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Definition: Tribulation |
TribulationNoun1. An annoying or frustrating event; "his mother-in-law's visits were a great trial for him"; "life is full of tribulations"; "a visitation of the plague". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "tribulation" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1350. (references) |
Etymology: Tribulation \Trib`u*la"tion\, noun. [from Old English expression tribulacium, French tribulation, from Latin expression tribulatio, from tribulare to press, afflict, from tribulum thrashing sledge, akin to terere, tritum, to rub. See Trite.]. (Websters 1913) |
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Bible | Tribulation trouble or affiction of any kind (Deut. 4:30; Matt. 13:21; 2 Cor. 7:4). In Rom. 2:9 "tribulation and anguish" are the penal sufferings that shall overtake the wicked. In Matt. 24:21, 29, the word denotes the calamities that were to attend the destruction of Jerusalem. Source: Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Synonyms: TribulationSynonyms: trial (n), visitation (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Pain | Unhappiness, infelicity, misery, tribulation, wretchedness, desolation; despair; extremity, prostration, depth of misery. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Tribulation |
| Specialty definitions using "tribulation": Astral ♦ Singing in Tribulation, Symbolism of Colours ♦ TRIB. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "tribulation": trite. (references) |
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Movie/TV Titles | Left Behind II: Tribulation Force (2002) | |
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| Author | Quotation |
E. H. Chapin | The brightest crowns that are worn in heaven have been tried, and smelted, and polished, and glorified through the furnace of tribulation. |
Edwin Hubbel Chapin | Tribulation will not hurt you, unless as it too often does; it hardens you and makes you sour, narrow and skeptical. |
Molinos | With the wind of tribulation God separates, in the floor of the soul, the wheat from the chaff. |
| Thou are never at any time nearer to God than when under tribulation; which he permits for the purifications and beautifying of thy soul. | |
St. John of the Cross | In tribulation immediately draw near to God with confidence, and you will receive strength, enlightenment, and instruction. |
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| "Tribulation" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Tribulation" is used about 15 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% | 15 | 90,616 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes names derived from the word "tribulation". | |||
| Name | Gender | Language | Meaning |
| Zeruiah | N/A | Biblical | Pain or tribulation of the Lord |
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| Language | Translations for "tribulation"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | vuajtje (affliction, agony, anguish, cross, distress, dolor, dolour, gyp, hardship, martyrdom, misery, pain, rack, suffering, torment), fatkeqësi (accident, adversity, bane, calamity, casualty, disaster, distress, doom, evil, fatality, ill luck, infelicity, misadventure, misery, misfortune, plague, teen, woe). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | محنة (adversity, affliction, calamity, catastrophe, disaster, distress, misfortune, ordeal, trial, woe), معاناة (anguish, bear a load, hardship, illness, misery, sufferance, suffering), مصيبة (adversity, affliction, blow, calamity, catastrophe, disaster, distress, misfortune, ordeal, scourge, trial, woe), بلية (mischance, misfortune, sorrow, trial, woe). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | горест (dole, sorrow), изпитание (hardship, ordeal, probation, proof, tax, test, trial, visitation). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | trýzeò (anguish, torment), strast, soužení (ordeal, trouble, vexation, worry). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | محنت (Bale, Distress, Hardship, Pain, Toil), عذاب (Torment, Torture), ازمایش سخت (Gaff), اختلال (Disorder), رنج (Agony, Bale, Discomfort, Labor, Pain, Throe, Toil, Trial). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | tribulations (trial), souffrance (trouble), angoisse (trouble). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Drangsal (distress, hardship, suffering). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | συμφορά (calamity, disaster, woe), βάσανο (affliction, pest, torment), ταλαιπωρία (discomfort, hardship, suffering, trouble), δοκιμασία (crucible, ordeal, probation, proof, trial, tryingness). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | פורע ות (calamity, evil event, suffering, trouble), זעזוע (agitation, concussion, convulsion, jerk, shake, shock, start, thrill, turbulence). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | megpróbáltatás (cross, ordeal, scourge, stress, trial, try), lelki kín, bánat (chagrin, discomfort, grief, pits, rue, sorrow, trouble, woe). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | tribolazione (suffering). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 艱難辛苦 (difficulties, hardships, privations, trial and tribulation). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | か"な"し"く (difficulties, hardships, privations, trial and tribulation). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ibulationtray tribulação, sofrimento (ache, affliction, agony, endurance, gall, hardship, hurt, ill feeling, infliction, pain, passion, soreness, sorrow, sufferance, suffering, teen, teener, torment, trial, trouble), aflição (ache, affliction, agony, anguish, anxiety, cross, despair, distress, fear, grief, mourning, ordeal, pain, pang, smart, sore, sorrow, thorn, torture, trial, trouble, woe), adversidade (adversity, misfortune, recusance, recusancy, rough). (various references) tribulaţie, suferinţã adâncã, restrişte (affliction), mâhnire adâncã (heart-break), bucluc (adversity, affliction, bother, calamity, coil, cross, disgrace, embarrassment, jam, quagmire, scrape, trouble, upset), belea (adversity, affliction, bother, embarrassment, jam, mess, mishap, nuisance, pest, scrape, trouble). (various references) горе (distress, dole, dolour, grief, misery, mourning, pain, sorrow, teen, woe). (various references) trioblaid (anxiety, trouble, vexation). (various references) stradanje (suffering), paćenje, iskušenje (temptation, trial). (various references) tribulación. (various references) vedermöda (endurance, hardship, labor, labour), anfäktelse (obsession). (various references) sıkıntı (adversity, agitation, annoyance, anxiety, bore, boredom, bother, botheration, difficulty, dire straits, discomfort, distress, doldrums, draft, embarrassment, famine, fear, fret, gloom, gloominess, grayness, greyness, groan, hardship, heebie-jeebies, inconvenience, incubus, infliction, load, megrims, mopes, nuisance, oppression, pill, pip, pressure, rigor, rigour, rock, scrape, Strait, straits, stringency, tedium, the megrims, toil, toils, trouble, vexation, weight, willies), musibet (calamity, evil, pest), dert (affliction, bore, bother, botheration, complaint, cross, distress, dolor, dolour, evil, fear, grief, grievance, headache, heartache, ill, mopes, nuisance, pain, pip, plague, pother, rock, scourge, solicitudes, sorrow, suffering, throe, trial, trouble, woe, worry), belâ (affliction, bore, calamity, curse, damnation, darned, evil, ill, misfortune, nuisance, pest, plague, rock, scourge, trouble), çile (hank, hasp, ordeal, skein, suffering, trial). (various references) страждання (affliction, agony, bale, crucifixion, gyp, heartache, infliction, misery, pain, pathos, sufferance, suffering, torment, travail), нещастя (adversity, affliction, bale, calamity, catastrophe, fatality, ill luck, infelicity, misadventure, misfortune, unhappiness, work). (various references) sự khổ não, nỗi khổ cực, nỗi đau khổ (alleviation, distress, rack, smart, woe). (various references) trallod (trouble), gorthrymder (oppression), blinfyd. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | aerumna, tribulatio, tribulatione, tribulationem, tribulationes, tribulationi, tribulationibus, tribulationis. (various references) |
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| Language | Date | Source | Romans Chapter 12, Verse 12 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Th elpidi caironteV th qliyei upomenonteV th proseuch proskarterounteV |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Spe gaudentes in tribulatione patientes orationi instantes |
| Old English | 990 | West Saxon | Sie bliðe on hyhte, geðyldige on hefignesse, getrywlice on gebede. |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | Ioiynge in hope, pacient in tribulacioun, bisy in preier, |
| Renaissance English | 1526 | Tyndale | Reioyce in hope. Be paciet in tribulacion. Continue in prayer. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | Rejoicing in hope; patient in tribulation; continuing instant in prayer; |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | Rejoicing in hope; patient in tribulation; continuing earnest in prayer; |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | Being glad in hope, quiet in trouble, at all times given to prayer, |
