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Definition: Cushion |
CushionNoun1. A mechanical damper; absorbs energy of sudden impulses. 2. A soft bag filled with air or a mass of padding such as feathers or foam rubber etc. Verb1. Protect from impact; "cushion the blow". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "cushion" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1200. (references) |
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Dream Interpretation | To dream of reclining on silken cushions, foretells that your ease will be procured at the expense of others; but to see the cushions, denotes that you will prosper in business and love-making. For a young woman to dream of making silken cushions, implies that she will be a bride before many months. Source: Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted .... |
Industry | Layer of rubber between casing and protection ply. Layer of rubber over, under and between belt plies. Source: European Union. (references) |
Mechanical Engineering | A press accessory located beneath or within a bolster or die block to provide an additional motion or pressure. Actuated by air, oil, rupper or springs or a combination thereof. Source: European Union. (references) |
Mining | A course of some compressible substance, such as soft wood, inserted between more rigid material. In mine support, it can be placed between the footwall or the hanging wall and the concrete, or internally in thesupport. (references) |
Physics | A volume of air under pressure, enclosed, between the bottom of an ACV and the supporting surface, by a rigid structure, curtains, skirts, or any combination thereof. Source: European Union. (references) |
Slang in 1811 | CUSHION. He has deserved the cushion; a saying of one whose wife is brought to bed of a boy: implying, that having done his business effectually, he may now indulge or repose himself. Source: 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue. |
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(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Cushion (from Old French coisson, coussin; from Latin culcita, a quilt), a soft bag of some ornamental material, stuffed with wool, hair, feathers, or even paper torn into fragments. It may be used for sitting or kneeling upon, or to soften the hardness or angularity of a chair or couch. It is a very ancient article of furniture, the inventories of the contents of palaces and great houses in the early Middle Ages constantly making mention of it. It was then often of great size, covered with leather, and firm enough to serve as a seat, but the steady tendency of all furniture has been to grow smaller. It was, indeed, used as a seat, at all events in France and Spain, at a very much later period, and in Saint-Simon's time we find that at the Spanish court it was still regarded as a peculiarly honourable substitute for a chair. In France the right to kneel upon a cushion in church behind the king was jealously guarded and strictly regulated, as we may learn again from Saint-Simon. This type of cushion was called a carreau or square. When seats were rude and hard the cushion may have been a necessity; it is now one of the minor luxuries of life.The term cushion is given in architecture to the sides of the Ionic capital. It is also applied to an early and simple form of the Romanesque capitals of Germany and England, which consist of cubical masses, square at the top and rounded off at the four corners, so as to reduce the lower diameter to a circle of the same size as the shaft.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Cushion."
Synonyms: CushionSynonyms: shock (n), shock absorber (n), buffer (v), soften (v). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Pleasure | Well-being; good; snugness, comfort, ease; cushion; sans souci, mind at ease. |
Relief | Lenitive, restorative; (remedy); cushion; crumb of comfort, balm in Gilead. |
Softness | Clay, wax, butter, dough, pudding; alumina, argil; cushion, pillow, feather bed, down, padding, wadding;foam. |
Support | Bed, berth, pallet, tester, crib, cot, hammock, shakedown, trucklebed, cradle, litter, stretcher, bedstead; four poster, French bed, bunk, kip, palang; bedding, bichhona, mattress, paillasse; pillow, bolster; mat, rug, cushion. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
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Screenplays | They were in the sofa, under the cushion. (Zero Effect; writing credit: Jake Kasdan) | |
