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2,256 words match “NATION”

PREDOMINATION n.
The act or state of predominating; ascendency; predominance. W. Browne.
PREEXAMINATION n.
Previous examination.
PRENOMINATION n.
The act of prenominating; privilege of being named first. Sir T. Browne.
PREORDINATION n.
The act of foreordaining: previous determination. "The preordination of God." Bale.
PROCRASTINATION n.
habit of procrastinating, or putting off to a future time; delay; dilatoriness. Procrastination is the thief of time. Young.
PROFANATION n. 2 definitions
irreverent or too familiar treatment or use of what is sacred; desecration; as, the profanation of the Sabbath; the profanation of a sanctuary; the profanation of the name of God.
PROMANATION n.
The act of flowing forth; emanation; efflux. [Obs.] Dr. H. More.
PRONATION n. 3 definitions
The position of the limb resulting from the act of pronation. Opposed to supination.
PROPINATION n.
The act of pledging, or drinking first, and then offering the cup to another. [Obs.] Abp. Potter.
PROPUGNATION n.
Means of defense; defense. [Obs.] Shak.
PROSEMINATION n.
Propagation by seed. [Obs.] Sir M. Hale.
PROSTERNATION n.
Dejection; depression. [Obs.] Wiseman.
RATIOCINATION n.
The process of reasoning, or deducing conclusions from premises; deductive reasoning.
RECLINATION n. 3 definitions
The act of leaning or reclining, or the state of being reclined.
RECOMBINATION n.
Combination a second or additional time.
RECRIMINATION n.
brought by the accused against the accuser; a counter accusation. Accusations and recriminations passed back ward and forward between the contending parties. Macaulay.
REEXAMINATION n.
A repeated examination. See under Examination.
REFRENATION n.
The act of refraining. [Obs.]
REGERMINATION n.
A germinating again or anew.
REILLUMINATION n.
The act or process of enlightening again.
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