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— English words —

• extinction n. The action of making or becoming extinct; annihilation.
• extinction n. (Astronomy) The absorption or scattering of electromagnetic radiation emitted by astronomical objects…
• extinction n. (Pathology) The inability to perceive multiple stimuli simultaneously.
• extinction n. (Psychology) The fading of a conditioned response over time if it is not reinforced.

— English word, defined in French —

• extinction n. Extinction.

— English word, defined in Spanish —

• extinction s. Extinción.

— English word, defined in Italian —

• extinction s. Estinzione.

— In French —

• extinction n.f. Action d’éteindre ou état de ce qui s’éteint, de ce qui…
• extinction n.f. (Par extension) État de la chaux quand elle cesse d’être…
• extinction n.f. Épuisement, lassitude.
• extinction n.f. (Sens figuré) Action d’abolir, d’anéantir, de mettre fin.

31 English words from 4 English definitions

absorption action annihilation astronomical Astronomy becoming conditioned conditioned␣response electromagnetic emitted extinct fading inability making multiple not objects of␣a over over␣time Pathology perceive Psychology radiation reinforced response scattering simultaneously stimuli The time

7 English words from 7 foreign definitions

Action extension Extinction fin lassitude Par Sens

21 foreign words from 7 foreign definitions

abolir anéantir ce␣qui cesse chaux de␣la elle Épuisement Estinzione état éteindre éteint être Extinción figuré mettre mettre␣fin Par␣extension quand qui Sens␣figuré

9 suffixes (New words found by adding one or more letters at the end of the word.)

extinctions extinctionism extinctionist extinctionists extinction␣event extinction␣events extinction␣memory extinction␣level␣event extinction␣level␣events

10 times in the middle (New words found by adding letters in front and at the end of the word.)

coextinctions de-extinctions de-extinctioned hemiextinctions mass␣extinctions K-T␣extinction␣event pseudoextinctions language␣extinctions mass␣extinction␣event mass␣extinction␣events

11 prefixes (New words found by adding one or more letters in front of the word.)

coextinction de-extinction nonextinction hemiextinction mass␣extinction semiextinction age␣of␣extinction Age␣of␣Extinction pseudoextinction language␣extinction End-Permian␣Extinction

22 words-in-word (Words found as is inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

CTI ext ext. extinct inc Inc INC inc. Inc. ion Ion -ion NCT tin TIN TINC tinct tinction tio Tio tion -tion

7 words-in-word RTL (Words found written from right to left, inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

ITC ITX nit NOI noit OIt OIT

One anagram (New word found by changing the order of the letters.)

ctenitoxin

3 anagrams found with an extra letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word and an extra letter.)

antixenotic ctenitoxins extinctions

One anagram found minus a letter (New word formed with all the letters from the word minus a letter.)

inextinct

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