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Definition: Operations |
OperationsNoun1. Financial transactions at a brokerage; having to do with the execution of trades and keeping customer records. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "operations" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1321. (references) |
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Math | Within EOSDIS, those activities di-rectly related to the acquisition, archiving, distribution, and processing of mission-related information. (references) |
Post & Telecom | In GSM PLMN:combination of all technical and corresponding administrative actions intended so that any "item" can perform a "required function", recognizing necessary adaptation to changes in external conditions. Source: European Union. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Operations is that unit (be it a division or department) of an organization which carries out the actual execution of the core operating functions.For example:
- in business administration, operations is responsible for the manufacture, delivery, and service of the products provided by the company
- in large military units, operations is responsible for the movement and supply of troops in a theater of operation
Also see
- List of military missions, operations, and projects
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Operations."
| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
| opm | English | Operations per minute | Computing, Labor |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
Synonym: OperationsSynonym: trading operations (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Attack | Base of operations, point of attack; echelon. |
Plan | Forecast, program(me), prospectus; carte du pays; card; bill, protocol; order of the day, list of agenda; bill of fare; (food); base of operations; platform, plank, slate, ticket. |
Warfare | Battle array, campaign, crusade, expedition, operations; mobilization; state of siege; battlefield, theater of operations; (arena); warpath. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
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Screenplays | And it's taken two rather painful operations to get me looking like this (Notting Hill; writing credit: Richard Curtis) The men of marine force recon are selected to carry out illegal operations throughout the world (The Rock; writing credit: David Weisberg; Douglas Cook) You need me to tell you what, that when you're on operations I can't sleep at night, that when we're in debrief I have to force myself to remember what the hell we're supposed to be reviewing when all I want to do is kiss you. (Alias; writing credit: Robert Soulé; Henri de Turenne) Harry, it's all those goddamn operations, the woman's all scarred up. I need these little diversions (Save the Tiger; writing credit: Steve Shagan) | |
Movie/TV Titles | International Operations (1973) Part 2: Winter Operations Ground Handling of Aircraft (1958) Royal Canadian Ordonance Corps: Field Operations (1953) | |
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 | This version of the Ped-O-Jet has a strap that holds vaccine bottle in place keeping the bottle from working loose during operations. Prior to this model, clamps were the only way the bottle was held in place. Credit: CDC. |  | Tyulin and Korolev During A-4 Missile Recovery Operations. Credit: NASA. |
 | Fuels and Lubes Research Operations. Credit: NASA. |  | Patricia A. Parker, Head of the Operations Division at the Space Telescope Science Institute ... Credit: NASA. |
 | Hawaiian monk seal - Monachus schauinslandi. Tagging operations conducted under the auspices of the Bureau of Commercial Fisheries. Techniques were being developed at this time as this was only the second time that any Hawaiian Monk seals were tagged. Other than for needs of scientific studies, human interaction with protected species should be minimized. Credit: NOAA's Ark (Animals). |  | Helicopter transport for scientists during seal tagging operations. Credit: NOAA's Ark (Animals). |
 | On Northwestern Glacier Off of WILDCAT Combined operations party of Paul A. Smith. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |  | Climbing to a station - the level of difficulty has increased Off of WILDCAT Combined operations party of Paul A. Smith. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |
 | A barge-towing tugboat cruising by the FERREL during status and trends operations in Charleston Harbor. Credit: America's Coastlines. |  | Shrine to _____ Williams who lost his life during Navy Antarctic operations in the 1950's when his tractor broke through the sea ice and he was drowned. Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth. |
