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Trepidation

Definition: Trepidation

Trepidation

Noun

1. A feeling of alarm or dread.

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

Date "trepidation" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1601. (references)


Synonyms: Trepidation

Synonyms: disturbance, fear. (additional references)

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Synonyms within Context: Trepidation

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

Agitation

Noun: agitation, stir, tremor, shake, ripple, jog, jolt, jar, jerk, shock, succussion, trepidation, quiver, quaver, dance; jactitation, quassation; shuffling c. Verb: twitter, flicker, flutter.

Excitability

Trepidation, perturbation, ruffle, hurry, fuss, flurry; fluster, flutter; pother, stew, ferment; whirl; buck fever; hurry-skurry, thrill; (feeling); state of excitement, fever of excitement; transport.

Fear

Nervousness, restlessness; Adjective: inquietude, disquietude, worry, concern; batophobia; heartquake; flutter, trepidation, fear and trembling, perturbation, tremor, quivering, shaking, trembling, throbbing heart, palpitation, ague fit, cold sweat; abject fear; (cowardice); mortal funk, heartsinking, despondency; despair.

Feeling

Blush, suffusion, flush; hectic; tingling, thrill, turn, shock; agitation; (irregular motion); quiver, heaving, flutter, flurry, fluster, twitter, tremor; throb, throbbing; pulsation, palpitation, panting; trepidation, perturbation; ruffle, hurry of spirits, pother, stew, ferment; state of excitement.

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: Trepidation

English words defined with "trepidation": Alarm postHeartquakeTrepidity. (references)
Specialty definitions using "trepidation": Fixt. (references)

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Commercial Usage: Trepidation

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Books

  • The Fearless Flyer: How to Fly in Comfort and Without Trepidation (reference)

    (more book examples)

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

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Sounds Captioned with "Trepidation".

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Terror; alarm; anxiety; consternation; dismay; dread; fearfulness; fright; horror; intimidation; panic; shock; trepidation; trepid; fear; afraid.
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Use in Literature: Trepidation

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Les Miserables

Hugo, Victor

The human body has something of this trepidation at the moment when the mysterious fingers of death are about to gather the soul.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Usage Frequency: Trepidation

"Trepidation" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Trepidation" 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)100%14526,217

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

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Trepidation

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.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

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Modern Translation: Trepidation

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

Albanian

  

shqetësim (affliction, agitation, anxiety, bother, care, concern, discomfort, discomposure, displeasure, disquiet, disquietude, distemper, distress, disturbance, fash, fear, feeling, fidget, flurry, fret, Fry, harassment, inconvenience, inquietude, moil, perturbation, plague, preoccupation, qualm, restlessness, solicitude, trouble, tumult, turmoil, uneasiness, unrest, vexation, worry), drithërim (wince), ankth (anguish, anxiety, Ardor, ardour, dismay, distress, fuss, incubus, inquietude, jitters, nervosity, night-hag, nightmare, obsession, overanxiety, uneasiness, unrest). (various references)

   

Arabic 

  

‏ذعر (alarm, be astonished, consternation, creep, flap, frighten, panic, terror, terrorization), ‏خوف (browbeat, bully, dread, fear, fright, frighten, frightfulness, give a scare, horror, panic, put the wind up, scare, terror), ‏إثارة (aggravation, agitation, excitation, excitement, instigation, irritation, provocation, splash, stir, stirring, thrilling), ‏إرتياب (distrust, mistrust, suspicion, suspiciousness). (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

тревога (agitation, alarm, alert, anxiety, dismay, disquiet, disturbance, flurry, fluster, inquietude, perturbation, trouble, uneasiness, unrest, worriment, worry), треперене (dither, quake, the shakes, tremble, trembling, tremor, vibration), трепет (flutter, quiver, thrill, throb, tremble, trembling, tremor, twitter), безпокойство (alarm, anxiety, bother, care, concernment, discomposure, disquiet, disquietude, disturbance, fash, harassment, inconvenience, inquietude, malaise, plague, qualm, ruffle, trouble, uneasiness, upset, whim-wham, worriment, worrit, worry). (various references)

   

Chinese 

  

惊恐 (Appalled, frightening, scare). (various references)

   

Czech

  

chvìní (oscillation, thrill, tingle, tremble, trembling, tremor, vibration, wabble, wobble). (various references)

   

Danish

  

vibration (chatter, flutter, judder, shudder, vibration), rystelse (jerk, jolting, shock, vibration). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

trilling (flutter, quiver, quivering, vibration), slingering (hunting, oscillation, swing, vibration). (various references)

