| CARNATION | • carnation n. (Botany) A type of Eurasian plant widely cultivated for its flowers. • carnation n. The type of flower they bear, originally flesh-coloured, but since hybridizing found in a variety of colours. • carnation n. A rosy pink colour. |
| DARNATION | • darnation n. Alternative form of tarnation. • darnation interj. Used to express anger, irritation, disappointment, annoyance, contempt, etc. • DARNATION n. a mild form of damnation, also TARNATION. |
| TARNATION | • tarnation n. (Archaic) The act or process of damnation or reprobation; hell. • tarnation n. (Obsolete) Someone or something that causes trouble; troublemaker. • tarnation interj. (Archaic) Used to express anger, irritation, disappointment, annoyance, contempt, etc. |
| VERNATION | • vernation n. The appearance of new leaves. • vernation n. (Botany) The arrangement of multiple organs (such as leaves and flower parts) within a bud. • vernation n. (Botany) Arrangement of only leaves within the bud; prefoliation. |
| EBURNATION | • eburnation n. A degenerative process of bone, occurring at sites of articular cartilage erosion and commonly found… • EBURNATION n. an abnormal change of bone by which it becomes very hard and dense. |
| ALTERNATION | • alternation n. The reciprocal succession of (normally two) things in time or place; the act of following and being… • alternation n. (Religion) The response of the congregation speaking alternately with the minister. • alternation n. (Phonology) Ablaut. |
| CYBERNATION | • cybernation n. The control of an industrial operation or task through processing of information with a computer. • cybernation n. A large online community that operates like a nation, or state. • CYBERNATION n. the automatic control of a process or operation (as in manufacturing) by means of computers. |
| EXCARNATION | • excarnation n. The act of removing flesh. • excarnation n. The burial practice of removing (or causing to be removed) the flesh and organs of the dead, leaving… • EXCARNATION n. the act of excarnating, removing the flesh from. |
| GUBERNATION | • gubernation n. The act of governing; government. • GUBERNATION n. control, rule. |
| HIBERNATION | • hibernation n. (Biology, sleep) A state of minimum power consumption, inactivity and metabolic depression in some animals… • hibernation n. (Biology, sleep, space science) A hypothetical state of minimum power consumption, inactivity and metabolic… • hibernation n. (Computing) A standby state which conserves power by writing the contents of the memory to disk and… |
| INCARNATION | • incarnation n. An incarnate being or form. • incarnation n. A version or iteration (of something). • incarnation n. A living being embodying a deity or spirit. |
| SUBORNATION | • subornation n. The act of suborning. • subornation n. The procuring of someone to do a criminal act, especially to commit perjury. • SUBORNATION n. the act of suborning. |
| SUPERNATION | • supernation n. An alliance or union of several nations into a nationlike entity. • SUPERNATION n. an aggregate of nations. |
| CONSTERNATION | • consternation n. Amazement or horror that confounds the faculties, and incapacitates for reflection; terror, combined… • CONSTERNATION n. amazement or dismay that hinders or throws into confusion. |
| REINCARNATION | • reincarnation n. A rebirth of a soul, in a physical life form, such as a body. • reincarnation n. The philosophy of such a rebirth, a specific belief or doctrine on how such a rebirth occurs. • reincarnation n. A fresh embodiment. |
| SUBALTERNATION | • subalternation n. The state of being subalternate; succession of turns; subordination. • SUBALTERNATION n. the relation between a universal and particular of the same quality. |