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Definitions: Explanation |
ExplanationNoun1. A statement that explains; "he launched into a detailed explanation"; "he demanded that I give an account for my failure". 2. Thought that makes something comprehensible. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "explanation" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1258. (references) |
Etymology: Explanation \Ex`pla*na"tion\, noun. [Latin expression explanatio: compare to Old French expression esplanation.]. (Websters 1913) |
Synonym: ExplanationSynonym: account (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Attribution | Explanation; (interpretation); reason why; (cause). |
Dissertation | Investigation; (inquiry); study; (consideration); discussion; (reasoning); exposition; (explanation). |
Indication | Exposition; (explanation), proof; (evidence); pattern; (prototype). |
Interpretation | Noun: interpretation, definition; explanation, explication; solution, answer; rationale; plain interpretation, simple interpretation, strict interpretation; meaning. |
Adverb: in explanation; Noun: that is to say, id est, videlicet, to wit, namely, in other words. | |
Teaching | Explanation; (interpretation); lesson, lecture, sermon; apologue, parable; discourse, prolection, preachment; chalk talk; Chautauqua. |
Unintelligibility | Verb: be unintelligible; Adjective: require explanation; have a doubtful meaning, pass comprehension. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | Nineteen post-graduate degrees in mathematics, and your best explanation for going from a 63 to a 46 percent approval rating in five weeks is mood swings? (The American President; writing credit: Aaron Sorkin.) There has to be a mathematical explanation for how bad that tie is. (A Beautiful Mind; writing credit: Akiva Goldsman) There's no other explanation! (The Simpsons; writing credit: Artur Brauner; Paul Hengge) There's a total explanation for this. (Buffy the Vampire Slayer; writing credit: Doreen Spicer) That's probably a more logical explanation! (Eight Legged Freaks; writing credit: Ellory Elkayem; Randy Kornfield) | |
Lyrics | And the only explanation I can find (Top Of The World; performing artist: Carpenters) I ask myself but there's no explanation (I Don't Want To Live Without You; performing artist: Foreigner) No explanation (Wonder; performing artist: Natalie Merchant) There's no complication there's no explanation (Too Much; performing artist: Spice Girls) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Explanation (1985) | |
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 | "Visual Derivatives, Part 1" by Tom Tredon. Calculus teachers: click on Edit inside DPGraph for an explanation. |  | Plate 259. Explanation of the Diagrams of the oyster.Credit: National Marine Fisheries Historical Image Collection. |
 | The Measure of Life : Quantity and Quality in Biological Explanation.Credit: National Library of Medicine. |  | Bart's last whisper to Lucy was in explanation of the little wife's manner.Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Table of types of elements and explanation of plates showing various chemical elements and their atomic weights.Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Significant figures of our time. 4. On TV his witty and lucid explanation of the mysteries of the kitchen make his name a household word.Credit: Library of Congress. |
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| Author | Quotation |
George Gordon | I wish he would explain his explanation. |
Hilton Kramer | The more minimal the art, the more maximum the explanation. |
Red Auerbach | The only correct actions are those that demand no explanation and no apology. |
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| Title | Author | Quote |
Emma | Austen, Jane | |
Tangled Tale | Carroll, Lewis | I HAVE received several letters on the subjects of Knots II and VI, which lead me to think some further explanation desirable. |
A Christmas Carol | Dickens, Charles | Scrooge knew the men, and looked towards the Spirit for an explanation. |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | He seemed to be thoughtfully seeking, beyond the apparent life, for its cause, its explanation, or its excuse. |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Absence of other more likely neurologic explanation. (references) | |
Please refer to the DSM-IV for a complete listing and explanation of these criteria. (references) | ||
This information should be used by trainers to guide their own explanation of the medical facts. (references) | ||
Business | Unofficial groups claim that authorities often refuse them registration without explanation. (references) | |
A likely explanation is gross systematic under-reporting of crime by victims to the authorities. (references) | ||
New types of ready-to-eat health aids, offered with a scientific explanation of its effects, have rapidly attracted Korean consumers. (references) | ||
Children | Guatemala | The father, according to indigenous practice, demanded an explanation from Poroj. (references) |
