Erection

Author	Date	Quotation
US Constitution	1791	Clause 1: The Congress shall have Power To lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defence and general Welfare of the United States; but all Duties, Imposts and Excises shall be uniform throughout the United States; Clause 2: To borrow Money on the credit of the United States; Clause 3: To regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian Tribes; Clause 4: To establish an uniform Rule of Naturalization, and uniform Laws on the subject of Bankruptcies throughout the United States; Clause 5: To coin Money, regulate the Value thereof, and of foreign Coin, and fix the Standard of Weights and Measures; Clause 6: To provide for the Punishment of counterfeiting the Securities and current Coin of the United States; Clause 7: To establish Post Offices and post Roads; Clause 8: To promote the Progress of Science and useful Arts, by securing for limited Times to Authors and Inventors the exclusive Right to their respective Writings and Discoveries; Clause 9: To constitute Tribunals inferior to the supreme Court; Clause 10: To define and punish Piracies and Felonies committed on the high Seas, and Offences against the Law of Nations; Clause 11: To declare War, grant Letters of Marque and Reprisal, and make Rules concerning Captures on Land and Water; Clause 12: To raise and support Armies, but no Appropriation of Money to that Use shall be for a longer Term than two Years; Clause 13: To provide and maintain a Navy; Clause 14: To make Rules for the Government and Regulation of the land and naval Forces; Clause 15: To provide for calling forth the Militia to execute the Laws of the Union, suppress Insurrections and repel Invasions; Clause 16: To provide for organizing, arming, and disciplining, the Militia, and for governing such Part of them as may be employed in the Service of the United States, reserving to the States respectively, the Appointment of the Officers, and the Authority of training the Militia according to the discipline prescribed by Congress; Clause 17: To exercise exclusive Legislation in all Cases whatsoever, over such District (not exceeding ten Miles square) as may, byCession of particular States, and the Acceptance of Congress, become the Seat of the Government of the United States, and to exercise like Authority over all Places purchased by the Consent of the Legislature of the State in which the Same shall be, for the Erection of Forts, Magazines, Arsenals, dock-Yards, and other needful Buildings;--And Clause 18: To make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any Department or Officer thereof. (reference)
Treaty of Versailles	1919	The facilities granted for the erection of warehouses, for packing and for unpacking goods, shall be in accordance with trade requirements for the time being. (reference)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Non-Fiction Usage: Erection

Speeches: Erection

Usage Frequency: Erection

Expression: Erection

Frequency of Internet Keywords: Erection

Modern Translations: Erection

Language		Translations for "erection"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		erekcion, vendosje (disposal, disposition, elicitation, emplacement, establishment, installation, installment, instalment, location, mounting, placement, placing, putting, ranking, situation, stowage), ngritje (advance, ascension, boosting, building, cultivation, elevation, flow, hoist, increase, jump, lifting up, progress, projection, prominence, prominency, putting up, raise, rise, rising, setting up, take off, uprise, upswing, uptake), ngrehje, ngrehinë (building, edifice), ndërtim (building, conformation, construction, fabric, installations, masonry, structure, texture, upbuilding), montim (assemblage, assembly, editing, fitting, fixing, frame, hookup), mbledhje (accumulation, addition, assemblage, assembly, clearing, collection, congregation, contraction, convocation, council, furl, gathering, Ingathering, meeting, muster, picking, proceedings, rally, reaping, retraction, round up, session, shrinkage, sitting, squat, summation, turn out), konstruksion (building, construction, design). (various references)

Arabic		‏تشييد, ‏إنتصاب (aplomb, stand), ‏إعتدال (amenity, mildness, moderation, modesty, plainness, reasonableness, sagacity, self restraint, soberness, sobriety, temper, temperance), ‏بناء (building, make, mason, masonry, structure). (various references)

Bulgarian		създаване (creation, establishment, genesis, launching, making, origination), учредяване (constitution, foundation, institution, organization), монтиране (assemblage, mounting, setting up), ерекция, построяване (building, construction, making, shaping, upbuilding), постройка (construction, edifice, fabric, structure), изправяне, издигане (advance, aggrandizement, ascension, ascent, elevation, heave, hoist, levitation, lift, lifting, rise, rising, uptake). (various references)

Chinese		架设 (Emplacement, Erected, Erecting). (various references)

Czech		erekce, ztopoření, vztyèení, vybudování, postavení (emplacement, position, posture, rank, situation, state, station, status), montáž (assembly, construction, montage), instalace (fixtures, installation, plumbing, wiring). (various references)

