incubation
Definitions
Noun
- Maintaining something at the most favorable temperature for its development
- (pathology) the phase in the development of an infection between the time a pathogen enters the body and the time the first symptoms appear
- Sitting on eggs so as to hatch them by the warmth of the body
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Words that sound like the term "incubation".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | information | 4 | 269 |
| 2 | imagination | 5 | 65 |
| 3 | integration | 4 | 48 |
| 4 | civilization | 5 | 42 |
| 5 | institution | 4 | 41 |
| 6 | instruction | 3 | 26 |
| 7 | illustration | 4 | 23 |
| 8 | intervention | 4 | 20 |
| 9 | intersection | 4 | 17 |
| 10 | installation | 4 | 12 |
| 11 | implication | 4 | 10 |
| 12 | illumination | 5 | 9 |
| 13 | indignation | 4 | 9 |
| 14 | inclination | 4 | 8 |
| 15 | inscription | 3 | 6 |
| 16 | incarnation | 4 | 5 |
| 17 | infatuation | 5 | 4 |
| 18 | dispensation | 4 | 3 |
| 19 | inquisition | 4 | 3 |
| 20 | aristotelian | 6 | 2 |
| 21 | importation | 4 | 2 |
| 22 | imputation | 4 | 2 |
| 23 | incantation | 4 | 2 |
| 24 | indigestion | 4 | 2 |
| 25 | infestation | 4 | 2 |
| 26 | imperfection | 4 | 1 |
| 27 | inflammation | 4 | 1 |
| 28 | instigation | 4 | 1 |
| 29 | disconnection | 4 | 0 |
| 30 | disinflation | 4 | 0 |
| 31 | incineration | 5 | 0 |
| 32 | indentation | 4 | 0 |
| 33 | integrelin | 4 | 0 |
| 34 | interception | 4 | 0 |
| 35 | interdiction | 4 | 0 |
| 36 | interjection | 4 | 0 |
| 37 | liquefaction | 4 | 0 |
| 38 | ministration | 4 | 0 |
| 39 | misperception | 4 | 0 |
| 40 | philadelphian | 5 | 0 |
| 41 | philodendron | 4 | 0 |
| 42 | pigmentation | 4 | 0 |
| 43 | vilification | 5 | 0 |
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| 1 | indication | 4 | 20 |
| 2 | indications | 4 | 16 |
| 3 | insulation | 4 | 10 |
| 4 | inclination | 4 | 8 |
| 5 | inaction | 3 | 6 |
| 6 | vindication | 4 | 4 |
| 7 | infatuation | 5 | 4 |
| 8 | inoculation | 5 | 2 |
| 9 | punctuation | 4 | 2 |
| 10 | insinuation | 5 | 2 |
| 11 | incubating | 4 | 1 |
| 12 | inoculations | 5 | 1 |
| 13 | invocation | 4 | 1 |
| 14 | inundations | 4 | 1 |
| 15 | incubator | 4 | 0 |
| 16 | innoculation | 5 | 0 |
| 17 | incrustation | 4 | 0 |
| 18 | inundation | 4 | 0 |
| 19 | incubators | 4 | 0 |
| 20 | incubate | 3 | 0 |
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Definitions: 3
Fragments: 1
Sound Alikes: 43
Spelled Like: 20
Words that Follow: 0
Words that Precede: 0
Statistically Associated: 0
Consonant Matches: 0
Freq: The frequency is a relative score of how often the word appears in standard English text.
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