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 | Atlantic trumpet triton and cushion sea star. Credit: The Coral Kingdom. |  | Cushion starfish with smaller starfish species in situ. Credit: The Coral Kingdom. |
 | Unusual specimen of cushion starfish, Culcita novaeguineae, more flattened than usual. Credit: The Coral Kingdom. |  | Medium shot of purple cushion fleabane (Erigeron poliospermus var. poliospermus). Credit: John Craig. |
 | Closeup shot of purple cushion fleabane (Erigeron poliospermus var. poliospermus). Credit: John Craig. |  | A Patrol Air Cushion Vehicle (PACV) leaves the ship's well deck, circa January-February 1967, probably in the vicinity of San Diego, California. The PACVs had seen experimental service in South Vietnam's Mekong River Delta. The original photograph was released by Commander Amphibious Force, Pacific Fleet, on 15 February 1967. Credit: NAVY. |
 | Farm people sitting on automobile cushion in square, Tahlequah, Oklahoma. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Children of agricultural day laborer sitting on an old automobile seat cushion. On Poteau Creek near Spiro, Oklahoma, Sequoyah County. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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| "Yellow Flowers on Cushion" by Igor Kasalovic Commentary: "Yellow flowers on orange cushion. ." | "My cushion" by Myname Mylastname Commentary: "In my home." |
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| Title | Author | Quote |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | How kind you are to put this cushion under my back |
Grapes of Wrath | Steinbeck, John | Tom moved Ma from the seat and got the can of tire patch from underneath the cushion. |
Walden | Thoreau, Henry David | I would rather sit on a pumpkin and have it all to myself than be crowded on a velvet cushion. |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | It also serves to cushion the brain. (references) | |
Other devices have a soft cushion on which the patient lies. Most devices use either x-rays or ultrasound to help the surgeon pinpoint the stone during treatment. (references) | ||
Business | Others report that crystalware, glassware and home accessories such as cushion covers, bedlinen, towels and throws are in demand. (references) | |
The LTA is now studying how to phase in these additional COEs in order to take into account the progress of the ERP implementation as well as cushion the initial impact of the new system. (references) | ||
Economic History | Ireland | Two factors may cushion the impact of the U.S. slowdown on Ireland. (references) |
Political Economy | Indonesia | Working with international financial institutions, the U.S. contributed as well to Indonesian efforts to implement needed financial reforms and doubled its own economic assistance in support of social safety net programs designed to cushion the impact of the economic downturn on poorer Indonesians. (references) |
Trade | Egypt | On the other hand, the Social Fund for Development, established to cushion the impact of economic reforms on low-income groups, is providing funds to banks to lend to small-scale enterprises. (references) |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | INTERREGNUM, n. The period during which a monarchical country is governed by a warm spot on the cushion of the throne. The experiment of letting the spot grow cold has commonly been attended by most unhappy results from the zeal of many worthy persons to make it warm again. |
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Gerald Ford | 1974-1977 | As we rebuild our economy, we have a continuing responsibility to provide a temporary cushion to the unemployed. |
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| "Cushion" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 83.51% of the time. "Cushion" is used about 472 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) | 83.51% | 395 | 14,105 |
| Lexical Verb (infinitive) | 14.59% | 69 | 40,280 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 1.9% | 9 | 117,287 |
| Total | 100.00% | 472 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "cushion": Air cushion ♦ air cushion restraint system ♦ air cushion vehicle ♦ Altar cushion ♦ captured air bubble cushion ♦ Coronary cushion ♦ cushion borne ♦ cushion calamint ♦ Cushion capital ♦ cushion cover ♦ cushion dance ♦ cushion flower ♦ Cushion star ♦ Cushion tire ♦ die cushion ♦ Endocardial Cushion Defects ♦ hearth cushion ♦ hydraulic cushion ♦ inflatable cushion ♦ jumping cushion ♦ King's cushion ♦ Lady's cushion ♦ lumbar cushion ♦ peripheral jet cushion system ♦ pin cushion ♦ scatter cushion ♦ seat cushion ♦ sidewall air cushion ♦ small cushion ♦ water cushion. Additional references. | |
