pep pill, pick me up, provocative, refreshing, stimulant), estimulador (promoter). (various references) retande (excitant, excitative, excitatory, exciting, irritant, irritating, irritative). (various references) uyarıcı (admonitory, cautionary, exciting, premonitory, reviver, speed, stimulant, stimulative, stimulus, up, upper, warning), tahrik edici (coat-trailing, incendiary, inflammatory, stimulative). (various references) khuyến khích (incentive), kích thích (excitative, excitatory, exciting, stimulant). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Middle French | 1400-1600 | piquant. (various references) |
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Words ending with "stimulating": hyperstimulating, overstimulating, restimulating, superstimulating. (additional references) | |
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"Stimulating" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: estimulating. (additional references) | |
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| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "stimulating" (pronounced sti"myulā'ting) |
| 9 | -i" m y u l ā' t i ng | simulating. |
| 8 | -m y u l ā' t i ng | accumulating, emulating, formulating. |
| 7 | -y u l ā' t i ng | articulating, calculating, circulating, coagulating, deregulating, manipulating, populating, recalculating, regulating, speculating, stipulating, tabulating. |
| 6 | -u l ā' t i ng | assimilating, congratulating, encapsulating, escalating, extrapolating, insulating, isolating, mutilating, oscillating, percolating, titillating, undulating, vacillating, ventilating. |
| 5 | -l ā' t i ng | contemplating, electroplating, legislating. |
| 4 | -ā' t i ng | abbreviating, abdicating, abrogating, accelerating, accentuating, accommodating, activating, adjudicating, administrating, advocating, affiliating, aggravating, agitating, alienating, alleviating, allocating, alternating, anticipating, appreciating, appropriating, approximating, arbitrating, assassinating, associating, authenticating, automating, captivating, castigating, castrating, celebrating, chlorinating, collaborating, commemorating, communicating, compensating, complicating, concentrating, confiscating, consolidating, consummating, contaminating, cooperating, coordinating, corroborating, culminating, cultivating, debilitating, decaffeinating, decelerating, decimating, decorating, dedicating, degenerating, delegating, deliberating, delineating, demonstrating, denigrating, deprecating, depreciating, designating, deteriorating, detonating, devastating, dictating, differentiating, discriminating, disintegrating, disseminating, dissipating, domesticating, dominating, donating, duplicating, educating, elaborating, elevating, eliminating, emanating, emigrating, enunciating, equivocating, eradicating, estimating, evacuating, evaluating, evaporating, exacerbating, exaggerating, exasperating, excavating, excoriating, excruciating, exhilarating, exonerating, extenuating, exterminating, fabricating, facilitating, fascinating, fluctuating, frustrating, generating, graduating, gravitating, gyrating, hesitating, humiliating, hydrogenating, illuminating, illustrating, imitating, impersonating, implicating, inaugurating, incapacitating, incarcerating, incinerating, incorporating, incriminating, incubating, indicating, infatuating, infiltrating, infuriating, ingratiating, initiating, instigating, integrating, interrogating, intimidating, intoxicating, inundating, invalidating, investigating, invigorating, irritating, laminating, levitating, liberating, liquidating, litigating, locating, lubricating, mandating, masturbating, mediating, meditating, migrating, misappropriating, mitigating, moderating, motivating, nauseating, navigating, necessitating, negotiating, nitrating, nominating, nonoperating, obliterating, obviating, officiating, operating, orchestrating, originating, overestimating, overstating, participating, penetrating, permeating, perpetrating, perpetuating, placating, pontificating, precipitating, predominating, procrastinating, prognosticating, proliferating, promulgating, propagating, pulsating, radiating, reactivating, reallocating, reciprocating, recreating, recuperating, redecorating, reevaluating, regenerating, rehabilitating, reincorporating, reinvigorating, reiterating, rejuvenating, relegating, renegotiating, renovating, repatriating, replicating, repudiating, resonating, resuscitating, retaliating, reverberating, rotating, salivating, saturating, segregating, separating, stagnating, subordinating, suffocating, syndicating, terminating, tolerating, underestimating, understating, urinating, validating. |