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| Author | Date | Quotation |
US Constitution | 1791 | Congress, on the 28th of September, 1787, directed the Constitution so framed, with the resolutions and letter concerning the same, to "be transmitted to the several Legislatures in order to be submitted to a convention of delegates chosen in each State by the people thereof, in conformity to the resolves of the convention." On the 4th of March, 1789, the day which had been fixed for commencing the operations of Government under the new Constitution, it had been ratified by the conventions chosen in each State to consider it, as follows: Delaware, December 7, 1787; Pennsylvania, December 12, 1787; New Jersey, December 18, 1787; Georgia, January 2, 1788; Connecticut, January 9, 1788; Massachusetts, February 6, 1788; Maryland, April 28, 1788; South Carolina, May 23, 1788; New Hampshire, June 21, 1788; Virginia, June 25, 1788; and New York, July 26, 1788. (reference) |
Treaty of Versailles | 1919 | In particular it will be its duty to receive from the German Government the notifications relating to the location of the stocks and depots of munitions, the armament of the fortified works, fortresses and forts which Germany is allowed to retain, and the location of the works or factories for the production of arms, munitions and war material and their operations. (reference) |
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Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | It was clear that he was trying to conceal himself, and that there was something mysterious in his operations. |
Walden | Thoreau, Henry David | Thus it seemed that this one hillside illustrated the principle of all the operations of Nature |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Emergency surgery usually involves two operations. (references) | |
Many different operations can improve bladder control. (references) | ||
Open surgery is required in about 5 percent of gallbladder operations. (references) | ||
Business | Postal operations are separate. (references) | |
Some operations are using cut-to-length techniques. (references) | ||
Most franchise operations are related to fast food services. (references) | ||
Children | Ethiopia | Treatment is available at only 1 hospital in Addis Ababa that performs over 1,000 fistula operations a year. (references) |
Liechtenstein | In March a special police unit on computer crime that monitors child pornography on the Internet began operations. (references) | |
Macedonia | Despite government cease-fires to permit their departure and ICRC-provided transport to safe points, some ethnic-Albanian parents elected to remain in their homes with their children in conflict areas during combat operations, and at least one child was killed by artillery fire as a result. (references) | |
Civil Liberties | Singapore | An increasing number of foreign media operations are located within the country. (references) |
India | According to a credible source, such search operations seldom yield any results. (references) | |
Tajikistan | The church was not registered by year's end; however, it continued its operations. (references) | |
Economic History | Uruguay | Most operations are carried out on public paper. (references) |
Kenya | Kenya Ports Authority (KPA) manages the port operations. (references) | |
Cote D'ivoire | Cellular operations in Côte d'Ivoire use GSM technology. (references) | |
Human Rights | Singapore | No court warrants are required for such operations. (references) |
Sri Lanka | Many detentions occurred during operations against the LTTE. (references) | |
Guyana | These commissions do not have a staff or any budget for operations. (references) | |
Indigenous People | Suriname | Mercury runoff from these operations also contaminates and threatens traditional food source areas. (references) |
Peru | CONAP believes that mining and other development operations are inevitable and, therefore, wants native communities to share appropriately the benefits. (references) | |
Philippines | The 1995 Mining Act promoted mining operations, hydroelectric dams, and other large-scale projects that forced indigenous people to relocate and abandon farming and hunting land that they have used for generations. (references) | |
Minorities | Burma | Ethnic minority areas that were remote from active insurgent operations, such as the large Karen areas of Irrawaddy Division, experienced tighter controls on personal movement, including more frequent military checkpoints, closer monitoring by military intelligence, and larger military garrisons, and hence more informal taxes, than comparable Burman areas. (references) |
Political Economy | ROMANIA | Also, taxes on both profits and operations are steep. (references) |
