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Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

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2,087 words match “LATION”

TRANSVOLATION n.
The act of flying beyond or across. Jer. Taylor.
TRIANGULATION n.
The series or network of triangles into which the face of a country, or any portion of it, is divided in a trigonometrical survey; the operation of measuring the elements necessary to determine the triangles into which the country to be surveyed is supposed to be divided, and thus to fix the positions and distances of…
TRIBULATION n.
That which occasions distress, trouble, or vexation; severe affliction. When tribulation or persecution ariseth because of the word, by and by he is offended. Matt. xiii. 21. In the world ye shall have tribulation. John. xvi. 33.
TUBULATION n.
ping or making a tube, or of providing with a tube; also, a tube or tubulure; as, the tubulation of a retort.
ULULATION n.
A howling, as of a dog or wolf; a wailing. He may fright others with his ululation. Wither.
UNDULATION n. 5 definitions
The act of undulating; a waving motion or vibration; as, the undulations of a fluid, of water, or of air; the undulations of sound.
UNDULATIONIST n.
One who advocates the undulatory theory of light. Whewell.
USTULATION n. 5 definitions
oncupiscence. [Obs.] It is not certain that they took the better part when they chose ustulation before marriage, expressly against the apostle. Jer. Taylor.
VACILLATION n.
The act of vacillating; a moving one way and the other; a wavering. His vacillations, or an alternation of knowledge and doubt. Jer. Taylor.
VACUOLATION n.
Formation into, or multiplication of, vacuoles.
VALLATION n.
A rampart or intrenchment.
VAPULATION n.
The act of beating or whipping. [Obs.]
VARIOLATION n.
Inoculation with smallpox.
VEHICULATION n.
Movement of vehicles.
VENTILATION n. 5 definitions
a church, a mine, etc.; free exposure to air. Insuring, for the laboring man, better ventilation. F. W. Robertson.
VERMICULATION n. 4 definitions
in the manner of a worm; continuation of motion from one part to another; as, the vermiculation, or peristaltic motion, of the intestines.
VESICULATION n.
The state of containing vesicles, or the process by which vesicles are formed.
VEXILLATION n.
A company of troops under one vexillum.
VIOLATION n. 5 definitions
Infringement; transgression; nonobservance; as, the violation of law or positive command, of covenants, promises, etc. "The violation of my faith." Shak.
VITRIOLATION n.
The act, process, or result of vitriolating.
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