Related Words for artificial selection

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WordSyllablesCategories
breeding
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Noun, Noun
selection
x/x
Noun
adaptation
xx/x
Noun
admixture
x/x
Noun
inbreeding
x/x
Noun
domestication
xxx/x
Noun
naturalization
/xxx/x
Noun
treatment
/x
Noun
evolution
xx/x
Noun
grafting
/x
Noun
conditioning
x/xx
Noun
cultivation
xx/x
Noun
radiation
xx/x
Noun
intervention
xx/x
Noun
stratification
xxx/x
Noun
mechanization
xxx/x
Noun
insemination
xxx/x
Noun
engendering
x/xx
Noun
planting
/x
Noun
recruitment
x/x
Noun
picking
/x
Verb
generation
xx/x
Noun
euthanasia
xx/x
Noun
propagation
xx/x
Noun
normalization
xxx/x
Noun
transplantation
xx/x
Noun
cropping
/x
Noun
adoption
x/x
Noun
preservation
xx/x
Noun
reproduction
xx/x
Noun
vaccination
xx/x
Noun
manipulation
xxx/x
Noun
elaboration
xxx/x
Noun
sterilization
xxx/x
Noun
weeding
/x
Noun
humanization
xxx/x
Noun
birth control
/x/
Phrase, Noun
herding
/x
Noun
thinning
/x
Noun
raising
/x
Noun
proliferation
xxx/x
Noun
introduction
xx/x
Noun
plantation
x/x
Noun
landscaping
/xx
Noun
sex change
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Phrase, Noun
silviculture
/xxx
Noun
alteration
xx/x
Noun
fertilization
xxx/x
Noun
taming
/x
Noun
culling
/x
Noun
optimization
xxx/x
Noun
curation
x/x
Noun
beautification
/xx/x
Noun
afforestation
xxx/x
Noun
gardening
/xx
Noun
miscegenation
x/x/x
Noun
modification
xxx/x
Noun
industrialization
xxxxx/x
Noun
experimentation
xxxx/x
Noun
editing
/xx
Noun
chosen
/x
Adjective, Noun
viticulture
/x/x
Noun
nurture
/x
Noun
enrichment
x/x
Noun
sowing
/x
Noun
duplication
xx/x
Noun
rearing
/x
Noun
intermediation
xx/x/x
Noun
beekeeping
/xx
Noun
nudge
/
Noun
augmentation
xx/x
Noun
implantation
xx/x
Noun
prevention
x/x
Noun
vegetation
xx/x
Noun
accessories
x/xx
Noun
acquired
x/x
Adjective
adaptable
x/xx
Adjective
adjudication
xxx/x
Noun
adventitious
/x/x
Adjective
advertisement
x/xx
Noun
affected
x/x
Adjective, Noun
alignment
x/x
Noun
allocation
xx/x
Noun
alternative
x/xx
Noun, Adjective
analecta
xxxx
Name
analects
xxx
Name
analyte
/xx
Noun
ancient
/x
Adjective, Noun
anglo
/x
Name
anthology
x/xx
Noun
anthropogenic
xxx/x
Adjective
antique
x/
Adjective, Noun, Verb
appeal
x/
Noun, Verb
application
xx/x
Noun
appointment
x/x
Noun
arbitrary
/xxx
Adjective, Noun
arranged
x/
Adjective
array
x/
Noun, Verb
artificiality
xx/xxx
Noun
artisanal
/xx/
Adjective
asexual
x/xx
Adjective, Noun
assessment
x/x
Noun
assignment
x/x
Noun
assortment
x/x
Noun
atlases
x/x
Noun
audiovisual
xxx/xx
Adjective
award
x/
Noun, Verb
ballot
/x
Noun, Verb
bibles
/x
Noun
bleached
/
Adjective
board
/
Noun, Verb
bogus
/x
Adjective, Noun
books
/
Noun
broad
/
Adjective, Noun
cad
/
Name
candidate
/xx
Noun, Verb
cardboard
/x
Noun, Adjective
careful
/x
Adjective
casting
/x
Noun
celluloid
/xx
Noun
check
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
checklist
/x
Noun, Verb
choice
/
Noun, Adjective
classification
xxx/x
