Words that rhyme with cementation

n 1: a shortened form of a word or phrase 2: shortening something by omitting parts of it

n 1: acceptance as true or valid 2: the accepted meaning of a word [syn: word meaning, word sense, acceptation] 3: the act of accepting with approval; favorable reception; "its adoption by society"; "the proposal found wide acceptance" [syn: adoption, acceptance, acceptation, espousal]

n 1: the act of granting credit or recognition (especially with respect to educational institution that maintains suitable standards); "a commission is responsible for the accreditation of medical schools"

n 1: a written work (as a novel) that has been recast in a new form; "the play is an adaptation of a short novel" [syn: adaptation, version] 2: the process of adapting to something (such as environmental conditions) [syn: adaptation, adaption, adjustment] 3: (physiology) the responsive adjustment of a sense organ (as the eye) to varying conditions (as of light)

n 1: a deliberate pretense or exaggerated display [syn: affectation, mannerism, pose, affectedness]

n 1: a social or business relationship; "a valuable financial affiliation"; "he was sorry he had to sever his ties with other members of the team"; "many close associations with England" [syn: affiliation, association, tie, tie- up] 2: the act of becoming formally connected or joined; "welcomed the affiliation of the research center with the university"

n 1: a mental state of extreme emotional disturbance 2: a state of agitation or turbulent change or development; "the political ferment produced new leadership"; "social unrest" [syn: agitation, ferment, fermentation, tempestuousness, unrest] 3: the feeling of being agitated; not calm [ant: calmness] 4: disturbance usually in protest [syn: agitation, excitement, turmoil, upheaval, hullabaloo] 5: the act of agitating something; causing it to move around (usually vigorously)

n 1: a source of materials to nourish the body [syn: nutriment, nourishment, nutrition, sustenance, aliment, alimentation, victuals] 2: the act of supplying food and nourishment [syn: feeding, alimentation]

n 1: the feeling that comes when something burdensome is removed or reduced; "as he heard the news he was suddenly flooded with relief" [syn: relief, alleviation, assuagement] 2: the act of reducing something unpleasant (as pain or annoyance); "he asked the nurse for relief from the constant pain" [syn: easing, easement, alleviation, relief]

n 1: a condition of disability resulting from the loss of one or more limbs 2: a surgical removal of all or part of a limb

n 1: the condition of living or the state of being alive; "while there's life there's hope"; "life depends on many chemical and physical processes" [syn: animation, life, living, aliveness] 2: the property of being able to survive and grow; "the vitality of a seed" [syn: animation, vitality] 3: quality of being active or spirited or alive and vigorous [syn: animation, spiritedness, invigoration, brio, vivification] 4: the activity of giving vitality and vigour to something [syn: vivification, invigoration, animation] 5: the making of animated cartoons 6: general activity and motion [syn: liveliness, animation]

n 1: a comment or instruction (usually added); "his notes were appended at the end of the article"; "he added a short notation to the address on the envelope" [syn: note, annotation, notation] 2: the act of adding notes [syn: annotation, annotating]

n 1: an expectation [syn: anticipation, expectancy] 2: something expected (as on the basis of a norm); "each of them had their own anticipations"; "an indicator of expectancy in development" [syn: anticipation, expectancy] 3: the act of predicting (as by reasoning about the future) [syn: prediction, anticipation, prevision] 4: anticipating with confidence of fulfillment [syn: anticipation, expectation]

n 1: understanding of the nature or meaning or quality or magnitude of something; "he has a good grasp of accounting practices" [syn: appreciation, grasp, hold] 2: delicate discrimination (especially of aesthetic values); "arrogance and lack of taste contributed to his rapid success"; "to ask at that particular time was the ultimate in bad taste" [syn: taste, appreciation, discernment, perceptiveness] 3: an expression of gratitude; "he expressed his appreciation in a short note" 4: a favorable judgment; "a small token in admiration of your works" [syn: admiration, appreciation] 5: an increase in price or value; "an appreciation of 30% in the value of real estate" [ant: depreciation]

n 1: money set aside (as by a legislature) for a specific purpose 2: incorporation by joining or uniting [syn: annexation, appropriation] 3: a deliberate act of acquisition of something, often without the permission of the owner; "the necessary funds were obtained by the government's appropriation of the company's operating unit"; "a person's appropriation of property belonging to another is dishonest"

