Words that rhyme with cybernation

• insubordination 5
  n 1: defiance of authority [ant: subordination] 2: an insubordinate act [syn: insubordination, rebelliousness]
• abbreviation 0
  n 1: a shortened form of a word or phrase 2: shortening something by omitting parts of it
• abomination 0
  n 1: a person who is loathsome or disgusting 2: hate coupled with disgust [syn: abhorrence, abomination, detestation, execration, loathing, odium] 3: an action that is vicious or vile; an action that arouses disgust or abhorrence; "his treatment of the children is an abomination"
• affiliation 0
  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"
• agglutination 0
  n 1: a clumping of bacteria or red cells when held together by antibodies (agglutinins) 2: the building of words from component morphemes that retain their form and meaning in the process of combining 3: the coalescing of small particles that are suspended in solution; these larger masses are then (usually) precipitated [syn: agglutination, agglutinating activity]
• agnation 0
  n 1: line of descent traced through the paternal side of the family [syn: patrilineage, agnation]
• alienation 0
  n 1: the feeling of being alienated from other people [syn: alienation, disaffection, estrangement] 2: separation resulting from hostility [syn: alienation, estrangement] 3: (law) the voluntary and absolute transfer of title and possession of real property from one person to another; "the power of alienation is an essential ingredient of ownership" 4: the action of alienating; the action of causing to become unfriendly; "his behavior alienated the other students"
• alleviation 0
  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]
• alternation 0
  n 1: successive change from one thing or state to another and back again; "a trill is a rapid alternation between the two notes"
• animation 0
  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]
• 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]
• appreciation 0
  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]
• appropriation 0
  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"
• 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
• assignation 0
  n 1: a secret rendezvous (especially between lovers) [syn: assignation, tryst] 2: the act of distributing by allotting or apportioning; distribution according to a plan; "the apportionment of seats in the House of Representatives is based on the relative population of each state" [syn: allotment, apportionment, apportioning, allocation, parceling, parcelling, assignation]
• association 0
  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
• aviation 0
  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]
• carbonation 0
  n 1: saturation with carbon dioxide (as soda water)
• 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
• chlorination 0
  n 1: the addition or substitution of chlorine in organic compounds 2: disinfection of water by the addition of small amounts of chlorine or a chlorine compound
• cognation 0
  n 1: line of descent traced through the maternal side of the family [syn: matrilineage, enation, cognation] 2: (anthropology) related by blood [syn: consanguinity, blood kinship, cognation] [ant: affinity]
• combination 0
  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]
• concatenation 0
  n 1: the state of being linked together as in a chain; union in a linked series 2: the linking together of a consecutive series of symbols or events or ideas etc; "it was caused by an improbable concatenation of circumstances" 3: a series of things depending on each other as if linked together; "the chain of command"; "a complicated concatenation of circumstances" [syn: chain, concatenation] 4: the act of linking together as in a series or chain
• conciliation 0
  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]
• condemnation 0
  n 1: an expression of strong disapproval; pronouncing as wrong or morally culpable; "his uncompromising condemnation of racism" [syn: disapprobation, condemnation] [ant: approbation] 2: (law) the act of condemning (as land forfeited for public use) or judging to be unfit for use (as a food product or an unsafe building) 3: an appeal to some supernatural power to inflict evil on someone or some group [syn: execration, condemnation, curse] 4: the condition of being strongly disapproved of; "he deserved nothing but condemnation" 5: (criminal law) a final judgment of guilty in a criminal case and the punishment that is imposed; "the conviction came as no surprise" [syn: conviction, judgment of conviction, condemnation, sentence] [ant: acquittal]
• confrontation 0
  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
• congregation 0
  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]
• consternation 0
  n 1: fear resulting from the awareness of danger [syn: alarm, dismay, consternation]
• 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]
• continuation 0
  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]
• conversation 0
  n 1: the use of speech for informal exchange of views or ideas or information etc.
