containment
Definitions
Noun
- A policy of creating strategic alliances in order to check the expansion of a hostile power or ideology or to force it to negotiate peacefully
- (physics) a system designed to prevent the accidental release of radioactive material from a reactor
- The act of containing; keeping something from spreading
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Words that sound like the term "containment".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | experiment | 4 | 63 |
| 2 | consistent | 3 | 28 |
| 3 | convenient | 3 | 22 |
| 4 | complement | 3 | 21 |
| 5 | consultant | 3 | 12 |
| 6 | accompaniment | 4 | 8 |
| 7 | confinement | 3 | 7 |
| 8 | consequent | 3 | 7 |
| 9 | commencement | 3 | 3 |
| 10 | compliment | 3 | 3 |
| 11 | contingent | 3 | 3 |
| 12 | acknowledgement | 4 | 2 |
| 13 | acknowledgment | 4 | 2 |
| 14 | commandment | 3 | 2 |
| 15 | concealment | 3 | 2 |
| 16 | complacent | 3 | 1 |
| 17 | complainant | 3 | 1 |
| 18 | complaisant | 3 | 1 |
| 19 | coincident | 4 | 0 |
| 20 | congregant | 3 | 0 |
| 21 | consignment | 3 | 0 |
| 22 | contestant | 3 | 0 |
| 23 | corpulant | 3 | 0 |
| 24 | expectorant | 4 | 0 |
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Words that are spelled similarly to the term "containment".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
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| 1 | contained | 2 | 60 |
| 2 | content | 2 | 53 |
| 3 | continental | 4 | 19 |
| 4 | continent | 3 | 17 |
| 5 | container | 3 | 10 |
| 6 | continents | 3 | 7 |
| 7 | confinement | 3 | 7 |
| 8 | contingent | 3 | 3 |
| 9 | contingents | 3 | 1 |
| 10 | contentment | 3 | 1 |
| 11 | subcontinent | 4 | 1 |
| 12 | incontinent | 4 | 0 |
| 13 | continent's | 3 | 0 |
| 14 | contaminant | 4 | 0 |
| 15 | consignment | 3 | 0 |
| 16 | condiment | 3 | 0 |
| 17 | midcontinent | 4 | 0 |
| 18 | infotainment | 4 | 0 |
| 19 | continentals | 4 | 0 |
| 20 | contaminants | 4 | 0 |
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Words that contain the same consonants as the term "containment".
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Term
Definitions: 3
Fragments: 1
Sound Alikes: 24
Spelled Like: 20
Words that Follow: 0
Words that Precede: 0
Statistically Associated: 0
Consonant Matches: 0
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