Words ending in on - (3653 words)

Scrabble Word	Definition
on²	In the state of being active, functioning or operating.

Scrabble Word	Definition
con⁵	(rare) To study or examine carefully, especially in order to gain knowledge of; to learn, or learn by heart.
don⁴	A university professor, particularly one at Oxford or Cambridge.
eon³	(US) Eternity.
fon⁶	(obsolete) A fool or idiot.
hon⁶	(used only to address someone) Honey, sweetheart, a term of endearment; (Southern US) a friendly term of address.

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aeon⁴	(Australia, New Zealand, Britain) Alternative spelling of eon
agon⁵	(countable) A struggle or contest; conflict; especially between the protagonist and antagonist in a literary work.
anon⁴	(archaic) Straight away; at once.
axon¹¹	(cytology) A nerve fibre which is a long slender projection of a nerve cell, and which conducts nerve impulses away from the body of the cell to a synapse.
azon¹³

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aboon⁷	(Scotland, Britain dialectal) Above.
ancon⁷	(obsolete) The corner of a wall or rafter.
anion⁵	A negatively charged ion.
anyon⁸	(physics) Any particle that obeys a continuum of quantum statistics, only two of which are the standard Bose-Einstein and Fermi-Dirac statistics.
apron⁷	An article of clothing worn over the front of the torso and/or legs for protection from spills; also historically worn by Freemasons and as part of women's fashion.

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action⁸	The effort of performing something.
amazon¹⁷	A tall, strong, athletic woman.
amnion⁸	(anatomy) The innermost membrane of the fetal membranes of reptiles, birds, and mammals; the sac in which the embryo is suspended.
archon¹¹	A chief magistrate of ancient Athens.
aswoon⁹	In a swoon.

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abandon¹⁰	(transitive) To give up or relinquish control of, to surrender or to give oneself over, or to yield to one's emotions. [First attested from around (1350 to 1470)]
actinon⁹	(physics, dated) The isotope of radon 21986Rn
aglycon¹³	Alternative spelling of aglycone
aileron⁷	The hinged part on the trailing edge of an airplane wing, used to control longitudinal turns.
alation⁷	The state of being winged.

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ablation¹⁰	(obsolete) A carrying or taking away; removal. [First attested around 1350 to 1470.]
ablution¹⁰	The act of washing something.
abortion¹⁰	(medicine) The expulsion from the womb of a foetus or embryo before it is fully developed, with loss of the foetus; either naturally as a spontaneous abortion (now usually called a miscarriage), or deliberately as an induced abortion. [from 16th c.]
abrasion¹⁰	The act of abrading, wearing, or rubbing off; the wearing away by friction. [First attested in the mid 17th century.]
abutilon¹⁰	Any of the various tropical flowering plants of the genus Abutilon, such as the flowering maple, Indian mallow, or Chinese lantern. [First attested in the late 16th century.]

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abduction¹⁴	Leading away; a carrying away. [Early 17th century.]
abjection²⁰	A low or downcast condition; meanness of spirit; abasement; degradation. [First attested from around (1350 to 1470).]
abolition¹¹	The act of abolishing; an annulling; abrogation [First attested around the early 16th century.]
abruption¹³	(archaic) A sudden termination or interruption. [First attested in the early 17th century.]
accession¹³	A coming to; the act of acceding and becoming joined

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abdication¹⁵	(obsolete) The act of disowning or disinheriting a child. [Attested from the mid 16th century until the mid 17th century.]
aberration¹²	The act of wandering; deviation from truth, moral rectitude; abnormal; divergence from the straight, correct, proper, normal, or from the natural state. [Late 16th century.]
abjuration¹⁹	A solemn recantation or renunciation on oath; as, an abjuration of heresy. [First attested around 1350 to 1470.]
abnegation¹³	A denial; a renunciation; denial of desire or self-interest. [First attested around 1350 to 1470.]
abreaction¹⁴	(psychoanalysis) The re-living of an experience with a view to purging its emotional dross. [First attested in the early 20th century.]

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abomination¹⁵	(countable) An abominable act; a disgusting vice; a despicable habit. [First attested around 1150 to 1350.]
abstraction¹⁵	The act of abstracting, separating, withdrawing, or taking away; withdrawal; the state of being taken away. [First attested around 1350 to 1470.]
acceptation¹⁷	(obsolete) Acceptance; reception; favorable reception or regard; the state of being acceptable.
acclamation¹⁷	A shout of approbation, favor, or assent; eager expression of approval; loud applause.
acclimation¹⁷	The process of becoming, or the state of being, acclimated, or habituated to a new climate; acclimatization.

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abbreviation¹⁹	The result of shortening or reducing; abridgment. [First attested around 1350 to 1470.]
acceleration¹⁶	(uncountable) The act of accelerating, or the state of being accelerated; increase of motion or action; as opposed to retardation or deceleration.
accentuation¹⁶	Act of accentuating; applications of accent.
accumulation¹⁸	The act of amassing or gathering, as into a pile.
adjudication²³	The act of adjudicating, of reaching a judgement.

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accommodation²²	(chiefly Britain, usually a mass noun) Lodging in a dwelling or similar living quarters afforded to travellers in hotels or on cruise ships, or prisoners, etc.
accreditation¹⁸	The giving of credentials.
acculturation¹⁷	A process by which the culture of an isolated society changes on contact with a different one.
accustomation¹⁹	The process of becoming accustomed to something; habituation.
acetification²⁰	The act of making acetous or sour; the process of converting, or of becoming converted, into vinegar.

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administration¹⁷	(uncountable) The act of administering; government of public affairs; the service rendered, or duties assumed, in conducting affairs; the conducting of any office or employment; direction.
aerosolization²³	The creation of an aerosol; the creation of a fine mist or many small droplets.
alkalinization²⁷	The conversion of something to an alkali.
allegorization²⁴	The act of turning into allegory, or of understanding in an allegorical sense.
ammonification²³	(biochemistry) The formation of ammonia or its compounds from nitrogenous compounds, especially as a result of bacterial decomposition.

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acclimatization³⁰	The act of acclimatizing; the process of inuring to a new climate, or the state of being so inured.
alphabetization³¹	Alternative form of alphabetisation
antisegregation¹⁷	(sociology) Opposed to segregation, especially racial segregation
antispeculation¹⁹	(economy) Opposing or countering financial speculation.
antivivisection²³	opposed to vivisection

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