| Word | Definition |
| accommodation22 | making or becoming suitable; adjusting to circumstances |
| accreditation18 | the act of granting credit or recognition (especially with respect to educational institution that maintains suitable standards) |
| acculturation17 | the adoption of the behavior patterns of the surrounding culture |
| accustomation19 | |
| acetaminophen22 | an analgesic for mild pain but not for inflammation; also used as an antipyretic; (Datril, Tylenol, Panadol, Phenaphen, Tempra, and Anacin III are trademarks of brands of acetaminophen tablets) |
| acetification20 | |
| acidification21 | the process of becoming acid or being converted into an acid |
| actualization24 | making real or giving the appearance of reality |
| afforestation19 | the conversion of bare or cultivated land into forest (originally for the purpose of hunting) |
| agglomeration17 | a jumbled collection or mass |
| agglutination15 | a clumping of bacteria or red cells when held together by antibodies (agglutinins) |
| amplification22 | addition of extra material or illustration or clarifying detail |
| anglicization25 | the act of anglicizing; making English in appearance |
| animadversion19 | harsh criticism or disapproval |
| animalization24 | a depiction in the form of an animal |
| anticollision15 | |
| anticorrosion15 | |
| antievolution16 | |
| antipollution15 | intended to reduce pollution |
| antirecession15 | |
| antirejection22 | |
| appropriation19 | money set aside (as by a legislature) for a specific purpose |
| approximation26 | an approximate calculation of quantity or degree or worth |
| arabicization26 | |
| argumentation16 | a discussion in which reasons are advanced for and against some proposition or proposal |
| arithmetician20 | someone who specializes in arithmetic |
| aromatization24 | |
| assassination13 | an attack intended to ruin someone's reputation |
| assemblywoman25 | a woman assemblyman |
| assemblywomen25 | a woman assemblyman |
| authoritarian16 | a person who behaves in a tyrannical manner |
| authorization25 | a document giving an official instruction or command |
| autoinfection18 | |
| bacterization26 | |
| balkanization28 | |
| barbarization26 | an act that makes people primitive and uncivilized |
| beatification20 | a state of supreme happiness |
| beneficiation20 | crushing and separating ore into valuable substances or waste by any of a variety of techniques |
| bildungsroman19 | |
| bioconversion20 | |
| boustrophedon21 | an ancient writing system: having alternate lines written in opposite directions; literally `as the ox ploughs' |
| brainchildren21 | a product of your creative thinking and work |
| brutalization24 | the condition of being treated in a cruel and savage manner |
| businesswoman20 | a female businessperson |
| businesswomen20 | a female businessperson |
| calcification22 | a process that impregnates something with calcium (or calcium salts) |
| callithumpian22 | of or relating to a callithump |
| canthaxanthin28 | |
| caprification22 | |
| carbonization26 | the destructive distillation of coal (as in coke ovens) |
| carbonylation20 | |
| carboxylation27 | |
| carburization26 | |
| cartelization24 | |
| catechization29 | |
| cauterization24 | the act of coagulating blood and destroying tissue with a hot iron or caustic agent or by freezing |
| cephalization29 | |
| cephalosporin22 | one of several broad spectrum antibiotic substances obtained from fungi and related to penicillin (trade names Mefoxin); addition of side chains has produced semisynthetic antibiotics with greater antibacterial activity |
| certification20 | the act of certifying or bestowing a franchise on |
| ceruloplasmin19 | |
| chemisorption22 | adsorption (especially when irreversible) by means of chemical instead of physical forces |
| chromoprotein22 | |
| cicatrization26 | |
| circumvention22 | the act of evading by going around |
| clarification20 | an interpretation that removes obstacles to understanding |
| cliometrician19 | |
| coalification20 | |
| coastguardman19 | |
| coastguardmen19 | |
| cocainization26 | |
| cochairperson22 | |
| cocultivation20 | |
| collaboration17 | act of working jointly |
| commemoration21 | a ceremony to honor the memory of someone or something |
| commiseration19 | a feeling of sympathy and sorrow for the misfortunes of others |
| communication21 | the activity of communicating; the activity of conveying information |
| communitarian19 | |
| communization28 | a change from private property to public property owned by the community |
| comprehension22 | an ability to understand the meaning or importance of something (or the knowledge acquired as a result) |
| concatenation17 | the state of being linked together as in a chain; union in a linked series |
| concentration17 | the strength of a solution; number of molecules of a substance in a given volume |
| condescension18 | the trait of displaying arrogance by patronizing those considered inferior |
| confabulation20 | an informal conversation |
| confederation19 | the state of being allied or confederated |
| configuration19 | an arrangement of parts or elements |
| conflagration19 | a very intense and uncontrolled fire |
| confrontation18 | a bold challenge |
| congresswoman21 | a member of the United States House of Representatives |
| congresswomen21 | a member of the United States House of Representatives |
| consideration16 | the process of giving careful thought to something |
| consolidation16 | combining into a solid mass |
| constellation15 | an arrangement of parts or elements |
| consternation15 | fear resulting from the awareness of danger |
| contamination17 | the state of being contaminated |
| contemplation19 | a long and thoughtful observation |
| contrabassoon17 | the bassoon that is the largest instrument in the oboe family |
| contraception19 | birth control by the use of devices (diaphragm or intrauterine device or condom) or drugs or surgery |
| contradiction18 | opposition between two conflicting forces or ideas |
| contravention18 | coming into conflict with |
| cornification20 | |
| corroboration17 | confirmation that some fact or statement is true through the use of documentary evidence |
| corticotropin19 | a hormone produced by the anterior pituitary gland that stimulates the adrenal cortex |
| counteraction17 | action intended to nullify the effects of some previous action |
| cybernetician22 | |
| cycloaddition22 | |
| cycloparaffin28 | |
| dandification20 | |
| decarbonation18 | |
| decerebration18 | |
| decomposition20 | the analysis of a vector field |
| decompression20 | restoring compressed information to its normal form for use or display |
| decortication18 | removal of the outer covering of an organ or part |
| decrepitation18 | the crackling or breaking up of certain crystals when they are heated |
| defibrination19 | |
| deforestation17 | the state of being clear of trees |
| degranulation15 | |
| demonstration16 | a show or display; the act of presenting something to sight or view |
| demyelination19 | loss of the myelin covering of some nerve fibers resulting in their impaired function |
| densification19 | an increase in the density of something |
| denticulation16 | |
| deodorization24 | |
| deoxygenation25 | |
| derealization23 | |
| desegregation16 | the action of incorporating a racial or religious group into a community |
| deterioration14 | a symptom of reduced quality or strength |
| determination16 | the act of determining the properties of something, usually by research or calculation |
| diagnostician17 | a doctor who specializes in medical diagnosis |
| diazotization32 | |
| dieselization23 | |
| digitoxigenin23 | |
| discoloration16 | a soiled or discolored appearance |
| disconnection18 | state of being disconnected |
| disinhibition19 | |
| dispossession16 | the expulsion of someone (such as a tenant) from the possession of land by process of law |
| disproportion18 | lack of proportion; imbalance among the parts of something |
| dissemination16 | the opening of a subject to widespread discussion and debate |
| dissimilation16 | a linguistic process by which one of two similar sounds in a word becomes less like the other |
| dissimulation16 | the act of deceiving |
| documentarian18 | |
| documentation18 | confirmation that some fact or statement is true through the use of documentary evidence |
| dogmatization26 | |
| domestication18 | adaptation to intimate association with human beings |
| domiciliation18 | temporary living quarters |
| dramatisation16 | conversion into dramatic form |
| dramatization25 | conversion into dramatic form |
| electrocution17 | execution by electricity |
| encapsulation17 | the condition of being enclosed (as in a capsule) |
| enculturation15 | the adoption of the behavior patterns of the surrounding culture |
| epiphenomenon22 | a secondary phenomenon that is a by-product of another phenomenon |
| equilibration24 | stabilization by bringing into equilibrium |
| eroticization24 | |
| expectoration24 | the process of coughing up and spitting out |
| expostulation22 | the act of expressing earnest opposition or protest |
| expropriation24 | taking out of an owner's hands (especially taking property by public authority) |
| extermination22 | complete annihilation |
| extrapolation22 | (mathematics) calculation of the value of a function outside the range of known values |
| extravasation23 | an extravasated liquid (blood or lymph or urine); the product of extravasation |
| factorization27 | (mathematics) the resolution of an entity into factors such that when multiplied together they give the original entity |
| falsification21 | any evidence that helps to establish the falsity of something |
| fasciculation20 | muscular twitching of contiguous groups of muscle fibers |
| fertilization25 | creation by the physical union of male and female gametes; of sperm and ova in an animal or pollen and ovule in a plant |
| feudalization26 | |
| foraminiferan21 | |
| formalization27 | the act of making formal (as by stating formal rules governing classes of expressions) |
| fortification21 | defensive structure consisting of walls or mounds built around a stronghold to strengthen it |
| fossilization25 | the process of fossilizing a plant or animal that existed in some earlier age; the process of being turned to stone |
| fractionation18 | a process that uses heat to separate a substance into its components |
| fragmentation19 | separating something into fine particles |
| frequentation25 | |
| gallicization25 | |
| galvanization26 | stimulation with a galvanic current |
| geopolitician18 | |
| germanization25 | |
| gesticulation16 | a deliberate and vigorous gesture or motion |
| ghettoization26 | |
| glamorization25 | the act of glamorizing; making something or someone more beautiful (often in a superficial way) |
| globalization25 | growth to a global or worldwide scale |
| glorification19 | a state of high honor |
| glycosylation22 | |
| gonadotrophin20 | hormone secreted by the anterior pituitary gland and placenta; stimulates the gonads and controls reproductive activity |
| grandchildren21 | a child of your son or daughter |
| gratification19 | state of being gratified or satisfied |
| hallucination18 | illusory perception; a common symptom of severe mental disorder |
| handcraftsman24 | |
| handcraftsmen24 | |
| harmonization27 | a piece of harmonized music |
| haruspication20 | |
| hellenization25 | |
| hemagglutinin20 | |
| hybridization31 | (genetics) the act of mixing different species or varieties of animals or plants and thus to produce hybrids |
| hydrogenation21 | a chemical process that adds hydrogen atoms to an unsaturated oil |
| hydroxylation30 | |
| hyperfunction26 | |
| hypothecation26 | |
| impersonation17 | a representation of a person that is exaggerated for comic effect |
| improvisation20 | a creation spoken or written or composed extemporaneously (without prior preparation) |
| incarceration17 | the state of being imprisoned |
| incardination16 | |
| incorporation17 | consolidating two or more things; union in (or into) one body |
| incrimination17 | an accusation that you are responsible for some lapse or misdeed |
| indisposition16 | a slight illness |
| individuation18 | discriminating the individual from the generic group or species |
| inegalitarian14 | |
| ingurgitation15 | |
| instantiation13 | a representation of an idea in the form of an instance of it |
| intercalation15 | an insertion into a calendar |
| interdominion16 | |
| interelectron15 | |
| intermountain15 | |
| interpolation15 | a message (spoken or written) that is introduced or inserted |
| interposition15 | the action of interjecting or interposing an action or remark that interrupts |
| interrelation13 | mutual or reciprocal relation or relatedness |
| interrogation14 | a sentence of inquiry that asks for a reply |
| interspersion15 | the act of combining one thing at intervals among other things |
| introgression14 | |
| introspection17 | the contemplation of your own thoughts and desires and conduct |
| investigation17 | an inquiry into unfamiliar or questionable activities |
| isoagglutinin15 | an antibody produced by one individual that causes agglutination of red blood cells in other individuals of the same species |
| isomerization24 | the conversion of a compound into an isomer of itself |
| italicization24 | |
| jollification25 | a boisterous celebration; a merry festivity |
| justification25 | something (such as a fact or circumstance) that shows an action to be reasonable or necessary |
| juxtaposition29 | the act of positioning close together (or side by side) |
| labialization24 | |
| lactoglobulin18 | |
| lignification19 | |
| linearization22 | |
| linguistician16 | |
| lithification21 | |
| luteinization22 | |
| machicolation22 | a projecting parapet supported by corbels on a medieval castle; has openings through which stones or boiling water could be dropped on an enemy |
| macroglobulin20 | |
| magnetization25 | the extent or degree to which something is magnetized |
| magnification21 | the act of expanding something in apparent size |
| malabsorption19 | abnormal absorption of nutrients from the digestive tract |
| malacostracan19 | |
| maladaptation18 | |
| manifestation18 | a clear appearance |
| martyrization27 | |
| mastigophoran21 | a usually nonphotosynthetic free-living protozoan with whiplike appendages; some are pathogens of humans and other animals |
| mathematician22 | a person skilled in mathematics |
| matriculation17 | admission to a group (especially a college or university) |
| mechanization29 | the condition of having a highly technical implementation |
| mediterranean16 | the largest inland sea; between Europe and Africa and Asia |
| megalopolitan18 | |
| mercerization26 | |
| mesencephalon22 | the middle portion of the brain |
| metallization24 | |
| metaphysician25 | |
| metencephalon22 | the part of the hindbrain that develops into the pons and the cerebellum |
| methemoglobin23 | |
| microplankton23 | |
| milliroentgen16 | |
| misallocation17 | |
| misassumption19 | |
| miscegenation18 | reproduction by parents of different races (especially by white and non-white persons) |
| misconception21 | an incorrect conception |
| misconnection19 | |
| misestimation17 | a mistake in calculating |
| misevaluation18 | |
| misimpression19 | |
| misperception21 | |
| mitochondrion21 | an organelle containing enzymes responsible for producing energy |
| modernisation16 | making modern in appearance or behavior |
| modernization25 | making modern in appearance or behavior |
| mollification20 | a state of being appeased or ameliorated or tempered |
| monocotyledon21 | a monocotyledonous flowering plant; the stem grows by deposits on its inside |
| mortification20 | strong feelings of embarrassment |
| multifunction20 | |
| multitrillion15 | |
| mummification24 | a condition resembling that of a mummy |
| mutualization24 | |
| mystification23 | confusion resulting from failure to understand |
| nannoplankton19 | |
| necessitarian15 | someone who does not believe the doctrine of free will |
| necessitation15 | |
| nitrification18 | the chemical process in which a nitro group is added to an organic compound (or substituted for another group in an organic compound) |
| nitroglycerin19 | a heavy yellow poisonous oily explosive liquid obtained by nitrating glycerol; used in making explosives and medically as a vasodilator (trade names Nitrospan and Nitrostat) |
| nitroparaffin21 | |
| nonaggression15 | a policy of not initiating hostilities |
| noncarcinogen18 | |
| nonconclusion17 | |
| nonconduction18 | |
| nonconnection17 | |
| nondeposition16 | |
| nonpolitician17 | |
| nonpossession15 | |
| nonregulation14 | |
| nonvegetarian17 | |
| normalization24 | the imposition of standards or regulations |
| nucleoprotein17 | any of several substances found in the nuclei of all living cells; consists of a protein bound to a nucleic acid |
| nullification18 | the states'-rights doctrine that a state can refuse to recognize or to enforce a federal law passed by the United States Congress |
| octodecillion18 | |
| orchestration18 | an arrangement of a piece of music for performance by an orchestra or band |
| ornamentation15 | the state of being ornamented |
| ornithischian21 | herbivorous dinosaur with a pelvis like that of a bird |
| overassertion16 | |
| overattention16 | |
| overeducation19 | |
| overexpansion25 | |
| overextension23 | |
| overinflation19 | |
| overnutrition16 | |
| oversecretion18 | |
| overvaluation19 | an appraisal that is too high |
| oxyhemoglobin31 | the bright red hemoglobin that is a combination of hemoglobin and oxygen from the lungs |
| paediatrician18 | a specialist in the care of babies |
| palletization24 | |
| participation19 | the act of sharing in the activities of a group |
| patronization24 | |
| pelletization24 | |
| peptidoglycan24 | |
| perambulation19 | a walk around a territory (a parish or manor or forest etc.) in order to officially assert and record its boundaries |
| peregrination16 | traveling or wandering around |
| periodization25 | |
| perseveration18 | the tendency for a memory or idea to persist or recur without any apparent stimulus for it |
| petrification20 | the process of turning some plant material into stone by infiltration with water carrying mineral particles without changing the original shape |
| photoelectron20 | an electron that is emitted from an atom or molecule by an incident photon |
| photoemission20 | an emission of photoelectrons (especially from a metallic surface) |
| photoreaction20 | |
| phycoerythrin29 | red pigment in red algae |
| phytopathogen27 | |
| phytoplankton27 | photosynthetic or plant constituent of plankton; mainly unicellular algae |
| picturization26 | |
| pidginization26 | |
| pluralization24 | the act of pluralizing or attributing plurality to |
| podsolization25 | |
| podzolization34 | |
| pontification20 | |
| postinfection20 | |
| postinjection24 | |
| postisolation15 | |
| postlapsarian17 | |
| postrecession17 | |
| preadaptation18 | |
| precipitation19 | the quantity of water falling to earth at a specific place within a specified period of time |
| precombustion21 | |
| preconception21 | an opinion formed beforehand without adequate evidence |
| preconvention20 | |
| preconviction22 | |
| predomination18 | the state of being predominant over others |
| prefiguration19 | an example that prefigures or foreshadows what is to come |
| premeditation18 | planning or plotting in advance of acting |
| prenomination17 | |
| preoccupation21 | an idea that preoccupies the mind and holds the attention |
| preordination16 | (theology) being determined in advance; especially the doctrine (usually associated with Calvin) that God has foreordained every event throughout eternity (including the final salvation of mankind) |
| prepossession17 | the condition of being prepossessed |
| preproduction20 | |
| prerevolution18 | |
| pretelevision18 | |
| pretermission17 | letting pass without notice |
| prevarication20 | a statement that deviates from or perverts the truth |
| privatization27 | changing something from state to private ownership or control |
| proliferation18 | growth by the rapid multiplication of parts |
| pronunciation17 | the manner in which someone utters a word |
| prostaglandin17 | a potent substance that acts like a hormone and is found in many bodily tissues (and especially in semen); produced in response to trauma and may affect blood pressure and metabolism and smooth muscle activity |
| psychosurgeon24 | |
| pulverization27 | a solid substance in the form of tiny loose particles; a solid that has been pulverized |
| qualification27 | an attribute that must be met or complied with and that fits a person for something |
| quindecillion25 | |
| randomization25 | a deliberately haphazard arrangement of observations so as to simulate chance |
| ratiocination15 | the proposition arrived at by logical reasoning (such as the proposition that must follow from the major and minor premises of a syllogism) |
| reacquisition24 | |
| reaffirmation21 | renewed affirmation |
| reaggregation16 | |
| reapplication19 | |
| reattribution15 | |
| recalculation17 | the act of calculating again (usually to eliminate errors or to include additional data) |
| recalibration17 | |
| reciprocation19 | the act of making or doing something in return |
| recirculation17 | circulation again |
| recombination19 | (physics) a combining of charges or transfer of electrons in a gas that results in the neutralization of ions; important for ions arising from the passage of high-energy particles |
| recompilation19 | |
| recomposition19 | |
| recomputation19 | |
| recrimination17 | mutual accusations |
| rectification20 | (chemistry) the process of refinement or purification of a substance by distillation |
| redescription18 | |
| redisposition16 | the withdrawal and redistribution of forces in an attempt to use them more effectively |
| reduplication18 | repetition of the final words of a sentence or line at the beginning of the next |
| reexamination22 | (law) questioning of a witness by the party that called the witness after that witness has been subject to cross-examination |
| reexportation22 | |
| reforestation16 | the restoration (replanting) of a forest that had been reduced by fire or cutting |
| reformulation18 | |
| refrigeration17 | the process of cooling or freezing (e.g., food) for preservative purposes |
| regimentation16 | the imposition of order or discipline |
| regurgitation15 | backflow of blood through a defective heart valve |
| reimportation17 | |
| reincarnation15 | embodiment in a new form (especially the reappearance or a person in another form) |
| reinfestation16 | |
| reinnervation16 | |
| reinoculation15 | |
| reintegration14 | |
| relubrication17 | |
| remonstration15 | the act of expressing earnest opposition or protest |
| renegotiation14 | |
| reorientation13 | a fresh orientation; a changed set of attitudes and beliefs |
| republication19 | something that has been published again; a fresh publication (as of a literary work) |
| repunctuation17 | |
| resegregation15 | |
| restimulation15 | |
| resuscitation15 | the act of reviving a person and returning them to consciousness |
| retranslation13 | |
| retroflection18 | a turning or tilting backward of an organ or body part |
| retrogression14 | passing from a more complex to a simpler biological form |
| retrospection17 | reference to things past |
| reunification18 | the act of coming together again |
| reutilization22 | |
| revaccination20 | |
| reverberation18 | the repetition of a sound resulting from reflection of the sound waves |
| rhythmization33 | |
| ritualization22 | |
| routinization22 | |
| ruggedization25 | the act of making a piece of equipment rugged (strengthening to resist wear or abuse) |
| scarification20 | |
| scintillation15 | (physics) a flash of light that is produced in a phosphor when it absorbs a photon or ionizing particle |
| scleroprotein17 | a simple protein found in horny and cartilaginous tissues and in the lens of the eye |
| sedimentation16 | the phenomenon of sediment or gravel accumulating |
| semievergreen19 | |
| semiporcelain19 | |
| sensitisation13 | the state of being sensitive (as to an antigen) |
| sensitization22 | the state of being sensitive (as to an antigen) |
| sequestration22 | the act of segregating or sequestering |
| serialization22 | publication in serial form |
| sexploitation22 | the commercial exploitation of sex or sexuality or explicit sexual material |
| signalization23 | a conspicuous indication |
| signification19 | the message that is intended or expressed or signified |
| socialization24 | the action of establishing on a socialist basis |
| solemnization24 | the public performance of a sacrament or solemn ceremony with all appropriate ritual |
| somatotrophin20 | a hormone produced by the anterior pituitary gland; promotes growth in humans |
| sovietization25 | |
| specification22 | a detailed description of design criteria for a piece of work |
| spectinomycin24 | an antibiotic used to treat gonorrhea |
| sporopollenin17 | |
| stabilization24 | the act of stabilizing something or making it more stable |
| sterilization22 | the act of making an organism barren or infertile (unable to reproduce) |
| strangulation14 | the act of suffocating (someone) by constricting the windpipe |
| structuration15 | |
| suballocation17 | |
| subcollection19 | |
| subcommission21 | |
| subgeneration16 | |
| subirrigation16 | |
| subordination16 | the state of being subordinate to something |
| subpopulation19 | a population that is part of a larger population |
| subsaturation15 | |
| subsidization25 | money (or other benefits) obtained as a subsidy |
| subtilization24 | |
| summarization26 | the act of preparing a summary (or an instance thereof); stating briefly and succinctly |
| superaddition17 | |
| superfetation18 | fertilization of a second ovum after a pregnancy has begun; results in two fetuses of different ages in the uterus at the same time |
| superposition17 | (geology) the deposition of one geological stratum on another |
| supersalesman17 | |
| supersalesmen17 | |
| supplantation17 | |
| syllabication20 | forming or dividing words into syllables |
| symbolization29 | the use of symbols to convey meaning |
| systemization27 | |
| telencephalon20 | the anterior division of the forebrain; the cerebrum and related parts of the hypothalamus |
| teleportation15 | a hypothetical mode of instantaneous transportation; matter is dematerialized at one place and recreated at another |
| temporization26 | |
| tenderization23 | the act of making meat tender by pounding or marinating it |
| terpsichorean20 | a performer who dances professionally |
| terrorization22 | the act of inspiring with fear |
| thyroglobulin22 | an iodine containing protein that is obtained from the thyroid gland and exhibits the general properties of the globulins |
| transcription17 | something written, especially copied from one medium to another, as a typewritten version of dictation |
| transgression14 | the act of transgressing; the violation of a law or a duty or moral principle |
| translocation15 | the transport of dissolved material within a plant |
| transmountain15 | |
| transmutation15 | an act that changes the form or character or substance of something |
| transpiration15 | the passage of gases through fine tubes because of differences in pressure or temperature |
| transposition15 | any abnormal position of the organs of the body |
| trapezohedron28 | a polyhedron whose faces are trapeziums |
| triangulation14 | a trigonometric method of determining the position of a fixed point from the angles to it from two fixed points a known distance apart; useful in navigation |
| tropocollagen18 | |
| ultramarathon18 | |
| underclassman18 | an undergraduate who is not yet a senior |
| underclassmen18 | an undergraduate who is not yet a senior |
| upperclassman21 | |
| upperclassmen21 | |
| valedictorian19 | the student with the best grades who usually delivers the valedictory address at commencement |
| vandalization26 | |
| verbalization27 | the words that are spoken in the activity of verbalization |
| verbigeration19 | |
| vermiculation20 | the process of wavelike muscle contractions of the alimentary tract that moves food along |
| vernalization25 | |
| versification21 | a metrical adaptation of something (e.g., of a prose text) |
| victimization29 | adversity resulting from being made a victim |
| visualization25 | a mental image that is similar to a visual perception |
| vitrification21 | a vitrified substance; the glassy result of being vitrified |
| vulcanisation18 | process of treating rubber or rubberlike materials with sulphur at great heat to improve elasticity and strength or to harden them |
| vulcanization27 | process of treating rubber or rubberlike materials with sulphur at great heat to improve elasticity and strength or to harden them |
| vulgarization26 | the act of rendering something coarse and unrefined |
| weatherperson21 | |
| winterization25 | |
| zombification31 | |
| Word | Definition |
| abbreviation19 | a shortened form of a word or phrase |
| acceleration16 | an increase in rate of change |
| accentuation16 | the use or application of an accent; the relative prominence of syllables in a phrase or utterance |
| accumulation18 | an increase by natural growth or addition |
| adjudication23 | the final judgment in a legal proceeding; the act of pronouncing judgment based on the evidence presented |
| adulteration13 | being mixed with extraneous material; the product of adulterating |
| aesthetician17 | a worker skilled in giving beauty treatments (manicures and facials etc.) |
| agglutinogen15 | any substance that acts as an antigen to cause agglutinin production |
| aldolization22 | |
| alimentation14 | a source of materials to nourish the body |
| alliteration12 | use of the same consonant at the beginning of each stressed syllable in a line of verse |
| amalgamation17 | the combination of two or more commercial companies |
| amelioration14 | the act of relieving ills and changing for the better |
| amortization23 | the reduction of the value of an asset by prorating its cost over a period of years |
| anchorperson19 | a television reporter who coordinates a broadcast to which several correspondents contribute |
| annihilation15 | destruction by annihilating something |
| annunciation14 | a festival commemorating the announcement of the Incarnation by the angel Gabriel to the Virgin Mary; a quarter day in England, Wales, and Ireland |
| antediluvian16 | any of the early patriarchs who lived prior to the Noachian deluge |
| antiabortion14 | |
| anticipation16 | an expectation |
| antidilution13 | |
| antielectron14 | an elementary particle with positive charge; interaction of a positron and an electron results in annihilation |
| antiestrogen13 | |
| antifriction17 | |
| antiglobulin15 | |