n 1: a discussion in which reasons are advanced for and against some proposition or proposal; "the argument over foreign aid goes on and on" [syn: argument, argumentation, debate] 2: a course of reasoning aimed at demonstrating a truth or falsehood; the methodical process of logical reasoning; "I can't follow your line of reasoning" [syn: argumentation, logical argument, argument, line of reasoning, line]

n 1: an attack intended to ruin someone's reputation [syn: character assassination, assassination, blackwash] 2: murder of a public figure by surprise attack

n 1: a formal organization of people or groups of people; "he joined the Modern Language Association" 2: the act of consorting with or joining with others; "you cannot be convicted of criminal guilt by association" 3: the state of being connected together as in memory or imagination; "his association of his father with being beaten was too strong to break" [ant: disassociation] 4: the process of bringing ideas or events together in memory or imagination; "conditioning is a form of learning by association" [syn: association, connection, connexion] 5: a social or business relationship; "a valuable financial affiliation"; "he was sorry he had to sever his ties with other members of the team"; "many close associations with England" [syn: affiliation, association, tie, tie-up] 6: a relation resulting from interaction or dependence; "flints were found in association with the prehistoric remains of the bear"; "the host is not always injured by association with a parasite" 7: (chemistry) any process of combination (especially in solution) that depends on relatively weak chemical bonding 8: (ecology) a group of organisms (plants and animals) that live together in a certain geographical region and constitute a community with a few dominant species

n 1: the amount by which something increases 2: the statement of a theme in notes of greater duration (usually twice the length of the original) [ant: diminution] 3: the act of augmenting

n 1: listening to sounds within the body (usually with a stethoscope)

n 1: the aggregation of a country's military aircraft [syn: aviation, air power] 2: the operation of aircraft to provide transportation 3: the art of operating aircraft [syn: aviation, airmanship] 4: travel via aircraft; "air travel involves too much waiting in airports"; "if you've time to spare go by air" [syn: air travel, aviation, air]

n 1: a tax levied on the basis of a fixed amount per person

adj 1: of or relating to whales and dolphins etc [syn: cetacean, cetaceous] n 1: large aquatic carnivorous mammal with fin-like forelimbs no hind limbs, including: whales; dolphins; porpoises; narwhals [syn: cetacean, cetacean mammal, blower]

n 1: an official award (as for bravery or service) usually given as formal public statement [syn: citation, commendation] 2: (law) the act of citing (as of spoken words or written passages or legal precedents etc.) 3: a short note recognizing a source of information or of a quoted passage; "the student's essay failed to list several important citations"; "the acknowledgments are usually printed at the front of a book"; "the article includes mention of similar clinical cases" [syn: citation, cite, acknowledgment, credit, reference, mention, quotation] 4: a passage or expression that is quoted or cited [syn: quotation, quote, citation] 5: a summons that commands the appearance of a party at a proceeding 6: thoroughbred that won the triple crown in 1948

n 1: a carefully considered thought about something; "his cogitations were dutifully recorded in his daybook" 2: attentive consideration and meditation; "after much cogitation he rejected the offer" [syn: cogitation, study]

n 1: the act of living together and having a sexual relationship (especially without being married)

n 1: a collection of things that have been combined; an assemblage of separate parts or qualities 2: a coordinated sequence of chess moves 3: a sequence of numbers or letters that opens a combination lock; "he forgot the combination to the safe" 4: a group of people (often temporary) having a common purpose; "they were a winning combination" 5: an alliance of people or corporations or countries for a special purpose (formerly to achieve some antisocial end but now for general political or economic purposes) 6: the act of arranging elements into specified groups without regard to order 7: the act of combining things to form a new whole [syn: combination, combining, compounding]

n 1: the travel of a commuter [syn: commutation, commuting] 2: a warrant substituting a lesser punishment for a greater one 3: (law) the reduction in severity of a punishment imposed by law [syn: commutation, re-sentencing] 4: the act of putting one thing or person in the place of another: "he sent Smith in for Jones but the substitution came too late to help" [syn: substitution, exchange, commutation]