| 3 | -t i ng | abating, abducting, abetting, aborting, abutting, accenting, accepting, accosting, accounting, accrediting, acquitting, acting, adapting, addicting, adjusting, admitting, adopting, affecting, afflicting, airlifting, alerting, allotting, amounting, annotating, appointing, arresting, assaulting, asserting, assisting, attempting, attesting, attracting, attributing, auditing, augmenting, averting, awaiting, babysitting, backbiting, baiting, balloting, bankrupting, batting, beating, befitting, begetting, belting, benefiting, benefitting, berating, besetting, besting, betting, biting, bitting, blacklisting, blanketing, blasting, bloating, bloodletting, blunting, boasting, boating, bolting, boosting, booting, boycotting, breasting, broadcasting, budgeting, bullfighting, bunting, bursting, busting, butting, carpeting, carting, casting, catapulting, cavorting, cementing, chanting, charting, chatting, cheating, circumventing, citing, clotting, coasting, coating, coexisting, cohabiting, collecting, combating, combatting, comforting, commenting, committing, commuting, competing, complementing, completing, complimenting, composting, computing, concocting, conducting, conflicting, confronting, connecting, consenting, consisting, consorting, constituting, constricting, constructing, consulting, contacting, contesting, contracting, contradicting, contrasting, contributing, converting, convicting, copycatting, correcting, correlating, corrupting, costing, counteracting, Counterfeiting, counting, courting, crafting, crating, creating, crediting, cresting, cutting, darting, dating, daunting, debating, decanting, deducting, defaulting, defeating, defecting, deflating, deflecting, defrosting, deleting, delighting, delisting, denting, departing, depicting, depleting, deporting, depositing, deserting, destructing, detecting, detracting, devoting, dieting, digesting, diluting, directing, disappointing, disconcerting, disconnecting, discounting, discrediting, disgusting, disorienting, dispiriting, disputing, disquieting, disrespecting, disrupting, dissecting, dissenting, distorting, distracting, distributing, districting, diverting, divesting, documenting, doting, dotting, doubting, drafting, drifting, dusting, eating, editing, effecting, elating, electing, eliciting, emitting, enacting, enchanting, encrusting, enlisting, entrusting, equating, erecting, erupting, escorting, everlasting, evicting, exacting, exalting, excepting, exciting, executing, exempting, exerting, exhausting, exhibiting, exhorting, existing, exiting, expecting, expediting, experimenting, exploiting, exporting, extorting, extracting, extraditing, fainting, fasting, faulting, feasting, fermenting, ferreting, Fetting, fidgeting, fighting, fingerprinting, firefighting, fitting, flaunting, fleeting, flirting, flitting, floating, flouting, fomenting, footing, footnoting, forecasting, forfeiting, forgetting, fragmenting, fretting, fronting, frosting, fruiting, getting, gifting, glinting, gloating, grafting, granting, grating, greeting, gritting, grouting, grunting, gunfighting, gusting, gutting, hallucinating, halting, handwriting, harvesting, Hasting, hating, haunting, heating, highlighting, hinting, hitting, hoisting, homeporting, hosting, hunting, hurting, igniting, impacting, imparting, implanting, implementing, importing, imprinting, inciting, indicting, infecting, infighting, inflating, inflicting, ingesting, inhabiting, inheriting, inhibiting, injecting, innovating, inserting, insinuating, insisting, inspecting, instituting, instructing, insulting, interacting, intercepting, interdicting, interesting, interpreting, interrupting, intersecting, inventing, investing, inviting, jetting, jolting, jousting, jutting, kiting, knitting, lactating, lambasting, lamenting, lasting, letting, lifting, lighting, limiting, listing, looting, lusting, malting, manifesting, marketing, marting, mating, matting, meeting, melting, minting, misinterpreting, misrepresenting, misstating, mistreating, molesting, molting, moonlighting, mounting, mutating, muting, negating, neglecting, nesting, netting, nonbiting, nonsporting, nonvoting, noting, Nutting, objecting, obstructing, offsetting, omitting, opting, orbiting, ousting, Outfitting, outing, outwitting, overeating, overheating, overreacting, overshooting, painting, panting, parachuting, parenting, parting, pasting, patenting, patting, perfecting, permitting, persecuting, persisting, perverting, petting, picketing, piloting, pinpointing, pirating, pitting, planting, plating, plotting, plummeting, pocketing, pointing, polluting, porting, posting, pouting, predicting, preempting, preexisting, presenting, preventing, printing, profiting, prohibiting, projecting, promoting, prompting, prosecuting, prospecting, protecting, protesting, purporting, putting, quieting, quilting, quitting, quoting, rafting, ranting, ratcheting, rating, reacting, readjusting, reasserting, rebutting, recanting, recasting, reciting, recollecting, reconnecting, reconstituting, reconstructing, recounting, recruiting, redacting, redirecting, redistributing, redistricting, reelecting, refitting, reflecting, refuting, regretting, reigniting, reinstating, reinstituting, reinterpreting, reinventing, reinvesting, rejecting, relating, relenting, relocating, remarketing, renting, repainting, repeating, replanting, reporting, representing, reprinting, requesting, rerouting, resenting, resisting, resorting, respecting, restarting, restating, resting, restricting, resubmitting, resulting, resurrecting, retesting, retracting, retreating, retrofitting, reuniting, reverting, revisiting, revolting, rewriting, rioting, riveting, roasting, rocketing, rooting, rotting, rusting, salting, saluting, scapegoating, scouting, sculpting, seating, sedating, selecting, setting, shafting, sheeting, shifting, shooting, shoplifting, shorting, shouting, shunting, shutting, sifting, sighting, siting, sitting, skating, skirting, skyrocketing, skywriting, slanting, slighting, slitting, slotting, smarting, smelting, snorting, soliciting, somersaulting, songwriting, sorting, spitting, splitting, sporting, spotlighting, spotting, spouting, sprinting, sprouting, spurting, squatting, squinting, squirting, starting, stating, strutting, subcontracting, subjecting, submitting, substituting, subtracting, subverting, suggesting, superconducting, supplanting, supplementing, supporting, surmounting, suspecting, sweating, Sweeting, tainting, targeting, tasting, taunting, telecommuting, telemarketing, tempting, tenting, testing, thermosetting, thrusting, thwarting, ticketing, tilting, toasting, tormenting, toting, touting, translating, transmitting, transplanting, transporting, treating, trotting, trumpeting, trusting, twisting, typecasting, typesetting, Typewriting, undercutting, underreporting, underwriting, unexciting, uninteresting, uninviting, uniting, unrelenting, unremitting, unseating, unstinting, unsuspecting, unwitting, updating, uplifting, uprooting, upsetting, vacating, vaulting, venting, vesting, vetting, vibrating, violating, visiting, vomiting, voting, wafting, waiting, wanting, wasting, weighting, weightlifting, wetting, whiting, wildcatting, wilting, witting, wresting, writing, yachting. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-g-i-i-l-m-n-s-t-t-u" | |
-1 letter: mutilating, simulating, ultimating. | |
-2 letters: litigants, militants, situating, stimulant, titaniums. | |
-3 letters: antismut, giantism, linguist, litigant, luminist, lutanist, mailings, mattings, miauling, militant, minutial, misalign, mutating, saluting, simulant, slatting, slitting, smutting, stilting, tailings, titanism, titanium. | |
-4 letters: alumins, amusing, animist, imagist, intagli, intimal, intimas, intuits, lasting, lattins, lingams, listing, lusting, lutings, mailing, maligns, malting, manitus, masting, matings, matting. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-g-i-i-l-m-n-s-t-t-u" | |
+1 letter: multitasking. | |
+2 letters: multitaskings, restimulating. | |
+3 letters: metalinguistic. | |
+4 letters: metalinguistics, misarticulating, overstimulating. | |
+5 letters: hyperstimulating, superstimulating. | |
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