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Definition: Suction |
SuctionNoun1. A force over an area produced by a pressure difference. 2. The act of sucking. Verb1. Remove or draw away by the force of suction; "the doctors had to suction the water from the patient's lungs". 2. Empty or clean by the force of suction, as of a body cavity; "suction the uterus in an abortion". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "suction" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1824. (references) |
Etymology: Suction \Suc"tion\, noun. [Latin expression sugere, suctum, to suck; compare to Old French suction. See Suck, transitive verb]. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Health | The removal of secretions, gas or fluid from hollow or tubular organs or cavities by means of a tube and a device that acts on negative pressure. (references) |
Mechanical Engineering | That side of the compressor connected to the low pressure. Source: European Union. (references) |
Medicine | The process of sucking. Source: European Union. (references) |
| The act or process of sucking. Source: European Union. (references) | |
Mining | A. Atmospheric pressure pushing against a partial vacuum b. The pull of a pump c. Adhesion of a mass of mud to the underside of an object being liftedout of it. (references) |
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Synonyms: SuctionSynonyms: suck (n), sucking (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Power | Pressure; conductivity; elasticity; gravity, electricity, magnetism, galvanism, voltaic electricity, voltaism, electromagnetism; atomic power, nuclear power, thermonuclear power; fuel cell; hydraulic power, water power, hydroelectric power; solar power, solar energy, solar panels; tidal power; wind power; attraction; vis inertiae, vis mortua, vis viva; potential energy, dynamic energy; dynamic friction, dynamic suction; live circuit, live rail, live wire. |
Reception | Noun: reception; admission, admittance, entree, importation; introduction, intromission; immission, ingestion, imbibation, introception, absorption, ingurgitation, inhalation; suction, sucking; eating, drinking; (food); insertion; interjection; introit. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Suction |
| English words defined with "suction": American organ, aspirate ♦ click ♦ draw in ♦ milking machine ♦ plumber's helper, plunger, Pulsion, pump ♦ stomach pump, suck in, sucker, Sucking pump, Suction chamber, suction curettage, suction pump, suction stop, suctorial, Suctorian, sump pump ♦ To suck out, To suck up ♦ vacuum, vacuum aspiration, vacuum cleaner. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "suction": suction basket, suction cup, suction cutter, suction dredg, suction head, suction lift, suction ventilator, Suction Vortex. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "suction": Suctoria. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | As you know, the concept of the suction pump is centuries old. And really, that's all this is, except that instead of sucking water, I'm sucking life (The Princess Bride; writing credit: William Goldman) The bottom of your shoe creates a suction that holds you up in the ceiling (At the Circus; writing credit: Irving Brecher) Teeth placement, and jaw stress, and suction, and gag reflex, and all the while bobbing up and down, moaning and trying to breathe through our noses (Sex and the City; writing credit: Mark Leiren-Young) Not many people know this, but the turtle is nature's suction cup. (UHF; writing credit: 'Weird Al' Yankovic; Jay Levey) | |
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 | Dr. Oren is examining a child with respiratory paralysis. A suction machine is used in conjunction with a tracheostomy tube to help in suctioning sputum build-up from the lungs. Credit: CDC. |  | Cleaning gravel from the streambed using a suction pump. The device, in the background, is a modified gold dredge and was used by Americorp and NOAA volunteers. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center. |
 | An excellent close-up of the suction dredge process where water and sediments are passing through the screen. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center. |  | Divers use a suction sampler to collect animals living in the sand. Credit: National Undersea Research Program (NURP). |
 | JSL prepares to dive-- note dryer hose type suction tube on the arm. Credit: National Undersea Research Program (NURP). |  | [A suction system at individual stations]. Credit: National Library of Medicine. |
