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Definitions: Reservation |
ReservationNoun1. A district that is reserved for particular purpose. 2. A statement that limits or restricts some claim; "he recommended her without any reservations". 3. An unstated doubt that prevents you from accepting something wholeheartedly. 4. The act of reserving (a place or passage) or engaging the services of (a person or group): "wondered who had made the booking". 5. The act of keeping back or setting aside for some future occasion. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "reservation" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1350. (references) |
| Domain | Definitions |
Computing | A means of switching in which the same resources are constantly available between set up and clear down of a connection, even if there is no exchange of information. Source: European Union. (references) |
Military | In NATO standardization, the stated qualification by a member nation that describes the part of a standardization agreement that it will not implement or will implement only with limitations. See also implementation; NATO standardization agreement; ratification. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Synonyms: ReservationSynonyms: arriere pensee (n), booking (n), mental reservation (n), qualification (n), reserve (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Concealment | Reticence; reserve; mental reserve, reservation; arriere pensee, suppression, evasion, white lie, misprision; silence; (taciturnity); suppression of truth; underhand dealing; closeness, secretiveness; Adjective: mystery. |
Equivocalness | Equivocation; (duplicity); white lie, mental reservation; (concealment); paltering. |
Limit | Phrase: stick to the reservation; go beyond the pale. |
Noun: limit, boundary, bounds, confine, enclave, term, bourn, verge, curbstone, but, pale, reservation; termination, terminus; stint, frontier, precinct, marches; backwoods. | |
Nonaddition Subtraction | Adverb: in deduction; Noun: less; short of; minus, without, except, except for, excepting, with the exception of, barring, save, exclusive of, save and except, with a reservation; not counting, if one doesn't count. |
Region | Noun: region, sphere, ground, soil, area, field, realm, hemisphere, quarter, district, beat, orb, circuit, circle; reservation, pale; (limit); compartment, department; clearing. |
Untruth | Irony; half truth, white lie, pious fraud; mental reservation; (concealment). |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | A reservation for yourself? (Home Alone 2: Lost in New York; writing credit: John Hughes) We have your reservation, we just ran out of cars. (Seinfeld; writing credit: Andreas Lenze; Bea Schmidt) We don't have reservation. We're here (C.S.I.: Crime Scene Investigation; writing credit: Kenta Fukasaku; Koshun Takami) | |
Lyrics | 'Cause I made your reservation. (Last Train to Clarksville; performing artist: The Monkees; writing credit: Tommy Boyce and Bobby Hart) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Cancel My Reservation (1972) Return Reservation (1964) Rhythm on the Reservation (1939) | |
Song Titles | Indian Reservation (performing artist: Medicine Man) Indian Reservation (performing artist: Paul Revere and The Raiders) | |
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 | Early morning. Navajo Indian reservation.Credit: CDC. |  | Group of two-story PHS Hospital buildings located on an Indian Reservation.Credit: CDC. |
 | NRCS employee Robert Kilian inspecting local growth on the Colville Indian Reservation.Credit: Gary Wilson. |  | Watering trough for cattle on Colville Indian Reservation, Omak Washington. Fencing cattle out of the stream and placing alternative water supplies for livestock helps stabilize the stream and provides better fish habitat.Credit: Gary Wilson. |
 | Close up of hands working on a sewing machine producing teddy bears at the coop on the Navajo Reservation in Ganado, AZ.Credit: USDA. |  | Annie Pino a Ramah Navajo weaver herds her sheep on the Ramah Navajo reservation at Pine Hill, NM .Credit: USDA. |
 | Dusty Phelps, Anthoney Gar, Darrell Apple and Will Thunderhorse, self help housing, Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, SD.Credit: USDA. |  | Herb Webb, NRCS, Resource Conservationist, Flathead Indian Reservation Tribal Complex, Pablo, Montana checks of field of canola on a clients farm. Canola has emerged as a viable alternative oil crop, not only for its products, but also for the potential to diversify cropping systems. The principle use for canola is vegetable oil.Credit: USDA. |
 | Alexander Bagay (l) and Joseph Kee read a story together in the library of the Ganado Navajo Reservation elementary School in AZ.Credit: USDA. |  | Sharon Begay and her sister Alta hold teddy bears produced by the cooperative on the Ganado Navajo Reservation, AZ.Credit: USDA. |
