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"ANCESTORS" is a plural of: ancestor. |
Date "ANCESTORS" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
19th Century Satire | The originators of the Family Tree, a remarkable sex paradox in which the Ann sisters are always the four fathers. Source: Foolish Dictionary, 1904. |
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Synonym: ANCESTORSSynonym: Families. (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Continuity | Pedigree, genealogy, lineage, race; ancestry, descent, family, house; line, line of ancestors; strain. |
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Crosswords: ANCESTORS |
| English words defined with "ANCESTORS": African-American, Afrikaans, Afrikaner, Afro-American, ancestor worship, Ancestorially, Anglo-American, Ascending line, aurochs ♦ black, black person, blackamoor, Bos primigenius ♦ Confucianism, Creole ♦ Descendibility ♦ family Hominidae, Feast of Tabernacles, Franco-American ♦ German American ♦ heritage, Hominidae ♦ inheritance ♦ Manes, mixed-blood, mother country ♦ negro, negroid ♦ pedigree, pedigreed, pureblood, pureblooded ♦ Sarmatic ♦ thoroughbred ♦ urus ♦ Vestibule train ♦ Wolf dog. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "ANCESTORS": CAIN ♦ Degenerate, DISRAELI ♦ Forbears ♦ GEOLOGY ♦ Handkerchief, Hispanic or Latino origin ♦ LOUIS IX, LOUIS VI, LOUIS XVI, LOUIS XVII ♦ Nagge ♦ pedigree researcher, PEDIGREE TRACER, Peg too Low ♦ Republic ♦ Silk, Spanish/Hispanic/Latino ♦ Tohu ♦ Weather. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "ANCESTORS": Hinderling. (references) |
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Screenplays | I'm going to hit you so hard it will make your ancestors dizzy. (Mulan; writing credit: Robert D. San Souci; Rita Hsiao) A Firefly never forgets! Why, my ancestors would rise from their graves, and I'd only have to bury them again. (Duck Soup; writing credit: Bert Kalmar ; Harry Ruby) Ancestors, I ask you for your guidance. (Gladiator; writing credit: David Franzoni) Me, bringing the food of my ancestors; you, the food of yours. (Friends; writing credit: Jörn O. Jensen; Birger Larsen) Yup, there's been a Jones on the force ever since my ancestors came up on the umbilical cord. (Osmosis Jones; writing credit: Marc Hyman) | |
Movie/TV Titles | The Ancestors (1962) Curious Pets of Our Ancestors (1917) Henry's Ancestors (1917) The Code of His Ancestors (1916) His Ancestors (1914) | |
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 | More nutritious rice could come from descendants of these plants, whose ancestors were grown by Gideon Schaeffer from tissue-cultured cells specially selected for their high lysine content. P. Credit: USDA ARS News; photo by Scott Bauer.. |  | Man and woman in costumes derived from those of their Saxon ancestors, Romania] / Kamilla Ásbóth, Hermannstadt, Romania. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Ancestors of Negro day laborer. Wagoner County, Oklahoma. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Indian boy between portraits of his ancestors. Near Sallisaw, Oklahoma. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Family portrait -- now we are the ancestors of those who are yet unborn. Credit: Library of Congress. | ||
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| Author | Quotation |
Edmund Burke | People will not look forward to posterity who will not look backward to their ancestors. |
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe | The hero draws inspiration from the virtue of his ancestors. |
Plutarch | Good birth is a fine thing, but the merit is our ancestors. |
Robert Louis Stevenson | Each has his own tree of ancestors, but at the top of all sits Probably Arboreal. |
Tacitus | Patriotism is a praiseworthy competition with one's ancestors. |
| So, as you go into battle, remember your ancestors and remember your descendants. | |
Voltaire | Do well and you will have no need for ancestors. |
| Whoever serves his country well has no need for ancestors. | |
Young | They that on glorious ancestors enlarge, produce their debt, instead of their discharge. |
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| Author | Date | Quotation |
Magna Carta | 1215 | Know that, having regard to God and for the salvation of our soul, and those of all our ancestors and heirs, and unto the honor of God and the advancement of his holy Church and for the rectifying of our realm, we have granted as underwritten by advice of our venerable fathers, Stephen, archbishop of Canterbury, primate of all England and cardinal of the holy Roman Church, Henry, archbishop of Dublin, William of London, Peter of Winchester, Jocelyn of Bath and Glastonbury, Hugh of Lincoln, Walter of Worcester, William of Coventry, Benedict of Rochester, bishops; of Master Pandulf, subdeacon and member of the household of our lord the Pope, of brother Aymeric (master of the Knights of the Temple in England), and of the illustrious men William Marshal, earl of Pembroke, William, earl of Salisbury, William, earl of Warenne, William, earl of Arundel, Alan of Galloway (constable of Scotland), Waren Fitz Gerold, Peter Fitz Herbert, Hubert De Burgh (seneschal of Poitou), Hugh de Neville, Matthew Fitz Herbert, Thomas Basset, Alan Basset, Philip d'Aubigny, Robert of Roppesley, John Marshal, John Fitz Hugh, and others, our liegemen. (reference) |