n 1: the grammatical relation of a word or phrase to a predicate 2: (linguistics) a distribution of related speech sounds or forms in such a way that they only appear in different contexts [syn: complementary distribution, complementation]

n 1: the procedure of calculating; determining something by mathematical or logical methods [syn: calculation, computation, computing] 2: problem solving that involves numbers or quantities [syn: calculation, computation, figuring, reckoning]

n 1: the state of manifesting goodwill and cooperation after being reconciled; "there was a brief period of conciliation but the fighting soon resumed" 2: any of various forms of mediation whereby disputes may be settled short of arbitration 3: the act of placating and overcoming distrust and animosity [syn: placation, conciliation, propitiation]

n 1: a bold challenge 2: discord resulting from a clash of ideas or opinions 3: a hostile disagreement face-to-face [syn: confrontation, encounter, showdown, face-off] 4: the act of hostile groups opposing each other; "the government was not ready for a confrontation with the unions"; "the invaders encountered stiff opposition" [syn: confrontation, opposition] 5: a focussed comparison; bringing together for a careful comparison

n 1: the speech act of refuting conclusively 2: evidence that refutes conclusively

n 1: a group of people who adhere to a common faith and habitually attend a given church [syn: congregation, fold, faithful] 2: an assemblage of people or animals or things collected together; "a congregation of children pleaded for his autograph"; "a great congregation of birds flew over" 3: the act of congregating [syn: congregation, congregating]

n 1: what you must know in order to determine the reference of an expression [syn: intension, connotation] 2: an idea that is implied or suggested

n 1: a conference (usually with someone important); "he had a consultation with the judge"; "he requested an audience with the king" [syn: consultation, audience, interview] 2: a conference between two or more people to consider a particular question; "frequent consultations with his lawyer"; "a consultation of several medical specialists" 3: the act of referring or consulting; "reference to an encyclopedia produced the answer" [syn: reference, consultation]

n 1: the act of continuing an activity without interruption [syn: continuance, continuation] [ant: discontinuance, discontinuation] 2: a part added to a book or play that continues and extends it [syn: sequel, continuation] 3: a Gestalt principle of organization holding that there is an innate tendency to perceive a line as continuing its established direction [syn: good continuation, continuation, law of continuation] 4: the consequence of being lengthened in duration [syn: lengthiness, prolongation, continuation, protraction]

n 1: the use of speech for informal exchange of views or ideas or information etc.

n 1: the human act of creating [syn: creation, creative activity] 2: an artifact that has been brought into existence by someone 3: the event that occurred at the beginning of something; "from its creation the plan was doomed to failure" [syn: creation, conception] 4: the act of starting something for the first time; introducing something new; "she looked forward to her initiation as an adult"; "the foundation of a new scientific society" [syn: initiation, founding, foundation, institution, origination, creation, innovation, introduction, instauration] 5: (theology) God's act of bringing the universe into existence 6: everything that exists anywhere; "they study the evolution of the universe"; "the biggest tree in existence" [syn: universe, existence, creation, world, cosmos, macrocosm]

n 1: execution by cutting off the victim's head [syn: decapitation, beheading] 2: killing by cutting off the head [syn: decapitation, beheading]

n 1: complete and wholehearted fidelity 2: a ceremony in which something (as a building) is dedicated to some goal or purpose 3: a message that makes a pledge [syn: commitment, dedication] 4: a short message (as in a book or musical work or on a photograph) dedicating it to someone or something [syn: dedication, inscription] 5: the act of binding yourself (intellectually or emotionally) to a course of action; "his long commitment to public service"; "they felt no loyalty to a losing team" [syn: commitment, allegiance, loyalty, dedication]

n 1: a feeling of extreme pleasure or satisfaction; "his delight to see her was obvious to all" [syn: delight, delectation] 2: act of receiving pleasure from something [syn: enjoyment, delectation]

n 1: a line that indicates a boundary [syn: boundary line, border, borderline, delimitation, mete]

n 1: a show or display; the act of presenting something to sight or view; "the presentation of new data"; "he gave the customer a demonstration" [syn: presentation, presentment, demonstration] 2: a show of military force or preparedness; "he confused the enemy with feints and demonstrations" 3: a public display of group feelings (usually of a political nature); "there were violent demonstrations against the war" [syn: demonstration, manifestation] 4: proof by a process of argument or a series of proposition proving an asserted conclusion [syn: demonstration, monstrance] 5: a visual presentation showing how something works; "the lecture was accompanied by dramatic demonstrations"; "the lecturer shot off a pistol as a demonstration of the startle response" [syn: demonstration, demo]