| antireligion13 | |
| antithrombin19 | |
| apperception20 | the process whereby perceived qualities of an object are related to past experience |
| appreciation18 | understanding of the nature or meaning or quality or magnitude of something |
| apprehension19 | fearful expectation or anticipation |
| arborization23 | |
| archdiocesan20 | of or relating to an archdiocese |
| archosaurian17 | extinct reptiles including: dinosaurs; plesiosaurs; pterosaurs; ichthyosaurs; thecodonts |
| articulation14 | the aspect of pronunciation that involves bringing articulatory organs together so as to shape the sounds of speech |
| artilleryman17 | a serviceman in the artillery |
| artillerymen17 | a serviceman in the artillery |
| asphyxiation27 | the condition of being deprived of oxygen (as by having breathing stopped) |
| asseveration15 | a declaration that is made emphatically (as if no supporting evidence were necessary) |
| assimilation14 | the state of being assimilated; people of different backgrounds come to see themselves as part of a larger national family |
| augmentation15 | the amount by which something increases |
| auscultation14 | listening to sounds within the body (usually with a stethoscope) |
| autorotation12 | |
| autoxidation20 | |
| bacchanalian21 | used of riotously drunken merrymaking |
| backcourtman24 | |
| backcourtmen24 | |
| backwoodsman26 | a man who lives on the frontier |
| backwoodsmen26 | a man who lives on the frontier |
| basification19 | |
| betweenbrain19 | the posterior division of the forebrain; connects the cerebral hemispheres with the mesencephalon |
| biometrician18 | |
| blastulation14 | |
| cachinnation19 | loud convulsive laughter |
| calumniation16 | a false accusation of an offense or a malicious misrepresentation of someone's words or actions |
| cameraperson18 | |
| canalization23 | the production of a canal or a conversion to canals |
| cancellation16 | the act of cancelling; calling off some arrangement |
| canonization23 | (Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox Church) the act of admitting a deceased person into the canon of saints |
| cantillation14 | liturgical chanting |
| capacitation18 | |
| capitulation16 | a document containing the terms of surrender |
| chlorination17 | the addition or substitution of chlorine in organic compounds |
| chlorohydrin24 | |
| chloropicrin21 | a heavy colorless insoluble liquid compound that causes tears and vomiting; used as a pesticide and as tear gas |
| churchwarden26 | an officer in the Episcopal church who helps a parish priest with secular matters |
| chymotrypsin27 | |
| circumcision20 | (Roman Catholic Church and Anglican Church) feast day celebrating the circumcision of Jesus; celebrated on January 1st |
| circumfusion21 | |
| citification19 | |
| civilisation17 | the social process whereby societies achieve an advanced stage of development and organization |
| civilization26 | a society in an advanced state of social development (e.g., with complex legal and political and religious organizations) |
| claudication17 | disability of walking due to crippling of the legs or feet |
| coacervation19 | |
| coadaptation17 | |
| cocarcinogen19 | |
| cochairwoman24 | |
| cochairwomen24 | |
| codification20 | the act of codifying; arranging in a systematic order |
| cogeneration15 | |
| cohabitation19 | the act of living together and having a sexual relationship (especially without being married) |
| colonisation14 | the act of colonizing; the establishment of colonies |
| colonization23 | the act of colonizing; the establishment of colonies |
| colorization23 | |
| columniation16 | (architecture) the arrangement of columns (especially freestanding columns) in a structure |
| commendation19 | an official award (as for bravery or service) usually given as formal public statement |
| committeeman20 | a man who is a member of committee |
| committeemen20 | a man who is a member of committee |
| compellation18 | |
| compensation18 | something (such as money) given or received as payment or reparation (as for a service or loss or injury) |
| complexation25 | |
| complication20 | the act or process of complicating |
| compurgation19 | |
| concanavalin19 | |
| conciliation16 | the state of manifesting goodwill and cooperation after being reconciled |
| condemnation17 | an expression of strong disapproval; pronouncing as wrong or morally culpable |
| condensation15 | (psychoanalysis) an unconscious process whereby two ideas or images combine into a single symbol; especially in dreams |
| confirmation19 | additional proof that something that was believed (some fact or hypothesis or theory) is correct |
| confiscation19 | seizure by the government |
| conformation19 | a symmetrical arrangement of the parts of a thing |
| conglobation17 | a rounded spherical form |
| congregation16 | a group of people who adhere to a common faith and habitually attend a given church |
| conscription18 | compulsory military service |
| consecration16 | a solemn commitment of your life or your time to some cherished purpose (to a service or a goal) |
| conservation17 | an occurrence of improvement by virtue of preventing loss or injury or other change |
| consignation15 | |
| consociation16 | |
| conspiration16 | |
| constipation16 | irregular and infrequent or difficult evacuation of the bowels; can be a symptom of intestinal obstruction or diverticulitis |
| constitution14 | law determining the fundamental political principles of a government |
| constriction16 | a narrowing that reduces the flow through a channel |
| construction16 | the act of constructing something |
| consultation14 | a conference (usually with someone important) |
| consummation18 | the completion of marriage by sexual intercourse |
| contestation14 | a contentious speech act; a dispute where there is strong disagreement |
| continuation14 | the act of continuing an activity without interruption |
| contribution16 | the part played by a person in bringing about a result |
| conversation17 | the use of speech for informal exchange of views or ideas or information etc. |
| coordination15 | the skillful and effective interaction of movements |
| coproduction19 | |
| cosmopolitan18 | a sophisticated person who has travelled in many countries |
| councilwoman21 | a woman who is a council member |
| councilwomen21 | a woman who is a council member |
| counterstain14 | a stain of contrasting color that is used when the principal stain does not show the structure clearly |
| countrywoman22 | a woman who lives in the country and has country ways |
| countrywomen22 | a woman who lives in the country and has country ways |
| craftsperson19 | |
| crenellation14 | a rampart built around the top of a castle with regular gaps for firing arrows or guns |
| creolization23 | |
| curarization23 | |
| cyclodextrin27 | |
| cytochalasin22 | |
| cytoskeleton21 | a microscopic network of actin filaments and microtubules in the cytoplasm of many living cells that gives the cell shape and coherence |
| daunorubicin17 | |
| deactivation18 | breaking up a military unit (by transfers or discharges) |
| debilitation15 | serious weakening and loss of energy |
| decapitation17 | execution by cutting off the victim's head |
| deceleration15 | a decrease in rate of change |
| decommission19 | withdraw from active service |
| decongestion16 | |
| deflagration17 | combustion that propagates through a gas or along the surface of an explosive at a rapid rate driven by the transfer of heat |
| degeneration14 | the process of declining from a higher to a lower level of effective power or vitality or essential quality |
| deglaciation16 | |
| deionization22 | |
| delamination15 | |
| deliberation15 | (usually plural) discussion of all sides of a question |
| delicatessen15 | ready-to-eat food products |
| delimitation15 | a line that indicates a boundary |
| demodulation16 | (electronics) the reception of a signal by extracting it from the carrier wave |
| demonization24 | to represent as diabolically evil |
| denaturation13 | |
| denomination15 | a group of religious congregations having its own organization and a distinctive faith |
| denunciation15 | a public act of denouncing |
| depopulation17 | the condition of having reduced numbers of inhabitants (or no inhabitants at all) |
| depreciation17 | a decrease in price or value |
| deputization24 | |
| deracination15 | to move something from its natural environment |
| deregulation14 | the act of freeing from regulation (especially from governmental regulations) |
| derepression15 | |
| dermabrasion17 | removal of scars or tattoos by anesthetizing the skin surface and then sanding or scraping off some of the outer skin layer |
| desalination13 | the removal of salt (especially from sea water) |
| desideration14 | |
| despoliation15 | the act of stripping and taking by force |
| desquamation24 | loss of bits of outer skin by peeling or shedding or coming off in scales |
| dessertspoon15 | as much as a dessert spoon will hold |
| detoxication22 | |
| dialectician17 | a logician skilled in dialectic |
| dibenzofuran27 | |
| diencephalon20 | the posterior division of the forebrain; connects the cerebral hemispheres with the mesencephalon |
| digitization23 | conversion of analog information into digital information |
| dilapidation16 | a state of deterioration due to old age or long use |
| dimerization24 | |
| disaffection21 | the feeling of being alienated from other people |
| disclamation17 | |
| disinfection18 | treatment to destroy harmful microorganisms |
| disinflation16 | a reduction of prices intended to improve the balance of payments |
| dispensation15 | an exemption from some rule or obligation |
| disquisition22 | an elaborate analytical or explanatory essay or discussion |
| dissertation13 | a treatise advancing a new point of view resulting from research; usually a requirement for an advanced academic degree |
| dissociation15 | the act of removing from association |
| distillation13 | the process of purifying a liquid by boiling it and condensing its vapors |
| distribution15 | (statistics) an arrangement of values of a variable showing their observed or theoretical frequency of occurrence |
| divarication18 | branching at a wide angle |
| dodecahedron20 | any polyhedron having twelve plane faces |
| draftsperson18 | a skilled worker who draws plans of buildings or machines |
| duodecillion16 | |
| echolocation19 | determining the location of something by measuring the time it takes for an echo to return from it |
| effectuation20 | the act of implementing (providing a practical means for accomplishing something); carrying into effect |
| elucubration16 | |
| emancipation18 | freeing someone from the control of another; especially a parent's relinquishing authority and control over a minor child |
| emargination15 | |
| emasculation16 | loss of power and masculinity |
| embolization25 | |
| encrustation14 | the formation of a crust |
| endoskeleton17 | the internal skeleton; bony and cartilaginous structure (especially of vertebrates) |
| energization22 | |
| epithalamion19 | |
| equalitarian21 | a person who believes in the equality of all people |
| equalization30 | the act of making equal or uniform |
| equivocation26 | a statement that is not literally false but that cleverly avoids an unpleasant truth |
| erythromycin25 | an antibiotic (trade name Erythrocin or E-Mycin or Ethril or Ilosone or Pediamycin) obtained from the actinomycete Streptomyces erythreus; effective against many Gram-positive bacteria and some Gram-negative |
| eternization21 | |
| etherization24 | |
| evisceration17 | surgical removal of an organ (or the contents of an organ) from a patient |
| exacerbation23 | action that makes a problem or a disease (or its symptoms) worse |
| exaggeration21 | extravagant exaggeration |
| exasperation21 | an exasperated feeling of annoyance |
| excogitation22 | thinking something out with care in order to achieve complete understanding of it |
| excruciation23 | a state of acute pain |
| exenteration19 | surgical removal of the organs within a body cavity (as those of the pelvis) |
| exercitation21 | |
| exhilaration22 | the feeling of lively and cheerful joy |
| expatriation21 | the act of expelling a person from their native land |
| explantation21 | |
| exploitation21 | the act of making some area of land or water more profitable or productive or useful |
| extraversion22 | (psychology) an extroverted disposition; concern with what is outside the self |
| extroversion22 | (psychology) an extroverted disposition; concern with what is outside the self |
| facilitation17 | the condition of being made easy (or easier) |
| featherbrain20 | |
| felicitation17 | (usually plural) an expression of pleasure at the success or good fortune of another |
| feminization26 | the process of becoming feminized; the development of female characteristics (loss of facial hair or breast enlargement) in a male because of hormonal disorders or castration |
| fenestration15 | the arrangement of windows in a building |
| fermentation17 | a state of agitation or turbulent change or development |
| ferrosilicon17 | |
| fiberization26 | |
| fibrillation17 | muscular twitching involving individual muscle fibers acting without coordination |
| fibrinolysin20 | an enzyme that dissolves the fibrin of blood clots |
| finalization24 | the act of finalizing |
| flagellation16 | beating as a source of erotic or religious stimulation |
| flavoprotein20 | |
| flocculation19 | the process of flocculating; forming woolly cloudlike aggregations |
| fluidization25 | |
| fluoridation16 | the addition of a fluoride to the water supply (to prevent dental decay) |
| fluorination15 | |
| fluorocarbon19 | a halocarbon in which some hydrogen atoms have been replaced by fluorine; used in refrigerators and aerosols |
| focalization26 | the confinement of an infection to a limited area |
| frontiersman17 | a man who lives on the frontier |
| frontiersmen17 | a man who lives on the frontier |
| futilitarian15 | |
| gasification18 | the process of changing into gas |
| gastrulation13 | the process in which a gastrula develops from a blastula by the inward migration of cells |
| gentleperson15 | |
| genuflection18 | the act of bending the knees in worship or reverence |
| geometrician17 | a mathematician specializing in geometry |
| geriatrician15 | a specialist in gerontology |
| ghostwritten19 | write for someone else |
| glycoprotein20 | a conjugated protein having a carbohydrate component |
| gonadotropin16 | hormone secreted by the anterior pituitary gland and placenta; stimulates the gonads and controls reproductive activity |
| griseofulvin19 | a kind of penicillin (a fungicidal antibiotic with the trade name Fulvicin) produced by molds of the genus Penicillium |
| habilitation17 | |
| hallucinogen18 | a psychoactive drug that induces hallucinations or altered sensory experiences |
| halogenation16 | |
| halterbroken21 | |
| hamantaschen22 | |
| hebraization26 | |
| hemodilution18 | |
| hereditarian16 | |
| heterokaryon22 | |
| hominization26 | |
| homologation18 | |
| humanitarian17 | someone devoted to the promotion of human welfare and to social reforms |
| humanization26 | the act of making more human |
| humification22 | the process of the formation of humus from plant remains |
| hymenopteran22 | insects having two pairs of membranous wings and an ovipositor specialized for stinging or piercing |
| hymenopteron22 | insects having two pairs of membranous wings and an ovipositor specialized for stinging or piercing |
| hypertension20 | a common disorder in which blood pressure remains abnormally high (a reading of 140/90 mm Hg or greater) |
| idealization22 | a portrayal of something as ideal |
| illumination14 | a condition of spiritual awareness; divine illumination |
| illustration12 | artwork that helps make something clear or attractive |
| immoderation17 | the quality of being excessive and lacking in moderation |
| immunization25 | the act of making immune (especially by inoculation) |
| imperfection21 | the state or an instance of being imperfect |
| implantation16 | (embryology) the organic process whereby a fertilized egg becomes implanted in the lining of the uterus of placental mammals |
| impregnation17 | material with which something is impregnated |
| inactivation17 | the process of rendering inactive |
| inauguration13 | the act of starting a new operation or practice |
| incineration14 | the act of burning something completely; reducing it to ashes |
| incorruption16 | characterized by integrity or probity |
| incrustation14 | the formation of a crust |
| indiscretion15 | the trait of being injudicious |
| indomethacin20 | a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (trade name Indocin) |
| infiltration15 | a process in which individuals (or small groups) penetrate an area (especially the military penetration of enemy positions without detection) |
| inflammation19 | a response of body tissues to injury or irritation; characterized by pain and swelling and redness and heat |
| ingratiation13 | the act of gaining acceptance or affection for yourself by persuasive and subtle blandishments |
| inhabitation17 | the act of dwelling in or living permanently in a place (said of both animals and men) |
| inosculation14 | a natural or surgical joining of parts or branches of tubular structures so as to make or become continuous |
| insanitation12 | |
| insemination14 | the act of sowing (of seeds in the ground or, figuratively, of germs in the body or ideas in the mind, etc.) |
| inspissation14 | the process of thickening by dehydration |
| installation12 | the act of installing something (as equipment) |
| instauration12 | the act of starting something for the first time; introducing something new |
| instillation12 | the introduction of a liquid (by pouring or injection) drop by drop |
| insufflation18 | (medicine) blowing air or medicated powder into the lungs (or into some other body cavity) |
| insurrection14 | organized opposition to authority; a conflict in which one faction tries to wrest control from another |
| intellection14 | the process of using your mind to consider something carefully |
| inteneration12 | |
| interception16 | the act of intercepting; preventing something from proceeding or arriving |
| intercession14 | a prayer to God on behalf of another person |
| interdiction15 | authoritative prohibition |
| interjection21 | an abrupt emphatic exclamation expressing emotion |
| intermission14 | the act of suspending activity temporarily |
| internucleon14 | |
| interruption14 | an act of delaying or interrupting the continuity |
| intersection14 | a point where lines intersect |
| intersession12 | |
| interstation12 | |
| intervention15 | the act of intervening (as to mediate a dispute, etc.) |
| intimidation15 | the act of intimidating a weaker person to make them do something |
| intoxication21 | the physiological state produced by a poison or other toxic substance |
| introduction15 | the act of beginning something new |
| introjection21 | (psychoanalysis) the internalization of the parent figures and their values; leads to the formation of the superego |
| intromission14 | the act of putting one thing into another |
| introversion15 | the condition of being folded inward or sheathed |
| invagination16 | the condition of being folded inward or sheathed |
| invalidation16 | (law) a formal termination (of a relationship or a judicial proceeding etc) |
| invigilation16 | keeping watch over examination candidates to prevent cheating |
| invigoration16 | quality of being active or spirited or alive and vigorous |
| irresolution12 | doubt concerning two or more possible alternatives or courses of action |
| jurisdiction22 | (law) the right and power to interpret and apply the law |
| kindergarten18 | a preschool for children age 4 to 6 to prepare them for primary school |
| labanotation14 | a system of notation for dance movements that uses symbols to represent points on a dancer's body and the direction of the dancer's movement and the tempo and the dynamics |
| labyrinthian20 | resembling a labyrinth in form or complexity |
| laterization21 | |
| latinization21 | |
| legalization22 | the act of making lawful |
| legitimation15 | the act of rendering a person legitimate |
| lepidopteran17 | insect that in the adult state has four wings more or less covered with tiny scales |
| liquefaction26 | the conversion of a solid or a gas into a liquid |
| localization23 | a determination of the place where something is |
| longshoreman18 | a laborer who loads and unloads vessels in a port |
| longshoremen18 | a laborer who loads and unloads vessels in a port |
| luftmenschen22 | |
| luteotrophin17 | |
| lysolecithin20 | |
| majoritarian21 | |
| malformation19 | an affliction in which some part of the body is misshapen or malformed |
| malnutrition14 | a state of poor nutrition; can result from insufficient or excessive or unbalanced diet or from inability to absorb foods |
| malocclusion18 | (dentistry) a condition in which the opposing teeth do not mesh normally |
| malversation17 | misconduct in public office |
| manipulation16 | exerting shrewd or devious influence especially for one's own advantage |
| masturbation16 | manual stimulation of the genital organs (of yourself or another) for sexual pleasure |
| maximization32 | the mathematical process of finding the maximum value of a function |
| melanization23 | |
| memorization25 | learning so as to be able to remember verbatim |
| menstruation14 | the monthly discharge of blood from the uterus of nonpregnant women from puberty to menopause; ; --Hippocrates; --Aristotle |
| metropolitan16 | in the Eastern Orthodox Church this title is given to a position between bishop and patriarch; equivalent to archbishop in western Christianity |
| minimization25 | the act of reducing something to the least possible amount or degree or position |
| ministration14 | assistance in time of difficulty |
| misdirection17 | an incorrect charge to a jury given by a judge |
| miseducation17 | |
| misquotation23 | an incorrect quotation |
| mobilization25 | act of assembling and putting into readiness for war or other emergency: |
| modification20 | the act of making something different (as e.g. the size of a garment) |
| monetization23 | establishing something (e.g. gold or silver) as the legal tender of a country |
| moonchildren20 | |
| moralization23 | indulgence in moral pronouncements; the exposition (often superficially) of a particular moral code |
| motorization23 | the act of motorizing (equiping with motors or with motor vehicles) |
| multibillion16 | |
| multimegaton17 | |
| multimillion16 | |
| multivitamin19 | a pill or tablet containing several vitamins |
| nasalization21 | the act of nasalizing; the utterance of sounds modulated by the nasal resonators |
| nazification26 | social process of adopting (or being forced to adopt) Nazism |
| nebulization23 | |
| neurosurgeon13 | someone who does surgery on the nervous system (especially the brain) |
| newspaperman21 | a journalist employed to provide news stories for newspapers or broadcast media |
| newspapermen21 | a journalist employed to provide news stories for newspapers or broadcast media |
| nidification18 | |
| nonadmission15 | |
| nonagenarian13 | someone whose age is in the nineties |
| noneducation15 | |
| noninclusion14 | |
| nonlibrarian14 | |
| nonphysician22 | |
| nonsectarian14 | not restricted to one sect or school or party; ; ; - Bertrand Russell |
| noradrenalin13 | |
| northeastern15 | situated in or oriented toward the northeast |
| northwestern18 | situated in or oriented toward the northwest |
| notarization21 | |
| notification17 | an accusation of crime made by a grand jury on its own initiative |
| novelization24 | converting something into the form of a novel |
| obliteration14 | destruction by annihilating something |
| obnubilation16 | |
| obstetrician16 | a physician specializing in obstetrics |
| octogenarian15 | someone whose age is in the eighties |
| oleandomycin20 | |
| onomastician16 | |
| onychophoran25 | any of numerous velvety-skinned wormlike carnivorous animals common in tropical forests having characteristics of both arthropods and annelid worms |
| optimisation16 | the act of rendering optimal |
| optimization25 | the act of rendering optimal |
| organisation13 | the persons (or committees or departments etc.) who make up a body for the purpose of administering something |
| organization22 | a group of people who work together |
| ossification17 | the developmental process of bone formation |
| overexertion22 | excessive exertion; so much exertion that discomfort or injury results |
| overlengthen19 | |
| overreaction17 | an excessive reaction; a reaction with inappropriate emotional behavior |
| overstridden17 | |
| overtaxation22 | |
| pacification21 | the act of appeasing someone or causing someone to be more favorably inclined |
| pancreozymin30 | |
| pantechnicon21 | a large moving van (especially one used for moving furniture) |
| paralyzation26 | |
| parkinsonian18 | |
| pediatrician17 | a specialist in the care of babies |
| penalization23 | the act of punishing |
| perpetration16 | the act of committing a crime |
| perpetuation16 | the act of prolonging something |
| perspiration16 | salty fluid secreted by sweat glands |
| perturbation16 | an unhappy and worried mental state |
| petrifaction19 | the process of turning some plant material into stone by infiltration with water carrying mineral particles without changing the original shape |
| philodendron19 | often grown as a houseplant |
| pigmentation17 | the deposition of pigment in animals or plants or human beings |
| placentation16 | the formation of the placenta in the uterus |
| plastocyanin19 | |
| pogonophoran20 | slender animal with tentacles and a tubelike outer covering; lives on the deep ocean bottom |
| polarization23 | the phenomenon in which waves of light or other radiation are restricted in direction of vibration |
| polysyndeton21 | using several conjunctions in close succession, especially where some might be omitted (as in `he ran and jumped and laughed for joy') |
| porphyropsin24 | |
| postabortion16 | |
| postdiluvian18 | anything living after Noah's flood |
| postelection16 | |
| postposition16 | (linguistics) the placing of one linguistic element after another (as placing a modifier after the word that it modifies in a sentence or placing an affix after the base to which it is attached) |
| potentiation14 | (medicine) the synergistic effect of two drugs given simultaneously |
| preadmission17 | |
| precognition17 | knowledge of an event before it occurs |
| precondition17 | an assumption on which rests the validity or effect of something else |
| predigestion16 | |
| predilection17 | a predisposition in favor of something |
| preformation19 | a theory (popular in the 18th century and now discredited) that an individual develops by simple enlargement of a tiny fully formed organism (a homunculus) that exists in the germ cell |
| prehistorian17 | |
| preinduction17 | |
| prelapsarian16 | of or relating to the time before the Fall of Adam and Eve |
| premigration17 | |
| prerecession16 | |
| presbyterian19 | a follower of Calvinism as taught in the Presbyterian Church |
| prescription18 | directions prescribed beforehand; the action of prescribing authoritative rules or directions |
| preselection16 | |
| presentation14 | the activity of formally presenting something (as a prize or reward) |
| preservation17 | the activity of protecting something from loss or danger |
| proboscidean19 | massive herbivorous mammals having tusks and a long trunk |
| proboscidian19 | massive herbivorous mammals having tusks and a long trunk |
| proclamation18 | a formal public statement |
| prolegomenon17 | a preliminary discussion inserted at the beginning of a book or treatise |
| prolongation15 | the act of prolonging something |
| promulgation17 | a public statement containing information about an event that has happened or is going to happen |
| propitiation16 | the act of placating and overcoming distrust and animosity |
| proscription18 | a decree that prohibits something |
| prostacyclin21 | |
| prostitution14 | offering sexual intercourse for pay |
| proteoglycan20 | |
| protestation14 | a formal and solemn declaration of objection |
| prothalamion19 | a song in celebration of a marriage |
| purification19 | the act of cleaning by getting rid of impurities |
| putrefaction19 | a state of decay usually accompanied by an offensive odor |
| quantitation21 | |
| quantization30 | the act of dividing into quanta or expressing in terms of quantum theory |
| racemization25 | |
| ramification19 | the act of branching out or dividing into branches |
| ratification17 | making something valid by formally ratifying or confirming it |
| reactivation17 | |
| reallocation14 | a share that has been allocated again |
| reannexation19 | |
| recollection16 | the ability to recall past occurrences |
| recommission18 | |
| reconception18 | |
| reconnection16 | |
| reconversion17 | |
| reconviction19 | |
| recuperation16 | gradual healing (through rest) after sickness or injury |
| redecoration15 | |
| rededication16 | a new dedication |
| redefinition16 | the act of giving a new definition |
| reescalation14 | |
| reevaluation15 | the evaluation of something a second time (or more) |
| refoundation16 | |
| regeneration13 | (biology) growth anew of lost tissue or destroyed parts or organs |
| registration13 | the act of enrolling |
| reimposition16 | imposition again |
| reimpression16 | |
| reinspection16 | |
| rejuvenation22 | the phenomenon of vitality and freshness being restored |
| remotivation17 | |
| remuneration14 | something that remunerates |
| renaturation12 | |
| renomination14 | |
| renunciation14 | rejecting or disowning or disclaiming as invalid |
| reoccupation18 | |
| repatriation14 | the act of returning to the country of origin |
| repercussion16 | a remote or indirect consequence of some action |
| replantation14 | |
| repopulation16 | |
| repossession14 | the action of regaining possession (especially the seizure of collateral securing a loan that is in default) |
| reprehension17 | an act or expression of criticism and censure |
| reproduction17 | the process of generating offspring |
| reregulation13 | |
| restrengthen16 | make strong again |
| resubmission16 | |
| resurrection14 | (New Testament) the rising of Christ on the third day after the Crucifixion |
| reticulation14 | (photography) the formation of a network of cracks or wrinkles in a photographic emulsion |
| retrocession14 | |
| retrodiction15 | |
| retroflexion22 | a turning or tilting backward of an organ or body part |
| retroversion15 | a turning or tilting backward of an organ or body part |
| revalidation16 | |
| revegetation16 | |
| rhododendron18 | any shrub of the genus Rhododendron: evergreen shrubs or small shrubby trees having leathery leaves and showy clusters of campanulate (bell-shaped) flowers |
