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3,263 words match “RATIO”

LUSTRATION n. 2 definitions
The act of lustrating or purifying. And holy water for lustration bring. Dryden.
MACERATION n.
The act or process of macerating.
MAJORATION n.
Increase; enlargement. [Obs.] Bacon.
MALADMINISTRATION n.
Bad administration; bad management of any business, especially of public affairs. [Written also maleadministration.]
MALEADMINISTRATION n.
Maladministration.
MARMORATION n.
A covering or incrusting with marble; a casing of marble; a variegating so as to resemble marble. [R.]
MATURATION n.
The process of bringing, or of coming, to maturity; hence, specifically, the process of suppurating perfectly; the formation of pus or matter.
MELIORATION n.
The act or operation of meliorating, or the state of being meliorated; improvement. Bacon.
MENSURATION n. 3 definitions
The act, process, or art, of measuring.
MIGRATION n.
The act of migrating.
MINISTRATION n.
The act of ministering; service; ministry. "The days of his ministration." Luke i. 23.
MINORATION n.
A diminution. [R.] Sir T. Browne.
MISCONSECRATION n.
Wrong consecration.
MISERATION n.
Commiseration. [Obs.]
MODERATION n. 4 definitions
The state or quality of being mmoderate. In moderation placing all my glory, While Tories call me Whig, and Whigs a Tory. Pope.
MONSTRATION n.
The act of demonstrating; proof. [Obs.] A certain monstration. Grafton.
MORATION n.
A delaying tarrying; delay. [R.] Sir T. Browne.
MORIGERATION n.
Obsequiousness; obedience. [Obs.] Evelyn.
MUNERATION n.
Remuneration. [Obs.]
MURMURATION n.
The act of murmuring; a murmur. [Obs.] Skelton.
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