• coordination 0
  n 1: the skillful and effective interaction of movements [ant: incoordination] 2: the regulation of diverse elements into an integrated and harmonious operation 3: the grammatical relation of two constituents having the same grammatical form 4: being of coordinate importance, rank, or degree
• coronation 0
  n 1: the ceremony of installing a new monarch [syn: coronation, enthronement, enthronization, enthronisation, investiture]
• 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]
• culmination 0
  n 1: a final climactic stage; "their achievements stand as a culmination of centuries of development" [syn: apogee, culmination] 2: (astronomy) a heavenly body's highest celestial point above an observer's horizon 3: the decisive moment in a novel or play; "the deathbed scene is the climax of the play" [syn: climax, culmination] 4: a concluding action [syn: completion, culmination, closing, windup, mop up]
• damnation 0
  n 1: the act of damning 2: the state of being condemned to eternal punishment in Hell [syn: damnation, eternal damnation]
• declination 0
  n 1: a condition inferior to an earlier condition; a gradual falling off from a better state [syn: decline, declination] [ant: improvement, melioration] 2: a downward slope or bend [syn: descent, declivity, fall, decline, declination, declension, downslope] [ant: acclivity, ascent, climb, raise, rise, upgrade] 3: (astronomy) the angular distance of a celestial body north or to the south of the celestial equator; expressed in degrees; used with right ascension to specify positions on the celestial sphere [syn: declination, celestial latitude, dec] 4: a polite refusal of an invitation [syn: declination, regrets]
• decontamination 0
  n 1: the removal of contaminants [ant: contamination, pollution]
• dedication 0
  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]
• demonstration 0
  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]
• denomination 0
  n 1: a group of religious congregations having its own organization and a distinctive faith 2: a class of one kind of unit in a system of numbers or measures or weights or money; "he flashed a fistful of bills of large denominations" 3: identifying word or words by which someone or something is called and classified or distinguished from others [syn: appellation, denomination, designation, appellative]
• desalination 0
  n 1: the removal of salt (especially from sea water) [syn: desalination, desalinization, desalinisation]
• designation 0
  n 1: identifying word or words by which someone or something is called and classified or distinguished from others [syn: appellation, denomination, designation, appellative] 2: the act of putting a person into a non-elective position; "the appointment had to be approved by the whole committee" [syn: appointment, assignment, designation, naming] 3: the act of designating or identifying something [syn: designation, identification]
• destination 0
  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]
• determination 0
  n 1: the act of determining the properties of something, usually by research or calculation; "the determination of molecular structures" [syn: determination, finding] 2: the quality of being determined to do or achieve something; firmness of purpose; "his determination showed in his every movement"; "he is a man of purpose" [syn: determination, purpose] 3: a position or opinion or judgment reached after consideration; "a decision unfavorable to the opposition"; "his conclusion took the evidence into account"; "satisfied with the panel's determination" [syn: decision, determination, conclusion] 4: deciding or controlling something's outcome or nature; "the determination of grammatical inflections" 5: the act of making up your mind about something; "the burden of decision was his"; "he drew his conclusions quickly" [syn: decision, determination, conclusion]
• devastation 0
  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]
• discrimination 0
  n 1: unfair treatment of a person or group on the basis of prejudice [syn: discrimination, favoritism, favouritism] 2: the cognitive process whereby two or more stimuli are distinguished [syn: discrimination, secernment]
• disinclination 0
  n 1: that toward which you are inclined to feel dislike; "his disinclination for modesty is well known" [ant: inclination] 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]
• dissemination 0
  n 1: the opening of a subject to widespread discussion and debate [syn: dissemination, airing, public exposure, spreading] 2: the property of being diffused or dispersed [syn: dissemination, diffusion] 3: the act of dispersing or diffusing something; "the dispersion of the troops"; "the diffusion of knowledge" [syn: dispersion, dispersal, dissemination, diffusion]