Gabon | Security forces conducted "sweep" operations intended to detain bandits. (references) | |
Political Rights | Mali | Local governments benefit from central government subsidies, but they also are able to collect local taxes to support their operations. (references) |
Guinea-Bissau | The 1999 coup leader, General Ansumane Mane, made possible the process that brought Yala to the presidency; however, General Mane insisted on maintaining control over military funding and operations. (references) | |
Hong Kong | The ability of the legislature to influence policy is limited substantially by Basic Law provisions that require separate majorities among members elected from geographical and functional constituencies in order to pass a bill introduced by an individual member and that prohibit the Legislative Council from putting forward bills that affect public expenditure, political structure, or government operations. (references) | |
Trade | New Zealand | It is scheduled to begin operations in early 2002. (references) |
Czech Rep | The Czech National Bank (CNB) regulates banking operations. (references) | |
Panama | The banking legislation establishes three classes of operations. (references) | |
Travel | Burma | Mastercard withdrew its operations in Burma in August 1998. (references) |
Chile | Business operations develop in a climate of free enterprise and free trade. (references) | |
Argentina | The new owners of the privatized telephone system have vastly improved operations. (references) | |
Women | Saint Lucia | The Crisis Center was expected to merge its operations with the new shelter. (references) |
Worker Rights | Colombia | These informal mining operations are illegal. (references) |
Peru | Firms found guilty of violating child labor laws can be fined and operations suspended. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| Speaker | Phrase(s) |
Connie Francis | We became very close in the last few years of his life. I took him from doctor to doctor to hospital to hospital for operations and I did everything I possibly could to help him. |
Dan Rather | Well, in the same way that the U.S. military has names for operations such as Operation Desert Storm, Anaconda, the Israeli military has their version of that. And they do call this, you know, Operation Protective Wall. |
Rush Limbaugh | The company is responsible for funding all of the health care needs of all employees, including birth control, sex-change operations, and any new age treatment currently popular, including trips to Tijuana for abortions. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
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George Washington | 1789-1797 | Offensive operations have therefore been directed, to be conducted, however, as consistently as possible with the dictates of humanity. |
James Madison | 1809-1817 | A distinguishing feature in the operations which preceded and followed this adverse event is the use made by the enemy of the merciless savages under their influence. |
James Monroe | 1817-1825 | By the discharge of so large a proportion of the public debt and the execution of such extensive and important operations in so short a time a just estimate may be formed of the great extent of our national resources. |
Andrew Jackson | 1829-1837 | Happily it is already illustrated that the agency of such an institution is not necessary to the fiscal operations of the Government. |
Benjamin Harrison | 1889-1893 | If our great corporations would more scrupulously observe their legal limitations and duties, they would have less cause to complain of the unlawful limitations of their rights or of violent interference with their operations. |
Harry S. Truman | 1945-1953 | Government must realize the effect of its operations on the whole economy. |
Jimmy Carter | 1977-1981 | Federal assistance cannot mean permanent subsidies for unprofitable operations. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| "Operations" is generally used as a noun (plural) -- approximately 99.92% of the time. "Operations" is used about 6,038 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 (plural) | 99.92% | 6,033 | 1,623 |
| Noun (proper) | 0.08% | 5 | 157,705 |
| Total | 100.00% | 6,038 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Country | Name | Country | Name |
| Australia | Normandy Yandal Operations Limited | Canada | Cara Operations Ltd. |
| USA | American Media Operations, Inc. | ||
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Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.