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| Author | Date | Quotation |
John Locke | 1690 | The right then of conquest extends only to the lives of those who joined in the war, not to their estates, but only in order to make reparation for the damages received, and the charges of the war, and that too with reservation of the right of the innocent wife and children. (Second Treatise of Government) |
Treaty of Versailles | 1919 | The original Members of the League of Nations shall be those of the Signatories which are named in the Annex to this Covenant and also such of those other States named in the Annex as shall accede without reservation to this Covenant. (reference) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Title | Author | Quote |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | With this reservation, let us pass on. |
Grapes of Wrath | Steinbeck, John | Around the reservation there was a high wire fence, and along the fence, at intervals of fifty feet, the guards sat in the grass and waited. |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Business | Among them is the hotel industry, which is trying to upgrade customer services by automating room service, quick checkout systems, payroll and reservation services. (references) | |
British consumers should not be asked to call the United States to make a reservation, even if an international "800" number or attractive discount is provided, because to do so would deprive them of these important U.K. consumer protections. (references) | ||
Mobile phone sets with the highest sales potential are those that are small and lightweight, have advanced special features (e.g. automatic redialing, call reservation, and anti-theft alarm), are easy to operate, and are ergonomically designed. (references) | ||
Civil Liberties | Papua New Guinea | A reservation to the Convention regarding the issuance of travel documents restricted the travel of some Irian Jayans residing in a refugee camp in the western part of the country; there are 340 persons from Irian Jaya living in a camp in Vanimo, near the Indonesian border. (references) |
Economic History | Colombia | Colombia subsequently withdrew some of its reservations, most notably a reservation on extradition. (references) |
Lebanon | Franchised hotels are also appearing in Lebanon, to the benefit of local proprietors who can take advantage of the chains' name recognition and international reservation networks. (references) | |
Indigenous People | Dominica | About 65 percent of the Carib population is between the ages of 18 and 35. The reservation is governed by the 1978 Carib Constitution. (references) |
Colombia | On November 24, AUC gunmen attacked an indigenous reservation near Rio Sucio Cauca department; they killed five persons and threatened others. (references) | |
Colombia | In August unidentified men killed Masael Cheta Cety, the indigenous governor of the Cristal Paez reservation in Florida municipality, Valle del Cauca department, and his wife. (references) | |
Political Rights | India | Debate continues over the Women's Reservation Bill, first introduced in Parliament in late 1998. The Government spoke of passing this legislation in the November parliamentary session; however, debate continued at year's end. (references) |
Trade | Canada | A party can protest an existing law, measure, or practice that does not conform to the agreement's principles by formally lodging an exception or reservation for the measure. (references) |
Saudi Arabia | Saudi non-tariff barriers include: preferences for national and GCC products in government procurement; a 30 percent of contract value "set-aside" for local contractors on major government projects; a requirement that foreign contractors obtain their imported goods and services exclusively through Saudi agents; reservation of some services for government-owned companies (e.g. insurance and air transport); and the economic offset requirement mandating reinvestment of a portion of contract value in indigenous industries for certain high value government contracts, particularly in defense. (references) | |
Travel | Botswana | Request the hotel van service when you make your room reservation. (references) |
Korea | Furthermore, it is a good idea to confirm your hotel reservation and any special requests by fax. (references) | |
Eq. Guinea | Hotel space in mid 2001 was extremely tight, and hotels routinely did not honor reservations; advance booking was essential with regular follow-up to ensure the reservation was being maintained. (references) | |