• divination 0
  n 1: successful conjecture by unusual insight or good luck 2: a prediction uttered under divine inspiration [syn: prophecy, divination] 3: the art or gift of prophecy (or the pretense of prophecy) by supernatural means [syn: divination, foretelling, soothsaying, fortune telling]
• domination 0
  n 1: social control by dominating 2: power to dominate or defeat; "mastery of the seas" [syn: domination, mastery, supremacy]
• donation 0
  n 1: a voluntary gift (as of money or service or ideas) made to some worthwhile cause [syn: contribution, donation] 2: act of giving in common with others for a common purpose especially to a charity [syn: contribution, donation]
• elimination 0
  n 1: the act of removing or getting rid of something [syn: elimination, riddance] 2: the bodily process of discharging waste matter [syn: elimination, evacuation, excretion, excreting, voiding] 3: analysis of a problem into alternative possibilities followed by the systematic rejection of unacceptable alternatives [syn: elimination, reasoning by elimination] 4: the act of removing an unknown mathematical quantity by combining equations 5: the murder of a competitor [syn: elimination, liquidation]
• emanation 0
  n 1: something that is emitted or radiated (as a gas or an odor or a light, etc.) 2: the act of emitting; causing to flow forth [syn: emission, emanation] 3: (theology) the origination of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost; "the emanation of the Holy Spirit"; "the rising of the Holy Ghost"; "the doctrine of the procession of the Holy Spirit from the Father and the Son" [syn: emanation, rise, procession]
• examination 0
  n 1: the act of examining something closely (as for mistakes) [syn: examination, scrutiny] 2: a set of questions or exercises evaluating skill or knowledge; "when the test was stolen the professor had to make a new set of questions" [syn: examination, exam, test] 3: formal systematic questioning [syn: interrogation, examination, interrogatory] 4: a detailed inspection of your conscience (as done daily by Jesuits) [syn: examen, examination] 5: the act of giving students or candidates a test (as by questions) to determine what they know or have learned [syn: examination, testing]
• explanation 0
  n 1: a statement that makes something comprehensible by describing the relevant structure or operation or circumstances etc.; "the explanation was very simple"; "I expected a brief account" [syn: explanation, account] 2: thought that makes something comprehensible 3: the act of explaining; making something plain or intelligible; "I heard his explanation of the accident"
• extermination 0
  n 1: complete annihilation; "they think a meteor cause the extinction of the dinosaurs" [syn: extinction, extermination] 2: the act of exterminating [syn: extermination, liquidation]
• fascination 0
  n 1: the state of being intensely interested (as by awe or terror) [syn: fascination, captivation] 2: a feeling of great liking for something wonderful and unusual [syn: captivation, enchantment, enthrallment, fascination] 3: the capacity to attract intense interest; "he held the children spellbound with magic tricks and other fascinations"
• foreordination 0
  n 1: (theology) being determined in advance; especially the doctrine (usually associated with Calvin) that God has foreordained every event throughout eternity (including the final salvation of mankind) [syn: predestination, foreordination, preordination, predetermination]
• 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]
• fractionation 0
  n 1: a process that uses heat to separate a substance into its components [syn: fractionation, fractional process] 2: separation into portions
• fulmination 0
  n 1: thunderous verbal attack [syn: fulmination, diatribe] 2: the act of exploding with noise and violence; "his fulminations frightened the horses"
• germination 0
  n 1: the process whereby seeds or spores sprout and begin to grow [syn: germination, sprouting] 2: the origin of some development; "the germination of their discontent"
• hallucination 0
  n 1: illusory perception; a common symptom of severe mental disorder 2: a mistaken or unfounded opinion or idea; "he has delusions of competence"; "his dreams of vast wealth are a hallucination" [syn: delusion, hallucination] 3: an object perceived during a hallucinatory episode; "he refused to believe that the angel was a hallucination"
• hibernation 0