| rhombohedron23 | a parallelepiped bounded by six similar faces (either rhombuses or parallelograms) |
| robotization23 | |
| romanization23 | |
| salinization21 | |
| salutatorian12 | a graduating student with the second highest academic rank; may deliver the opening address at graduation exercises |
| sanitization21 | making something sanitary (free of germs) as by sterilizing |
| satisfaction17 | the contentment one feels when one has fulfilled a desire, need, or expectation |
| scatteration14 | |
| scatterbrain16 | a flighty and disorganized person |
| segmentation15 | (embryology) the repeated division of a fertilised ovum |
| servicewoman22 | |
| servicewomen22 | |
| sexagenarian20 | someone whose age is in the sixties |
| sexdecillion22 | |
| slumpflation19 | |
| solarization21 | exposure to the rays of the sun |
| solicitation14 | an entreaty addressed to someone of superior status |
| solifluction17 | |
| somatostatin14 | |
| somatotropin16 | a hormone produced by the anterior pituitary gland; promotes growth in humans |
| southeastern15 | situated in or oriented toward the southeast |
| southwestern18 | a dialect of Middle English |
| spermatozoan25 | the male reproductive cell; the male gamete |
| spermatozoon25 | the male reproductive cell; the male gamete |
| spiegeleisen15 | pig iron containing manganese; used as a deoxidizing agent and to raise the manganese content in making steel |
| spokesperson20 | an advocate who represents someone else's policy or purpose |
| statistician14 | a mathematician who specializes in statistics |
| stepchildren20 | a child of your spouse by a former marriage |
| stereopticon16 | |
| sternutation12 | a symptom consisting of the involuntary expulsion of air from the nose |
| streptolysin17 | any of several hemolysins derived from strains of streptococcus |
| streptomycin21 | an antibiotic produced by the actinomycete Streptomyces griseus and used to treat tuberculosis |
| stridulation13 | a shrill grating or chirping noise made by some insects by rubbing body parts together |
| strobilation14 | |
| strophanthin20 | a bitter and very toxic glycoside derived from plants of the genus Strophanthus; in moderate doses it is a cardiac stimulant but in larger doses it is a powerful poison; used in Africa as an arrow poison |
| stupefaction19 | a feeling of stupefied astonishment |
| suberization23 | |
| sublibrarian16 | |
| subscription18 | a payment for consecutive issues of a newspaper or magazine for a given period of time |
| substitution14 | an event in which one thing is substituted for another |
| subterranean14 | being or operating under the surface of the earth |
| supersession14 | act of replacing one person or thing by another especially one held to be superior |
| superstation14 | |
| superstition14 | an irrational belief arising from ignorance or fear |
| supersurgeon15 | |
| supervention17 | a following on in addition |
| supplication18 | a prayer asking God's help as part of a religious service |
| sustentation12 | the act of sustaining life by food or providing a means of subsistence |
| tessellation12 | the careful juxtaposition of shapes in a pattern |
| tetanization21 | |
| tetrodotoxin20 | a powerful neurotoxin found in the ovaries of pufferfish |
| theoretician17 | someone who theorizes (especially in science or art) |
| theorization24 | the production or use of theories |
| thyrotrophin23 | anterior pituitary hormone that stimulates the function of the thyroid gland |
| totalitarian12 | an adherent of totalitarian principles or totalitarian government |
| transduction15 | (genetics) the process of transfering genetic material from one cell to another by a plasmid or bacteriophage |
| transfection17 | |
| transmission14 | the act of sending a message; causing a message to be transmitted |
| transudation13 | a substance that transudes |
| tredecillion15 | |
| trephination17 | an operation that removes a circular section of bone from the skull |
| trichlorphon22 | |
| trichopteran19 | caddis fly |
| trifurcation17 | the act of splitting into three branches |
| triplication16 | |
| turbellarian14 | |
| typification22 | a representational or typifying form or model |
| uglification18 | |
| umbilication18 | |
| underwritten16 | guarantee financial support of |
| unionisation12 | act of forming labor unions |
| unionization21 | act of forming labor unions |
| urbanisation14 | the condition of being urbanized |
| urbanization23 | the condition of being urbanized |
| valorization24 | |
| vaporization26 | annihilation by vaporizing something |
| vasodilation16 | dilation of blood vessels (especially the arteries) |
| vaticination17 | knowledge of the future (usually said to be obtained from a divine source) |
| vaudevillian19 | a performer who works in vaudeville |
| velarization24 | |
| verification20 | additional proof that something that was believed (some fact or hypothesis or theory) is correct |
| vesiculation17 | the formation of vesicles in or beneath the skin |
| vespertilian17 | |
| veterinarian15 | a doctor who practices veterinary medicine |
| vigintillion16 | |
| vilification20 | slanderous defamation |
| vinification20 | the process whereby fermentation changes grape juice into wine |
| vitalization24 | the state of being vitalized and filled with life |
| vituperation17 | abusive or venomous language used to express blame or censure or bitter deep-seated ill will |
| vivification23 | quality of being active or spirited or alive and vigorous |
| vocalization26 | the sound made by the vibration of vocal folds modified by the resonance of the vocal tract |
| vociferation20 | a loud utterance; often in protest or opposition |
| warehouseman20 | a workman who manages or works in a warehouse |
| warehousemen20 | a workman who manages or works in a warehouse |
| workingwoman25 | |
| workingwomen25 | |
| Word | Definition |
| abecedarian16 | a novice learning the rudiments of some subject |
| abomination15 | a person who is loathsome or disgusting |
| abstraction15 | a concept or idea not associated with any specific instance |
| academician18 | someone elected to honorary membership in an academy |
| acceptation17 | acceptance as true or valid |
| acclamation17 | enthusiastic approval |
| acclimation17 | adaptation to a new climate (a new temperature or altitude or environment) |
| acetylation16 | the process of introducing an acetyl group into a compound |
| acidulation14 | |
| acoustician15 | a physicist who specializes in acoustics |
| acquisition22 | the act of contracting or assuming or acquiring possession of something |
| actinomycin20 | any of various red antibiotics isolated from soil bacteria |
| adumbration16 | the act of providing vague advance indications; representing beforehand |
| aestivation14 | (zoology) cessation or slowing of activity during the summer; especially slowing of metabolism in some animals during a hot or dry period |
| affectation19 | a deliberate pretense or exaggerated display |
| affiliation17 | a social or business relationship |
| affirmation19 | a statement asserting the existence or the truth of something |
| aggradation14 | |
| aggravation16 | an exasperated feeling of annoyance |
| aggregation14 | several things grouped together or considered as a whole |
| alcyonarian16 | |
| alleviation14 | the feeling that comes when something burdensome is removed or reduced |
| alloantigen12 | |
| altercation13 | noisy quarrel |
| alternation11 | successive change from one thing or state to another and back again |
| ambiversion18 | (psychology) a balanced disposition intermediate between extroversion and introversion |
| aminopterin15 | |
| ammoniation15 | |
| amoxicillin22 | an antibiotic; a semisynthetic oral penicillin (trade names Amoxil and Larotid and Polymox and Trimox and Augmentin) used to treat bacterial infections |
| amoxycillin25 | |
| amylopectin20 | |
| anacoluthon16 | an abrupt change within a sentence from one syntactic structure to another |
| analyzation23 | |
| anchorwoman21 | |
| anchorwomen21 | |
| angiotensin12 | any of several vasoconstrictor substances (trade name Hypertensin) that cause narrowing of blood vessels |
| anodization21 | |
| anthocyanin19 | |
| antifashion17 | |
| antiforeign15 | |
| antineutron11 | the antiparticle of a neutron |
| antinucleon13 | |
| antiquarian20 | an expert or collector of antiquities |
| antiquation20 | |
| antivitamin16 | |
| appellation15 | identifying word or words by which someone or something is called and classified or distinguished from others |
| application17 | the act of bringing something to bear; using it for a particular purpose |
| approbation17 | official approval |
| arbitration13 | (law) the hearing and determination of a dispute by an impartial referee agreed to by both parties (often used to settle disputes between labor and management) |
| archenteron16 | central cavity of the gastrula; becomes the intestinal or digestive cavity |
| arthropodan17 | of or relating to invertebrates of the phylum Arthropoda |
| assemblyman20 | someone who is a member of a legislative assembly |
| assemblymen20 | someone who is a member of a legislative assembly |
| assentation11 | |
| assignation12 | a secret rendezvous (especially between lovers) |
| association13 | a formal organization of people or groups of people |
| atomization22 | separating something into fine particles |
| attenuation11 | weakening in force or intensity |
| attestation11 | the action of bearing witness |
| attribution13 | assigning some quality or character to a person or thing |
| awestricken20 | having or showing a feeling of mixed reverence and respect and wonder and dread |
| backslidden21 | drop to a lower level, as in one's morals or standards |
| bacteriocin17 | |
| battlewagon17 | large and heavily armoured warship |
| benediction16 | the act of praying for divine protection |
| benefaction18 | a contribution of money or assistance |
| bifurcation18 | a bifurcating branch (one or both of them) |
| bipartition15 | |
| bombination17 | sound of rapid vibration |
| botheration16 | the psychological state of being irritated or annoyed |
| bourguignon15 | reduced red wine with onions and parsley and thyme and butter |
| brachiation18 | swinging by the arms from branch to branch |
| brecciation17 | |
| bromination15 | |
| businessman15 | a person engaged in commercial or industrial business (especially an owner or executive) |
| businessmen15 | the body of individuals who manage businesses |
| calcination15 | the conversion of metals into their oxides as a result of heating to a high temperature |
| calculation15 | the procedure of calculating; determining something by mathematical or logical methods |
| calibration15 | the act of checking or adjusting (by comparison with a standard) the accuracy of a measuring instrument |
| callipygian19 | pertaining to or having finely developed buttocks |
| calypsonian18 | |
| camerawoman20 | |
| camerawomen20 | |
| cancelation15 | |
| cantharidin17 | |
| captivation18 | the state of being intensely interested (as by awe or terror) |
| carbonation15 | saturation with carbon dioxide (as soda water) |
| carburetion15 | |
| carrageenan14 | a colloidal extract from carrageen seaweed and other red algae |
| carrageenin14 | a colloidal extract from carrageen seaweed and other red algae |
| castigation14 | a severe scolding |
| celebration15 | a joyful occasion for special festivities to mark some happy event |
| cementation15 | |
| centenarian13 | someone who is at least 100 years old |
| centimorgan16 | |
| cephalothin21 | a semisynthetic analogue of cephalosporin |
| ceratopsian15 | any of several four-footed herbivorous dinosaurs with enormous beaked skulls; of the late Cretaceous in North America and Mongolia |
| cerebration15 | the process of using your mind to consider something carefully |
| chairperson18 | the officer who presides at the meetings of an organization |
| chamberlain20 | British statesman who as Prime Minister pursued a policy of appeasement toward fascist Germany (1869-1940) |
| chiropteran18 | nocturnal mouselike mammal with forelimbs modified to form membranous wings and anatomical adaptations for echolocation by which they navigate |
| chondroitin17 | |
| chrismation18 | |
| chrysarobin21 | a bitter yellow powder used to treat skin diseases |
| churchwoman26 | |
| churchwomen26 | |
| chylomicron23 | a microscopic particle of triglycerides produced in the intestines during digestion; in the bloodstream they release their fatty acids into the blood |
| circulation15 | the dissemination of copies of periodicals (as newspapers or magazines) |
| clergywoman22 | |
| clergywomen22 | |
| cloxacillin22 | |
| coagulation14 | the process of forming semisolid lumps in a liquid |
| coarctation15 | tight or narrow compression |
| codirection16 | |
| coeducation16 | education of men and women in the same institutions |
| coelenteron13 | the saclike body cavity of a coelenterate |
| coevolution16 | |
| coleopteran15 | |
| collembolan17 | any of numerous minute wingless primitive insects possessing a special abdominal appendage that allows the characteristic nearly perpetual springing pattern; found in soil rich in organic debris or on the surface of snow or water |
| colligation14 | the state of being joined together |
| collimation15 | the accurate adjustment of the line of sight of a telescope |
| collocation15 | a grouping of words in a sentence |
| combination17 | a collection of things that have been combined; an assemblage of separate parts or qualities |
| commination17 | prayers proclaiming God's anger against sinners; read in the Church of England on Ash Wednesday |
| comminution17 | |
| commutation17 | the travel of a commuter |
| competition17 | a business relation in which two parties compete to gain customers |
| compilation17 | something that is compiled (as into a single book or file) |
| composition17 | the spatial property resulting from the arrangement of parts in relation to each other and to the whole |
| compression17 | an increase in the density of something |
| compunction19 | a feeling of deep regret (usually for some misdeed) |
| computation17 | the procedure of calculating; determining something by mathematical or logical methods |
| condonation14 | a pardon by treating the offender as if the offense had not occurred |
| confliction18 | |
| confutation16 | the speech act of refuting conclusively |
| congelation14 | the process of congealing; solidification by (or as if by) freezing |
| congressman16 | a member of the United States House of Representatives |
| congressmen16 | a member of the United States House of Representatives |
| conjugation21 | the state of being joined together |
| conjunction22 | the temporal property of two things happening at the same time |
| conjuration20 | a ritual recitation of words or sounds believed to have a magical effect |
| connotation13 | what you must know in order to determine the reference of an expression |
| consecution15 | |
| consolation13 | the comfort you feel when consoled in times of disappointment |
| consumption17 | the process of taking food into the body through the mouth (as by eating) |
| contraction15 | (physiology) a shortening or tensing of a part or organ (especially of a muscle or muscle fiber) |
| contraption15 | a device or control that is very useful for a particular job |
| conurbation15 | an aggregation or continuous network of urban communities |
| convocation18 | a group gathered in response to a summons |
| convolution16 | the shape of something rotating rapidly |
| cooperation15 | joint operation or action |
| cordilleran14 | |
| cornucopian17 | |
| corporation15 | a business firm whose articles of incorporation have been approved in some state |
| correlation13 | a reciprocal relation between two or more things |
| corrugation14 | a ridge on a corrugated surface |
| coruscation15 | the occurrence of a small flash or spark |
| cosmetician17 | someone who sells or applies cosmetics |
| counterplan15 | a plot intended to subvert another plot |
| countersign14 | a secret word or phrase known only to a restricted group |
| covariation16 | (statistics) correlated variation |
| craftswoman21 | |
| craftswomen21 | |
| crenelation13 | a rampart built around the top of a castle with regular gaps for firing arrows or guns |
| crenulation13 | |
| crepitation15 | the sharp sound of snapping noises |
| crestfallen16 | brought low in spirit |
| crimination15 | |
| crocodilian16 | extant archosaurian reptile |
| crossbowman20 | |
| crossbowmen20 | |
| crucifixion25 | the act of executing by a method widespread in the ancient world; the victim's hands and feet are bound or nailed to a cross |
| cryosurgeon17 | |
| ctenophoran18 | |
| culmination15 | a final climactic stage |
| cultivation16 | socialization through training and education to develop one's mind or manners |
| cupellation15 | |
| cuspidation16 | a decoration using cusps |
| cyanohydrin23 | any organic compound in which the cyano radical -CN and the hydroxyl radical -OH are attached to the same carbon atom |
| cybernation18 | the control of processes by computer |
| cyclization27 | |
| cycloolefin21 | |
| deamination14 | removal of the amino radical from an amino acid or other amino compound |
| debarkation18 | the act of passengers and crew getting off of a ship or aircraft |
| decantation14 | the act of gently pouring off a clear liquor (as from its original bottle) without disturbing the lees |
| declamation16 | vehement oratory |
| declaration14 | a statement that is emphatic and explicit (spoken or written) |
| declination14 | a condition inferior to an earlier condition; a gradual falling off from a better state |
| decollation14 | |
| decondition15 | |
| decussation14 | an intersection or crossing of two tracts in the form of the letter X |
| defalcation17 | the sum of money that is misappropriated |
| defloration15 | an act that despoils the innocence or beauty of something |
| defoliation15 | the loss of foliage |
| deformation17 | a change for the worse |
| deglutition13 | the act of swallowing |
| degradation14 | changing to a lower state (a less respected state) |
| degustation13 | taking a small amount into the mouth to test its quality |
| dehydration19 | dryness resulting from the removal of water |
| deification17 | the condition of being treated like a god |
| delectation14 | a feeling of extreme pleasure or satisfaction |
| delineation12 | a graphic or vivid verbal description |
| deliveryman20 | someone employed to make deliveries |
| deliverymen20 | someone employed to make deliveries |
| demarcation16 | the boundary of a specific area |
| denervation15 | |
| denigration13 | a belittling comment |
| deoxidation20 | |
| deportation14 | the act of expelling a person from their native land |
| depravation17 | moral perversion; impairment of virtue and moral principles |
| deprecation16 | a prayer to avert or remove some evil or disaster |
| depredation15 | an act of plundering and pillaging and marauding |
| deprivation17 | a state of extreme poverty |
| dereliction14 | a tendency to be negligent and uncaring |
| description16 | a statement that represents something in words |
| desecration14 | blasphemous behavior; the act of depriving something of its sacred character |
| desiccation16 | dryness resulting from the removal of water |
| designation13 | identifying word or words by which someone or something is called and classified or distinguished from others |
| desperation14 | a state in which all hope is lost or absent |
| destination12 | the place designated as the end (as of a race or journey) |
| destitution12 | a state without friends or money or prospects |
| destruction14 | the termination of something by causing so much damage to it that it cannot be repaired or no longer exists |
| detestation12 | hate coupled with disgust |
| deuteration12 | |
| devaluation15 | an official lowering of a nation's currency; a decrease in the value of a country's currency relative to that of foreign countries |
| devastation15 | the state of being decayed or destroyed |
| diatessaron12 | |
| dicotyledon18 | flowering plant with two cotyledons; the stem grows by deposit on its outside |
| diffraction20 | when light passes sharp edges or goes through narrow slits the rays are deflected and produce fringes of light and dark bands |
| dinosaurian12 | |
| disfunction17 | (medicine) any disturbance in the functioning of an organ or body part or a disturbance in the functioning of a social group |
| disillusion12 | freeing from false belief or illusions |
| disjunction21 | state of being disconnected |
| dislocation14 | an event that results in a displacement or discontinuity |
| disposition14 | your usual mood |
| disputation14 | the formal presentation of a stated proposition and the opposition to it (usually followed by a vote) |
| disrelation12 | |
| dissipation14 | breaking up and scattering by dispersion |
| dissolution12 | separation into component parts |
| distinction14 | a discrimination between things as different and distinct |
| distraction14 | mental turmoil |
| downtrodden17 | abused or oppressed by people in power |
| doxorubicin23 | an antibiotic used as an anticancer drug |
| draughtsman18 | a skilled worker who draws plans of buildings or machines |
| draughtsmen18 | a skilled worker who draws plans of buildings or machines |
| duplication16 | a copy that corresponds to an original exactly |
| dysfunction20 | (medicine) any disturbance in the functioning of an organ or body part or a disturbance in the functioning of a social group |
| edification17 | uplifting enlightenment |
| egalitarian12 | a person who believes in the equality of all people |
| ejaculation20 | an abrupt emphatic exclamation expressing emotion |
| elaboration13 | addition of extra material or illustration or clarifying detail |
| electrician15 | a person who installs or repairs electrical or telephone lines |
| elicitation13 | stimulation that calls up (draws forth) a particular class of behaviors |
| elimination13 | the act of removing or getting rid of something |
| elucidation14 | an act of explaining that serves to clear up and cast light on |
| elutriation11 | |
| embarkation19 | the act of passengers and crew getting aboard a ship or aircraft |
| embrocation17 | a medicinal liquid that is rubbed into the skin to relieve muscular stiffness and pain |
| enchiridion17 | a concise reference book providing specific information about a subject or location |
| enterotoxin18 | a cytotoxin specific for the cells of the intestinal mucosa |
| enucleation13 | surgical removal of something without cutting into it |
| enumeration13 | a numbered list |
| enunciation13 | the articulation of speech regarded from the point of view of its intelligibility to the audience |
| epoxidation21 | |
| eradication14 | the complete destruction of every trace of something |
| erotization20 | |
| esthetician16 | a worker skilled in giving beauty treatments (manicures and facials etc.) |
| euchromatin18 | |
| evagination15 | |
| evaporation16 | the process of becoming a vapor |
| examination20 | the act of examining something closely (as for mistakes) |
| exclamation22 | an abrupt excited utterance |
| excoriation20 | an abraded area where the skin is torn or worn off |
| exculpation22 | a defense of some offensive behavior or some failure to keep a promise etc. |
| exfoliation21 | the peeling off in flakes or scales of bark or dead skin |
| exhortation21 | a communication intended to urge or persuade the recipients to take some action |
| exoneration18 | the condition of being relieved from blame or obligation |
| exoskeleton22 | the exterior protective or supporting structure or shell of many animals (especially invertebrates) including bony or horny parts such as nails or scales or hoofs |
| expatiation20 | a discussion (spoken or written) that enlarges on a topic or theme at length or in detail |
| expectation22 | belief about (or mental picture of) the future |
| explanation20 | a statement that makes something comprehensible by describing the relevant structure or operation or circumstances etc. |
| explication22 | the act of making clear or removing obscurity from the meaning of a word or symbol or expression etc. |
| exploration20 | to travel for the purpose of discovery |
| exportation20 | commodities (goods or services) sold to a foreign country |
| expurgation21 | the deletion of objectionable parts from a literary work |
| exsiccation22 | |
| extenuation18 | a partial excuse to mitigate censure; an attempt to represent an offense as less serious than it appears by showing mitigating circumstances |
| extirpation20 | surgical removal of a body part or tissue |
| extradition19 | the surrender of an accused or convicted person by one state or country to another (usually under the provisions of a statute or treaty) |
| extrication20 | the act of releasing from a snarled or tangled condition |
| fabrication18 | a deliberately false or improbable account |
| fascination16 | the state of being intensely interested (as by awe or terror) |
| fecundation17 | creation by the physical union of male and female gametes; of sperm and ova in an animal or pollen and ovule in a plant |
| fetoprotein16 | any of several antigens that occur naturally in the fetus and sometimes in adults with cancer |
| fibronectin18 | |
| fimbriation18 | |
| fisherwoman22 | |
| fisherwomen22 | |
| fluctuation16 | a wave motion |
| fluegelhorn18 | a brass instrument resembling a cornet but with a wider bore |
| fluorescein16 | a yellow dye that is visible even when highly diluted; used as an absorption indicator when silver nitrate solution is added to sodium chloride in order to precipitate silver chloride (turns pink when no chloride ions are left in solution and negative fluorescein ions are then absorbed) |
| fomentation16 | a substance used as a warm moist medicinal compress or poultice |
| foreshorten17 | reduce in scope while retaining essential elements |
| forestation14 | |
| formulation16 | a substance prepared according to a formula |
| fornication16 | voluntary sexual intercourse between persons not married to each other |
| freewritten17 | |
| frostbitten16 | injured by freezing or partial freezing |
| frustration14 | the feeling that accompanies an experience of being thwarted in attaining your goals |
| fucoxanthin26 | |
| fulguration15 | |
| fulmination16 | thunderous verbal attack |
| fustigation15 | |
| gegenschein18 | a faint spot of light in the night sky that appears directly opposite the position of the sun; a reflection of sunlight by micrometeoric material in space |
| gentlewoman17 | a woman of refinement |
| gentlewomen17 | a woman of refinement |
| germination14 | the process whereby seeds or spores sprout and begin to grow |
| gibberellin16 | a plant hormone isolated from a fungus; used in promoting plant growth |
| godchildren19 | an infant who is sponsored by an adult (the godparent) at baptism |
| godforsaken20 | located in a dismal or remote area; desolate |
| granulation12 | new connective tissue and tiny blood vessels that form on the surfaces of a wound during the healing process |
| gratulation12 | |
| gravitation15 | (physics) the force of attraction between all masses in the universe; especially the attraction of the earth's mass for bodies near its surface; ; ; --Albert Einstein |
| habituation16 | being abnormally tolerant to and dependent on something that is psychologically or physically habit-forming (especially alcohol or narcotic drugs) |
| handwritten18 | written by hand |
| handyperson20 | |
| haptoglobin19 | a protein in plasma that binds free hemoglobin and removes it (as from wounds) |
| heartbroken20 | full of sorrow |
| hematoxylin26 | |
| hemerythrin22 | |
| hemoprotein18 | a conjugated protein linked to a compound of iron and porphyrin |
| hemosiderin17 | a granular brown substance composed of ferric oxide; left from the breakdown of hemoglobin; can be a sign of disturbed iron metabolism |
| heteroauxin21 | |
| hibernation16 | the torpid or resting state in which some animals pass the winter |
| highfalutin21 | affectedly genteel |
| holothurian17 | echinoderm having a flexible sausage-shaped body, tentacles surrounding the mouth and tube feet; free-living mud feeders |
| homoiousian16 | |
| housebroken20 | (of pets) trained to urinate and defecate outside or in a special place |
| houseperson16 | |
| humiliation16 | state of disgrace or loss of self-respect |
| hydrocarbon22 | an organic compound containing only carbon and hydrogen |
| hyperborean21 | (Greek mythology) one of a people that the ancient Greeks believed lived in a warm and sunny land north of the source of the north wind |
| hypermodern22 | |
| hyphenation22 | division of a word especially at the end of a line on a page |
| hypolimnion21 | |
| hypotension19 | abnormally low blood pressure |
| icosahedron17 | any polyhedron having twenty plane faces |
| idolization21 | the act of admiring strongly |
| illuviation14 | |
| imagination14 | the formation of a mental image of something that is not perceived as real and is not present to the senses |
| imbrication17 | covering with a design in which one element covers a part of another (as with tiles or shingles) |
| immigration16 | migration into a place (especially migration to a country of which you are not a native in order to settle there) |
| impartation15 | the transmission of information |
| impetration15 | |
| implication17 | something that is inferred (deduced or entailed or implied) |
| importation15 | the commercial activity of buying and bringing in goods from a foreign country |
| imprecation17 | the act of calling down a curse that invokes evil (and usually serves as an insult) |
| imprecision17 | the quality of lacking precision |
| inattention11 | lack of attention |
| incantation13 | a ritual recitation of words or sounds believed to have a magical effect |
| incarnation13 | a new personification of a familiar idea |
| inclination13 | an attitude of mind especially one that favors one alternative over others |
| inculcation15 | teaching or impressing upon the mind by frequent instruction or repetition |
| inculpation15 | an accusation that you are responsible for some lapse or misdeed |
| incurvation16 | a shape that curves or bends inward |
| indentation12 | a concave cut into a surface or edge (as in a coastline) |
| indigestion13 | a disorder of digestive function characterized by discomfort or heartburn or nausea |
| indignation13 | a feeling of righteous anger |
| indirection14 | indirect procedure or action |
| inebriation13 | habitual intoxication; prolonged and excessive intake of alcoholic drinks leading to a breakdown in health and an addiction to alcohol such that abrupt deprivation leads to severe withdrawal symptoms |
| infantryman19 | fights on foot with small arms |
| infantrymen19 | fights on foot with small arms |
