11 Letter Words for Contaminate
contaminate
10 Letter Words for Contaminate
antimonate, catenation
9 Letter Words for Contaminate
acetanion, acetation, amnionate, anamniote, antanemic, anticomet, antoecian, cantation, cinnamate, coanimate, emanation, enomaniac, itaconate, mactation, mentation, monacetin, monactine, montanite, omittance, tanacetin
8 Letter Words for Contaminate
acinetan, anatomic, animetta, annamite, annotate, antenati, antiatom, antinome, atomatic, canoeman, catamite, catonian, cenation, cetonian, coinmate, comitant, cotenant, enaction, enomania, intonate, maconite, manatine, manation, manicate, mantinea, metanoia, monactin, monecian, montanic, natation, necation, nominate, oceanian, ointment, tacitean, taconite, totanine
7 Letter Words for Contaminate
acetiam, acetoin, acnemia, aconine, aconite, acontia, actaeon, actinon, amation, amatito, amentia, aminate, amitate, amniota, amniote, anamite, anatine, ancient, anconei, animant, animate, animato, annatto, anomite, anteact, antient, antiman, antoeci, attonce, caneton, cantate, cantimo, cantina, cantino, cantion, catmint, centimo, cetonia, comtian, connate, contain, contemn, content, emanant, emicant, enatant, enation, ennomic, entomic, entonic, entotic, etonian, maconne, manicon, manioca, mannite, matinae, meconin, mention, metonic, monacan, montana, montane, montant, namatio, nanomia, nematic, nicaean, nictate, noetian, nonetti, nonmeat, noteman, oceania, ominate, omniana, oncetta, taction, taenian, tannaic, tannaim, tannate, teatman, tecomin, tectona, tention, tetania, tetanic, tineman, tomenta, tonemic, tonetic, tontine, totemic
6 Letter Words for Contaminate
acetin, acmite, acoine, acomia, aconin, actine, action, aeonic, amaine, amante, amenia, amenta, amiant, amniac, amnion, anatto, ancien, ancome, ancona, ancone, anemia, anemic, anetic, annect, annite, anoine, anoint, anomia, anomic, anomie, anotia, anotta, antiae, antica, aonian, atimon, atocia, atomic, atonia, atonic, attain, attame, attica, attice, attone, caeoma, caiman, camino, camion, camote, canamo, canine, canion, canman, cannae, cannat, cannet, cannie, cannot, canton, caoine, catena, cation, cattan, cattie, centai, centon, cinema, coaita, coatie, comate, comint, comite, conima, conine, conite, conman, connie, contam, contin, cotman, enatic, encina, ennoic, enoint, eonian, etamin, iceman, incant, incent, income, inmate, inmeat, innate, intact, intent, intone, ionate, manace, manati, manent, maniac, manioc, manito, mannet, mannie, mantic, manton, mataco, matico, matina, mattie, mattin, meacon, meatic, mecati, micate, minoan, mitten, monact, monica, montia, naiant, natant, natica, nation, neanic, necton, netman, nincom, nitent, noance, nocent, noetic, nomina, nomine, nonact, notate, notice, octane, octant, octine, omenta, otiant, tacoma, taimen, tainte, tamein, tamine, tanica, tannia, tannic, tanoan, tantie, taotai, tatami, teaman, tenaim, tenant, tiamat, tienta, tiento, tietac, tinean, tinman, tinmen, tinnet, titano, titman, titmen, tomcat, toment, tonant, tonite
5 Letter Words for Contaminate
acate, aceta, acoin, acoma, acone, actin, acton, aecia, aetat, amain, amani, amant, amate, amati, ament, amice, amine, amino, amnic, amnio, ancon, anent, anima, anime, animo, anion, anmia, annam, annat, annet, annie, annot, anoia, antae, antic, atame, atman, atone, attic, caman, cameo, canna, canoe, canon, canto, catan, ceint, centi, cento, cetin, coate, coati, comae, comet, comte, conia, conin, conne, conta, conte, cotan, cotta, cotte, ctimo, enact, enami, encia, eniac, ennia, entia, entom, etiam, ettin, imcnt, inact, inane, incan, innet, inoma, inone, macan, macao, macon, maine, maint, manat, manei, manet, mania, manic, manie, manit, manna, manoc, manta, manto, matai, matie, matin, matta, matte, matti, meant, mecon, meint, menat, menta, mento, metic, minae, mince, minot, monic, monie, monte, moten, motet, motte, nance, naomi, necia, nenta, niata, niota, niton, nitta, noemi, noint, nomen, nomia, nomic, nonce, nonet, nonic, notan, oaten, ocean, octan, octet, oenin, omani, omina, oncet, oncia, oncin, ontic, otate, tacan, tacet, tacit, taino, taint, tamin, tanan, tania, tanna, tanoa, tanti, tanto, tatie, tatin, tecon, tecta, teman, temin, tenai, tenia, tenio, tenno, tenon, timet, timon, tinca, tinct, tinea, tinta, titan, toman, tomia, tomin, tonic, tonne, totem
