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Definitions: Excavation |
ExcavationNoun1. The act of digging; "there's an interesting excavation going on near Princeton". 2. The site of an archeological exploration; "they set up camp next to the dig". 3. A hole in the ground made by excavating. 4. The act of extracting ores or coal etc from the earth. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "excavation" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1813. (references) |
Etymology: Excavation \Ex`ca*va"tion\, noun. [Latin expression excavatio: compare to the French expression excavation.]. (Websters 1913) |
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Medicine | The act or process of forming a cavity or hollow, or the cavity or hollow itself. Source: European Union. (references) |
Mining | A. The act or process of removing soil and/or rock materials from one location and transporting them to another. It includes digging, blasting, breaking, loading, and hauling, either at the surface or underground. See also:breaking ground b. A pit, cavity, hole, or other uncovered cutting produced by excavation. (references) |
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Synonyms: ExcavationSynonyms: dig (n), digging (n), hole in the ground (n), mining (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Concavity | Noun: concavity, depression, dip; hollow, hollowness; indentation, intaglio, cavity, dent, dint, dimple, follicle, pit, sinus, alveolus, lacuna; excavation, strip mine; trough; (furrow); honeycomb. |
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Crosswords: Excavation |
| English words defined with "excavation": cellar, Cold pit, cut ♦ delf, dig, digging, ditch ♦ Fire setting ♦ gash, Gobbing ♦ Homer A. Thompson, Homer Armstrong Thompson, Homer Thompson ♦ Mine, mineshaft ♦ pit, pool ♦ quarry ♦ root cellar ♦ Spoil bank, stone pit ♦ Thompson, To break ground, Topsoiling ♦ Winning headway. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "excavation": bulk pit excavation, bulk wide-area excavation ♦ excavation deformation ♦ hydraulic excavation ♦ trench excavation, tunnel excavation ♦ unclassified excavation ♦ vertical excavation limited area. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Excavation" is also a word in the following language with English translations in parentheses. French (excavate, excavation). |
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Lyrics | Going down, excavation (Elevation; performing artist: U2) Now going down, excavation (Elevation; performing artist: U2) | |
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 | Excavation of the stream bed at the Glade Bekken restoration site.Credit: NOAA Restoration Center. |  | The beginning of the excavation work to replace the culvert. The culvert if to the left of the flag.Credit: NOAA Restoration Center. |
 | Archaeological excavation at Skull Creek Dunes site in Catlow Valley of Southeastern Oregon.Credit: Mark Armstrong. |  | Archeologist working at an archeologist excavation site.Credit: Zanc. |
 | Pingo and Gravel Excavation East of Colville River.Credit: Alaska Historical Image Library. |  | Caption: Excavation for Rock Stock House; New Village, NJ; May 29, 1900; {10.220/9} (jpg). |
 | Men watching an excavation.Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Herbert Hoover and William F. Whiting, Secretary of Commerce, inspecting the excavation and other work on the site of the new Department of Commerce building in Washington, D.C.] / Underwood & Underwood.Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | New farm in Cow Hollow, Malheur County, Oregon. Note basement dugout house and excavation for new house in foreground. See general caption number 66.Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Steel production. More iron for the sinews of war. Excavation for another new blast furnace begins at an important Eastern production plant. Republic, Youngstown.Credit: Library of Congress. |
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 | Dirt; construction; worker; digging; dig; excavation; excavating; excavate; hole; earth; . |
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Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | The traveller paused and examined in the stone at the left of the door, near the ground, a large circular excavation like the hollow of a sphere. |
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| "Excavation" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Excavation" is used about 464 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 464 | 12,682 |