  n 1: the torpid or resting state in which some animals pass the winter 2: cessation from or slowing of activity during the winter; especially slowing of metabolism in some animals 3: the act of retiring into inactivity; "he emerged from his hibernation to make his first appearance in several years"
• hydrogenation 0
  n 1: a chemical process that adds hydrogen atoms to an unsaturated oil; "food producers use hydrogenation to keep fat from becoming rancid"
• hyphenation 0
  n 1: division of a word especially at the end of a line on a page [syn: word division, hyphenation] 2: connecting syllables and words by hyphens
• illumination 0
  n 1: a condition of spiritual awareness; divine illumination; "follow God's light" [syn: light, illumination] 2: the degree of visibility of your environment 3: an interpretation that removes obstacles to understanding; "the professor's clarification helped her to understand the textbook" [syn: clarification, elucidation, illumination] 4: the luminous flux incident on a unit area [syn: illuminance, illumination] 5: painting or drawing included in a book (especially in illuminated medieval manuscripts) [syn: miniature, illumination]
• imagination 0
  n 1: the formation of a mental image of something that is not perceived as real and is not present to the senses; "popular imagination created a world of demons"; "imagination reveals what the world could be" [syn: imagination, imaginativeness, vision] 2: the ability to form mental images of things or events; "he could still hear her in his imagination" [syn: imagination, imaging, imagery, mental imagery] 3: the ability to deal resourcefully with unusual problems; "a man of resource" [syn: resource, resourcefulness, imagination]
• impregnation 0
  n 1: material with which something is impregnated; "the impregnation, whatever it was, had turned the rock blue" 2: the process of totally saturating something with a substance; "the impregnation of wood with preservative"; "the saturation of cotton with ether" [syn: impregnation, saturation] 3: creation by the physical union of male and female gametes; of sperm and ova in an animal or pollen and ovule in a plant [syn: fertilization, fertilisation, fecundation, impregnation]
• incarnation 0
  n 1: a new personification of a familiar idea; "the embodiment of hope"; "the incarnation of evil"; "the very avatar of cunning" [syn: embodiment, incarnation, avatar] 2: (Christianity) the Christian doctrine of the union of God and man in the person of Jesus Christ 3: time passed in a particular bodily form; "he believes that his life will be better in his next incarnation" 4: the act of attributing human characteristics to abstract ideas etc. [syn: personification, incarnation]
• inclination 0
  n 1: an attitude of mind especially one that favors one alternative over others; "he had an inclination to give up too easily"; "a tendency to be too strict" [syn: inclination, disposition, tendency] 2: (astronomy) the angle between the plane of the orbit and the plane of the ecliptic stated in degrees [syn: inclination, inclination of an orbit] 3: (geometry) the angle formed by the x-axis and a given line (measured counterclockwise from the positive half of the x-axis) [syn: inclination, angle of inclination] 4: (physics) the angle that a magnetic needle makes with the plane of the horizon [syn: dip, angle of dip, magnetic dip, magnetic inclination, inclination] 5: that toward which you are inclined to feel a liking; "her inclination is for classical music" [ant: disinclination] 6: the property possessed by a line or surface that departs from the vertical; "the tower had a pronounced tilt"; "the ship developed a list to starboard"; "he walked with a heavy inclination to the right" [syn: tilt, list, inclination, lean, leaning] 7: a characteristic likelihood of or natural disposition toward a certain condition or character or effect; "the alkaline inclination of the local waters"; "fabric with a tendency to shrink" [syn: tendency, inclination] 8: the act of inclining; bending forward; "an inclination of his head indicated his agreement" [syn: inclination, inclining]
• incrimination 0
  n 1: an accusation that you are responsible for some lapse or misdeed; "his incrimination was based on my testimony"; "the police laid the blame on the driver" [syn: incrimination, inculpation, blame]
• indignation 0
  n 1: a feeling of righteous anger [syn: indignation, outrage]
• indoctrination 0
  n 1: teaching someone to accept doctrines uncritically
• 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]
• insemination 0
  n 1: the act of sowing (of seeds in the ground or, figuratively, of germs in the body or ideas in the mind, etc.) 2: the introduction of semen into the genital tract of a female
• intonation 0
