8-letter words that end in ion
- evulsion — (now rare) The action of forcibly pulling something out.
- exaction — The action of demanding and obtaining something from someone, especially a payment or service.
- excision — The deletion of some text during editing.
- excusion — Misspelling of excursion.
- exertion — Physical or mental effort.
- f region — the ionospheric region in which the F layer forms.
- falchion — a broad, short sword having a convex edge curving sharply to the point.
- fenthion — a type of insecticide
- fetation — the state of pregnancy
- fixation — the act of fixing or the state of being fixed.
- flection — the act of bending.
- fraction — Mathematics. a number usually expressed in the form a/b. a ratio of algebraic quantities similarly expressed.
- friction — surface resistance to relative motion, as of a body sliding or rolling.
- fruition — attainment of anything desired; realization; accomplishment: After years of hard work she finally brought her idea to full fruition.
- function — the kind of action or activity proper to a person, thing, or institution; the purpose for which something is designed or exists; role.
- ganglion — Anatomy. a mass of nerve tissue existing outside the central nervous system. any of certain masses of gray matter in the brain, as the basal ganglia.
- gelation — the process of gelling.
- gnathion — Craniometry. the lowest point on the anterior margin of the lower jaw in the midsaggital plane.
- grillion — an extremely large but unspecified number, quantity, or amount
- gumphion — a funeral banner
- gumption — initiative; aggressiveness; resourcefulness: With his gumption he'll make a success of himself.
- gyration — the act of gyrating; circular or spiral motion; revolution; rotation; whirling.
- halation — a blurred effect around the edges of highlight areas in a photographic image caused by reflection and scattering of light through the emulsion from the back surface of the film support or plate.
- himation — a garment consisting of a rectangular piece of cloth thrown over the left shoulder and wrapped about the body.
- histrion — (obsolete) A stage actor.
- hyperion — Classical Mythology. a Titan, the father of Helios, Selene, and Eos.
- ideation — the process of forming ideas or images.
- ignition — the act or fact of igniting; state of being ignited.
- illation — the act of inferring.
- illision — (obsolete) The act of dashing or striking against.
- illusion — something that deceives by producing a false or misleading impression of reality.
- inaction — absence of action; idleness.
- incision — a cut, gash, or notch.
- inertion — Want of activity or exertion; inertness; quietude.
- infixion — to fix, fasten, or drive in: He infixed the fatal spear.
- infusion — the act or process of infusing.
- inhesion — the state or fact of inhering; inherence.
- insition — The insertion of a scion in a stock; engraftment.
- invasion — an act or instance of invading or entering as an enemy, especially by an army.
- iphition — (in the Iliad) a Trojan warrior slain by Achilles.
- iraklion — a seaport in N Crete.
- irrision — (obsolete) The act of laughing at another; derision.
- jobation — an extensive rebuke; scolding
- junction — an act of joining; combining.
- juration — an act of taking or administering an oath.
- k ration — an emergency field ration for U.S. armed forces when other food or rations are not available, consisting of three separate packaged meals of concentrated or dehydrated food.
- lavation — the process of washing.
- laxation — a loosening or relaxing.
- legation — a diplomatic minister and staff in a foreign mission.
- lenition — Phonetics. a phonological process that weakens consonant articulation at the ends of syllables or between vowels, causing the consonant to become voiced, spirantized, or deleted.