Civil Liberties | Congo | Yenga was released on November 3, and no explanation for his arrest was provided. (references) |
Togo | On March 27, security forces also seized copies of newspaper Le Regard without explanation. (references) | |
Economic History | Egypt | It requires the government to consider both price and best value and to issue an explanation for a bid's refusal. (references) |
Luxembourg | For an explanation of the European Union and its governing European Directives (laws), please refer to the EU Commercial Guide. (references) | |
Austria | The explanation for the phenomenal growth in U.S. exports is to be found in the decision of (then) Chrysler and now DaimlerChrysler to invest in assembly operations in Austria. (references) | |
Human Rights | Burma | The ILO's governing body asked for a full explanation of the incident. (references) |
Guatemala | The original prosecutor assigned to the case was reassigned without explanation. (references) | |
Cuba | On January 17, Jesus Joel Diaz Hernandez was released from prison without explanation. (references) | |
Political Rights | Turkmenistan | In its public explanation, ODIHR cited serious concerns that the broad electoral framework in the country fell short of its OSCE commitments. (references) |
Trade | Cote D'ivoire | The above description is general; for a more precise explanation of the incentive program, contact CS-Abidjan or CEPICI with specific information concerning your investment plans. (references) |
Mexico | U.S. exporters have encountered problems when products are added to the list without notice or importers are summarily dropped from the registry without prior notice or subsequent explanation. (references) | |
Travel | Vietnam | If it is not possible to have a third party introduce you, self-introductions should start with an explanation of what led you to contact this particular organization. (references) |
Women | India | In April the NHRC requested an explanation from the Chief Minister of Assam as to why he continued to retain a state cabinet member who was accused of raping a minor. (references) |
Afghanistan | The Taliban reversed its decision the next day, apparently accepting the WFP's explanation that female staff of the bakeries were not direct hire WFP employees and therefore not subject to the July 6 order. (references) | |
Worker Rights | Mauritania | While allowing for the possibility of isolated cases of slavery in the remote countryside, the Commission concluded that slavery does not exist as an institution and that the persistence of vestiges of slavery was the more convincing explanation of social relations. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| Speaker | Term | Phrase(s) |
James Madison | 1809-1817 | Our amity with the powers of Barbary, with the exception of a recent occurrence at Tunis, of which an explanation is just received, appears to have been uninterrupted and to have become more firmly established. |
James Monroe | 1817-1825 | If the person thus elected has served the preceding term, an opportunity is afforded him to review its principal occurrences and to give such further explanation respecting them as in his judgment may be useful to his constituents. |
Andrew Jackson | 1829-1837 | A full explanation has been required of the causes which led to the failure of that movement, but has not yet been received. |
Ronald Reagan | 1981-1989 | But his explanation to me was, `You did what you had to do, and you kept on going. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| "Explanation" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Explanation" is used about 4,746 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% | 4,746 | 2,063 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "explanation": a likely explanation ♦ believable explanation ♦ demand an explanation ♦ demand for explanation ♦ explanation of a word ♦ explanation of an entry ♦ flounder in an explanation ♦ partial explanation ♦ rational explanation ♦ simple explanation ♦ viva voce explanation ♦ without explanation. Additional references. | |
| Hypenated Usage | |
Ending with "explanation": level-of-explanation, macro-explanation, mid-explanation, non-explanation, semi-explanation, sub-explanation. | |
| 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 "explanation"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Afrikaan | verduideliking (account). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | sqarim (clarification, clearing-off, elucidation, enlightenment, gloss, illumination, illustration), shpjegim (commentary, elucidation, exegesis, exegetics, explication, exposition, gloss, interpretation, reading, reasoning, Rede). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | نقاش (chaser, chasing, rap, talking), تفسير (commentary, construction, exegesis, exegetics, explanatory, explication, layout, reading), توضيح (clarification, elicitation, elucidation, exposition, illustration, representation), تعليل, التفسير (hermeneutics), شرح (account for, anatomize, be explained, caption, commentary, cut into slices, demonstrate, demonstration, dissect, elucidate, elucidation, explain, explication, exposition, expound, puzzle out, represent, slice, sort out). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | тълкуване (construction, exegesis, exposition, gloss, interpretation, note, reading, rendering, translation), обяснение (account, declaration, exegesis, explication, exposition, interpretation, keyword, rationalization, why), пояснение (adverbial, note). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 說明 (caption, directions, to explain, to illustrate), 解释 (Aread, Areed, Explain, Explained, Explaining, Explication, interpret, interpretation, interpreted, interpreting), 解釋 (to explain, to interpret, to resolve), 解" (answer). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | vysvìtlení (explication), výklad (commentation, construction, exposition, interpretation, reading, shop window, version), objasnìní (clarification, clearing, elucidation, enlightenment, light). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | forklaring (account, caption, giving of evidence). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | explicatie (account), toelichting (account, explanatory memorandum, explanatory report, explanatory statement). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Esperanto | ekspliko, klarigo. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Faeroese | frágreiðing (account, record, report). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | تفسیر (Comment, Commentary, Exposition, Gloss, Paraphrase, Rendition, Version), توضیح (Comment, Gloss, Paraphrase, Statement, Treatise), تعریف (Compliment, Definition, Description, Portrayal, Quality, Quantification), تعبیر (Comment, Phrase), شرح (Circumstance, Description, Exposition, Geography, Gloss, Innuendo, Legend, Narrative, Recitation, Relation, Sketch, Statement, Story, Tale, Treatise), بیان (Declaration, Diction, Exposition, Expression, Lip, Locution, Pronunciation, Quotation, Recitation, Remark, Statement). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | selonteko (account, description, report, report exposition), selitys (comment, key legend, legend, note on definition or on use, scope note, statement). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | explication (explication). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Frisian | ferklearring (account). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | erläuterung (account, annotation, clarification, comment, commentary, elucidation, exemplification, explanatory note, explication, gloss, illumination, illustration, note, note on definition or on use, scope note), erklärung (assertion, avowal, commentary, declaration, exposition, illustration, legend, proclamation, profession, pronouncement, statement), aufklärung (account, civilization, clearing, education, elucidation, enlightenment, information, instruction, reconnaissance, resolution, scout, solution). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | εξήγηση (exegesis, explication, gloss, interpretation). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | "סבר (description, explication). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | értelmezés (interpretation, representation), megfejtés (decipher, decipherment, decoding, interpretation, reading, solution), magyarázat (comment, elucidation, explication, exposition, gloss, interpretation, key, note, reading, whys). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Icelandic | skýring (account). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | eksposisi (exposition, fair), telaahan (interpretation), ta'wil (interpretation), pemaparan (exposition), mengerti (understand). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | spiegazione (account, assertion, caption, enlightenment, explication, exposition, legend, rundown). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 諭旨 (reasoning). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | つうかい (commentary, intense pleasure, thrilling), じょせつ (interpretation, introduction, snow removal), ゆし (fat, fats and oils, instruction, official suggestion, oil paper, oiled paper, reasoning), "うせつ (gossip, public, sexual intercourse, skill, snow, snowfall, tact, talk about town, workmanship, your opinion), いいわけ (excuse), いいひらき (justification, vindication), かいせつ (commentary, diffraction, establishment, marine snow, opening), ち"べ" (defense), せつめい (exposition), しゃくめい (vindication), つうしゃく (commentary), べ"めい (apology, excuse, vindication), べ"かい (defence, excuse, justification), く"かい (admonishment, admonition, interpretation, lesson or a phrase that teaches you not to do something, warning), しょせつ (contents, matter under discussion, one's opinion, opinion), そめい, かいしゃく (interpretation, suicide assistant). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 설명 (Elucidating, Elucidative, Explaining, Explanatory, Illustrating). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | soilsheydys (announcement, publicity), bun (base, basis, bottom, derivation, details, dope, end, eye of storm, foot, foundation, heart, interpretation, news, origin, original, prime, principle, raw material, root, root cause, sole, source, stem, stool, stump, underneath), baght (clarity, cognition, contemplation, definition, illumination, notice, observation, penetration, review, view). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Norwegian | forklaring. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Papiamen | aklarashon (account). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | explanationay explicação (account, apology, definition, elucidative, exemplar, explication, expositive, illustration, interpretative, secret), explanação (explication). (various references) expunere (account, delivery, display, exhibit, exhibition, exposing, exposition, exposure, presentment, recital, relation, speech, statement), explicare (apology, demonstration, explication, illustration, reading), explicaţie (account, cause, construction, exegesis, gloss, purport, Rede), tãlmãcire (commentary, interpretation, translating, translation), referinţã (reference), precizare (addition, ascertainement, determination, explanatory note, parenthesis, specification), lãmurire (elucidation, explaining). (various references) объяснение (explication). (various references) obrazloženje (rationale), objašnjenje (context, elucidation, explication). (various references) explicación (account, answer, class, explication, exposition, illustration, interpretation, lecture, reason). (various references) förklaring (comment, declaration, definition, elucidation, explicable, explication, exposition, illustration, interpretation, outgiving, proclamation, pronouncement, statement). (various references) yorum (comment, commentary, construction, exegesis, exercise, explication, gloss, interpretation, observation, paraphrase, reading, remark, rendering, rendition, version), tanımlama (characterization, collation, definition, description, portraiture, portrayal, specification), manâ (hang, import, meaning, purport, sense, signification), izah (elucidation, explication, illumination), anlam (acceptation, construction, content, denotation, effect, hang, import, inference, meaning, point, purport, purview, sense, significance, significancy, signification, sound, strain, tenor), açiklama (account), açıklama (account, clarification, comment, commentary, declaration, definition, direction, elucidation, endorsement, explication, exposition, gloss, hearing, illumination, illustration, indorsement, instruction, paraphrase, profession, statement). (various references) dьюьnje (notion), dьюьndiriю. (various references) тлумачення (annotation, comment, definition, elucidation, exegetics, explication, exposition, gloss, interpretation, reading, rendition), виправдання (absolution, acquittal, acquittance, alibi, allowance, apology, defence, defense, exculpation, excuse, justification, palliation, warrant, warranty, whitewash), пояснення (apology, clarification, elucidation, explication, illustration, reason, translation). (various references) sự thanh minh, sự giảng giải, sự giảng, sự giải nghĩa, lời thanh minh, lời giảng, lời giải thích, lời giải nghĩa sự giải thích. (various references) esboniad (commentary), eglur.had (demonstration). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | aedificatio, aedificatione, aedificationem, aedificationes, aedificationi, aedificationis, definitio, explicatus, expositione. (various references) |
| Avestan | 200-600 | âzaiñti. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "explanation": explanations. (additional references) | |
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"Explanation" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: eplanation, esplanation, exclanation, exlpanation, exlpination, expanation, explaination, explamation, explanagion, explanantion, explanasion, explanatio, explantation, explantion, explenation, explination. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "explanation" (pronounced e'ksplunā"shun) |
| 7 | -l u n ā" sh u n | desalination, disinclination, inclination, pollination. |
| 6 | -u n ā" sh u n | abomination, alienation, antidiscrimination, assassination, combination, concatenation, contamination, coordination, coronation, culmination, decaffeination, decontamination, denomination, destination, determination, detonation, discrimination, dissemination, divination, domination, elimination, emanation, examination, extermination, fascination, germination, hallucination, hydrogenation, illumination, imagination, impersonation, incoordination, incrimination, indoctrination, insemination, insubordination, intonation, machination, nomination, nondiscrimination, ordination, origination, pagination, predestination, procrastination, profanation, recrimination, reexamination, rejuvenation, renomination, rumination, subordination, termination, transillumination, vaccination. |
| 5 | -n ā" sh u n | carnation, condemnation, consternation, damnation, designation, donation, hibernation, impregnation, incarnation, indignation, nation, reincarnation, resignation, stagnation. |
