Words ending in "-ATION" - Long List

irregular and infrequent or difficult evacuation of the bowels; can be a symptom of intestinal obstruction or diverticulitis

the act of freeing from guilt or blame

an accusation that you are responsible for some lapse or misdeed

withdrawing from the activities of a group

severe constipation resulting from an obstruction in the intestines

a method of examination in which the examiner feels the size or shape or firmness or location of something (of body parts when the examiner is a health professional)

adaptation to a new climate

making real or giving the appearance of reality

an image that persists after stimulation has ceased

the act of putting in alphabetical order

the reduction of the value of an asset by prorating its cost over a period of years

an act that makes people cruel or lacking normal human qualities

separating something into fine particles

official permission or approval

an act that makes people primitive and uncivilized

an act that debases or corrupts

the act of deleting or modifying all passages considered to be indecent

the condition of being treated in a cruel and savage manner

the production of a canal or a conversion to canals

the act or process of proclaiming someone a saint

writing in capital letters

the destructive distillation of coal (as in coke ovens)

the basic cognitive process of arranging into classes or categories

the operation of introducing a catheter into the body

the act of coagulating blood and destroying tissue with a hot iron or caustic agent or by freezing

gathering to a center

management through specified channels of communication

the act of describing distinctive characteristics or essential features

circulating printed notices as a means of advertising

a society in an advanced state of social development

the organization of a nation or economy on the basis of collectivism

the act of colonizing; the establishment of colonies

the act of commercializing something

the organization of a nation of the basis of communism

the act of distributing things into classes or categories of the same type

inventing or contriving an idea or explanation and formulating it mentally

legislation that makes something illegal

the formation of crystals

the spread of power away from a core to local branches or governments

the act of changing to a decimal system

the action of changing from colonial to independent status

legislation that makes something legal that was formerly illegal

an intersection or crossing of two tracts in the form of the letter X

the act of degrading people with respect to their best qualities

the process of removing magnetization

the removal of minerals and mineral salts from a liquid

act of changing from a war basis to a peace basis including disbanding or discharging troops

the action of making something democratic

ending something as no longer the legal tender of a country

to represent as diabolically evil

depression resulting from an undermining of your morale

the restatement of a message in rational terms

changing something from state to private ownership or control

representing a human being as a physical thing deprived of personal qualities or individuality

a loss of polarity or polarization

the removal of salt (especially from sea water)

the process of reducing sensitivity

the act of causing tribal people to abandon their customs and adopt urban ways of living

the act of reducing the vitality of something

changing a square matrix to diagonal form

the act of dividing into two sharply different categories

the administration of digitalis for the treatment of certain heart disorders

conversion of analog information into digital information

a condition in which an orderly system has been disrupted

conversion into dramatic form

the act of making equal or uniform

a performance given extempore without planning or preparation

embodying in an outward form

attributing to outside causes

the process of exuding or passing out of a vessel into surrounding tissues; said of blood or lymph or urine

(mathematics) the resolution of an entity into factors such that when multiplied together they give the original entity

the experience of becoming familiar with something

the state of being under federal control

the process of becoming feminized

making fertile as by applying fertilizer or manure

writing in a fictional form

the act of finalizing

the act of bringing into focus

the act of making formal

the process of fossilizing a plant or animal that existed in some earlier age; the process of being turned to stone

associating with others in a brotherly or friendly way

stimulation with a galvanic current

the process of formulating general concepts by abstracting common properties of instances

the act of glamorizing

growth to a global or worldwide scale

a piece of harmonized music

the process of making milk uniform by breaking fat into tiny particles

placing in medical care in a hospital

the act of making more human

the state of being hyaline or having become hyaline

(genetics) the act of mixing different species or varieties of animals or plants and thus to produce hybrids

treatment of something abstract as a material thing

a portrayal of something as ideal

the act of admiring strongly

the act of limiting movement or making incapable of movement

the act of making immune (especially by inoculation)

discriminating the individual from the generic group or species

the development of industry on an extensive scale

(computer science) the format of sectors on the surface of a hard disk drive so that the operating system can access them and setting a starting position

the act of thickening

(psychiatry) a defense mechanism that uses reasoning to block out emotional stress and conflict

learning that is incorporated within yourself

the act of bringing something under international control

entry of foreign matter into a blood vessel

the process of ionizing

the conversion of a compound into an isomer of itself

the act of making a list of items

organic process by which keratin is deposited in cells and the cells become horny (as in nails and hair)

the act of making lawful

the process of making a word to express a concept

the act of making less strict

a determination of the place where something is

a method of drying food or blood plasma or pharmaceuticals or tissue without destroying their physical structure; material is frozen and then warmed in a vacuum so that the ice sublimes

the process that makes a substance magnetic

misconduct in public office

the social process of becoming or being made marginal

the abnormal development of male sexual characteristics in a female (usually as the result of hormone therapies or adrenal malfunction)

the process of coming into being; becoming reality

the act of raising to the highest possible point or condition or position

the act of implementing the control of equipment with advanced technology; usually involving electronic hardware

learning so as to be able to remember verbatim

act of assembling and putting into readiness for war or other emergency: "mobilization of the troops"

