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Definition: Blindness |
BlindnessNoun1. Lack of sight. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "blindness" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1258. (references) |
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Medicine | Partial or total blindness from any cause. Source: European Union. (references) |
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(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Blindness is the condition of lacking the sense of sight. There is a distinction between being totally blind and legally blind; the category of the legally blind includes many people with some degree of vision, even if only sufficient to distinguish light and dark. Blind people themselves refer to those with the sense of sight as "sighted". Other people included in discussions of and services for the blind are:
The most common treatable causes of blindness in the world today are cataracts followed by trachoma (caused by chlamydia trachomatis) and onchocerciasis (river blindness). Prior to the disease's eradication, corneal scarring caused by smallpox had been one of the commonest causes of blindness. Other common causes of blindness include Vitamin A deficiency, other childhood diseases and congenital problems.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Blindness."
Synonyms: BlindnessSynonyms: cecity (n), sightlessness (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Ignorance | Noun: ignorance, nescience, tabula rasa, crass ignorance, ignorance crasse; unfamiliarity, unacquaintance; unconsciousness; Adjective: darkness, blindness; incomprehension, inexperience, simplicity. |
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Screenplays | That's another habit that'll lead to blindness, Upchuck (Daria; writing credit: Glenn Eichler; Peggy Nicoll) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Blindness (1964) Love's Blindness (1926) The Blindness of Divorce (1918) Blindness of Devotion (1915) Degrees of Blindness (1988) | |
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 | O. volvulus, the filarial parasite responsible for causing Onchocerciasis , River Blindness, is transmitted to its human host through the bite of Simulium spp. flies such as the Black Fly. Credit: CDC. |  | River Blindness, is transmitted to its human host through the bite of Simulium spp. flies such as the Black Fly. Credit: CDC. |
 | Herb Meyers getting ready to don the goggles to protect eyes from snow blindness. Minnesota Camp to Byrd Station Traverse. Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth. |  | This blindness is unnecessary and preventable. / WHO/FAO p. Credit: National Library of Medicine; photo by S. Bunnag.. |
 | Health education plays an invaluable role in the prevention of blindness. / WHO p. Credit: National Library of Medicine; photo by J.C. Brütsch.. |  | One or two generations ago, people accepted blindness caused by trachoma as inevitable. / WHO p. Credit: National Library of Medicine; photo by A. Kochar.. |
 | A preventable disease - river blindness - cost this man his sight. / WHO p. Credit: National Library of Medicine; photo by P.A. Pittet.. |  | This man being led through a village in Upper Volta is blind as a result of river blindness ... / UN/WHO p. Credit: National Library of Medicine; photo by R. Witlin.. |
 | Elymas the Sorcerer Struck with Blindness. / Raphael d'Urbin pinx. E. Cooper ex. J. Simon fec. Credit: National Library of Medicine. | ||
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John Milton | To be blind is not miserable; not to be able to bear blindness, that is miserable. |
Lord Byron | My attachment has neither the blindness of the beginning, nor the microscopic accuracy of the close of such liaisons. |
Thomas Fuller | Blindness hatred is blind, as well as love. |
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Emma | Austen, Jane | She blessed the favouring blindness. |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | There is no blindness where there is certainty |
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Health | Poor vision or blindness may result. (references) | |
Seizures and blindness may also occur. (references) | ||