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Expressions using "excavation": archeologia excavation ♦ excavation of papilla of optic nerve ♦ excavation residues ♦ glaucomatous excavation of glaucomatous cup ♦ glaucomatous excavation of papilla ♦ glaucomatous excavation of papilla of optic nerve. Additional references. | |
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Beginning with "excavation": excavation-team. | |
Ending with "excavation": post-excavation. | |
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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. |
| Language | Translations for "excavation"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | vrimë (aperture, bore, dump, ear, eye, eyehole, eyelet, gap, hole, leak, mesh, mortise, mouth, notch, notching, nozzle, open, opening, orifice, Peck, perforation, pinhole, prick, puncture, recession, rent, shell-hole, slit, slot, tear, vent, venthole), vend gërmimesh, rrëmim (digging, rummage, scavenging), punime tokësore (earthwork), kanal (aqueduct, canal, chamfer, channel, conduit, cut, ditch, drain, duct, flute, Fosse, gully, gut, gutter, Lade, program, programme, rabbet, runway, sewer, trench, tube, watercourse), gropë (cave, cavity, dint, dugout, hole, hollow, pocket, sink, socket, sump, trough), gërmim (digging). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | كشف عن الآثار (excavate), نقب (burrow, burrowing, comb, delve, drilling, fish, mine, piercing, pry, quest, rake, ransack, root, rout out, rummage, scour, scrabble about, scrutinize, sleuth), حفيرة, حفريات, حفرة (bore, cavity, fossa, grave, hole, hollow, pit, trough), حفر (bore, burrow, burrowing, dig, digging, digging in, ditch, drill, drilling, etch, excavate, fetch, fossilize, gnaw, grave, hew, inscribe, make a hole in, pick up, pit, plough, rut, scrape, sink), تجويف (bore, bowl, cavity, chamber, concavity, dent, hole, hollow, pit, pocket, recess, scoop, sinus, socket). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | яма (crater, hole, pit), ров (delve, dike, ditch, pit, trench), разкопки (dig, diggings, dug), трап (hole, pit, trap, vampire), копаене (dig, hoe-work, picking), кариера (career, mine, pit, quarry, race), открити минни работи, землени работи, изриване (eruption), изкопаване (digging), издълбаване (incision, sinking). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 挖掘 . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | vykopávka (dig), vyhloubení, bagrování. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | excavatio, ekskavation (exhumation), udgravning (cutting, digging, exhumation, to dig away, trenching), uddybning (deepening, dredging), loesning (loosening, releasing), fordybning (dell, depression, depression centre, depression head, dig, dimple, pit, pluck, sunk face), byggegrube (cutting, trenching), afgravning af terraen, afgravning (spoil, spoil bank, trenching), afgravet jord (spoil). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | excavatio, excavatie, uitgraving (cutting, earthwork, spoil, trenching), sleuf (cutting, mortice, slot, slot mortice, wave), opgraving (exhumation), ontgraving (digging), grondontgraving, greppel (ditch, drain, field ditches, grip, hole, pit, trench), graafwerk, cutteren, bouwput (cutting, trenching), afgraven (dig off, level, removal, to excavate). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | kaivaus (spoil). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | fouille (exhumation, exploration), excavation (excavate). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | ausgrabung (exhumation), baugrube (cutting, earthwork, graving dock, trenching). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | εκσκαφή (opening), ανασκαφή. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | חפיר" (burrow, dig, digging, ditch, sap, trench, tunnel). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | kiásás (dug-out), feltárás (baring, digestion, exploration), üreg (cave, cavern, cavity, chamber, cove, cubbyhole, delve, foss, fossa, fosse, hole, hollow, lodge, pot hole, recess, sinus, socket, vug, well), ásatás (digging). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | ekskavasi, penggalian (dig, disinterment, quarying). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | scavo (cutting, dig, digging, dipping earth, exhumation, groundwork, pothole, scour, scour hole, trenching, undermining scouring, underwashing, washing away), escavazione (scour, undermining). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 発掘 (discovery, exhumation). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | くっし" (elasticity, tunnel), くっさく (digging out), きりどおし (cutting, opencut, sunken road), せ"さく (digging into, inquiry into, investigation, prying, scrutiny, turning), かいさく (adaptation, cutting, digging, masterpiece, splendid work), はっくつ (discovery, exhumation). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 굴착 (Excavating). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | toghailt (excavate). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Norwegian | utgravning. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | excavationay escavação (cutting, dig, digging, dipping earth, jerk, pit, scoop, trenching). (various references) excavare (cutting), excavaţie, scobiturã (dimple, flute, groove, hole, hollow, hollowness, lug, trough), sãpãturã (digging, hoeing), debleu (cut). (various references) раскопки. (various references) iskopina (diggings, digs), iskopavanje (dig). (various references) excavación (burrowing, crowding, cutting, dig, digging, dipping earth, sinking, trenching). (various references) utgrävning (cutting, digging, trenching). (various references) กระบวนการขุ"ค้นหาวัตถุโบรา" (ในสถานที่ทางประวัติศาสตร์). (various references) oyuk (alcove, bore, burrow, cavern, cavity, gouge, hallow, hole, hollow, niche, pit, pocket, sinus, socket), kazma (dig, digger, digging, Mattock, pick, pickax, pickaxe, Pike), kazı (dig, diggings, working, workings), hafriyat (cutting, earthwork, excavations), çukur (cavity, concave, deep set, dimple, dip, gully, gully drain, gutter, hole, hollow, indent, pit, scoop, sink, sunk, trench). (various references) розкопування, копання (digging), видобування (output), екскавація. (various references) sự đ o (dig, digging, picking), hố đ o sự khai quật. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | cavum. (various references) |
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Words beginning with "excavation": excavational, excavations. (additional references) | |
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"Excavation" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: escavation, excabation, excarvation, excavatio, execavation. (additional references) | |
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| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "excavation" (pronounced e'kskuvā"shun) |
| 6 | -u v ā" sh u n | activation, aggravation, depravation, deprivation, derivation, elevation, innovation, motivation, renovation. |
| 5 | -v ā" sh u n | conservation, cultivation, inactivation, observation, ovation, preservation, privation, reservation, salvation, starvation. |
| 4 | -ā" sh u n | abbreviation, abdication, aberration, abomination, abrogation, acceleration, acclimation, accommodation, accreditation, accumulation, accusation, acidification, adaptation, adjudication, administration, admiration, adoration, adulation, advocation, affectation, affiliation, affirmation, agglomeration, agitation, alienation, allegation, alleviation, allocation, alphabetization, alteration, altercation, amalgamation, amelioration, amortization, amplification, amputation, animation, annexation, annihilation, annotation, anticipation, antidiscrimination, appellation, application, appreciation, approbation, appropriation, approximation, arbitration, argumentation, articulation, aspiration, assassination, assimilation, association, augmentation, authentication, authorization, automation, aviation, avocation, balkanization, bifurcation, calculation, calibration, cancellation, cannibalization, capitalization, capitulation, carnation, castration, categorization, causation, celebration, centralization, certification, cessation, cetacean, characterization, citation, civilization, clarification, classification, coagulation, codification, cogeneration, cogitation, cohabitation, collaboration, collectivization, colonization, coloration, colorization, combination, commemoration, commendation, commercialization, communication, communization, compensation, compilation, complication, computation, computerization, concatenation, concentration, conciliation, condemnation, condensation, confabulation, confederation, configuration, confirmation, confiscation, conflagration, confrontation, conglomeration, congratulation, congregation, conjugation, connotation, consecration, consideration, consolation, consolidation, constellation, consternation, constipation, consultation, consummation, contamination, contemplation, continuation, conversation, convocation, cooperation, coordination, coronation, corporation, correlation, corroboration, creation, cremation, criminalization, crustacean, culmination, dalmatian, damnation, decaffeination, decapitation, deceleration, decentralization, decertification, declaration, decontamination, decoration, decriminalization, dedication, defamation, deflation, deforestation, deformation, degeneration, degradation, dehumanization, dehydration, deification, deinstitutionalization, delegation, deliberation, delineation, demarcation, demilitarization, demobilization, democratization, demodulation, demonization, demonstration, demoralization, denationalization, denomination, denuclearization, denunciation, depopulation, deportation, depreciation, depredation, deregulation, desalination, desalinization, desecration, desegregation, desiccation, designation, desolation, desperation, destabilization, destination, determination, detonation, detoxication, detoxification, devaluation, devastation, deviation, dictation, differentiation, dilatation, dilation, discoloration, discontinuation, discrimination, disembarkation, disinclination, disinflation, disinformation, disintegration, dislocation, disorganization, disorientation, dispensation, disputation, disqualification, dissemination, dissertation, dissipation, dissociation, distillation, diversification, divination, documentation, domestication, domination, donation, dramatization, duplication, duration, echolocation, edification, education, ejaculation, elaboration, elation, electrification, elimination, elongation, emanation, emancipation, embarkation, emigration, emulation, enumeration, equalization, equitation, equivocation, eradication, escalation, estimation, evacuation, evaluation, evaporation, evocation, exacerbation, exaggeration, examination, exasperation, excitation, exclamation, excommunication, exfoliation, exhalation, exhilaration, exhortation, exhumation, exoneration, expatriation, expectation, experimentation, expiration, explanation, explication, exploitation, exploration, expropriation, extermination, extrapolation, fabrication, facilitation, falsification, fascination, federation, fermentation, fertilization, fibrillation, figuration, filtration, fixation, flirtation, flotation, fluctuation, fluoridation, foliation, formation, formulation, fortification, foundation, fragmentation, frustration, fumigation, gasification, gastrulation, generalization, generation, gentrification, germination, gestation, glaciation, globalization, glorification, gradation, graduation, granulation, gratification, gravitation, gyration, habitation, hallucination, harmonization, hesitation, hibernation, hospitalization, humiliation, hybridization, hydration, hydrogenation, hyperinflation, identification, illumination, illustration, imagination, imitation, immigration, immunization, impersonation, implantation, implementation, implication, importation, impregnation, improvisation, imputation, inauguration, incantation, incapacitation, incarceration, incarnation, inclination, incoordination, incorporation, incrimination, incrustation, incubation, indemnification, indentation, indexation, indication, indignation, indoctrination, industrialization, infatuation, infestation, infiltration, inflammation, inflation, information, inhabitation, inhalation, initiation, inoculation, insemination, insinuation, inspiration, installation, instigation, institutionalization, instrumentation, insubordination, insulation, integration, intensification, internationalization, interpretation, interrogation, intimation, intimidation, intonation, intoxication, inundation, invalidation, investigation, invitation, invocation, ionization, irradiation, irrigation, irritation, isolation, jubilation, justification, laceration, lactation, legalization, legislation, levitation, liberalization, liberation, libration, ligation, limitation, liquidation, litigation, localization, location, lubrication, machination, magnetization, magnification, malformation, manifestation, manipulation, marginalization, masturbation, maturation, maximization, mechanization, mediation, medication, meditation, menstruation, migration, mineralization, miniaturization, ministration, misallocation, misapplication, misappropriation, miscalculation, mischaracterization, miscommunication, miscreation, misidentification, misinformation, misinterpretation, misrepresentation, mitigation, mobilization, moderation, modernization, modification, modulation, molestation, monopolization, multiplication, mummification, mutation, mutilation, narration, nation, nationalization, naturalization, navigation, negation, negotiation, neutralization, nitration, nomination, nondiscrimination, nonproliferation, normalization, notation, notification, nucleation, nullification, obfuscation, obligation, occupation, operation, optimization, oration, orchestration, ordination, organisation, organization, orientation, origination, ornamentation, oscillation, ossification, ostentation, overpopulation, overregulation, overvaluation, ovulation, oxidation, pacification, pagination, palpitation, participation, pasteurization, penetration, perforation, permutation, perpetuation, personalization, personification, perspiration, perturbation, pigmentation, plantation, polarization, politicization, pollination, pontification, popularization, population, precipitation, predestination, prefabrication, premeditation, preoccupation, preparation, presentation, pressurization, privatization, probation, proclamation, procrastination, procreation, profanation, prognostication, proliferation, pronunciation, propagation, proration, prostration, protestation, provocation, publication, punctuation, purification, qualification, quantification, quotation, radiation, radicalization, ramification, ratification, rationalization, reaffirmation, realization, reallocation, reauthorization, recalculation, recantation, recapitalization, recertification, recitation, reclamation, reclassification, recommendation, reconciliation, reconfiguration, reconfirmation, reconsideration, recreation, recrimination, rectification, recuperation, redecoration, rededication, reevaluation, reexamination, reflation, reforestation, reformation, refrigeration, refutation, regeneration, regimentation, registration, regulation, rehabilitation, rehydration, reincarnation, reincorporation, reinterpretation, reinvigoration, reiteration, rejuvenation, relation, relaxation, relocation, remediation, remuneration, renationalization, renegotiation, renomination, renunciation, reorganization, reparation, repatriation, replication, representation, repudiation, reputation, reregulation, resignation, respiration, restoration, resuscitation, retaliation, retardation, reunification, revaluation, revelation, reverberation, revitalization, revocation, rotation, rumination, sanctification, sanitation, saponification, saturation, securitization, sedation, sedimentation, segmentation, segregation, sensation, separation, sequestration, simplification, simulation, situation, socialization, solicitation, sophistication, specialization, specification, speculation, stabilization, stagflation, stagnation, standardization, station, sterilization, stimulation, stipulation, strangulation, subluxation, subordination, subsidization, substantiation, suburbanization, suffocation, summation, superstation, syndication, tabulation, taxation, telecommunication, temptation, termination, titillation, toleration, transformation, transillumination, translation, transplantation, transportation, trepidation, triangulation, tribulation, undervaluation, unification, unionization, urbanization, usurpation, utilization, vacation, vaccination, vacillation, validation, valuation, vaporization, variation, vegetation, ventilation, verification, vibration, victimization, vilification, vindication, violation, visitation, visualization, vocation, vulgarization, westernization. |
| 3 | -sh u n | abduction, abolition, abortion, absolution, absorption, abstraction, academician, accession, accretion, acquisition, action, addiction, addition, admission, admonition, adoption, advection, affection, affliction, aggression, alliteration, alternation, ambition, ammunition, antiabortion, anticorruption, apparition, apportion, apprehension, ascension, ashen, assertion, assumption, attention, attraction, attribution, attrition, auction, audition, beautician, benediction, brutalization, caption, carburetion, caution, circulation, circumspection, clinician, coalition, coercion, cognition, collection, commission, commotion, compassion, competition, completion, complexion, composition, comprehension, compression, compulsion, compunction, conception, conceptualization, concession, concoction, concussion, condescension, condition, conduction, confection, confession, conjunction, connection, conniption, conscription, constitution, constriction, construction, consumption, contention, contortion, contraception, contraction, contradiction, contraption, contribution, contrition, convection, convention, conviction, convolution, convulsion, correction, corruption, counterrevolution, crucifixion, cushion, deception, decimation, decommission, decomposition, decompression, deconstruction, deduction, defection, definition, deletion, demolition, demotion, dentition, depiction, depletion, deposition, depression, dereliction, description, desertion, destitution, destruction, detection, detention, deterioration, devolution, devotion, diction, dietitian, diffraction, digression, dilution, dimension, diminution, direction, disaffection, disconnection, discretion, discussion, disinfection, disposition, disruption, dissatisfaction, dissection, dissension, dissolution, distinction, distortion, distraction, distribution, dysfunction, edition, egyptian, ejection, election, electrician, electrocution, elocution