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Beginning with "cushion": cushion-cover, cushion-like, cushion-shaped. | |
Ending with "cushion": pin-cushion. | |
Containing "cushion": air-cushion vehicle. | |
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| 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. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
cushion | 585 | window seat cushion | 76 |
chair cushion | 398 | boat cushion | 73 |
patio cushion | 359 | floor cushion | 70 |
patio furniture cushion | 315 | chaise lounge cushion | 70 |
outdoor cushion | 290 | car seat cushion | 65 |
seat cushion | 247 | cushion swing | 65 |
outdoor furniture cushion | 204 | sunbrella cushion | 64 |
rocking chair cushion | 167 | glider cushion | 64 |
replacement cushion | 145 | sofa cushion | 61 |
foam cushion | 139 | cushion papasan | 61 |
patio chair cushion | 127 | cushion disease | 53 |
wicker furniture cushion | 110 | pin cushion | 52 |
wheel chair cushion | 100 | wicker chair cushion | 51 |
bench cushion | 92 | chaise cushion | 51 |
cushion cut diamond | 87 | outdoor furniture replacement cushion | 48 |
patio furniture replacement cushion | 80 | back support cushion | 43 |
outdoor chair cushion | 79 | meditation cushion | 43 |
cushion cover | 79 | chair cushion papasan | 41 |
wicker cushion | 79 | air cushion | 41 |
patio cushion replacement | 77 | glider rocker cushion | 40 |
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| Language | Translations for "cushion"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Afrikaans | kussing. (various references) | |
Albanian | vë jastëk, ulem mbi shilte, spond bilardoje, mbroj (assert, champion, cover, defend, fend, fight, guard, hold, keep, maintain, plead, preserve, protect, save, shield, stick up for, watch over), jastëk (pad, pillow). (various references) | |
Arabic | ملطف الحركة, متكأ (couch, divan, ottoman, rest, sofa), مسند (attribute, back, pillow, predicable, predicate, predicative, rest, subject), لطف الحركة, وسادة (bolster, pad, pillow, squab), وسد (pillow), زود بوسادة, الوثار, أخمد الشكاوي, دافع (advocate, apologize, assert, buckler, champion, defend, guard, guard against, hold off, impetus, impulse, impulsive, inducement, motive, object, payer, projectile, propellant, propeller, propulsive, repulsive, score, stand for, stick up for, urge, vindicate), بطانة حافة مائدة البليارد. (various references) | |
Bavarian | kiss. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | успокоително средство (anaesthetic, anesthetic, assuagement, calmative, lenitive, salve, sedative, tranquilizer), смекчавам въздействието на, смекчавам (break down, chastise, correct, extenuate, humanize, lighten, melt, mince, mitigate, moderate, modify, mollify, palliate, qualify, quiet, retouch, season, smooth out, soften, subdue, tame, temper, turn, water down), ръб на билярдна маса, възглавничка (pad), възглавница (pillow, riser, saddle), мека част, амортисьор (absorber, bumper, chock), легло (bed, bunk, bye bye, doss, hay, kip, mounting, pad, pillow block, sack), подложка (bolster, chock, insert, insertion, mat, overlay, pad, padding, planch, rest, saddle, seat, seating, sole, stock), подлагам възглавница, игнорирам (blink, cold shoulder, ignore, overlook, set aside). (various references) | |
Chinese | 茵 (Skimmia japonica), 坐垫, 墊子 (mat), 墊 (mat, pad). (various references) | |
Czech | ztlumit (damp down, deaden, dim, dip, hush, soften, tone down, turn down), zmírnit (allay, alleviate, break, deaden, defuse, dilute, ease, extenuate, loosen, mitigate, palliate, relieve, remit, slacken, smooth, soften, soothe, subdue, temper, tone down, understate), polštář (pillow), poduška (Hassock, pillow), mantinel (barrier). (various references) | |
Danish | pude (pillow). (various references) | |
Dutch | kussen (kiss, pillow). (various references) | |
Esperanto | kuseno. (various references) | |
Faeroese | koddi (pillow). (various references) | |
Farsi | متکا (Backrest, Bolster, Pillow, Slip), مخده (Pillow), چنبره (Tassel, Torque), نازبالش , کوسن (Squab), لایه گذاشتن , وسیله ای که شبیه تشک باشد, زیرسازی (Infrastructure), باکوسن وبالش نرم مزین کردن . (various references) | |