Expressions using "operations": 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment (Airborne) ♦ A deep line of operations ♦ aeromedical evacuation operations officer ♦ air defense operations area ♦ air operations center ♦ air support operations center ♦ air transport operations ♦ airborne operations ♦ airmobile operations ♦ amphibious operations ♦ area of operations ♦ area operations ♦ assistant operations officer ♦ base of operations ♦ blasting operations ♦ business operations ♦ business operations framework ♦ Calculus of operations ♦ chemical operations ♦ chief of operations ♦ chief operations officer ♦ clearing operations ♦ commence operations ♦ computer operations ♦ concept of operations ♦ deputy chief operations officer ♦ Development and integration of accurate operations in numerical data processing ♦ director of operations ♦ financial operations ♦ flight operations officer ♦ Front of operations ♦ intrude operations ♦ issuing operations ♦ joint operations ♦ Line of operations ♦ logical operations and maintenance ♦ military operations ♦ million floating point operations per second ♦ multiple benching operations ♦ naval gunfire operations centre ♦ network operations center ♦ open market operations ♦ operations analysis ♦ operations and maintenance user service ♦ operations branch ♦ operations center ♦ operations manual ♦ operations officer ♦ operations research ♦ operations room ♦ operations section ♦ operations security ♦ operations support systems ♦ operations system ♦ Protracted Refugee Operations ♦ psychological operations ♦ psychological operations approach ♦ remote operations ♦ remote operations notation ♦ remote Operations Service Element ♦ rescue operations ♦ restricted operations area ♦ results of operations ♦ revenues from transport operations ♦ riot control operations ♦ scene of operations ♦ simultaneous operations ♦ strategic air transport operations ♦ subversive operations ♦ supporting operations ♦ table of aircraft operations ♦ tactical air operations ♦ tactical air transport operations ♦ the operations move slowly ♦ theater of operations ♦ theatre of operations ♦ tillage operations ♦ trading operations ♦ unattended operations ♦ universal test and operations interface for ATM. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "operations": Operations-london. | |
Ending with "operations": continuous-operations, co-operations, director-of-operations, euro-operations, foreign-operations, micro-operations, pseudo-operations. | |
| 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 "operations"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Arabic | عمليات الإنقاذ (rescue operations). (various references) | |
Chinese | "作 (manipulate, Manipulated, Manipulating, manipulation, OP, Operate, Operated, Operating, Operation). (various references) | |
Danish | vedligholdelse,funktioner,diagnostik (diagnostics, maintenance). (various references) | |
Dutch | onderhoud,exploitatie,diagnostiek (diagnostics, maintenance). (various references) | |
Finnish | operaatiot, toiminnat, käyttö (employment, operation, use, utilization, wear). (various references) | |
French | MED, maintenance,exploitation,diagnostic, exploitation (operation), Division principale de l'exploitation, Direction de l'exploitation, DE, BA GD. (various references) | |
German | Transaktionen, Tätigkeiten (agitations, workings), Hauptabteilung Betrieb, geschäftstätigkeit (business activities), Betriebsdirektion, Betrieb (business, bustle, carried on, company, concern, deadausser, down, enterprise, factory, management, mode, operating, operation, prosecuted, running, undertaking, working, works), BA GD, BA (battery, benz(a)anthracene, Bosnia and Herzegovina). (various references) | |
Greek | συντήρηση,λειτουργία,διαγνωστικά (diagnostics, maintenance), λειτουργίες. (various references) | |
Hungarian | mûvelet (action, operation), hadmûveleti (operational, ops), hadmûvelet (maneuver, manoeuvre, operation, ops). (various references) | |
Italian | MOD (diagnostics, Digestible organic matter, maintenance), manutenzione,funzionamento,diagnostica (diagnostics, maintenance), Divisione principale esercizio, Direzione esercizio, BA GD, BA (Bosnia and Herzegovina). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 事業 (business, enterprise, industry, project), オプション取引 (medical operation, obelisk, oblisque, Omaha, omega, omelette, omelette rice, omit, omnibus, Omron Corporation, opaque, opcode, OPEC, opera, opera glasses, opera house, opera-comique, operand, operating, operating system, operating-system, operation, operation center, operation code, operational, operational amplifier, operations research, operator, operetta, opossum, opportunism, opportunist, opposition party, optical, optical art, optimism, optimist, optimistic, optimize, optimizer, option dealing, option trading, option transaction, optoelectronics, OR, Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries, OS). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | オペレーションズ , じぎょう (business, enterprise, geographical features, industry, project, terrain, topography). (various references) | |