| infatuation14 | a foolish and usually extravagant passion or love or admiration |
| infestation14 | the state of being invaded or overrun by parasites |
| information16 | a message received and understood |
| infuriation14 | a feeling of intense anger |
| innervation14 | the neural or electrical arousal of an organ or muscle or gland |
| inoculation13 | taking a vaccine as a precaution against contracting a disease |
| inquisition20 | a former tribunal of the Roman Catholic Church (1232-1820) created to discover and suppress heresy |
| inscription15 | letters inscribed (especially words engraved or carved) on something |
| insinuation11 | an indirect (and usually malicious) implication |
| inspiration13 | arousal of the mind to special unusual activity or creativity |
| instigation12 | the verbal act of urging on |
| institution11 | an organization founded and united for a specific purpose |
| instruction13 | a message describing how something is to be done |
| integration12 | the action of incorporating a racial or religious group into a community |
| interaction13 | a mutual or reciprocal action; interacting |
| interfusion14 | |
| interleukin15 | any of several lymphokines that promote macrophages and killer T cells and B cells and other components of the immune system |
| interneuron11 | |
| interstrain11 | |
| irradiation12 | the condition of being exposed to radiation |
| itemization22 | the act of making a list of items |
| itineration11 | journeying from place to place preaching or lecturing; a preaching tour or lecturing tour |
| jactitation20 | speaking of yourself in superlatives |
| laciniation13 | |
| lacrimation15 | shedding tears |
| lactalbumin17 | albumin occurring in milk |
| laicization22 | |
| lamellicorn15 | |
| lamentation13 | a cry of sorrow and grief |
| landslidden14 | |
| legerdemain15 | an illusory feat; considered magical by naive observers |
| legislation12 | law enacted by a legislative body |
| libertarian13 | an advocate of libertarianism |
| lilliputian13 | a very small person (resembling a Lilliputian) |
| lionization20 | |
| lipoprotein15 | a conjugated protein having a lipid component; the principal means for transporting lipids in the blood |
| liposuction15 | lipectomy (especially for cosmetic purposes) in which excess fatty tissue is removed from under the skin by suction |
| liquidation21 | termination of a business operation by using its assets to discharge its liabilities |
| lixiviation21 | |
| logistician14 | a person skilled at symbolic logic |
| lubrication15 | the condition of having been made smooth or slippery by the application of a lubricant |
| lucubration15 | a solemn literary work that is the product of laborious cogitation |
| luteotropin13 | gonadotropic hormone secreted by the anterior pituitary; in females it stimulates growth of the mammary glands and lactation after parturition |
| machination18 | a crafty and involved plot to achieve your (usually sinister) ends |
| madreporian16 | |
| madrigalian15 | |
| malapropian17 | |
| malediction16 | the act of calling down a curse that invokes evil (and usually serves as an insult) |
| malefaction18 | |
| malfunction18 | a failure to function normally |
| malposition15 | faulty position |
| manganesian14 | |
| manumission15 | the formal act of freeing from slavery |
| margination14 | |
| mastication15 | biting and grinding food in your mouth so it becomes soft enough to swallow |
| mechanician20 | |
| megavitamin19 | |
| melioration13 | the act of relieving ills and changing for the better |
| mensuration13 | the act or process of assigning numbers to phenomena according to a rule |
| merchantman20 | a cargo ship |
| merchantmen20 | a cargo ship |
| mercuration15 | |
| metafiction18 | |
| methanation16 | |
| methicillin18 | antibiotic drug of the penicillin family used in the treatment of certain staphylococcal infections |
| methylation19 | |
| metrication15 | the act of changing from imperial units of measurement to metric units: meters, grams, seconds |
| micturition15 | the discharge of urine |
| millenarian13 | a person who believes in the coming of the millennium (a time of great peace and prosperity) |
| millimicron17 | a metric unit of length equal to one billionth of a meter |
| milliradian14 | a unit of angular distance equal to one thousandth of a radian |
| misbegotten16 | born out of wedlock; - E.A.Freeman |
| miscitation15 | |
| miscreation15 | something abnormal or anomalous |
| misdivision17 | |
| misfunction18 | fail to function or function improperly |
| mislocation15 | |
| misposition15 | |
| misstricken19 | |
| molestation13 | the act of subjecting someone to unwanted or improper sexual advances or activity (especially women or children) |
| mucoprotein17 | |
| multicarbon17 | |
| multicolumn17 | |
| multidomain16 | |
| multination13 | |
| multiphoton18 | |
| multipiston15 | |
| multiscreen15 | |
| needlewoman17 | someone who makes or mends dresses |
| needlewomen17 | someone who makes or mends dresses |
| negotiation12 | a discussion intended to produce an agreement |
| neuropteran13 | insect having biting mouthparts and four large membranous wings with netlike veins |
| neurulation11 | |
| nickelodeon18 | a cabinet containing an automatic record player; records are played by inserting a coin |
| nondecision14 | |
| nonelection13 | |
| nonmusician15 | |
| nonpartisan13 | a person who is nonpartisan |
| nonsolution11 | |
| obfuscation18 | confusion resulting from failure to understand |
| objurgation21 | rebuking a person harshly |
| obscuration15 | |
| observation16 | the act of making and recording a measurement |
| obstruction15 | any structure that makes progress difficult |
| occultation15 | one celestial body obscures another |
| officiation19 | the act of umpiring |
| orientation11 | the act of orienting |
| origination12 | an event that is a beginning; a first part or stage of subsequent events |
| orthopteran16 | any of various insects having leathery forewings and membranous hind wings and chewing mouthparts |
| oscillation13 | the process of oscillating between states |
| ostentation11 | a gaudy outward display |
| outdoorsman14 | a person who spends time outdoors (e.g., hunting or fishing) |
| outdoorsmen14 | a person who spends time outdoors (e.g., hunting or fishing) |
| outstridden13 | |
| overcaution16 | |
| overconcern18 | |
| overexplain23 | |
| oversweeten17 | |
| overtighten18 | |
| overwritten17 | write new data on top of existing data and thus erase the previously existing data |
| oviposition16 | |
| oxygenation22 | the process of providing or combining or treating with oxygen |
| oxyhydrogen29 | |
| ozonization29 | |
| palpitation15 | a rapid and irregular heart beat |
| parturition13 | the process of giving birth |
| passivation16 | |
| pectination15 | |
| penetration13 | an attack that penetrates into enemy territory |
| pentahedron17 | any polyhedron having five plane faces |
| percolation15 | the slow passage of a liquid through a filtering medium |
| perennation13 | the process of living through a number of years (as a perennial plant) |
| perforation16 | a line of small holes for tearing at a particular place |
| permutation15 | an event in which one thing is substituted for another |
| persecution15 | the act of persecuting (especially on the basis of race or religion) |
| personation13 | imitating the mannerisms of another person |
| phonetician18 | a specialist in phonetics |
| phycocyanin26 | blue pigment in algae |
| phytoalexin26 | |
| plainspoken19 | using simple and direct language |
| plasminogen16 | an inactive form of plasmin that occurs in plasma and is converted to plasmin by organic solvents |
| plecopteran17 | primitive winged insect with a flattened body; used as bait by fishermen; aquatic gilled larvae are carnivorous and live beneath stones |
| podophyllin22 | |
| policewoman20 | a woman policeman |
| policewomen20 | a woman policeman |
| pollination13 | transfer of pollen from the anther to the stigma of a plant |
| posttension13 | |
| postulation13 | (logic) a declaration of something self-evident; something that can be assumed as the basis for argument |
| predication16 | (logic) a declaration of something self-evident; something that can be assumed as the basis for argument |
| preelection15 | |
| prefreshman21 | |
| preignition14 | |
| preinvasion16 | |
| prelibation15 | |
| preluncheon18 | |
| premonition15 | a feeling of evil to come |
| premunition15 | |
| preparation15 | the activity of putting or setting in order in advance of some act or purpose |
| preposition15 | a function word that combines with a noun or pronoun or noun phrase to form a prepositional phrase that can have an adverbial or adjectival relation to some other word |
| preshrunken20 | |
| presumption17 | an assumption that is taken for granted |
| proabortion15 | |
| procreation15 | the sexual activity of conceiving and bearing offspring |
| procrustean15 | of or relating to the mythical giant Procrustes or the mode of torture practiced by him |
| procuration15 | |
| profanation16 | blasphemous behavior; the act of depriving something of its sacred character |
| progestogen15 | any of a group of steroid hormones that have the effect of progesterone |
| progression14 | a series with a definite pattern of advance |
| prohibition18 | a law forbidding the sale of alcoholic beverages |
| proletarian13 | a member of the working class (not necessarily employed) |
| propagation16 | the spreading of something (a belief or practice) into new regions |
| proposition15 | (logic) a statement that affirms or denies something and is either true or false |
| prorogation14 | discontinuation of the meeting (of a legislative body) without dissolving it |
| prosecution15 | the institution and conduct of legal proceedings against a defendant for criminal behavior |
| prostration13 | an abrupt failure of function or complete physical exhaustion |
| prothrombin20 | a protein in blood plasma that is the inactive precursor of thrombin |
| protonation13 | |
| protraction15 | the consequence of being lengthened in duration |
| provocation18 | unfriendly behavior that causes anger or resentment |
| publication17 | a copy of a printed work offered for distribution |
| pullulation13 | asexual reproduction in which a local growth on the surface or in the body of the parent becomes a separate individual |
| punctuation15 | something that makes repeated and regular interruptions or divisions |
| pustulation13 | |
| quadrillion21 | the number that is represented as a one followed by 24 zeros |
| quartersawn23 | |
| quintillion20 | the number that is represented as a one followed by 18 zeros |
| radiocarbon16 | a radioactive isotope of carbon |
| radiolarian12 | protozoa with amoeba-like bodies and radiating filamentous pseudopods |
| rapscallion15 | a deceitful and unreliable scoundrel |
| rarefaction16 | a decrease in the density of something |
| rattlebrain13 | |
| reaccession15 | |
| readmission14 | the act of admitting someone again |
| realization20 | coming to understand something clearly and distinctly |
| reanimation13 | |
| reapportion15 | allocate, distribute, or apportion anew |
| reassertion11 | renewed affirmation |
| recantation13 | a disavowal or taking back of a previous assertion |
| reclamation15 | the conversion of wasteland into land suitable for use of habitation or cultivation |
| recognition14 | the state or quality of being recognized or acknowledged |
| recondition14 | bring into an improved condition |
| recordation14 | |
| redigestion13 | |
| redirection14 | |
| reeducation14 | |
| reformation16 | improvement (or an intended improvement) in the existing form or condition of institutions or practices etc.; intended to make a striking change for the better in social or political or religious affairs |
| rehydration18 | |
| reification16 | regarding something abstract as a material thing |
| reinfection16 | |
| reinflation14 | |
| reinjection20 | |
| reinsertion11 | |
| reinvention14 | |
| reiteration11 | the act of repeating over and again (or an instance thereof) |
| reluctation13 | |
| remediation14 | act of correcting an error or a fault or an evil |
| remigration14 | |
| reoperation13 | |
| reoxidation19 | |
| repartition13 | |
| replication15 | the act of making copies |
| reprobation15 | rejection by God; the state of being condemned to eternal misery in Hell |
| reprovision16 | |
| repudiation14 | rejecting or disowning or disclaiming as invalid |
| requisition20 | the act of requiring; an authoritative request or demand, especially by a military or public authority that takes something over (usually temporarily) for military or public use |
| reradiation12 | |
| reservation14 | a district that is reserved for particular purpose |
| resignation12 | acceptance of despair |
| respiration13 | the metabolic processes whereby certain organisms obtain energy from organic molecules; processes that take place in the cells and tissues during which energy is released and carbon dioxide is produced and absorbed by the blood to be transported to the lungs |
| restitution11 | a sum of money paid in compensation for loss or injury |
| restoration11 | the reign of Charles II in England; 1660-1685 |
| restriction13 | a principle that limits the extent of something |
| retaliation11 | action taken in return for an injury or offense |
| retardation12 | a decrease in rate of change |
| retribution13 | a justly deserved penalty |
| retroaction13 | |
| revaluation14 | a new appraisal or evaluation |
| rhetorician16 | a person who delivers a speech or oration |
| rubrication15 | |
| rustication13 | the condition naturally attaching to life in the country |
| sacculation15 | |
| salesperson13 | a person employed to represent a business and to sell its merchandise (as to customers in a store or to customers who are visited) |
| saturnalian11 | |
| sauerbraten13 | pot roast marinated several days in seasoned vinegar before cooking; usually served with potato dumplings |
| saurischian16 | herbivorous or carnivorous dinosaur having a three-pronged pelvis like that of a crocodile |
| segregation13 | (genetics) the separation of paired alleles during meiosis so that members of each pair of alleles appear in different gametes |
| semiotician15 | a specialist in the study of meaning |
| septentrion13 | |
| slumgullion14 | a thin stew of meat and vegetables |
| snakebitten17 | |
| solmization22 | a system of naming the notes of a musical scale by syllables instead of letters |
| somatomedin16 | |
| speculation15 | a message expressing an opinion based on incomplete evidence |
| spiculation15 | |
| spokeswoman22 | a female spokesperson |
| spokeswomen22 | a female spokesperson |
| sportswoman18 | someone who engages in sports |
| sportswomen18 | someone who engages in sports |
| sporulation13 | asexual reproduction by the production and release of spores |
| stagflation15 | a period of slow economic growth and high unemployment (stagnation) while prices rise (inflation) |
| stimulation13 | the act of arousing an organism to action |
| stipulation13 | (law) an agreement or concession made by parties in a judicial proceeding (or by their attorneys) relating to the business before the court; must be in writing unless they are part of the court record |
| stylization23 | the act of stylizing; causing to conform to a particular style |
| subaudition14 | |
| subdecision16 | |
| subdivision17 | an area composed of subdivided lots |
| subjugation21 | forced submission to control by others |
| subjunction22 | the act of supplementing |
| sublimation15 | (chemistry) a change directly from the solid to the gaseous state without becoming liquid |
| subluxation20 | partial displacement of a joint or organ |
| submunition15 | |
| subornation13 | underhandedly or improperly inducing someone to do something improper or unlawful |
| subrogation14 | (law) the act of substituting of one creditor for another |
| subsumption17 | the premise of a syllogism that contains the minor term (which is the subject of the conclusion) |
| subtraction15 | an arithmetic operation in which the difference between two numbers is calculated |
| suffixation24 | formation of a word by means of a suffix |
| suffocation19 | killing by depriving of oxygen |
| sulfonation14 | |
| superaltern13 | |
| superharden17 | |
| supermodern16 | |
| supernation13 | |
| superperson15 | |
| supervision16 | management by overseeing the performance or operation of a person or group |
| superweapon18 | |
| supposition15 | a message expressing an opinion based on incomplete evidence |
| suppression15 | the failure to develop some part or organ |
| suppuration15 | (medicine) the formation of morbific matter in an abscess or a vesicle and the discharge of pus |
| suspiration13 | an utterance made by exhaling audibly |
| susurration11 | the indistinct sound of people whispering |
| synchrotron19 | cyclotron in which the electric field is maintained at a constant frequency |
| syncopation18 | (phonology) the loss of sounds from within a word (as in `fo'c'sle' for `forecastle') |
| syndication17 | organizing into or administering as a syndicate |
| termination13 | a coming to an end of a contract period |
| tetrahedron15 | any polyhedron having four plane faces |
| thistledown18 | pappus of a thistle consisting of silky featherlike hairs attached to the seed-like fruit of a thistle |
| thoroughpin20 | |
| thyrotropin19 | anterior pituitary hormone that stimulates the function of the thyroid gland |
| titillation11 | a tingling feeling of excitement (as from teasing or tickling) |
| tourbillion13 | |
| transaction13 | the act of transacting within or between groups (as carrying on commercial activities) |
| transection13 | |
| transferrin14 | a globulin in blood plasma that carries iron |
| transfixion21 | |
| transfusion14 | the introduction of blood or blood plasma into a vein or artery |
| translation11 | a written communication in a second language having the same meaning as the written communication in a first language |
| trencherman18 | a person who is devoted to eating and drinking to excess |
| trenchermen18 | a person who is devoted to eating and drinking to excess |
| trepanation13 | |
| trepidation14 | a feeling of alarm or dread |
| tribulation13 | an annoying or frustrating or catastrophic event |
| trichlorfon19 | |
| trifluralin14 | |
| trimetrogon14 | |
| trinitarian11 | adherent of Trinitarianism |
| trituration11 | |
| tropomyosin18 | |
| trypsinogen17 | inactive precursor of trypsin; a substance secreted by the pancreas and converted to active trypsin by enterokinase in the small intestine |
| tumefaction18 | the process of tumefying; the organic process whereby tissue becomes swollen by the accumulation of fluid within it |
| typewritten19 | write by means of a keyboard with types |
| tyrothricin19 | a mixture of antibiotics applied locally to infections caused by Gram-positive bacteria |
| ultramodern14 | extremely modern |
| unchristian16 | not of a Christian faith |
| undecillion14 | |
| unification16 | an occurrence that involves the production of a union |
| unitization20 | (psychology) the configuration of smaller units of information into large coordinated units |
| utilitarian11 | someone who believes that the value of a thing depends on its utility |
| utilization20 | the act of using |
| vaccination18 | taking a vaccine as a precaution against contracting a disease |
| vacillation16 | indecision in speech or action |
| vacuolation16 | the state of having become filled with vacuoles |
| valediction17 | a farewell oration (especially one delivered during graduation exercises by an outstanding member of a graduating class) |
| variegation15 | variability in coloration |
| vasopressin16 | hormone secreted by the posterior pituitary gland (trade name Pitressin) and also by nerve endings in the hypothalamus; affects blood pressure by stimulating capillary muscles and reduces urine flow by affecting reabsorption of water by kidney tubules |
| venesection16 | surgical incision into a vein; used to treat hemochromatosis |
| ventilation14 | the act of supplying fresh air and getting rid of foul air |
| vindication17 | the act of vindicating or defending against criticism or censure etc. |
| vivisection19 | the act of operating on living animals (especially in scientific research) |
| washerwoman22 | a working woman who takes in washing |
| washerwomen22 | a working woman who takes in washing |
| weatherworn20 | worn by exposure to the weather |
| wintergreen15 | any of several evergreen perennials of the genus Pyrola |
| workstation18 | a desktop digital computer that is conventionally considered to be more powerful than a microcomputer |
| zoantharian23 | |
| zooplankton26 | animal constituent of plankton; mainly small crustaceans and fish larvae |
| Word | Definition |
| abdication15 | a formal resignation and renunciation of powers |
| aberration12 | a state or condition markedly different from the norm |
| abjuration19 | a disavowal or taking back of a previous assertion |
| abnegation13 | the denial and rejection of a doctrine or belief |
| abreaction14 | (psychoanalysis) purging of emotional tensions |
| abrogation13 | the act of abrogating; an official or legal cancellation |
| abscission14 | shedding of flowers and leaves and fruit following formation of scar tissue in a plant |
| absolution12 | the condition of being formally forgiven by a priest in the sacrament of penance |
| absorption14 | (chemistry) a process in which one substance permeates another; a fluid permeates or is dissolved by a liquid or solid |
| abstention12 | the trait of abstaining (especially from alcohol) |
| accusation14 | a formal charge of wrongdoing brought against a person; the act of imputing blame or guilt |
| activation15 | stimulation of activity in an organism or chemical |
| actomyosin17 | a protein complex in muscle fibers; composed of myosin and actin; shortens when stimulated and causes muscle contractions |
| adaptation13 | a written work (as a novel) that has been recast in a new form |
| adjunction20 | an act of joining or adjoining things |
| adjuration18 | a solemn and earnest appeal to someone to do something |
| admiration13 | a feeling of delighted approval and liking |
| admonition13 | cautionary advice about something imminent (especially imminent danger or other unpleasantness) |
| adsorption13 | the accumulation of molecules of a gas to form a thin film on the surface of a solid |
| advocation16 | |
| affixation23 | the result of adding an affix to a root word |
| affliction18 | a state of great suffering and distress due to adversity |
| agglutinin12 | an antibody that causes agglutination of a specific antigen |
| aggression12 | a disposition to behave aggressively |
| alderwoman16 | |
| alderwomen16 | |
| alienation10 | the feeling of being alienated from other people |
| alkylation17 | |
| allegation11 | (law) a formal accusation against somebody (often in a court of law) |
| allocation12 | a share set aside for a specific purpose |
| allocution12 | (rhetoric) a formal or authoritative address that advises or exhorts |
| alteration10 | an event that occurs when something passes from one state or phase to another |
| ambulation14 | walking about |
| ammunition14 | projectiles to be fired from a gun |
| ampicillin16 | semisynthetic penicillin (trade names Principen and Polycillin and SK-Ampicillin) |
| amputation14 | a condition of disability resulting from the loss of one or more limbs |
| angulation11 | the precise measurement of angles |
| annexation17 | incorporation by joining or uniting |
| annotation10 | a comment or instruction (usually added) |
| annulation10 | |
| antimodern13 | |
| antinomian12 | a follower of the doctrine of antinomianism |
| antipodean13 | relating to the antipodes or situated at opposite sides of the earth |
| antiproton12 | an unstable negatively charged proton; the antiparticle of a proton |
| apparition14 | a ghostly appearing figure |
| apposition14 | a grammatical relation between a word and a noun phrase that follows |
| araucarian12 | |
| archdeacon18 | (Anglican Church) an ecclesiastical dignitary usually ranking just below a bishop |
| arrogation11 | seizure by the government |
| ascription14 | assigning some quality or character to a person or thing |
| aspiration12 | a will to succeed |
| assumption14 | a statement that is assumed to be true and from which a conclusion can be drawn |
| attraction12 | the force by which one object attracts another |
| autobahnen15 | |
| autochthon18 | the earliest known inhabitants of a region |
| automation12 | the act of implementing the control of equipment with advanced technology; usually involving electronic hardware |
| bacitracin16 | a polypeptide antibiotic of known chemical structure effective against several types of Gram-positive organisms; usually applied locally |
| backbitten20 | say mean things |
| backgammon23 | a board game for two players; pieces move according to throws of the dice |
| balbriggan16 | a cotton knit fabric used for underwear |
| barleycorn17 | a grain of barley |
| batrachian17 | any of various tailless stout-bodied amphibians with long hind limbs for leaping; semiaquatic and terrestrial species |
| beautician14 | someone who works in a beauty parlor |
| benzofuran24 | a colorless oily compound extracted from coal tar and used in manufacturing synthetic resins |
| bestridden14 | get up on the back of |
| biliverdin16 | |
| bilocation14 | the ability (said of certain Roman Catholic saints) to exist simultaneously in two locations |
| bipartisan14 | supported by both sides |
| blackthorn21 | a thorny Eurasian bush with plumlike fruits |
| bloodstain13 | a discoloration caused by blood |
| bloviation15 | |
| bradykinin20 | |
| browbeaten17 | be bossy towards |
| butylation15 | |
| calamondin15 | |
| calcitonin14 | thyroid hormone that tends to lower the level of calcium in the blood plasma and inhibit resorption of bone |
| calmodulin15 | |
| capitation14 | a tax levied on the basis of a fixed amount per person |
| carcinogen15 | any substance that produces cancer |
| carragheen16 | dark purple edible seaweed of the Atlantic coasts of Europe and North America |
| castration12 | neutering a male animal by removing the testicles |
| catechumen19 | a new convert being taught the principles of Christianity by a catechist |
| catenation12 | |
| catholicon17 | hypothetical remedy for all ills or diseases; once sought by the alchemists |
| cavalryman20 | a soldier in a motorized army unit |
| cavalrymen20 | a soldier in a motorized army unit |
| cavitation15 | |
| centillion12 | |
| cephalexin24 | an oral cephalosporin (trade names Keflex and Keflin and Keftab) commonly prescribe for mild to moderately severe infections of the skin or ears or throat or lungs or urinary tract |
| chairwoman20 | the officer who presides at the meetings of an organization |
| chairwomen20 | the officer who presides at the meetings of an organization |
| champignon20 | |
| chapfallen20 | brought low in spirit |
| chinquapin26 | shrubby tree closely related to the Allegheny chinkapin but with larger leaves; southern midwestern United States |
| chirurgeon16 | |
| chopfallen20 | brought low in spirit |
| chromaffin23 | |
| cladoceran15 | |
| clothespin17 | wood or plastic fastener; for holding clothes on a clothesline |
| coaptation14 | |
| cochairman19 | |
| cochairmen19 | |
| cochampion21 | |
| cofunction17 | |
| cogitation13 | a carefully considered thought about something |
| collection14 | several things grouped together or considered as a whole |
| coloration12 | the timbre of a musical sound |
| combustion16 | a process in which a substance reacts with oxygen to give heat and light |
| commission16 | a special group delegated to consider some matter; - Milton Berle |
| compaction18 | an increase in the density of something |
| comparison16 | the act of examining resemblances |
| compassion16 | a deep awareness of and sympathy for another's suffering |
| completion16 | (American football) a successful forward pass in football |
| complexion23 | the coloring of a person's face |
| compulsion16 | an urge to do or say something that might be better left undone or unsaid |
| conception16 | an abstract or general idea inferred or derived from specific instances |
| concession14 | a contract granting the right to operate a subsidiary business |
| conclusion14 | a position or opinion or judgment reached after consideration |
| concoction16 | any foodstuff made by combining different ingredients |
| concretion14 | the formation of stonelike objects within a body organ (e.g., the kidneys) |
| concussion14 | injury to the brain caused by a blow; usually resulting in loss of consciousness |
| conduction15 | the transmission of heat or electricity or sound |
| confection17 | a food rich in sugar |
| confession15 | an admission of misdeeds or faults |
| conflation15 | |
| congestion13 | excessive accumulation of blood or other fluid in a body part |
| connection14 | a relation between things or events (as in the case of one causing the other or sharing features with it) |
| conniption14 | a display of bad temper |
| constantan12 | an alloy of copper and nickel with high electrical resistance and a low temperature coefficient; used as resistance wire |
| contention12 | a point asserted as part of an argument |
| contortion12 | the act of twisting or deforming the shape of something (e.g., yourself) |
| contrarian12 | an investor who deliberately decides to go against the prevailing wisdom of other investors |
| contrition12 | sorrow for sin arising from fear of damnation |
| convection17 | the transfer of heat through a fluid (liquid or gas) caused by molecular motion |
| convention15 | a large formal assembly |
| conversion15 | an event that results in a transformation |
| conviction17 | an unshakable belief in something without need for proof or evidence |
| convulsion15 | a sudden uncontrollable attack |
| copulation14 | the act of sexual procreation between a man and a woman; the man's penis is inserted into the woman's vagina and excited until orgasm and ejaculation occur |
| coronation12 | the ceremony of installing a new monarch |
| corotation12 | |
| correction14 | the act of offering an improvement to replace a mistake; setting right |
| corruption14 | lack of integrity or honesty (especially susceptibility to bribery); use of a position of trust for dishonest gain |
| councilman16 | a man who is a council member |
| councilmen16 | a man who is a council member |
| counterion12 | |
| counterman14 | someone who attends a counter (as in a diner) |
| countermen14 | someone who attends a counter (as in a diner) |
| countryman17 | a man from your own country |
| countrymen17 | a man from your own country |
| crackbrain20 | |
| crustacean14 | any mainly aquatic arthropod usually having a segmented body and chitinous exoskeleton |
| culinarian12 | |
| cumulation14 | a collection of objects laid on top of each other |