Finnish | tyyny (pillow), pielus (pad), pehmustaa (pad, upholster), pehmike (pad), patja (mattress), päänalus (pillow), ilmatyyny (air bag), alatyökalun joustolaite (die cushion). (various references) | |
French | coussin (seat cushion). (various references) | |
Frisian | kessen (pillow). (various references) | |
German | Kissen (cushions, pad, pillow, pillows, sachet), Polster (flab, layer of fat, pad, padding, pads, pillow, upholstery, wad). (various references) | |
Greek | μαξιλάρι (pillow, pouffe). (various references) | |
Hebrew | להגן (defend, guard, prattler, protect, safeguard, secure), לרפד בכר, כרית (pad, pillow), כר (pillow, saddlebag), כסת (bolster, featherbed, pillow, quilt). (various references) | |
Hungarian | párna (bolster, cod, cod pillow, pad, pillow). (various references) | |
Indonesian | bantal (pillow). (various references) | |
Italian | cuscino (Hassock, pillow), smorzare (absorb, appease, be appeased, dampen, deaden, dim, dull, fade, grow fainter, muffle, quench). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 座布団 (square cushion used when sitting on one's knees in a tatami-mat floor), 敷物 (carpet, carpeting, floorcloth, footcloth, matting, rug), クーロン力 (car horn, Chrysler, Clark, classic, classic car, classic life, classic races, classical, classicism, clerk, client, client server, climax, climber, climbing, climograph, cloud, collider, cook, cookie, cooking, cooking card, cooking school, Coulomb's force, coutouriere, couturier, crime story, crisis, criteria, crouching start, crown, cryoelectronics, cryogenics, cumin, cushion ball, Klaxon, Kuwait, large size, multi-purpose health facility, pitcher throwing to first base, quake, Quaker, quality, quality paper, quantity, quantize, quark, quarter, quarterback, quarterly, quartet, quartz, quasar, queen, queen size, Queen's English, Queensland, question, question mark, quick, quick motion, quick step, quick turn, quilter, quintet, quinto, quiz, quiz mania, quiz rally, quota, quotation mark, quote, Society of Friends, the Queen Mary). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | しきもの (carpet, carpeting, floorcloth, footcloth, matting, rug), ざぶとん (floor cushion, square cushion used when sitting on one's knees in a tatami-mat floor), クッション . (various references) | |
Korean | 방석. (various references) | |
Manx | soiagan, plooghey (asphyxia, asthma, choke, choking, congest, congestion, fugginess, glut, inundate, inundation, muffle, restrain, smother, smothering, stifle, suffocate, suffocation, tamp), cusheen, cur clooishag er. (various references) | |
Norwegian | pute. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | ushioncay.(various references) | |
Polish | poduszka. (various references) | |
Portuguese | coxim (axle box, bolster, chair, pad, squab), almofada (bolster, pad, panel, pillow-block, squab). (various references) | |
Romanian | tampon (buffer, pad, plug, plugging, tampon, wad, Wick), pune perne sub, perniţã (pad), pernã (pad, pillow, squab), face un duble la biliard, bandã (band, binder, bunch, clique, gang, pack, parcel, ribbon, ring, rout, set, strap, strip, tape, troop), ascunde (cloak, conceal, Cork, cover, curtain, disguise, dissemble, ensconce, enwrap, hide, hood, hugger mugger, keep away, keep back, mask, put away, put by, screen, secrete, shroud, smooth, tuck, tuck away, veil, wrap), amortiza (absorb, amortize, break, damp, deaden, extinguish, liquidate, pay off, redeem), aşeza pe pernã. (various references) | |
Russian | упругая прокладка, замалчивать прокладка, борт (bead, flange, gunnel, gunwale, ramp, shipboard), подушка (pad, pedestal, pillow, pillow block, saddle), диванная подушка. (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | uložak (insert, insole, pad), ublažiti (alleviate, attemper, become tempered, buff, dull, ease, lessen, mince, mitigate, moderate, mollify, palliate, redeem, soft pedal, soften, soothe, temper, tone down), podmetnuti jastuk, podložak, jastuk (bolster, pillow), jastuče (pad, pillow). (various references) | |
Spanish | cojín (Hassock, squab), almohada (pillow). (various references) | |
Sranan | kunsu. (various references) | |
Swedish | kudde (pad, pillar, pillow, sachet), dyna (pad, pillow, squab), hyende. (various references) | |
Turkish | zararı azaltacak önlem, yastıklamak (bolster), yastık koymak, yastık (bolster, pad, pillow), topu banda çarptırmak, tampon yapmak, tampon (buffer, bumper, fender, packing, shock absorber, tampon, wad), minder koymak, minder (mattress, squab), etkisini azaltmak (dilute, make nonsense of, spend, stultify, vitiate), bant (band, binding, braid, court plaster, fascia, fillet, recording, ribbon, scotch tape, strap, strapping, strip, tape, welt). (various references) | |