Danish		erektion. (various references)

Dutch		erectie. (various references)

Esperanto		ricevi erektiĝon (have an erection). (various references)

Finnish		oikaisu (correction, cut-off, figuring, rectification, straightening, transformation). (various references)

French		construction (erecting), érection. (various references)

German		errichtung (construction, edification, establishment, location, setting up), erektion, aufrichtung (erect gait), Zusammenbau (assembling, assembly, building, building up, connection, fitting, joint, mounting), aufrichten (erect, help up, nose-up, put upright, raise up, rotation, set up, set upright, straighten, straighten up, to sit up, uplift). (various references)

Greek		ανέγερση (construction, resurgence). (various references)

Hebrew		זקיפ�" (charging an account, standing upright, stretching), זקפ�", כ� ון (establishment, foundation, pointing a gun), �"תרוממות (heaving, rising), �"קמ�" (assembly, construction, establishment, foundation, setting up), �"עמ�"�" (placing, stationing), �"זקפ�", �"ז�"קפות (back stretching, standing erect), ב� ין (building, construction, masonry, structure). (various references)

Hungarian		felállítás (activate, installation, line-up, mounting, pitching, set up, setting, setting up, siting), erekció (horn). (various references)

Indonesian		pembangunan (construction, development, foundation), menegakkan (uphold). (various references)

Italian		erezione (endowment). (various references)

Japanese Kanji		組立 (assembly, construction, framework, organization), 組み立て (assembly, construction, framework, organization), 建立 (building), 勃起 (standing erect, stiffening), もし可能ならば (all the way, awfully, bashfully, be restless, completely, desperately, dishevelled, farther, feel fuzzy, feel impatient, feel sad, fidget, flying squirrel, frightfully, gusto, hazy, hesitantly, if possible, impatient, inefficient, irritating, is something that, is that which, Japanese mafia, longer, misty, more, mumble, not quick enough, shaggy, slow, someone full of zest, swelling, tantalizing, tardy, the "tent" an erection makes against pants or bedsheets, to do something the speaker regrets, to squirm, tousled, unkempt, violently, women's work pants, worry about, Yakuza), エル�"ー盤 (aerogram, angel, elbow, Electone, Electra complex, electric, electric guitar, electricity, electroluminescence, electron, electronic, electronic banking, electronic cooking, electronic cottage, electronic file, electronic mail, electronic money, electronic music, electronic office, electronic sound, electronics, elegance, elegant, elegy, element, elementary, elevation, elevator, elf, elm, elocution, elven, encapsulation, enclosure, encode, encoder, encoding, encounter, encyclopedia, engage, engagement, engagement ring, engine, engine brake, engineer, engineering, engineering plastics, enjoy, erect, erogenous zone, Eroica, Eros, erotic, erotic and grotesque, erotic and grotesque nonsense, erotic production, erotica, eroticism, erotism, erotomania, Herman, Hermes, ignition key, long-playing record, LP). (various references)

Japanese Katakana		くみたて (assembly, construction, framework, freshly drawn, organization), ぼっき (standing erect, stiffening), �"�"りゅう (building, root nodule), もっ�"り (the "tent" an erection makes against pants or bedsheets), エレクション . (various references)

Korean		직립 (Erect). (various references)

Manx		shassoo (attitude, halt; keeping, hold, hold out, hold up, rampant, represent, stance, stand, standing, stop, tumescence), chionney (clench, cog, fasten, grit, inflate, momentum, oblige, press, pressurize, pump up, put on, screw up, straighten, strain, tauten, tighten). (various references)

Norwegian		ereksjon, oppførelse. (various references)

Pig Latin		erectionay

Portuguese		erecção, erecção, ereção (setting up), erétil, edifício (apartment house, building, edifice, fabric, house, premise), montagem (assemblage, assembly, building, building up, composition, dubbing, erector, furniture, installation, installation fee, lasting, making-up, montenegrin, mount, mounting, page-setting, setting, setting up, setting-up, set-up, to mount, to set), instalação (accommodation, accumulation, equipment, establishment, facility, installation, lodgement, lodging, lodgment, mounting, plant, setting up, settlement, stock in trade), construção (build, building, construct, construction, fabric, framing, making), alinhamento (adjust, align, alignment, balancing, building line, justification, line, line-up, registration, street-line, swathing, trueing, truing, windrowing, winnowing). (various references)

