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Definition: Attraction |
AttractionNoun1. The force by which one object attracts another. 2. An entertainment that is offered to the public. 3. The quality of arousing interest; being attractive or something that attracts; "her personality held a strange attraction for him". 4. A characteristic that provides pleasure and attracts people. 5. An entertainer who attracts large audiences; "he was the biggest drawing card they had". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "attraction" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1517. (references) |
Etymology: Attraction \At*trac"tion\, noun. [Latin attractio: compare to French attraction.]. (Websters 1913) |
Synonyms: AttractionSynonyms: attractive feature (n), attractive force (n), attractiveness (n), attractor (n), draw (n), drawing card (n). (additional references) |
| Antonym: repulsion (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Desire | Desideratum; want; (requirement); "a consummation devoutly to be wished "; attraction, magnet, allurement, fancy, temptation, seduction, fascination, prestige, height of one's ambition, idol; whim, whimsy, whimsey; maggot; hobby, hobby-horse. |
Motive | Inducement, consideration; attraction; loadstone; magnet, magnetism, magnetic force; allectation, allective; temptation, enticement, agacerie, allurement, witchery; bewitchment, bewitchery; charm; spell; fascination, blandishment, cajolery; seduction, seducement; honeyed words, voice of the tempter, song of the Sirens forbidden fruit, golden apple. |
Pain | Attraction; (motive); attractiveness, attractability; invitingness; Adjective: harm, fascination, enchantment, witchery, seduction, winning ways, amenity, amiability; winsomeness. |
Power | Pressure; conductivity; elasticity; gravity, electricity, magnetism, galvanism, voltaic electricity, voltaism, electromagnetism; atomic power, nuclear power, thermonuclear power; fuel cell; hydraulic power, water power, hydroelectric power; solar power, solar energy, solar panels; tidal power; wind power; attraction; vis inertiae, vis mortua, vis viva; potential energy, dynamic energy; dynamic friction, dynamic suction; live circuit, live rail, live wire. |
Recession | Noun: attraction, attractiveness; attractivity; drawing to, pulling towards, adduction. |
Electrical attraction, electricity, static electricity, static, static cling; magnetism, magnetic attraction; gravity, attraction of gravitation. | |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | No, but I think attraction is mistaken for rightness. (Runaway Bride; writing credit: Josann McGibbon; Sara Parriott) Well, looks like I married myself a tourist attraction. (Paint Your Wagon; writing credit: Paddy Chayefsky; Alan Jay Lerner) I fail to see the attraction. (Justice League; writing credit: Paul Whitehouse) It's not like that rock's a tourist attraction. (Pearl Harbor II: Pearlmageddon; writing credit: Taz Goldstein; Robert Moniot) | |
Lyrics | You're my own attraction (THE MAIN EVENT/FIGHT; performing artist: Barbra Streisand) With your physical attraction gal you know to feel the spark (Mr. Boombastic; performing artist: Shaggy) | |
Movie/TV Titles | The Main Attraction (1962) Scrappy's Added Attraction (1939) Laws of Attraction (2003) The Rules of Attraction (2002) Dangerous Attraction (2000) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
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 | A giant spiny lobster is an attraction at Treasure Village. Credit: America's Coastlines. |  | Entomologist Donald Barnard demonstrates the attraction of female yellowfever mosquitoes to his hand in an olfactometer. The olfactometer contains a screen separating the attractant (in this case, his hand) from the mosquitoes. P. Credit: USDA ARS News; photo by Peggy Greb.. |
 | Mr. McKinley presents a counter attraction to his "all wool" suit of clothing. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | The stronger attraction!. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Blue Mounds, Vernon County, Wisconsin. Little Norway, a tourist attraction showing a village as it is in Norway. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Midway attraction, Central Iowa 4-H Club fair, Marshalltown, Iowa. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Tourist attraction on the roadside, Maricopa County, Arizona. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Movie attraction in the workers' section at Holyoke, Massachusetts. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | The evolution of the sandwich. From a New York nuisance to a Coney Island attraction. Credit: Library of Congress. | ||
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
| Author | Quotation |
Henry Ward Beecher | He is greatest whose strength carries up the most hearts by the attraction of his own. |