n 1: the act of indicating or pointing out by name [syn: indication, denotation] 2: the most direct or specific meaning of a word or expression; the class of objects that an expression refers to; "the extension of `satellite of Mars' is the set containing only Demos and Phobos" [syn: reference, denotation, extension]

n 1: the act of expelling a person from their native land; "men in exile dream of hope"; "his deportation to a penal colony"; "the expatriation of wealthy farmers"; "the sentence was one of transportation for life" [syn: exile, deportation, expatriation, transportation] 2: the expulsion from a country of an undesirable alien

n 1: a group of representatives or delegates [syn: deputation, commission, delegation, delegacy, mission] 2: authorizing subordinates to make certain decisions [syn: delegating, delegation, relegating, relegation, deputation]

n 1: the place designated as the end (as of a race or journey); "a crowd assembled at the finish"; "he was nearly exhausted as their destination came into view" [syn: finish, destination, goal] 2: the ultimate goal for which something is done [syn: destination, terminus] 3: written directions for finding some location; written on letters or packages that are to be delivered to that location [syn: address, destination, name and address]

n 1: the state of being decayed or destroyed [syn: devastation, desolation] 2: the feeling of being confounded or overwhelmed; "her departure left him in utter devastation" 3: an event that results in total destruction [syn: devastation, desolation] 4: plundering with excessive damage and destruction [syn: ravaging, devastation] 5: the termination of something by causing so much damage to it that it cannot be repaired or no longer exists [syn: destruction, devastation]

n 1: an authoritative direction or instruction to do something [syn: command, bid, bidding, dictation] 2: speech intended for reproduction in writing 3: matter that has been dictated and transcribed; a dictated passage; "he signed and mailed his dictation without bothering to read it"

n 1: the state of being stretched beyond normal dimensions [syn: dilatation, distension, distention] 2: the act of expanding an aperture; "the dilation of the pupil of the eye" [syn: dilation, dilatation]

n 1: the formal presentation of a stated proposition and the opposition to it (usually followed by a vote) [syn: debate, disputation, public debate] 2: a contentious speech act; a dispute where there is strong disagreement; "they were involved in a violent argument" [syn: controversy, contention, contestation, disputation, disceptation, tilt, argument, arguing]

n 1: a treatise advancing a new point of view resulting from research; usually a requirement for an advanced academic degree [syn: dissertation, thesis]

n 1: confirmation that some fact or statement is true through the use of documentary evidence [syn: documentation, certification, corroboration] 2: program listings or technical manuals describing the operation and use of programs [syn: software documentation, documentation] 3: documentary validation; "his documentation of the results was excellent"; "the strongest support for this view is the work of Jones" [syn: documentation, support]

n 1: social control by dominating 2: power to dominate or defeat; "mastery of the seas" [syn: domination, mastery, supremacy]

n 1: stimulation that calls up (draws forth) a particular class of behaviors; "the elicitation of his testimony was not easy" [syn: evocation, induction, elicitation]

n 1: the sport of siting on the back of a horse while controlling its movements [syn: riding, horseback riding, equitation]

n 1: a state of being carried away by overwhelming emotion; "listening to sweet music in a perfect rapture"- Charles Dickens [syn: ecstasy, rapture, transport, exaltation, raptus] 2: the location of a planet in the zodiac at which it is believed to exert its maximum influence 3: a flock of larks (especially a flock of larks in flight overhead) 4: the elevation of a person (as to the status of a god) [syn: deification, exaltation, apotheosis]

n 1: the state of being emotionally aroused and worked up; "his face was flushed with excitement and his hands trembled"; "he tried to calm those who were in a state of extreme inflammation" [syn: excitement, excitation, inflammation, fervor, fervour] 2: the neural or electrical arousal of an organ or muscle or gland [syn: excitation, innervation, irritation] 3: something that agitates and arouses; "he looked forward to the excitements of the day" [syn: excitation, excitement]