| cunctation14 | the act of procrastinating; putting off or delaying or defering an action to a later time |
| curmudgeon16 | a crusty irascible cantankerous old person full of stubborn ideas |
| daunomycin18 | |
| deaeration11 | |
| decahedron17 | any polyhedron having ten plane faces |
| decimation15 | destroying or killing a large part of the population (literally every tenth person as chosen by lot) |
| declension13 | the inflection of nouns and pronouns and adjectives in Indo-European languages |
| decoration13 | something used to beautify |
| decryption18 | the activity of making clear or converting from code into plain text |
| dedication14 | complete and wholehearted fidelity |
| deepfrozen25 | |
| defamation16 | a false accusation of an offense or a malicious misrepresentation of someone's words or actions |
| defecation16 | the elimination of fecal waste through the anus |
| defenceman18 | |
| defencemen18 | |
| defenseman16 | |
| defensemen16 | |
| definition14 | a concise explanation of the meaning of a word or phrase or symbol |
| deflection16 | a twist or aberration; especially a perverse or abnormal way of judging or acting |
| delegation12 | a group of representatives or delegates |
| demolition13 | an event (or the result of an event) that completely destroys something |
| denegation12 | |
| denotation11 | the act of indicating or pointing out by name |
| denudation12 | the removal of covering |
| depilation13 | the condition of being void of hair |
| deposition13 | the natural process of laying down a deposit of something |
| depression13 | a mental state characterized by a pessimistic sense of inadequacy and a despondent lack of activity |
| deputation13 | a group of representatives or delegates |
| derivation14 | the source or origin from which something derives (i.e. comes or issues) |
| dermatogen14 | |
| derogation12 | a communication that belittles somebody or something |
| descension13 | |
| desolation11 | the state of being decayed or destroyed |
| desorption13 | changing from an adsorbed state on a surface to a gaseous or liquid state |
| detonation11 | a violent release of energy caused by a chemical or nuclear reaction |
| detraction13 | a petty disparagement |
| devolution14 | the process of declining from a higher to a lower level of effective power or vitality or essential quality |
| dicoumarin15 | |
| digression12 | a message that departs from the main subject |
| dilatation11 | the state of being stretched beyond normal dimensions |
| diminution13 | change toward something smaller or lower |
| discretion13 | freedom to act or judge on one's own |
| discussion13 | an extended communication (often interactive) dealing with some particular topic |
| dishearten14 | take away the enthusiasm of |
| dismission13 | official notice that you have been fired from your job |
| dispassion13 | objectivity and detachment |
| dispersion13 | spreading widely or driving off |
| displosion13 | |
| disruption13 | an act of delaying or interrupting the continuity |
| dissection13 | cutting so as to separate into pieces |
| dissension11 | disagreement among those expected to cooperate |
| dissention11 | |
| dissuasion11 | a communication that dissuades you |
| distension11 | the act of expanding by pressure from within |
| distention11 | the state of being stretched beyond normal dimensions |
| distortion11 | a change for the worse |
| disulfoton14 | |
| divagation15 | a message that departs from the main subject |
| divination14 | successful conjecture by unusual insight or good luck |
| domination13 | social control by dominating |
| downfallen17 | |
| drivetrain14 | |
| dubitation13 | |
| ebullition12 | an unrestrained expression of emotion |
| elongation11 | the quality of being elongated |
| eluviation13 | |
| emaciation14 | extreme leanness (usually caused by starvation or disease) |
| emendation13 | a correction by emending; a correction resulting from critical editing |
| emigration13 | migration from a place (especially migration from your native country in order to settle in another) |
| encephalon17 | that part of the central nervous system that includes all the higher nervous centers; enclosed within the skull; continuous with the spinal cord |
| encryption17 | the activity of converting data or information into code |
| endosulfan14 | |
| enervation13 | lack of vitality |
| enkephalin19 | an endorphin having opiate qualities that occurs in the brain and spinal cord and elsewhere |
| epilimnion14 | |
| epinephrin17 | a catecholamine secreted by the adrenal medulla in response to stress (trade name Adrenalin); stimulates autonomic nerve action |
| equestrian19 | a man skilled in equitation |
| equitation19 | the sport of siting on the back of a horse while controlling its movements |
| eructation12 | (of volcanos) pouring out fumes or lava (or a deposit so formed) |
| erythrosin16 | |
| escalation12 | an increase to counteract a perceived discrepancy |
| escutcheon17 | a flat protective covering (on a door or wall etc) to prevent soiling by dirty fingers |
| estimation12 | a document appraising the value of something (as for insurance or taxation) |
| estivation13 | (zoology) cessation or slowing of activity during the summer; especially slowing of metabolism in some animals during a hot or dry period |
| etiolation10 | a pale and sickly appearance |
| euglobulin13 | |
| evacuation15 | the act of removing the contents of something |
| evaluation13 | act of ascertaining or fixing the value or worth of |
| everywoman21 | |
| everywomen21 | |
| exaltation17 | a state of being carried away by overwhelming emotion; - Charles Dickens |
| excavation22 | the act of digging |
| excerption21 | a passage selected from a larger work |
| excitation19 | the state of being emotionally aroused and worked up |
| execration19 | hate coupled with disgust |
| exhalation20 | exhaled breath |
| exhaustion20 | extreme fatigue |
| exhibition22 | the act of exhibiting |
| exhumation22 | the act of digging something out of the ground (especially a corpse) where it has been buried |
| expedition20 | a military campaign designed to achieve a specific objective in a foreign country |
| expiration19 | a coming to an end of a contract period |
| exposition19 | a systematic interpretation or explanation (usually written) of a specific topic |
| expression19 | the feelings expressed on a person's face |
| expressman21 | |
| expressmen21 | |
| expunction21 | deletion by an act of expunging or erasing |
| exsolution17 | |
| extinction19 | no longer active; extinguished |
| extraction19 | the process of obtaining something from a mixture or compound by chemical or physical or mechanical means |
| exultation17 | a feeling of extreme joy |
| exuviation20 | |
| fasciation15 | |
| federation14 | an organization formed by merging several groups or parties |
| ferredoxin21 | |
| feuilleton13 | |
| fibrinogen16 | a protein present in blood plasma; converts to fibrin when blood clots |
| figuration14 | representing figuratively as by emblem or allegory |
| filtration13 | the process whereby fluids pass through a filter or a filtering medium |
| flirtation13 | playful behavior intended to arouse sexual interest |
| floatation13 | the phenomenon of floating (remaining on the surface of a liquid without sinking) |
| floodplain16 | a low plain adjacent to a river that is formed chiefly of river sediment and is subject to flooding |
| floriation13 | |
| flugelhorn17 | a brass instrument resembling a cornet but with a wider bore |
| foreordain14 | foreordain by divine will or decree |
| forespoken19 | |
| foretopman17 | |
| foretopmen17 | |
| foundation14 | the basis on which something is grounded |
| freedwoman19 | a person who has been freed from slavery |
| freedwomen19 | a person who has been freed from slavery |
| freemartin15 | |
| fruitarian13 | |
| fumigation16 | the application of a gas or smoke to something for the purpose of disinfecting it |
| garbageman16 | someone employed to collect and dispose of refuse |
| garbagemen16 | someone employed to collect and dispose of refuse |
| gargantuan12 | of great mass; huge and bulky |
| gemination13 | the doubling of a word or phrase (as for rhetorical effect) |
| generation11 | all the people living at the same time or of approximately the same age |
| gentamicin15 | an antibiotic (trade name Garamycin) that is derived from an actinomycete; used in treating infections of the urinary tract |
| glaciation13 | the condition of being covered with glaciers or masses of ice; the result of glacial action |
| gleization20 | |
| graduation12 | the successful completion of a program of study |
| gramicidin16 | an antibiotic produced by a soil bacterium; used chiefly as an antiseptic in treating local infections produced by Gram-positive bacteria |
| grammarian15 | a linguist who specializes in the study of grammar and syntax |
| groundsman14 | someone who maintains the grounds (of an estate or park or athletic field) |
| groundsmen14 | someone who maintains the grounds (of an estate or park or athletic field) |
| habitation15 | the native habitat or home of an animal or plant |
| halocarbon17 | one of various compounds of carbon and any of the halogens |
| handmaiden17 | in a subordinate position |
| harvestman18 | spiderlike arachnid with a small rounded body and very long thin legs |
| harvestmen18 | spiderlike arachnid with a small rounded body and very long thin legs |
| hausfrauen16 | |
| hebetation15 | |
| hematozoon24 | |
| hemelytron18 | |
| hemipteran17 | insects with sucking mouthparts and forewings thickened and leathery at the base; usually show incomplete metamorphosis |
| hemocyanin20 | |
| hemoglobin18 | a hemoprotein composed of globin and heme that gives red blood cells their characteristic color; function primarily to transport oxygen from the lungs to the body tissues |
| herniation13 | rupture in smooth muscle tissue through which a bodily structure protrudes |
| hesitation13 | indecision in speech or action |
| hesperidin16 | |
| hexahedron24 | any polyhedron having six plane faces |
| highwayman25 | a holdup man who stops a vehicle and steals from it |
| highwaymen25 | a holdup man who stops a vehicle and steals from it |
| homoousian15 | |
| homopteran17 | insects having membranous forewings and hind wings |
| horsewoman18 | a woman horseman |
| horsewomen18 | a woman horseman |
| houseclean15 | clean and tidy up the house |
| husbandman18 | a person who operates a farm |
| husbandmen18 | a person who operates a farm |
| imbibition16 | (chemistry) the absorption of a liquid by a solid or gel |
| immolation14 | killing or offering as a sacrifice |
| imposition14 | the act of imposing something (as a tax or an embargo) |
| impression14 | a vague idea in which some confidence is placed |
| imputation14 | a statement attributing something dishonest (especially a criminal offense) |
| incitation12 | something that incites or provokes; a means of arousing or stirring to action |
| incubation14 | maintaining something at the most favorable temperature for its development |
| indagation12 | |
| indecision13 | doubt concerning two or more possible alternatives or courses of action |
| indexation18 | a system of economic regulation: wages and interest are tied to the cost-of-living index in order to reduce the effects of inflation |
| indication13 | something that serves to indicate or suggest |
| induration11 | any pathological hardening or thickening of tissue |
| infarction15 | localized necrosis resulting from obstruction of the blood supply |
| infixation20 | |
| inflection15 | a change in the form of a word (usually by adding a suffix) to indicate a change in its grammatical function |
| infliction15 | the act of imposing something (as a tax or an embargo) |
| infraction15 | a crime less serious than a felony |
| infrahuman18 | belonging to a group below humans in evolutionary development |
| infusorian13 | any member of the subclass Infusoria |
| ingression11 | |
| inhalation13 | the act of inhaling; the drawing in of air (or other gases) as in breathing |
| inhibition15 | (psychology) the conscious exclusion of unacceptable thoughts or desires |
| inhumation15 | the ritual placing of a corpse in a grave |
| initiation10 | a formal entry into an organization or position or office |
| injunction19 | a formal command or admonition |
| innovation13 | a creation (a new device or process) resulting from study and experimentation |
| insolation10 | sudden prostration due to exposure to the sun or excessive heat |
| inspection14 | a formal or official examination |
| insulation10 | the state of being isolated or detached |
| interbasin12 | |
| interchain15 | |
| interferon13 | an antiviral protein produced by cells that have been invaded by a virus; inhibits replication of the virus |
| intermedin13 | |
| interocean12 | |
| interorgan11 | |
| interunion10 | |
| interurban12 | |
| interwoven16 | interlace by or as if by weaving |
| intimation12 | an indirect suggestion |
| intinction12 | |
| intonation10 | rise and fall of the voice pitch |
| intubation12 | the insertion of a cannula or tube into a hollow body organ |
| inundation11 | the rising of a body of water and its overflowing onto normally dry land |
| invitation13 | a request (spoken or written) to participate or be present or take part in something |
| invocation15 | a prayer asking God's help as part of a religious service |
| involution13 | reduction in size of an organ or part (as in the return of the uterus to normal size after childbirth) |
| iodination11 | the substitution or addition of iodine atoms in organic compounds |
| ionization19 | the condition of being dissociated into ions (as by heat or radiation or chemical reaction or electrical discharge) |
| irreligion11 | the quality of not being devout |
| irrigation11 | supplying dry land with water by means of ditches etc |
| irritation10 | the psychological state of being irritated or annoyed |
| isoantigen11 | |
| ivermectin17 | |
| journeyman22 | a skilled worker who practices some trade or handicraft |
| journeymen22 | a skilled worker who practices some trade or handicraft |
| jubilarian19 | |
| jubilation19 | a feeling of extreme joy |
| kallikrein18 | |
| keeshonden18 | a spitz-like dog having a shaggy greyish coat and tightly curled tail originating in Holland |
| laceration12 | a torn ragged wound |
| lambrequin23 | a scarf that covers a knight's helmet |
| laminarian12 | |
| lamination12 | a layered structure |
| lapidarian13 | inscribed on stone |
| laundryman16 | operates industrial washing machine |
| laundrymen16 | operates industrial washing machine |
| laureation10 | |
| lederhosen14 | leather shorts often worn with suspenders; worn especially by men and boys in Bavaria |
| leprechaun17 | a mischievous elf in Irish folklore |
| leucocidin15 | |
| levigation14 | |
| levitation13 | the phenomenon of a person or thing rising into the air by apparently supernatural means |
| liberation12 | the act of liberating someone or something |
| limitation12 | a principle that limits the extent of something |
| lincomycin19 | antibiotic (trade name Lincocin) obtained from a streptomyces bacterium and used in the treatment of certain penicillin-resistant infections |
| lipotropin14 | |
| literation10 | |
| litigation11 | a legal proceeding in a court; a judicial contest to determine and enforce legal rights |
| lobsterman14 | a person whose occupation is catching lobsters |
| lobstermen14 | a person whose occupation is catching lobsters |
| lobulation12 | |
| locomotion14 | the power or ability to move |
| longbowman18 | a medieval English archer who used a longbow |
| longbowmen18 | a medieval English archer who used a longbow |
| lovastatin13 | an oral drug (trade name Mevacor) to reduce blood cholesterol levels; used when dietary changes have proved inadequate |
| lustration10 | |
| maceration14 | softening due to soaking or steeping |
| maculation14 | a small contrasting part of something |
| mangosteen13 | East Indian tree with thick leathery leaves and edible fruit |
| marination12 | |
| markswoman21 | |
| markswomen21 | |
| maturation12 | coming to full development; becoming mature |
| mavourneen15 | |
| medication15 | (medicine) something that treats or prevents or alleviates the symptoms of disease |
| meditation13 | continuous and profound contemplation or musing on a subject or series of subjects of a deep or abstruse nature |
| meromyosin17 | |
| mesenteron12 | |
| midsection15 | the middle area of the human torso (usually in front) |
| midshipman20 | a temporary rank held by young naval officers in training |
| midshipmen20 | a temporary rank held by young naval officers in training |
| militiaman14 | a member of the militia; serves only during emergencies |
| militiamen14 | a member of the militia; serves only during emergencies |
| miscaption16 | |
| misprision14 | |
| missileman14 | |
| missilemen14 | |
| miswritten15 | |
| mitigation13 | to act in such a way as to cause an offense to seem less serious |
| moderation13 | quality of being moderate and avoiding extremes |
| modulation13 | a musical passage moving from one key to another |
| monogenean13 | |
| morphactin19 | |
| morulation12 | |
| motivation15 | the psychological feature that arouses an organism to action toward a desired goal; the reason for the action; that which gives purpose and direction to behavior |
| motoneuron12 | a neuron conducting impulses outwards from the brain or spinal cord |
| mujahedeen23 | a military force of Muslim guerilla warriors engaged in a jihad |
| mujahideen23 | a military force of Muslim guerilla warriors engaged in a jihad |
| multichain17 | |
| multigrain13 | |
| multiunion12 | |
| mutilation12 | an injury that causes disfigurement or that deprives you of a limb or other important body part |
| mycetozoan26 | |
| navigation14 | the guidance of ships or airplanes from place to place |
| nepenthean15 | |
| neurotoxin17 | any toxin that affects neural tissues |
| newsperson15 | a person who investigates and reports or edits news stories |
| nitrofuran13 | derivative of furan used to inhibit bacterial growth |
| noblewoman17 | a woman of the peerage in Britain |
| noblewomen17 | a woman of the peerage in Britain |
| nodulation11 | |
| nomination12 | the act of officially naming a candidate |
| nonaspirin12 | |
| noncitizen21 | a person who comes from a foreign country; someone who does not owe allegiance to your country |
| nonconcern14 | |
| nonfiction15 | prose writing that is not fictional |
| nonprotein12 | |
| nonutopian12 | |
| nonveteran13 | |
| novobiocin17 | an antibiotic obtained from an actinomycete and used to treat infections by Gram-positive bacteria |
| nucleation12 | |
| numeration12 | naming numbers |
| nurseryman15 | someone who takes care of a garden |
| nurserymen15 | someone who takes care of a garden |
| obligation13 | the social force that binds you to the courses of action demanded by that force; ; - John D.Rockefeller Jr |
| obturation12 | |
| occupation16 | the principal activity in your life that you do to earn money |
| octahedron16 | any polyhedron having eight plane faces |
| opposition14 | the action of opposing something that you disapprove or disagree with |
| oppression14 | the act of subjugating by cruelty |
| ordination11 | the status of being ordained to a sacred office |
| osculation12 | (mathematics) a contact of two curves (or two surfaces) at which they have a common tangent |
| outbargain13 | |
| outchidden17 | |
| outstation10 | a station in a remote or sparsely populated location |
| outstriven13 | |
| outwritten13 | |
| overaction15 | |
| overbeaten15 | |
| overbidden17 | to bid for more tricks than one can expect to win, |
| overburden16 | the surface soil that must be moved away to get at coal seams and mineral deposits |
| overdesign15 | |
| overdriven17 | drive or work too hard |
| overgovern17 | |
| overridden15 | rule against |
| overstrain13 | too much strain |
| overstrewn16 | |
| overthrown19 | cause the downfall of; of rulers |
| pagination13 | the system of numbering pages |
| palliation12 | easing the severity of a pain or a disease without removing the cause |
| pancreatin14 | extract from the pancreas of animals that contains pancreatic enzymes; used to treat pancreatitis and other conditions involving insufficient pancreatic secretions |
| patination12 | |
| peculation14 | the fraudulent appropriation of funds or property entrusted to your care but actually owned by someone else |
| pedestrian13 | a person who travels by foot |
| penicillin14 | any of various antibiotics obtained from Penicillium molds (or produced synthetically) and used in the treatment of various infections and diseases |
| pentathlon15 | an athletic contest consisting of five different events |
| pentstemon14 | |
| peppercorn18 | pungent seasoning from the berry of the common pepper plant of East India; use whole or ground |
| pepsinogen15 | precursor of pepsin; stored in the stomach walls and converted to pepsin by hydrochloric acid in the stomach |
| perception16 | the representation of what is perceived; basic component in the formation of a concept |
| percussion14 | the act of playing a percussion instrument |
| perfection17 | the state of being without a flaw or defect |
| perihelion15 | periapsis in solar orbit; the point in the orbit of a planet or comet where it is nearest to the sun |
| perikaryon19 | |
| periphyton20 | |
| permeation14 | the process of permeating or infusing something with a substance |
| permethrin17 | |
| permission14 | approval to do something |
| peroration12 | a flowery and highly rhetorical oration |
| persuasion12 | the act of persuading (or attempting to persuade); communication intended to induce belief or action |
| perversion15 | a curve that reverses the direction of something |
| phenacetin17 | a white crystalline compound used as an analgesic and also as an antipyretic |
| phenomenon17 | any state or process known through the senses rather than by intuition or reasoning |
| phlogiston16 | a hypothetical substance once believed to be present in all combustible materials and to be released during burning |
| picrotoxin21 | |
| pincushion17 | a small stiff cushion into which pins are stuck ready for use |
| pitchwoman22 | |
| pitchwomen22 | |
| pixilation19 | |
| plantation12 | an estate where cash crops are grown on a large scale (especially in tropical areas) |
| politician14 | a leader engaged in civil administration |
| polyhedron19 | a solid figure bounded by plane polygons or faces |
| polyolefin18 | |
| population14 | the people who inhabit a territory or state |
| possession12 | the act of having and controlling property |
| postillion12 | someone who rides the near horse of a pair in order to guide the horses pulling a carriage (especially a carriage without a coachman) |
| postmodern15 | of or relating to postmodernism |
| postprison14 | |
| postseason12 | |
| poultryman17 | a dealer in poultry and poultry products |
| poultrymen17 | a dealer in poultry and poultry products |
| praetorian12 | a member of the Praetorian Guard |
| precaution14 | a precautionary measure warding off impending danger or damage or injury etc. |
| precession14 | the motion of a spinning body (as a top) in which it wobbles so that the axis of rotation sweeps out a cone |
| precipitin16 | an antibody that causes precipitation when it unites with its antigen |
| preclusion14 | the act of preventing something by anticipating and disposing of it effectively |
| prediction15 | the act of predicting (as by reasoning about the future) |
| preemption16 | the judicial principle asserting the supremacy of federal over state legislation on the same subject |
| prehension15 | the act of gripping something firmly with the hands (or the tentacles) |
| prelection14 | |
| premoisten14 | |
| preportion14 | |
| presweeten15 | |
| pretension12 | a false or unsupportable quality |
| prevention15 | the act of preventing |
| procession14 | (theology) the origination of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost |
| production15 | the act or process of producing something |
| profession15 | the body of people in a learned occupation |
| proinsulin12 | |
| projection21 | a prediction made by extrapolating from past observations |
| proportion14 | the quotient obtained when the magnitude of a part is divided by the magnitude of the whole |
| propulsion14 | a propelling force |
| protection14 | the activity of protecting someone or something |
| protohuman17 | |
| protrusion12 | something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings |
| provitamin17 | vitamin precursor; a substance that is converted into a vitamin in animal tissues |
| psilocybin19 | a hallucinogenic compound obtained from a mushroom |
| pteranodon13 | |
| punctation14 | |
| quaternion19 | the cardinal number that is the sum of three and one |
| quercitron21 | a yellow dye made from the bark of the quercitron oak tree |
| ragamuffin19 | a dirty shabbily clothed urchin |
| rechristen15 | |
| recitation12 | written matter that is recited from memory |
| recreation12 | an activity that diverts or amuses or stimulates |
| redemption15 | (theology) the act of delivering from sin or saving from evil |
| redivision14 | |
| reelection12 | election again |
| reemission12 | |
| reflection15 | a calm, lengthy, intent consideration |
| refraction15 | the change in direction of a propagating wave (light or sound) when passing from one medium to another |
| refutation13 | the speech act of answering an attack on your assertions |
| regression11 | an abnormal state in which development has stopped prematurely |
| regulation11 | an authoritative rule |
| reignition11 | |
| reinvasion13 | |
| relaxation17 | (physiology) the gradual lengthening of inactive muscle or muscle fibers |
| relegation11 | authorizing subordinates to make certain decisions |
| relocation12 | the transportation of people (as a family or colony) to a new settlement (as after an upheaval of some kind) |
| renovation13 | the act of improving by renewing and restoring |
| reparation12 | compensation (given or received) for an insult or injury |
| repetition12 | an event that repeats |
| reposition12 | depositing in a warehouse |
| repression12 | a state of forcible subjugation |
| republican16 | a member of the Republican Party |
| reputation12 | the state of being held in high esteem and honor |
| rescission12 | (law) the act of rescinding; the cancellation of a contract and the return of the parties to the positions they would have had if the contract had not been made |
| resolution10 | a formal expression by a meeting; agreed to by a vote |
| resorption12 | the organic process in which the substance of some differentiated structure that has been produced by the body undergoes lysis and assimilation |
| restricken16 | |
| resumption14 | beginning again |
| retraction12 | a disavowal or taking back of a previous assertion |
| revelation13 | the speech act of making something evident |
| revocation15 | the state of being cancelled or annulled |
| revolution13 | a drastic and far-reaching change in ways of thinking and behaving |
| riboflavin18 | a B vitamin that prevents skin lesions and weight loss |
| rifampicin19 | |
| rumination12 | a calm, lengthy, intent consideration |
| saleswoman15 | a woman salesperson |
| saleswomen15 | a woman salesperson |
| salivation13 | the secretion of saliva |
| salutation10 | an act of honor or courteous recognition |
| sanitarian10 | |
| sanitation10 | the state of being clean and conducive to health |
| saturation10 | the process of totally saturating something with a substance |
| scattergun13 | firearm that is a double-barreled smoothbore shoulder weapon for firing shot at short ranges |
| scrubwoman19 | |
| scrubwomen19 | |
| scyphozoan29 | any of various usually free-swimming marine coelenterates having a gelatinous medusoid stage as the dominant phase of its life cycle |
| seminarian12 | a student at a seminary (especially a Roman Catholic seminary) |
| senatorian10 | |
| separation12 | the state of lacking unity |
| septillion12 | the number that is represented as a one followed by 24 zeros |
| serviceman17 | someone who serves in the armed forces; a member of a military force |
| servicemen17 | someone who serves in the armed forces; a member of a military force |
| sextillion17 | the number that is represented as a one followed by 21 zeros |
| shantytown19 | a city district inhabited by people living in huts and shanties |
| shenanigan14 | reckless or malicious behavior that causes discomfort or annoyance in others |
| sibilation12 | a fricative sound (especially as an expression of disapproval) |
| simulation12 | the act of imitating the behavior of some situation or some process by means of something suitably analogous (especially for the purpose of study or personnel training) |
| skywritten20 | |
| snapdragon14 | a garden plant of the genus Antirrhinum having showy white or yellow or crimson flowers resembling the face of a dragon |
| sonication12 | |
| spallation12 | (physics) a nuclear reaction in which a bombarded nucleus breaks up into many particles |
| speciation14 | the evolution of a biological species |
| splashdown19 | a landing of a spacecraft in the sea at the end of a space flight |
| spoliation12 | (law) the intentional destruction of a document or an alteration of it that destroys its value as evidence |
| squamation21 | |
| stagnation11 | a state of inactivity (in business or art etc) |
| starvation13 | a state of extreme hunger resulting from lack of essential nutrients over a prolonged period |
| stentorian10 | used of the voice |
| stonemason12 | a craftsman who works with stone or brick |
| straighten14 | straighten up or out; make straight |
| strengthen14 | make strong or stronger |
| strobotron12 | |
| stuntwoman15 | |
| stuntwomen15 | |
| subclavian17 | situated beneath the clavicle |
| subduction15 | a geological process in which one edge of a crustal plate is forced sideways and downward into the mantle below another plate |
| subjection21 | forced submission to control by others |
| submersion14 | sinking until covered completely with water |
| submission14 | something (manuscripts or architectural plans and models or estimates or works of art of all genres etc.) submitted for the judgment of others (as in a competition) |
| subreption14 | |
| subsection14 | a section of a section; a part of a part; i.e., a part of something already divided |
| substation12 | a subsidiary station where electricity is transformed for distribution by a low-voltage network |
| subtilisin12 | |
| subvention15 | grant of financial aid as from a government to an educational institution |
| subversion15 | destroying someone's (or some group's) honesty or loyalty; undermining moral integrity |
| succession14 | a following of one thing after another in time |
| suggestion12 | an idea that is suggested |
| superclean14 | |
| superhuman17 | above or beyond the human or demanding more than human power or endurance |