Jane Austen | There is safety in reserve, but no attraction. One cannot love a reserved person. |
Oscar Wilde | All charming people, I fancy, are spoiled. It is the secret of their attraction. |
| Wickedness is a myth invented by good people to account for the curious attraction of others. | |
William Blake | Without contraries is no progression. Attraction and repulsion, reason and energy, love and hate, are necessary to human existence. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | |
| Title | Author | Quote |
Emma | Austen, Jane | There is safety in reserve, but no attraction. |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | However, the attraction overcame her. |
Gulliver's Travels | Swift, Jonathan | He predicted the same fate to attraction, whereof the present learned are such zealous asserters. |
Walden | Thoreau, Henry David | One attraction in coming to the woods to live was that I should have leisure and opportunity to see the Spring come in. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | This feature suggests that the mechanism of inflammatory cell recruitment in the lungs of HPS patients may result from specific attraction and adherence of a selective population of inflammatory cells to an activated pulmonary microvascular endothelium. (references) | |
Business | This is due mainly to the Portuguese attraction to new technologies. (references) | |
Part of Kwik-Fit's attraction was its customer database, which would create opportunities for Ford's existing aftermarket activities. (references) | ||
But, the primary attraction of American firms is American know-how and work ethic, so firms must be careful not to cut American staff to the extent that that reputation is jeopardized or questioned. (references) | ||
Economic History | Russia | The attraction for buyers was that they could legally repatriate the proceeds from the bond. (references) |
Panama | Inflation, bound by the dollar, is low and predictable, thus enhancing the attraction of foreign investment. (references) | |
Uzbekistan | The GOU intends to improve gasoline distribution through privatization and attraction of foreign and local investors. (references) | |
Political Economy | COSTA RICA | Costa Rica joined the Cairns Group of agricultural free traders at the beginning of 2000. These market-opening initiatives are consistent with the global economic outlook of the Rodriguez administration which has viewed the attraction of foreign investment in export-oriented, high-technology industries and services as an important source for the country's future economic growth. (references) |
Trade | Uae | The biggest attraction to setting-up in a free trade zone is the right of 100% ownership; something not available elsewhere in the country. (references) |
Cote D'ivoire | Traditional barriers to U.S. exports and investment include: (1) Lack of U.S. interest due to the relatively small market size and stronger attraction of other overseas markets; limited data; and perceived French and European domination of the market due to French-based legal, commercial, and financial systems; (2) Use of French language, business practices, and technical standards; the cost of producing sales collateral and packaging for the Francophone region. (references) | |
Travel | Chad | Linia market: The attraction of this town is the vibrant Sunday morning market. (references) |
Qatar | Travel to Qatar is no longer restricted to business - winter tourism has become an attraction in recent years. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| Speaker | Phrase(s) |
Dick Van Dyke | We used to break up laughing. We had a terrible time the first year, looking at each other on set and starting to laugh. And a psychologist told me that's a sign of an attraction. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| "Attraction" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 99.80% of the time. "Attraction" is used about 1,465 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 99.8% | 1,462 | 5,544 |
| Noun (proper) | 0.14% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Noun (common) | 0.07% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 1,465 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "attraction": Adhesive attraction ♦ attraction of gravitation ♦ attraction of gravity ♦ attraction or affinity ♦ attraction particle ♦ Attraction sphere ♦ capillary attraction ♦ center of attraction ♦ centre of attraction ♦ Chemical attraction ♦ Cohesive attraction ♦ coming attraction ♦ Diamagnetic attraction ♦ Elective attraction ♦ electrical attraction ♦ force of attraction ♦ gravitational attraction ♦ Local attraction ♦ magnetic attraction ♦ molecular attraction ♦ physical attraction ♦ tourist attraction. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "attraction": attraction-merchants, attraction-repulsion, attraction-style. | |