n 1: thinking something out with care in order to achieve complete understanding of it 2: the creation of something in the mind [syn: invention, innovation, excogitation, conception, design]

n 1: a communication intended to urge or persuade the recipients to take some action 2: the act of exhorting; an earnest attempt at persuasion [syn: exhortation, incitement]

n 1: belief about (or mental picture of) the future [syn: expectation, outlook, prospect] 2: anticipating with confidence of fulfillment [syn: anticipation, expectation] 3: the feeling that something is about to happen 4: the sum of the values of a random variable divided by the number of values [syn: arithmetic mean, first moment, expectation, expected value]

n 1: the act of making some area of land or water more profitable or productive or useful; "the development of Alaskan resources"; "the exploitation of copper deposits" [syn: exploitation, development] 2: an act that exploits or victimizes someone (treats them unfairly); "capitalistic exploitation of the working class"; "paying Blacks less and charging them more is a form of victimization" [syn: exploitation, victimization, victimisation, using]

n 1: commodities (goods or services) sold to a foreign country [syn: export, exportation] [ant: import, importation] 2: the commercial activity of selling and shipping goods to a foreign country [syn: exporting, exportation]

n 1: a feeling of extreme joy [syn: exultation, jubilance, jubilancy, jubilation] 2: the utterance of sounds expressing great joy [syn: exultation, rejoicing, jubilation]

n 1: (usually plural) an expression of pleasure at the success or good fortune of another; "I sent them my sincere congratulations on their marriage" [syn: congratulation, felicitation] 2: the act of acknowledging that someone has an occasion for celebration [syn: congratulation, felicitation]

n 1: a state of agitation or turbulent change or development; "the political ferment produced new leadership"; "social unrest" [syn: agitation, ferment, fermentation, tempestuousness, unrest] 2: a process in which an agent causes an organic substance to break down into simpler substances; especially, the anaerobic breakdown of sugar into alcohol [syn: zymosis, zymolysis, fermentation, fermenting, ferment]

n 1: playful behavior intended to arouse sexual interest [syn: flirt, flirting, flirtation, coquetry, dalliance, toying]

n 1: the phenomenon of floating (remaining on the surface of a liquid without sinking) [syn: flotation, floatation] 2: financing a commercial enterprise by bond or stock shares [syn: flotation, floatation]

n 1: a substance used as a warm moist medicinal compress or poultice 2: application of warm wet coverings to a part of the body to relieve pain and inflammation 3: deliberate and intentional triggering (of trouble or discord) [syn: fomentation, instigation]

n 1: the basis on which something is grounded; "there is little foundation for his objections" 2: an institution supported by an endowment 3: lowest support of a structure; "it was built on a base of solid rock"; "he stood at the foot of the tower" [syn: foundation, base, fundament, foot, groundwork, substructure, understructure] 4: education or instruction in the fundamentals of a field of knowledge; "he lacks the foundation necessary for advanced study"; "a good grounding in mathematics" [syn: foundation, grounding] 5: the fundamental assumptions from which something is begun or developed or calculated or explained; "the whole argument rested on a basis of conjecture" [syn: basis, base, foundation, fundament, groundwork, cornerstone] 6: a woman's undergarment worn to give shape to the contours of the body [syn: foundation garment, foundation] 7: the act of starting something for the first time; introducing something new; "she looked forward to her initiation as an adult"; "the foundation of a new scientific society" [syn: initiation, founding, foundation, institution, origination, creation, innovation, introduction, instauration]

n 1: separating something into fine particles [syn: atomization, atomisation, fragmentation] 2: the disintegration of social norms governing behavior and thought and social relationships 3: (computer science) the condition of a file that is broken up and stored in many different locations on a magnetic disk; "fragmentation slows system performance because it takes extra time to locate and assemble the parts of the fragmented file" 4: the scattering of bomb fragments after the bomb explodes

n 1: (physics) the force of attraction between all masses in the universe; especially the attraction of the earth's mass for bodies near its surface; "the more remote the body the less the gravity"; "the gravitation between two bodies is proportional to the product of their masses and inversely proportional to the square of the distance between them"; "gravitation cannot be held responsible for people falling in love"--Albert Einstein [syn: gravity, gravitation, gravitational attraction, gravitational force] 2: movement downward resulting from gravitational attraction; "irrigation by gravitation rather than by pumps" [ant: levitation] 3: a figurative movement toward some attraction; "the gravitation of the middle class to the suburbs"