John Locke | 1690 | But if they will enjoy the inheritance of their ancestors, they must take it on the same terms their ancestors had it, and submit to all the conditions annexed to such a possession. (Second Treatise of Government) |
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The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy | Douglas Adams | Earthmen are not proud of their ancestors, and never invite them round to dinner. |
Walden | Thoreau, Henry David | In this course which our ancestors took there was a show of prudence at least, as if their principle were to satisfy the more pressing wants first. |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | In this country, it affects approximately 72,000 people, most of whose ancestors come from Africa. (references) | |
Although the organism can be cultured in media, continuous passage may result in biological changes resulting in a population quite different from their naturally occurring ancestors. (references) | ||
According to the data collected by the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, there are about 30,000 Americans, 3,000 Canadians, and 20,000 Europeans with CF. The disease occurs mostly in whites whose ancestors came from northern Europe, although it affects all races and ethnic groups. (references) | ||
Civil Liberties | Belarus | In February the B-TR aired a documentary entitled "Dushekhvaty" (Soul Snatchers), which alleged that Catholic communities were eroding citizens' national-religious consciousness by urging them to deny the faith of their ancestors. (references) |
Economic History | Malawi | One branch, the ancestors of the present-day Chewas, moved south to the west bank of the lake. (references) |
Mozambique | Mozambique's first inhabitants were San hunter and gatherers, ancestors of the Khoisani peoples. (references) | |
Indigenous People | Suriname | The villagers sought observance of a 1762 treaty between their ancestors and Dutch colonial authorities, which granted ownership of the interior to the tribes as long as they occupy the land. (references) |
Minorities | Bahrain | Many are second-generation or third-generation residents whose ancestors emigrated from Iran. (references) |
Bulgaria | Ethnic Bulgarian Muslims or "Pomaks" are a distinct group of Slavic descent whose ancestors converted from Orthodox Christianity to Islam; they constitute 2 to 3 percent of the population. (references) | |
Political Economy | Bahamas | A common language, cultural similarities, family and personal ties dating back to the days of the American Revolution (when the ancestors of many modern Bahamians first came to the islands from the southeastern United States), and the enormous number of visitors every year between the two countries have engendered an unusually high level of familiarity and ease of communication. (references) |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | DEGENERATE, adj. Less conspicuously admirable than one's ancestors. The contemporaries of Homer were striking examples of degeneracy; it required ten of them to raise a rock or a riot that one of the heroes of the Trojan war could have raised with ease. Homer never tires of sneering at "men who live in these degenerate days," which is perhaps why they suffered him to beg his bread -- a marked instance of returning good for evil, by the way, for if they had forbidden him he would certainly have starved. |
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| Speaker | Term | Phrase(s) |
William H. Taft | 1909-1913 | Their ancestors came here years ago against their will, and this is their only country and their only flag. |
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| "ANCESTORS" is generally used as a noun (plural) -- approximately 99.89% of the time. "ANCESTORS" is used about 902 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (plural) | 99.89% | 901 | 7,938 |