Korean | 가동 (Movables, Operation). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | operationsay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | manutenção (conservation, livelihood, support, sustenance, upkeep), exploração (development, exploration, investigation, march, profiteering, reconnaissance, research, rip-off), diagnósticos (diagnostics, maintenance). (various references) | |
Romanian | operaţiile progreseazã încet (the operations move slowly), teatrul operaţiilor (scene of operations). (various references) | |
Russian | операция (op, operation, procedure, surgeries). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | borbena dejstva. (various references) | |
Spanish | MOD (diagnostics, maintenance), mantenimiento, operaciones, diagnóstico (diagnostics, maintenance). (various references) | |
Swedish | operationer. (various references) | |
Turkish | harekât üssü (base of operations). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | vận trù học (operations research). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | 1 Corinthians Chapter 12, Verse 11 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Panta de tauta energei to en kai to auto pneuma diairoun idia ekastw kaqwV bouletai |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Haec autem omnia operatur unus atque idem Spiritus dividens singulis prout vult |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | And oon and the same spirit worchith alle these thingis, departynge to ech bi hem silf as he wole. |
| Renaissance English | 1526 | Tyndale | And these all worketh eve ye silfe same sprete devydynge to every man severall gyftes even as he will. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | But all these worketh that one and the selfsame Spirit, dividing to every man severally as he will. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | But all these worketh that one and the same Spirit, dividing to every man severally as he will. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | But all these are the operations of the one and the same Spirit, giving to every man separately as his pleasure is. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | 1 Corinthians Chapter 12, Verse 11 |
| Cebuano | Kining tanan ginadasig pinaagi sa usa ug mao rang Espiritu nga nagaapod-apod niini ngadto sa matag-usa sumala sa iyang kabobut-on. |
| Chinese | 這 一 切 都 是 這 位 聖 靈 所 運 行 、 隨 己 意 分 給 各 人 的 。 |
| Croatian | A sve to djeluje jedan te isti Duh dijeleæi svakomu napose kako hoæe. |
| Danish | Men alt dette virker den ene og samme Ånd, som uddeler til enhver især; efter som han vil. |
| Dutch | Doch deze dingen alle werkt een en dezelfde Geest, delende aan een iegelijk in het bijzonder, gelijkerwijs Hij wil. |
| Finnish | Mutta kaiken tämän vaikuttaa yksi ja sama Henki, jakaen kullekin erikseen, niinkuin tahtoo. |
| French | Un seul et même Esprit opère toutes ces choses, les distribuant chacun en particulier comme il veut. |
| German | Dies aber alles wirkt derselbe eine Geist und teilt einem jeglichen seines zu, nach dem er will. |
| Haitian Creole | Men, se yon sèl Lespri a ki fè tou sa. Li bay chak moun yon kado diferan jan li vle. |
| Hungarian | De mindezeket egy és ugyanaz a Lélek cselekszi, osztogatván mindenkinek külön, a mint akarja. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Semuanya itu dikerjakan oleh Roh yang satu itu juga; masing-masing orang diberi karunia yang tersendiri menurut kemauan Roh itu sendiri. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Tetapi sekaliannya itu dikerjakan oleh Roh yang Satu itu juga dengan membahagi-bahagi kepada masing-masing, sebagaimana kehendak-Nya. |
| Italian | Ma tutte queste cose è l'unico e il medesimo Spirito che le opera, distribuendole a ciascuno come vuole. |
| Latvian | Bet to visu dara viens un tas pats gars, pieðíirdams katram, kâ gribçdams. |
| Maori | Na, ko enei mea katoa, he mea mahi na taua Wairua kotahi ra ano, ko ia hei tuwha i tana e pai ai ki tetahi, ki tetahi. |
| Norwegian | Alt dette virker den ene og samme Ånd, idet han utdeler til hver især efter som han vil. |
| Rumanian | Dar toate aceste lucruri le face unul wi acelaw Duh, care dq fiecqruia kn parte, cum voiewte. |
| Russian | чУЕ ЦЕ УЙЕ ТПЙЪЧП"ЙФ П"ЙО Й ФПФ ЦЕ дХИ, ТБЪ"ЕМСС ЛБЦ"ПНХ ПУП'П, ЛБЛ еНХ ХЗП"ОП. |
| Shuar | Tura Ashí shuara Enentáin nu Wakanik takaawai. Tura Nii wakera nuna ankant ankant Súawai takastinian. |
| Spanish | Pero todas estas cosas las realiza el único y el mismo Espíritu, repartiendo a cada uno en particular como él designa. |
| Swahili | Hizo zote ni kazi za Roho huyohuyo mmoja, ambaye humpa kila mtu kipaji tofauti, kama apendavyo mwenyewe. |