Worker Rights | Italy | In May 2000, the NGO End Child Prostitution, Pornography and Trafficking (ECPAT) and components of the tourism industry (tour companies, travel agents, computer reservation system personnel, airline companies, airport authorities, and trade unions) initiated a voluntary code of conduct designed to impede sex tourism. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| Speaker | Phrase(s) |
Linda Thompson | Just that I have known the pain of too much tenderness. That he would always remain the love of my life, but I never wanted to love that fully and completely without reservation again. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Speaker | Term | Phrase(s) |
Andrew Jackson | 1829-1837 | The States have delegated their whole authority over imports to the General Government without limitation or restriction, saving the very inconsiderable reservation relating to their inspection laws. |
Ulysses S. Grant | 1869-1877 | I have taken this oath without mental reservation and with the determination to do to the best of my ability all that is required of me. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| "Reservation" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 99.38% of the time. "Reservation" is used about 642 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) | 99.38% | 638 | 10,210 |
| Noun (common) | 0.47% | 3 | 202,518 |
| Noun (proper) | 0.16% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 642 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "reservation": agree without reservation ♦ airspace reservation ♦ cancel my reservation ♦ central reservation ♦ change of reservation ♦ confirm reservation ♦ confirmed reservation ♦ express reservation ♦ hotel reservation ♦ i have a reservation ♦ indian reservation ♦ international Programmable Airline Reservation System ♦ make a reservation ♦ mental reservation ♦ programmable Airline Reservation System ♦ reservation desk ♦ reservation message ♦ resource Reservation Protocol ♦ seat reservation ♦ seat reservation ticket ♦ stick to the reservation ♦ table reservation ♦ with reservation of. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "reservation": reservation-breaking. | |
| 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 "reservation"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Afrikaan | bespreking (booking). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | rezervim (restraint). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | حفظ (commit to memory, conservation, conserve, desiccate, din into, keep, keeping, maintenance, memorize, preservation, protect, protection, reserve, retain, save, set aside, store, treasure), حجز (attach, attachment, be taken, bespeak, bond, confine, confinement, constrain, derequisition, detain, detention, distrain, foreclose, have reservations, immure, impound, incarcerate, incarceration, keep, lock, mew, put away, recapture, reserve, restrain, retention, seize, seizure, sequester, sequestration, shut, staunch, stop, tackle), حشمة (decency, prudery, seemliness), تحفظ (closeness, have reservations, hedge, limiting condition, precaution, proviso, qualify, reserve, restraint, reticence, self restraint), إحتياط (precaution, provision), إضمار, أرض تفرد لإستعمال خاص. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Asturian | reserva. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Basque | erreserba. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Breton | miradur. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | уговорка (arrangement, limitation, modification, provision, proviso, qualification, qualifier, reserve, salvo), резервация, резерват (preserve, refuge, reserve, sanctuary, wildlife sanctuary), резерва (backlog, bank, limitation, qualification, qualifier, reserve, stockpile, supply), резервиране (backup), възражение (answer, caveat, demur, demurrer, deprecation, exception, expostulation, objection, protest, protestation, question, rejoinder, remonstrance, reply), нафора взета за вкъщи, запазване на право, запазване (conservation, keeping, persistence, preservation, preserving, protection, retention), бранище (reserve). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Catalan | reserva. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Cebuano | reserbasyon. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 約 (reserve), 保留 (KEEP, remain, Remained, retain, retained, retainer, retaining, retention). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Croatian | rezervaciju. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | rezervaci, rezervace (forest), zatajení (concealment), výhrada (proviso, qualification, reserve, saving clause). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | reservering (static allocation), reservation, forbehold i revisionspåtegning (qualification of the auditor's report), billetreservation. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | reservering (booking), vrije baan, voorbehoud bij een accountantsverklaring (qualification of the auditor's report), statische toewijzing (static allocation). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Esperanto | rezervadon. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Estonian | reservatsiooni, reservatsioon, ettetellimist. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Faeroese | bílegging. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | کتمان , قید (Adverb, Assurance, Bind, Bridle, Clog, Constraint, Encumbrance, Hamper, Manacle, Proviso, Qualification, Rocker, Shackle, Tie), قطعه زمین اختصاصی , تقیه , ذخیره (Hoard, Reserve, Reservoir, Spare, Stock, Stockpile, Store), احتیاط (Canniness, Caution, Discretion, Guard, Nicety, Precaution, Prudence, Reserve, Vigilance), استثناء (Exception, Exclusion), رزروکردن صندلی یااتاق درمهمانخانه , شرط (Article, Avow, Clause, Condition, Limitation, Provision, Proviso, Qualification, Stake, Vow). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | varaus (allocation, charge, electric charge, electricity, proviso, reserve, seizing, seizure). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Flemish | reservatie (seat assignment). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | réservation. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French Canadian | réservation. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Frisian | reservearing. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Galician | reserva. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Reservierung (advance booking, booking), Voranmeldung (advance notification, appointment, booking), Reservation, reservat (classified, discretionary power, preserve, reserve, right). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | κράτηση (arestment, arrest, custody, deduction, hold, internment, lockup, retention, tripping), επιφύλαξη (ball, caution, proviso, qualification, reserve). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Haitian Creole | rezèvasyon. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | תחום מושב (pale), שמורת טבע (sanctuary), שמור" (reserve), "זמ " (commissioning, indent, invitation, order), "סתי'ות (demurrer, exception, qualification, qualifications, saving). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | védett terület (conservation area, game-preserve, preserve, reserve, sanctuary, submarine havens), szobafoglalás, rezerválás, rendelés (consulting hours, order, orders, ordinance), helyjegyváltás, foglalás (distress), fenntartás (caveat, continuance, continuation, maintenance, provisions, proviso, qualification, reserve, salvo, sustainment, sustenance, upkeep, vindication), félretétel (relegation). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Icelandic | sætispöntunina (seat reservation), pantaðir (made a reservation), pantaði (made a reservation, ordered), pöntunina (the reservation). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | pesanan (errand). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Inuktitut | inigijaujuq. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | prenotazione (booking). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 貸し切り (reserved), 貸切り (reserved), 予約 (advance order, booking, contract, pledge, subscription). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | かしきり (reserved), よやく (advance order, booking, contract, pledge, subscription). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 예약. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Luxembourgish | réservatioun. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Macedonian | rezervacija. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | thalloo freaylt (reserve), freilltys (conservancy), cur gys un cheu (leave over, pigeonhole), cooyl-smooinaght, boayl er lheh (private place). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Norwegian | bestillingen (the order, the reservation). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | eservationray reserva (backlog, backup, booking, discretion, fallback, freehand, fund, hoard, preserve, privacy, proviso, qualification, refuge, reserve, reservoir, restriction, reticence, salvo, secrecy, static allocation, stealth, stockpile, store, wildlife reserve). (various references) reserva (reserve). (various references) reservacion. (various references) rezervare (retainer), rezervaţie (reserve, sanctuary), rezervã (aloofness, budget, chill, condition, deposit, distance, exception, hoard, offishness, qualification, refill, reserve, restraint, retention, side-room, stand by, standoffishness, stipulation, stock, store, substitute, supply), reticenţã (reserve, reticence), restricţie (reserve, restraint, restriction, stint), reþinere, reţinere (check, continence, deduction, detention, moderation, pause, restraint, retainer, retention, stoppage), tãinuire (concealment, secretion), mãsurã (action, amount, arrangement, bar, beat, degree, dimension, extent, length, measure, measurement, out size, proceeding, rate, rhythm, size, sobriety, step, steps, time), loc reţinut, discreţie (discretion, reserve, secrecy), cumpãtare (moderation, parsimony, reasonableness, reserve, sanity, sobriety, temperance, thrift), camerã rezervatã. (various references) reserv . (various references) умалчивание, сдержанность (continence, demureness, discreetness, insularity, moderation, modesty, reserve, restraint, reticence, self restraint, self-restraint, temperance), резервация, резервирование (backup, reservations), оставление (abandonment, desertion, detention), оговорка (blooper, clause, lapsus linguae, limitation, reserve, slip of the tongue), заповедник (conservancy area, conservation, game reserve, national park, preserve, reserve, wildlife sanctuary), запасный (alternate, duplicate), бронирование мест, бронирование (armoring), предварительный заказ. (various references) avanoa. (various references) rezervat (preserve), rezervacija, zadržavanje (delay, detention, hold, retention, set back, setback, stay), ograda (banister, dissociation, enclosure, fence, haw, hedge, railing, reserve, ring fence). (various references) rezervacijo, rezervacije. (various references) reservación, reserva (backlog, backup, booking, portion of the estate to devolve compulsorily upon the heirs, preserve, qualification, refuge, reserve, salvo, secretiveness, state park, static allocation, store, wildlife reserve). (various references) förbehåll (proviso, qualification, qualification of the auditor's report, reserve, restriction, saving, saving clause). (various references) reserbasyon. (various references) rezervasyon (booking), yer ayırtma (booking), korumaya alınmış arazi (reserve), doğal koruma alanı, ayrılmış bölge, şart (circumstance, condition, if, must, necessarily, proviso, reserve, state, stipulation, string, understanding), ön koşul (precondition, prior condition, reserve). (various references) резервування, резервація, застереження (admonishment, admonition, caution, caveat, clause, condition, document, lesson, notification, provision, qualification, restriction, salvo, warning), збереження (preservation). (various references) sự hạn chế (check, inhibition, limitation, restriction), bu"ng ở. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | dubium. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "reservation": reservationist, reservationists, reservations. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "reservation": cryopreservation, preservation. (additional references) | |
Words containing "reservation": cryopreservations, preservationist, preservationists, preservations. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "reservation" (pronounced re'zervā"shun) |
| 9 | r e' z er v ā" sh u n | preservation. |
| 7 | -z er v ā" sh u n | observation. |
| 6 | -er v ā" sh u n | conservation. |
| 5 | -v ā" sh u n | activation, aggravation, cultivation, depravation, deprivation, derivation, elevation, excavation, inactivation, innovation, motivation, ovation, privation, renovation, 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. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-e-i-n-o-r-r-s-t-v" | |
-1 letter: overstrain, overtrains, venerators, veratrines. | |
-2 letters: invertase, inverters, invertors, orneriest, overrates, overtires, overtrain, renovates, reorients, restriven, retainers, reversion, serration, taverners, ternaries, venerator, veratrine, veratrins. | |
-3 letters: anterior, antrorse, arenites, arsenite, arteries, aversion, earstone, eversion, evertors, inserter, introrse, inverter, invertor, investor, naivetes, nerviest, notaries, oneriest, overeats, overnear, overneat, overrate, overstir, overtire, raveners, reasoner, reinsert, reinters, reinvest. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-e-e-i-n-o-r-r-s-t-v" | |
+1 letter: extraversion, overstrained, preservation, reservations. | |
+2 letters: arteriovenous, conservatoire, extraversions, overasserting, overassertion, overmastering, overreactions, perseveration, preservations, reinvigorates, remonstrative. | |
+3 letters: conservatoires, conservatories, interbehaviors, interrogatives, overassertions, overbreathings, overharvesting, perseverations, reinnervations, reservationist, reverberations, tergiversation, verbigerations. | |
+4 letters: antiprogressive, interoperatives, intervalometers, overadvertising, overcentralizes, overdecorations, overextractions, overregulations, preservationist, remonstratively, reservationists, revolutionaries, tergiversations. | |
+5 letters: arch | |