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| Language | Romans Chapter 12, Verse 12 |
| Cebuano | Pagkalipay kamo diha sa inyong paglaum, pagpailub kamo sa panahon sa kagul-anan, lumahutay kamo sa pag-ampo. |
| Chinese | 在 指 望 中 要 喜 樂 ． 在 患 難 中 要 忍 耐 。 禱 告 要 恆 切 ． |
| Croatian | U nadi budite radosni, u nevolji strpljivi, u molitvi postojani! |
| Danish | værer glade i Håbet, udholdende i Trængselen, vedholdende i Bønnen! |
| Dutch | Verblijdt u in de hoop. Zijt geduldig in de verdrukking. Volhardt in het gebed. |
| Finnish | Olkaa toivossa iloiset, ahdistuksessa kärsivälliset, rukouksessa kestävät. |
| French | Réjouissez-vous en espérance. Soyez patients dans l`affliction. Persévérez dans la prière. |
| German | Seid fröhlich in Hoffnung, geduldig in Trübsal, haltet an am Gebet. |
| Haitian Creole | Pandan n'ap tann lan, fè kè n' kontan. Se pou nou gen anpil pasyans nan mitan soufrans nou yo. Pa janm sispann lapriyè. |
| Hungarian | A reménységben örvendezõk; a háborúságban tûrõk; a könyörgésben állhatatosak; |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Hendaklah Saudara berharap kepada Tuhan dengan gembira, sabarlah di dalam kesusahan, dan tekunlah berdoa. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | sambil bersukacita di dalam pengharapan, bersabar di dalam sengsara dan bertekun di dalam doa. |
| Italian | Siate lieti nella speranza, forti nella tribolazione, perseveranti nella preghiera, |
| Korean | 소 망 중 에 즐 거 워 하 며 환 난 중 에 참 으 며 기 도 에 항 상 힘 " 며 |
| Latvian | Esiet priecîgi cerîbâ, pacietîgi bçdâs, pastâvîgi lûgðanâ! |
| Maori | Kia hari i runga i te tumanako; kia manawanui ki te whakapawera; kia u ki te inoi; |
| Norwegian | Vær glade i håpet, tålmodige i trengselen, vedholdende i bønnen. |
| Portuguese | alegrai-vos na esperança, sede pacientes na tribulação, perseverai na oração; |
| Rumanian | Bucurayi-vq kn nqdejde. Fiyi rqbdqtori kn necaz. Stqruiyi kn rugqciune. |
| Shuar | Ukunam Yus tsankatramkattajnia nu Enentáimtusrum warastarum. Wáitiakrumsha katsuntratarum. Tuke iniaitsuk Ashí Túrunamujai Yus áujsatarum. |
| Swahili | Tumaini lenu liwaweke daima wenye furaha; muwe na saburi katika shida na kusali daima. |
| Swedish | Varen glada i hoppet, tåliga i bedrövelsen, uthålliga i bönen. |
| Uma | Pakagoe' nono-ta, apa' moroho poncarumakaa-ta hi Pue'. Tari hi rala kasusaa'. Tida mosampaya. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "tribulation": tribulations. (additional references) | |
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"Tribulation" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: trabeation, trebulation. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "tribulation" (pronounced tri'byulā"shun) |
| 8 | -b y u l ā" sh u n | confabulation, tabulation. |
| 7 | -y u l ā" sh u n | accumulation, articulation, calculation, coagulation, depopulation, deregulation, emulation, formulation, granulation, inoculation, manipulation, miscalculation, overpopulation, overregulation, ovulation, population, recalculation, regulation, reregulation, simulation, speculation, stimulation, stipulation, strangulation. |
| 6 | -u l ā" sh u n | adulation, annihilation, appellation, assimilation, cancellation, capitulation, compilation, congratulation, consolation, constellation, correlation, demodulation, desolation, distillation, elation, escalation, exhalation, extrapolation, fibrillation, gastrulation, inhalation, installation, insulation, isolation, jubilation, modulation, mutilation, oscillation, revelation, titillation, vacillation, ventilation, violation. |
| 5 | -l ā" sh u n | contemplation, deflation, dilation, disinflation, ejaculation, hyperinflation, inflation, legislation, reflation, relation, stagflation, translation, triangulation. |
| 4 | -ā" sh u n | abbreviation, abdication, aberration, abomination, abrogation, acceleration, acclimation, accommodation, accreditation, accusation, acidification, activation, adaptation, adjudication, administration, admiration, adoration, advocation, affectation, affiliation, affirmation, agglomeration, aggravation, agitation, alienation, allegation, alleviation, allocation, alphabetization, alteration, altercation, amalgamation, amelioration, amortization, amplification, amputation, animation, annexation, annotation, anticipation, antidiscrimination, application, appreciation, approbation, appropriation, approximation, arbitration, argumentation, aspiration, assassination, association, augmentation, authentication, authorization, automation, aviation, avocation, balkanization, bifurcation, calibration, cannibalization, capitalization, carnation, castration, categorization, causation, celebration, centralization, certification, cessation, cetacean, characterization, citation, civilization, clarification, classification, codification, cogeneration, cogitation, cohabitation, collaboration, collectivization, colonization, coloration, colorization, combination, commemoration, commendation, commercialization, communication, communization, compensation, complication, computation, computerization, concatenation, concentration, conciliation, condemnation, condensation, confederation, configuration, confirmation, confiscation, conflagration, confrontation, conglomeration, congregation, conjugation, connotation, consecration, conservation, consideration, consolidation, consternation, constipation, consultation, consummation, contamination, continuation, conversation, convocation, cooperation, coordination, coronation, corporation, corroboration, creation, cremation, criminalization, crustacean, culmination, cultivation, dalmatian, damnation, decaffeination, decapitation, deceleration, decentralization, decertification, declaration, decontamination, decoration, decriminalization, dedication, defamation, deforestation, deformation, degeneration, degradation, dehumanization, dehydration, deification, deinstitutionalization, delegation, deliberation, delineation, demarcation, demilitarization, demobilization, democratization, demonization, demonstration, demoralization, denationalization, denomination, denuclearization, denunciation, deportation, depravation, depreciation, depredation, deprivation, derivation, desalination, desalinization, desecration, desegregation, desiccation, designation, desperation, destabilization, destination, determination, detonation, detoxication, detoxification, devaluation, devastation, deviation, dictation, differentiation, dilatation, discoloration, discontinuation, discrimination, disembarkation, disinclination, disinformation, disintegration, dislocation, disorganization, disorientation, dispensation, disputation, disqualification, dissemination, dissertation, dissipation, dissociation, diversification, divination, documentation, domestication, domination, donation, dramatization, duplication, duration, echolocation, edification, education, elaboration, electrification, elevation, elimination, elongation, emanation, emancipation, embarkation, emigration, enumeration, equalization, equitation, equivocation, eradication, estimation, evacuation, evaluation, evaporation, evocation, exacerbation, exaggeration, examination, exasperation, excavation, excitation, exclamation, excommunication, exfoliation, exhilaration, exhortation, exhumation, exoneration, expatriation, expectation, experimentation, expiration, explanation, explication, exploitation, exploration, expropriation, extermination, fabrication, facilitation, falsification, fascination, federation, fermentation, fertilization, figuration, filtration, fixation, flirtation, flotation, fluctuation, fluoridation, foliation, formation, fortification, foundation, fragmentation, frustration, fumigation, gasification, generalization, generation, gentrification, germination, gestation, glaciation, globalization, glorification, gradation, graduation, gratification, gravitation, gyration, habitation, hallucination, harmonization, hesitation, hibernation, hospitalization, humiliation, hybridization, hydration, hydrogenation, identification, illumination, illustration, imagination, imitation, immigration, immunization, impersonation, implantation, implementation, implication, importation, impregnation, improvisation, imputation, inactivation, inauguration, incantation, incapacitation, incarceration, incarnation, inclination, incoordination, incorporation, incrimination, incrustation, incubation, indemnification, indentation, indexation, indication, indignation, indoctrination, industrialization, infatuation, infestation, infiltration, inflammation, information, inhabitation, initiation, innovation, insemination, insinuation, inspiration, instigation, institutionalization, instrumentation, insubordination, integration, intensification, internationalization, interpretation, interrogation, intimation, intimidation, intonation, intoxication, inundation, invalidation, investigation, invitation, invocation, ionization, irradiation, irrigation, irritation, justification, laceration, lactation, legalization, levitation, liberalization, liberation, libration, ligation, limitation, liquidation, litigation, localization, location, lubrication, machination, magnetization, magnification, malformation, manifestation, marginalization, masturbation, maturation, maximization, mechanization, mediation, medication, meditation, menstruation