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"COMMUNICATIONS" is a plural of: communication. |
Date "COMMUNICATIONS" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1550. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Public Administration | Non-technical study of the mass media and mass communication(press, radio and television, posters, films, fashion, rumours, etc. )University of Amsterdam specialisations:socio-cultural communication, public opinion, media organisation, and communication history. University of Nijmegen:specialisations include film criticism, and local and regional broadcasting. (3). Source: European Union. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
1. Information transfer, among users or processes, according to agreed conventions (see communications protocol ).
2. The branch of technology concerned with the representation, transfer, interpretation, and processing of data among persons, places, and machines also known as information systems.
Note: The meaning assigned to the data must be preserved during these operations.
Source: from Federal Standard 1037C and from MIL-STD-188
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Communications in Sweden
Telephones
Radio
Television
Internet
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Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Communications."
| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
| COCOS | English | Control communications Software | Computing |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
Synonyms: COMMUNICATIONSSynonyms: Information law, Mass media, Telecommunications. (additional references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | Seven trillion dollar communications system at my disposal, I can't find out if the Packers won. (The American President; writing credit: Aaron Sorkin) All communications are out which is why these tape recordings I'm making are for the sake of future history - if any. (The War of the Worlds; writing credit: Barré Lyndon; H.G. Wells) The deputy director of White House communications wrote the Canuck letter (All the President's Men; writing credit: Carl Bernstein; Bob Woodward) Someone has regenerated communications. (Farscape; writing credit: Olivier Cauvin) Well, Communications aren't picking up the signal from the homing device supplied by Q. (The Man with the Golden Gun; writing credit: Richard Maibaum) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Shipboard Communications (1963) A Communications Primer (1953) Les Communications aériennes au Congo (1927) Verbal Communications (2002) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | Bioterrorism Preparedness Press Briefing, August 27, 2002; Moderator: Lisa Swenarski, Off. of Communications. Credit: CDC. |  | Canberra Deep Dish Communications Complex. Credit: NASA. |
 | Echo - A Passive Communications Satellite. Credit: NASA. |  | Looking south from communications Tower Zero at Northwest Cape. Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth. |
 | HELOGOLAND's life support buoy provided power and communications. Credit: National Undersea Research Program (NURP). |  | Diver training with a full face mask and underwater communications. Credit: National Undersea Research Program (NURP). |
 | Bureau of Commercial Fisheries Vessel GERONIMO. This vessel operated out of Galveston. In 1964 it was the first vessel to transmit oceanographic data via the communications satellite Syncom II to a shore. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now. |  | Electronic gear at Wallops Island for handling satellite data and communications communications. Credit: NOAA in Space. |
 | John Hussey, TIROS-N Ground System Project Manager, standing below 36-ft (11-meter) antenna. This was the primary communications terminal for all incoming TIROS-N data at the Suitland processing facility. Credit: NOAA in Space. |  | Senior Master Sgt. Stephanie Harwell, Air Force Communications Agency, Scott Air Force Base, Ill., earned the National Security Agency's 1999 Frank B. Rowlett Trophy for individual achievement in Information Systems Security. (Courtesy photo). |
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| Author | Quotation |
Menander | Evil communications corrupt good manner. |
Menander of Athens | It must be that evil communications corrupt good dispositions. |
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| Author | Date | Quotation |
Treaty of Versailles | 1919 | It shall attach a qualified representative to each Inter-Allied Commission of Control for the purpose of receiving the communications which the Commission may have to address to the German Government and of supplying or procuring for the Commission all information or documents which may be required. (reference) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Title | Author | Quote |
Emma | Austen, Jane | She was a great talker upon little matters, which exactly suited Mr. Woodhouse, full of trivial communications and harmless gossip |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | Courage and strength have such mysterious communications. |
Walden | Thoreau, Henry David | I think that there are very few important communications made through it. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | But the receptor is just the starting point of the cell's communications system. (references) | |
It is based in part on the booklet, "Understanding Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia Type 1," published by the NIH Clinical Center's Communications Office. (references) | ||
Actually, the medical world is relatively small, and in this age of rapid communications, the discovery of a successful new treatment method will become generally known almost immediately. (references) | ||
Business | Europe leads the world in mobile data communications. (references) | |
The regulator is the Ministry of Finance and Communications. (references) | ||
These services revolve around wireless communications and IP networks. (references) | ||
Civil Liberties | Afghanistan | Various factions maintained their own communications facilities. (references) |
