Words that rhyme with deletion
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accretion
n 1: an increase by natural growth or addition [syn: accretion, accumulation] 2: something contributing to growth or increase; "he scraped away the accretions of paint"; "the central city surrounded by recent accretions" 3: (astronomy) the formation of a celestial object by the effect of gravity pulling together surrounding objects and gases 4: (biology) growth by addition as by the adhesion of parts or particles 5: (geology) an increase in land resulting from alluvial deposits or waterborne sediment 6: (law) an increase in a beneficiary's share in an estate (as when a co-beneficiary dies or fails to meet some condition or rejects the inheritance) -
an
n 1: an associate degree in nursing [syn: Associate in Nursing, AN] -
completion
n 1: (American football) a successful forward pass in football [syn: completion, pass completion] 2: a concluding action [syn: completion, culmination, closing, windup, mop up] -
concretion
n 1: the formation of stonelike objects within a body organ (e.g., the kidneys) 2: a hard lump produced by the concretion of mineral salts; found in hollow organs or ducts of the body; "renal calculi can be very painful" [syn: calculus, concretion] 3: an increase in the density of something [syn: compaction, compression, concretion, densification] 4: the union of diverse things into one body or form or group; the growing together of parts [syn: coalescence, coalescency, coalition, concretion, conglutination] -
depletion
n 1: the act of decreasing something markedly 2: the state of being depleted -
excretion
n 1: the bodily process of discharging waste matter [syn: elimination, evacuation, excretion, excreting, voiding] 2: waste matter (as urine or sweat but especially feces) discharged from the body [syn: body waste, excretion, excreta, excrement, excretory product] -
secretion
n 1: the organic process of synthesizing and releasing some substance [syn: secretion, secernment] 2: a functionally specialized substance (especially one that is not a waste) released from a gland or cell -
grecian
adj 1: of or relating to or characteristic of Greece or the Greeks or the Greek language; "Greek mythology"; "a Grecian robe" [syn: Greek, Grecian, Hellenic] n 1: a native or resident of Greece -
phoenician
adj 1: of or relating to or characteristic of Phoenicia or its inhabitants n 1: a member of an ancient Semitic people who dominated trade in the first millennium B.C. 2: the extinct language of an ancient Semitic people who dominated trade in the ancient world -
venetian
adj 1: of or relating to or characteristic of Venice or its people; "Venetian glass"; "Venetian canals" n 1: a resident of Venice -
carburetion
See also deletion definition and deletion synonyms