 | Three trees undergoing plant physiology experiments, including demonstration that suction of roots can overcome the force of gravity] / S.G. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Eight-foot mercury barometer and water pumping demonstration from four-story house proving law that height of fluids raised by suction or pressure varies inversely to its specific gravity. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Suction dredge Neversink [sic]. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Taking the cotton from the truck into the gin through large metal suction tube. Hopson plantation, Clarksdale, Mississippi. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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 | Suction; suck; sup; drink; vacuum; inhale; imbibe; . | | Vacuum; clean; suck; suction; carpet; . |
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Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | It applies itself and spreads itself over the earth with a sort of suction. |
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Health | The microkeratome and the suction ring are then removed. (references) | |
Patients may begin using suction devices to remove excess fluids or saliva and prevent choking. (references) | ||
During an episode of obstructive apnea, the person’s effort to inhale air creates suction that collapses the windpipe. (references) | ||
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Suction" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Suction" is used about 113 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% | 113 | 30,464 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "suction": adhere by suction ♦ air suction valve ♦ boundary layer suction ♦ chip extraction by suction ♦ liquid suction heat interchanger ♦ suction chamber ♦ suction cleaner ♦ suction cup ♦ suction curettage ♦ suction disc ♦ suction pipe ♦ suction pump ♦ suction stop ♦ suction stroke ♦ suction sweeper ♦ suction valve ♦ suction ventilator. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "suction": suction-boots, suction-fan, suction-plug, suction-powered. | |
Ending with "suction": air-suction, back-suction, high-suction, lipo-suction, squeegee-suction. | |
| 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 "suction"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | thithje (absorption, exhaustion, induction, pull, suck), thithës (absorbent, absorbing, sucking, suctorial). (various references) | |
Arabic | مضخة ماصة, مص (absorption, lick, licking, pick, siphon, suck, suck out, sucking up, suckle), ماص (absorbent, absorptive, nozzle, sucker), رشف (sip, squelch, sucking). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | всмукване (absorption, draw, indraft, indraught, influx, intake, suck, whiff), всмукателен (inlet), вакуумен (vacuum). (various references) | |
Catalan | campana (hood, suction apparatus). (various references) | |
Chinese | 吸. (various references) | |
Czech | sání (soak, suck), nasávání. (various references) | |
Danish | sugning, sugen, sugebevaegelse, sugebevægelse, tilgang sugeside, opsugning (aspiration, suction drainage), indsugning (depression, hollow, induction, ingestion, inlet, intake, suck-in). (various references) | |
Dutch | suctio, suctie (aspiration, suction drainage), zuigzijde, zuiging (aspiration, suction drainage), zuigen (suck), inlaat (aqueduct head, induction, inlet, intake), aspiratie (ambition, aspiration). (various references) | |
Esperanto | desuĉilo (hood, suction apparatus). (various references) | |
Farsi | مکش , مک زنی (Suck), سوپاپ تلمبه , عمل مکیدن , جذب بوسیله مکیدن , جذب . (various references) | |
Finnish | imu (aspiration, ingestion, piping, shrink cavity, shrink hole). (various references) | |
French | succion (suck, sucking). (various references) | |
German | sog (maelstrom, pull, slipstream, undertow, vortex, wake). (various references) | |
Greek | αναρρόφηση (aspiration), εκμύζηση. (various references) | |
Hebrew | מציצ" (puff, suck, sucking out), י יק" (absorption, suck, sucking, young twig), שאיפ" (ambition, aspiration, breathing, inhalation, striving), ספי'" (absorption, blotting, osmosis, soaking up). (various references) | |
Hungarian | szivattyúzás (pumping), szívás (suck, sucking). (various references) | |
Italian | aspirazione (aspiration, inhalation). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 吸収 (absorption, attraction), 吸収 (absorption, attraction), 吸引 (absorption, aspiration, attraction), 吸い上' (sucking). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | すいあ' (sucking), きゅうしゅう (absorption, assault, attraction, bitter enemy, descent, old customs, raid, revenge, southern-most of four main islands of Japan), きゅうい" (absorption, aspiration, attraction, sucking in). (various references) | |
Korean | 흡입 (Breath, inhalation, inhaling). (various references) | |