n 1: the native habitat or home of an animal or plant 2: housing that someone is living in; "he built a modest dwelling near the pond"; "they raise money to provide homes for the homeless" [syn: dwelling, home, domicile, abode, habitation, dwelling house] 3: the act of dwelling in or living permanently in a place (said of both animals and men); "he studied the creation and inhabitation and demise of the colony" [syn: inhabitancy, inhabitation, habitation]

n 1: indecision in speech or action [syn: hesitation, vacillation, wavering] 2: a certain degree of unwillingness; "a reluctance to commit himself"; "his hesitancy revealed his basic indisposition"; "after some hesitation he agreed" [syn: reluctance, hesitancy, hesitation, disinclination, indisposition] 3: the act of pausing uncertainly; "there was a hesitation in his speech" [syn: hesitation, waver, falter, faltering]

adj 1: not genuine or real; being an imitation of the genuine article; "it isn't fake anything; it's real synthetic fur"; "faux pearls"; "false teeth"; "decorated with imitation palm leaves"; "a purse of simulated alligator hide" [syn: fake, false, faux, imitation, simulated] n 1: the doctrine that representations of nature or human behavior should be accurate imitations [ant: formalism] 2: something copied or derived from an original 3: copying (or trying to copy) the actions of someone else 4: a representation of a person that is exaggerated for comic effect [syn: caricature, imitation, impersonation]

n 1: the transmission of information [syn: conveyance, imparting, impartation]

n 1: (embryology) the organic process whereby a fertilized egg becomes implanted in the lining of the uterus of placental mammals [syn: implantation, nidation] 2: the act of planting or setting in the ground 3: a surgical procedure that places something in the human body; "the implantation of radioactive pellets in the prostate gland"

n 1: the act of accomplishing some aim or executing some order; "the agency was created for the implementation of the policy" [syn: execution, implementation, carrying out] 2: the act of implementing (providing a practical means for accomplishing something); carrying into effect [syn: implementation, effectuation]

n 1: the commercial activity of buying and bringing in goods from a foreign country [syn: importing, importation] 2: commodities (goods or services) bought from a foreign country [syn: import, importation] [ant: export, exportation]

n 1: a statement attributing something dishonest (especially a criminal offense); "he denied the imputation" 2: the attribution to a source or cause; "the imputation that my success was due to nepotism meant that I was not taken seriously"

n 1: a ritual recitation of words or sounds believed to have a magical effect [syn: incantation, conjuration]

n 1: something that incites or provokes; a means of arousing or stirring to action [syn: incitement, incitation, provocation] 2: an act of urging on or spurring on or rousing to action or instigating; "the incitement of mutiny" [syn: incitation, incitement]

n 1: a concave cut into a surface or edge (as in a coastline) [syn: indentation, indenture] 2: the formation of small pits in a surface as a consequence of corrosion [syn: pitting, roughness, indentation] 3: the space left between the margin and the start of an indented line [syn: indentation, indention, indent, indenture] 4: the act of cutting into an edge with toothlike notches or angular incisions

n 1: a general and progressive increase in prices; "in inflation everything gets more valuable except money" [syn: inflation, rising prices] [ant: deflation, disinflation] 2: (cosmology) a brief exponential expansion of the universe (faster than the speed of light) postulated to have occurred shortly after the big bang 3: lack of elegance as a consequence of being pompous and puffed up with vanity [syn: ostentation, ostentatiousness, pomposity, pompousness, pretentiousness, puffiness, splashiness, inflation] 4: the act of filling something with air [ant: deflation]

n 1: the act of dwelling in or living permanently in a place (said of both animals and men); "he studied the creation and inhabitation and demise of the colony" [syn: inhabitancy, inhabitation, habitation]

n 1: an artifact (or system of artifacts) that is instrumental in accomplishing some end [syn: instrumentality, instrumentation] 2: the act of providing or using the instruments needed for some implementation 3: the instruments called for in a musical score or arrangement for a band or orchestra 4: the act of arranging a piece of music for an orchestra and assigning parts to the different musical instruments [syn: orchestration, instrumentation]

