9-Letter Words Ending With ON

Here's the list of all the 557 9-Letter Words Ending With ON in the English Language.

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education
1. the activities of educating or instructing; activities that impart knowledge or skill
2. knowledge acquired by learning and instruction
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condition
1. a state at a particular time
2. an assumption on which rests the validity or effect of something else
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selection
1. the act of choosing or selecting
2. an assortment of things from which a choice can be made
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operation
1. the state of being in effect or being operative
2. a business especially one run on a large scale
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attention
1. the process whereby a person concentrates on some features of the environment to the (relative) exclusion of others
2. the work of providing treatment for or attending to someone or something
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situation
1. the general state of things; the combination of circumstances at a given time
2. a condition or position in which you find yourself
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extension
1. a mutually agreed delay in the date set for the completion of a job or payment of a debt
2. act of expanding in scope; making more widely available
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direction
1. a line leading to a place or point
2. the spatial relation between something and the course along which it points or moves
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reduction
1. the act of decreasing or reducing something
2. any process in which electrons are added to an atom or ion (as by removing oxygen or adding hydrogen); always occurs accompanied by oxidation of the reducing agent
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nutrition
1. (physiology) the organic process of nourishing or being nourished; the processes by which an organism assimilates food and uses it for growth and maintenance
2. a source of materials to nourish the body
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provision
1. a stipulated condition
2. the activity of supplying or providing something
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promotion
1. a message issued in behalf of some product or cause or idea or person or institution
2. act of raising in rank or position
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evolution
1. a process in which something passes by degrees to a different stage (especially a more advanced or mature stage)
2. (biology) the sequence of events involved in the evolutionary development of a species or taxonomic group of organisms
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execution
1. putting a condemned person to death
2. the act of performing; of doing something successfully; using knowledge as distinguished from merely possessing it
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expansion
1. the act of increasing (something) in size or volume or quantity or scope
2. a function expressed as a sum or product of terms
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afternoon
1. the part of the day between noon and evening
2. a conventional expression of greeting or farewell, used to wish someone a good afternoon
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exception
1. a deliberate act of omission
2. an instance that does not conform to a rule or generalization
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detection
1. the perception that something has occurred or some state exists
2. the act of detecting something; catching sight of something
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formation
1. an arrangement of people or things acting as a unit
2. the act of fabricating something in a particular shape
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animation
1. the condition of living or the state of being alive
2. the property of being able to survive and grow
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admission
1. the act of admitting someone to enter
2. an acknowledgment of the truth of something
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infection
1. the pathological state resulting from the invasion of the body by pathogenic microorganisms
2. (phonetics) the alteration of a speech sound under the influence of a neighboring sound
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radiation
1. energy that is radiated or transmitted in the form of rays or waves or particles
2. the act of spreading outward from a central source
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pollution
1. undesirable state of the natural environment being contaminated with harmful substances as a consequence of human activities
2. the state of being polluted
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violation
1. a crime less serious than a felony
2. an act that disregards an agreement or a right
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tradition
1. an inherited pattern of thought or action
2. a specific practice of long standing
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precision
1. the quality of being reproducible in amount or performance
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reception
1. the manner in which something is greeted
2. a formal party of people; as after a wedding
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dimension
1. the magnitude of something in a particular direction (especially length or width or height)
2. a construct whereby objects or individuals can be distinguished
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migration
1. the movement of persons from one country or locality to another
2. a group of people migrating together (especially in some given time period)
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coalition
1. an organization of people (or countries) involved in a pact or treaty
2. the state of being combined into one body
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variation
1. an instance of change; the rate or magnitude of change
2. an activity that varies from a norm or standard
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injection
1. the forceful insertion of a substance under pressure
2. any solution that is injected (as into the skin)
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inclusion
1. the state of being included
2. the relation of comprising something
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addiction
1. being abnormally tolerant to and dependent on something that is psychologically or physically habit-forming (especially alcohol or narcotic drugs)
2. an abnormally strong craving
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retention
1. the act of retaining something
2. the power of retaining and recalling past experience
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companion
1. be a companion to somebody
2. a friend who is frequently in the company of another
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inflation
1. a general and progressive increase in prices
2. (cosmology) a brief exponential expansion of the universe (faster than the speed of light) postulated to have occurred shortly after the big bang
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invention
1. the creation of something in the mind
2. a creation (a new device or process) resulting from study and experimentation
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intention
1. an anticipated outcome that is intended or that guides your planned actions
2. (usually plural) the goal with respect to a marriage proposal
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confusion
1. disorder resulting from a failure to behave predictably
2. a mental state characterized by a lack of clear and orderly thought and behavior
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isolation
1. a state of separation between persons or groups
2. a feeling of being disliked and alone
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valuation
1. an appraisal of the value of something
2. assessed price
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exemption
1. immunity from an obligation or duty
2. a deduction allowed to a taxpayer because of his status (having certain dependents or being blind or being over 65 etc.)
