| COLLUSION | • collusion n. A secret agreement for an illegal purpose; conspiracy. • COLLUSION n. a secret agreement to deceive, e.g. one made between the opposing parties in a lawsuit. |
| CONFUSION | • confusion n. A lack of clarity or order. • confusion n. The state of being confused; misunderstanding. • confusion n. The act of mistaking one thing for another or conflating distinct things. |
| CONTUSION | • contusion n. (Medicine, countable) Synonym of bruise. • contusion n. (Medicine, uncountable) Synonym of bruising. • CONTUSION n. a bruise. |
| DETRUSION | • detrusion n. The act of thrusting or driving down or outward; outward thrust. • DETRUSION n. the act of thrusting or driving down or outward. |
| DIFFUSION | • diffusion n. The act of diffusing or dispersing something, or the property of being diffused or dispersed; dispersion. • diffusion n. (Physics) The scattering of light by reflection from a rough surface, or by passage through a translucent medium. • diffusion n. (Physics) The intermingling of the molecules of a fluid due to random thermal agitation. |
| EXCLUSION | • exclusion n. The act of excluding or shutting out; removal from consideration or taking part. • exclusion n. (Obsolete) The act of pushing or forcing something out. • exclusion n. An item not covered by an insurance policy. |
| EXTRUSION | • extrusion n. A manufacturing process where a billet of material is pushed and/or drawn through a die to create a… • extrusion n. An item formed by the process of extrusion. • EXTRUSION n. the act of extruding. |
| INCLUSION | • inclusion n. (Countable) An addition or annex to a group, set, or total. • inclusion n. (Uncountable) The act of including, i.e. adding or annexing, (something) to a group, set, or total. • inclusion n. (Countable) Anything foreign that is included in a material… |
| INTRUSION | • intrusion n. The forcible inclusion or entry of an external group or individual; the act of intruding. • intrusion n. (Geology) Magma forced into other rock formations; the rock formed when such magma solidifies. • intrusion n. A structure that lies within a historic district but is nonhistoric and irrelevant to the district. |
| OBTRUSION | • obtrusion n. An interference or intrusion. • obtrusion n. An encroachment beyond proper limits. • OBTRUSION n. an unwanted thrusting in, forward or upon. |
| OCCLUSION | • occlusion n. The process of occluding, or something that occludes. • occlusion n. (Medicine) Anything that obstructs or closes a vessel or canal. • occlusion n. (Medicine, dentistry) The alignment of the teeth when upper and lower jaws are brought together. |
| PERFUSION | • perfusion n. The act of perfusing. • perfusion n. (Medicine) The introduction of a drug or nutrients through the bloodstream in order to reach an internal… • PERFUSION n. the act of perfusing. |
| PERTUSION | • pertusion n. The act of punching or piercing with a pointed instrument. • pertusion n. A punched hole; a perforation. • PERTUSION n. the act of punching or piercing with a pointed instrument; as, pertusion of a vein. |
| POLLUSION | • POLLUSION n. (Shakespeare) blunder for allusion. |
| PRELUSION | • prelusion n. A prelude; something that comes first. • PRELUSION n. a prelude, an introduction. |
| PROFUSION | • profusion n. Abundance; the state of being profuse; a cornucopia. • profusion n. Lavish or imprudent expenditure; prodigality or extravagance. • PROFUSION n. the state of being profuse. |
| PROLUSION | • prolusion n. A trial before the principal performance; a prelude. • prolusion n. An introductory essay. • PROLUSION n. preliminary performance, activity or display. |
| RECLUSION | • reclusion n. Life as a recluse. • RECLUSION n. religious seclusion. |
| SECLUSION | • seclusion n. The act of secluding, shutting out or keeping apart. • seclusion n. The state of being secluded or shut out, as from company, society, the world, etc.; solitude. • seclusion n. A secluded, isolated or private place. |
| SUFFUSION | • suffusion n. (Countable) The act of pouring a liquid over or soaking something. • suffusion n. (Countable) coat, coating, film, plating. • suffusion n. (Uncountable) The state of being wet. |