Ending with "attraction": self-attraction. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "attraction"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Afrikaans | aantrekkingskrag, aas (ace, carrion), aantreklikheid (attractiveness, charm), aanloksel, aanloklikheid (attractiveness, charm). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | tërheqje (affinity, allurement, appeal, appetence, appetency, attractiveness, crush, draw, drawing, enchantment, enticement, haul, jerk, lure, magnetization, pull, pullback, recall, recession, recoil, retirement, retraction, retreat, revocation, strain, stretch, tow, traction, tug, withdrawal), rëndesë (gravitation, gravity, heaviness, heft, ponderosity, ponderousness, weightiness), ngashënjim (allurement, seduction), joshje (bait, draw, enticement, inveiglement, seduction, solicitation, temptation). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | فتنة (appeal, disorder, glamor, glamour, seduction, spell, temptation, trial), كل ما يفتن, تجاذب (gravitation), جذب (allure, attract, catch, charm, engage, entice, hale, haul, magnetize, press, pull, rivet, strain, tempt), جاذبية (appeal, attractions, attractiveness, charisma, desire, fascination, pull), الجاذبية (cuteness). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | чар (allure, allurement, bewitchment, charm, enticement, fascination, glamor, glamour, loveliness, lure, magic, magnetism, spell, wizardry), нещо което привлича, атракция, притегляне (adduction, gravitation, gravity, pull), привлекателност (allure, appeal, attractiveness, charm, congeniality, desirability, glamor, glamour, pizzazz, prettiness, relish, seduction, sightliness, solicitation), привличане (gravitation, invitation, magnetization, pull). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 吸引力. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | atrakce (draw), přitažlivost (glamor, glamour), pùvab (amenity, attractiveness, charm, comeliness, glamor, glamour, grace, gracefulness, pleasure, savor), gravitace (gravitation, graviti, gravity). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | tiltrækningskraft (attractive forces). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | attractie, aantrekkingskracht (attractive force, attractive forces, attractiveness, drawing power, locational attraction, power of attraction), aantrekking (pull-in), aantrekkelýkheid (attractiveness, charm), trekpleister (prepared poultice, vesicle). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Esperanto | altira forto, allogeco (attractiveness, charm), allogaĵo. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | viehätys (charm, grace), vetovoima (gravitational pull, gravity, pull), vetonumero, houkutin (allurement, enticement). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | attraction (attractiveness). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | attraktion (coupling, coupling phase), anziehungskraft (appeal, force of attraction, gravity, magnetism, pull), anziehung (appeal, attracting). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | έλξη (affinity, lure, pull, traction), θέαμα (show, sideshow, sight, spectacle). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | מקסם (magic, sorcery), "קסמ" (appeal, charm, fascination, spell). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | vonzerõ (appeal, attractiveness), vonzódás (affinity, liking), varázs (allurement, appeal, blandishments, charisma, enchantment, enthralment, fascination, lure, seduction, spell), csábítás (allurement, bait, coaxing, debauchery, enticement, lure, seduction, temptation). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | atraksi, tarikan (drawing, pulling), penghibur. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | forza attrativa, attrazione (appeal, attracting, call, captivation, pull, sideshow). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 誘致 (invitation, lure), 魅惑 (captivation, charm, fascination, lure). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | きゅうしゅう (absorption, assault, bitter enemy, descent, old customs, raid, revenge, southern-most of four main islands of Japan, suction), きゅうい" (absorption, aspiration, sucking in, suction), か"ば" (appearance, billboard, closing time, doorplate, dry plate, figurehead, policy, poster, sign, signboard), ゆうい" (enticement, exciting cause, good day for business and lawsuits, incentive, incitement, inducement), ゆうち (invitation, lure), アトラクション , みばえ (appearance, charm, display, show, vanity), みわく (captivation, charm, fascination, lure), みえ (appearance, charm, display, pose, posture, show, vanity). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 구경거리. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | tayrnys, cleayn (bent, enticement, inclination, inducement, lure, seduction). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | attractionay atração (allurement, appeal, glamor, glamour, inveiglement, lodestar, pull). (various references) atragere (allurement, attracting, inveiglement), atracţie (amenity, appeal, attractiveness, call, charm, draw, endearment, enticement, fancy, fascination, glamor, glamour, grace, mind, pull, seduction), simpatie (approval, congeniality, countenance, fellow feeling, liking, love, popularity, regard, sympathy), seducţie (charm, seduction), farmec (allurement, amenity, appeal, attractiveness, charm, delight, enchantment, endearment, enticement, fascination, glamor, glamour, grace, loveliness, lure, relish, salt, seduction, sex appeal, spell, spicery, witchery). (various references) притяжение (glitz, gravitation, gravity). (various references) atrakcija, privlačnost (attractiveness, lure, prettiness, pull), privlačenje. (various references) atracción (amusement, attractiveness, draw, geniality, gravity, invocation, pull). (various references) dragningskraft (attractive force, gravity, magnetism, traction), attraktion (appeal, draw). (various references) atraksiyon, alımlılık (charm, comeliness, spell), eğlence programı (floor show), cazibe (allure, allurement, appeal, attractiveness, charm, charms, desirability, draw, drawing power, enchantment, enticement, fascination, feminene charms, gilt, glamor, glamour, gravitation, it, lure, magnetism, oomph, romance, seduction, witchery), çekim (conjugation, declension, draw, filming, flection, flexion, flexional, force of gravity, gravitation, gravitational, gravity, inflection, inflexion, pull, shoot, shooting, shot), çekicilik (affinity, allurement, appeal, attractiveness, charisma, charm, comeliness, desirability, fascination, gilt, glamor, glamour, it, oomph, pull, romance, seduction, sex appeal, sexiness, witchery). (various references) чарівність (appeal, appealingness, bewitchment, charisma, charm, fascination, glamor, glamour, loveliness, prettiness), тяжіння, атракціон, притягання, привабливість (affinity, amiability, appeal, appealingness, attractiveness, beauty, buxomness, charm, grace, loveliness, magnetism, pull, relish), приманка (lure). (various references) sức lôi cuốn cái thu hút, sức hút sự thu hút, sức hấp dẫn (draw, drawn, drew), sự lôi cuốn (affinity, allurement, attractiveness, catchiness), sự hấp dẫn (affinity, attractiveness, gravitation, gravity, magnetization), cái lôi cuốn, cái hấp dẫn. (various references) atyniad (capillarity), atynfa (capillarity), tynfa (draw). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | inlecebris. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | Nahum Chapter 3, Verse 4 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Apo plhqouV porneiaV pornh kalh kai epicarhV hgoumenh farmakwn h pwlousa eqnh en th porneia authV kai fulaV en toiV farmakoiV authV |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Propter multitudinem fornicationum meretricis speciosae et gratae et habentis maleficia quae vendidit gentes in fornicationibus suis et familias in maleficiis suis |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | For multitude of the fornycaciouns of the hoore fair and able, and hauynge euel dedis, or wicchecraftis; whiche solde folkis in her fornycaciouns, and meynees in her poysouns. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | Because of the multitude of the whoredoms of the wellfavoured harlot, the mistress of witchcrafts, that selleth nations through her whoredoms, and families through her witchcrafts. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | Because of the multitude of the lewd deeds of the well-favored harlot, the mistress of witchcrafts, that selleth nations through her lewd deeds, and families through her witchcrafts. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | Because of all the false ways of the loose woman, expert in attraction and wise in secret arts, who takes nations in the net of her false ways, and families through her secret arts. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Nahum Chapter 3, Verse 4 |
| Albanian | Të gjitha këto për shkak të kurvërimeve të shumta të prostitutes joshëse, mjeshtre në artet magjike që i shiste kombet me kurvërimet e saj dhe popujt me artet e saj magjike. |
| Cebuano | Tungod sa kadaghan sa mga pagpakighilawas sa bigaon nga nahamut-an, ang agalon nga babaye sa mga buhat nga madiwatahon, nga nagabaligya sa mga nasud pinaagi sa iyang pagpakighilawas, ug mga panimalay pinaagi sa iyang mga madiwatahon nga buhat. |
| Croatian | Eto plaæe za razvrat bludnice, ljupke ljubaznice, vješte èarobnice koja je zavodila narode svojim razvratom i plemena svojim èaranjima. |
| Danish | For Skøgens vidt drevne Utugt, den fagre, udlært i Trolddom, som besnærede Folk ved Utugt, Stammer ved Trolddom, |