Paralysis, blindness, or hearing loss may also occur. (references) | ||
Economic History | Burkina Faso | River blindness has been eliminated from the region. (references) |
Human Rights | Iran | Prisoners also have reported beatings about the ears, inducing partial or complete deafness, and punching in the eyes, leading to partial or complete blindness. (references) |
Afghanistan | Landmines and unexploded ordnance resulted in death in approximately 30 percent of cases and in serious injuries and disability, including amputation and blindness, in approximately 20 percent of cases. (references) | |
Worker Rights | China | Nutritional deficiency ailments, such as goiter (from a lack of iodine), night blindness (from a lack of Vitamin A), and rickets are said to be relatively common among children in some areas. (references) |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | STORY, n. A narrative, commonly untrue. The truth of the stories here following has, however, not been successfully impeached. One evening Mr. Rudolph Block, of New York, found himself seated at dinner alongside Mr. Percival Pollard, the distinguished critic. "Mr. Pollard," said he, "my book, The Biography of a Dead Cow, is published anonymously, but you can hardly be ignorant of its authorship. Yet in reviewing it you speak of it as the work of the Idiot of the Century. Do you think that fair criticism?" "I am very sorry, sir," replied the critic, amiably, "but it did not occur to me that you really might not wish the public to know who wrote it." Mr. W.C. Morrow, who used to live in San Jose, California, was addicted to writing ghost stories which made the reader feel as if a stream of lizards, fresh from the ice, were streaking it up his back and hiding in his hair. San Jose was at that time believed to be haunted by the visible spirit of a noted bandit named Vasquez, who had been hanged there. The town was not very well lighted, and it is putting it mildly to say that San Jose was reluctant to be out o' nights. One particularly dark night two gentlemen were abroad in the loneliest spot within the city limits, talking loudly to keep up their courage, when they came upon Mr. J.J. Owen, a well-known journalist. "Why, Owen," said one, "what brings you here on such a night as this? You told me that this is one of Vasquez' favorite haunts! And you are a believer. Aren't you afraid to be out?" "My dear fellow," the journalist replied with a drear autumnal cadence in his speech, like the moan of a leaf-laden wind, "I am afraid to be in. I have one of Will Morrow's stories in my pocket and I don't dare to go where there is light enough to read it." Rear-Admiral Schley and Representative Charles F. Joy were standing near the Peace Monument, in Washington, discussing the question, Is success a failure? Mr. Joy suddenly broke off in the middle of an eloquent sentence, exclaiming: "Hello! I've heard that band before. Santlemann's, I think." "I don't hear any band," said Schley. "Come to think, I don't either," said Joy; "but I see General Miles coming down the avenue, and that pageant always affects me in the same way as a brass band. One has to scrutinize one's impressions pretty closely, or one will mistake their origin." While the Admiral was digesting this hasty meal of philosophy General Miles passed in review, a spectacle of impressive dignity. When the tail of the seeming procession had passed and the two observers had recovered from the transient blindness caused by its effulgence -- "He seems to be enjoying himself," said the Admiral. "There is nothing," assented Joy, thoughtfully, "that he enjoys one-half so well." The illustrious statesman, Champ Clark, once lived about a mile from the village of Jebigue, in Missouri. One day he rode into town on a favorite mule, and, hitching the beast on the sunny side of a street, in front of a saloon, he went inside in his character of teetotaler, to apprise the barkeeper that wine is a mocker. It was a dreadfully hot day. Pretty soon a neighbor came in and seeing Clark, said: "Champ, it is not right to leave that mule out there in the sun. He'll roast, sure! -- he was smoking as I passed him." "O, he's all right," said Clark, lightly; "he's an inveterate smoker." The neighbor took a lemonade, but shook his head and repeated that it