4 Letter Words for Contaminate
acme, acne, acta, aina, aine, aint, aion, amen, amia, amic, amie, amin, amit, amon, anam, anan, anat, ance, anet, anim, anna, anne, anni, anno, anoa, anon, anta, ante, anti, aona, atma, atmo, atoc, atom, atta, atte, attn, caam, cain, came, cami, camo, cane, cann, cant, caon, cate, cent, ceti, ciao, cima, cine, cion, cite, cito, coat, coin, coit, coma, come, cone, coni, conn, cont, cote, cott, econ, ecto, emic, emit, enam, ento, eoan, etat, etic, etna, eton, iaea, icao, icon, iman, inca, inne, inta, into, iota, item, itmo, maat, mace, maco, maia, main, mana, mane, mani, mano, mant, maoi, mata, mate, mean, meat, mein, meio, meno, ment, meta, miae, mian, mica, mice, mico, mien, mine, mino, mint, mite, mitt, moan, moat, moca, moet, moit, mona, mone, mont, mota, mote, mott, naam, naan, nace, nain, naio, name, nana, nane, nant, naoi, nato, neat, nein, nema, nemn, nemo, neon, neti, nice, nina, nine, nito, noma, nome, nona, none, nota, note, nott, octa, oeci, oime, oint, oman, omen, omit, omni, onca, once, otic, tace, taco, tact, taen, tain, tait, tame, tana, tane, tate, team, tean, teat, teca, tent, tiao, tice, tien, time, tinc, tine, tint, tite, toat, toea, toit, tome, tone, tonn, tote
3 Letter Words for Contaminate
aam, ace, act, aia, aim, ain, ait, ama, ame, ami, amt, ana, anc, ane, ann, ant, ate, atm, att, cai, cam, can, cat, cen, ceo, cia, cie, cit, com, con, cot, cte, ctn, cto, eam, ean, eat, ecm, eco, ect, emo, enc, eom, eon, eta, etc, iaa, iao, ice, imo, inc, inn, int, ion, ita, maa, mac, mae, man, mao, mat, mea, mei, men, met, mia, mic, min, mit, mna, moa, moc, moe, moi, mon, mot, mtn, naa, nae, nam, nat, nco, nea, nei, neo, net, nie, nim, nit, nne, noa, nom, non, not, oam, oat, oca, oct, oie, ona, one, oni, ont, otc, taa, tai, tam, tan, tao, tat, tea, tec, tem, ten, tet, tic, tie, tim, tin, tit, tnt, toa, toc, toe, toi, tom, ton, tot
Definitions for Contaminate
[1] to make impure or unsuitable by contact or mixture with something unclean, bad, etc.: to contaminate a lake with sewage.
[2] to render harmful or unusable by adding radioactive material to: to contaminate a laboratory.
[3] something that contaminates or carries contamination; contaminant.
[4] Obsolete . contaminated.
[5] to make impure, esp by touching or mixing; pollute
[6] to make radioactive by the addition of radioactive material
[7] archaic contaminated
Words related to Contaminate
harm, pollute, injure, tarnish, infect, taint, poison, corrupt, stain, sully, defile, pervert, debase, profane, soil, alloy, befoul, dirty, spoil, debauch
Words nearby Contaminate
containership, containment, containment, policy of, contakion, contaminant, contaminate, contamination, contango, contd, contd., conte
Origin of Contaminate
1375–1425; late Middle English contaminaten < Latin contāminātus, past participle of contāmināre to defile, spoil, equivalent to con- con- + -tāminare, verbal derivative of *tāmen something touched < *tag-s-men, equivalent to tag-, variant stem of tangere to touch + -s-men resultative noun suffix; cf. examen
Other words from Contaminate
con·tam·i·na·ble , adjective
con·tam·i·na·tive , adjective
con·tam·i·na·tor , noun
con·tam·i·nous , adjective
non·con·tam·i·na·ble , adjective
non·con·tam·i·na·tive , adjective
re·con·tam·i·nate , verb (used with object), re·con·tam·i·nat·ed, re·con·tam·i·nat·ing.
self-con·tam·i·nat·ing , adjective
un·con·tam·i·na·ble , adjective
un·con·tam·i·nat·ed , adjective
un·con·tam·i·na·tive , adjective
con•tam•i•nant (-nənt ) n.
Word origin for Contaminate
C15: from Latin contamināre to defile; related to Latin contingere to touch
Synonyms for Contaminate
corrupt, harm, infect, injure, poison, pollute, stain, taint, tarnish, alloy, befoul, debase, debauch, defile, deprave, desecrate, dirty, pervert, profane, soil, spoil, sully, vitiate, muck up, radioactivate