   

French

  

trépidation (tremor), vive inquiétude, vibration (tremor), inquiétude, agitation. (various references)

   

German

  

Zittern (dodder, flicker, jitter, oscillate, oscillation, palpitate, palpitation, quail, quake, quaking, quaver, quavering, quiver, quivering, shake, shakiness, shaking, shiver, shivering, shudder, sweat, throb, to jitter, to shake (shook, tremble, trembling, tremor, vibrate, waver, wobble), Angst (agony, anguish, anxiety, dread, fear, fright, worry). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

τρεμούλα (collywobbles, dither, jitters, tremble), ταραχή (agitation, apprehension, bustle, coil, commotion, consternation, disturbance, flurry, fluster, flutter, frenzy, fuss, outbreak, perturbation, pother, restlessness, riot, row, ruction, ruffle, rumpus, scrimmage, stir, trouble, turbulence, turmoil, uproar, welter). (various references)

   

Hebrew 

  

חר"" (alarm, anxiety, dread, horror, luridness), ב"ל" (alarm, dismay, fright, panic, rush, scare). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

felindulás (emotion, flurry, fume, ire, over-excitement, thrill, trepidancy, trepidity), zaklatottság (distraction, obsession, trepidancy, trepidity), remegés (dither, flutter, judder, palpitation, quake, quiver, shuddering, thrill, tremble, trembling, tremor, trepidancy, trepidity, vibration), rángatózás (jerk, trepidancy, trepidity, twitch, twithcing), rángás (clonus, jolt, trepidancy, trepidity, twitch), megbolydulás (trepidancy, trepidity), kapkodás (expedience, expediency, hurry-scurry, hurry-skurry, precipitance, precipitation, trepidancy, trepidity), felbolydulás (commotion, stir, to-do, trepidancy, trepidity). (various references)

   

Italian

  

trepidazione (shaking), vibrazione (chatter, flicker, flutter, jar, throb, twang, vibration). (various references)

   

Manx

  

faitys (cowardice, irresolution, shyness, timidity). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

epidationtray

   

Portuguese

  

trepidação (chirp chirrup, jar, pulsation, shake, tremor, vibration). (various references)

   

Romanian

  

trepidaţie (agitation, jar, vibration), frãmântare (agitation, anxiety, discomposure, fermentation, fluster, flutter, fret, fretfulness, kneading, torture, unrest, worry), agitaţie (ado, agitation, bustle, clutter, commotion, dusty, emotion, excitement, ferment, fermentation, fever, flurry, flutter, fret, go, haste, inquietude, nervousness, perturbation, restlessness, riotousness, roughness, squirm, stir, unrest, vexation, working). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

трепет (flutter, palpitation, quiver, shiver, thrill, throb, trembling, trepidations), дрожь (chill, didder, dither, quake, quiver, shiver, thrill, tremble, trembling, tremor, tremors, tremulously, tremulousness). (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

strepnja (anxiety, pang, worry), strah (alarm, creeps, dread, fear, fright, funk, wind up). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

trepidación (palpitation). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

skälvning (palpitation, quake, quiver, shaking, shiver, shudder, tremble, tremor). (various references)

   

Turkish

  

titreme (chill, dither, flicker, judder, pulsation, quake, quaking, quiver, rigor, rigour, shake, shaking, shimmy, shiver, shivering, shudder, the shivers, thrill, tremble, trembling, tremor, vibration), korku (affright, alarm, apprehension, awe, dismay, dread, fear, fright, funk, gothic, horror, misgiving, phobia, scare), dehşet (alarm, consternation, dismay, dread, fear, fright, frightfulness, funk, horror, terror), ürperme (chill, creep, flicker, rigor, rigour, the shivers, tremble, tremor). (various references)

   

Ukrainian

  

тривога (alarm, alert, anxiety, care, disquiet, tizzy, worry), дрижання (ballism, quake, shake, shaking, shudder). (various references)

   

Vietnamese 

  

sự rung chuyển sự náo động, sự bối rối (abashment, discomfiture, discomposure, disconcertment, fuddle, perplexity, puzzle, stew). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Trepidation

Derivations

Words beginning with "trepidation": trepidations. (additional references)


Misspellings

"Trepidation" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: tepidation, trepedation, trepidatio, trepidationa, trepidition, trepination, tripidation, trpidation. (additional references)

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

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Rhyming with "Trepidation"