Romanian		ridicare (adjournment, ascension, elevation, growth, heave, heft, hoist, lift, raise, raising, removal, rise, rising, round up, shrug, uplift, upturning), montare (adjustment, assemblage, assembling, assembly, framing, mounting, rigging, setting), construire (building, construction, fabrication, making), înãlţare (elevation, exaltation, hoist, lift, raising, rise, rising, upsurge). (various references)

Russian		эрекция, строение (bdg building, bldg building, building, construction, fabric, frame, grain, pattern, structure, texture), установка (adjustment, collocation, fitting, fixing, hold-down, installation, mounting, outfit, setting, set-up, setups, stance), сооружение (building, construction, edifice, frame, structure), сборка (assembly, confection, installation, linkage, making-up, setting up, setting-up), выпрямление (extension, lining, rectification), набухание (glandule, swelling, tumefaction), напряжение (exertion, intension, pull, rush, strain, stress, tension, voltage), монтаж (assemblage, assembly, erection work, installation, montage, mounting, setting-up). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		erekcija, uspravljanje, sklapanje (assemblage, assembly, inflexion), gradnja. (various references)

Spanish		erección (erectness). (various references)

Swedish		erektion. (various references)

Thai		การสร้าง (คำทางการ). (various references)

Turkish		ereksiyon, yapı (architecture, being, blood, build, building, chemistry, composition, conformation, constitution, construction, contexture, corpus, disposition, edifice, fabric, fiber, fibre, form, frame, framework, habit, habit of body, make, make up, making, Mold, mould, nature, organism, presence, quality, set up, strain, structural, structure, system, texture, works), kurma (building, constitution, construction, contrivance, erecting, establishment, forming, foundation, hatcher, hatching, installation, installment, instalment, institution, promotion, wind, winding up), dikme (bay, erecting, fixing, pillar, plant, planting, sewing), dikleşme (become upright, erectness). (various references)

Ukranian		споруда (building, construction), випрямляння (flattening), побудова (edification). (various references)

Vietnamese		sự xây dựng, sự dựng đứng sự dựng lên, sự đứng thẳng (erectness). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Derivations: Erection

Rhyming with "Erection"

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "erection" (pronounced ire"kshun)
5	-e" k sh u n	advection, affection, circumspection, collection, complexion, confection, connection, convection, correction, defection, detection, direction, disaffection, disconnection, disinfection, dissection, ejection, election, flexion, imperfection, infection, inflection, injection, inspection, insurrection, interconnection, interjection, intersection, introspection, objection, overprotection, perfection, predilection, preelection, projection, protection, recollection, redirection, reelection, reflection, reinspection, rejection, resurrection, section, selection.
4	-k sh u n	abduction, abstraction, action, addiction, affliction, attraction, auction, benediction, compunction, concoction, conduction, conjunction, constriction, construction, contraction, contradiction, conviction, crucifixion, deconstruction, deduction, depiction, dereliction, destruction, diction, diffraction, dissatisfaction, distinction, distraction, dysfunction, eviction, exaction, extinction, extraction, faction, fiction, fraction, friction, function, inaction, induction, infarction, infliction, infraction, injunction, instruction, interaction, interdiction, introduction, junction, jurisdiction, liposuction, liquefaction, malfunction, midsection, nonfiction, obstruction, overproduction, overreaction, prediction, production, reaction, reconstruction, reduction, reintroduction, reproduction, restriction, retraction, sanction, satisfaction, seduction, subsection, subtraction, suction, traction, transaction, transection.
3	-sh u n	abbreviation, abdication, aberration, abolition, abomination, abortion, abrogation, absolution, absorption, academician, acceleration, accession, acclimation, accommodation, 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, facilitation, falsification, fascination, fashion, federation, fermentation, fertilization, fibrillation, figuration, filtration, fission, 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.

Anagrams: Erection

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Direct Anagrams: neoteric.
	Words within the letters "c-e-e-i-n-o-r-t"
	-1 letter: cointer, coterie, enteric, enticer, noticer.
	-2 letters: cenote, center, centre, cerite, citron, coiner, cornet, cortin, cretin, encore, entice, entire, erotic, noetic, norite, notice, orcein, orient, recent, recite, recoin, retine, tenrec, tierce, tonier, triene.
	-3 letters: cento, citer, conte, crone, enter, erect, inert, inter, intro, irone, nicer, niece, niter, nitre, nitro, noter, ontic, orcin, recon, recti.
	Words containing the letters "c-e-e-i-n-o-r-t"
	+1 letter: centriole, erections, excretion, neoterics, reception, recondite, refection, rejection, resection, secretion.
	+2 letters: auctioneer, centrioles, clinometer, coerecting, coexerting, cointerred, concertize, concretize, coresident, cornetcies, egocentric, electroing, electronic, entodermic, erotogenic, estrogenic, excerption, excretions, execration, fictioneer, geocentric, incoherent, innocenter, interocean, nonreceipt, orogenetic, perception, perfection, prelection, receptions, recreation, reelection, refections, reflection, rejections, resections, secretions, ventricose.
	+3 letters: actinometer, areocentric, atherogenic, auctioneers, baronetcies, benedictory, celebration, centromeric, cerebration, clinometers, concertized, concertizes, concretized, concretizes, condottiere, considerate, convertible, copresident, corecipient, coresidents, counterfeit, counterfire, countermine, counterview, crenelation, deprecation, dereliction, desecration, divorcement, econometric, egocentrics, egocentrism, eigenvector, electioneer, electronics, endothermic, enterococci, excerptions, execrations, executioner, exorbitance, fictioneers, greenockite, heterogonic, insectivore, interceptor, intercessor, intercooler, intercouple, intercourse, interjector, interlocked, interoffice, intolerance, introjected, kinetochore, neocortices, neuroactive, neuroleptic, noncreative, nondirected, nonelectric, nonreactive, nonreceipts, perceptions, perfections, persecution, preelection, prelections, reconditely, reconnoiter, reconnoitre, reconvicted, recreations, redirection, reeducation, reelections, reflections, reinfection, reinjection, reinoculate, reintroduce, reobjecting, retroceding, rodenticide, telocentric, teratogenic, theocentric, thermocline, tricornered.
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Domain	Definitions
Health	The condition of being made rigid and elevated; as erectile tissue when filled with blood. (references)
Multilingual Slang	Alemannic (zelt), Catalan (trempera ), English (Yasser ), French (tringle), German (Beule,die, Latte, die, Ständer, der, Steifer), Italian (rizzarsi), Norwegian (ståkuk). (references)
Slang	Stiffy, boner, Yasser, stiffy, woody, hard-on. (references)
Transportation	In gyroscopes, the process of aligning, by precession, a reference axis with respect to the vertical. Source: European Union. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Elevation	Noun: elevation; raising; Verb: erection, lift; sublevation, upheaval; sublimation, exaltation; prominence; (convexity).
Production	Noun: {ant., } production, creation, construction, formation, fabrication, manufacture; building, architecture, erection, edification; coinage; diaster; organization; nisus formativus; putting together; Verb: establishment; workmanship, performance; achievement; (completion).
	Edifice, building, structure, fabric, erection, pile, tower, flower, fruit.
Sexuality	Sex instinct, sex drive, libido, lust, concupiscence;hots, horns; arousal, heat, rut, estrus, oestrus; tumescence; erection, hard-on, boner.
	Have the hots; become aroused, get hot; have an erection, get it up.
Verticality	Elevation, erection; square, plumb line, plummet.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Domain	Usage
Screenplays	You can't get an erection! (City Slickers; writing credit: Lowell Ganz and Babaloo Mandel, and Billy Crystal) You ever get an erection over a woman? (As Good As It Gets; writing credit: Mark Andrus) You know, there's nothing more off-putting in a wedding than a priest with an enormous erection, yech! (Four Weddings and a Funeral; writing credit: Richard Curtis) Today I threatened to shoot a naked woman with my erection. (See No Evil, Hear No Evil; writing credit: Earl Barret; Arne Sultan) I bought a dildo once and it lost it's erection. (Hit and Runway; writing credit: Jaffe Cohen; Christopher Livingston)
Movie/TV Titles	Erection (1971) Immaculate Erection (1992) W Erection (1988) Fatal Erection (1988) Erection (1981)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Domain	Title
Books	ABC Chart Erection (reference) ÇErmitazh : istoriëiìa stroitel�stva i arkhitektura zdaniæi = Hermitage : history of buildings erection and architecture (reference) Erection Set (reference) Recommended Practice for Erection of Precast Concrete (Mnl-127-85) (reference) Selection and Erection of Equipment (Wiring Regulations and Associated Trade Publications Series) (reference) (more book examples)

Theater & Movies	Erection Solutions (reference) Maximum Performance: Erection And Potency Techniques (reference) (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music	Carnivorous Erection (reference) Electric Erection [EXPLICIT LYRICS] (reference) (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)
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Thumbnail	Description & Credit	Thumbnail	Description & Credit
	Shown is page 2 of the newspaper Washington Post on August 6, 1937 just after President Roosevelt signed a bill to authorize the erection of the National Cancer Institute, with Dr. Carl Voegtlin as the Chief. Shown are photos of Drs. Carl Voegtlin, R. H. Fitch, Herbert Kaher and Thomas Parran (Surgeon General). Shown is "'Conquer Cancer' Adopted as Battle Cry of the Public Health Service.".Credit: Unknown photographer/artist.		Looking west up F Street before erection of Washington Loan & Trust Building.Credit: Library of Congress.
	Barn erection. Placing metal roofing. Southeast Missouri Farms Project.Credit: Library of Congress.		House erection. Laying subfloor. Southeast Missouri Farms Project.Credit: Library of Congress.
	Southeast Missouri Farms Project. Privy erection. Placing wood cribbing in privy well.Credit: Library of Congress.		Production. New Tennessee Valley Authority synthetic ammonia plant. Erection of a heater stack in the TVA's new synthetic ammonia plant in the Muscle Shoals area. Ammonia is made here by high-pressure synthesis of nitrogen and hydrogen and converted at Mu.Credit: Library of Congress.
	Church erection. Crane with man on girder I.Credit: Library of Congress.		Construction of a railroad engine. Erection of boiler.Credit: Library of Congress.
	R.T. Coverdale engineer & contractor for the erection of gas works, Cincinnati, O. / lith. of Strobridge & Co. Cin. O.Credit: Library of Congress.
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Subject	Topic	Quote
Health		Erection begins with sensory and mental stimulation. (references)
		Men may experience occasional failure to attain an erection. (references)
		This may lead to inability to initiate or maintain an erection. (references)
Business		Components and spare parts for this machinery and equipment enjoy the same exemption as well. The exemptions further applies to projects under construction and to machinery and equipment imported temporarily for the construction, erection, installation and completion of the project including specific equipment for transmission system projects and grid stations and specialized (4 x 4, non � luxury) vehicles. (references)
Economic History	Jamaica	There was also sporadic violence and roadblock erection for a few days in in July 2001 in response to what was perceived as "heavy handed" police incursions into two Kingston neighborhoods considered loyal to Jamaica's opposition party. (references)
Minorities	Ukraine	Disputes over the erection of crosses in Jewish cemeteries remained unresolved. (references)
	India	The erection of statues of Dalit heroes or of the flags of Dalit parties in public places often becomes the cause of inter-caste tension. (references)
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Speaker	Term	Phrase(s)
Thomas Jefferson	1801-1809	A further appropriation will also be necessary for repairing fortifications already established and the erection of such other works as may have real effect in obstructing the approach of an enemy to our sea port towns, or their remaining before them.
Andrew Jackson	1829-1837	I have the satisfaction to inform you that a negotiation which, by desire of the House of Representatives, was opened some years ago with the British Government, for the erection of light houses on the Bahamas, has been successful.
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Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (singular)	99.4%	333	15,728
Noun (proper)	0.3%	1	339,140
Noun (common)	0.3%	1	339,140
Total	100.00%	335	N/A

Expressions using "erection": erection all risks ♦ erection chamber ♦ erection cut out ♦ have an erection ♦ initial erection ♦ Penile Erection. Additional references.
Hypenated Usage
	Ending with "erection": re-erection.
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Expression	Frequency per Day	Expression	Frequency per Day
erection	1,494	steel erection	32
erection problem	244	erection dysfunction	31
penis erection	217	male erection problem	29
boy erection	205	erection ring	29
male erection	126	boy erection gallery young	27
sensible erection	111	horse erection	26
harder erection	92	stronger erection	25
little boy erection	78	erection help	24
erection picture	75	erection cream	23
maintain erection	64	man erection	23
erection photo	63	vacuum erection device	22
longer erection	62	female erection	21
erection aids	59	nipple erection	21
male erection picture	50	morning erection	21
erection pill	50	weak erection	20
boy erection pre teen	48	erection pump	20
penile erection	47	clitoral erection	20
hard erection	46	keep an erection	20
erection pic	39	huge erection	20
maintaining erection	38	erection aid	20
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Derivations
	Words beginning with "erection": erections. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Erection

Definitions: Erection

Erection

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