Manx | tayrn (brew of tea; designing, brew; designing, carry, carrying, cart; get out; draw, deracinate, describe; attract, draft, drag, draw along, drawing, haul, haulage, heave, hitch, induce; tap, induce; tap as barrel, lure, pluck, pull, pulling, tow, towing, trace, tracing; quartering, trawl, tug, tugging, yank), soo (absorption, blot, blot as paper, exhaust, exhaustion, extract, extraction; goodness of food; berry, extraction; goodness; berry, imbibe, jam, preserve, sap, sip; blotting, soak, soak up, soaking, suck, sucking, tipple, tippling). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | uctionsay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | aspiração (ambition, breathing, desideratum, desire). (various references) | |
Romanian | sugere (suck), aspiraţie (aspiration, hankering, sniff, suck), absorbire (absorbing, absorption, assimilation, engrossment, suck). (various references) | |
Russian | сосание (suctioning), всасывание (inflow, intake). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | sukcija, sisanje (suck), usisni (intake, suctorial), usisavanje (intake, suck up). (various references) | |
Spanish | succión (sucking). (various references) | |
Swedish | sugning. (various references) | |
Turkish | vakumlu (vacuum, vacuum packed), vakum (vacuum), indükleme (induction), emme (absorption, admission, adsorption, aspiration, soak, sorption, suck, sucking, vacuum), emiş gücü. (various references) | |
Ukrainian | ссання (sucking), усмоктування (absorption, imbibition, suck), пияцтво (alcoholism, bibbing, debauchery, drink, drinking, drunkenness, potations). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | sự mút (suck), sự hút (absorption). (various references) | |
Welsh | sugn (sap, suck). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "suction": suctional, suctioned, suctioning, suctions. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "suction": liposuction. (additional references) | |
Words containing "suction": liposuctions. (additional references) | |
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"Suction" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: luctian, saction, scation, Sotion. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "suction" (pronounced su"kshun) |
| 5 | -u" k sh u n | abduction, conduction, construction, deconstruction, deduction, destruction, induction, instruction, introduction, obstruction, overproduction, production, reconstruction, reduction, reintroduction, reproduction, seduction. |
| 4 | -k sh u n | faction, fiction, abstraction, 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, 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 n | facilitation, falsification, fascination, fashion, federation, fermentation, fertilization, fibrillation, figuration, filtration, fission, abrogation, absolution, absorption, academician, acceleration, accession, acclimation, accommodation, abbreviation, abdication, aberration, abolition, abomination, abortion, 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, 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. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "c-i-n-o-s-t-u" | |
-1 letter: coitus, counts, cousin, cutins, outsin, tocsin, tonics, tunics. | |
-2 letters: cions, coins, conus, count, cutin, cutis, icons, ictus, incus, ontic, scion, scout, snout, sonic, stoic, suint, tonic, tonus, tunic, uncos, units. | |
-3 letters: cion, cist, coin, coni, cons, cost, cots, cuts, icon, into, ions, nits, nous, nuts, onus, otic, oust, outs, scot, scut, snit, snot. | |
| Words containing the letters "c-i-n-o-s-t-u" | |
+1 letter: auctions, cautions, conduits, counties, discount, linocuts, miscount, noctuids, ructions, scouting, subtonic, suctions, unctions, viscount. | |
+2 letters: aconitums, bounciest, causation, chitinous, columnist, communist, continues, continuos, contusing, contusion, costuming, countians, countries, cretinous, custodian, discounts, eductions, functions, inductors, jounciest, junctions, locutions, miscounts, neurotics, scoutings, seduction, stuccoing, subtonics, suctional, suctioned, suctorian, tenacious, viscounts, viscounty. | |
+3 letters: abductions, accusation, actuations, adductions, causations, centurions, columnists, combusting, combustion, comminutes, communists, confitures, consortium, constitute, construing, consulting, consultive, contagious, contiguous, continuers, continuous, continuums, contusions, countryish, custodians, deductions, discounted, discounter, educations, elocutions, executions, flounciest, furcations, incautions, incautious, incestuous, incubators, inductions, infectious, inoculants, inoculates, inosculate, insouciant, instructor, introduces, inunctions, licentious, misconduct, miscounted, osculating, osculation, outcursing, outscoring, pleustonic, punctilios, rediscount, reductions, seductions, subduction, subjection, subsection, suctioning, suctorians, supertonic, surjection, touchiness, touchlines, trichinous, ultrasonic, unactorish, undomestic, viscountcy. | |
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