# of Phoneme MatchesPronunciationWord(s) rhyming with "trepidation" (pronounced tre'pudā"shun)
6-u d ā" sh u naccommodation, consolidation, degradation, depredation, fluoridation, intimidation, invalidation, liquidation, oxidation, sedation, validation.
5-d ā" sh u ncommendation, foundation, gradation, inundation, recommendation, retardation.
4-ā" sh u nabbreviation, abdication, aberration, abomination, abrogation, acceleration, acclimation, accreditation, accumulation, accusation, acidification, activation, adaptation, adjudication, administration, admiration, adoration, adulation, advocation, affectation, affiliation, affirmation, agglomeration, aggravation, agitation, alienation, allegation, alleviation, allocation, alphabetization, alteration, altercation, amalgamation, amelioration, amortization, amplification, amputation, animation, annexation, annihilation, annotation, anticipation, antidiscrimination, appellation, application, appreciation, approbation, appropriation, approximation, arbitration, argumentation, articulation, aspiration, assassination, assimilation, association, augmentation, authentication, authorization, automation, aviation, avocation, balkanization, bifurcation, calculation, calibration, cancellation, cannibalization, capitalization, capitulation, carnation, castration, categorization, causation, celebration, centralization, certification, cessation, cetacean, characterization, citation, civilization, clarification, classification, coagulation, codification, cogeneration, cogitation, cohabitation, collaboration, collectivization, colonization, coloration, colorization, combination, commemoration, commercialization, communication, communization, compensation, compilation, complication, computation, computerization, concatenation, concentration, conciliation, condemnation, condensation, confabulation, confederation, configuration, confirmation, confiscation, conflagration, confrontation, conglomeration, congratulation, congregation, conjugation, connotation, consecration, conservation, consideration, consolation, constellation, consternation, constipation, consultation, consummation, contamination, contemplation, continuation, conversation, convocation, cooperation, coordination, coronation, corporation, correlation, corroboration, creation, cremation, criminalization, crustacean, culmination, cultivation, dalmatian, damnation, decaffeination, decapitation, deceleration, decentralization, decertification, declaration, decontamination, decoration, decriminalization, dedication, defamation, deflation, deforestation, deformation, degeneration, dehumanization, dehydration, deification, deinstitutionalization, delegation, deliberation, delineation, demarcation, demilitarization, demobilization, democratization, demodulation, demonization, demonstration, demoralization, denationalization, denomination, denuclearization, denunciation, depopulation, deportation, depravation, depreciation, deprivation, deregulation, derivation, desalination, desalinization, desecration, desegregation, desiccation, designation, desolation, desperation, destabilization, destination, determination, detonation, detoxication, detoxification, devaluation, devastation, deviation, dictation, differentiation, dilatation, dilation, discoloration, discontinuation, discrimination, disembarkation, disinclination, disinflation, disinformation, disintegration, dislocation, disorganization, disorientation, dispensation, disputation, disqualification, dissemination, dissertation, dissipation, dissociation, distillation, diversification, divination, documentation, domestication, domination, donation, dramatization, duplication, duration, echolocation, edification, education, ejaculation, elaboration, elation, electrification, elevation, elimination, elongation, emanation, emancipation, embarkation, emigration, emulation, enumeration, equalization, 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, fertilization, fibrillation, figuration, filtration, fixation, flirtation, flotation, fluctuation, foliation, formation, formulation, fortification, fragmentation, frustration, fumigation, gasification, gastrulation, generalization, generation, gentrification, germination, gestation, glaciation, globalization, glorification, graduation, granulation, gratification, gravitation, gyration, habitation, hallucination, harmonization, hesitation, hibernation, hospitalization, humiliation, hybridization, hydration, hydrogenation, hyperinflation, identification, illumination, illustration, imagination, imitation, immigration, immunization, impersonation, implantation, implementation, implication, importation, impregnation, improvisation, imputation, inactivation, inauguration, incantation, incapacitation, incarceration, incarnation, inclination, incoordination, incorporation, incrimination, incrustation, incubation, indemnification, indentation, indexation, indication, indignation, indoctrination, industrialization, infatuation, infestation, infiltration, inflammation, inflation, information, inhabitation, inhalation, initiation, innovation, inoculation, insemination, insinuation, inspiration, installation, instigation, institutionalization, instrumentation, insubordination, insulation, integration, intensification, internationalization, interpretation, interrogation, intimation, intonation, intoxication, investigation, invitation, invocation, ionization, irradiation, irrigation, irritation, isolation, jubilation, justification, laceration, lactation, legalization, legislation, levitation, liberalization, liberation, libration, ligation, limitation, litigation, localization, location, lubrication, machination, magnetization, magnification, malformation, manifestation, manipulation, marginalization, masturbation, maturation, maximization, mechanization, mediation, medication, meditation, menstruation, migration, mineralization, miniaturization, ministration, misallocation, misapplication, misappropriation, miscalculation, mischaracterization, miscommunication, miscreation, misidentification, misinformation, misinterpretation, misrepresentation, mitigation, mobilization, moderation, modernization, modification, modulation, molestation, monopolization, motivation, multiplication, mummification, mutation, mutilation, narration, nation, nationalization, naturalization, navigation, negation, negotiation, neutralization, nitration, nomination, nondiscrimination, nonproliferation, normalization, notation, notification, nucleation, nullification, obfuscation, obligation, observation, occupation, operation, optimization, oration, orchestration, ordination, organisation, organization, orientation, origination, ornamentation, oscillation, ossification, ostentation, ovation, overpopulation, overregulation, overvaluation, ovulation, pacification, pagination, palpitation, participation, pasteurization, penetration, perforation, permutation, perpetuation, personalization, personification, perspiration, perturbation, pigmentation, plantation, polarization, politicization, pollination, pontification, popularization, population, precipitation, predestination, prefabrication, premeditation, preoccupation, preparation, presentation, preservation, pressurization, privation, privatization, probation, proclamation, procrastination, procreation, profanation, prognostication, proliferation, pronunciation, propagation, proration, prostration, protestation, provocation, publication, punctuation, purification, qualification, quantification, quotation, radiation, radicalization, ramification, ratification, rationalization, reaffirmation, realization, reallocation, reauthorization, recalculation, recantation, recapitalization, recertification, recitation, reclamation, reclassification, 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, renationalization, renegotiation, renomination, renovation, renunciation, reorganization, reparation, repatriation, replication, representation, repudiation, reputation, reregulation, reservation, resignation, respiration, restoration, resuscitation, retaliation, reunification, revaluation, revelation, reverberation, revitalization, revocation, rotation, rumination, salvation, sanctification, sanitation, saponification, saturation, securitization, sedimentation, segmentation, segregation, sensation, separation, sequestration, simplification, simulation, situation, socialization, solicitation, sophistication, specialization, specification, speculation, stabilization, stagflation, stagnation, standardization, starvation, station, sterilization, stimulation, stipulation, strangulation, subluxation, subordination, subsidization, substantiation, suburbanization, suffocation, summation, superstation, syndication, tabulation, taxation, telecommunication, temptation, termination, titillation, toleration, transformation, transillumination, translation, transplantation, transportation, triangulation, tribulation, undervaluation, unification, unionization, urbanization, usurpation, utilization, vacation, vaccination, vacillation, valuation, vaporization, variation, vegetation, ventilation, verification, vibration, victimization, vilification, vindication, violation, visitation, visualization, vocation, vulgarization, westernization.
3-sh u nabduction, 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.