, emission, emotion, emulsion, encryption, erection, erudition, eruption, eviction, evolution, exaction, exception, excoriation, excretion, execution, exemption, exertion, exhibition, expansion, expedition, exposition, expression, expulsion, extension, extinction, extortion, extraction, extradition, faction, fashion, fiction, fission, flexion, formalization, fraction, freshen, friction, fruition, function, gentian, geriatrician, gumption, hessian, homogenization, hypertension, hypotension, ignition, impassion, imperfection, imposition, impression, inaction, inception, incineration, indiscretion, induction, infarction, infection, inflection, infliction, infraction, inhibition, injection, injunction, inquisition, inscription, insertion, inspection, institution, instruction, insurrection, interaction, interception, intercession, interconnection, interdiction, interjection, intermission, interruption, intersection, introduction, introspection, intuition, invention, junction, jurisdiction, juxtaposition, lilliputian, liposuction, liquefaction, locomotion, logician, lotion, magician, malfunction, malnutrition, mansion, martian, mathematician, mention, midsection, misapprehension, misconception, misimpression, misperception, mission, mortician, motion, munition, musician, nonaggression, nonfiction, nonprescription, notion, nutrition, objection, obsession, obstetrician, obstruction, ocean, omission, opposition, oppression, optician, option, overconsumption, overexpansion, overproduction, overprotection, overreaction, oversimplification, partition, passion, patrician, pediatrician, pension, perception, percussion, perfection, permission, persecution, petition, physician, politician, pollution, portion, position, possession, potion, precaution, precession, preconception, precondition, prediction, predilection, predisposition, preelection, preemption, preignition, premonition, prescription, presumption, presupposition, pretension, prevention, procession, production, profession, progression, prohibition, projection, promotion, proportion, proposition, propulsion, proscription, prosecution, prostitution, protection, ration, reaction, reassertion, reception, recession, recognition, recollection, recondition, reconstruction, redefinition, redemption, redirection, redistribution, reduction, reeducation, reelection, reflection, regression, reimposition, reinspection, reintegration, reintroduction, reinvention, rejection, remission, rendition, repercussion, repetition, reposition, repossession, repression, reproduction, requisition, resolution, restitution, restriction, resumption, resurrection, retention, retraction, retransmission, retribution, revolution, revulsion, rhetorician, sanction, satisfaction, secession, secretion, section, sedition, seduction, selection, session, solution, statistician, submission, subscription, subsection, substation, substitution, subtraction, succession, suction, superstition, supposition, suppression, suspension, suspicion, syncopation, tactician, technician, tension, theoretician, titian, traction, tradition, transaction, transcription, transection, transgression, transition, transmission, tuition, venetian, volition, workstation. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-c-e-i-n-o-t-v-x" | |
-2 letters: cavatine, conative, exaction, invocate, vacation, vexation. | |
-3 letters: aconite, centavo, exciton, exotica, inexact, venatic. | |
-4 letters: acetin, action, active, aeonic, anoxia, anoxic, atavic, ataxic, atonic, aviate, avocet, axenic, axonic, catena, cation, caveat, centai, convex, enatic, exacta, exonic, exotic, native, noetic, notice, novice, octane, octave, taenia, toxine, vacant, vacate. | |
-5 letters: aceta, actin, aecia, antae, antic, atone, avant. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-c-e-i-n-o-t-v-x" | |
+1 letter: excavations. | |
+2 letters: excavational. | |
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| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000101 01111000 01100011 01100001 01110110 01100001 01110100 01101001 01101111 01101110 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)E x c a v a t i o n |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0045 0078 0063 0061 0076 0061 0074 0069 006F 006E |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)39906967886786758180 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Images: Slideshow 7. Images: Photo Album 8. Sounds | 9. Quotations: Fiction 10. Usage Frequency 11. Expressions 12. Expressions: Internet | 13. Translations: Modern 14. Translations: Ancient 15. Derivations 16. Rhymes | 17. Anagrams 18. Orthography 19. Bibliography |
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