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partition
1. a vertical structure that divides or separates (as a wall divides one room from another)
2. (computer science) the part of a hard disk that is dedicated to a particular operating system or application and accessed as a single unit
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elevation
1. the event of something being raised upward
2. the highest level or degree attainable; the highest stage of development
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induction
1. a formal entry into an organization or position or office
2. an electrical phenomenon whereby an electromotive force (EMF) is generated in a closed circuit by a change in the flow of current
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criterion
1. a basis for comparison; a reference point against which other things can be evaluated
2. the ideal in terms of which something can be judged
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explosion
1. a violent release of energy caused by a chemical or nuclear reaction
2. the act of exploding or bursting
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deviation
1. a variation that deviates from the standard or norm
2. the difference between an observed value and the expected value of a variable or function
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exclusion
1. the state of being excluded
2. the state of being excommunicated
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salvation
1. (theology) the act of delivering from sin or saving from evil
2. a means of preserving from harm or unpleasantness
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insertion
1. a message (spoken or written) that is introduced or inserted
2. the act of putting one thing into another
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detention
1. a state of being confined (usually for a short time)
2. a punishment in which a student must stay at school after others have gone home
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quotation
1. a short note recognizing a source of information or of a quoted passage
2. a passage or expression that is quoted or cited
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accession
1. a process of increasing by addition (as to a collection or group)
2. (civil law) the right to all of that which your property produces whether by growth or improvement
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mediation
1. a negotiation to resolve differences that is conducted by some impartial party
2. the act of intervening for the purpose of bringing about a settlement
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honeymoon
1. spend a holiday after one's marriage
2. a holiday taken by a newly married couple
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collision
1. (physics) a brief event in which two or more bodies come together
2. an accident resulting from violent impact of a moving object
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diffusion
1. (physics) the process in which there is movement of a substance from an area of high concentration of that substance to an area of lower concentration
2. the spread of social institutions (and myths and skills) from one society to another
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rejection
1. the act of rejecting something
2. the state of being rejected
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vibration
1. the act of vibrating
2. a shaky motion
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deduction
1. a reduction in the gross amount on which a tax is calculated; reduces taxes by the percentage fixed for the taxpayer's income bracket
2. an amount or percentage deducted
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probation
1. a trial period during which your character and abilities are tested to see whether you are suitable for work or for membership
2. a trial period during which an offender has time to redeem himself or herself
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objection
1. the act of expressing earnest opposition or protest
2. the speech act of objecting
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corrosion
1. a state of deterioration in metals caused by oxidation or chemical action
2. erosion by chemical action
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sensation
1. an unelaborated elementary awareness of stimulation
2. someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field
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intrusion
1. any entry into an area not previously occupied
2. entrance by force or without permission or welcome
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battalion
1. an army unit usually consisting of a headquarters and three or more companies
2. a large indefinite quantity
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assertion
1. a declaration that is made emphatically (as if no supporting evidence were necessary)
2. the act of affirming or asserting or stating something
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communion
1. sharing thoughts and feelings
2. (Christianity) a group of Christians with a common religious faith who practice the same rites
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emulation
1. ambition to equal or excel
2. (computer science) technique of one machine obtaining the same results as another
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oxidation
1. the process of oxidizing; the addition of oxygen to a compound with a loss of electrons; always occurs accompanied by reduction
