| AMPLIATION | • ampliation n. Enlargement; amplification. • ampliation n. (Law, civil law) A postponement of the decision of a cause for further consideration or reargument. • AMPLIATION n. enlargement; amplification. |
| BLOVIATION | • bloviation n. (US, possibly originally Ohio, informal) A boastful or pompous manner of speaking or writing; a lengthy… • BLOVIATION n. long-winded speech. |
| ELUVIATION | • eluviation n. (Soil science, countable) The sideways or downward movement of dissolved or suspended material within… • eluviation n. (Geology, uncountable) Creation of geological deposits (eluvial deposits) by in situ weathering or weathering… • ELUVIATION n. the formation of eluvium, an accumulation of rock debris. |
| EMACIATION | • emaciation n. The act of making very lean. • emaciation n. The state of being emaciated or reduced to excessive leanness; an excessively lean condition. • EMACIATION n. the act of making very lean. |
| ERADIATION | • eradiation n. Emission of radiance in all directions. • ERADIATION n. emission of radiance. |
| EXUVIATION | • exuviation n. The act of exuviating. • exuviation n. The exuviated coverings; exuviae. • EXUVIATION n. the act of exuviating. |
| FASCIATION | • fasciation n. The binding-up of a limb, etc., with bandages. • fasciation n. (Obsolete) A bandage. • fasciation n. The process or state of being fasciated. |
| FLORIATION | • floriation n. Ornamentation by means of flower forms, either realistic or stylized. • FLORIATION n. decoration with floral ornament. |
| GLACIATION | • glaciation n. The process of covering with a glacier, or the state of being glaciated; the production of glacial phenomena;… • glaciation n. A particular instance of glacier formation. • glaciation n. The act of freezing. |
| HERNIATION | • herniation n. The formation of a hernia. • HERNIATION n. the state of being herniated. |
| INITIATION | • initiation n. The act of initiating, or the process of being initiated or introduced. • initiation n. The form or ceremony by which a person is introduced into any society; mode of entrance into an organized… • initiation n. (Chemistry) The first step of transcription or of transduction. |
| PALLIATION | • palliation n. The alleviation of a disease’s symptoms without a cure; temporary relief. • palliation n. Extenuation; mitigation. • PALLIATION n. the act of palliating. |
| PATRIATION | • patriation n. (Canada) The transfer of a governmental power from a former mother country to a newly independent one. • PATRIATION n. the transference of responsibilities for the Canadian constitution from the British parliament to the Canadian parliament. |
| SPECIATION | • speciation n. (Taxonomy) The process by which new distinct species evolve. • speciation n. (Chemistry) The formation of different (inorganic) species (especially of ions) as the environment changes. • speciation n. (Medicine, pathology) The determination of which species is/are present in a fluid or tissue specimen… |
| SPOLIATION | • spoliation n. (Archaic) The act of plundering or spoiling; robbery. • spoliation n. Robbery or plunder in times of war; especially, the authorized act or practice of plundering neutrals at sea. • spoliation n. (Law) The intentional destruction of or tampering with (a document) in such way as to impair evidentiary effect. |
| TRITIATION | • tritiation n. (Chemistry) The process, or the result of tritiating. • TRITIATION n. the act of tritiating. |