act of making on a greatly reduced scale

the act of making something as small as possible

act of marshaling and organizing and making ready for use or action

making modern in appearance or behavior

establishing something as the legal tender of a country

domination to the exclusion of others

indulgence in moral pronouncements

the act of motorizing

the restatement of a message as a myth

the act of nasalizing

changing something from private to state ownership or control

the proceeding whereby a foreigner is granted citizenship

action intended to nullify the effects of some previous action

the imposition of standards or regulations

converting something into the form of a novel

process whereby opsonins make an invading microorganism more susceptible to phagocytosis

the act of rendering optimal

an ordered manner

too much capitalization

excessive compensation

exploitation to the point of diminishing returns

the process of oxidizing

an individualized description of a particular instance

partial sterilization of foods at a temperature that destroys harmful microorganisms without major changes in the chemistry of the food

the act of making someone poor

the act of punishing

the process of converting to a sol

the act of plagiarizing

the condition of having or giving polarity

a chemical process that combines several monomers to form a polymer or polymeric compound

the act of making something attractive to the general public

changing something from state to private ownership or control

the social process whereby people come to engage in an activity for pay or as a means of livelihood

the steady movement of the body's blood-pumping organ

the act of grinding to a powder or dust

the act of dividing into quanta or expressing in terms of quantum theory

a deliberately haphazard arrangement of observations so as to simulate chance

the cognitive process of making something seem consistent with or based on reason

coming to understand something clearly and distinctly

(law) the disqualification of a judge or jury by reason of prejudice or conflict of interest; a judge can be recused by objections of either party or judges can disqualify themselves

the act of bringing to uniformity; making regular

a piece of music whose original harmony has been revised

a set of drastic changes, such as to staff or policies

bringing again into activity and prominence

the act of making a piece of equipment rugged

making something sanitary (free of germs) as by sterilizing

the act of scandalizing

the act of reducing to a scheme or formula

the activity of changing something (art or education or society or morality etc.) so it is no longer under the control or influence of religion

(psychology) the process of becoming highly sensitive to specific events or situations (especially emotional events or situations)

the act of indulging in sentiment

publication in serial form

a conspicuous indication

the adoption of the behavior patterns of the surrounding culture

exposure to the rays of the sun

the public performance of a sacrament or solemn ceremony with all appropriate ritual

a system of naming the notes of a musical scale by syllables instead of letters

the act of specializing

the act of making something spiritual

the act of stabilizing something or making it more stable

the condition in which a standard has been successfully established

the procedure of making some object free of live bacteria or other microorganisms (usually by heat or chemical means)

the act of stigmatizing

the act of stylizing

the act of providing a subsidy

the act of preparing a summary

the practice of investing things with symbolic meaning

the relation that exists when things occur at the same time

systematic organization

falsification by means of vague or ambiguous language

the act of organizing as a territory

the act of inspiring with fear

the production or use of theories

act of forming labor unions

the social process whereby cities grow and societies become more urban

the act of using

the state of having become filled with vacuoles

annihilation by vaporizing something

the organic process whereby body tissue becomes vascular and develops capillaries

the activity of expressing something in words

an act that exploits or victimizes someone

the abnormal development of male sexual characteristics in a female (usually as the result of hormone therapies or adrenal malfunction)

a mental image that is similar to a visual perception

the sound made by the vibration of vocal folds modified by the resonance of the vocal tract

process of treating rubber or rubberlike materials with sulphur at great heat to improve elasticity and strength or to harden them

the act of rendering something coarse and unrefined

the use or application of an accent

the act of propelling

the act of discontinuing or breaking off; an interruption

the act of implementing ; carrying into effect

a partial excuse to mitigate censure

the quality of being individual

the monthly discharge of blood from the uterus of nonpregnant women from puberty to menopause

an appraisal that is too high

the evaluation of something a second time (or more)

a new appraisal or evaluation

the act of discharging someone because of age

an appraisal that underestimates the value of something

too low a value or price assigned to something

the act of attaching or affixing something

a system of economic regulation: wages and interest are tied to the cost-of-living index in order to reduce the effects of inflation

the act of making something less tight

displacement or misalignment of a joint or organ

formation of a word by means of a prefix

partial displacement of a joint or organ

formation of a word by means of a suffix

an occurrence combining miscellaneous things into a (more or less) rounded mass

an aggregation or continuous network of urban communities

action that makes a problem or a disease worse

the insertion of a cannula or tube into a hollow body organ

manual stimulation of the genital organs for sexual pleasure

surgical removal of something without cutting into it

the act of marking or outlining with lines

something abnormal or anomalous

the process of permeating or infusing something with a substance

the sexual activity of conceiving and bearing offspring

seizure by the government

navigating according to the positions of the stars

the process of separating substances of different densities by the use of a centrifuge

traveling around something (by ship or plane)

the state of being joined together

the state of being joined together

the act of shaping into parallel ridges and grooves

a communication that belittles somebody or something

a turning aside (of your course or attention or concern)

the act of lengthening something

deliberate and intentional triggering

tying a duct or blood vessel with a ligature

the act of prolonging something

discontinuation of the meeting without dissolving it

purging the body by the use of a cathartic to stimulate evacuation of the bowels

authorizing subordinates to make certain decisions

a solemn supplication ceremony prescribed by the church

(law) the act of substituting of one creditor for another

an effort above and beyond the call of duty

centrifugation at very high speeds

the act of introducing variety