12-letter words containing sion
- permissioned — authorization granted to do something; formal consent: to ask permission to leave the room.
- photofission — nuclear fission induced by the absorption of a high-energy photon.
- possessional — of, relating to, or characterized by possession
- possessioned — having possessions
- preadmission — (in a reciprocating engine) admission of steam or the like to the head of the cylinder near the end of the stroke, as to cushion the force of the stroke or to allow full pressure at the beginning of the return stroke.
- precessional — the act or fact of preceding; precedence.
- precisionism — (sometimes initial capital letter) a style of painting developed to its fullest in the U.S. in the 1920s, associated especially with Charles Demuth, Georgia O'Keeffe, and Charles Sheeler, and characterized by clinically precise, simple, and clean-edged rendering of architectural, industrial, or urban scenes usually devoid of human activity or presence.
- precisionist — (sometimes initial capital letter) a style of painting developed to its fullest in the U.S. in the 1920s, associated especially with Charles Demuth, Georgia O'Keeffe, and Charles Sheeler, and characterized by clinically precise, simple, and clean-edged rendering of architectural, industrial, or urban scenes usually devoid of human activity or presence.
- prerecession — of the period before a recession
- pretensioned — (in prestressed-concrete construction) to apply tension to (reinforcing strands) before the concrete is poured. Compare posttension (def 1).
- previsionary — having foresight
- processional — of, relating to, or characteristic of a procession.
- processioner — a member of a procession
- professional — following an occupation as a means of livelihood or for gain: a professional builder.
- provisionary — providing or serving for the time being only; existing only until permanently or properly replaced; temporary: a provisional government.
- provisioning — a clause in a legal instrument, a law, etc., providing for a particular matter; stipulation; proviso.
- re-admission — the act of allowing to enter; entrance granted by permission, by provision or existence of pecuniary means, or by the removal of obstacles: the admission of aliens into a country.
- recessionary — of, relating to, or causing recession, especially economic recession: recessionary market pressures.
- recommission — the act of committing or entrusting a person, group, etc., with supervisory power or authority.
- reconversion — to convert again.
- reimpression — a second or repeated impression.
- repercussion — an effect or result, often indirect or remote, of some event or action: The repercussions of the quarrel were widespread.
- repossession — to possess again; regain possession of, especially for nonpayment of money due.
- reprehension — the act of reprehending; reproof; censure.
- resubmission — Law. an agreement between parties involved in a dispute, to abide by the decision of an arbitrator or arbitrators.
- resuspension — the act of suspending.
- retrocession — to cede back: to retrocede a territory.
- retropulsion — an abnormal tendency to walk backwards: a symptom of Parkinson's disease
- retroversion — a looking or turning back.
- reversionary — of, relating to, or involving a reversion.
- reversionist — a person who advocates reverting to the conditions, customs, ideals, etc., of an earlier era.
- root version — The initial value of an object in a change management system.
- secessionism — a person who secedes, advocates secession, or claims secession as a constitutional right.
- secessionist — a person who secedes, advocates secession, or claims secession as a constitutional right.
- seclusionist — a person who prefers to be alone or secluded
- specksioneer — a whaler
- stereovision — visual perception in three dimensions.
- successional — the coming of one person or thing after another in order, sequence, or in the course of events: many troubles in succession.
- supersession — the act of superseding.
- the passions — feeling, as opposed to reason
- transcension — transcendence.
- transmission — the act or process of transmitting.
- transversion — a turning across, or into, something else
- uncompassion — a feeling of deep sympathy and sorrow for another who is stricken by misfortune, accompanied by a strong desire to alleviate the suffering.
- underpassion — an underlying or subconscious passion
- unillusioned — having or manifesting no illusions; free from illusions: to be unillusioned about one's chances for success.
- unpassionate — having, compelled by, or ruled by intense emotion or strong feeling; fervid: a passionate advocate of socialism.
- vision cloth — a curtain with an inset scrim behind which a lighted scene appears, as a vision, dream, or the like.
- vision mixer — the person who selects and manipulates the television signals from cameras, film, and other sources, to make the composite programme
- vision quest — (especially among some North American Indians) the ritual seeking of personal communication with the spirit world through visions that are induced by fasting, prayer, and other measures during a time of isolation: typically undertaken by an adolescent male.