  n 1: rise and fall of the voice pitch [syn: intonation, modulation, pitch contour] 2: singing by a soloist of the opening piece of plainsong 3: the act of singing in a monotonous tone [syn: intonation, chanting] 4: the production of musical tones (by voice or instrument); especially the exactitude of the pitch relations
• iodination 0
  n 1: the substitution or addition of iodine atoms in organic compounds
• lamination 0
  n 1: a layered structure 2: bonding thin sheets together
• lunation 0
  n 1: the period between successive new moons (29.531 days) [syn: lunar month, moon, lunation, synodic month]
• machination 0
  n 1: a crafty and involved plot to achieve your (usually sinister) ends [syn: intrigue, machination]
• miscegenation 0
  n 1: reproduction by parents of different races (especially by white and non-white persons) [syn: miscegenation, crossbreeding, interbreeding]
• 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"
• nomination 0
  n 1: the act of officially naming a candidate; "the Republican nomination for Governor" 2: the condition of having been proposed as a suitable candidate for appointment or election; "there was keen competition for the nomination"; "his nomination was hotly protested" 3: an address (usually at a political convention) proposing the name of a candidate to run for election; "the nomination was brief and to the point" [syn: nominating speech, nominating address, nomination]
• 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"
• ordination 0
  n 1: the status of being ordained to a sacred office 2: logical or comprehensible arrangement of separate elements; "we shall consider these questions in the inverse order of their presentation" [syn: ordering, order, ordination] 3: the act of ordaining; the act of conferring (or receiving) holy orders; "the rabbi's family was present for his ordination" [syn: ordination, ordinance]
• origination 0
  n 1: an event that is a beginning; a first part or stage of subsequent events [syn: origin, origination, inception] 2: 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]
• oxygenation 0
  n 1: the process of providing or combining or treating with oxygen; "the oxygenation of the blood"
• pagination 0
  n 1: the system of numbering pages [syn: pagination, folio, page number, paging]
• peregrination 0
  n 1: traveling or wandering around
• phonation 0
  n 1: the sound made by the vibration of vocal folds modified by the resonance of the vocal tract; "a singer takes good care of his voice"; "the giraffe cannot make any vocalizations" [syn: voice, vocalization, vocalisation, vocalism, phonation, vox]
• pollination 0
  n 1: transfer of pollen from the anther to the stigma of a plant [syn: pollination, pollenation]
• predestination 0
  n 1: previous determination as if by destiny or fate 2: (theology) being determined in advance; especially the doctrine (usually associated with Calvin) that God has foreordained every event throughout eternity (including the final salvation of mankind) [syn: predestination, foreordination, preordination, predetermination]
• predetermination 0
  n 1: (theology) being determined in advance; especially the doctrine (usually associated with Calvin) that God has foreordained every event throughout eternity (including the final salvation of mankind) [syn: predestination, foreordination, preordination, predetermination] 2: a mental determination or resolve in advance; an antecedent intention to do something; "he entered the argument with a predetermination to prove me wrong" 3: the act of determining or ordaining in advance what is to take place
• predomination 0
  n 1: the state of being predominant over others [syn: predominance, predomination, prepotency] 2: the quality of being more noticeable than anything else; "the predomination of blues gave the painting a quiet tone" [syn: predomination, predominance]
• procrastination 0
  n 1: the act of procrastinating; putting off or delaying or defering an action to a later time [syn: procrastination, cunctation, shillyshally] 2: slowness as a consequence of not getting around to it [syn: dilatoriness, procrastination]
• profanation 0
  n 1: blasphemous behavior; the act of depriving something of its sacred character; "desecration of the Holy Sabbath" [syn: profanation, desecration, blasphemy, sacrilege] 2: degradation of something worthy of respect; cheapening
• ratiocination 0
  n 1: the proposition arrived at by logical reasoning (such as the proposition that must follow from the major and minor premises of a syllogism) [syn: conclusion, ratiocination] 2: logical and methodical reasoning
• 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]

See also cybernation definition