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Showing words for EXTINCTION using the English dictionary

10 Letter Words for Extinction

extinction

9 Letter Words for Extinction

inextinct

8 Letter Words for Extinction

cotinine, nicotine, tinction

7 Letter Words for Extinction

coniine, content, context, entonic, entotic, exciton, exition, extinct, inconie, intinct, nicotin, nonetti, tention, tonetic, tontine

6 Letter Words for Extinction

centon, conine, conite, connex, connie, contex, contin, coxite, ctenii, ennoic, enoint, exonic, exotic, incent, incite, intent, intext, intice, intine, intone, necton, nitent, nocent, noetic, notice, octine, otitic, ticino, tiento, tinnet, tinnie, tintie, titien, tonite, toxine

5 Letter Words for Extinction

ceint, centi, cento, cetin, conin, conne, conte, cotte, ettin, exion, iceni, inion, innet, innit, inone, ionic, ixion, niton, nixie, nixon, noint, nonce, nonet, nonic, octet, oenin, oncet, oncin, ontic, tecon, tenio, tenno, tenon, tinct, tonic, tonne, toxic, toxin, xenic, xenon

4 Letter Words for Extinction

cent, ceti, cine, cion, cite, cito, coin, coit, cone, coni, conn, cont, cote, cott, econ, ecto, ento, etic, eton, exit, exon, icon, init, inne, inti, into, nein, neon, neti, next, nice, nine, nito, nixe, noex, noix, none, note, nott, oeci, oint, once, otic, otxi, oxen, tent, text, tice, tien, tinc, tine, tint, tite, titi, toit, tone, tonn, tote, xint

3 Letter Words for Extinction

cen, ceo, cie, cit, con, cot, cox, cte, ctn, cto, eco, ect, enc, eon, etc, exc, ext, ice, inc, inn, int, ion, nco, nei, neo, net, nie, nit, nix, nne, non, not, nox, oct, oie, oii, one, oni, ont, otc, tec, ten, tet, tex, tic, tie, tin, tit, tnt, toc, toe, toi, ton, tot, tox, txt, xii

Definitions for Extinction

[1] the act of extinguishing.
[2] the fact or condition of being extinguished or extinct.
[3] suppression; abolition; annihilation: the extinction of an army.
[4] Biology . the act or process of becoming extinct; a coming to an end or dying out: the extinction of a species.
[5] Psychology . the reduction or loss of a conditioned response as a result of the absence or withdrawal of reinforcement.
[6] Astronomy . the diminution in the intensity of starlight caused by absorption as it passes through the earth's atmosphere or through interstellar dust.
[7] Crystallography , Optics . the darkness that results from rotation of a thin section to an angle (extinction angle) at which plane-polarized light is absorbed by the polarizer.
[8] the act of making extinct or the state of being extinct
[9] the act of extinguishing or the state of being extinguished
[10] complete destruction; annihilation
[11] physics reduction of the intensity of radiation as a result of absorption or scattering by matter
[12] astronomy the dimming of light from a celestial body as it passes through an absorbing or scattering medium, such as the earth's atmosphere or interstellar dust
[13] psychol a process in which the frequency or intensity of a learned response is decreased as a result of reinforcement being withdrawn Compare habituation

Words related to Extinction

annihilation, elimination, destruction, obsolescence, death

Words nearby Extinction

exteroceptor, exterofective, exterritorial, extima, extinct, extinction, extinctive, extine, extinguish, extinguishant, extinguisher

Origin of Extinction

1375–1425; late Middle English extinccio(u)n < Latin ex(s)tinctiōn- (stem of ex(s)tinctiō ). See extinct, -ion

Other words from Extinction

non·ex·tinc·tion , noun
pre·ex·tinc·tion , noun
self-ex·tinc·tion , noun

Synonyms for Extinction

annihilation, destruction, elimination, obsolescence, death, end of life, no life, thing of the past