NOUN
  • Definition - The act of altering for the better, or correcting what is erroneous or faulty; correction; improvement.
  • Definition - Alteration by editorial criticism, as of a text so as to give a better reading; removal of errors or corruptions from a document.
  • Example - The book might be improved by judicious emendations.
  • Definition - An intentional change in the spelling of a scientific name, which is usually not allowed.
  • Example - The genus name Uramyia is an unjustified emendation of Uramya even though it uses a better transliteration of the Greek word μυῖα.
Words in your word
11 Letter Words
denominates 14 emendations 14
10 Letter Words
denominate 13 emendation 13 menadiones 13
4 Letter Words
amid 7 dame 7 damn 7 dams 7 deem 7 deme 7 demo 7 dime 7 dims 7 dome 7 doms 7 idem 7 made 7 mads 7 maid 7 mead 7 meds 7 meed 7 mend 7 mids 7 mind 7 mode 7 modi 7 mods 7 aims 6 amen 6 amie 6 amin 6 amis 6 atom 6 emes 6 emit 6 emos 6 item 6 maes 6 main 6 mane 6 mano 6 mans 6 mast 6 mate 6 mats 6 mean 6 meat 6 meet 6 meno 6 mesa 6 meta 6 mete 6 mien 6
3 Letter Words
dam 6 dim 6 dom 6 mad 6 med 6 mid 6 mod 6 aim 5 ami 5 eme 5 emo 5 ems 5 ism 5 mae 5 man 5 mas 5 mat 5 men 5 mes 5 met 5 mis 5 moa 5 moi 5 mon 5 mos 5 mot 5 nam 5 nim 5 nom 5 oma 5 oms 5 sim 5 som 5 tam 5 tom 5 ado 4 ads 4 aid 4 and 4 dan 4 das 4 dee 4 den 4 die 4 din 4 dis 4 dit 4 doe 4 don 4 dos 4
2 Letter Words
am 4 em 4 ma 4 me 4 mi 4 mo 4 om 4 ad 3 da 3 de 3 do 3 ed 3 id 3 od 3 ae 2 ai 2 an 2 as 2 at 2 en 2 es 2 et 2 in 2 is 2 it 2 na 2 ne 2 no 2 oe 2 oi 2 on 2 os 2 si 2 so 2 ta 2 te 2 ti 2 to 2
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