Words ending in "-NATION"

Dr. Ravi P. Reddy (India)
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  1. abomination
    hate coupled with disgust
  2. agglutination
    the coalescing of small particles that are suspended in solution; these larger masses are then (usually) precipitated
  3. agnation
    line of descent traced through the paternal side of the family
  4. alienation
    the act of causing someone to become unfriendly or hostile
  5. alternation
    successive change from one thing or state to another and back again
  6. assassination
    murder of a public figure by surprise attack
  7. assignation
    a secret rendezvous (especially between lovers)
  8. bombination
    sound of rapid vibration
  9. cachinnation
    loud convulsive laughter
  10. calcination
    the conversion of metals into their oxides as a result of heating to a high temperature
  11. carbonation
    saturation with carbon dioxide (as soda water)
  12. carnation
    Eurasian plant with pink to purple-red spice-scented usually double flowers; widely cultivated in many varieties and many colors
  13. chlorination
    the addition or substitution of chlorine in organic compounds
  14. cognation
    (anthropology) related by blood
  15. combination
    the act of bringing things together to form a new whole
  16. commination
    a threat of divine punishment or vengeance
  17. concatenation
    the act of linking together as in a series or chain
  18. condemnation
    an expression of strong disapproval
  19. condonation
    a pardon by treating the offender as if the offense had not occurred
  20. conglutination
    the union of diverse things into one body or form or group
  21. consternation
    sudden shock or dismay that causes confusion
  22. contamination
    the state of being corrupted by contact or association
  23. coordination
    regulation of diverse elements into a harmonious operation
  24. coronation
    the ceremony of installing a new monarch
  25. crenation
    one of a series of rounded projections (or the notches between them) formed by curves along an edge (as the edge of a leaf or piece of cloth or the margin of a shell or a shriveled red blood cell observed in a hypertonic solution etc.)
  26. culmination
    a concluding action
  27. cybernation
    the control of processes by computer
  28. damnation
    the state of being condemned to eternal punishment in Hell
  29. deamination
    removal of the amino radical from an amino acid or other amino compound
  30. declination
    a condition inferior to an earlier condition
  31. decontamination
    the removal of contaminants
  32. demyelination
    loss of the myelin covering of some nerve fibers resulting in their impaired function
  33. denomination
    identifying word by which someone or something is called
  34. deracination
    to move something from its natural environment
  35. desalination
    the removal of salt
  36. designation
    the act of identifying something
  37. destination
    the place designated as the end, as of a race or journey
  38. determination
    the act of finding out the properties of something
  39. detonation
    the act of setting off an explosive
  40. discrimination
    unfair treatment of a person or group based on prejudice
  41. disinclination
    a certain degree of unwillingness
  42. dissemination
    the act of dispersing or diffusing something
  43. divination
    the art or gift of prophecy by supernatural means
  44. domination
    power to defeat
  45. donation
    a voluntary gift made to some worthwhile cause
  46. eburnation
    a change that occurs in degenerative joint disease in which bone is converted into a dense smooth substance resembling ivory
  47. elimination
    the act of removing or getting rid of something
  48. emanation
    the act of emitting; causing to flow forth
  49. enation
    a natural projection or outgrowth from a plant body or organ
  50. examination
    the act of scrutinizing something closely (as for mistakes)
  51. explanation
    making something understandable
  52. extermination
    the act of getting rid of by killing off
  53. fascination
    the state of being intensely interested
  54. festination
    involuntary shortening of stride and quickening of gait that occurs in some diseases (e.g., Parkinson's disease)
  55. foreordination
    being determined in advance
  56. fractionation
    separation into portions
  57. fulmination
    the act of exploding with noise and violence
  58. gemination
    the act of copying or making a duplicate of something
  59. germination
    the process whereby seeds or spores sprout and begin to grow
  60. haemagglutination
    agglutination of red blood cells
  61. hallucination
    illusory perception
  62. hemagglutination
    agglutination of red blood cells
  63. hibernation
    the resting state in which some animals pass the winter
  64. hydrogenation
    a chemical process that adds hydrogen atoms to an unsaturated oil
  65. hyphenation
    division of a word especially at the end of a line on a page
  66. illumination
    the quality of providing light
  67. imagination