| Noun (proper) | 0.11% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 902 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expression using "ANCESTORS": line of ancestors. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| Language | Translations for "ANCESTORS"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 前人 . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | aner, slægt (relations, relatives), forfædre. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | ascendenten, voorouders, overgrootouders (great-grandparents). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | esivanhemmat (forbears). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | ancêtres. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Vorfahren (antecedents, drive forward, drive in front, drive up, forbears, forebears, go forward, go on ahead, move along, move forward, move up). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | κατιόντες (breed, brood, descendants, descent, hatch), πρόγονοι (antecedents). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | אבות ק"מו ים (antecedents, forefathers, patriarchs, predecessors). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | elõdök (predecessors). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | avo (grandfather), ascendenti (ascendants, relatives in ascending line), antenati (antecedents, forbears, forebears), progenitori. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 祖宗 , 父祖 , 先君 (previous ruler). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | そそう (blunder, careless mistake, carelessness, dejection, loss of spirit, rat's nest), ふそ, せ"く" (previous ruler). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ancestorsay ascendentes (ascendants, relatives in ascending line), antepassados (ancestry), ancestrais, bisavós (great-grandparents). (various references) strãmoşi (ancestry, elder, great-grandfathers, parentage, people, root), strãbuni (ancestry, parentage, people, root), pãrinţi (parentage, parents). (various references) sinnsear (ancestor, forefather). (various references) ascendientes (ascendants, relatives in ascending line), antepasados (antecedents, ascendants, forebears, forefathers, people), bisabuelos. (various references) förfäder (ancestry, antecedents, fathers). (various references) soy (ancestor, ancestry, birth, breed, cion, extraction, family, flesh and blood, genealogy, lineage, noble, offshoot, parentage, pedigree, phylo-, posterity, progeny, race, stirpes, stirps, stock, strain). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Sumerian | 3100 BCE-2500 BCE | KU-KU. (various references) |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | antiqui, antiquis, antiquo, antiquorum, antiquos, antiquum, antiquus, maior, maiore, maiorem, maiores, maioresque, maiori, maioribus, maioris, maiorque, maiorum, prior, priore, priorem, priores, priori, prioribus, prioris, priorum. (various references) |
| Old English | 450-1100 | ieldran. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | Leviticus Chapter 26, Verse 45 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Kai mnhsqhsomai autwn thV diaqhkhV thV proteraV ote exhgagon autouV ek ghV aiguptou ex oikou douleiaV enanti twn eqnwn tou einai autwn qeoV egw eimi kurioV |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Et recordabor foederis mei pristini quando eduxi eos de terra Aegypti in conspectu gentium ut essem Deus eorum ego Dominus Deus haec sunt praecepta atque iudicia et leges quas dedit Dominus inter se et inter filios Israhel in monte Sinai per manum Mosi |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | And I shal recorde of my rather boond of pees, whanne I ladde hem out of the loond of Egipte, in the siyt of gentils, that I were the God of hem; Y the Lord God. Thes ben the heestis, and domes, and lawes, that the Lord yaf bitwix hym and betwix the sones of Yrael, in the mownt of Synay, bi the hoond of Moyses. |
| Renaissance English | 1526 | Tyndale | I will therfore remebre vnto the the first couenaunt made when I broughte them out of the lond of Egipte in the sighte of the hethen to be their God: for I am the Lorde. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | But I will for their sakes remember the covenant of their ancestors, whom I brought forth out of the land of Egypt in the sight of the heathen, that I might be their God: I am the LORD. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | But I will for their sakes remember the covenant of their ancestors, whom I brought out of the land of Egypt in the sight of the heathen, that I might be their God: I am the LORD. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | And because of them I will keep in mind the agreement which I made with their fathers, whom I took out of the land of Egypt before the eyes of the nations, to be their God: I am the Lord. |
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| Language | Leviticus Chapter 26, Verse 45 |
| Cebuano | Kondili, tungod kanila, mahinumdum ako sa tugon uban sa ilang mga amahan nga akong gikuha gikan sa yuta sa Egipto sa mga mata sa mga nasud, aron ako mahimong Dios nila: ako mao si Jehova. |
| Chinese | 我 卻 要 為 他 們 的 緣 故 、 記 念 我 與 他 們 先 祖 所 立 的 約 、 他 們 的 先 祖 是 我 在 列 邦 人 眼 前 、 從 埃 及 地 出 來 的 、 為 要 作 他 們 的 神 ． 我 是 耶 ' 華 。 |
| Croatian | Radi njih sjetit æu se Saveza s njihovim precima koje sam izveo iz zemlje egipatske naoèigled naroda da budem njihov Bog, ja Jahve." |
