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— English words —

• scintillation n. A flash of light; a spark.
• scintillation n. (Astronomy) The twinkling of a star or other celestial body caused by turbulence in the Earth’s atmosphere.
• scintillation n. (Nuclear physics) The flash of light produced by something (especially a phosphor) when it absorbs ionizing radiation.

— In French —

• scintillation n.f. (Astronomie) Vif mouvement d’agitation qu’on observe dans…
• scintillation n.f. Scintillement.

28 English words from 3 English definitions

absorbs Astronomy atmosphere body caused celestial celestial␣body Earth especially flash ionizing ionizing␣radiation light Nuclear Nuclear␣physics of␣a other phosphor physics produced radiation something spark star the turbulence twinkling when

3 English words from 2 foreign definitions

agitation dans observe

4 foreign words from 2 foreign definitions

Astronomie mouvement Scintillement Vif

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

scintillations scintillation␣vial scintillation␣vials scintillation␣counter scintillation␣cocktail scintillation␣counters

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

microscintillation liquid␣scintillation

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

-ation CIN -cin Cinti ill ILL 'ill I'll Ill. illation int INT in't int. i'n't inti Inti ion Ion -ion lat LAT lat. Lat. lation sci SCI sci. Sci. scintilla til TIL 'til till Till 'till tio Tio tion -tion

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

all ALL -all all- ICs ICS -ics I²Cs I.C.s I.␣C.s ita ITA ital Ital ital. Ital. -it-all ITN lit Lit &lit lit. nic Nic NIC NICs NOI noit OIt OIT Oita Ōita Tal tall tallit

One anagram found with an extra letter (New word formed with all the letters from the word and an extra letter.)

scintillations

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

instillation

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