Guatemala | The President then named Rabbe as his Minister of Communications. (references) | |
Kenya | All ISP's are required to use the communications parastatal to connect to the Internet. (references) | |
Economic History | Egypt | Upgrades to EW and communications for existing ships. (references) |
Azerbaijan | Aztelecom is regulated by the Ministry of Communications. (references) | |
Peru | Voice and data communications are generally reliable in Peru. (references) | |
Human Rights | Estonia | Police must obtain a court order to intercept communications. (references) |
Kuwait | The security forces occasionally monitor the activities of individuals and their communications. (references) | |
Guatemala | Elements of the security forces, specifically the EMP, reportedly continued to monitor private communications. (references) | |
Indigenous People | Peru | Poor transportation and communications infrastructure in the highlands and in the Amazon jungle region makes political mobilization and organization difficult. (references) |
Minorities | Indonesia | Closures and attacks on churches, temples, and other religious facilities, ranging from minor vandalism to arson, continued during the year, according to the Indonesian Christian Communications Forum (ICCF). (references) |
Political Economy | Laos | Communication police are responsible for monitoring telephone and electronic communications. (references) |
Political Rights | Thailand | There are 8 Muslim Senators and 24 Muslim Members of House of Representatives, including Communications Minister Wanmuhamadnor Matha. (references) |
Colombia | There were 4 women in the 16-member cabinet (the Ministers of Health, Culture, Communications, and Foreign Trade) and 7 vice ministers. (references) | |
Congo | The central government executive in Kinshasa generally appointed governors, but once in the provinces they had considerable autonomy, due in part to poor communications and transportation infrastructure. (references) | |
Trade | Taiwan | CNS 12681/12682 covers strategic industrial, information, communications, photo-electronics and automation products. (references) |
Ghana | These include drugs, all communications equipment, mercury, gambling machines, handcuffs, arms and ammunition, and live plants and animals. (references) | |
Argentina | This city relies on its international airport, its seaport, and its central position with respect to the land and telephone communications main systems. (references) | |
Travel | Kuwait | Kuwait has an adequate communications network. (references) |
Austria | Clarity and continuity in communications are very important. (references) | |
Zambia | The Internet is also becoming a popular communications tool. (references) | |
Worker Rights | Greece | Legislation mandates a skeleton staff during strikes affecting public services, such as electricity, transportation, communications, and banking. (references) |
China | Buildings are of Chinese architectural style; the Chinese language is spoken widely, and Chinese characters are used in most commercial and official communications. (references) | |
Guinea | It prohibits strikes in sectors providing "essential services," which include hospitals, radio and television, army, and police, communications, and transport services. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| Speaker | Term | Phrase(s) |
James Madison | 1809-1817 | Our affairs with France retain the posture which they held at my last communications to you. |
James Monroe | 1817-1825 | For more precise details I refer you to the communications which were made to Congress during the last session. |
John Quincy Adams | 1825-1829 | Roads and canals, by multiplying and facilitating the communications and intercourse between distant regions and multitudes of men, are among the most important means of improvement. |
Harry S. Truman | 1945-1953 | We shall also continue negotiations looking to the full and equitable development of facilities for transportation and communications among nations. |
Lyndon B. Johnson | 1963-1969 | On the basis of communications from Ambassador Fisher in Geneva this afternoon, I am encouraged to believe that a draft treaty can be laid before the conference in Geneva in the very near future. |
Gerald Ford | 1974-1977 | In a world of instant communications and intercontinental ballistic missiles, in a world economy that is global and interdependent, our relations with other nations become more, not less, important to the lives of Americans. |
Jimmy Carter | 1977-1981 | I urge Congress to act on communications legislation and to consider other proposed deregulation measures, such as legislation on the bus industry. |
Ronald Reagan | 1981-1989 | A space station will permit quantum leaps in our research in science, communications, in metals, and in lifesaving medicines which could be manufactured only in space. |
Bill Clinton | 1993-2001 | Again, we ought to keep in mind, government-funded research brought supercomputers, the Internet, and communications satellites into being. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| "COMMUNICATIONS" is generally used as a noun (plural) -- approximately 99.86% of the time. "COMMUNICATIONS" is used about 3,482 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 (plural) | 99.86% | 3,477 | 2,794 |
| Noun (proper) | 0.11% | 4 | 175,879 |
| Lexical Verb (-s form) | 0.03% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 3,482 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Country | Name | Country | Name |
| Australia | Austar United Communications Ltd | Canada | Alliance Atlantis Communications Inc. |
| Finland | Elisa Communications Corporation | Germany | BinTec Communications AG |
| Hong Kong | ABC Communications (Holdings) Limited | India | Himachal Futuristic Communications Limited |
| Israel | BATM Advanced Communications Limited | Italy | Cairo Communications SPA |
| Luxembourg | Societe Europeenne de Communications SA | Netherlands | United Pan-Europe Communications N.V. |
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Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.