| Swedish | Men allt detta verkar densamme ene Anden, i det han, alltefter sin vilja, tilldelar åt var och en någon särskild gåva. |
| Uma | Hawe'ea toe, Inoha' Tomoroli' to hadua toe oa' wo'o-i-wadi pue' bago. Nabagi-bagi pewai' -na hi butu-butu dua-ta ntuku' kabotu' -na Hi'a moto. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words ending with "operations": cooperations, noncooperations, reoperations. (additional references) | |
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"Operations" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: ooperation, opcration, operarios, operatons, Operazione, operrations, opersation, operstions, opertion, opperation, opperations, orperation, peration. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "operations" (pronounced Ä'perā"shunz) |
| 8 | Ä' p er ā" sh u n z | cooperations. |
| 7 | -p er ā" sh u n z | aspirations, corporations, expirations, incorporations, inspirations, preparations, reparations, separations. |
| 6 | -er ā" sh u n z | aberrations, alterations, considerations, collaborations, commemorations, configurations, declarations, decorations, deliberations, discolorations, exaggerations, explorations, federations, generations, inaugurations, lacerations, perforations, restorations, reverberations. |
| 5 | -ā" sh u n z | accommodations, abbreviations, accreditations, accumulations, accusations, adaptations, administrations, affiliations, affirmations, allegations, allocations, altercations, amplifications, amputations, animations, annotations, anticipations, appellations, applications, appropriations, approximations, arbitrations, assassinations, associations, authentications, authorizations, confrontations, congratulations, congregations, conjugations, connotations, consecrations, consolations, consolidations, constellations, consultations, conversations, correlations, calculations, cancellations, capitalizations, carnations, castrations, celebrations, certifications, characterizations, circulations, citations, civilizations, clarifications, classifications, combinations, communications, compensations, compilations, complications, computations, concentrations, condemnations, confirmations, creations, crustaceans, dalmatians, decapitations, degradations, delegations, demarcations, demonstrations, denationalizations, denominations, denunciations, deportations, depreciations, depredations, deprivations, desecrations, designations, destinations, determinations, detonations, devaluations, deviations, dislocations, diversifications, donations, dramatizations, duplications, durations, educations, elevations, eliminations, emanations, emigrations, estimations, evacuations, evaluations, exacerbations, examinations, excavations, exclamations, exhortations, expectations, explanations, expropriations, fabrications, flirtations, fluctuations, formations, formulations, fortifications, foundations, frustrations, generalizations, gradations, graduations, gyrations, hallucinations, hesitations, hospitalizations, humiliations, identifications, illustrations, imaginations, imitations, immunizations, impatiens, implications, improvisations, incarnations, inclinations, indications, infestations, informations, innovations, inoculations, insinuations, installations, integrations, interpretations, interrogations, intimations, inundations, investigations, invitations, irritations, justifications, liberalizations, limitations, liquidations, litigations, locations, machinations, magnifications, malformations, manifestations, manipulations, medications, meditations, migrations, ministrations, miscalculations, miscreations, misrepresentations, mobilizations, modifications, motivations, mutations, mutilations, nationalizations, nations, negotiations, nominations, notations, notifications, obligations, observations, occupations, orations, orchestrations, organizations, orientations, originations, oscillations, ovations, palpitations, participations, patients, permutations, perturbations, plantations, pontifications, populations, preoccupations, presentations, privations, privatizations, proclamations, prognostications, pronunciations, protestations, provocations, publications, qualifications, quotations, ramifications, rationalizations, realizations, recapitalizations, recitations, recommendations, reconciliations, recriminations, registrations, regulations, rehabilitations, relations, relocations, renegotiations, reorganizations, representations, reputations, reservations, resignations, revaluations, revelations, revocations, rotations, ruminations, sensations, simulations, situations, solicitations, specifications, speculations, stations, sterilizations, stipulations, strangulations, subluxations, summations, syndications, tabulations, telecommunications, temptations, terminations, transformations, translations, tribulations, vacations, vaccinations, valuations, variations, vibrations, violations, visitations, vocations. |