    the ability to form mental pictures of things or events
  68. impersonation
    pretending to be someone else
  69. impregnation
    creation by the physical union of male and female gametes
  70. incarnation
    act of attributing human characteristics to abstract ideas
  71. inclination
    the act of bending forward
  72. incoordination
    a lack of coordination of movements
  73. incrimination
    an accusation that you are responsible for some lapse or misdeed
  74. indetermination
    the quality of being vague and poorly defined
  75. indignation
    a feeling of righteous anger
  76. indoctrination
    teaching someone to accept beliefs uncritically
  77. insemination
    the introduction of semen into the genital tract of a female
  78. insubordination
    defiance of authority
  79. intonation
    the act of singing in a monotonous tone
  80. invagination
    the folding in of an outer layer so as to form a pocket in the surface
  81. iodination
    the substitution or addition of iodine atoms in organic compounds
  82. isoagglutination
    agglutination of an agglutinogen of one individual by a serum from another individual of the same species
  83. lamination
    bonding thin sheets together
  84. lunation
    the period between successive new moons (29.531 days)
  85. machination
    a crafty and involved plot to achieve your ends
  86. miscegenation
    marriage or reproduction by people of different races
  87. nation
    a politically organized body of people under a government
  88. nomination
    the act of officially naming a candidate
  89. ordination
    the act of conferring holy orders
  90. origination
    the act of starting something for the first time
  91. oxygenation
    the process of providing or combining or treating with oxygen
  92. pagination
    the system of numbering pages
  93. peregrination
    traveling or wandering around
  94. perennation
    the process of living through a number of years
  95. personation
    imitating the mannerisms of another person
  96. phonation
    the sound made by the vibration of vocal folds modified by the resonance of the vocal tract
  97. planation
    the process of erosion whereby a level surface is produced
  98. plastination
    a process involving fixation and dehydration and forced impregnation and hardening of biological tissues; water and lipids are replaced by curable polymers (silicone or epoxy or polyester) that are subsequently hardened
  99. pollenation
    transfer of pollen from the anther to the stigma of a plant
  100. pollination
    transfer of the fine spores that contain male gametes
  101. prechlorination
    chlorination prior to another chemical process
  102. predestination
    previous determination as if by destiny or fate
  103. predetermination
    a mental determination or resolve in advance
  104. predomination
    the quality of being more noticeable than anything else
  105. preordination
    being determined in advance
  106. procrastination
    the act of putting off or delaying an action to a later time
  107. profanation
    the act of disrespecting something sacred or holy
  108. pronation
    rotation of the hands and forearms so that the palms face downward
  109. pseudohallucination
    an image vivid enough to be a hallucination but recognized as unreal
  110. ratiocination
    the proposition arrived at by logical reasoning
  111. recombination
    the rearrangement of genes (by crossing over) in offspring
  112. recrimination
    mutual accusations
  113. redetermination
    determining again
  114. reexamination
    (law) questioning of a witness by the party that called the witness after that witness has been subject to cross-examination
  115. reincarnation
    a second or new birth
  116. rejuvenation
    restoration to a more youthful, fresh, or lively condition
  117. resignation
    the act of giving up, as a claim or office or possession
  118. ruination
    destruction achieved by causing something to be wrecked or ruined
  119. rumination
    a calm, lengthy, intent consideration
  120. stagnation
    a state of inactivity
  121. subordination
    the state of being lower in rank to something
  122. subornation
    underhandedly or improperly inducing someone to do something improper or unlawful
  123. superordination
    the semantic relation of being superordinate or belonging to a higher rank or class
  124. supination
    rotation of the hands and forearms so that the palms face upward
  125. termination
    the act of ending something
  126. transamination
    the process of transfering an amino group from one compound to another
  127. trephination
    an operation that removes a circular section of bone from the skull
  128. urination
    the discharge of urine
  129. vaccination
    taking a substance, usually by injection, against a disease
  130. vaticination
    knowledge of the future
  131. venation
    (botany) the arrangement of veins in a leaf
  132. vernation
    (botany) the arrangement of young leaves in a leaf bud before it opens
Created on Thu Feb 21 02:56:13 EST 2013 (updated Thu Feb 21 20:18:43 EST 2013)

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