was not right. He was a conspirator. There had been a fire the night before: a stable just around the corner had burned and a number of horses had put on their immortality, among them a young colt, which was roasted to a rich nut-brown. Some of the boys had turned Mr. Clark's mule loose and substituted the mortal part of the colt. Presently another man entered the saloon. "For mercy's sake!" he said, taking it with sugar, "do remove that mule, barkeeper: it smells." "Yes," interposed Clark, "that animal has the best nose in Missouri. But if he doesn't mind, you shouldn't." In the course of human events Mr. Clark went out, and there, apparently, lay the incinerated and shrunken remains of his charger. The boys idd not have any fun out of Mr. Clarke, who looked at the body and, with the non-committal expression to which he owes so much of his political preferment, went away. But walking home late that night he saw his mule standing silent and solemn by the wayside in the misty moonlight. Mentioning the name of Helen Blazes with uncommon emphasis, Mr. Clark took the back track as hard as ever he could hook it, and passed the night in town. General H.H. Wotherspoon, president of the Army War College, has a pet rib-nosed baboon, an animal of uncommon intelligence but imperfectly beautiful. Returning to his apartment one evening, the General was surprised and pained to find Adam (for so the creature is named, the general being a Darwinian) sitting up for him and wearing his master's best uniform coat, epaulettes and all. "You confounded remote ancestor!" thundered the great strategist, "what do you mean by being out of bed after naps? -- and with my coat on!" Adam rose and with a reproachful look got down on all fours in the manner of his kind and, scuffling across the room to a table, returned with a visiting-card: General Barry had called and, judging by an empty champagne bottle and several cigar-stumps, had been hospitably entertained while waiting. The general apologized to his faithful progenitor and retired. The next day he met General Barry, who said: "Spoon, old man, when leaving you last evening I forgot to ask you about those excellent cigars. Where did you get them?" General Wotherspoon did not deign to reply, but walked away. "Pardon me, please," said Barry, moving after him; "I was joking of course. Why, I knew it was not you before I had been in the room fifteen minutes." |
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| "Blindness" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 99.31% of the time. "Blindness" is used about 288 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 (singular) | 99.31% | 286 | 17,222 |
| Noun (proper) | 0.69% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Total | 100.00% | 288 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes names derived from the word "blindness". | |||
| Name | Gender | Language | Meaning |
| Sisamai | N/A | Biblical | Blindness |
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Expressions using "blindness": amaurotic cat's eye blindness of one eye due to various intraocular conditions in which a bright reflection is observed at the pupil as it would appear from the tapetum lucidum of a cat ♦ cause blindness ♦ cerebral blindness ♦ Color blindness ♦ colour blindness ♦ cortical psychic blindness ♦ day blindness ♦ figural blindness ♦ flash blindness ♦ flight blindness ♦ heather blindness ♦ Legal blindness ♦ moon blindness ♦ night blindness ♦ partial color blindness ♦ psychic blindness ♦ psychical blindness ♦ red blindness ♦ river blindness ♦ snow blindness ♦ Text blindness ♦ word blindness. Additional references. | |
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Ending with "blindness": blue-blindness, color-blindness, colour-blindness, green-blindness, moon-blindness, near-blindness, Night-blindness, red-blindness, Snow-blindness, word-blindness, yellow-blindness. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "blindness"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | verbëri. (various references) | |
