analysis
analysis is a valid 8-letter word worth 11 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
What does analysis mean?
A set of techniques for exploring underlying motives and a method of treating various mental disorders; based on the theories of Sigmund Freud.
“his physician recommended psychoanalysis”
The abstract separation of a whole into its constituent parts in order to study the parts and their relations.
A branch of mathematics involving calculus and the theory of limits; sequences and series and integration and differentiation.
A form of literary criticism in which the structure of a piece of writing is analyzed.
An investigation of the component parts of a whole and their relations in making up the whole.
The use of closed-class words instead of inflections: e.g., `the father of the bride' instead of `the bride's father'.