extraction
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- 10
/ɪkˈstɹækʃən/
Definition of extraction
6 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
noun
- (countable, uncountable)The act of extracting or the condition of being extracted.
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noun
- (countable, uncountable)The act of extracting or the condition of being extracted.
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(countable, uncountable)Something extracted, an extract, as from a plant or an organ of an animal etc.
“They [books] do preserve as in a vial the purest efficacy and extraction of that living intellect that bred them.”
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(countable, uncountable)A person's origin or ancestry.
“Our companion on these tours was a young tourist, an American of Russian extraction, whose questions and remarks drew our attention to some details of Haifa life that have become too familiar and would have otherwise passed unnoticed. ...”
- (countable, uncountable)The act of removing someone from a hostile area to a secure location.
- (countable, uncountable)The removal of a tooth from its socket.
- (countable, uncountable)The extraction yield of a brewed coffee.
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
From Old French estraction, from Medieval Latin extractio.
Words you can make from extraction
200+ playable · top: ANOREXIC (17 pts)
Best play anorexic 17 points9-letter words
1 word8-letter words
13 words7-letter words
40 words- CONTEXT 16 pts
- EXACTOR 16 pts
- EXCITON 16 pts
- EXCITOR 16 pts
- EXOTICA 16 pts
- EXTINCT 16 pts
- EXTRACT 16 pts
- INEXACT 16 pts
- TECTRIX 16 pts
- XEROTIC 16 pts
- ACONITE 9 pts
- ATRETIC 9 pts
- CAROTIN 9 pts
- CATTIER 9 pts
- CERATIN 9 pts
- CERTAIN 9 pts
- CITATOR 9 pts
- CITRATE 9 pts
- CITTERN 9 pts
- COINTER 9 pts
- CORNETT 9 pts
- CORTINA 9 pts
- COTTIER 9 pts
- CREATIN 9 pts
- ENACTOR 9 pts
- EROTICA 9 pts
- NICTATE 9 pts
- NOTICER 9 pts
- RICOTTA 9 pts
- TACRINE 9 pts
- TACTION 9 pts
- TANTRIC 9 pts
- TETANIC 9 pts
- TONETIC 9 pts
- INTREAT 7 pts
- ITERANT 7 pts
- NATTIER 7 pts
- NITRATE 7 pts
- TERTIAN 7 pts
- TRITONE 7 pts
6-letter words
81 words- ANOXIC 15 pts
- AXENIC 15 pts
- AXONIC 15 pts
- COAXER 15 pts
- CORTEX 15 pts
- EXONIC 15 pts
- EXOTIC 15 pts
- OXCART 15 pts
- EXTANT 13 pts
- EXTORT 13 pts
- TAXITE 13 pts
- TOXINE 13 pts
- ACETIN 8 pts
- ACTION 8 pts
- AEONIC 8 pts
- AORTIC 8 pts
- ATONIC 8 pts
- CANOER 8 pts
- CANTER 8 pts
- CANTOR 8 pts
- CARNET 8 pts
- CARNIE 8 pts
- CARTON 8 pts
- CATION 8 pts
- CATTIE 8 pts
- CENTAI 8 pts
- CENTRA 8 pts
- CITRON 8 pts
- COATER 8 pts
- COINER 8 pts
- CONTRA 8 pts
- CORNEA 8 pts
- CORNET 8 pts
- CORTIN 8 pts
- COTTAE 8 pts
- COTTAR 8 pts
- COTTER 8 pts
- CRATON 8 pts
- CRETIN 8 pts
- ENATIC 8 pts
- EROTIC 8 pts
- INTACT 8 pts
- NECTAR 8 pts
- NOETIC 8 pts
- NOTICE 8 pts
- OCTANE 8 pts
- OCTANT 8 pts
- ORCEIN 8 pts
- RACINO 8 pts
- RECANT 8 pts
- RECOAT 8 pts
- RECOIN 8 pts
- RETCON 8 pts
- TANREC 8 pts
- TRANCE 8 pts
- TRICOT 8 pts
- AROINT 6 pts
- ATONER 6 pts
- ATTIRE 6 pts
- ATTORN 6 pts
- INTORT 6 pts
- NATTER 6 pts
- NORITE 6 pts
- NOTATE 6 pts
- OATIER 6 pts
- ORIENT 6 pts
- ORNATE 6 pts
- RATINE 6 pts
- RATION 6 pts
- RATITE 6 pts
- RATTEN 6 pts
- RATTON 6 pts
- RETAIN 6 pts
- RETINA 6 pts
- RETINT 6 pts
- ROTATE 6 pts
- ROTTEN 6 pts
- TINTER 6 pts
- TONIER 6 pts
- TORTEN 6 pts
- TRITON 6 pts
5-letter words
64 words- CAREX 14 pts
- COXAE 14 pts
- EXACT 14 pts
- AXION 12 pts
- AXITE 12 pts
- AXONE 12 pts
- EXTRA 12 pts
- IXORA 12 pts
- ACORN 7 pts
- ACTIN 7 pts
- ACTOR 7 pts
- ANTIC 7 pts
- AREIC 7 pts
- ATTIC 7 pts
- CAIRN 7 pts
- CANER 7 pts
- CANOE 7 pts
- CANTO 7 pts
- CARET 7 pts
- CARTE 7 pts
- CATER 7 pts
- CENTO 7 pts
- CERIA 7 pts
- CITER 7 pts
- COATI 7 pts
- CONTE 7 pts
- CORIA 7 pts
- COTAN 7 pts
- COTTA 7 pts
- CRANE 7 pts
- CRATE 7 pts
- CRONE 7 pts
- ENACT 7 pts
- ERICA 7 pts
- NACRE 7 pts
- NARCO 7 pts
- NARIC 7 pts
- NICER 7 pts
- OCEAN 7 pts
- OCREA 7 pts
- OCTAN 7 pts
- OCTET 7 pts
- ONCET 7 pts
- ONTIC 7 pts
- ORCIN 7 pts
- ANTRE 5 pts
- ATONE 5 pts
- ENTIA 5 pts
- INERT 5 pts
- INTER 5 pts
- INTRO 5 pts
- IRATE 5 pts
- IRONE 5 pts
- NATTO 5 pts
- NITER 5 pts
- NITRE 5 pts
- NITRO 5 pts
- NORIA 5 pts
- NOTER 5 pts
- OATEN 5 pts
- OATER 5 pts
- ORATE 5 pts
- OTTAR 5 pts
- OTTER 5 pts
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