| 4 | -sh u n z | abstractions, academicians, abductions, abortions, acquisitions, actions, addictions, additions, admissions, admonitions, adoptions, affections, afflictions, aggressions, ambitions, ammunitions, apparitions, apprehensions, assertions, assumptions, attentions, attractions, auctions, auditions, conjunctions, connections, constitutions, constrictions, constructions, contentions, contortions, contractions, contradictions, contraptions, contributions, conventions, convictions, convulsions, corrections, corruptions, captions, cautions, clinicians, coalitions, collections, commissions, competitions, completions, complexions, compositions, compulsions, conceptions, concessions, concoctions, concussions, conditions, confections, confessions, cushions, deceptions, deductions, defections, definitions, deletions, demotions, depictions, depositions, depressions, descriptions, desertions, detentions, dietitians, digressions, dimensions, directions, discussions, dispositions, disruptions, dissections, distinctions, distortions, distractions, distributions, editions, egyptians, elections, electricians, electrocutions, elocutions, emissions, emotions, erections, eruptions, evictions, exactions, exceptions, executions, exemptions, exertions, exhibitions, expansions, expeditions, expositions, expressions, expulsions, extensions, extractions, factions, fashions, fictions, fractions, frictions, functions, geriatricians, imperfections, impressions, indiscretions, infections, inflections, infractions, inhibitions, injections, injunctions, inscriptions, inspections, institutions, instructions, interactions, interceptions, interconnections, interjections, intermissions, interruptions, intersections, introductions, inventions, jurisdictions, juxtapositions, lotions, magicians, malfunctions, martians, mathematicians, mentions, misconceptions, misperceptions, missions, motions, munitions, musicians, notions, objections, obsessions, obstetricians, obstructions, oceans, omissions, oppressions, opticians, options, partitions, passions, patricians, pediatricians, pensions, perceptions, permissions, petitions, physicians, politicians, portions, positions, possessions, potions, precautions, preconceptions, preconditions, predictions, predilections, predispositions, prescriptions, presumptions, pretensions, processions, productions, professions, prohibitions, projections, promotions, proportions, propositions, prosecutions, protections, rations, reactions, receptions, recessions, recollections, reconstructions, redemptions, reductions, reflections, regressions, rejections, remissions, renditions, renovations, repercussions, repetitions, repossessions, repressions, reproductions, resolutions, restrictions, revolutions, rhetoricians, sanctions, satisfactions, secretions, sections, selections, sessions, solutions, statisticians, submissions, subscriptions, substitutions, superstitions, suppositions, suspensions, suspicions, tacticians, technicians, theoreticians, traditions, transactions, transcriptions, transgressions, transitions, transmissions, tuitions, workstations. |
| 3 | -u n z | abrasions, abstentions, abandons, accordions, aliens, allergens, allusions, amphibians, antigens, antihistamines, antitoxins, aprons, arcadians, arsons, artisans, aspens, aspersions, assassins, Avions, awakens, confusions, congresspersons, contrarians, contusions, conversions, cottons, badmintons, balbriggans, barbarians, bargains, barons, barrens, basins, bastions, battalions, beacons, beckons, bedouins, billions, blackens, bourbons, brackens, brightens, broadens, bruins, bulletins, burdens, buttons, cabins, cannons, canons, cantons, canyons, captains, carbons, carcinogens, cardigans, cartons, catamarans, catkins, caymans, centenarians, champions, chaplains, charlatans, chickens, chieftains, citizens, civilians, collegians, collisions, comedians, Commons, companions, comparisons, conclusions, cousins, cravens, curtains, custodians, Daltons, dandelions, deacons, decisions, deepens, delicatessens, delusions, demons, denizens, determines, Dickens, dioxins, disciplinarians, disciplines, diversions, divisions, Dobsons, doctrines, dolphins, dozens, dragons, dungeons, elevens, endorphins, engines, environs, envisions, eons, equations, estrogens, evasions, evens, examines, exclusions, excursions, explosions, falcons, famines, felons, firmans, fluorocarbons, fortunes, fountains, frightens, galleons, gallons, Gammons, gardens, gascons, germans, Gibbons, givens, globulins, gluttons, gorgons, Gowans, grabens, gremlins, gryphons, guardians, happens, hardens, hastens, havens, heavens, heightens, heroines, herons, historians, hooligans