Expressions using "COMMUNICATIONS": advanced Communications Function ♦ advanced data communications control procedure ♦ advanced Data Communications Control Protocol ♦ association for Progressive Communications ♦ asynchronous Communications Interface Adapter ♦ Austria total access communications system ♦ communications and information system ♦ communications center ♦ communications cord ♦ communications Decency Act ♦ communications gap ♦ communications intelligence ♦ communications link encryption ♦ Communications Media ♦ communications net ♦ communications network ♦ communications of the ACM ♦ communications package ♦ communications port ♦ communications protocol ♦ communications satellite ♦ communications satellite for experimental purposes ♦ communications Server ♦ communications software ♦ communications technology ♦ communications zone ♦ computer and communications security ♦ cut off all communications ♦ data Communications Equipment ♦ defense Communications Agency ♦ digital communications technology ♦ experimental communications satellite ♦ extended total access communications system ♦ global system for mobile communications ♦ heterogeneous interprocessor communications and standards ♦ high Performance Computing and Communications ♦ hotline Communications Ltd. ♦ IMS/Data Communications ♦ institute for Global Communications ♦ interprocessor communications package ♦ Japanese total access communications system ♦ lines of communications ♦ marital communications privilege ♦ ministry of communications ♦ mix Communications ♦ mobile communications center ♦ mosaic Communications Corporation ♦ Netscape Communications Corporation ♦ Office' of Communications ♦ operational control communications ♦ personal access to communications systems ♦ personal communications service ♦ personal communications services ♦ primary means of communications ♦ printed communications ♦ research and development in advanced communications technologies in Europe ♦ Satellite Communications ♦ serial communications controller ♦ serial communications interface ♦ serial communications interface peripheral card ♦ serial communications interface port ♦ signal communications ♦ spread spectrum communications ♦ total access communications ♦ total access communications system ♦ trunked radio communications network ♦ trunking radio communications network ♦ trusted communications path ♦ universal Communications X ♦ universal total access communications system ♦ Univision Communications Inc. ♦ Wireless Communications Services. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "COMMUNICATIONS": communications-based, communications-conscious, communications-network, communications-obsessed. | |
Ending with "COMMUNICATIONS": Tele-communications. | |
| 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. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
communications.com cox | 29 |
communications.com cricket | 23 |
communications.com hoell | 5 |
aeon communications.com | 3 |
communications.com talbott | 2 |
castillos communications.com | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "COMMUNICATIONS"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Arabic | وزارة الإتصالات (ministry of communications). (various references) | |
Chinese | 通訊 (a news story). (various references) | |
Czech | spoje, komunikace (communication), doprava a spoje. (various references) | |
Danish | transportforbindelser (transport links), trafikforbindelser (transport links), kommunikationsformaal. (various references) | |
Dutch | communicatiewetenschap (communication, communication science, communication studies), communicatietechniek, verkeersverbindingen (transport links), verbindingen (restraints, transport links). (various references) | |
Finnish | viestintä (signalling), kulkulaitos. (various references) | |
French | communications, COM (Commercial, Communist and Allies Group, Comoros, Comoros-ISO code, computer output microfilming, Islamic Federal Republic of the Comoros, Official Commission document reference number), télécommunications, science de la communication (communication, communication science, communication studies), relations de trafic, intercom. (various references) | |
German | Kommunikationen (comunications). (various references) | |
Greek | σχέσεις μεταφοράς (transport links), επικοινωνίες, διαβιβάσεισ. (various references) | |
Hungarian | távközlés (telecommunication), híradástechnika (telecommunication), értesítő (bulletin, gazette, notice, program, programme, report, reportcard). (various references) | |