Arabic | حماقة (brainlessness, brutishness, crap, doltishness, dumbness, emptiness, fatuity, fatuousness, fat-wittedness, feeblemindedness, folly, foolery, gaffe, hankey-pankey, hanky panky, idiocy, imbecility, insanity, nonsense, rot, silliness, stupidity, thick-wittedness, tomfoolery, unwisdom, weak-mindedness), عمى (blind, camouflage, darkness, mystify, riddle), جهل (darkness, ignorance, innocence, pass, stupidity, unacquaintance, unawareness). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | слепота (cecity), заслепление. (various references) | |
Chinese | 盲目性. (various references) | |
Czech | slepota. (various references) | |
Danish | blindhed (optic anesthesia). (various references) | |
Dutch | blindheid. (various references) | |
Esperanto | blindeco. (various references) | |
Finnish | sokeus, kukkakaalin kukinnan estyminen (blindness of cauliflower). (various references) | |
French | cécité. (various references) | |
Frisian | blinens. (various references) | |
German | blindheit (sightlessness). (various references) | |
Greek | τύφλωση (optic anesthesia). (various references) | |
Hebrew | עורון, "תעורות, "סת ורות (dazzling), סמיות, סמאון. (various references) | |
Hungarian | vakság (cecity). (various references) | |
Indonesian | kebutaan. (various references) | |
Italian | cecita. (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 盲 (blind man, ignoramus, ignorance). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | めしい (blind man, ignoramus, ignorance), めくら (blind man, ignoramus, ignorance), もうもく, は"もうしょう (half-blindness). (various references) | |
Korean | 장님 (Blind). (various references) | |
Manx | kyaght, doallid, dellidys (ignorance), dellid (cecity, sightlessness). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | indnessblay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | cegueira (blind spot, cecity, darkness). (various references) | |
Romanian | orbire (blinding, delusion, ignorance, infatuation, unconsciousness), cecitate (cecity). (various references) | |
Russian | слепота (cecity). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | zaslepljenost (blinding), slepilo (amaurosis). (various references) | |
Spanish | ceguera. (various references) | |
Swedish | blindhet (cecity), felslagen huvudbildning (blindness of cauliflower). (various references) | |
Thai | การสูญเสียสายตา. (various references) | |
Turkish | körlük (darkness, dullness), gaflet (heedlessness, oversight, unawareness), düşüncesizlik (flightiness, headiness, imprudence, impulsiveness, inconsiderateness, indiscretion, levity, offhandedness, recklessness, thoughtlessness, wantonness). (various references) | |
Turkmen | kцrlьk (darkness, dimwit). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | сліпота (beetle, sightliness). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | sự đui mù sự mù quáng. (various references) | |
Welsh | dallineb. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | caecitas, caecitate, caecitatem, caecitatis, cæcitudo. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | Genesis Chapter 19, Verse 11 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | TouV de andraV touV ontaV epi thV quraV tou oikou epataxan aorasia apo mikrou ewV megalou kai pareluqhsan zhtounteV thn quran |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Et eos qui erant foris percusserunt caecitate a minimo usque ad maximum ita ut ostium invenire non possent |
| Old English | 990 | West Saxon | Hi þa ablendodon men on utan, ge þa geongan ge þa ealdan, swa þæt hi ne mihton findan duru.] |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | And hem that weren with out thei smyten with blyndnes, fro the leest vnto the moost; so that the dore thei myyten not fynde. |
| Renaissance English | 1526 | Tyndale | And the men that were at the doore of the house they smote with blyndnesse both small and greate: so that they coude not fynde the doore. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | And they smote the men that were at the door of the house with blindness, both small and great: so that they wearied themselves to find the door. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | And they smote the men that were at the door of the house with blindness, both small and great: so that they wearied themselves to find the door. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | But the men who were outside the door they made blind, all of them, small and great, so that they were tired out with looking for the door. |
