Meaning
- (noun) The process of removing salt from sea water in order to make drinking water.
Letter breakdown
- Desalination contains 12 letters: 6 vowel(s) and 6 consonant(s).
- It uses 9 unique letters.
- Estimated syllable count: 5.
- Scrabble-style letter score: 13.
Synonyms
Words from these letters
- alienation
- nationals
- andantes
- anointed
- dainties
- dilation
- editions
- idealist
- indolent
- insolent
- isolated
- litanies
- national
- neonatal
- sedation
- sedition
- toenails
- aliased
- andante
- anneals
- anoints
- asinine
- dailies
- denials
- details
- detains
- dilates
- doilies
- donates
- edition
- elation
- elision
- entails
- inanest
- indents
- instead
- intends
- intoned
- intones
- isolate
- liaised
- liaison
- lindens
- linnets
- naiades
- nations
- oiliest
- salient
- saltine
- sandlot
- sealant
- slanted
- snailed
- stained
- tendons
- tension
- toadies
- toenail
- aliens
Connected words
Other 12-letter words
- abbreviating
- abbreviation
- abolitionist
- abominations
- abortionists
- abrasiveness
- abridgements
- abstractedly
- abstractions
- abstractness
- abstruseness
- academically
- academicians
- accelerating
- acceleration
- accelerators
- accentuating
- accentuation
Words starting with DES
- desalinate
- desalinated
- desalinates
- desalinating
- descant
- descanted
- descanting
- descants
- descend
- descendant
- descendants
- descended
- descendent
- descendents
- descender
- descending
- descends
- descent
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Words ending with ION
Reader questions
What does Desalination mean?
The process of removing salt from sea water in order to make drinking water.
How many letters are in Desalination?
Desalination has 12 letters.
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