| Dutch | Om der grote hoererijen wil der zeer bevallige hoer, der meesteres der toverijen, die met haar hoererijen volken verkocht heeft, en geslachten met haar toverijen. |
| Finnish | Kaikki tämä porton suuren haureuden tähden, tuon ihanan sulottaren, ovelan velhottaren, joka myi kansakunnat haureudellaan, sukukunnat velhouksillansa. |
| French | C`est cause des nombreuses prostitutions de la prostituée, Pleine d`attraits, habile enchanteresse, Qui vendait les nations par ses prostitutions Et les peuples par ses enchantements. |
| German | Das alles um der Hurerei willen der schönen, lieben Hure, die mit Zauberei umgeht, die mit ihrer Hurerei die Heiden und mit ihrer Zauberei Land und Leute zu Knechten gemacht hat. |
| Hungarian | A szép parázna sok paráznaságáért, a hitetésnek mesternõje miatt, a ki népeket ejtett meg paráznaságával, és nemzetségeket bûbájaival: |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Niniwe pelacur itu sedang diberi hukuman. Kecantikannya sungguh mempesonakan. Banyak bangsa telah disihirnya, dan dibujuk dengan rayuannya. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Bahwa sudah penuhlah takaran zinah perempuan sundal yang amat elok parasnya, yang pandai bermain mata, yang sudah menjual beberapa bangsa dengan zinahnya dan beberapa kaum dengan main matanya. |
| Italian | Per le tante seduzioni della prostituta, della bella maliarda, della maestra d'incanti, che faceva mercato dei popoli con le sue tresche e delle nazioni con le sue malìe. |
| Maori | He maha hoki no nga kairautanga o te wahine ataahua i kairau nei; ko te rangatira nei ia o nga makutu, e hoko nei i nga iwi ki ana kairautanga, i nga hapu ano ki ana mahi makutu. |
| Norwegian | til gjengjeld for den mangfoldige utukt som hun drev, hun den fagre og trollkyndige skjøge, som solgte folkeslag ved sin utukt og hele slekter ved sine trolldomskunster. |
| Portuguese | tudo isso por causa da multidão dos adultérios, da meretriz formosa, da mestra das feitiçarias, que vende nações por seus deleites, e familias pelas suas feitiçarias. |
| Rumanian | Din pricina multelor curvii ale curvei, plinq de farmec, fermecqtoare iscusitq, care vindea neamurile prin curviile ei wi popoarele prin vrqjitoriile ei. - |
| Russian | ьФП--ЪБ НОПЗЙЕ 'МХ"П"ЕСОЙС ТБЪЧТБФОЙ"Щ ТЙСФОПК ОБТХЦОПУФЙ, ЙУЛХУОПК Ч ЮБТП"ЕСОЙЙ, ЛПФПТБС 'МХ"П"ЕСОЙСНЙ УЧПЙНЙ ТП"БЕФ ОБТП"Щ Й ЮБТПЧБОЙСНЙ УЧПЙНЙ-- МЕНЕОБ. |
| Spanish | Esto sucederá debido a la multitud de las fornicaciones de la prostituta, de bella apariencia y experta en hechizos, que seduce a las naciones con sus fornicaciones y a los pueblos con sus hechizos. |
| Swedish | Allt detta för den myckna otukt hon bedrev, hon, den fagra och trollkunniga skökan, som prisgav folkslag genom sin otukt och folkstammar genom sina trolldomskonster. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "attraction": attractions. (additional references) | |
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"Attraction" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: abtraction, antiactin, astraction, atraction, atriction, attaction, Attranto, attristion. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "attraction" (pronounced utra"kshun) |
| 7 | -t r a" k sh u n | abstraction, contraction, distraction, extraction, retraction, subtraction, traction. |
| 6 | -r a" k sh u n | diffraction, fraction, infraction. |
| 5 | -a" k sh u n | action, dissatisfaction, exaction, faction, inaction, interaction, liquefaction, reaction, satisfaction, transaction. |
| 4 | -k sh u n | abduction, addiction, advection, affection, affliction, auction, benediction, circumspection, collection, complexion, compunction, concoction, conduction, confection, conjunction, connection, constriction, construction, contradiction, convection, conviction, correction, crucifixion, deconstruction, deduction, defection, depiction, dereliction, destruction, detection, diction, direction, disaffection, disconnection, disinfection, dissection, distinction, dysfunction, ejection, election, erection, eviction, extinction, fiction, flexion, friction, function, imperfection, induction, infarction, infection, inflection, infliction, injection, injunction, inspection, instruction, insurrection, interconnection, interdiction, interjection, intersection, introduction, introspection, junction, jurisdiction, liposuction, malfunction, midsection, nonfiction, objection, obstruction, overproduction, overprotection, overreaction, perfection, prediction, predilection, preelection, production, projection, protection, recollection, reconstruction, redirection, reduction, reelection, reflection, reinspection, reintroduction, rejection, reproduction, restriction, resurrection, sanction, section, seduction, selection, subsection, suction, transection. |