| 4 | -ā" sh u n | abbreviation, abdication, aberration, abrogation, acceleration, acclimation, accommodation, accreditation, accumulation, accusation, acidification, activation, adaptation, adjudication, administration, admiration, adoration, adulation, advocation, affectation, affiliation, affirmation, agglomeration, aggravation, agitation, allegation, alleviation, allocation, alphabetization, alteration, altercation, amalgamation, amelioration, amortization, amplification, amputation, animation, annexation, annihilation, annotation, anticipation, appellation, application, appreciation, approbation, appropriation, approximation, arbitration, argumentation, articulation, aspiration, assimilation, association, augmentation, authentication, authorization, automation, aviation, avocation, balkanization, bifurcation, calculation, calibration, cancellation, cannibalization, capitalization, capitulation, castration, categorization, causation, celebration, centralization, certification, cessation, cetacean, characterization, citation, civilization, clarification, classification, coagulation, codification, cogeneration, cogitation, cohabitation, collaboration, collectivization, colonization, coloration, colorization, commemoration, commendation, commercialization, communication, communization, compensation, compilation, complication, computation, computerization, concentration, conciliation, condensation, confabulation, confederation, configuration, confirmation, confiscation, conflagration, confrontation, conglomeration, congratulation, congregation, conjugation, connotation, consecration, conservation, consideration, consolation, consolidation, constellation, constipation, consultation, consummation, contemplation, continuation, conversation, convocation, cooperation, corporation, correlation, corroboration, creation, cremation, criminalization, crustacean, cultivation, dalmatian, decapitation, deceleration, decentralization, decertification, declaration, decoration, decriminalization, dedication, defamation, deflation, deforestation, deformation, degeneration, degradation, dehumanization, dehydration, deification, deinstitutionalization, delegation, deliberation, delineation, demarcation, demilitarization, demobilization, democratization, demodulation, demonization, demonstration, demoralization, denationalization, denuclearization, denunciation, depopulation, deportation, depravation, depreciation, depredation, deprivation, deregulation, derivation, desalinization, desecration, desegregation, desiccation, desolation, desperation, destabilization, detoxication, detoxification, devaluation, devastation, deviation, dictation, differentiation, dilatation, dilation, discoloration, discontinuation, disembarkation, disinflation, disinformation, disintegration, dislocation, disorganization, disorientation, dispensation, disputation, disqualification, dissertation, dissipation, dissociation, distillation, diversification, documentation, domestication, dramatization, duplication, duration, echolocation, edification, education, ejaculation, elaboration, elation, electrification, elevation, elongation, emancipation, embarkation, emigration, emulation, enumeration, equalization, equitation, equivocation, eradication, escalation, estimation, evacuation, evaluation, evaporation, evocation, exacerbation, exaggeration, exasperation, excavation, excitation, exclamation, excommunication, exfoliation, exhalation, exhilaration, exhortation, exhumation, exoneration, expatriation, expectation, experimentation, expiration, explication, exploitation, exploration, expropriation, extrapolation, fabrication, facilitation, falsification, federation, fermentation, fertilization, fibrillation, figuration, filtration, fixation, flirtation, flotation, fluctuation, fluoridation, foliation, formation, formulation, fortification, foundation, fragmentation, frustration, fumigation, gasification, gastrulation, generalization, generation, gentrification, gestation, glaciation, globalization, glorification, gradation, graduation, granulation, gratification, gravitation, gyration, habitation, harmonization, hesitation, hospitalization, humiliation, hybridization, hydration, hyperinflation, identification, illustration, imitation, immigration, immunization, implantation, implementation, implication, importation, improvisation, imputation, inactivation, inauguration, incantation, incapacitation, incarceration, incorporation, incrustation, incubation, indemnification, indentation, indexation, indication, industrialization, infatuation, infestation, infiltration, inflammation, inflation, information, inhabitation, inhalation, initiation, innovation, inoculation, insinuation, inspiration, installation, instigation, institutionalization, instrumentation, insulation, integration, intensification, internationalization, interpretation, interrogation, intimation, intimidation, intoxication, inundation, invalidation, investigation, invitation, invocation, ionization, irradiation, irrigation, irritation, isolation, jubilation, justification, laceration, lactation, legalization, legislation, levitation, liberalization, liberation, libration, ligation, limitation, liquidation, litigation, localization, location, lubrication, 