| Danish | Jeg vil til deres Bedste ihukomme Pagten med Fædrene, som jeg førte ud af Ægypten for Folkeslagenes Øjne for at være deres Gud. Jeg er HERREN! |
| Dutch | Maar Ik zal hun ten beste gedenken aan het verbond der voorouderen, die Ik uit Egypteland voor de ogen der heidenen uitgevoerd heb, opdat Ik hun tot een God ware; Ik ben de HEERE! |
| Finnish | Ja minä muistan heidän hyväksensä liiton heidän isiensä kanssa, jotka minä vein pois Egyptin maasta kansojen silmien edessä, ollakseni heidän Jumalansa. Minä olen Herra." |
| French | Je me souviendrai en leur faveur de l`ancienne alliance, par laquelle je les ai fait sortir du pays d`Égypte, aux yeux des nations, pour être leur Dieu. Je suis l`Éternel. |
| German | Und ich will über sie an meinen ersten Bund gedenken, da ich sie aus Ägyptenland führte vor den Augen der Heiden, daß ich ihr Gott wäre, ich, der HERR. |
| Hungarian | Sõt megemlékezem érettök az elõdökkel kötött szövetségrõl, a kiket kihoztam Égyiptom földérõl, a pogány népek láttára, hogy Istenök legyek nékik. Én vagyok az Úr. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Aku akan memperbaharui perjanjian yang Kubuat dengan leluhur mereka, ketika Aku menunjukkan kekuasaan-Ku kepada segala bangsa dengan membawa umat-Ku keluar dari Mesir, supaya Aku, TUHAN, menjadi Allah mereka." |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Melainkan karena selamat mereka itu, Aku ingat kelak akan perjanjian-Ku dengan nenek moyangnya, tatkala Aku menghantarkan mereka itu keluar dari negeri Mesir di hadapan mata segala bangsa, hendak menjadi Allah mereka itu: Bahwa Akulah Tuhan. |
| Korean | 내 가 그 " 의 하 나 님 이 되 기 위 하 여 열 방 의 목 에 굽 에 서 인 도 하 여 낸 그 " 의 열 조 와 맺 은 언 약 을 그 " 을 위 하 여 기 억 하 리 라 나 " 여 호 와 니 라 ! |
| Maori | Engari, he mea mo ratou, ka mahara ahau ki te kawenata o o ratou tupuna, i kawea mai nei e ahau i te whenua o Ihipa i te tirohanga a nga tauiwi, ki ahau hei Atua mo ratou: ko ahau a Ihowa. |
| Norwegian | Og jeg vil til beste for dem komme i hu pakten med fedrene, som jeg førte ut av Egyptens land midt for hedningenes øine for å være deres Gud; jeg er Herren. |
| Portuguese | Antes por amor deles me lembrarei do pacto com os seus antepassados, que tirei da terra do Egito perante os olhos das nações, para ser o seu Deus. Eu sou o Senhor. |
| Rumanian | Ci Kmi voi aduce aminte spre binele lor de vechiul legqmknt, prin care i-am scos din yara Egiptului, kn faya neamurilor, ca sq fiu Dumnezeul lor. Eu sknt Domnul.`` |
| Spanish | Pero a favor de ellos me acordaré del pacto con sus antepasados, a quienes saqué de la tierra de Egipto a la vista de las naciones, para ser su Dios. Yo, Jehovah." |
| Swedish | Nej, till fromma för dem skall jag tänka på förbundet med förfäderna, som jag förde ut ur Egyptens land, inför hedningarnas ögon, på det att jag skulle vara deras Gud. Jag är HERREN. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Misspellings | |
"ANCESTORS" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: ancector, ancessor, ancester, ancesters, ancestore, ancestory, ancestre, ancestrous, ancistor, anderstorp, anscestor, ansestor, ansestors. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "ANCESTORS" (pronounced a"nse'sterz) |
| 5 | -e' s t er z | polyesters, protesters, protestors. |
| 4 | -s t er z | adjusters, administers, asters, barristers, blisters, blockbusters, bolsters, boosters, broadcasters, burgomasters, busters, canisters, cannisters, casters, cloisters, clusters, coasters, disasters, dumpsters, dusters, esters, filibusters, forecasters, foresters, fosters, gangbusters, gangsters, hamsters, harvesters, hucksters, impostors, investors, lobsters, masters, ministers, misters, mobsters, molesters, monsters, musters, nesters, newscasters, oldsters, oysters, pastors, pilasters, plasters, pollsters, posters, postmasters, registers, resistors, roasters, roosters, rosters, semesters, sequesters, shysters, sisters, sportscasters, stepsisters, tasters, teamsters, testers, thrusters, toasters, transistors, tricksters, twisters, wasters, youngsters. |
| 3 | -t er z | abductors, accelerometers, accumulators, actors, actuators, adapters, administrators, agitators, alligators, allocators, altars, alters, ammeters, amphitheaters, animators, anteaters, applicators, appropriators, arbiters, arbitrators, auditors, aviators, babysitters, backwaters, barometers, batters, beaters, benefactors, betters, bettors, bitters, boaters, butters, calculators, capacitors, captors, carburetors, carpenters, carters, caters, catheters, centers, centimeters, centres, chapters, characters, charters, cheaters, chiropractors, cogenerators, collaborators, collectors, comforters, commentators, communicators, commuters, competitors, computers, conductors, connectors, conservators, consolidators, conspirators, constrictors, constructors, contractors, contributors, converters, coordinators, copywriters, counterfeiters, counters, covenanters, craters, creators, creditors, critters, curators, cutters, daughters, debaters, debtors, decorators, defaulters, defectors, defibrillators, demonstrators, depositors, deserters, detectors, detonators, detractors, dictators, dieters, directors, discounters, dissenters, distributors, doctors, dosimeters, doubters, drafters, drifters, eaters, editors, educators, elaters, electors, elevators, enchanters, encounters, enters, escalators, estimators, excavators, executors, exhibitors, experimenters, exporters, exterminators, fabricators, facilitators, factors, falters, fetters, fighters, filters, firefighters, floaters, floodwaters, flutters, frankfurters, freighters, garters, gators, generators, getters, gladiators, glitters, granddaughters, grantors, gunfighters, gutters, halters, haters, headhunters, headquarters, headwaters, heaters, helicopters, hindquarters, hitters, hooters, hunters, illustrators, imitators, impersonators, importers, incinerators, incubators, indicators, infiltrators, inhibitors, initiators, injectors, innovators, inquisitors, inspectors, instigators, instructors, insulators, integrators, interceptors, interlocutors, interpreters, interrogators, inventors, investigators, irrigators, janitors, jitters, kilometers, lamplighters, legislators, letters, lifters, lighters, linters, liquidators, liters, litigators, litters, looters, magnetometers, malefactors, manipulators, marketers, martyrs, matters, mediators, mentors, meters, microcomputers, microliters, milliliters, millimeters, minicomputers, moderators, monitors, mortars, motors, mutters, narrators, navigators, negotiators, newsletters, objectors, odometers, operators, orators, orbiters, originators, oscillators, otters, overnighters, painters, parameters, perimeters, perpetrators, persecutors, Peters, picketers, planters, platters, plotters, pointers, polluters, porters, potters, predators, predictors, presenters, printers, proctors, projectors, promoters, proprietors, prosecutors, prospectors, protectors, psalters, putters, quarters, quilters, quitters, radiators, rafters, raptors, raters, reactors, realtors, receptors, recruiters, refractors, refrigerators, regulators, rehabilitators, renovators, renters, repeaters, reporters, respirators, rioters, rooters, rotors, Salters, scooters, scouters, screenwriters, scriptwriters, sculptors, sectors, seedeaters, semiconductors, senators, sequiturs, setters, sharpshooters, shatters, shelters, shooters, shoplifters, shutters, simulators, sitters, skaters, skeeters, skywriters, slaughters, smelters, solicitors, songwriters, sorters, spatters, spectators, speculators, speechwriters, sportswriters, spotters, sprinters, sputters, squatters, starters, staters, stentors, stepdaughters, stimulators, stonecutters, stutters, subcontractors, suitors, supercomputers, superconductors, superminicomputers, supporters, sweaters, syndicators, tartars, tatars, tatters, teeters, telecommuters, telemarketers, theaters, theatres, thermometers, tormentors, tractors, traitors, translators, transmitters, transporters, treaters, tutors, typewriters, underwriters, utters, vectors, Venters, victors, violators, visitors, voters, waiters, waters, weightlifters, wildcatters, winters, writers, yachters. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-e-n-o-r-s-s-t" | |
-1 letter: ancestor, assentor, coarsens, coarsest, coasters, enactors, narcoses, senators, starnose, treasons. | |
-2 letters: actress, ancress, ascents, atoners, canters, cantors, carnets, cartons, caserns, casters, castors, censors, coarsen, coaster, coaters, contras, corneas, cornets, corsets, costars, costers, cratons, enactor, escorts, narcose, nectars, nestors, octanes, reasons, recants, recasts, scanter, scoters, secants, sectors, senator, senoras, stances, stoners, tanrecs, tensors. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-e-n-o-r-s-s-t" | |
+1 letter: antecessor, courtesans. | |
+2 letters: antecessors, consecrates, cotransfers, monstrances. | |
+3 letters: absorptances, anthracnoses, ceratopsians, compensators, consecrators, conservatism, conservators, consternates, contrabasses, contrariness, contredanses, cornstarches, cotoneasters, cotransduces, countryseats, craftsperson, creationisms, creationists, desecrations, intercostals, miscreations, overcastings, romanticises, shortchanges, sternocostal, transections, translocates. | |
+4 letters: anticonsumers, antirecession, atrociousness, colorfastness, consecrations, conservations, conservatisms, conservatives, conservatizes, containerises, containerless, conversations, cosignatories, counterblasts, counterstains, counterstates, craftspersons, customariness, deconsecrates, encrustations, eviscerations, fractiousness, gastrocnemius, inspectorates, nonresistance, obstetricians, personalistic, pictorialness, postsecondary, proconsulates, reconsecrates, reescalations, remonstrances, resuscitation, scatterations, shortchangers, subcontraries, transfections. | |
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