Italian | comunicazioni (communication), COM (Communist and Allies Group, Official Commission document reference number), telecomunicazioni, relazioni di traffico (transport links). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | "信. (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | へいた" (beginning of hostilities, bocca chiusa, closed end, end of wind instrument, even, flat, hostilities, level, quiet, simple, supply train), ていし" (boat length, courtier, go ahead of, volunteer, volunteering). (various references) | |
Manx | corys (chorus, system), chaghteraght (commission, commission message, deputation, dispatch, embassy). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | ommunicationscay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | comunicações, relações de tráfego (transport links). (various references) | |
Romanian | întrerupe orice legãturã (cut off all communications). (various references) | |
Russian | связь (affair, band, bandage, binding, brace, catena, cement, coherence, coherency, communication, connection, connexion, context, coupling, intercommunication, intercourse, joint, junction, juncture, liaison, ligament, ligature, link, linkage, nexus, rapport, relation, relations, relationship, relationships, signalling, stay), коммуникации. (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | sredstva javnog informisanja. (various references) | |
Spanish | relaciones de tráfico (transport links). (various references) | |
Swedish | signaltjänst. (various references) | |
Turkish | iletişim kopukluğu (communications gap), işaretlerle haberleşme (signal communications), işaretle haberleşme (signal communications), haberleşme uydusu (communications satellite, comsat, telstar), haberleşme boşluğu (communications gap). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | Luke Chapter 24, Verse 17 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Eipen de proV autouV tineV oi logoi outoi ouV antiballete proV allhlouV peripatounteV kai este skuqrwpoi |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Et ait ad illos qui sunt hii sermones quos confertis ad invicem ambulantes et estis tristes |
| Old English | 990 | West Saxon | And he cwæð to him hwæt synt þa spæca þæ gyt recceað inc betwynan gangende. and synt unrote; |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | And he seide to hem, What ben these wordis, that ye speken togidir wandrynge, and ye ben sorewful? |
| Renaissance English | 1526 | Tyndale | And he sayde vnto them: What maner of comunicacions are these that ye have one to another as ye walke and are sadde. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | And he said unto them, What manner of communications are these that ye have one to another, as ye walk, and are sad? |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | And he said to them, What manner of communications are these that ye have one to another, as ye walk, and are sad? |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | And he said to them, What are you talking about together while you go? |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Luke Chapter 24, Verse 17 |
| Bulgarian | Но очите им се удържаха да "о не познаят. |
| Cebuano | Ug siya miingon kanila, "Unsa ba kining inyong gisultihan samtang nanaglakaw kamo?" Ug sila mihunong, sa panagway nga masulob-on. |
| Croatian | On ih upita: " to to putem pretresate meðu sobom?" Oni se snuždeni zaustave |
| Danish | Men han sagde til dem: "Hvad er dette for Ord, som I skifte med hinanden på Vejen?" Og de standsede bedrøvede. |
| Dutch | En Hij zeide tot hen: Wat redenen zijn dit, die gij, wandelende, onder elkander verhandelt, en waarom ziet gij droevig? |
| Finnish | Ja hän sanoi heille: "Mistä te siinä kävellessänne puhutte keskenänne?" Niin he seisahtuivat murheellisina muodoltansa. |
| French | Il leur dit: De quoi vous entretenez-vous en marchant, pour que vous soyez tout tristes? |
| German | Er sprach aber zu ihnen: Was sind das für Reden, die ihr zwischen euch handelt unterwegs, und seid traurig? |
| Haitian Creole | Li di yo: Sou kisa n'ap pale konsa antan n'ap mache a? Yo rete yo kanpe tou tris. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Lalu Yesus berkata, "Apa yang kalian bicarakan di tengah jalan ini?" Mereka berhenti dengan muka sedih. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Lalu Ia bertanya kepada mereka itu, "Apakah cakapan ini yang kamu cakapkan sama sendirimu sambil berjalan?" Maka terhenti diamlah keduanya dengan dukacita rupanya. |
| Italian | Ed egli disse loro: «Che sono questi discorsi che state facendo fra voi durante il cammino?». Si fermarono, col volto triste; |
| Maori | Na ka mea ia ki a raua, he aha enei kupu e korero nei korua ki a korua, i a korua e haere nei? Na ka tu raua, kihai i korikori, me te ahua pouri. |
