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Showing words for EXPLOSION using the English dictionary

9 Letter Words for Explosion

explosion

8 Letter Words for Explosion

polonies

7 Letter Words for Explosion

epsilon, loonies, pinoles, plosion, polonie, sinople

6 Letter Words for Explosion

eloins, esloin, espino, insole, isolex, lesion, loipen, looies, loonie, loosen, oleins, opines, oxlips, oxslip, pensil, pilose, pinole, pixels, pleion, pleons, poison, poleis, polies, polios, ponies, posole, selion, sepion, solein, solion, spinel, spline

5 Letter Words for Explosion

eloin, elops, elsin, enoil, enols, eosin, exion, exons, expos, ileon, insep, insol, isoln, lenis, lenos, lexis, liens, lines, linos, lions, lipse, loins, loipe, looie, loons, loope, loops, loose, lopes, losen, nelis, nixes, noels, noils, noise, noles, nolos, noops, noose, nopes, noxes, olein, oleos, olios, olpes, opens, opine, opsin, osone, oxlip, pelon, penis, peons, piles, pilon, pines, pions, pixel, pixes, pleis, pleon, plies, poils, poise, poles, polio, polis, poloi, polos, pones, ponos, pooli, pools, poons, poxes, psion, silen, silex, sline, slipe, slone, sloop, slope, snipe, snool, snoop, solei, solen, solio, solon, soole, speil, spiel, spile, spine, spoil, spole, spool, spoon

4 Letter Words for Explosion

elix, enol, eons, epil, epos, esop, esox, exon, expo, ilex, insp, ions, ipse, ipso, isle, leis, leno, lens, leon, leos, leps, lien, lies, line, lino, lins, lion, lipe, lips, lisp, loin, lone, loon, loop, loos, lope, lops, lose, neps, nies, nile, nils, nips, nixe, noel, noes, noex, noil, noix, nole, nolo, noop, nope, nose, oils, oleo, oles, olio, olpe, ones, oons, oops, oose, open, opes, oslo, oxen, oxes, peni, pens, peon, peso, pien, pies, pile, pine, pino, pins, pinx, pion, pise, piso, plex, plie, poil, pois, pole, polo, pols, pone, pons, pool, poon, poos, pose, seil, sepn, sien, sile, silo, sine, siol, sion, sipe, slip, sloe, slon, sloo, slop, snip, snop, soil, sole, soln, solo, sone, sool, soon, soop, sope, spex, spie, spin

3 Letter Words for Explosion

eli, els, enl, ens, eon, eos, epi, esp, exp, ile, ilo, ins, ion, ios, ipl, ipo, ips, ise, isl, isn, iso, lei, leo, lep, les, lex, lie, lin, lip, lis, loe, loo, lop, los, lox, lpn, nei, neo, nep, nie, nil, nip, nis, nix, nol, noo, nos, nox, oes, oie, oil, ois, ole, olp, one, oni, ono, ons, oon, oop, oos, ope, ops, ose, osi, oxo, pel, pen, pes, pie, pil, pin, pis, pix, pli, poi, pol, pon, poo, pos, pox, psi, sei, sel, sen, sep, sex, sie, sil, sin, sip, six, sle, sol, son, sop, spl, xis

Definitions for Explosion

[1] an act or instance of exploding; a violent expansion or bursting with noise, as of gunpowder or a boiler (opposed to implosion).
[2] the noise itself: The loud explosion woke them.
[3] a violent outburst, as of laughter or anger.
[4] a sudden, rapid, or great increase: a population explosion.
[5] the burning of the mixture of fuel and air in an internal-combustion engine.
[6] Phonetics . plosion.
[7] the act or an instance of exploding
[8] a violent release of energy resulting from a rapid chemical or nuclear reaction, esp one that produces a shock wave, loud noise, heat, and light Compare implosion (def. 1)
[9] a sudden or violent outburst of activity, noise, emotion, etc
[10] a rapid increase, esp in a population
[11] phonetics another word for plosion

Words related to Explosion

burst, outbreak, blast, detonation, outburst, firing, combustion, salvo, fit, blowout, roar, gust, concussion, flare-up, pop, access, percussion, bang, crack, report

Words nearby Explosion

explore, explorer, explorer tent, explosible, explosimeter, explosion, explosion shot, explosion welding, explosive, explosive d, explosive forming

Origin of Explosion

1615–25; < Latin explōsiōn- (stem of explōsiō ), equivalent to explōs(us ) driven off by clapping (past participle of explōdere to explode) + -iōn- -ion

Other words from Explosion

post·ex·plo·sion , adjective
pre·ex·plo·sion , noun

Word origin for Explosion

C17: from Latin explōsiō, from explōdere to explode

Synonyms for Explosion

blast, burst, detonation, firing, outbreak, outburst, access, backfire, bang, blowout, blowup, clap, combustion, concussion, crack, fit, flare-up, fulmination, gust, ignition, paroxysm, percussion, pop, report, roar, salvo