n 1: a request (spoken or written) to participate or be present or take part in something; "an invitation to lunch"; "she threw the invitation away" 2: a tempting allurement; "she was an invitation to trouble"

n 1: the psychological state of being irritated or annoyed [syn: irritation, annoyance, vexation, botheration] 2: a sudden outburst of anger; "his temper sparked like damp firewood" [syn: pique, temper, irritation] 3: (pathology) abnormal sensitivity to stimulation; "any food produced irritation of the stomach" 4: the neural or electrical arousal of an organ or muscle or gland [syn: excitation, innervation, irritation] 5: an uncomfortable feeling of mental painfulness or distress [syn: discomfort, soreness, irritation] 6: unfriendly behavior that causes anger or resentment [syn: aggravation, irritation, provocation] 7: the act of troubling or annoying someone [syn: annoyance, annoying, irritation, vexation]

n 1: the period following birth during which milk is secreted; "lactation normally continues until weaning" 2: the production and secretion of milk by the mammary glands 3: feeding an infant by giving suck at the breast [syn: suckling, lactation]

n 1: a cry of sorrow and grief; "their pitiful laments could be heard throughout the ward" [syn: lament, lamentation, plaint, wail] 2: the passionate and demonstrative activity of expressing grief [syn: lamentation, mourning]

n 1: the phenomenon of a person or thing rising into the air by apparently supernatural means 2: movement upward in virtue of lightness [ant: gravitation] 3: the act of raising (a body) from the ground by presumably spiritualistic means

n 1: a principle that limits the extent of something; "I am willing to accept certain restrictions on my movements" [syn: restriction, limitation] 2: the quality of being limited or restricted; "it is a good plan but it has serious limitations" 3: the greatest amount of something that is possible or allowed; "there are limits on the amount you can bet"; "it is growing rapidly with no limitation in sight" [syn: limit, limitation] 4: (law) a time period after which suits cannot be brought; "statute of limitations" 5: an act of limiting or restricting (as by regulation) [syn: limitation, restriction]

n 1: continuous and profound contemplation or musing on a subject or series of subjects of a deep or abstruse nature; "the habit of meditation is the basis for all real knowledge" [syn: meditation, speculation] 2: (religion) contemplation of spiritual matters (usually on religious or philosophical subjects)

n 1: an incorrect quotation [syn: misquotation, misquote]

n 1: (biology) an organism that has characteristics resulting from chromosomal alteration [syn: mutant, mutation, variation, sport] 2: (genetics) any event that changes genetic structure; any alteration in the inherited nucleic acid sequence of the genotype of an organism [syn: mutation, genetic mutation, chromosomal mutation] 3: a change or alteration in form or qualities

n 1: a politically organized body of people under a single government; "the state has elected a new president"; "African nations"; "students who had come to the nation's capitol"; "the country's largest manufacturer"; "an industrialized land" [syn: state, nation, country, land, commonwealth, res publica, body politic] 2: the people who live in a nation or country; "a statement that sums up the nation's mood"; "the news was announced to the nation"; "the whole country worshipped him" [syn: nation, land, country] 3: United States prohibitionist who raided saloons and destroyed bottles of liquor with a hatchet (1846-1911) [syn: Nation, Carry Nation, Carry Amelia Moore Nation] 4: a federation of tribes (especially Native American tribes); "the Shawnee nation"

n 1: a technical system of symbols used to represent special things [syn: notation, notational system] 2: a comment or instruction (usually added); "his notes were appended at the end of the article"; "he added a short notation to the address on the envelope" [syn: note, annotation, notation] 3: the activity of representing something by a special system of marks or characters

n 1: one celestial body obscures another [syn: eclipse, occultation]

n 1: the principal activity in your life that you do to earn money; "he's not in my line of business" [syn: occupation, business, job, line of work, line] 2: the control of a country by military forces of a foreign power [syn: occupation, military control] 3: any activity that occupies a person's attention; "he missed the bell in his occupation with the computer game" 4: the act of occupying or taking possession of a building; "occupation of a building without a certificate of occupancy is illegal" [syn: occupation, occupancy, moving in] 5: the period of time during which a place or position or nation is occupied; "during the German occupation of Paris"