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-Ation
- - A suffix forming nouns of action, and often equivalent to the verbal substantive in -ing. It sometimes has the further meanings of state, and that which results from the action. Many of these nouns have verbs in -ate; as, alliterate -ation, narrate -ation; many are derived through the French; as, alteration, visitation; and many are formed on verbs ending in the Greek formative -ize (Fr. -ise); as, civilization, demoralization.
Aachen
- noun - a city in western Germany near the Dutch and Belgian borders; formerly it was Charlemagne's northern capital
Baboon
- noun - large terrestrial monkeys having doglike muzzles
Badian
- - An evergreen Chinese shrub of the Magnolia family (Illicium anisatum), and its aromatic seeds; Chinese anise; star anise.
Bagman
- noun - a racketeer assigned to collect or distribute payoff money
- a salesman who travels to call on customers
Bagmen
- noun - a racketeer assigned to collect or distribute payoff money
- a salesman who travels to call on customers
Baleen
- noun - a horny material from the upper jaws of certain whales; used as the ribs of fans or as stays in corsets
Balkan
- noun - an inhabitant of the Balkan Peninsula