| 3 | -sh u n | abbreviation, abdication, aberration, abolition, abomination, abortion, abrogation, absolution, absorption, academician, acceleration, accession, acclimation, accommodation, accreditation, accretion, accumulation, accusation, acidification, acquisition, activation, adaptation, addition, adjudication, administration, admiration, admission, admonition, adoption, adoration, adulation, advocation, affectation, affiliation, affirmation, agglomeration, aggravation, aggression, agitation, alienation, allegation, alleviation, alliteration, allocation, alphabetization, alteration, altercation, alternation, amalgamation, ambition, amelioration, ammunition, amortization, amplification, amputation, animation, annexation, annihilation, annotation, antiabortion, anticipation, anticorruption, antidiscrimination, apparition, appellation, application, apportion, appreciation, apprehension, approbation, appropriation, approximation, arbitration, argumentation, articulation, ascension, ashen, aspiration, assassination, assertion, assimilation, association, assumption, attention, attribution, attrition, audition, augmentation, authentication, authorization, automation, aviation, avocation, balkanization, beautician, bifurcation, brutalization, calculation, calibration, cancellation, cannibalization, capitalization, capitulation, caption, carburetion, carnation, castration, categorization, causation, caution, celebration, centralization, certification, cessation, cetacean, characterization, circulation, citation, civilization, clarification, classification, clinician, coagulation, coalition, codification, coercion, cogeneration, cogitation, cognition, cohabitation, collaboration, collectivization, colonization, coloration, colorization, combination, commemoration, commendation, commercialization, commission, commotion, communication, communization, compassion, compensation, competition, compilation, completion, complication, composition, comprehension, compression, compulsion, computation, computerization, concatenation, concentration, conception, conceptualization, concession, conciliation, concussion, condemnation, condensation, condescension, condition, confabulation, confederation, confession, configuration, confirmation, confiscation, conflagration, confrontation, conglomeration, congratulation, congregation, conjugation, conniption, connotation, conscription, consecration, conservation, consideration, consolation, consolidation, constellation, consternation, constipation, constitution, consultation, consummation, consumption, contamination, contemplation, contention, continuation, contortion, contraception, contraption, contribution, contrition, convention, conversation, convocation, convolution, convulsion, cooperation, coordination, coronation, corporation, correlation, corroboration, corruption, counterrevolution, creation, cremation, criminalization, crustacean, culmination, cultivation, cushion, dalmatian, damnation, decaffeination, decapitation, deceleration, decentralization, deception, decertification, decimation, declaration, decommission, decomposition, decompression, decontamination, decoration, decriminalization, dedication, defamation, definition, deflation, deforestation, deformation, degeneration, degradation, dehumanization, dehydration, deification, deinstitutionalization, delegation, deletion, deliberation, delineation, demarcation, demilitarization, demobilization, democratization, demodulation, demolition, demonization, demonstration, demoralization, demotion, denationalization, denomination, dentition, denuclearization, denunciation, depletion, depopulation, deportation, deposition, depravation, depreciation, depredation, depression, deprivation, deregulation, derivation, desalination, desalinization, description, desecration, desegregation, desertion, desiccation, designation, desolation, desperation, destabilization, destination, destitution, detention, deterioration, determination, detonation, detoxication, detoxification, devaluation, devastation, deviation, devolution, devotion, dictation, dietitian, differentiation, digression, dilatation, dilation, dilution, dimension, diminution, discoloration, discontinuation, discretion, discrimination, discussion, disembarkation, disinclination, disinflation, disinformation, disintegration, dislocation, disorganization, disorientation, dispensation, disposition, disputation, disqualification, disruption, dissemination, dissension, dissertation, dissipation, dissociation, dissolution, distillation, distortion, distribution, diversification, divination, documentation, domestication, domination, donation, dramatization, duplication, duration, echolocation, edification, edition, education, egyptian, ejaculation, elaboration, elation, electrician, electrification, electrocution, elevation, elimination, elocution, elongation, emanation, emancipation, embarkation, emigration, emission, emotion, emulation, emulsion, encryption, enumeration, equalization, equitation, equivocation, eradication, erudition, eruption, escalation, estimation, evacuation, evaluation, evaporation, evocation, evolution, exacerbation, exaggeration, examination, exasperation, excavation, exception, excitation, exclamation, excommunication, excoriation, excretion, execution, exemption, exertion, exfoliation, exhalation, exhibition, exhilaration, exhortation, exhumation, exoneration, expansion, expatriation, expectation, expedition, experimentation, expiration, explanation, explication, exploitation, exploration, exposition, expression, expropriation, expulsion, extension, extermination, extortion, extradition, extrapolation, fabrication, facilitation, falsification, fascination, fashion, federation, fermentation, fertilization, fibrillation, figuration, filtration, fission, fixation, flirtation, flotation, fluctuation, fluoridation, foliation, formalization, formation, formulation, fortification, foundation, fragmentation, freshen, fruition, frustration, fumigation, gasification, gastrulation, generalization, generation, gentian, gentrification, geriatrician, germination, gestation, glaciation, globalization, glorification, gradation, graduation, granulation, gratification, gravitation, gumption, gyration, habitation, hallucination, harmonization, hesitation, hessian, hibernation, homogenization, hospitalization, humiliation, hybridization, hydration, hydrogenation, hyperinflation, hypertension, hypotension, identification, ignition, illumination, illustration, imagination, imitation, immigration, immunization, impassion, impersonation, implantation, implementation, implication, importation, imposition, impregnation, impression, improvisation, imputation, inactivation, inauguration, incantation, incapacitation, incarceration, incarnation, inception, incineration, inclination, incoordination, incorporation, incrimination, incrustation, incubation, indemnification, indentation, indexation, indication, indignation, indiscretion, indoctrination, industrialization, infatuation, infestation, infiltration, inflammation, inflation, information, inhabitation, inhalation, inhibition, initiation, innovation, inoculation, inquisition, inscription, insemination, insertion, insinuation, inspiration, installation, instigation, institution, institutionalization, instrumentation, insubordination, insulation, integration, intensification, interception, intercession, intermission, internationalization, interpretation, interrogation, interruption, intimation, intimidation, intonation, intoxication, intuition, inundation, invalidation, invention, investigation, invitation, invocation, ionization, irradiation, irrigation, irritation, isolation, jubilation, justification, juxtaposition, laceration, lactation, legalization, legislation, levitation, liberalization, liberation, libration, ligation, lilliputian, limitation, liquidation, litigation, localization, location, locomotion, logician, lotion, lubrication, machination, magician, magnetization, magnification, malformation, malnutrition, manifestation, manipulation, mansion, marginalization, martian, masturbation, mathematician, maturation, maximization, mechanization, mediation, medication, meditation, menstruation, mention, migration, mineralization, miniaturization, ministration, misallocation, misapplication, misapprehension, misappropriation, miscalculation, mischaracterization, miscommunication, misconception, miscreation, misidentification, misimpression, misinformation, misinterpretation, misperception, misrepresentation, mission, mitigation, mobilization, moderation, modernization, modification, modulation, molestation, monopolization, mortician, motion, motivation, multiplication, mummification, munition, musician, mutation, mutilation, narration, nation, nationalization, naturalization, navigation, negation, negotiation, neutralization, nitration, nomination, nonaggression, nondiscrimination, nonprescription, nonproliferation, normalization, notation, notification, notion, nucleation, nullification, nutrition, obfuscation, obligation, observation, obsession, obstetrician, occupation, ocean, omission, operation, opposition, oppression, optician, optimization, option, oration, orchestration, ordination, organisation, organization, orientation, origination, ornamentation, oscillation, ossification, ostentation, ovation, overconsumption, overexpansion, overpopulation, overregulation, oversimplification, overvaluation, ovulation, oxidation, pacification, pagination, palpitation, participation, partition, passion, pasteurization, patrician, pediatrician, penetration, pension, perception, percussion, perforation, permission, permutation, perpetuation, persecution, personalization, personification, perspiration, perturbation, petition, physician, pigmentation, plantation, polarization, politician, politicization, pollination, pollution, pontification, popularization, population, portion, position, possession, potion, precaution, precession, precipitation, preconception, precondition, predestination, predisposition, preemption, prefabrication, preignition, premeditation, premonition, preoccupation, preparation, prescription, presentation, preservation, pressurization, presumption, presupposition, pretension, prevention, privation, privatization, probation, procession, proclamation, procrastination, procreation, profanation, profession, prognostication, progression, prohibition, proliferation, promotion, pronunciation, propagation, proportion, proposition, propulsion, proration, proscription, prosecution, prostitution, prostration, protestation, provocation, publication, punctuation, purification, qualification, quantification, quotation, radiation, radicalization, ramification, ratification, ration, rationalization, reaffirmation, realization, reallocation, reassertion, reauthorization, recalculation, recantation, recapitalization, reception, recertification, recession, recitation, reclamation, reclassification, recognition, recommendation, reconciliation, recondition, reconfiguration, reconfirmation, reconsideration, recreation, recrimination, rectification, recuperation, redecoration, rededication, redefinition, redemption, redistribution, reeducation, reevaluation, reexamination, reflation, reforestation, reformation, refrigeration, refutation, regeneration, regimentation, registration, regression, regulation, rehabilitation, rehydration, reimposition, reincarnation, reincorporation, reintegration, reinterpretation, reinvention, reinvigoration, reiteration, rejuvenation, relation, relaxation, relocation, remediation, remission, remuneration, renationalization, rendition, renegotiation, renomination, renovation, renunciation, reorganization, reparation, repatriation, repercussion, repetition, replication, reposition, repossession, representation, repression, repudiation, reputation, requisition, reregulation, reservation, resignation, resolution, respiration, restitution, restoration, resumption, resuscitation, retaliation, retardation, retention, retransmission, retribution, reunification, revaluation, revelation, reverberation, revitalization, revocation, revolution, revulsion, rhetorician, rotation, rumination, salvation, sanctification, sanitation, saponification, saturation, secession, secretion, securitization, sedation, sedimentation, sedition, segmentation, segregation, sensation, separation, sequestration, session, simplification, simulation, situation, socialization, solicitation, solution, sophistication, specialization, specification, speculation, stabilization, stagflation, stagnation, standardization, starvation, station, statistician, sterilization, stimulation, stipulation, strangulation, subluxation, submission, subordination, subscription, subsidization, substantiation, substation, substitution, suburbanization, succession, suffocation, summation, superstation, superstition, supposition, suppression, suspension, suspicion, syncopation, syndication, tabulation, tactician, taxation, technician, telecommunication, temptation, tension, termination, theoretician, titian, titillation, toleration, tradition, transcription, transformation, transgression, transillumination, transition, translation, transmission, transplantation, transportation, trepidation, triangulation, tribulation, tuition, undervaluation, unification, unionization, urbanization, usurpation, utilization, vacation, vaccination, vacillation, validation, valuation, vaporization, variation, vegetation, venetian, ventilation, verification, vibration, victimization, vilification, vindication, violation, visitation, visualization, vocation, volition, vulgarization, westernization, workstation. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-c-i-n-o-r-t-t-t" | |
-2 letters: raincoat, traction. | |
-3 letters: anticar, arnatto, attaint, attract, carotin, citator, ocarina, ricotta, taction, tantric, titrant. | |
-4 letters: acinar, action, anatto, antiar, aortic, arnica, aroint, atonic, attain, attorn, cantor, carina, carton, cation, citron, contra, cortin, cottar, crania, craton, intact, intort, octant, ration, rattan, ratton, tantra, tartan, tricot, triton. | |
-5 letters: acari, acorn, actin, actor, antic, antra, aorta, atria. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-c-i-n-o-r-t-t-t" | |
+1 letter: attractions. | |
+2 letters: scatteration. | |
+3 letters: authenticator, scatterations. | |
+4 letters: abstractionist, authenticators, pantisocratist, stratification. | |
+5 letters: abstractionists, antitheoretical, catheterization, pantisocratists, stratifications. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