, migration, mineralization, miniaturization, ministration, misallocation, misapplication, misappropriation, mischaracterization, miscommunication, miscreation, misidentification, misinformation, misinterpretation, misrepresentation, mitigation, mobilization, moderation, modernization, modification, molestation, monopolization, motivation, multiplication, mummification, mutation, narration, nation, nationalization, naturalization, navigation, negation, negotiation, neutralization, nitration, nomination, nondiscrimination, nonproliferation, normalization, notation, notification, nucleation, nullification, obfuscation, obligation, observation, occupation, operation, optimization, oration, orchestration, ordination, organisation, organization, orientation, origination, ornamentation, ossification, ostentation, ovation, overvaluation, oxidation, pacification, pagination, palpitation, participation, pasteurization, penetration, perforation, permutation, perpetuation, personalization, personification, perspiration, perturbation, pigmentation, plantation, polarization, politicization, pollination, pontification, popularization, precipitation, predestination, prefabrication, premeditation, preoccupation, preparation, presentation, preservation, pressurization, privation, privatization, probation, proclamation, procrastination, procreation, profanation, prognostication, proliferation, pronunciation, propagation, proration, prostration, protestation, provocation, publication, punctuation, purification, qualification, quantification, quotation, radiation, radicalization, ramification, ratification, rationalization, reaffirmation, realization, reallocation, reauthorization, recantation, recapitalization, recertification, recitation, reclamation, reclassification, recommendation, reconciliation, reconfiguration, reconfirmation, reconsideration, recreation, recrimination, rectification, recuperation, redecoration, rededication, reevaluation, reexamination, reforestation, reformation, refrigeration, refutation, regeneration, regimentation, registration, rehabilitation, rehydration, reincarnation, reincorporation, reinterpretation, reinvigoration, reiteration, rejuvenation, relaxation, relocation, remediation, remuneration, renationalization, renegotiation, renomination, renovation, renunciation, reorganization, reparation, repatriation, replication, representation, repudiation, reputation, reservation, resignation, respiration, restoration, resuscitation, retaliation, retardation, reunification, revaluation, reverberation, revitalization, revocation, rotation, rumination, salvation, sanctification, sanitation, saponification, saturation, securitization, sedation, sedimentation, segmentation, segregation, sensation, separation, sequestration, simplification, situation, socialization, solicitation, sophistication, specialization, specification, stabilization, stagnation, standardization, starvation, station, sterilization, subluxation, subordination, subsidization, substantiation, suburbanization, suffocation, summation, superstation, syndication, taxation, telecommunication, temptation, termination, toleration, transformation, transillumination, transplantation, transportation, trepidation, undervaluation, unification, unionization, urbanization, usurpation, utilization, vacation, vaccination, validation, valuation, vaporization, variation, vegetation, verification, vibration, victimization, vilification, vindication, 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-b-i-i-l-n-o-r-t-t-u" | |
-2 letters: libration, tuitional. | |
-3 letters: ablution, abutilon, antiriot, libation, rutilant, tribunal, turbinal, tutorial. | |
-4 letters: bailout, botulin, butanol, inbuilt, introit, nautili, orbital, outlain, rainout, taborin, tabouli, titular, tuition. | |
-5 letters: albino, aroint, attorn, bailor, biotin, bonita, brulot, brutal, burial, burton, button, intort, intuit, labour, latino, lattin, nitril, nutria, obtain, outran, ration, ratlin, ratton, rialto, ritual, rubati, rubato, tabour. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-b-i-i-l-n-o-r-t-t-u" | |
+1 letter: tribulations. | |
+2 letters: attributional, brutalization. | |
+3 letters: brutalizations, distributional. | |
+4 letters: maldistribution. | |
+5 letters: antituberculosis, maldistributions, redistributional. | |
| 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. Quotations: Familiar 7. Usage Frequency 8. Names: Derived from | 9. Expressions: Internet 10. Translations: Modern 11. Translations: Ancient 12. Bible Trace | 13. Derivations 14. Rhymes 15. Anagrams 16. Bibliography |
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