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suspicion
1. an impression that something might be the case
2. doubt about someone's honesty
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obsession
1. an irrational motive for performing trivial or repetitive actions, even against your will
2. an unhealthy and compulsive preoccupation with something or someone
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rebellion
1. refusal to accept some authority or code or convention
2. organized opposition to authority; a conflict in which one faction tries to wrest control from another
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deception
1. a misleading falsehood
2. the act of deceiving
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diversion
1. an activity that diverts or amuses or stimulates
2. a turning aside (of your course or attention or concern)
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inception
1. an event that is a beginning; a first part or stage of subsequent events
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affection
1. a positive feeling of liking
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excursion
1. a journey taken for pleasure
2. wandering from the main path of a journey
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iteration
1. (computer science) a single execution of a set of instructions that are to be repeated
2. (computer science) executing the same set of instructions a given number of times or until a specified result is obtained
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cessation
1. a stopping
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badminton
1. a game played on a court with light long-handled rackets used to volley a shuttlecock over a net
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cognition
1. the psychological result of perception and learning and reasoning
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imitation
1. the doctrine that representations of nature or human behavior should be accurate imitations
2. something copied or derived from an original
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secretion
1. the organic process of synthesizing and releasing some substance
2. a functionally specialized substance (especially one that is not a waste) released from a gland or cell
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saskatoon
1. edible purple or red berries
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immersion
1. sinking until covered completely with water
2. (astronomy) the disappearance of a celestial body prior to an eclipse
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ascension
1. a movement upward; rise above the ground
2. (astronomy) the rising of a star above the horizon
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intuition
1. instinctive knowing (without the use of rational processes)
2. an impression that something might be the case
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digestion
1. the process of decomposing organic matter (as in sewage) by bacteria or by chemical action or heat
2. the organic process by which food is converted into substances that can be absorbed into the body
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depletion
1. the act of decreasing something markedly
2. the state of being depleted
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recession
1. the state of the economy declines; a widespread decline in the GDP and employment and trade lasting from six months to a year
2. a small concavity
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inversion
1. the layer of air near the earth is cooler than an overlying layer
2. abnormal condition in which an organ is turned inward or inside out (as when the upper part of the uterus is pulled into the cervical canal after childbirth)
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hydration
1. the process of combining with water; usually reversible
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singleton
1. a single object (as distinguished from a pair)
2. a set containing a single member
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seduction
1. enticing someone astray from right behavior
2. an act of winning the love or sexual favor of someone
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chameleon
1. a changeable or inconstant person
2. lizard of Africa and Madagascar able to change skin color and having a projectile tongue
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accordion
1. a portable box-shaped free-reed instrument; the reeds are made to vibrate by air from the bellows controlled by the player
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expulsion
1. the act of forcing out someone or something
2. squeezing out by applying pressure
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abduction
1. the criminal act of capturing and carrying away by force a family member; if a man's wife is abducted it is a crime against the family relationship and against the wife
2. (physiology) moving of a body part away from the central axis of the body
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ingestion
1. the process of taking food into the body through the mouth (as by eating)
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abolition
1. the act of abolishing a system or practice or institution (especially abolishing slavery)
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rendition
1. a performance of a musical composition or a dramatic role etc.
