-ation
a combination of 1. and , used to form nouns from stems in -ate1, (separation); on this model, used independently to form nouns from stems of other origin:
starvation.
suffix
indicating an action, process, state, condition, or result: arbitration, cogitation, hibernation, moderation Compare -ion, -tion
word-forming element for making nouns of action; see -ion.
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- Atiptoe
standing or walking on (usually used predicatively). eagerly expectant, as anticipating a desired event or arrival: waiting atiptoe for the mail. moving with caution or stealth, as avoiding calling attention to one’s presence: She walked atiptoe through the sleeping house.
- Atyrau
a port city in W Kazakhstan, at the mouth of the Ural River on the Caspian Sea.
- Atircm
atircm advanced threat infrared countermeasures
- Atis
atis A Tools Integration Standard
- Atishoo
interjection a representation of the sound of a sneeze