| superwoman17 | |
| superwomen17 | |
| supination12 | rotation of the hands and forearms so that the palms face upward |
| suppletion14 | |
| surjection19 | |
| suspension12 | a mixture in which fine particles are suspended in a fluid where they are supported by buoyancy |
| tablespoon14 | as much as a tablespoon will hold |
| tabulation12 | information set out in tabular form |
| technician17 | someone whose occupation involves training in a specific technical process |
| teleostean10 | |
| television13 | broadcasting visual images of stationary or moving objects; ; - Ernie Kovacs |
| temptation14 | something that seduces or has the quality to seduce |
| tenderloin11 | a city district known for its vice and high crime rate |
| terreplein12 | level space where heavy guns can be mounted behind the parapet at the top of a rampart |
| theologian14 | someone who is learned in theology or who speculates about theology |
| thysanuran16 | |
| titivation13 | sprucing up; making decorative additions to |
| toleration10 | a disposition to tolerate or accept people or situations |
| tourbillon12 | |
| townswoman18 | |
| townswomen18 | |
| trabeation12 | |
| trajection19 | |
| transition10 | the act of passing from one state or place to the next |
| transposon12 | a segment of DNA that can become integrated at many different sites along a chromosome (especially a segment of bacterial DNA that can be translocated as a whole) |
| trawlerman15 | |
| trawlermen15 | |
| triggerman14 | a professional killer who uses a gun |
| triggermen14 | a professional killer who uses a gun |
| trisection12 | |
| triskelion14 | a figure consisting of three stylized human arms or legs (or three bent lines) radiating from a center |
| tristearin10 | a triglyceride of stearic acid |
| truncation12 | the property of being truncated or short |
| tryptophan20 | an amino acid that occurs in proteins; is essential for growth and normal metabolism; a precursor of niacin |
| tuberculin14 | a sterile liquid containing a purified protein derivative of the tuberculosis bacterium; used in the diagnosis of tuberculosis |
| tumbledown18 | |
| turnverein13 | a club of tumblers or gymnasts |
| ulceration12 | a circumscribed inflammatory and often suppurating lesion on the skin or an internal mucous surface resulting in necrosis of tissue |
| ultraclean12 | |
| ultrahuman15 | |
| unbeholden16 | free of moral obligation |
| undereaten11 | |
| undertaken15 | enter upon an activity or enterprise |
| undulation11 | an undulating curve |
| unforeseen13 | not anticipated; - H.W.Glidden |
| urtication12 | an itchy skin eruption characterized by weals with pale interiors and well-defined red margins; usually the result of an allergic response to insect bites or food or drugs |
| usurpation12 | entry to another's property without right or permission |
| validation14 | the act of validating; finding or testing the truth of something |
| vegetarian14 | eater of fruits and grains and nuts; someone who eats no meat or fish or (often) any animal products |
| vegetation14 | all the plant life in a particular region or period |
| veneration13 | a feeling of profound respect for someone or something |
| vermillion15 | of a vivid red to reddish-orange color |
| visitation13 | an annoying or frustrating or catastrophic event |
| waitperson15 | |
| watermelon15 | an African melon |
| weatherman18 | predicts the weather |
| weathermen18 | predicts the weather |
| windscreen16 | transparent screen (as of glass) to protect occupants of a vehicle |
| workingman20 | an employee who performs manual or industrial labor |
| workingmen20 | an employee who performs manual or industrial labor |
| zwitterion22 | |
| Word | Definition |
| abduction14 | the criminal act of capturing and carrying away by force a family member; if a man's wife is abducted it is a crime against the family relationship and against the wife |
| abjection20 | a low or downcast state; - H.L.Menchken |
| abolition11 | the act of abolishing a system or practice or institution (especially abolishing slavery) |
| abruption13 | an instance of sudden interruption |
| accession13 | a process of increasing by addition (as to a collection or group) |
| accordion14 | a portable box-shaped free-reed instrument; the reeds are made to vibrate by air from the bellows controlled by the player |
| accretion13 | an increase by natural growth or addition |
| actuation11 | the act of propelling |
| acylation14 | the process of introducing an acyl group into a compound |
| addiction13 | being abnormally tolerant to and dependent on something that is psychologically or physically habit-forming (especially alcohol or narcotic drugs) |
| adduction13 | (physiology) moving of a body part toward the central axis of the body |
| ademption14 | |
| admission12 | the act of admitting someone to enter |
| adoration10 | a feeling of profound love and admiration |
| adrenalin10 | a catecholamine secreted by the adrenal medulla in response to stress (trade name Adrenalin); stimulates autonomic nerve action |
| adulation10 | servile flattery; exaggerated and hypocritical praise |
| advection15 | (meteorology) the horizontal transfer of heat or other atmospheric properties |
| affection17 | a positive feeling of liking |
| aflatoxin19 | a potent carcinogen from the fungus Aspergillus; can be produced and stored for use as a bioweapon |
| afternoon12 | the part of the day between noon and evening |
| afterpain14 | |
| agitation10 | a mental state of extreme emotional disturbance |
| allantoin9 | |
| allethrin12 | |
| alpenhorn14 | |
| amazonian20 | |
| ambrosian13 | of or by or relating to Saint Ambrose |
| amoebaean13 | |
| amphibian18 | a flat-bottomed motor vehicle that can travel on land or water |
| amygdalin16 | a bitter cyanogenic glucoside extracted from the seeds of apricots and plums and bitter almonds |
| amylopsin16 | |
| anchorman16 | a television reporter who coordinates a broadcast to which several correspondents contribute |
| anchormen16 | a television reporter who coordinates a broadcast to which several correspondents contribute |
| animalian11 | |
| animation11 | the condition of living or the state of being alive |
| annelidan10 | relating to or belonging to or characteristic of any worms of the phylum Annelida |
| anthelion12 | |
| anthemion14 | |
| anthocyan17 | |
| anthozoan21 | sessile marine coelenterates including solitary and colonial polyps; the medusoid phase is entirely suppressed |
| antialien9 | |
| antiauxin16 | |
| anticodon12 | |
| antihuman14 | |
| antimycin16 | a crystalline antibiotic active against various fungi |
| antitoxin16 | an antibody that can neutralize a specific toxin |
| antiunion9 | |
| antiurban11 | |
| antivenin12 | an antitoxin that counteracts the effects of venom from the bite of a snake or insect or other animal |
| antiwoman14 | |
| appertain13 | be a part or attribute of |
| apportion13 | distribute according to a plan or set apart for a special purpose |
| araneidan10 | relating to or resembling a spider |
| arcuation11 | |
| ascension11 | (Christianity) celebration of the Ascension of Christ into heaven; observed on the 40th day after Easter |
| ascertain11 | establish after a calculation, investigation, experiment, survey, or study |
| aspersion11 | a disparaging remark |
| assertion9 | a declaration that is made emphatically (as if no supporting evidence were necessary) |
| astrachan14 | |
| astrakhan16 | the fur of young lambs |
| asyndeton13 | the omission of conjunctions where they would normally be used |
| attackman17 | |
| attackmen17 | |
| attention9 | the process whereby a person concentrates on some features of the environment to the (relative) exclusion of others |
| attrition9 | erosion by friction |
| autolysin12 | |
| automaton11 | someone who acts or responds in a mechanical or apathetic way |
| autotoxin16 | |
| aventurin12 | |
| avocation14 | an auxiliary activity |
| badminton14 | a game played on a court with light long-handled rackets used to volley a shuttlecock over a net |
| baldachin17 | ornamented canopy supported by columns or suspended from a roof or projected from a wall (as over an altar) |
| baldaquin21 | |
| balmacaan15 | |
| bandoneon12 | a type of concertina popular in South America |
| bandwagon16 | a popular trend that attracts growing support |
| barbarian13 | a member of an uncivilized people |
| barracoon13 | |
| basilican13 | of or relating to or resembling a basilica |
| battalion11 | an army unit usually consisting of a headquarters and three or more companies |
| bazillion20 | |
| bedridden14 | confined to bed (by illness) |
| bijection20 | |
| bilection13 | |
| bilirubin13 | an orange-yellow pigment in the bile that forms as a product of hemoglobin; excess amounts in the blood produce the yellow appearance observed in jaundice |
| bioregion12 | |
| bioweapon16 | any weapon usable in biological warfare |
| birdbrain14 | a person with confused ideas; incapable of serious thought |
| bisection13 | dividing into two equal parts |
| boatswain14 | a petty officer on a merchant ship who controls the work of other seamen |
| bolection13 | |
| bombardon16 | a tuba that coils over the shoulder of the musician |
| bondwoman17 | a female bound to serve without wages |
| bondwomen17 | a female bound to serve without wages |
| boogerman14 | |
| boogermen14 | |
| boogeyman17 | an imaginary monster used to frighten children |
| boogeymen17 | an imaginary monster used to frighten children |
| boogieman14 | |
| boogiemen14 | |
| brannigan12 | |
| brasilein11 | |
| brazilein20 | |
| breakdown19 | the act of disrupting an established order so it fails to continue |
| breakeven18 | |
| breastpin13 | a decorative pin worn by women |
| brickkiln21 | a kiln for making bricks |
| bringdown16 | |
| broadbean14 | |
| bromelain13 | |
| broomcorn15 | tall grasses grown for the elongated stiff-branched panicle used for brooms and brushes |
| buckthorn20 | a shrub or shrubby tree of the genus Rhamnus; fruits are source of yellow dyes or pigments |
| builddown16 | |
| bushelman16 | |
| bushelmen16 | |
| cacodemon16 | an evil spirit |
| caecilian13 | any of the small slender limbless burrowing wormlike amphibians of the order Gymnophiona; inhabit moist soil in tropical regions |
| caesarean11 | the delivery of a fetus by surgical incision through the abdominal wall and uterus (from the belief that Julius Caesar was born that way) |
| caesarian11 | the delivery of a fetus by surgical incision through the abdominal wall and uterus (from the belief that Julius Caesar was born that way) |
| calvarian14 | |
| cameraman15 | a photographer who operates a movie camera |
| cameramen15 | a photographer who operates a movie camera |
| candlepin14 | a bowling pin that is thin by comparison with a tenpin |
| caparison13 | stable gear consisting of a decorated covering for a horse, especially (formerly) for a warhorse |
| capsaicin15 | colorless pungent crystalline compound derived from capsicum; source of the hotness of hot peppers of the genus Capsicum such as chili and cayenne and jalapeno |
| carbanion13 | |
| caretaken15 | |
| carnation11 | Eurasian plant with pink to purple-red spice-scented usually double flowers; widely cultivated in many varieties and many colors |
| carnelian11 | a translucent red or orange variety of chalcedony |
| carrageen12 | dark purple edible seaweed of the Atlantic coasts of Europe and North America |
| caseation11 | |
| cassation11 | |
| castellan11 | |
| catamaran13 | a sailboat with two parallel hulls held together by single deck |
| cathepsin16 | |
| cattleman13 | a man who raises (or tends) cattle |
| cattlemen13 | a man who raises (or tends) cattle |
| caudation12 | |
| causation11 | the act of causing something to happen |
| celloidin12 | |
| centurion11 | (ancient Rome) the leader of 100 soldiers |
| cercarian13 | |
| cessation11 | a stopping |
| chalazion23 | a small sebaceous cyst of the eyelid resulting when a Meibomian gland is blocked |
| chalcogen17 | |
| chameleon16 | a changeable or inconstant person |
| chamfrain19 | |
| champaign19 | extensive tract of level open land |
| charlatan14 | a flamboyant deceiver; one who attracts customers with tricks or jokes |
| charwoman19 | a human female employed to do housework |
| charwomen19 | a human female employed to do housework |
| chatelain14 | |
| chawbacon21 | a person who is not very intelligent or interested in culture |
| checkrein20 | a rein designed to keep the horse's head in the desired position |
| chelation14 | (medicine) the process of removing a heavy metal from the bloodstream by means of a chelate as in treating lead or mercury poisoning |
| chelonian14 | a reptile of the order Chelonia |
| chieftain17 | the leader of a group of people |
| chilblain16 | inflammation of the hands and feet caused by exposure to cold and moisture |
| chiltepin16 | |
| chincapin18 | small nut of either of two small chestnut trees of the southern United States; resembles a hazelnut |
| chinkapin20 | small nut of either of two small chestnut trees of the southern United States; resembles a hazelnut |
| chromatin16 | the readily stainable substance of a cell nucleus consisting of DNA and RNA and various proteins; during mitotic division it condenses into chromosomes |
| chromogen17 | a compound that can be converted to a pigment |
| chthonian17 | dwelling beneath the surface of the earth |
| churchman21 | a clergyman or other person in religious orders |
| churchmen21 | a clergyman or other person in religious orders |
| ciliation11 | |
| circadian14 | of or relating to biological processes occurring at 24-hour intervals |
| cisplatin13 | |
| clampdown19 | sudden restriction on an activity |
| clavation14 | |
| clavicorn16 | |
| clergyman17 | a member of the clergy and a spiritual leader of the Christian Church |
| clergymen17 | a member of the clergy and a spiritual leader of the Christian Church |
| climbdown19 | |
| clinician13 | a practitioner (of medicine or psychology) who does clinical work instead of laboratory experiments |
| closedown15 | termination of operations |
| clubwoman18 | |
| clubwomen18 | |
| cnidarian12 | radially symmetrical animals having saclike bodies with only one opening and tentacles with stinging structures; they occur in polyp and medusa forms |
| coalition11 | an organization of people (or countries) involved in a pact or treaty |
| cobalamin15 | a B vitamin that is used to treat pernicious anemia |
| cocaptain15 | |
| cockswain20 | |
| cognation12 | line of descent traced through the maternal side of the family |
| cognition12 | the psychological result of perception and learning and reasoning |
| colcannon13 | |
| collation11 | a light informal meal |
| collegian12 | a student (or former student) at a college or university |
| collision11 | (physics) a brief event in which two or more bodies come together |
| collodion12 | a colorless syrupy solution of pyroxylin in ether and alcohol; used as a coating for wounds or photographic films |
| collusion11 | secret agreement |
| commotion15 | a disorderly outburst or tumult |
| communion15 | the act of participating in the celebration of the Eucharist |
| companion15 | a friend who is frequently in the company of another |
| concision13 | terseness and economy in writing and speaking achieved by expressing a great deal in just a few words |
| condition12 | a state at a particular time |
| confusion14 | disorder resulting from a failure to behave predictably |
| connation11 | |
| connexion18 | a connecting shape |
| constrain11 | hold back |
| contagion12 | any disease easily transmitted by contact |
| contusion11 | an injury that doesn't break the skin but results in some discoloration |
| cornelian11 | a translucent red or orange variety of chalcedony |
| cornerman13 | |
| cornermen13 | |
| cornichon16 | |
| corrasion11 | erosion by friction |
| corrosion11 | a state of deterioration in metals caused by oxidation or chemical action |
| cosmotron13 | a large proton synchrotron; uses frequency modulation of an electric field to accelerate protons |
| cotillion11 | a ball at which young ladies are presented to society |
| cotyledon15 | embryonic leaf in seed-bearing plants |
| countdown15 | counting backward from an arbitrary number to indicate the time remaining before some event (such as launching a space vehicle) |
| courtesan11 | a woman who cohabits with an important man |
| courtezan20 | |
| cowritten14 | |
| crackdown21 | severely repressive actions |
| cracksman19 | a thief who breaks open safes to steal valuable contents |
| cracksmen19 | a thief who breaks open safes to steal valuable contents |
| craftsman16 | a professional whose work is consistently of high quality |
| craftsmen16 | a professional whose work is consistently of high quality |
| cremation13 | the incineration of a dead body |
| crenation11 | one of a series of rounded projections (or the notches between them) formed by curves along an edge (as the edge of a leaf or piece of cloth or the margin of a shell or a shriveled red blood cell observed in a hypertonic solution etc.) |
| criterion11 | a basis for comparison; a reference point against which other things can be evaluated |
| crosstown14 | going or extending across a town or city |
| cupferron16 | |
| custodian12 | one having charge of buildings or grounds or animals |
| cyberporn18 | |
| cybrarian16 | |
| cyclopean18 | of or relating to or resembling the Cyclops |
| cyclotron16 | an accelerator that imparts energies of several million electron-volts to rapidly moving particles |
| cytokinin18 | any of a class of plant hormones that promote cell division and delay the senescence of leaves |
| cytolysin17 | a substance that partly or completely destroys animal cells |
| cytotoxin21 | any substance that has a toxic effect on cells |
| daedalean11 | |
| daedalian11 | |
| dalmatian12 | a native or inhabitant of Dalmatia |
| daltonian10 | |
| damaskeen16 | |
| damnation12 | the act of damning |
| dandelion11 | any of several herbs of the genus Taraxacum having long tap roots and deeply notched leaves and bright yellow flowers followed by fluffy seed balls |
| darnation10 | |
| dealation10 | |
| deathsman15 | |
| deathsmen15 | |
| decapodan15 | |
| decathlon15 | an athletic contest consisting of ten different events |
| deceleron12 | |
| deception14 | a misleading falsehood |
| decillion12 | |
| decoction14 | (pharmacology) the extraction of water-soluble drug substances by boiling |
| deduction13 | a reduction in the gross amount on which a tax is calculated; reduces taxes by the percentage fixed for the taxpayer's income bracket |
| defection15 | withdrawing support or help despite allegiance or responsibility |
| deflation13 | (geology) the erosion of soil as a consequence of sand and dust and loose rocks being removed by the wind |
| deflexion20 | the amount by which a propagating wave is bent |
| dejection19 | a state of melancholy depression |
| demeraran12 | |
| demission12 | |
| dentation10 | |
| dentition10 | the eruption through the gums of baby teeth |
| depiction14 | a graphic or vivid verbal description |
| depletion12 | the act of decreasing something markedly |
| desertion10 | withdrawing support or help despite allegiance or responsibility |
| desmidian13 | |
| detection12 | the perception that something has occurred or some state exists |
| detention10 | a state of being confined (usually for a short time) |
| detrition10 | erosion by friction |
| detrusion10 | |
| deviation13 | a variation that deviates from the standard or norm |
| dictation12 | an authoritative direction or instruction to do something |
| dietician12 | a specialist in the study of nutrition |
| dietitian10 | a specialist in the study of nutrition |
| diffusion16 | (physics) the process in which there is movement of a substance from an area of high concentration of that substance to an area of lower concentration |
| digestion11 | the process of decomposing organic matter (as in sewage) by bacteria or by chemical action or heat |
| digitalin11 | a powerful cardiac stimulant obtained from foxglove |
| digitonin11 | |
| digitoxin18 | digitalis preparation used to treat congestive heart failure or cardiac arrhythmia |
| dimension12 | the magnitude of something in a particular direction (especially length or width or height) |
| dionysian13 | of or relating to or worshipping Dionysus |
| diosgenin11 | |
| direction12 | a line leading to a place or point |
| disburden13 | take the burden off; remove the burden from |
| disproven15 | |
| disseisin10 | |
| disseizin19 | |
| diversion13 | an activity that diverts or amuses or stimulates |
| divulsion13 | |
| dodecagon14 | a twelve-sided polygon |
| doorwoman15 | |
| doorwomen15 | |
| doubleton12 | (bridge) a pair of playing cards that are the only cards in their suit in the hand dealt to a player |
| draconian12 | of or relating to Draco or his harsh code of laws |
| draftsman15 | a skilled worker who draws plans of buildings or machines |
| draftsmen15 | a skilled worker who draws plans of buildings or machines |
| duralumin12 | an aluminum-based alloy |
| dynorphin18 | |
| dystopian15 | of or pertaining to or resembling a dystopia |
| ealdorman12 | |
| ealdormen12 | |
| earthborn14 | of earthly origin (as mortals are) |
| education12 | the activities of educating or instructing; activities that impart knowledge or skill |
| effluxion22 | |
| egression10 | the act of coming (or going) out; becoming apparent |
| eiderdown14 | a soft quilt usually filled with the down of the eider |
| eledoisin10 | |
| elevation12 | the event of something being raised upward |
| elocution11 | an expert manner of speaking involving control of voice and gesture |
| emanation11 | something that is emitted or radiated (as a gas or an odor or a light, etc.) |
| emulation11 | ambition to equal or excel |
| encrimson13 | make crimson |
| endorphin15 | a neurochemical occurring naturally in the brain and having analgesic properties |
| endotoxin17 | a toxin that is confined inside the microorganisms and is released only when the microorganisms are broken down or die |
| energumen12 | |
| enlighten13 | make understand |
| entertain9 | provide entertainment for |
| entropion11 | |
| ephemeron16 | anything short-lived, as an insect that lives only for a day in its winged form |
| epicurean13 | a person devoted to refined sensuous enjoyment (especially good food and drink) |
| epilation11 | loss of hair; the result of removing hair |
| erudition10 | profound scholarly knowledge |
| euclidean12 | relating to geometry as developed by Euclid |
| euclidian12 | relating to geometry as developed by Euclid |
| eutherian12 | mammals having a placenta; all mammals except monotremes and marsupials |
| evergreen13 | a plant having foliage that persists and remains green throughout the year |
| evocation14 | imaginative re-creation |
| evolution12 | a process in which something passes by degrees to a different stage (especially a more advanced or mature stage) |
| exception20 | a deliberate act of omission |
| exciseman20 | someone who collects taxes for the government |
| excisemen20 | someone who collects taxes for the government |
| exclusion18 | the state of being excluded |
| excretion18 | the bodily process of discharging waste matter |
| excursion18 | a journey taken for pleasure |
| execution18 | putting a condemned person to death |
| exemption20 | immunity from an obligation or duty |
| expansion18 | the act of increasing (something) in size or volume or quantity or scope |
| expiation18 | compensation for a wrong |
| explosion18 | a violent release of energy caused by a chemical or nuclear reaction |
| expulsion18 | the act of forcing out someone or something |
| exsection18 | |
| exsertion16 | |
| extension16 | a mutually agreed delay in the date set for the completion of a job or payment of a debt |
| extortion16 | an exorbitant charge |
| extrusion16 | something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings |
| exudation17 | a substance that oozes out from plant pores |
| eyestrain12 | a tiredness of the eyes caused by prolonged close work by a person with an uncorrected vision problem |
| feedgrain14 | |
| fellaheen15 | an agricultural laborer in Arab countries |
| fellation12 | oral stimulation of the penis |
| fellowman17 | |
| fellowmen17 | |
| fieldsman15 | a member of the cricket team that is fielding rather than batting |
| fieldsmen15 | a member of the cricket team that is fielding rather than batting |
| filiation12 | the kinship relation between an individual and the individual's progenitors |
| firethorn15 | any of various thorny shrubs of the genus Pyracantha bearing small white flowers followed by hard red or orange-red berries |
| firstborn14 | the offspring who came first in the order of birth |
| fisherman17 | someone whose occupation is catching fish |
| fishermen17 | someone whose occupation is catching fish |
| flagellin13 | |
| flotation12 | the phenomenon of floating (remaining on the surface of a liquid without sinking) |
| foliation12 | (botany) the process of forming leaves |
| forbidden16 | command against |
| forebrain14 | the anterior portion of the brain; the part of the brain that develops from the anterior part of the neural tube |
| foreknown19 | realize beforehand |
| foreshown18 | foretell by divine inspiration |
| foresworn15 | |
| foretoken16 | an event that is experienced as indicating important things to come |
| forewoman17 | a woman who is foreperson of a jury |
| forewomen17 | a woman who is foreperson of a jury |
| forgotten13 | dismiss from the mind; stop remembering |
| formation14 | an arrangement of people or things acting as a unit |
| francolin14 | |
| freemason14 | a member of a widespread secret fraternal order pledged to mutual assistance and brotherly love |
| furcation14 | the place where something divides into branches |
| gambogian15 | |
| gammadion15 | |
| garageman13 | |
| garagemen13 | |
| gazillion19 | a very large indefinite number (usually hyperbole) |
| gemmation14 | asexual reproduction in which a local growth on the surface or in the body of the parent becomes a separate individual |
| genistein10 | |
| gentleman12 | a man of refinement |
| gentlemen12 | a man of refinement |
| gerfalcon15 | large and rare Arctic falcon having white and dark color phases |
| gestalten10 | a configuration or pattern of elements so unified as a whole that it cannot be described merely as a sum of its parts |
| gestation10 | the period during which an embryo develops (about 266 days in humans) |
| gigantean11 | |
| goitrogen11 | any substance (such as thiouracil) that induces the formation of a goiter |
| gorgonian11 | corals having a horny or calcareous branching skeleton |
| gradation11 | relative position in a graded series |
| grantsman12 | |
| grantsmen12 | |
| greenhorn13 | an awkward and inexperienced youth |
| grimalkin16 | |
| groomsman14 | a male attendant of the bridegroom at a wedding |
| groomsmen14 | a male attendant of the bridegroom at a wedding |
| grosgrain11 | a silk or silklike fabric with crosswise ribs |
| guardsman13 | a soldier who is a member of a unit called `the guard' or `guards' |
| guardsmen13 | a soldier who is a member of a unit called `the guard' or `guards' |
| guildsman13 | |
| guildsmen13 | |
| guncotton12 | a nitric acid ester; used in lacquers and explosives |
| gustation10 | the faculty of distinguishing sweet, sour, bitter, and salty properties in the mouth |
| guttation10 | |
| gyrfalcon18 | large and rare Arctic falcon having white and dark color phases |
| habergeon15 | (Middle Ages) a light sleeveless coat of chain mail worn under the hauberk |
| hagridden15 | tormented or harassed by nightmares or unreasonable fears; - C.S.Lewis |
| halogeton13 | a coarse annual herb introduced into North America from Siberia; dangerous to sheep and cattle on western rangelands because of its high oxalate content |
| handblown18 | |
| handwoven19 | made on a handloom |
| harlequin21 | a clown or buffoon (after the Harlequin character in the commedia dell'arte) |
| harmattan14 | a dusty wind from the Sahara that blows toward the western coast of Africa during the winter |
| hartshorn15 | |
| heartburn14 | a painful burning sensation in the chest caused by gastroesophageal reflux (backflow from the stomach irritating the esophagus); symptomatic of an ulcer or a diaphragmatic hernia or other disorder |
| heliozoan21 | protozoa with spherical bodies and stiff radiating pseudopods |
| hemolysin17 | any substance that can cause lysis (destruction) of erythrocytes (red blood cells) and the release of their hemoglobin |
| hemotoxin21 | |
| herculean14 | displaying superhuman strength or power |
| hifalutin15 | affectedly genteel |
| hindbrain15 | the posterior portion of the brain including cerebellum and brainstem |
| historian12 | a person who is an authority on history and who studies it and writes about it |
| hobgoblin17 | (folklore) a small grotesque supernatural creature that makes trouble for human beings |
| homegrown18 | grown or originating in a particular place |
| honeymoon17 | a holiday taken by a newly married couple |
| horsebean14 | seed of the broad-bean plant |
| hydration16 | the process of combining with water; usually reversible |
| hydrozoan25 | colonial coelenterates having the polyp phase dominant |
| ibuprofen16 | a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory and analgesic medicine (trade names Advil and Motrin and Nuprin) used to relieve the pain of arthritis and as an antipyretic |
| ichneumon16 | northern African mongoose; in ancient times thought to devour crocodile eggs |
| iguanodon11 | massive herbivorous bipedal dinosaur with a long heavy tail; common in Europe and northern Africa; early Cretaceous period |
| imitation11 | the doctrine that representations of nature or human behavior should be accurate imitations |
| immersion13 | sinking until covered completely with water |
| immunogen14 | any substance or organism that provokes an immune response (produces immunity) when introduced into the body |
| impaction15 | the condition of being pressed closely together and firmly fixed |
| impassion13 | |
| impletion13 | |
| implosion13 | a sudden inward collapse |
| impulsion13 | a force that moves something along |
| inanition9 | weakness characterized by a lack of vitality or energy |
| incaution11 | the trait of forgetting or ignoring possible danger |
| inception13 | an event that is a beginning; a first part or stage of subsequent events |
| inclusion11 | the state of being included |
| incretion11 | |
| incursion11 | the act of entering some territory or domain (often in large numbers) |
| indention10 | the space left between the margin and the start of an indented line |
| indiction12 | a 15-year cycle used as a chronological unit in ancient Rome and adopted in some medieval kingdoms |
| indigotin11 | a blue dye obtained from plants or made synthetically |
| induction12 | a formal entry into an organization or position or office |
