Words that rhyme with civilisation

• anticipation 0
  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]
• assassination 0
  n 1: an attack intended to ruin someone's reputation [syn: character assassination, assassination, blackwash] 2: murder of a public figure by surprise attack
• automation 0
  n 1: the act of implementing the control of equipment with advanced technology; usually involving electronic hardware; "automation replaces human workers by machines" [syn: automation, mechanization, mechanisation] 2: the condition of being automatically operated or controlled; "automation increases productivity" 3: equipment used to achieve automatic control or operation; "this factory floor is a showcase for automation and robotic equipment"
• carnation 0
  adj 1: pink or pinkish n 1: Eurasian plant with pink to purple-red spice-scented usually double flowers; widely cultivated in many varieties and many colors [syn: carnation, clove pink, gillyflower, Dianthus caryophyllus] 2: a pink or reddish-pink color
• causation 0
  n 1: the act of causing something to happen [syn: causing, causation]
• cessation 0
  n 1: a stopping; "a cessation of the thunder" [syn: cessation, surcease]
• cetacean 0
  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]
• citation 0
  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
• contamination 0
  n 1: the state of being contaminated [syn: contamination, taint] 2: a substance that contaminates [syn: contaminant, contamination] 3: the act of contaminating or polluting; including (either intentionally or accidentally) unwanted substances or factors [syn: contamination, pollution] [ant: decontamination]
• creation 0
  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]
• deviation 0
  n 1: a variation that deviates from the standard or norm; "the deviation from the mean" [syn: deviation, divergence, departure, difference] 2: the difference between an observed value and the expected value of a variable or function 3: the error of a compass due to local magnetic disturbances 4: deviate behavior [syn: deviation, deviance] 5: a turning aside (of your course or attention or concern); "a diversion from the main highway"; "a digression into irrelevant details"; "a deflection from his goal" [syn: diversion, deviation, digression, deflection, deflexion, divagation]
• disorganization 0
  n 1: a condition in which an orderly system has been disrupted [syn: disorganization, disorganisation, disarrangement] 2: the disturbance of a systematic arrangement causing disorder and confusion; "the disorganization of the enemy troops by a flank attack" [syn: disorganization, disorganisation]
• foundation 0
  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]
• inflation 0
  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]
• meditation 0
  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)
• nation 0
  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"
• occupation 0
  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"
• plantation 0
  n 1: an estate where cash crops are grown on a large scale (especially in tropical areas) 2: a newly established colony (especially in the colonization of North America); "the practice of sending convicted criminals to serve on the Plantations was common in the 17th century" 3: garden consisting of a small cultivated wood without undergrowth [syn: grove, woodlet, orchard, plantation]
• ration 0
  n 1: the food allowance for one day (especially for service personnel); "the rations should be nutritionally balanced" 2: a fixed portion that is allotted (especially in times of scarcity) v 1: restrict the consumption of a relatively scarce commodity, as during war; "Bread was rationed during the siege of the city" 2: distribute in rations, as in the army; "Cigarettes are rationed" [syn: ration, ration out]
• specialization 0
  n 1: the act of specializing; making something suitable for a special purpose [syn: specialization, specialisation] 2: the special line of work you have adopted as your career; "his specialization is gastroenterology" [syn: specialization, specialisation, specialty, speciality, specialism] 3: (biology) the structural adaptation of some body part for a particular function; "cell differentiation in the developing embryo" [syn: specialization, specialisation, differentiation]
• station 0
  n 1: a facility equipped with special equipment and personnel for a particular purpose; "he started looking for a gas station"; "the train pulled into the station" 2: proper or designated social situation; "he overstepped his place"; "the responsibilities of a man in his station"; "married above her station" [syn: place, station] 3: (nautical) the location to which a ship or fleet is assigned for duty 4: the position where someone (as a guard or sentry) stands or is assigned to stand; "a soldier manned the entrance post"; "a sentry station" [syn: post, station] 5: the frequency assigned to a broadcasting station v 1: assign to a station [syn: station, post, send, place]
• unification 0
  n 1: an occurrence that involves the production of a union [syn: fusion, merger, unification] 2: the state of being joined or united or linked; "there is strength in union" [syn: union, unification] [ant: separation] 3: the act of making or becoming a single unit; "the union of opposing factions"; "he looked forward to the unification of his family for the holidays" [syn: union, unification, uniting, conjugation, jointure] [ant: disunion]
• haitian 0
  adj 1: of or relating to or characteristic of the republic of Haiti or its people; "Haitian shantytowns" n 1: a native or inhabitant of Haiti
• alsatian 0
  adj 1: of or relating to or characteristic of Alsace or its inhabitants n 1: a native or inhabitant of Alsace 2: breed of large shepherd dogs used in police work and as a guide for the blind [syn: German shepherd, German shepherd dog, German police dog, alsatian]
• civilization 0
  n 1: a society in an advanced state of social development (e.g., with complex legal and political and religious organizations); "the people slowly progressed from barbarism to civilization" [syn: civilization, civilisation] 2: the social process whereby societies achieve an advanced stage of development and organization [syn: civilization, civilisation] 3: a particular society at a particular time and place; "early Mayan civilization" [syn: culture, civilization, civilisation] 4: the quality of excellence in thought and manners and taste; "a man of intellectual refinement"; "he is remembered for his generosity and civilization" [syn: refinement, civilization, civilisation]
• colonization 0
  n 1: the act of colonizing; the establishment of colonies; "the British colonization of America" [syn: colonization, colonisation, settlement]
• equalization 0
  n 1: the act of making equal or uniform [syn: equalization, equalisation, leveling]
• legalization 0
  n 1: the act of making lawful [syn: legalization, legalisation, legitimation]
• localization 0
  n 1: a determination of the place where something is; "he got a good fix on the target" [syn: localization, localisation, location, locating, fix] 2: (physiology) the principle that specific functions have relatively circumscribed locations in some particular part or organ of the body [syn: localization of function, localisation of function, localization principle, localisation principle, localization, localisation]
• mobilization 0
  n 1: act of assembling and putting into readiness for war or other emergency: "mobilization of the troops" [syn: mobilization, mobilisation, militarization, militarisation] [ant: demobilisation, demobilization] 2: act of marshaling and organizing and making ready for use or action; "mobilization of the country's economic resources" [syn: mobilization, mobilisation]
• utilization 0
  n 1: the act of using; "he warned against the use of narcotic drugs"; "skilled in the utilization of computers" [syn: use, usage, utilization, utilisation, employment, exercise] 2: the state of having been made use of; "the rate of utilization"

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