| Norwegian | Han sa til dem: Hvad er dette for tale som I fører med hverandre på veien? Og de stod stille med sorgfullt åsyn. |
| Rumanian | El le -a zis: ,,Ce vorbe sknt acestea pe cari le schimbayi kntre voi pe drum?`` Wi ei s`au oprit, uitkndu-se triwti. |
| Russian | пО ЦЕ УЛБЪБМ ЙН: П ЮЕН ЬФП ЧЩ, Й"С, ТБУУХЦ"БЕФЕ НЕЦ"Х УП'ПА, Й ПФЮЕЗП ЧЩ ЕЮБМШОЩ? |
| Shuar | We-wénakua Jesus chicharainiak "Jintiasha ¿Warí áujmatkirum wéarum? ¿Urukamtai Kúntuts Enentáimprum?" Tímiayi. |
| Spanish | Entonces les dijo: --¿Qué son estas cosas de que estáis conversando entre vosotros mientras camináis? Se detuvieron con semblante triste. |
| Swahili | Akawauliza, "Mnazungumza nini huku mnatembea?" Nao wakasimama kimya, nyuso zao wamezikunja kwa huzuni. |
| Swedish | Och han sade till dem: "Vad är det I talen om med varandra, medan I gån här?" Då stannade de och sågo bedrövade ut. |
| Uma | Na'uli' Yesus mpo'uli' -raka: "Napa-die to ntora nilolita ngkalako' -e?" Mentoda' -ra hante lence to monto'. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words ending with "COMMUNICATIONS": excommunications, intercommunications, miscommunications, noncommunications, overcommunications, telecommunications. (additional references) | |
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"COMMUNICATIONS" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: cmmunication, commnications, communcation, communicatio, communicatons, communiction, communiucation, commutication, comunication, comunications, conmmunications, kommunication, mis. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "COMMUNICATIONS" (pronounced kumyuw'nukā"shunz) |
| 13 | k u m y uw' n u k ā" sh u n z | telecommunications. |
| 7 | -u k ā" sh u n z | allocations, amplifications, applications, authentications, certifications, classifications, complications, diversifications, educations, fortifications, identifications, implications, indications, magnifications, medications, modifications, notifications, pontifications, prognostications, provocations, qualifications, ramifications, revocations. |
| 6 | -k ā" sh u n z | altercations, clarifications, demarcations, dislocations, duplications, fabrications, justifications, locations, publications, relocations, specifications, syndications, vacations, vocations. |
| 5 | -ā" sh u n z | accommodations, abbreviations, aberrations, accreditations, accumulations, accusations, adaptations, administrations, affiliations, affirmations, allegations, alterations, amputations, animations, annotations, anticipations, appellations, appropriations, approximations, arbitrations, aspirations, assassinations, associations, authorizations, confrontations, congratulations, congregations, conjugations, connotations, consecrations, considerations, consolations, consolidations, constellations, consultations, conversations, cooperations, corporations, correlations, calculations, cancellations, capitalizations, carnations, castrations, celebrations, characterizations, circulations, citations, civilizations, collaborations, combinations, commemorations, compensations, compilations, computations, concentrations, condemnations, configurations, confirmations, creations, crustaceans, dalmatians, decapitations, declarations, decorations, degradations, delegations, deliberations, demonstrations, denationalizations, denominations, denunciations, deportations, depreciations, depredations, deprivations, desecrations, designations, destinations, determinations, detonations, devaluations, deviations, discolorations, donations, dramatizations, durations, elevations, eliminations, emanations, emigrations, estimations, evacuations, evaluations, exacerbations, exaggerations, examinations, excavations, exclamations, exhortations, expectations, expirations, explanations, explorations, expropriations, federations, flirtations, fluctuations, formations, formulations, foundations, frustrations, generalizations, generations, gradations, graduations, gyrations, hallucinations, hesitations, hospitalizations, humiliations, illustrations, imaginations, imitations, immunizations, impatiens, improvisations, inaugurations, incarnations, inclinations, incorporations, infestations, informations, innovations, inoculations, insinuations, inspirations, installations, integrations, interpretations, interrogations, intimations, inundations, investigations, invitations, irritations, lacerations, liberalizations, limitations, liquidations, litigations, machinations, malformations, manifestations, manipulations, meditations, migrations, ministrations, miscalculations, miscreations, misrepresentations, mobilizations, motivations, mutations, mutilations, nationalizations, nations, negotiations, nominations, notations, obligations, observations, occupations, operations, orations, orchestrations, organizations, orientations, originations, oscillations, ovations, palpitations, participations, patients, perforations, permutations, perturbations, plantations, populations, preoccupations, preparations, presentations, privations, privatizations, proclamations, pronunciations, protestations, quotations, rationalizations, realizations, recapitalizations, recitations, recommendations, reconciliations, recriminations, registrations, regulations, rehabilitations, relations, renegotiations, reorganizations, reparations, representations, reputations, reservations, resignations, restorations, revaluations, revelations, reverberations, rotations, ruminations, sensations, separations, simulations, situations, solicitations, speculations, stations, sterilizations, stipulations, strangulations, subluxations, summations, tabulations, temptations, terminations, transformations, translations, tribulations, vaccinations, valuations, variations, vibrations, violations, visitations. |
| 4 | -sh u n z | abstractions, academicians, abductions, abortions, acquisitions, actions, addictions, additions, admissions, admonitions, adoptions, affections, afflictions, aggressions, ambitions, ammunitions, apparitions, apprehensions, assertions, assumptions, attentions, attractions, auctions, auditions, conjunctions, connections, constitutions, constrictions, constructions, contentions, contortions, contractions, contradictions, contraptions, contributions, conventions, convictions, convulsions, corrections, corruptions, captions, cautions, clinicians, coalitions, collections, commissions, competitions, completions, complexions, compositions, compulsions, conceptions, concessions, concoctions, concussions, conditions, confections, confessions, cushions, deceptions, deductions, defections, definitions, deletions, demotions, depictions, depositions, depressions, descriptions, desertions, detentions, dietitians, digressions, dimensions, directions, discussions, dispositions, disruptions, dissections, distinctions, distortions, distractions, distributions, editions, egyptians, elections, electricians, electrocutions, elocutions, emissions, emotions, erections, eruptions, evictions, exactions, exceptions, executions, exemptions, exertions, exhibitions, expansions, expeditions, expositions, expressions, expulsions, extensions, extractions, factions, fashions, fictions, fractions, frictions, functions, geriatricians, imperfections, impressions, indiscretions, infections, inflections, infractions, inhibitions, injections, injunctions, inscriptions, inspections, institutions, instructions, interactions, interceptions, interconnections, interjections, intermissions, interruptions, intersections, introductions, inventions, jurisdictions, juxtapositions, lotions, magicians, malfunctions, martians, mathematicians, mentions, misconceptions, misperceptions, missions, motions, munitions, musicians, notions, objections, obsessions, obstetricians, obstructions, oceans, omissions, oppressions, opticians, options, partitions, passions, patricians, pediatricians, pensions, perceptions, permissions, petitions, physicians, politicians, portions, positions, possessions, potions, precautions, preconceptions, preconditions, predictions, predilections, predispositions, prescriptions, presumptions, pretensions, processions, productions, professions, prohibitions, projections, promotions, proportions, propositions, prosecutions, protections, rations, reactions, receptions, recessions, recollections, reconstructions, redemptions, reductions, reflections, regressions, rejections, remissions, renditions, renovations, repercussions, repetitions, repossessions, repressions, reproductions, resolutions, restrictions, revolutions, rhetoricians, sanctions, satisfactions, secretions, sections, selections, sessions, solutions, statisticians, submissions, subscriptions, substitutions, superstitions, suppositions, suspensions, suspicions, tacticians, technicians, theoreticians, traditions, transactions, transcriptions, transgressions, transitions, transmissions, tuitions, workstations. |