Turkmen | dьюek (bed, bedding). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | вставляти прокладку, відпочивати на подушках, прокладка (gasket, packing, separator, strip), диванна подушка. (various references) | |
Vietnamese | cái đệm (bearing, pad). (various references) | |
Welsh | clustog (pillow). (various references) | |
Yucatec | k'anho'ol. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | cervical, cervicalia, coxa, culcita, pulvinus, torace, toro, torum, torus. (various references) |
| Old French | 900-1400 | coissin. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | 1 Samuel Chapter 19, Verse 16 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Kai ercontai oi aggeloi kai idou ta kenotafia epi thV klinhV kai hpar twn aigwn proV kefalhV autou |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Cumque venissent nuntii inventum est simulacrum super lectum et pellis caprarum ad caput eius |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | And whanne the messagers weren comen, it is foundun a simulacre vpon the bed, and skynnys of she geet at the heed of it. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | And when the messengers were come in, behold, there was an image in the bed, with a pillow of goats' hair for his bolster. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | And when the messengers had come in, behold, there was an image in the bed, with a pillow of goat's hair for his bolster. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | And when the men came in, there was the image in the bed, with the cushion of goat's hair at its head |
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| Language | 1 Samuel Chapter 19, Verse 16 |
| Cebuano | Ug sa diha nga mingsulod na ang mga sulogoon, ania karon, ang larawan diha sa higdaanan, uban ang unlan nga balhibo sa kanding dapit sa ulo niana. |
| Croatian | A kad su glasnici ušli, gle: u postelji bješe idol, s kozjom dlakom oko glave! |
| Danish | Da Sendebudene kom derhen, opdagede de, at det var Husguden, der lå i Sengen med Gedehårsnettet over Hovedet. |
| Dutch | Als de boden kwamen, zo ziet, er was een beeld in het bed, en er was een geitenvel aan zijn hoofdpeluw. |
| Finnish | Mutta kun miehet tulivat sisälle, niin katso, vuoteessa olikin kotijumala, vuohenkarvoista tehty kärpäsverkko pään päällä. |
| French | Ces gens revinrent, et voici, le théraphim était dans le lit, et une peau de chèvre à son chevet. |
| German | Da nun die Boten kamen, siehe, da lag das Bild im Bett und ein Ziegenfell zu seinen Häupten. |
| Hungarian | És mikor a követek oda menének: ímé, a theráf volt az ágyban, és feje alatt a kecskeszõrbõl készült párna volt. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Lalu masuklah utusan itu ke dalam kamar dan ternyata patunglah yang terletak di tempat tidur dengan bantal bulu kambing di bagian kepalanya. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Serta sampailah suruhan itu, heran, maka adalah patung dalam tempat tidurnya dan kulit kambingpun pada bantalnya. |
| Italian | Tornarono i messaggeri ed ecco presso il letto c'erano i terafim e il tessuto di pelo di capra dalla parte del capo. |
| Maori | A, i te taenga atu o nga karere, na ko te whakapakoko i te moenga, me te urunga huruhuru koati i te wahi ki tona pane. |
| Norwegian | Men da budene kom inn, fikk de se at det var husguden som lå i sengen med gjetehårsteppet ved hodet. |
| Portuguese | Vindo, pois, os mensageiros, eis que estava a estátua na cama, e a pele de cabra à sua cabeceira. |
| Rumanian | Oamenii aceia s`au kntors, wi iatq cq terafimul era kn pat, wi kn jurul capului era o piele de caprq. |
| Spanish | Entraron los mensajeros, y he aquí que el ídolo estaba en la cama, y una almohada de cuero de cabra a su cabecera. |
| Swedish | Men när männen kommo in, fingo de se att det var husguden som låg i sängen, med myggnätet över huvudgärden. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "cushion": cushioned, cushioning, cushionless, cushions, cushiony. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "cushion": pincushion. (additional references) | |
Words containing "cushion": pincushions. (additional references) | |