, horizons, humanitarians, humans, hydrocarbons, hydrogens, illusions, imagines, incisions, inclusions, incursions, infusions, intentions, interventions, intestines, intrusions, invasions, ions, jillions, Jordans, kindergartens, kitchens, kittens, leavens, legions, lemans, lemons, lengthens, lesbians, lesions, lessens, lessons, libertarians, librarians, lichens, likens, linens, lions, lippens, listens, loosens, lubricants, luncheons, maidens, mandarins, mansions, margins, Marlins, martens, masons, matrons, mavens, medallions, medicines, melons, metropolitans, mignons, millions, minions, misfortunes, mittens, Morgans, mountains, muffins, mullens, myrmidons, neurosurgeons, newspersons, nonwovens, occasions, omens, onions, opens, opinions, organs, orphans, ovens, paeans, pardons, parliamentarians, Parsons, partisans, pathogens, patrons, pavilions, pedestrians, pelicans, penguins, penicillins, peons, persons, persuasions, pigeons, Pipkins, pistons, plantains, plebeians, poisons, pollens, polyhedrons, porcelains, prisons, prostaglandins, protozoans, provisions, pumpkins, puritans, questions, quickens, ravens, reasons, rebellions, recisions, reckons, regimens, regions, religions, reopens, republicans, rescissions, reunions, revisions, ribbons, Robins, romans, ruins, saddens, salmons, samaritans, sapiens, scallions, scorpions, seasons, seminarians, sermons, sevens, shamans, sharpens, shenanigans, shortens, Siemens, siphons, sirens, skeletons, slackens, slogans, smoothens, snapdragons, softens, sovereigns, sovrans, specimens, spokespersons, squadrons, stallions, stiffens, straightens, strengthens, sturgeons, subdivisions, suburbans, suggestions, sultans, summons, surgeons, sweetens, talons, tamarins, televisions, tendons, tensions, theologians, thickens, threatens, tightens, titans, toboggans, tokens, totalitarians, toughens, toxins, transfusions, trillions, truncheons, turbans, unions, unisons, urchins, utopians, vegetarians, versions, veterans, veterinarians, villains, virgins, visions, vitamins, wagons, wardens, warrens, watermelons, weakens, weapons, widens, woolens, worsens, yaupons, zillions. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-i-n-o-o-p-r-s-t" | |
-1 letter: atropines, operation, patronise. | |
-2 letters: atropine, atropins, notaries, operants, orations, painters, pantries, patroons, pertains, pinaster, pointers, poisoner, porniest, portions, positron, pristane, pronates, proteans, proteins, repaints, saponite, senorita, snoopier, snootier, sorption, spoonier, teaspoon, tropines. | |
-3 letters: airpost, anestri, antsier, aroints, arpents, atoners, atonies, atopies, atropin, enroots, entraps, epinaos, erasion, erosion, esparto, isotone, isotope, nastier, nitroso, norites. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-e-i-n-o-o-p-r-s-t" | |
+1 letter: fortepianos, perorations, personation, pianofortes, propionates. | |
+2 letters: anisotropies, cooperations, deportations, evaporations, explorations, exportations, impersonator, incorporates, operationism, operationist, percolations, perforations, personations, potentiators, probationers, procreations, protestation, reapportions, reoperations, reprobations. | |
+3 letters: anisometropia, anisometropic, enantiomorphs, flavoproteins, impersonation, impersonators, interpolators, metropolitans, nonabsorptive, operationisms, operationists, preformations, prepositional, prognosticate, proteinaceous, protestations, protonotaries, reoccupations, repopulations, spermatogonia. | |
+4 letters: actinomorphies, anisometropias, anthropologies, apportionments, containerports, contemporaries, contraceptions, contrapositive, cooperationist, expectorations, expropriations, extrapolations, impersonations, interpolations, metamorphosing, operationalism, operationalist, periodizations, photoreactions, polymerisation, postliberation, predominations, prenominations, preoccupations, preordinations, progestational, prognosticated, prognosticates, proliferations, proportionates, prothonotaries, reciprocations, recompilations, recomputations, reexportations, reimportations, reincorporates, spermatogonial, spermatogonium, supererogation, superovulation, teleportations, temporizations, treponematosis, waterproofings. | |
| 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. | |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Images: Slideshow 7. Images: Photo Album 8. Quotations: Historic | 9. Quotations: Fiction 10. Quotations: Non-fiction 11. Quotations: Spoken 12. Quotations: Speeches | 13. Usage Frequency 14. Names: Company Usage 15. Expressions 16. Expressions: Internet | 17. Translations: Modern 18. Bible Trace 19. Abbreviations 20. Acronyms | 21. Derivations 22. Rhymes 23. Anagrams 24. Bibliography |
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