| 3 | -u n z | abrasions, abstentions, abandons, accordions, aliens, allergens, allusions, amphibians, antigens, antihistamines, antitoxins, aprons, arcadians, arsons, artisans, aspens, aspersions, assassins, Avions, awakens, confusions, congresspersons, contrarians, contusions, conversions, cottons, badmintons, balbriggans, barbarians, bargains, barons, barrens, basins, bastions, battalions, beacons, beckons, bedouins, billions, blackens, bourbons, brackens, brightens, broadens, bruins, bulletins, burdens, buttons, cabins, cannons, canons, cantons, canyons, captains, carbons, carcinogens, cardigans, cartons, catamarans, catkins, caymans, centenarians, champions, chaplains, charlatans, chickens, chieftains, citizens, civilians, collegians, collisions, comedians, Commons, companions, comparisons, conclusions, cousins, cravens, curtains, custodians, Daltons, dandelions, deacons, decisions, deepens, delicatessens, delusions, demons, denizens, determines, Dickens, dioxins, disciplinarians, disciplines, diversions, divisions, Dobsons, doctrines, dolphins, dozens, dragons, dungeons, elevens, endorphins, engines, environs, envisions, eons, equations, estrogens, evasions, evens, examines, exclusions, excursions, explosions, falcons, famines, felons, firmans, fluorocarbons, fortunes, fountains, frightens, galleons, gallons, Gammons, gardens, gascons, germans, Gibbons, givens, globulins, gluttons, gorgons, Gowans, grabens, gremlins, gryphons, guardians, happens, hardens, hastens, havens, heavens, heightens, heroines, herons, historians, hooligans, horizons, humanitarians, humans, hydrocarbons, hydrogens, illusions, imagines, incisions, inclusions, incursions, infusions, intentions, interventions, intestines, intrusions, invasions, ions, jillions, Jordans, kindergartens, kitchens, kittens, leavens, legions, lemans, lemons, lengthens, lesbians, lesions, lessens, lessons, libertarians, librarians, lichens, likens, linens, lions, lippens, listens, loosens, lubricants, luncheons, maidens, mandarins, mansions, margins, Marlins, martens, masons, matrons, mavens, medallions, medicines, melons, metropolitans, mignons, millions, minions, misfortunes, mittens, Morgans, mountains, muffins, mullens, myrmidons, neurosurgeons, newspersons, nonwovens, occasions, omens, onions, opens, opinions, organs, orphans, ovens, paeans, pardons, parliamentarians, Parsons, partisans, pathogens, patrons, pavilions, pedestrians, pelicans, penguins, penicillins, peons, persons, persuasions, pigeons, Pipkins, pistons, plantains, plebeians, poisons, pollens, polyhedrons, porcelains, prisons, prostaglandins, protozoans, provisions, pumpkins, puritans, questions, quickens, ravens, reasons, rebellions, recisions, reckons, regimens, regions, religions, reopens, republicans, rescissions, reunions, revisions, ribbons, Robins, romans, ruins, saddens, salmons, samaritans, sapiens, scallions, scorpions, seasons, seminarians, sermons, sevens, shamans, sharpens, shenanigans, shortens, Siemens, siphons, sirens, skeletons, slackens, slogans, smoothens, snapdragons, softens, sovereigns, sovrans, specimens, spokespersons, squadrons, stallions, stiffens, straightens, strengthens, sturgeons, subdivisions, suburbans, suggestions, sultans, summons, surgeons, sweetens, talons, tamarins, televisions, tendons, tensions, theologians, thickens, threatens, tightens, titans, toboggans, tokens, totalitarians, toughens, toxins, transfusions, trillions, truncheons, turbans, unions, unisons, urchins, utopians, vegetarians, versions, veterans, veterinarians, villains, virgins, visions, vitamins, wagons, wardens, warrens, watermelons, weakens, weapons, widens, woolens, worsens, yaupons, zillions. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-c-i-i-m-m-n-n-o-o-s-t-u" | |
-1 letter: communication. | |
-2 letters: comminations, comminutions, communicants, consummation. | |
-3 letters: ammunitions, commination, comminution, communicant, communistic. | |
-4 letters: ammunition, communions, incautions, insouciant, numismatic, sonication. | |
-5 letters: aconitums, actiniums, ammonitic, antinomic, autonomic, coactions, cocoanuts, communion, communist, conations, concision, continuos, contusion, cosmonaut, countians, inactions, incaution, insomniac, monatomic, monitions, mountains, munitions, nonatomic, onanistic, onomastic, summation. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-c-i-i-m-m-n-n-o-o-s-t-u" | |
+2 letters: excommunications, miscommunication. | |
+3 letters: miscommunications, noncommunications. | |
+4 letters: overcommunications, telecommunications. | |
+5 letters: intercommunications. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Images: Slideshow 7. Images: Photo Album 8. Quotations: Familiar | 9. Quotations: Historic 10. Quotations: Fiction 11. Quotations: Non-fiction 12. Quotations: Speeches | 13. Usage Frequency 14. Names: Company Usage 15. Expressions 16. Expressions: Internet | 17. Translations: Modern 18. Bible Trace 19. Abbreviations 20. Acronyms | 21. Derivations 22. Rhymes 23. Anagrams 24. Bibliography |
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