Mutation
Crossword Clue and Answers

Crossword Answers

4 letters

FLUX
In constant change; "his opinions are in flux"; "the newness and flux of the computer industry"

TURN
Get by buying and selling; "the company turned a good profit after a year"

5 letters

SPORT
Someone who engages in sports

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MUTANT
An animal that has undergone mutation

ABLAUT
A vowel whose quality or length is changed to indicate linguistic distinctions (such as sing sang sung song)

AVATAR
A new personification of a familiar idea; "the embodiment of hope"; "the incarnation of evil"; "the very avatar of cunning"

CHANGE
The action of changing something; "the change of government had no impact on the economy"; "his change on abortion cost him the election"

SPORTS

UMLAUT
A diacritical mark (two dots) placed over a vowel in German to indicate a change in sound

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ANOMALY
(astronomy) position of a planet as defined by its angular distance from its perihelion (as observed from the sun)

DEVIANT
Markedly different from an accepted norm; "aberrant behavior"; "deviant ideas"

MONSTER
Someone or something that is abnormally large and powerful

NOVELTY
Cheap showy jewelry or ornament on clothing

PASSAGE
The act of passing from one state or place to the next

VARIANT
Something a little different from others of the same type; "an experimental version of the night fighter"; "a variant of the same word"; "an emery wheel is the modern variation of a grindstone"; "the boy is a younger edition of his father"

VARYING
Marked by diversity or difference; "the varying angles of roof slope"; "nature is infinitely variable"

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ALTERING
The sterilization of an animal; "they took him to the vet for neutering"

BETACISM

CHANGING
Marked by continuous change or effective action

EVOLVING

MUTATION
A change or alteration in form or qualities

ORTHOEPY
A term formerly used for the part of phonology that dealt with the `correct' pronunciation of words and its relation to `correct' orthography

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ANABOLISM
The synthesis in living organisms of more complex substances (e.g., living tissue) from simpler ones together with the storage of energy

CATALYSIS
Acceleration of a chemical reaction induced the presence of material that is chemically unchanged at the end of the reaction; "of the top 50 commodity chemicals, 30 are created directly by catalysis and another 6 are made from raw materials that are catalytically produced"

DEPARTURE
The act of departing

DEVIATION
Deviate behavior

EVOLUTION
A process in which something passes by degrees to a different stage (especially a more advanced or mature stage); "the development of his ideas took many years"; "the evolution of Greek civilization"; "the slow development of her skill as a writer"

GRADATION
The act of arranging in grades

MODIFYING

PHONETICS
The branch of acoustics concerned with speech processes including its production and perception and acoustic analysis

PHONOLOGY
The study of the sound system of a given language and the analysis and classification of its phonemes

RHOTACISM

VARIATION
An activity that varies from a norm or standard; "any variation in his routine was immediately reported"

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ALTERATION
The act of making something different (as e.g. the size of a garment)

CATABOLISM
Breakdown in living organisms of more complex substances into simpler ones together with release of energy

CONVERSION
A spiritual enlightenment causing a person to lead a new life

INNOVATION
The act of starting something for the first time; introducing something new; "she looked forward to her initiation as an adult"; "the foundation of a new scientific society"

METABOLISM
The marked and rapid transformation of a larva into an adult that occurs in some animals

METASTASIS
The spreading of a disease (especially cancer) to another part of the body

METATHESIS
A linguistic process of transposition of sounds or syllables within a word or words within a sentence

SOUNDSHIFT

TRANSITION
The act of passing from one state or place to the next

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HETEROTOPIA

METAGENESIS
Alternation of sexual and asexual generations

MUTATEDFORM

PERMUTATION
Act of changing the lineal order of objects in a group

TRANSLATION
The act of uniform movement

TRANSMUTING

VICISSITUDE
Mutability in life or nature (especially successive alternation from one condition to another)

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DISPLACEMENT
Act of taking the place of another especially using underhanded tactics

METAMORPHISM
Change in the structure of rock by natural agencies such as pressure or heat or introduction of new chemical substances

MODIFICATION
The act of making something different (as e.g. the size of a garment)

TRANSFORMING

TRANSFORMISM

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METAMORPHOSIS
A complete change of physical form or substance especially as by magic or witchcraft

REINCARNATION
A second or new birth

TRANSLOCATION
(genetics) an exchange of chromosome parts; "translocations can result in serious congenital disorders"

TRANSMUTATION
An act that changes the form or character or substance of something

TRANSPOSITION
An event in which one thing is substituted for another; "the replacement of lost blood by a transfusion of donor blood"

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METAMORPHOSING

METEMPSYCHOSIS
After death the soul begins a new cycle of existence in another human body

TRANSANIMATION

TRANSFORMATION
The act of changing in form or shape or appearance; "a photograph is a translation of a scene onto a two-dimensional surface"

TRANSMIGRATION
The passing of a soul into another body after death

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MORPHOPHONEMICS
The study of the phonological realization of the allomorphs of the morphemes of a language

TRANSFIGURATION
The act of transforming so as to exalt or glorify

TRANSFIGUREMENT

GENETICMUTATION
(genetics) any event that changes genetic structure; any alteration in the inherited nucleic acid sequence of the genotype of an organism

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ACOUSTICPHONETICS

CONSUBSTANTIATION
The doctrine of the High Anglican Church that after the consecration of the Eucharist the substance of the body and blood of Christ coexists with the substance of the consecrated bread and wine

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TRANSMOGRIFICATION
The act of changing into a different form or appearance (especially a fantastic or grotesque one); "the transmogrification of the prince into a porcupine"

TRANSUBSTANTIATION
An act that changes the form or character or substance of something

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CHROMOSOMALMUTATION
(genetics) any event that changes genetic structure; any alteration in the inherited nucleic acid sequence of the genotype of an organism

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ARTICULATORYPHONETICS