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"Cushion" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: causion, chushion, cision, crushion, cushen, Cushinan, Cushnie, cusion, cussion, fushion, Koshion, Kuchino, Kuhio. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "cushion" (pronounced kuh"shun) |
| 3 | -sh u n | facilitation, faction, falsification, fascination, fashion, federation, fermentation, fertilization, fibrillation, fiction, figuration, filtration, fission, abrogation, absolution, absorption, abstraction, academician, acceleration, accession, acclimation, accommodation, abbreviation, abdication, abduction, aberration, abolition, abomination, abortion, accreditation, accretion, accumulation, accusation, acidification, acquisition, action, activation, adaptation, addiction, addition, adjudication, administration, admiration, admission, admonition, adoption, adoration, adulation, advection, advocation, affectation, affection, affiliation, affirmation, affliction, 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, attraction, attribution, attrition, auction, audition, augmentation, authentication, authorization, automation, aviation, avocation, balkanization, beautician, benediction, bifurcation, brutalization, calculation, calibration, cancellation, cannibalization, capitalization, capitulation, caption, carburetion, carnation, castration, categorization, causation, caution, celebration, centralization, certification, cessation, cetacean, characterization, circulation, circumspection, citation, civilization, clarification, classification, clinician, coagulation, coalition, codification, coercion, cogeneration, cogitation, cognition, cohabitation, collaboration, collection, collectivization, colonization, coloration, colorization, combination, commemoration, commendation, commercialization, commission, commotion, communication, communization, compassion, compensation, competition, compilation, completion, complexion, complication, composition, comprehension, compression, compulsion, compunction, computation, computerization, concatenation, concentration, conception, conceptualization, concession, conciliation, concoction, concussion, condemnation, condensation, condescension, condition, conduction, confabulation, confection, confederation, confession, configuration, confirmation, confiscation, conflagration, confrontation, conglomeration, congratulation, congregation, conjugation, conjunction, connection, conniption, connotation, conscription, consecration, conservation, consideration, consolation, consolidation, constellation, consternation, constipation, constitution, constriction, construction, consultation, consummation, consumption, contamination, contemplation, contention, continuation, contortion, contraception, contraction, contradiction, contraption, contribution, contrition, convection, convention, conversation, conviction, convocation, convolution, convulsion, cooperation, coordination, coronation, corporation, correction, correlation, corroboration, corruption, counterrevolution, creation, cremation, criminalization, crucifixion, crustacean, culmination, cultivation, dalmatian, damnation, decaffeination, decapitation, deceleration, decentralization, deception, decertification, decimation, declaration, decommission, decomposition, decompression, deconstruction, decontamination, decoration, decriminalization, dedication, deduction, defamation, defection, 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, depiction, depletion, depopulation, deportation, deposition, depravation, depreciation, depredation, depression, deprivation, deregulation, dereliction, derivation, desalination, desalinization, description, desecration, desegregation, desertion, desiccation, designation, desolation, desperation, destabilization, destination, destitution, destruction, detection, detention, deterioration, determination, detonation, detoxication, detoxification, devaluation, devastation, deviation, devolution, devotion, dictation, diction, dietitian, differentiation, diffraction, digression, dilatation, dilation, dilution, dimension, diminution, direction, disaffection, discoloration, disconnection, discontinuation, discretion, discrimination, discussion, disembarkation, disinclination, disinfection, disinflation, disinformation, disintegration, dislocation, disorganization, disorientation, dispensation, disposition, disputation, disqualification, disruption, dissatisfaction, dissection, dissemination, dissension, dissertation, dissipation, dissociation, dissolution, distillation