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Anagrams: Trepidation

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: partitioned.

Words within the letters "a-d-e-i-i-n-o-p-r-t-t"

-2 letters: detrition, iteration, partition, perdition, predation, tradition, trepidant.

-3 letters: antidote, antipode, antiriot, arointed, atropine, attorned, daintier, dipteran, dipteron, ideation, intorted, intrepid, iodinate, nitrated, ordinate, paintier, patentor, petition, pointier, pronated, rationed, retinoid, teratoid, tetanoid, tetrapod, triptane.

-4 letters: adopter, aneroid, antipot, antired, aproned, atropin, attired, denarii, depaint, detrain, diatron, dinitro, diopter, dioptre, diorite, diptera, dottier, edition.

 Words containing the letters "a-d-e-i-i-n-o-p-r-t-t"
 

+1 letter: trepidations.

 

+2 letters: decrepitation, premeditation, repartitioned.

 

+3 letters: decrepitations, predestination, premeditations, repudiationist.

 

+4 letters: predestinations, radioprotection, repudiationists.

 

+5 letters: disproportionate, postpresidential, predetermination, prestidigitation, radioprotections.

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

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Commercial
5. Sounds
6. Quotations: Fiction
7. Usage Frequency
8. Expressions: Internet
9. Translations: Modern
10. Derivations
11. Rhymes
12. Anagrams
13. Bibliography


  

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