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, nationalization, naturalization, navigation, negation, negotiation, neutralization, nitration, nonproliferation, normalization, notation, notification, nucleation, nullification, obfuscation, obligation, observation, occupation, operation, optimization, oration, orchestration, organisation, organization, orientation, ornamentation, oscillation, ossification, ostentation, ovation, overpopulation, overregulation, overvaluation, ovulation, oxidation, pacification, palpitation, participation, pasteurization, penetration, perforation, permutation, perpetuation, personalization, personification, perspiration, perturbation, pigmentation, plantation, polarization, politicization, pontification, popularization, population, precipitation, prefabrication, premeditation, preoccupation, preparation, presentation, preservation, pressurization, privation, privatization, probation, proclamation, procreation, 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, recommendation, reconciliation, reconfiguration, reconfirmation, reconsideration, recreation, rectification, recuperation, redecoration, rededication, reevaluation, reflation, reforestation, reformation, refrigeration, refutation, regeneration, regimentation, registration, regulation, rehabilitation, rehydration, reincorporation, reinterpretation, reinvigoration, reiteration, relation, relaxation, relocation, remediation, remuneration, renationalization, renegotiation, renovation, renunciation, reorganization, reparation, repatriation, replication, representation, repudiation, reputation, reregulation, reservation, respiration, restoration, resuscitation, retaliation, retardation, reunification, revaluation, revelation, reverberation, revitalization, revocation, rotation, salvation, sanctification, sanitation, saponification, saturation, securitization, sedation, sedimentation, segmentation, segregation, sensation, separation, sequestration, simplification, simulation, situation, socialization, solicitation, sophistication, specialization, specification, speculation, stabilization, stagflation, standardization, starvation, station, sterilization, stimulation, stipulation, strangulation, subluxation, subsidization, substantiation, suburbanization, suffocation, summation, superstation, syndication, tabulation, taxation, telecommunication, temptation, titillation, toleration, transformation, translation, transplantation, transportation, trepidation, triangulation, tribulation, undervaluation, unification, unionization, urbanization, usurpation, utilization, vacation, vacillation, validation, valuation, vaporization, variation, vegetation, ventilation, verification, vibration, victimization, vilification, vindication, violation, visitation, visualization, vocation, vulgarization, westernization. |
| 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-a-e-i-l-n-n-o-p-t-x" | |
-2 letters: pantalone, planation. | |
-3 letters: anatoxin, antipole, laxation, national, neonatal, palatine, pentanol, plantain, talapoin. | |
-4 letters: aeolian, aeonian, alanine, alation, antlion, apnoeal, elation, enation, explain, explant, exploit, opaline, oxalate, pantile, patinae, pinnate, pintano, planate, platane, platina, polenta, pontine, potline, toenail, topline. | |
-5 letters: alanin, alexia, alexin, alpine, anneal, anoint, anopia, anoxia, aplite, apneal, apnoea, atonal, axonal, entail, entoil. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-e-i-l-n-n-o-p-t-x" | |
+1 letter: explanations, explantation. | |
+2 letters: explantations. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)45 78 70 6C 61 6E 61 74 69 6F 6E |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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| American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)
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| Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)
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| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references). -..- .--. .-.. .- -. .- - .. --- -. |
| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000101 01111000 01110000 01101100 01100001 01101110 01100001 01110100 01101001 01101111 01101110 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)E x p l a n a t i o n |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0045 0078 0070 006C 0061 006E 0061 0074 0069 006F 006E |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)3990827867806786758180 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Images: Slideshow 7. Images: Photo Album 8. Quotations: Familiar | 9. Quotations: Fiction 10. Quotations: Non-fiction 11. Quotations: Speeches 12. Usage Frequency | 13. Expressions 14. Expressions: Internet 15. Translations: Modern 16. Translations: Ancient | 17. Derivations 18. Rhymes 19. Anagrams 20. Orthography | 21. Bibliography |
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