, distinction, distortion, distraction, distribution, diversification, divination, documentation, domestication, domination, donation, dramatization, duplication, duration, dysfunction, echolocation, edification, edition, education, egyptian, ejaculation, ejection, elaboration, elation, election, electrician, electrification, electrocution, elevation, elimination, elocution, elongation, emanation, emancipation, embarkation, emigration, emission, emotion, emulation, emulsion, encryption, enumeration, equalization, equitation, equivocation, eradication, erection, erudition, eruption, escalation, estimation, evacuation, evaluation, evaporation, eviction, evocation, evolution, exacerbation, exaction, 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, extinction, extortion, extraction, extradition, extrapolation, fabrication, fixation, flexion, flirtation, flotation, fluctuation, fluoridation, foliation, formalization, formation, formulation, fortification, foundation, fraction, fragmentation, freshen, friction, fruition, frustration, fumigation, function, 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, imperfection, impersonation, implantation, implementation, implication, importation, imposition, impregnation, impression, improvisation, imputation, inaction, inactivation, inauguration, incantation, incapacitation, incarceration, incarnation, inception, incineration, inclination, incoordination, incorporation, incrimination, incrustation, incubation, indemnification, indentation, indexation, indication, indignation, indiscretion, indoctrination, induction, industrialization, infarction, infatuation, infection, infestation, infiltration, inflammation, inflation, inflection, infliction, information, infraction, inhabitation, inhalation, inhibition, initiation, injection, injunction, innovation, inoculation, inquisition, inscription, insemination, insertion, insinuation, inspection, inspiration, installation, instigation, institution, institutionalization, instruction, instrumentation, insubordination, insulation, insurrection, integration, intensification, interaction, interception, intercession, interconnection, interdiction, interjection, intermission, internationalization, interpretation, interrogation, interruption, intersection, intimation, intimidation, intonation, intoxication, introduction, introspection, intuition, inundation, invalidation, invention, investigation, invitation, invocation, ionization, irradiation, irrigation, irritation, isolation, jubilation, junction, jurisdiction, justification, juxtaposition, laceration, lactation, legalization, legislation, levitation, liberalization, liberation, libration, ligation, lilliputian, limitation, liposuction, liquefaction, liquidation, litigation, localization, location, locomotion, logician, lotion, lubrication, machination, magician, magnetization, magnification, malformation, malfunction, malnutrition, manifestation, manipulation, mansion, marginalization, martian, masturbation, mathematician, maturation, maximization, mechanization, mediation, medication, meditation, menstruation, mention, midsection, 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, nonfiction, nonprescription, nonproliferation, normalization, notation, notification, notion, nucleation, nullification, nutrition, obfuscation, objection, obligation, observation, obsession, obstetrician, obstruction, occupation, ocean, omission, operation, opposition, oppression, optician, optimization, option, oration, orchestration, ordination, organisation, organization, orientation, origination, ornamentation, oscillation, ossification, ostentation, ovation, overconsumption, overexpansion, overpopulation, overproduction, overprotection, overreaction, overregulation, oversimplification, overvaluation, ovulation, oxidation, pacification, pagination, palpitation, participation, partition, passion, pasteurization, patrician, pediatrician, penetration, pension, perception, percussion, perfection, 