2. an explanation of something that is not immediately obvious
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medallion
1. any of various large ancient Greek coins
2. a circular helping of food (especially a boneless cut of meat)
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depiction
1. a graphic or vivid verbal description
2. a representation by picture or portraiture
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remission
1. an abatement in intensity or degree (as in the manifestations of a disease)
2. a payment of money sent to a person in another place
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recursion
1. (mathematics) an expression such that each term is generated by repeating a particular mathematical operation; also, the repeated application or execution of a pattern, function or definition; an expression that is recursive
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ovulation
1. the expulsion of an ovum from the ovary (usually midway in the menstrual cycle)
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narration
1. a message that tells the particulars of an act or occurrence or course of events; presented in writing or drama or cinema or as a radio or television program
2. the act of giving an account describing incidents or a course of events
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extrusion
1. something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings
2. squeezing out by applying pressure
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lactation
1. the period following birth during which milk is secreted
2. the production and secretion of milk by the mammary glands
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centurion
1. (ancient Rome) the leader of 100 soldiers
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agitation
1. a mental state of extreme emotional disturbance
2. a state of agitation or turbulent change or development
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preseason
1. a period prior to the beginning of the regular season which is devoted to training and preparation
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cremation
1. the incineration of a dead body
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summation
1. a concluding summary (as in presenting a case before a law court)
2. (physiology) the process whereby multiple stimuli can produce a response (in a muscle or nerve or other part) that one stimulus alone does not produce
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bandwagon
1. a popular trend that attracts growing support
2. a large ornate wagon for carrying a musical band
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attrition
1. erosion by friction
2. the wearing down of rock particles by friction due to water or wind or ice
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connexion
1. a connecting shape
2. a relation between things or events (as in the case of one causing the other or sharing features with it)
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gestation
1. the period during which an embryo develops (about 266 days in humans)
2. the state of being pregnant; the period from conception to birth when a woman carries a developing fetus in her uterus
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excretion
1. the bodily process of discharging waste matter
2. waste matter (as urine or sweat but especially feces) discharged from the body
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resection
1. surgical removal of part of a structure or organ
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perfusion
1. pumping a liquid into an organ or tissue (especially by way of blood vessels)
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causation
1. the act of causing something to happen
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vermilion
1. a variable color that is vivid red but sometimes with an orange tinge
2. of a vivid red to reddish-orange color
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dictation
1. an authoritative direction or instruction to do something
2. speech intended for reproduction in writing
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occlusion
1. closure or blockage (as of a blood vessel)
2. (meteorology) a composite front when colder air surrounds a mass of warm air and forces it aloft
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predation
1. an act of plundering and pillaging and marauding
2. the act of preying by a predator who kills and eats the prey
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accretion
1. an increase by natural growth or addition
2. something contributing to growth or increase
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flotation
1. the phenomenon of floating (remaining on the surface of a liquid without sinking)
2. financing a commercial enterprise by bond or stock shares
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carnation
1. Eurasian plant with pink to purple-red spice-scented usually double flowers; widely cultivated in many varieties and many colors
2. a pink or reddish-pink color
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commotion
1. a disorderly outburst or tumult
2. the act of making a noisy disturbance
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automaton
1. someone who acts or responds in a mechanical or apathetic way
2. a mechanism that can move automatically
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collusion
1. secret agreement
2. agreement on a secret plot
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urination
1. the discharge of urine
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adoration
1. a feeling of profound love and admiration
2. the act of admiring strongly
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dandelion
1. any of several herbs of the genus Taraxacum having long tap roots and deeply notched leaves and bright yellow flowers followed by fluffy seed balls
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extortion
1. an exorbitant charge
2. unjust exaction (as by the misuse of authority)
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semicolon
1. a punctuation mark (;) used to connect independent clauses; indicates a closer relation than does a period
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secession
1. an Austrian school of art and architecture parallel to the French art nouveau in the 1890s
2. formal separation from an alliance or federation
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reversion
1. (law) an interest in an estate that reverts to the grantor (or his heirs) at the end of some period (e.g., the death of the grantee)
2. (genetics) a return to a normal phenotype (usually resulting from a second mutation)
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deflation