| infection14 | the pathological state resulting from the invasion of the body by pathogenic microorganisms |
| inflation12 | a general and progressive increase in prices |
| inflexion19 | a change in the form of a word (usually by adding a suffix) to indicate a change in its grammatical function |
| ingestion10 | the process of taking food into the body through the mouth (as by eating) |
| injection18 | the forceful insertion of a substance under pressure |
| insertion9 | a message (spoken or written) that is introduced or inserted |
| intension9 | what you must know in order to determine the reference of an expression |
| intention9 | an anticipated outcome that is intended or that guides your planned actions |
| interclan11 | |
| interjoin16 | |
| interloan9 | |
| intrusion9 | any entry into an area not previously occupied |
| intuition9 | instinctive knowing (without the use of rational processes) |
| inunction11 | anointing as part of a religious ceremony or healing ritual |
| invention12 | the creation of something in the mind |
| inversion12 | the layer of air near the earth is cooler than an overlying layer |
| ironwoman14 | |
| ironwomen14 | |
| irruption11 | a sudden violent entrance; a bursting in |
| isolation9 | a state of separation between persons or groups |
| iteration9 | (computer science) a single execution of a set of instructions that are to be repeated |
| jactation18 | (pathology) extremely restless tossing and twitching usually by a person with a severe illness |
| jellybean21 | |
| joyridden21 | |
| jurywoman24 | someone who serves (or waits to be called to serve) on a jury |
| jurywomen24 | someone who serves (or waits to be called to serve) on a jury |
| kanamycin20 | antibiotic (trade name Kantrex) used to treat severe infections |
| kazillion22 | |
| keybutton18 | |
| kilderkin18 | an obsolete British unit of capacity equal to 18 Imperial gallons |
| kinswoman18 | a female relative |
| kinswomen18 | a female relative |
| knockdown23 | a blow that knocks the opponent off his feet |
| krummhorn20 | a Renaissance woodwind with a double reed and a curving tube (crooked horn) |
| lactation11 | the period following birth during which milk is secreted |
| lallation9 | defective articulation of the `l' phoneme or the phoneme `r' is pronounced as `l' |
| lamebrain13 | |
| laminarin11 | |
| lanthanon12 | any element of the lanthanide series (atomic numbers 57 through 71) |
| laterborn11 | |
| laudation10 | |
| layperson14 | someone who is not a clergyman or a professional person |
| lebkuchen20 | |
| letterman11 | an athlete who has earned a letter in a school sport |
| lettermen11 | an athlete who has earned a letter in a school sport |
| leviathan15 | the largest or most massive thing of its kind |
| librarian11 | a professional person trained in library science and engaged in library services |
| libration11 | (astronomy) a real or apparent slow oscillation of a moon or satellite |
| lictorian11 | |
| lineation9 | the line that appears to bound an object |
| liquation18 | |
| liveryman17 | a worker in a livery stable |
| liverymen17 | a worker in a livery stable |
| longicorn12 | long-bodied beetle having very long antennae |
| luciferin14 | pigment occurring in luminescent organisms (as fireflies); emits heatless light when undergoing oxidation |
| lumberman15 | a person who fells trees |
| lumbermen15 | a person who fells trees |
| magnesian12 | |
| magnetron12 | a diode vacuum tube in which the flow of electrons from a central cathode to a cylindrical anode is controlled by crossed magnetic and electric fields; used mainly in microwave oscillators |
| malathion14 | a yellow insecticide used as a dust or spray to control garden pests and house flies and mites |
| malvasian14 | |
| mammalian15 | any warm-blooded vertebrate having the skin more or less covered with hair; young are born alive except for the small subclass of monotremes and nourished with milk |
| manhattan14 | one of the five boroughs of New York City |
| mannequin20 | a woman who wears clothes to display fashions |
| marmorean13 | of or relating to or characteristic of marble |
| mausolean11 | |
| mavournin14 | |
| mayhappen21 | |
| medaillon12 | |
| medallion12 | any of various large ancient Greek coins |
| mediation12 | a negotiation to resolve differences that is conducted by some impartial party |
| melatonin11 | hormone secreted by the pineal gland |
| mellotron11 | |
| melphalan16 | antineoplastic drug (trade name Alkeran) used to treat multiple myeloma and some other malignancies |
| mentation11 | the process of using your mind to consider something carefully |
| merbromin15 | |
| mercaptan15 | |
| metformin16 | an antidiabetic drug (trade name Glucophage) prescribed to treat type II diabetes |
| metheglin15 | spiced or medicated mead |
| microbian15 | |
| microloan13 | |
| middleman15 | someone who buys large quantities of goods and resells to merchants rather than to the ultimate customers |
| middlemen15 | someone who buys large quantities of goods and resells to merchants rather than to the ultimate customers |
| migration12 | the movement of persons from one country or locality to another |
| minuteman13 | an American militiaman prior to and during the American Revolution |
| minutemen13 | an American militiaman prior to and during the American Revolution |
| misassign12 | |
| misbutton13 | |
| mischosen16 | |
| misdriven15 | |
| misgovern15 | govern badly |
| misreckon17 | |
| misshapen16 | so badly formed or out of shape as to be ugly |
| misspoken17 | |
| misthrown17 | |
| mitomycin18 | a complex of antibiotic substances obtained from a streptomyces bacterium; one form (trade name Mutamycin) shows promise as an anticancer drug |
| modillion12 | (architecture) one of a set of ornamental brackets under a cornice |
| molluscan13 | |
| molluskan15 | |
| mongolian12 | a member of the nomadic peoples of Mongolia |
| morphogen17 | |
| mortarman13 | |
| mortarmen13 | |
| mortician13 | one whose business is the management of funerals |
| mossgrown15 | |
| mucinogen14 | |
| mujahedin22 | a military force of Muslim guerilla warriors engaged in a jihad |
| mujahidin22 | a military force of Muslim guerilla warriors engaged in a jihad |
| multipion13 | |
| muscleman15 | a bully employed as a thug or bodyguard |
| musclemen15 | a bully employed as a thug or bodyguard |
| muskmelon17 | any of several varieties of vine whose fruit has a netted rind and edible flesh and a musky smell |
| mycotoxin23 | a toxin produced by a fungus |
| myoglobin17 | a hemoprotein that receives oxygen from hemoglobin and stores it in the tissues until needed |
| myrobalan16 | small Asiatic tree bearing edible red or yellow fruit |
| narration9 | a message that tells the particulars of an act or occurrence or course of events; presented in writing or drama or cinema or as a radio or television program |
| nebenkern15 | |
| nectarean11 | |
| nemertean11 | soft unsegmented marine worms that have a threadlike proboscis and the ability to stretch and contract |
| nervation12 | |
| newswoman17 | a female newsperson |
| newswomen17 | a female newsperson |
| nictation11 | a reflex that closes and opens the eyes rapidly |
| nightgown17 | lingerie consisting of a loose dress designed to be worn in bed by women |
| ninhydrin16 | |
| nitration9 | |
| nonaction11 | |
| nonfrozen21 | |
| nonillion9 | |
| nonmodern12 | not modern; of or characteristic of an earlier time |
| nonperson11 | a person regarded as nonexistent and having no rights; a person whose existence is systematically ignored (especially for ideological or political reasons) |
| nonproven14 | |
| nonvirgin13 | |
| nunnation9 | |
| nutrition9 | (physiology) the organic process of nourishing or being nourished; the processes by which an organism assimilates food and uses it for growth and maintenance |
| oarswoman14 | a woman oarsman |
| oarswomen14 | a woman oarsman |
| objection20 | the act of expressing earnest opposition or protest |
| obsession11 | an irrational motive for performing trivial or repetitive actions, even against your will |
| obtrusion11 | |
| obversion14 | |
| obviation14 | the act of preventing something by anticipating and disposing of it effectively |
| occlusion13 | closure or blockage (as of a blood vessel) |
| octillion11 | the number that is represented as a one followed by 27 zeros |
| octopodan14 | |
| oestrogen10 | a general term for female steroid sex hormones that are secreted by the ovary and responsible for typical female sexual characteristics |
| offscreen17 | |
| olecranon11 | process of the ulna that forms the outer bump of the elbow and fits into the fossa of the humerus when the arm is extended |
| oleoresin9 | a naturally occurring mixture of a resin and an essential oil; obtained from certain plants |
| olfaction14 | the faculty that enables us to distinguish scents |
| ombudsman16 | a government appointee who investigates complaints by private persons against the government |
| ombudsmen16 | a government appointee who investigates complaints by private persons against the government |
| onionskin13 | a thin strong lightweight translucent paper used especially for making carbon copies |
| operation11 | the state of being in effect or being operative |
| orangutan10 | large long-armed ape of Borneo and Sumatra having arboreal habits |
| outbidden13 | bid over an opponent's bid when one's partner has not bid or doubled |
| outbrazen20 | |
| outdesign11 | |
| outdriven13 | |
| outreason9 | |
| outreckon15 | |
| outridden11 | hang on during a trial of endurance |
| outspoken15 | given to expressing yourself freely or insistently |
| outthrown15 | |
| ovalbumin16 | the white part of an egg; the nutritive and protective gelatinous substance surrounding the yolk consisting mainly of albumin dissolved in water |
| overblown17 | puffed up with vanity; ; ; ; - Newsweek |
| overclean14 | |
| overdrawn16 | draw more money from than is available |
| overeaten12 | |
| overflown18 | flow or run over (a limit or brim) |
| overgrown16 | grow too large |
| overladen13 | loaded past capacity |
| overlearn12 | |
| overtaken16 | catch up with and possibly overtake |
| overtrain12 | |
| ovulation12 | the expulsion of an ovum from the ovary (usually midway in the menstrual cycle) |
| oxacillin18 | a form of penicillin resistant to penicillinase and effective against penicillin-resistant staphylococci |
| oxidation17 | the process of oxidizing; the addition of oxygen to a compound with a loss of electrons; always occurs accompanied by reduction |
| oysterman14 | |
| oystermen14 | |
| ozonation18 | |
| palankeen15 | a closed litter carried on the shoulders of four bearers |
| palanquin20 | a closed litter carried on the shoulders of four bearers |
| palmation13 | |
| palpation13 | a method of examination in which the examiner feels the size or shape or firmness or location of something (of body parts when the examiner is a health professional) |
| pantaloon11 | a buffoon in modern pantomimes; the butt of jokes |
| pantryman16 | a manservant (usually the head servant of a household) who has charge of wines and the table |
| pantrymen16 | a manservant (usually the head servant of a household) who has charge of wines and the table |
| parathion14 | a colorless and odorless toxic oil used as an insecticide |
| parhelion14 | a bright spot on the parhelic circle; caused by diffraction by ice crystals |
| partition11 | a vertical structure that divides or separates (as a wall divides one room from another) |
| pastedown15 | |
| patrician13 | a person of refined upbringing and manners |
| patrolman13 | a policeman who patrols a given region |
| patrolmen13 | a policeman who patrols a given region |
| pellagrin12 | |
| peltation11 | |
| pendragon13 | the supreme war chief of the ancient Britons |
| peneplain13 | a more or less level land surface representing an advanced stage of erosion undisturbed by crustal movements |
| penstemon13 | large genus of subshrubs or herbs having showy blue or purple or red or yellow or white flowers; mostly western North America |
| perdition12 | (Christianity) the abode of Satan and the forces of evil; where sinners suffer eternal punishment; - John Milton; ; -Dr. Johnson |
| perfusion14 | pumping a liquid into an organ or tissue (especially by way of blood vessels) |
| persimmon15 | any of several tropical trees of the genus Diospyros |
| pervasion14 | the process of permeating or infusing something with a substance |
| phasedown18 | |
| phellogen15 | |
| phelonion14 | |
| phenytoin17 | an anticonvulsant drug (trade name Dilantin) used to treat epilepsy and that is not a sedative |
| phlorizin23 | |
| phonathon17 | |
| phonation14 | the sound made by the vibration of vocal folds modified by the resonance of the vocal tract |
| photoscan16 | |
| phthalein17 | |
| physician19 | a licensed medical practitioner |
| phytotron17 | |
| pickaroon17 | |
| pinnation11 | |
| pistareen11 | |
| placation13 | the act of placating and overcoming distrust and animosity |
| plainsman13 | an inhabitant of a plains region (especially the Great Plains of North America) |
| plainsmen13 | an inhabitant of a plains region (especially the Great Plains of North America) |
| planarian11 | free-swimming mostly freshwater flatworms; popular in laboratory studies for the ability to regenerate lost parts |
| planation11 | the process of erosion whereby a level surface is produced |
| plantsman13 | an expert in the science of cultivating plants (fruit or flowers or vegetables or ornamental plants) |
| plantsmen13 | an expert in the science of cultivating plants (fruit or flowers or vegetables or ornamental plants) |
| plication13 | an angular or rounded shape made by folding |
| plutonian11 | of or relating to or characteristic of Hades or Tartarus |
| policeman15 | a member of a police force |
| policemen15 | a member of a police force |
| pollution11 | undesirable state of the natural environment being contaminated with harmful substances as a consequence of human activities |
| polymyxin26 | any of several toxic antibiotics obtained from a particular soil bacterium |
| porcelain13 | ceramic ware made of a more or less translucent ceramic |
| poriferan14 | primitive multicellular marine animal whose porous body is supported by a fibrous skeletal framework; usually occurs in sessile colonies |
| porphyrin19 | any of various pigments distributed widely in living tissues |
| postilion11 | someone who rides the near horse of a pair in order to guide the horses pulling a carriage (especially a carriage without a coachman) |
| praenomen13 | the first name of a citizen of ancient Rome |
| preassign12 | |
| prebidden15 | |
| prechosen16 | |
| precisian13 | |
| precision13 | the quality of being reproducible in amount or performance |
| predation12 | an act of plundering and pillaging and marauding |
| prefixion21 | |
| prefrozen23 | |
| preharden15 | |
| prelusion11 | |
| premodern14 | |
| prenotion11 | |
| preobtain13 | |
| preoption13 | |
| preordain12 | foreordain or determine beforehand |
| prereturn11 | |
| prescreen13 | |
| preseason11 | a period prior to the beginning of the regular season which is devoted to training and preparation |
| pretorian11 | of or relating to a Roman praetor |
| prevision14 | a prophetic vision (as in a dream) |
| princekin17 | |
| privation14 | a state of extreme poverty |
| proaction13 | |
| probation13 | a trial period during which your character and abilities are tested to see whether you are suitable for work or for membership |
| profusion14 | the property of being extremely abundant |
| progestin12 | any of a group of steroid hormones that have the effect of progesterone |
| prolactin13 | gonadotropic hormone secreted by the anterior pituitary; in females it stimulates growth of the mammary glands and lactation after parturition |
| prolusion11 | a short introductory essay preceding the text of a book |
| promodern14 | |
| promotion13 | a message issued in behalf of some product or cause or idea or person or institution |
| pronation11 | rotation of the hands and forearms so that the palms face downward |
| pronghorn15 | fleet antelope-like ruminant of western North American plains with small branched horns |
| properdin14 | |
| proration11 | the proportional limitation of production or distribution of something (e.g. crude oil or natural gas) to some fractional part of the total capacity of each producer |
| prosimian13 | primitive primates having large ears and eyes and characterized by nocturnal habits |
| protistan11 | free-living or colonial organisms with diverse nutritional and reproductive modes |
| protozoan20 | any of diverse minute acellular or unicellular organisms usually nonphotosynthetic |
| protozoon20 | any of diverse minute acellular or unicellular organisms usually nonphotosynthetic |
| provision14 | a stipulated condition |
| ptarmigan14 | large Arctic and subarctic grouse with feathered feet and usually white winter plumage |
| pulsation11 | (electronics) a sharp transient wave in the normal electrical state (or a series of such transients) |
| purgation12 | purging the body by the use of a cathartic to stimulate evacuation of the bowels |
| puromycin18 | |
| pyrethrin17 | |
| pyridoxin22 | |
| pyroxylin24 | highly flammable nitrocellulose used in making collodion and plastics and lacquers |
| quarryman23 | a man who works in a quarry |
| quarrymen23 | a man who works in a quarry |
| quercetin20 | |
| quotation18 | a short note recognizing a source of information or of a quoted passage |
| quotidian19 | found in the ordinary course of events; ; ; - Anita Diamant |
| radiation10 | energy that is radiated or transmitted in the form of rays or waves or particles |
| rebbetzin22 | |
| rebellion11 | refusal to accept some authority or code or convention |
| recaution11 | |
| recension11 | |
| reception13 | the manner in which something is greeted |
| recession11 | the state of the economy declines; a widespread decline in the GDP and employment and trade lasting from six months to a year |
| reclusion11 | |
| reconsign12 | |
| recursion11 | (mathematics) an expression such that each term is generated by repeating a particular mathematical operation |
| redaction12 | putting something (as a literary work or a legislative bill) into acceptable form |
| reduction12 | the act of decreasing or reducing something |
| reedition10 | |
| reexplain18 | |
| refashion15 | make new |
| refection14 | a light meal or repast |
| reflation12 | inflation of currency after a period of deflation; restore the system to a previous state |
| reflexion19 | the phenomenon of a propagating wave (light or sound) being thrown back from a surface |
| refreshen15 | become or make oneself fresh again |
| rejection18 | the act of rejecting something |
| reliction11 | |
| remission11 | an abatement in intensity or degree (as in the manifestations of a disease) |
| remoisten11 | |
| rendition10 | a performance of a musical composition or a dramatic role etc. |
| repairman13 | a skilled worker whose job is to repair things |
| repairmen13 | a skilled worker whose job is to repair things |
| repattern11 | |
| repletion11 | the state of being satisfactorily full and unable to take on more |
| reptilian11 | any cold-blooded vertebrate of the class Reptilia including tortoises, turtles, snakes, lizards, alligators, crocodiles, and extinct forms |
| repulsion11 | the force by which bodies repel one another |
| resection11 | surgical removal of part of a structure or organ |
| resharpen14 | |
| restation9 | |
| restriven12 | |
| retention9 | the act of retaining something |
| retighten13 | |
| retorsion9 | |
| retortion9 | |
| reversion12 | (law) an interest in an estate that reverts to the grantor (or his heirs) at the end of some period (e.g., the death of the grantee) |
| revulsion12 | intense aversion |
| rewritten12 | write differently; alter the writing of |
| rhodopsin15 | a red photopigment in the retinal rods of vertebrates; dissociates into retinene by light |
| ribavirin14 | an inhaled antiviral agent (trade name Virazole) that may be used to treat serious virus infections |
| rifamycin19 | |
| rosanilin9 | |
| rotiferan12 | |
| roughhewn19 | of stone or timber; shaped roughly without finishing |
| roundsman12 | a workman employed to make rounds (to deliver goods or make inspections or so on) |
| roundsmen12 | a workman employed to make rounds (to deliver goods or make inspections or so on) |
| rubrician13 | |
| ruddleman13 | |
| ruddlemen13 | |
| ruination9 | an irrecoverable state of devastation and destruction |
| saccharin16 | a crystalline substance 500 times sweeter than sugar; used as a calorie-free sweetener |
| sacristan11 | an officer of the church who is in charge of sacred objects |
| safetyman17 | |
| safetymen17 | |
| salaryman14 | |
| salarymen14 | |
| saltation9 | (geology) the leaping movement of sand or soil particles as they are transported in a fluid medium over an uneven surface |
| salvarsan12 | |
| salvation12 | (theology) the act of delivering from sin or saving from evil |
| samaritan11 | a member of the people inhabiting Samaria in biblical times |
| sannyasin12 | a Hindu religious mendicant |
| sapogenin12 | |
| saskatoon13 | a city in central Saskatchewan; the largest city in the province |
| satiation9 | the state of being satisfactorily full and unable to take on more |
| saxitoxin23 | a powerful neurotoxin produced by certain dinoflagellates found in red tides; it can accumulate in mollusks that feed on the dinoflagellates and cause food poisoning to humans |
| scalation11 | |
| scarfskin18 | |
| schatchen19 | |
| schlieren14 | |
| schnecken20 | rolled dough spread with sugar and nuts then sliced and baked in muffin tins with honey or sugar and butter in the bottom |
| schoolman16 | a scholar in one of the universities of the Middle Ages; versed in scholasticism |
| schoolmen16 | a scholar in one of the universities of the Middle Ages; versed in scholasticism |
| sclerotin11 | |
| sconcheon16 | |
| screwbean16 | shrub or small tree of southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico having spirally twisted pods |
| scuncheon16 | |
| scutcheon16 | a flat protective covering (on a door or wall etc) to prevent soiling by dirty fingers |
| secession11 | an Austrian school of art and architecture parallel to the French art nouveau in the 1890s |
| seclusion11 | the quality of being secluded from the presence or view of others |
| secretion11 | the organic process of synthesizing and releasing some substance |
| sectarian11 | a member of a sect |
| seduction12 | enticing someone astray from right behavior |
| selachian14 | any of numerous fishes of the class Chondrichthyes characterized by a cartilaginous skeleton and placoid scales: sharks; rays; skates |
| selection11 | the act of choosing or selecting |
| selectman13 | an elected member of a board of officials who run New England towns |
| selectmen13 | an elected member of a board of officials who run New England towns |
| semicolon13 | a punctuation mark (`;') used to connect independent clauses; indicates a closer relation than does a period |
| semiurban13 | |
| sensation9 | an unelaborated elementary awareness of stimulation |
| septarian11 | |
| seriation9 | |
| serotonin9 | a neurotransmitter involved in e.g. sleep and depression and memory |
| serration9 | the condition of being serrated |
| seventeen12 | the cardinal number that is the sum of sixteen and one |
| shakedown20 | initial adjustments to improve the functioning or the efficiency and to bring to a more satisfactory state |
| shantyman17 | |
| shantymen17 | |
| sharifian15 | |
| sharkskin20 | a smooth crisp fabric |
| sheepskin18 | tanned skin of a sheep with the fleece left on; used for clothing |
| shootdown16 | |
| shorthorn15 | English breed of short-horned cattle |
| sightseen13 | visit famous or interesting sights |
| signalman12 | a railroad employee in charge of signals and point in a railroad yard |
| signalmen12 | a railroad employee in charge of signals and point in a railroad yard |
| siltation9 | |
| simpleton13 | a person lacking intelligence or common sense |
| singleton10 | a single object (as distinguished from a pair) |
| sinuation9 | |
| situation9 | the general state of things; the combination of circumstances at a given time; ; ; - Franklin D.Roosevelt |
| snakeskin17 | |
| solenodon10 | |
| solvation12 | a chemical process in which solvent molecules and molecules or ions of the solute combine to form a compound |
| sortition9 | making a chance decision by using lots (straws or pebbles etc.) that are thrown or drawn |
| soupspoon13 | a spoon with a rounded bowl for eating soup |
| sovereign13 | a nation's ruler or head of state usually by hereditary right |
| spelldown15 | a contest in which you are eliminated if you fail to spell a word correctly |
| sphenodon15 | coextensive with the order Rhynchocephalia: tuataras |
| spillikin15 | a thin strip of wood used in playing the game of jackstraws |
| spleuchan16 | |
| spoilsman13 | |
| spoilsmen13 | |
| spokesman17 | a male spokesperson |
| spokesmen17 | a male spokesperson |
| sporozoan20 | parasitic spore-forming protozoan |
| sporozoon20 | |
| sportsman13 | someone who engages in sports |
| sportsmen13 | someone who engages in sports |
| stableman13 | someone employed in a stable to take care of the horses |
| stablemen13 | someone employed in a stable to take care of the horses |
| stanchion14 | any vertical post or rod used as a support |
| standdown14 | a suspension and relaxation from an alert state or a state of readiness |
| statesman11 | a man who is a respected leader in national or international affairs |
| statesmen11 | a man who is a respected leader in national or international affairs |
| steersman11 | the person who steers a ship |
| steersmen11 | the person who steers a ship |
| steradian10 | the unit of solid angle adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites |
| stillborn11 | failing to accomplish an intended result |
| stinkhorn16 | any of various ill-smelling brown-capped fungi of the order Phallales |
| striation9 | any of a number of tiny parallel grooves such as: the scratches left by a glacier on rocks or the streaks or ridges in muscle tissue |
| striction11 | |
| strongman12 | a man who performs feats of strength at a fair or circus |
| strongmen12 | a man who performs feats of strength at a fair or circus |
| strontian9 | |
| subaltern11 | a British commissioned army officer below the rank of captain |
| subdeacon14 | a clergyman an order below deacon; one of the Holy Orders in the unreformed western Christian church and the eastern Catholic Churches but now suppressed in the Roman Catholic Church |
| sublation11 | |
| submicron15 | |
| subregion12 | |
| suctorian11 | |
| suffixion22 | |
| suffragan16 | an assistant or subordinate bishop of a diocese |
| suffusion15 | the process of permeating or infusing something with a substance |
| sulcation11 | |
| sulfation12 | |
| summation13 | a concluding summary (as in presenting a case before a law court) |
| sunscreen11 | a cream spread on the skin; contains a chemical (as PABA) to filter out ultraviolet light and so protect from sunburn |
| superlain11 | |
| superthin14 | |
| suspicion13 | an impression that something might be the case |
| swansdown16 | |
| switchman19 | a man who operates railroad switches |
| switchmen19 | a man who operates railroad switches |
| swordsman15 | someone skilled at fencing |
| swordsmen15 | someone skilled at fencing |
| sympathin19 | |
| synkaryon19 | |
| tactician13 | a person who is skilled at planning tactics |
| talkathon16 | |
| tambourin13 | |
| tamoxifen21 | an antagonist for estrogen that is used in the treatment of breast cancer |
| tarnation9 | |
| tarpaulin11 | waterproofed canvas |
| tearstain9 | |
| tellurian9 | an inhabitant of the earth |
| tellurion9 | |
| teratogen10 | any agent that interferes with normal embryonic development: alcohol or thalidomide or X-rays or rubella are examples |
| testacean11 | any of various rhizopods of the order Testacea characterized by having a shell |
| thereupon14 | |
| threadfin16 | mullet-like tropical marine fishes having pectoral fins with long threadlike rays |
| thyratron15 | |
| tierceron11 | |
| tillerman11 | |
| tillermen11 | |
| timberman15 | an owner or manager of a company that is engaged in lumbering |
| timbermen15 | an owner or manager of a company that is engaged in lumbering |
| tirewoman14 | |
| tirewomen14 | |
| titration9 | a measured amount of a solution of unknown concentration is added to a known volume of a second solution until the reaction between them is just complete; the concentration of the unknown solution (the titer) can then be calculated |
| touchdown18 | a score in American football; being in possession of the ball across the opponents' goal line |
| tradesman12 | a merchant who owns or manages a shop |
| tradesmen12 | a merchant who owns or manages a shop |
| tradition10 | an inherited pattern of thought or action |
| tragedian11 | a writer (especially a playwright) who writes tragedies |
| tretinoin9 | |
| triathlon12 | |
| tribesman13 | someone who lives in a tribe |
| tribesmen13 | someone who lives in a tribe |
| triclosan11 | |
| trihedron13 | |
| trilithon12 | |
| tropeolin11 | |
| truncheon14 | a short stout club used primarily by policemen |
| tyrocidin15 | a basic polypeptide antibiotic derived from a soil bacterium; a major component of tyrothricin |
| ultrathin12 | |
| ululation9 | a long loud emotional utterance |
| unbeknown18 | (usually used with `to') occurring or existing without the knowledge of |
| uncertain11 | lacking or indicating lack of confidence or assurance |
| unconcern13 | the trait of remaining calm and seeming not to care; a casual lack of concern |
| underlain10 | be or form the base for |
| undersign11 | sign at the bottom of (a document) |
| underspin12 | |
| unitarian9 | adherent of Unitarianism |
| unswollen12 | |
| untrodden11 | lacking pathways |
| unwritten12 | based on custom rather than documentation; ; - J.L.T.C.Spence |
| upswollen14 | |
| urination9 | the discharge of urine |
| vallation12 | |
| valuation12 | an appraisal of the value of something |
| variation12 | an instance of change; the rate or magnitude of change |
| vasotocin14 | |
| velveteen15 | a usually cotton fabric with a short pile imitating velvet |
| vendition13 | the act of selling goods for a living |
| venireman14 | |
| veniremen14 | |
| vermilion14 | a variable color that is vivid red but sometimes with an orange tinge |
| vernation12 | (botany) the arrangement of young leaves in a leaf bud before it opens |
| vestryman17 | a man who is a member of a church vestry |
| vestrymen17 | a man who is a member of a church vestry |
| vibration14 | the act of vibrating |
| violation12 | a crime less serious than a felony |
| vitiation12 | nullification by the destruction of the legal force; rendering null |
| vulcanian14 | |
| vulgarian13 | a vulgar person (especially someone who makes a vulgar display of wealth) |