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, prediction, predilection, predisposition, preelection, preemption, prefabrication, preignition, premeditation, premonition, preoccupation, preparation, prescription, presentation, preservation, pressurization, presumption, presupposition, pretension, prevention, privation, privatization, probation, procession, proclamation, procrastination, procreation, production, profanation, profession, prognostication, progression, prohibition, projection, proliferation, promotion, pronunciation, propagation, proportion, proposition, propulsion, proration, proscription, prosecution, prostitution, prostration, protection, protestation, provocation, publication, punctuation, purification, qualification, quantification, quotation, radiation, radicalization, ramification, ratification, ration, rationalization, reaction, reaffirmation, realization, reallocation, reassertion, reauthorization, recalculation, recantation, recapitalization, reception, recertification, recession, recitation, reclamation, reclassification, recognition, recollection, recommendation, reconciliation, recondition, reconfiguration, reconfirmation, reconsideration, reconstruction, recreation, recrimination, rectification, recuperation, redecoration, rededication, redefinition, redemption, redirection, redistribution, reduction, reeducation, reelection, reevaluation, reexamination, reflation, reflection, reforestation, reformation, refrigeration, refutation, regeneration, regimentation, registration, regression, regulation, rehabilitation, rehydration, reimposition, reincarnation, reincorporation, reinspection, reintegration, reinterpretation, reintroduction, reinvention, reinvigoration, reiteration, rejection, rejuvenation, relation, relaxation, relocation, remediation, remission, remuneration, renationalization, rendition, renegotiation, renomination, renovation, renunciation, reorganization, reparation, repatriation, repercussion, repetition, replication, reposition, repossession, representation, repression, reproduction, repudiation, reputation, requisition, reregulation, reservation, resignation, resolution, respiration, restitution, restoration, restriction, resumption, resurrection, resuscitation, retaliation, retardation, retention, retraction, retransmission, retribution, reunification, revaluation, revelation, reverberation, revitalization, revocation, revolution, revulsion, rhetorician, rotation, rumination, salvation, sanctification, sanction, sanitation, saponification, satisfaction, saturation, secession, secretion, section, securitization, sedation, sedimentation, sedition, seduction, segmentation, segregation, selection, 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, subsection, subsidization, substantiation, substation, substitution, subtraction, suburbanization, succession, suction, suffocation, summation, superstation, superstition, supposition, suppression, suspension, suspicion, syncopation, syndication, tabulation, tactician, taxation, technician, telecommunication, temptation, tension, termination, theoretician, titian, titillation, toleration, traction, tradition, transaction, transcription, transection, 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 "c-h-i-n-o-s-u" | |
-1 letter: chinos, cousin. | |
-2 letters: chino, chins, cions, coins, conus, cuish, hocus, icons, incus, scion, sonic, uncos. | |
-3 letters: chin, chis, chon, cion, coin, coni, cons, cosh, hins, hisn, hons, huic, huns, ichs, icon, inch, ions, nosh, nous, onus, ouch, shin, shun, sinh, such, unci, unco. | |
-4 letters: chi, cis, con, cos, hic, hin, his, hon, hun, ich. | |
| Words containing the letters "c-h-i-n-o-s-u" | |
+1 letter: chousing, cushions, cushiony, hocusing, insomuch. | |
+2 letters: chitinous, chorusing, couchings, cushioned, hocussing, lichenous, slouching. | |
+3 letters: chorussing, consulship, countryish, cousinhood, cousinship, cushioning, eunuchoids, ichneumons, pincushion, touchiness, touchlines, trichinous, unactorish. | |
+4 letters: chirurgeons, consulships, cornhusking, cousinhoods, cousinships, cushionless, deinonychus, grouchiness, isochronous, mistouching, monochasium, outscheming, pincushions, scouthering, slouchiness, vouchsafing. | |
+5 letters: archosaurian, chloroquines, churchgoings, consumership, copublishing, cornhuskings, echinococcus, euchromatins, fucoxanthins, hallucinoses, hallucinosis, neurochemist, nucleophiles, packinghouse, punchinellos, roughcasting, schizogonous, shortcutting, subarachnoid, touchinesses, unchivalrous, unhistorical. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Images: Slideshow 7. Images: Photo Album 8. Images: Digital Art | 9. Quotations: Fiction 10. Quotations: Non-fiction 11. Quotations: Speeches 12. Usage Frequency | 13. Expressions 14. Expressions: Internet 15. Translations: Modern 16. Translations: Ancient | 17. Bible Trace 18. Derivations 19. Rhymes 20. Anagrams | 21. Bibliography |
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