Noun
cleaner
/x
Noun
clipping
/x
Noun, Adjective
clocks
/
Adjective
coins
/
Adjective
collection
x/x
Noun
colonial
x/xx
Adjective, Noun
colored
/x
Adjective, Noun
committee
x/x
Noun
competition
xx/x
Noun
complicated
/xxx
Adjective
composition
xx/x
Noun
conclusion
x/x
Noun
condoms
/x
Noun
confectionery
x/xxx
Noun
constraint
x/
Noun
constructed
x/x
Adjective
content
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
contrived
x/
Adjective
conventionalized
x/xxx
Adjective
curve
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
customer
/xx
Noun
cutting
/x
Noun, Adjective
decision
x/x
Noun, Verb
deferral
x/x
Noun
definition
xx/x
Noun
density
/xx
Noun
deployment
x/x
Noun
design
x/
Noun, Verb
designating
/xxx
Verb, Noun
designation
xx/x
Noun
determination
xxx/x
Noun
diffused
x/
Adjective
digest
x/
Noun, Verb
discretion
x/x
Noun
disk
/
Noun, Verb
document
/xx
Noun, Verb
dolls
/
Verb
dummy
/x
Noun, Verb, Adverb
dyed
/
Verb, Adjective
echo
/x
Noun, Verb
elect
x/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
election
x/x
Noun
electronic
xx/x
Adjective
eligibility
xxx/xx
Noun
empowerment
x/xx
Noun
engineered
xx/
Adjective
ersatz
/x
Adjective, Noun
extract
/x
Verb, Noun
factitious
x/x
Adjective
fake
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb
false
/
Adjective, Verb, Adverb, Noun
faux
/
Adjective, Noun
favorite
/xx
Adjective, Noun, Verb
fictitious
x/x
Adjective
formula
/xx
Noun
good
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
group
/
Noun, Verb
hierarchic
x/x
Adjective
hiring
/x
Noun
human
/x
Adjective, Noun, Verb
identification
xxxx/x
Noun
imitation
xx/x
Noun
impersonal
x/xx
Adjective, Noun
impractical
x/xx
Adjective
induced
x/
Adjective
industrial
x/xx
Adjective, Name
initialization
x/xx/x
Noun
inorganic
xx/x
Adjective, Noun
instantiation
xxx/x
Noun
intake
/x
Noun, Verb
international
xx/xx
Adjective, Name
interview
/xx
Noun, Verb
judging
/x
Noun
jury
/x
Noun, Verb, Adjective
labor
/x
Noun, Verb
labour
/x
Noun, Verb
legal
/x
Adjective, Noun
list
/
Noun, Verb
literary
/xxx
Adjective
lures
/
Noun, Verb
machine
x/
Noun, Verb
manual
/xx
Noun, Adjective
manufactured
xx/x
Adjective
mechanical
x/xx
Adjective, Noun
membership
/xx
Noun, Verb
merit
/x
Noun, Verb
misrepresentation
xxxx/x
Noun
modern
/x
Adjective, Noun
moral
/x
Adjective, Noun, Verb
natural
/xx
Adjective, Noun, Adverb
natural selection
/xxx/x
Phrase, Noun
near
/
Adjective, Adverb, Verb, Noun
new
/
Adjective, Name, Adverb, Verb
nominating
/xxx
Noun, Verb
nomination
xx/x
Noun
operationalization
xx/xxx/x
Noun
option
/x
Noun, Verb
paddy
/x
Noun, Adjective
painted
/x
Adjective
person
/x
Noun, Verb
phasing
/x
Noun
picker
/x
Noun
picturesque
/xx
Adjective
pleasure
/x
Noun, Verb
preference
/xx
Noun, Verb
preferred
x/
Adjective, Noun
process
/x
Noun, Verb
prosthesis
x/x
Noun
prosthetic
x/x
Adjective, Noun
pto
x
Name
qualification
xxx/x
Noun
quotation
x/x
Noun
quote
/
Noun, Verb
ranches
/x
Noun
range
/
Noun, Verb
rating
/x
Noun
recruiting
x/x
Noun