| walkathon19 | |
| washbasin17 | a bathroom sink that is permanently installed and connected to a water supply and drainpipe; where you can wash your hands and face |
| washerman17 | operates industrial washing machine |
| washermen17 | operates industrial washing machine |
| washwoman20 | a working woman who takes in washing |
| washwomen20 | a working woman who takes in washing |
| waterworn15 | (of rocks especially) worn smooth by the action of water |
| wheelsman17 | |
| wheelsmen17 | |
| whereupon17 | |
| windblown18 | used especially of trees; growing in a shape determined by the prevailing winds |
| wiredrawn16 | |
| wisewoman17 | |
| wisewomen17 | |
| withdrawn19 | pull back or move away or backward |
| woadwaxen23 | small Eurasian shrub having clusters of yellow flowers that yield a dye; common as a weed in Britain and the United States; sometimes grown as an ornamental |
| woodgrain14 | texture produced by the fibers in wood |
| woodwaxen23 | small Eurasian shrub having clusters of yellow flowers that yield a dye; common as a weed in Britain and the United States; sometimes grown as an ornamental |
| workwoman21 | |
| workwomen21 | |
| yachtsman19 | a person who owns or sails a yacht |
| yachtsmen19 | a person who owns or sails a yacht |
| yellowfin18 | may reach 400 pounds; worldwide in tropics |
| Word | Definition |
| ablation10 | surgical removal of a body part or tissue |
| ablution10 | the ritual washing of a priest's hands or of sacred vessels |
| abortion10 | termination of pregnancy |
| abrasion10 | an abraded area where the skin is torn or worn off |
| abscisin12 | |
| abutilon10 | herbs or shrubs or small trees: flowering maple; Indian mallow |
| acaridan11 | |
| acrolein10 | a pungent colorless unsaturated liquid aldehyde made from propene |
| acromion12 | the outermost point of the spine of the shoulder blade |
| actinian10 | any sea anemone or related animal |
| adaption11 | the process of adapting to something (such as environmental conditions) |
| addition10 | a component that is added to something to improve it |
| adhesion12 | abnormal union of bodily tissues; most common in the abdomen |
| adnation9 | |
| adoption11 | the act of accepting with approval; favorable reception |
| advowson15 | the right in English law of presenting a nominee to a vacant ecclesiastical benefice |
| aequorin17 | |
| aeration8 | the process of exposing to air (so as to purify) |
| affusion14 | the act of baptizing someone by pouring water on their head |
| agnation9 | line of descent traced through the paternal side of the family |
| agrarian9 | relating to rural matters |
| airwoman13 | a woman aviator |
| airwomen13 | a woman aviator |
| alderman11 | a member of a municipal legislative body (as a city council) |
| aldermen11 | a member of a municipal legislative body (as a city council) |
| alfaquin20 | |
| alizarin17 | an orange-red crystalline compound used in making red pigments and in dyeing |
| allergen9 | any substance that can cause an allergy |
| allergin9 | |
| allusion8 | passing reference or indirect mention |
| alluvion11 | gradual formation of new land, by recession of the sea or deposit of sediment |
| amanitin10 | |
| ambition12 | a cherished desire |
| amelcorn12 | |
| amidogen12 | |
| amoebean12 | |
| amylogen14 | |
| anatoxin15 | a bacterial toxin that has been weakened until it is no longer toxic but is strong enough to induce the formation of antibodies and immunity to the specific disease caused by the toxin |
| anchusin13 | |
| androgen10 | male sex hormone that is produced in the testes and responsible for typical male sexual characteristics |
| antiarin8 | |
| antiphon13 | a verse or song to be chanted or sung in response |
| antiporn10 | |
| aphelian13 | |
| aphelion13 | apoapsis in solar orbit; the point in the orbit of a planet or comet that is at the greatest distance from the sun |
| aphidian14 | |
| apiarian10 | relating to bees or beekeeping |
| aquarian17 | |
| arbutean10 | |
| arcadian11 | an inhabitant of Arcadia |
| archaean13 | of or relating to the earliest known rocks formed during the Precambrian Eon |
| archaeon13 | |
| ascidian11 | minute sedentary marine invertebrate having a saclike body with siphons through which water enters and leaves |
| assassin8 | a murderer (especially one who kills a prominent political figure) who kills by a surprise attack and often is hired to do the deed |
| audition9 | the ability to hear; the auditory faculty |
| aurorean8 | characteristic of the dawn |
| autobahn13 | an expressway in a German-speaking country |
| aversion11 | a feeling of intense dislike |
| aviation11 | the aggregation of a country's military aircraft |
| avulsion11 | an abrupt change in the course of a stream that forms the boundary between two parcels of land resulting in the loss of part of the land of one landowner and a consequent increase in the land of another |
| backspin18 | spin (usually of a moving ball) that retards or reverses the forward motion |
| baclofen15 | |
| bacterin12 | |
| bailsman12 | |
| bailsmen12 | |
| bandsman13 | a player in a band (especially a military band) |
| bandsmen13 | a player in a band (especially a military band) |
| barbican14 | a tower that is part of a defensive structure (such as a castle) |
| bargeman13 | someone who operates a barge |
| bargemen13 | someone who operates a barge |
| bartisan10 | |
| bartizan19 | |
| baseborn12 | of low birth or station (`base' is archaic in this sense) |
| baudekin15 | |
| beadsman13 | a person who is paid to pray for the soul of another |
| beadsmen13 | a person who is paid to pray for the soul of another |
| bearskin14 | the pelt of a bear (sometimes used as a rug) |
| bedarken15 | |
| bedeafen14 | |
| bedesman13 | a person who is paid to pray for the soul of another |
| bedesmen13 | a person who is paid to pray for the soul of another |
| befallen13 | become of; happen to |
| begotten11 | make children |
| beholden14 | see with attention |
| bemadden14 | |
| benjamin19 | gum resin used especially in treating skin irritation |
| benzidin20 | |
| berberin12 | |
| bescreen12 | |
| bespoken16 | be a signal for or a symptom of |
| bestrewn13 | cover by strewing |
| bestrown13 | |
| betatron10 | accelerates a continuous beam of electrons to high speeds by means of the electric field produced by changing magnetic flux |
| bevatron13 | a cyclotron that accelerates protons up to several billion electron volts |
| biathlon13 | |
| bigaroon11 | |
| billycan15 | |
| bioclean12 | |
| biotoxin17 | |
| blackfin19 | |
| bloodfin14 | |
| blowdown17 | |
| bludgeon12 | a club used as a weapon |
| bluesman12 | |
| bluesmen12 | |
| boardman13 | |
| boardmen13 | |
| boatsman12 | |
| boatsmen12 | |
| bogeyman16 | an imaginary monster used to frighten children |
| bogeymen16 | an imaginary monster used to frighten children |
| bohemian15 | a member of a people with dark skin and hair who speak Romany and who traditionally live by seasonal work and fortunetelling; they are believed to have originated in northern India but now are living on all continents (but mostly in Europe, North Africa, and North America) |
| bombesin14 | |
| bondsman13 | a male slave |
| bondsmen13 | a male slave |
| boogyman16 | |
| boogymen16 | |
| boomtown15 | |
| boughten14 | purchased; not homemade |
| bouillon10 | a clear seasoned broth |
| bourgeon11 | produce buds, branches, or germinate |
| boxthorn20 | any of various shrubs or vines of the genus Lycium with showy flowers and bright berries |
| brainpan12 | the part of the skull that encloses the brain |
| brakeman16 | a railroad employee responsible for a train's brakes |
| brakemen16 | a railroad employee responsible for a train's brakes |
| brasilin10 | |
| brazilin19 | |
| brethren13 | (plural) the lay members of a male religious order |
| brighten14 | make lighter or brighter |
| bromelin12 | |
| bryozoan22 | sessile aquatic animal forming mossy colonies of small polyps each having a curved or circular ridge bearing tentacles; attach to stones or seaweed and reproduce by budding |
| buckbean18 | perennial plant of Europe and America having racemes of white or purplish flowers and intensely bitter trifoliate leaves; often rooting at water margin and spreading across the surface |
| buckskin20 | horse of a light yellowish dun color with dark mane and tail |
| bulletin10 | a brief report (especially an official statement issued for immediate publication or broadcast) |
| bullhorn13 | a portable loudspeaker with built-in microphone and amplifier |
| busulfan13 | |
| cabochon17 | a highly polished gem that is cut convexly but without facets |
| caducean13 | of or relating to a caduceus |
| calfskin17 | fine leather from the skin of a calf |
| calutron10 | |
| campaign15 | a race between candidates for elective office |
| cannabin12 | a resin obtained from the hemp plant; thought to be the active narcotic agent in marijuana |
| cannelon10 | |
| cannikin14 | a wooden bucket |
| capeskin16 | |
| capsicin14 | |
| capuchin17 | a hooded cloak for women |
| carageen11 | dark purple edible seaweed of the Atlantic coasts of Europe and North America |
| cardamon13 | rhizomatous herb of India having aromatic seeds used as seasoning |
| cardigan12 | knitted jacket that is fastened up the front with buttons or a zipper |
| careworn13 | showing the wearing effects of overwork or care or suffering; ; ; ; - Charles Dickens |
| carillon10 | set of bells hung in a bell tower |
| carrotin10 | |
| caryotin13 | |
| catechin15 | a tannic acid that is extracted from black catechu as a white crystalline substance |
| cauldron11 | a very large pot that is used for boiling |
| cavicorn15 | |
| cephalin15 | |
| cerulean10 | a light shade of blue |
| cesarean10 | the delivery of a fetus by surgical incision through the abdominal wall and uterus (from the belief that Julius Caesar was born that way) |
| cesarian10 | the delivery of a fetus by surgical incision through the abdominal wall and uterus (from the belief that Julius Caesar was born that way) |
| cetacean12 | large aquatic carnivorous mammal with fin-like forelimbs no hind limbs, including: whales; dolphins; porpoises; narwhals |
| chainman15 | |
| chainmen15 | |
| chairman15 | the officer who presides at the meetings of an organization |
| chairmen15 | the officer who presides at the meetings of an organization |
| chaldron14 | a British imperial capacity measure (liquid or dry) equal to 36 bushels |
| chamfron18 | medieval plate armor to protect a horse's head |
| champion17 | someone who has won first place in a competition |
| chanfron16 | medieval plate armor to protect a horse's head |
| chaperon15 | one who accompanies and supervises a young woman or gatherings of young people |
| chaplain15 | a clergyman ministering to some institution |
| characin15 | any freshwater fish of the family Characinidae |
| chessman15 | any of 16 white and 16 black pieces used in playing the game of chess |
| chessmen15 | any of 16 white and 16 black pieces used in playing the game of chess |
| cheveron16 | |
| children14 | a young person of either sex |
| chitosan13 | |
| chlordan14 | |
| choreman15 | |
| choremen15 | |
| chrismon15 | |
| christen13 | administer baptism to |
| chymosin18 | an enzyme that occurs in gastric juice; causes milk to coagulate |
| cinnamon12 | aromatic bark used as a spice |
| cinquain19 | |
| citation10 | an official award (as for bravery or service) usually given as formal public statement |
| citrinin10 | |
| civilian13 | a nonmilitary citizen |
| clansman12 | a member of a clan |
| clansmen12 | a member of a clan |
| coachman17 | a man who drives a coach (or carriage) |
| coachmen17 | a man who drives a coach (or carriage) |
| coaction12 | act of working jointly |
| codesign12 | |
| codriven14 | |
| coercion12 | the act of compelling by force of authority |
| cognomen13 | a familiar name for a person (often a shortened version of a person's given name) |
| cohesion13 | the state of cohering or sticking together |
| colistin10 | |
| collagen11 | a fibrous scleroprotein in bone and cartilage and tendon and other connective tissue; yields gelatin on boiling |
| colophon15 | a publisher's emblem printed in a book (usually on the title page) |
| colorman12 | |
| colormen12 | |
| comedian13 | a professional performer who tells jokes and performs comical acts |
| comedown16 | decline to a lower status or level |
| complain14 | express complaints, discontent, displeasure, or unhappiness |
| conation10 | |
| conidian11 | |
| conquian19 | |
| cooldown14 | |
| coonskin14 | a raccoon cap with the tail hanging down the back |
| cooption12 | |
| copatron12 | |
| cordovan14 | a fine leather originally made in Cordoba, Spain |
| cordwain14 | |
| corpsman14 | |
| corpsmen14 | |
| cotillon10 | |
| cotquean19 | |
| coumarin12 | |
| countian10 | |
| coxswain20 | the helmsman of a ship's boat or a racing crew |
| cragsman13 | a climber of vertical rock faces |
| cragsmen13 | a climber of vertical rock faces |
| crampoon14 | a hinged pair of curved iron bars; used to raise heavy objects |
| crankpin16 | |
| creation10 | the human act of creating |
| crumhorn15 | a Renaissance woodwind with a double reed and a curving tube (crooked horn) |
| cryotron13 | |
| cultigen11 | |
| culverin13 | a heavy cannon with a long barrel used in the 16th and 17th centuries |
| cyanogen14 | a colorless toxic gas with a pungent almond odor; has been used in chemical warfare |
| cyclamen17 | Mediterranean plant widely cultivated as a houseplant for its showy dark green leaves splotched with silver and nodding white or pink to reddish flowers with reflexed petals |
| daidzein19 | |
| dairyman14 | the owner or manager of a dairy |
| dairymen14 | the owner or manager of a dairy |
| dakerhen16 | |
| dalesman11 | a person who lives in the dales of northern England |
| dalesmen11 | a person who lives in the dales of northern England |
| decision11 | the act of making up your mind about something |
| decurion11 | |
| deerskin13 | leather from the hide of a deer |
| delation9 | |
| deletion9 | any process whereby sounds or words are left out of spoken words or phrases |
| delusion9 | (psychology) an erroneous belief that is held in the face of evidence to the contrary |
| demijohn21 | large bottle with a short narrow neck; often has small handles at neck and is enclosed in wickerwork |
| demonian11 | |
| demotion11 | act of lowering in rank or position |
| derision9 | contemptuous laughter |
| deuteron9 | the nucleus of deuterium; consists of one proton and one neutron; used as a bombarding particle in accelerators |
| devilkin16 | |
| devonian12 | from 405 million to 345 million years ago; preponderance of fishes and appearance of amphibians and ammonites |
| devotion12 | feelings of ardent love |
| diapason11 | either of the two main stops on a pipe organ |
| diazinon18 | |
| dieldrin10 | |
| dihedron13 | |
| dilation9 | a lengthy discussion (spoken or written) on a particular topic |
| dilution9 | a diluted solution |
| diluvian12 | of or connected with a deluge |
| diluvion12 | |
| diobolon11 | |
| diocesan11 | a bishop having jurisdiction over a diocese |
| diolefin12 | |
| dipteran11 | insects having usually a single pair of functional wings (anterior pair) with the posterior pair reduced to small knobbed structures and mouth parts adapted for sucking or lapping or piercing |
| dipteron11 | insects having usually a single pair of functional wings (anterior pair) with the posterior pair reduced to small knobbed structures and mouth parts adapted for sucking or lapping or piercing |
| discrown14 | |
| distrain9 | levy a distress on |
| disunion9 | the termination or destruction of union |
| division12 | an army unit large enough to sustain combat |
| dominion11 | dominance or power through legal authority |
| donation9 | a voluntary gift (as of money or service or ideas) made to some worthwhile cause |
| dotation9 | |
| doubloon11 | a former Spanish gold coin |
| downspin14 | a swift and dangerous downturn |
| downtown15 | the central area or commercial center of a town or city |
| downturn12 | a worsening of business or economic activity |
| dragoman12 | an interpreter and guide in the Near East; in the Ottoman Empire in the 18th and 19th centuries a translator of European languages for the Turkish and Arab authorities and most dragomans were Greek (many reached high positions in the government) |
| dragomen12 | an interpreter and guide in the Near East; in the Ottoman Empire in the 18th and 19th centuries a translator of European languages for the Turkish and Arab authorities and most dragomans were Greek (many reached high positions in the government) |
| drawdown16 | |
| driftpin14 | |
| duration9 | the period of time during which something continues |
| dutchman16 | a native or inhabitant of Holland |
| dutchmen16 | a native or inhabitant of Holland |
| dynatron12 | |
| earthman13 | an inhabitant of the earth |
| earthmen13 | an inhabitant of the earth |
| eclosion10 | |
| ectozoan19 | any external parasitic organism (as fleas) |
| ectozoon19 | any external parasitic organism (as fleas) |
| eduction11 | |
| effusion14 | an unrestrained expression of emotion |
| egestion9 | |
| egyptian14 | a native or inhabitant of Egypt |
| eighteen12 | the cardinal number that is the sum of seventeen and one |
| einstein8 | physicist born in Germany who formulated the special theory of relativity and the general theory of relativity; Einstein also proposed that light consists of discrete quantized bundles of energy (later called photons) (1879-1955) |
| ejection17 | the act of expelling or projecting or ejecting |
| elaterin8 | |
| election10 | a vote to select the winner of a position or political office |
| electron10 | an elementary particle with negative charge |
| emblazon21 | decorate with colors |
| embolden13 | give encouragement to |
| emersion10 | (astronomy) the reappearance of a celestial body after an eclipse |
| emission10 | the act of emitting; causing to flow forth |
| emoticon12 | a representation of a facial expression (as a smile or frown) created by typing a sequence of characters in sending email |
| empoison12 | |
| empyrean15 | the apparent surface of the imaginary sphere on which celestial bodies appear to be projected |
| emulsion10 | (chemistry) a colloid in which both phases are liquids |
| endbrain11 | |
| enneagon9 | |
| entozoan17 | any of various parasites that live in the internal organs of animals (especially intestinal worms) |
| entozoon17 | any of various parasites that live in the internal organs of animals (especially intestinal worms) |
| envision11 | imagine; conceive of; see in one's mind |
| ephedrin14 | |
| equation17 | a mathematical statement that two expressions are equal |
| erection10 | an erect penis |
| erigeron9 | cosmopolitan genus of usually perennial herbs with flowers that resemble asters; leaves occasionally (especially formerly) used medicinally |
| eruption10 | the sudden occurrence of a violent discharge of steam and volcanic material |
| erythron14 | |
| estragon9 | aromatic perennial of southeastern Russia |
| estrogen9 | a general term for female steroid sex hormones that are secreted by the ovary and responsible for typical female sexual characteristics |
| ethephon16 | |
| ethician13 | a philosopher who specializes in ethics |
| eudaemon11 | a benevolent spirit |
| eudaimon11 | |
| eulachan13 | |
| eulachon13 | |
| evection13 | |
| eversion11 | the position of being turned outward |
| everyman16 | the ordinary person |
| everymen16 | the ordinary person |
| eviction13 | action by a landlord that compels a tenant to leave the premises (as by rendering the premises unfit for occupancy); no physical expulsion or legal process is involved |
| evulsion11 | |
| exaction17 | act of demanding or levying by force or authority |
| excision17 | the omission that is made when an editorial change shortens a written passage |
| exertion15 | use of physical or mental energy; hard work |
| exotoxin22 | a toxin that is secreted by microorganisms into the surrounding medium |
| facedown17 | |
| falchion16 | a short broad slightly convex medieval sword with a sharp point |
| fanfaron14 | |
| favonian14 | |
| fedayeen15 | (plural) Arab guerrillas who operate mainly against Israel |
| fellahin14 | an agricultural laborer in Arab countries |
| fenthion14 | |
| ferritin11 | a protein containing 20% iron that is found in the intestines and liver and spleen; it is one of the chief forms in which iron is stored in the body |
| ferryman16 | a man who operates a ferry |
| ferrymen16 | a man who operates a ferry |
| fetation11 | |
| filarian11 | |
| finespun13 | developed with extreme delicacy and subtlety |
| finickin17 | |
| fixation18 | an abnormal state in which development has stopped prematurely |
| flaperon13 | |
| flashgun15 | a lamp for providing momentary light to take a photograph |
| flatiron11 | an iron that was heated by placing it on a stove |
| flection13 | the state of being flexed (as of a joint) |
| flexagon19 | |
| florigen12 | |
| flyblown19 | spoiled and covered with eggs and larvae of flies |
| foilsman13 | |
| foilsmen13 | |
| footworn14 | |
| forenoon11 | the time period between dawn and noon |
| foreseen11 | realize beforehand |
| foreskin15 | a fold of skin covering the tip of the clitoris |
| forewarn14 | warn in advance or beforehand; give an early warning |
| foreworn14 | |
| forgiven15 | stop blaming or grant forgiveness |
| formalin13 | a 10% solution of formaldehyde in water; used as a disinfectant or to preserve biological specimens |
| forsaken15 | leave someone who needs or counts on you; leave in the lurch |
| forsworn14 | formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief, usually under pressure |
| foughten15 | |
| fountain11 | a structure from which an artificially produced jet of water arises |
| fourteen11 | the cardinal number that is the sum of thirteen and one |
| fraction13 | a component of a mixture that has been separated by a fractional process |
| franklin15 | United States historian noted for studies of Black American history (born in 1915) |
| fraulein11 | a German courtesy title or form of address for an unmarried woman |
| freeborn13 | born free of free parents |
| freedman14 | a person who has been freed from slavery |
| freedmen14 | a person who has been freed from slavery |
| freshman16 | a first-year undergraduate |
| freshmen16 | a first-year undergraduate |
| friction13 | a state of conflict between persons |
| frighten15 | cause fear in |
| frontman13 | |
| frontmen13 | |
| fruition11 | the condition of bearing fruit |
| fugleman14 | a leader and organizer and spokesman (especially a political leader) |
| fuglemen14 | a leader and organizer and spokesman (especially a political leader) |
| function13 | (mathematics) a mathematical relation such that each element of a given set (the domain of the function) is associated with an element of another set (the range of the function) |
| funnyman16 | |
| funnymen16 | |
| furfuran14 | a colorless toxic flammable liquid used in the synthesis of nylon |
| gallican11 | relating to or characteristic of Gallicanism |
| gambeson13 | |
| gamesman13 | |
| gamesmen13 | |
| ganglion10 | an encapsulated neural structure consisting of a collection of cell bodies or neurons |
| garrison9 | a fortified military post where troops are stationed |
| gelation9 | |
| glassman11 | |
| glassmen11 | |
| globulin11 | a family of proteins found in blood and milk and muscle and in plant seed |
| glucagon12 | a hormone secreted by the pancreas; stimulates increases in blood sugar levels in the blood (thus opposing the action of insulin) |
| gluhwein15 | |
| glutelin9 | a simple protein found in the seeds of cereals |
| glutenin9 | |
| glycerin14 | a sweet syrupy trihydroxy alcohol obtained by saponification of fats and oils |
| glycogen15 | one form in which body fuel is stored; stored primarily in the liver and broken down into glucose when needed by the body |
| gnathion12 | the most inferior point of the mandible in the midline |
| goatskin13 | the hide of a goat |
| gombroon13 | |
| gonfalon12 | |
| gonfanon12 | |
| gorgerin10 | the molding at the top of a column |
| gownsman14 | |
| gownsmen14 | |
| grandson10 | a male grandchild |
| gravamen14 | |
| graviton12 | a gauge boson that mediates the (extremely weak) gravitational interactions between particles |
| gridiron10 | a cooking utensil of parallel metal bars; used to grill fish or meat |
| groschen14 | 100 groschen equal 1 schilling in Austria |
| guanidin10 | |
| guardian10 | a person who cares for persons or property |
| gueridon10 | a small round table |
| gumption13 | sound practical judgment |
| gypseian14 | |
| gyration12 | a single complete turn (axial or orbital) |
| hacksawn20 | |
| haematin13 | |
| halation11 | |
| handsewn15 | sewn by hand rather than machine |
| handyman17 | a man skilled in various odd jobs and other small tasks |
| handymen17 | a man skilled in various odd jobs and other small tasks |
| harridan12 | a scolding (even vicious) old woman |
| hawthorn17 | a spring-flowering shrub or small tree of the genus Crataegus |
| hazelhen23 | |
| headsman14 | an executioner who beheads the condemned person |
| headsmen14 | an executioner who beheads the condemned person |
| heighten15 | become more extreme |
| helmsman15 | the person who steers a ship |
| helmsmen15 | the person who steers a ship |
| hematein13 | |
| henchman18 | someone who assists in a plot |
| henchmen18 | someone who assists in a plot |
| henequen20 | |
| henequin20 | |
| heniquen20 | |
| heptagon14 | a seven-sided polygon |
| herdsman14 | someone who drives a herd |
| herdsmen14 | someone who drives a herd |
| hereupon13 | immediately after this |
| hermaean13 | |
| highborn17 | belonging to the peerage |
| himation13 | |
| histamin13 | |
| histidin12 | |
| histogen12 | |
| hoactzin22 | crested ill-smelling South American bird whose young have claws on the first and second digits of the wings |
| holddown16 | |
| holstein11 | a breed of dairy cattle from northern Holland |
| homespun15 | a rough loosely woven fabric originally made with yarn that was spun at home |
| hometown16 | the town (or city) where you grew up or where you have your principal residence |
| hominian13 | characterizing the family Hominidae, which includes Homo sapiens as well as extinct species of manlike creatures |
| honeybun16 | |
| hooligan12 | a cruel and brutal fellow |
| horseman13 | a man skilled in equitation |
| horsemen13 | a man skilled in equitation |
| hotelman13 | an owner or manager of hotels |
| hotelmen13 | an owner or manager of hotels |
| houseman13 | an advanced student or graduate in medicine gaining supervised practical experience (`houseman' is a British term) |
| housemen13 | an advanced student or graduate in medicine gaining supervised practical experience (`houseman' is a British term) |
| huntsman13 | someone who hunts game |
| huntsmen13 | someone who hunts game |
| hyalogen15 | |
| hydrogen16 | a nonmetallic univalent element that is normally a colorless and odorless highly flammable diatomic gas; the simplest and lightest and most abundant element in the universe |
| hyoidean15 | |
| hypogean17 | |
| hypopyon21 | |
| ideation9 | the process of forming and relating ideas |
| ignition9 | the process of initiating combustion or catching fire |
| ignitron9 | |
| iguanian9 | |
| illation8 | the reasoning involved in drawing a conclusion or making a logical judgment on the basis of circumstantial evidence and prior conclusions rather than on the basis of direct observation |
| illusion8 | an erroneous mental representation |
| imbolden13 | |
| imprison12 | lock up or confine, in or as in a jail |
| inaction10 | the state of being inactive |
| incision10 | a depression scratched or carved into a surface |
| infixion18 | |
| infobahn16 | |
| infusion11 | a solution obtained by steeping or soaking a substance (usually in water) |
| inhesion11 | |
| insectan10 | of or relating to the class Insecta |
| invasion11 | the act of invading; the act of an army that invades for conquest or plunder |
| invertin11 | |
| iodation9 | |
| iodopsin11 | a violet photopigment in the retinal cones of the eyes of most vertebrates; plays a role in daylight vision |
| isochron13 | |
| isopodan11 | |
| isthmian13 | of or relating to or forming an isthmus |
| jerrican17 | |
| jerrycan20 | |
| jettison15 | throw away, of something encumbering |
| junction17 | the place where two or more things come together |
| kaiserin12 | |
| kakiemon18 | |
| kallidin13 | |
| karyotin15 | |
| kenotron12 | |
| kephalin17 | |
| khamseen17 | |
| klystron15 | an electron tube used to generate or amplify electromagnetic radiation in the microwave region by velocity modulation |
| krumhorn17 | |
| lambskin16 | the skin of a lamb with the wool still on |
| landsman11 | a person who lives and works on land |
| landsmen11 | a person who lives and works on land |
| langshan12 | |
| lanthorn11 | |
| larrigan9 | |
| larrikin12 | |
| lastborn10 | |
| lavation11 | the work of cleansing (usually with soap and water) |
| laxation15 | the elimination of fecal waste through the anus |
| laywoman16 | |
| laywomen16 | |
| leadsman11 | |
| leadsmen11 | |
| leathern11 | |
| lecithin13 | a yellow phospholipid essential for the metabolism of fats; found in egg yolk and in many plant and animal cells; used commercially as an emulsifier |
| legation9 | the post or office of legate |
| lengthen12 | make longer |
| lenition8 | |
| lewisson11 | |
| libation10 | (facetious) a serving of an alcoholic beverage |
| lichenin13 | |
| liegeman11 | a person holding a fief; a person who owes allegiance and service to a feudal lord |
| liegemen11 | a person holding a fief; a person who owes allegiance and service to a feudal lord |
| lifespan13 | the period during which something is functional (as between birth and death) |
| ligation9 | (surgery) tying a duct or blood vessel with a ligature (as to prevent bleeding during surgery) |
| limekiln14 | a kiln used to reduce naturally occurring forms of calcium carbonate to lime |
| linchpin15 | a central cohesive source of support and stability |
| linesman10 | official (in tennis, soccer, football, etc.) who assists the referee in some way (especially by watching for out of bounds or offside) |
| linesmen10 | official (in tennis, soccer, football, etc.) who assists the referee in some way (especially by watching for out of bounds or offside) |
| linksman14 | someone who plays the game of golf |
| linksmen14 | someone who plays the game of golf |
| lobation10 | |
| location10 | a point or extent in space |
| lockdown18 | the act of confining prisoners to their cells (usually to regain control during a riot) |
| locution10 | a word or phrase that particular people use in particular situations |
| logician11 | a person skilled at symbolic logic |
| longeron9 | |
| longhorn12 | long-horned beef cattle formerly common in southwestern United States |
| lookdown16 | similar to moonfish but with e |