1. (geology) the erosion of soil as a consequence of sand and dust and loose rocks being removed by the wind
2. a contraction of economic activity resulting in a decline of prices
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seclusion
1. the quality of being secluded from the presence or view of others
2. the act of secluding yourself from others
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collation
1. a light informal meal
2. assembling in proper numerical or logical sequence
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damnation
1. the act of damning
2. the state of being condemned to eternal punishment in Hell
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titration
1. a measured amount of a solution of unknown concentration is added to a known volume of a second solution until the reaction between them is just complete; the concentration of the unknown solution (the titer) can then be calculated
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pendragon
1. the supreme war chief of the ancient Britons
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perdition
1. (Christianity) the abode of Satan and the forces of evil; where sinners suffer eternal punishment
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cyclotron
1. an accelerator that imparts energies of several million electron-volts to rapidly moving particles
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contagion
1. any disease easily transmitted by contact
2. an incident in which an infectious disease is transmitted
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advection
1. (meteorology) the horizontal transfer of heat or other atmospheric properties
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chelation
1. (medicine) the process of removing a heavy metal from the bloodstream by means of a chelate as in treating lead or mercury poisoning
2. the process of forming a ring by forming one or more hydrogen bonds
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actuation
1. the act of propelling
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repulsion
1. the force by which bodies repel one another
2. intense aversion
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mentation
1. the process of using your mind to consider something carefully
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implosion
1. a sudden inward collapse
2. the initial occluded phase of a stop consonant
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profusion
1. the property of being extremely abundant
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persimmon
1. any of several tropical trees of the genus Diospyros
2. orange fruit resembling a plum; edible when fully ripe
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decathlon
1. an athletic contest consisting of ten different events
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gradation
1. relative position in a graded series
2. a degree of ablaut
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incursion
1. the act of entering some territory or domain (often in large numbers)
2. an attack that penetrates into enemy territory
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defection
1. withdrawing support or help despite allegiance or responsibility
2. the state of having rejected your religious beliefs for your political party or a cause (often in favor of opposing beliefs or causes)
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desertion
1. withdrawing support or help despite allegiance or responsibility
2. the act of giving something up
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revulsion
1. intense aversion
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pulsation
1. (electronics) a sharp transient wave in the normal electrical state (or a series of such transients)
2. a periodically recurring phenomenon that alternately increases and decreases some quantity
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adulation
1. servile flattery; exaggerated and hypocritical praise
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cotillion
1. a ball at which young ladies are presented to society
2. a lively dance originating in France in the 18th century
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evocation
1. imaginative re-creation
2. calling up supposed supernatural forces by spells and incantations
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malathion
1. a yellow insecticide used as a dust or spray to control garden pests and house flies and mites
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apportion
1. distribute according to a plan or set apart for a special purpose
2. give out as one's portion or share
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layperson
1. someone who is not a clergyman or a professional person
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proration
1. the proportional limitation of production or distribution of something (e.g. crude oil or natural gas) to some fractional part of the total capacity of each producer
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simpleton
1. a person lacking intelligence or common sense
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plication
1. an angular or rounded shape made by folding
2. the act of folding in parallel folds
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postilion
1. someone who rides the near horse of a pair in order to guide the horses pulling a carriage (especially a carriage without a coachman)
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palpation
1. 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)
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gazillion
1. a very large indefinite number (usually hyperbole)
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solvation
1. a chemical process in which solvent molecules and molecules or ions of the solute combine to form a compound
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parathion
1. a colorless and odorless toxic oil used as an insecticide
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decoction
1. (pharmacology) the extraction of water-soluble drug substances by boiling
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dentition
1. the eruption through the gums of baby teeth
2. the kind and number and arrangement of teeth (collectively) in a person or animal
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erudition
1. profound scholarly knowledge
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reflexion
1. the phenomenon of a propagating wave (light or sound) being thrown back from a surface
2. expression without words
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foliation
1. (botany) the process of forming leaves
2. (geology) the arrangement of leaflike layers in a rock
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bisection
1. dividing into two equal parts
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