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| Language | Genesis Chapter 19, Verse 11 |
| Cebuano | Ug gibutaan nila ang mga tawo nga diha sa pultahan sa balay, sukad sa labing diyutay hangtud sa labing dagku, sa pagpabuta kanila; ug nangaluya sila sa pagpangita sa pultahan. |
| Chinese | 並 " 使 門 外 的 人 、 無 論 老 少 、 眼 都 昏 迷 ． 他 們 摸 來 摸 去 、 總 尋 不 著 房 門 。 |
| Croatian | a ljude pred vratima, mlade i stare, zabliješte tako da nisu mogli naæi vrata. |
| Danish | men Mændene uden for Porten til Huset slog de med Blindhed, både store og små, så de forgæves søgte at finde Porten. |
| Dutch | En zij sloegen de mannen, die aan de deur van het huis waren, met verblindheden, van den kleinste tot aan den grootste, zodat zij moede werden, om de deur te vinden. |
| Finnish | Ja he sokaisivat ne miehet, jotka olivat talon ovella, sekä nuoret että vanhat, niin että he turhaan koettivat löytää ovea. |
| French | Et ils frappèrent d`aveuglement les gens qui étaient l`entrée de la maison, depuis le plus petit jusqu`au plus grand, de sorte qu`ils se donnèrent une peine inutile pour trouver la porte. |
| German | Und die Männer vor der Tür wurden mit Blindheit geschlagen, klein und groß, bis sie müde wurden und die Tür nicht finden konnten. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Mereka membutakan semua orang yang ada di luar rumah itu, sehingga orang-orang itu tidak dapat menemukan pintu itu lagi. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Maka dipalu oleh keduanya akan segala orang yang di pintu rumah itu dari pada kecil dan besar dengan mengaburkan matanya, sehingga penatlah mereka itu hendak mendapat pintu. |
| Maori | Na ka whiua e raua nga tangata i te kuwaha o te whare, te iti, te rahi, ki te matapotanga: a ngenge noa ratou i te rapunga i te tatau. |
| Norwegian | Og de folk som stod utenfor døren til huset, slo de med blindhet, både små og store, så de forgjeves søkte å finne døren. |
| Portuguese | e feriram de cegueira os que estavam do lado de fora, tanto pequenos como grandes, de maneira que cansaram de procurar a porta. |
| Rumanian | Iar pe oamenii care erau la uwa casei i-au lovit cu orbire, dela cel mai mic pknq la cel mai mare, awa cq degeaba se trudeau sq gqseascq uwa. |
| Russian | Б МА"ЕК, 'ЩЧЫЙИ ТЙ ЧИП"Е Ч "ПН, ПТБЪЙМЙ УМЕ ПФПА, ПФ НБМПЗП "П 'ПМШЫПЗП, ФБЛ ЮФП ПОЙ ЙЪНХЮЙМЙУШ, ЙУЛБЧ ЧИП"Б. |
| Spanish | Y a los hombres que estaban junto a la puerta de la casa, los hirieron con ceguera, desde el menor hasta el mayor, de modo que se fatigaban por hallar la puerta. |
| Swedish | Och de män som stodo utanför husets port slogo de med blindhet, både små och stora, så att de förgäves sökte finna porten. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "blindness": blindnesses. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "blindness": colorblindness, purblindness. (additional references) | |
Words containing "blindness": colorblindnesses, purblindnesses. (additional references) | |
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"Blindness" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: blindnes, blindnesses. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "blindness" (pronounced blī"ndnus or blī"nnus) |
| 6 | -ī" n d n u s | kindness. |
| 5 | -n d n u s | blandness, fondness, soundness. |
| 4 | -d n u s | awkwardness, backwardness, badness, baldness, boldness, coldness, crookedness, farsightedness, goodness, handedness, hardness, indebtedness, madness, mindedness, nearsightedness, preparedness, redness, rudeness, sacredness, sadness, shortsightedness, shrewdness, spiritedness, tiredness, vividness, weirdness, wickedness, wildness. |
| 3 | -n u s | abruptness, absoluteness, acuteness, aggressiveness, agribusiness, airworthiness, alertness, aloofness, alumnus, Anas, androgynous, anise, appropriateness, arbitrariness, assertiveness, astuteness, asynchronous, attentiveness, attractiveness, awareness, awfulness, bagginess, bearishness, bigness, bitterness, bituminous, blackness, bleakness, bluntness, bonus, boorishness, brashness, brightness, bullishness, business, callousness, calmness, carelessness, casualness, cautiousness, cavernous, cheapness, chitinous, cleanliness, cleanness, cleverness, closeness, cloudiness, clumsiness, cockiness, cohesiveness, Colonus, combativeness, compactness, competitiveness, completeness, consciousness, contagiousness, contentiousness, contrariness, Conus, coolness, correctness, coziness, craziness, creativeness, creditworthiness, creepiness, crispness, cuteness, dampness, darkness, Deaconess, deadliness, deafness, decisiveness, defensiveness, destructiveness, directness, disingenuousness, distinctiveness, divisiveness, dizziness, dreariness, drowsiness, drunkenness, dryness, dullness, eagerness, earnestness, edginess, effectiveness, elusiveness, emptiness, evenness, exogenous, eyewitness, faintness, fairness, fastness, fickleness, firmness, fitness, flatness, foolishness, forcefulness, forgiveness, forthrightness, foulness, fractiousness, frankness, freshness, friendliness, frothiness, fullness, funniness, furnace, gauntness, gayness, gelatinous, gentleness, genuineness, genus, ghastliness, gluttonous, governess, graciousness, greatness, greenness, grimness, hairiness, happiness, harmfulness, harness, harshness, heinous, helplessness, highness, hoarseness, holiness, homelessness, homesickness, homogenous, hopefulness, hopelessness, humanness, idleness, illness, inclusiveness, indecisiveness, indigenous, ineffectiveness, ineptness, inertness, intravenous, intrusiveness, inventiveness, joblessness, Johannes, larcenous, largeness, lateness, lawlessness, laziness, lenis, lightfastness, lightness, likeness, liveliness, loneliness, lousiness, luminous, Manus, meanness, membranous, menace, Minas, minus, monotonous, mountainous, mutinous, narrowness, nastiness, neatness, nervousness, newness, niceness, nitrogenous, nonbusiness, nonpoisonous, nosiness, nothingness, numbness, ominous, oneness, onus, openness, orderliness, otherness, outrageousness, outspokenness, pandanus, peacefulness, penis, permissiveness, persuasiveness, pervasiveness, pettiness, playfulness, poisonous, politeness, polygynous, pompousness, possessiveness, powerlessness, queasiness, quickness, quietness, raciness, randomness, rareness, ravenous, rawness, readiness, reasonableness, rebelliousness, recklessness, remoteness, resistiveness, resourcefulness, responsiveness, restiveness, restlessness, restrictiveness, richness, righteousness, rightness, riskiness, robustness, roominess, roughness, rowdiness, ruinous, ruthlessness, Salinas, sameness, scantiness, secretiveness, selfishness, selflessness, sensitiveness, separateness, seriousness, shakiness, shallowness, sharpness, shortness, shyness, sickness, silliness, sinus, skittishness, slackness, sleepiness, sloppiness, slovenliness, slowness, sluggishness, slyness, smallness, smoothness, smugness, softness, solitariness, squeamishness, starkness, steadfastness, steadiness, steepness, sternness, stiffness, stillness, stinginess, stoutness, strangeness, stubbornness, sturdiness, suddenness, suggestiveness, sweetness, swiftness, tardiness, tartness, tastiness, tenderness, tetanus, thickness, thinness, thoroughness, thoughtfulness, tightness, timeliness, togetherness, toughness, trustworthiness, truthfulness, ugliness, unconsciousness, uneasiness, unfairness, unhappiness, uniqueness, unpleasantness, unwieldiness, unwillingness, usefulness, vagueness, vastness, venous, viciousness, villainous, vindictiveness, voluminous, wariness, wastefulness, waterishness, weakness, weariness, weightlessness, wellness, wetness, whiteness, wholeness, wholesomeness, wilderness, willingness, wimpiness, wistfulness, witness, wonderfulness, worldliness, worthiness, wryness. |
| 4 | -n n u s | cleanness, drunkenness, evenness, greenness, humanness, meanness, oneness, openness, sternness, stubbornness, suddenness, thinness. |
| 3 | -n u s | abruptness, absoluteness, acuteness, aggressiveness, agribusiness, airworthiness, alertness, aloofness, alumnus, Anas, androgynous, anise, appropriateness, arbitrariness, assertiveness, astuteness, asynchronous, attentiveness, attractiveness, awareness, awfulness, awkwardness, backwardness, badness, bagginess, baldness, bearishness, bigness, bitterness, bituminous, blackness, blandness, bleakness, bluntness, boldness, bonus, boorishness, brashness, brightness, bullishness, business, callousness, calmness, carelessness, casualness, cautiousness, cavernous, cheapness, chitinous, cleanliness, cleverness, closeness, cloudiness, clumsiness, cockiness, cohesiveness, coldness, Colonus, combativeness, compactness, competitiveness, completeness, consciousness, contagiousness, contentiousness, contrariness, Conus, coolness, correctness, coziness, craziness, creativeness, creditworthiness, creepiness, crispness, crookedness, cuteness, dampness, darkness, Deaconess, deadliness, deafness, decisiveness, defensiveness, destructiveness, directness, disingenuousness, distinctiveness, divisiveness, dizziness, dreariness, drowsiness, dryness, dullness, eagerness, earnestness, edginess, effectiveness, elusiveness, emptiness, exogenous, eyewitness, faintness, fairness, farsightedness, fastness, fickleness, firmness, fitness, flatness, fondness, foolishness, forcefulness, forgiveness, forthrightness, foulness, fractiousness, frankness, freshness, friendliness, frothiness, fullness, funniness, furnace, gauntness, gayness, gelatinous, gentleness, genuineness, genus, ghastliness, gluttonous, goodness, governess, graciousness, greatness, grimness, hairiness, handedness, happiness, hardness, harmfulness, harness, harshness, heinous, helplessness, highness, hoarseness, holiness, homelessness, homesickness, homogenous, hopefulness, hopelessness, idleness, illness, inclusiveness, indebtedness, indecisiveness, indigenous, ineffectiveness, ineptness, inertness, intravenous, intrusiveness, inventiveness, joblessness, Johannes, kindness, larcenous, largeness, lateness, lawlessness, laziness, lenis, lightfastness, lightness, likeness, liveliness, loneliness, lousiness, luminous, madness, Manus, membranous, menace, Minas, mindedness, minus, monotonous, mountainous, mutinous, narrowness, nastiness, nearsightedness, neatness, nervousness, newness, niceness, nitrogenous, nonbusiness, nonpoisonous, nosiness, nothingness, numbness, ominous, onus, orderliness, otherness, outrageousness, outspokenness, pandanus, peacefulness, penis, permissiveness, persuasiveness, pervasiveness, pettiness, playfulness, poisonous, politeness, polygynous, pompousness, possessiveness, powerlessness, preparedness, queasiness, quickness, quietness, raciness, randomness, rareness, ravenous, rawness, readiness, reasonableness, rebelliousness, recklessness, redness, remoteness, resistiveness, resourcefulness, responsiveness, restiveness, restlessness, restrictiveness, richness, righteousness, rightness, riskiness, robustness, roominess, roughness, rowdiness, rudeness, ruinous, ruthlessness, sacredness, sadness, Salinas, sameness, scantiness, secretiveness, selfishness, selflessness, sensitiveness, separateness, seriousness, shakiness, shallowness, sharpness, shortness, shortsightedness, shrewdness, shyness, sickness, silliness, sinus, skittishness, slackness, sleepiness, sloppiness, slovenliness, slowness, sluggishness, slyness, smallness, smoothness, smugness, softness, solitariness, soundness, spiritedness, squeamishness, starkness, steadfastness, steadiness, steepness, stiffness, stillness, stinginess, stoutness, strangeness, sturdiness, suggestiveness, sweetness, swiftness, tardiness, tartness, tastiness, tenderness, tetanus, thickness, thoroughness, thoughtfulness, tightness, timeliness, tiredness, togetherness, toughness, trustworthiness, truthfulness, ugliness, unconsciousness, uneasiness, unfairness, unhappiness, uniqueness, unpleasantness, unwieldiness, unwillingness, usefulness, vagueness, vastness, venous, viciousness, villainous, vindictiveness, vividness, voluminous, wariness, wastefulness, waterishness, weakness, weariness, weightlessness, weirdness, wellness, wetness, whiteness, wholeness, wholesomeness, wickedness, wilderness, wildness, willingness, wimpiness, wistfulness, witness, wonderfulness, worldliness, worthiness, wryness. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "b-d-e-i-l-n-n-s-s" | |
-2 letters: bindles, blissed, innless, lindens. | |
-3 letters: bennis, bields, bindle, binned, blends, blinds, linden, linens, sidles, sinned, slides. | |
-4 letters: bends, benni, bides, bield, biles, binds, bines, bises, blend, bless, blind, bliss, deils, delis, dines, idles, inned, isled, isles, lends, lenis, liens, lined, linen, lines, linns, nides, nines, sends, sides, sidle, silds, sines, sleds, slide, sneds. | |
| Words containing the letters "b-d-e-i-l-n-n-s-s" | |
+2 letters: blindnesses. | |
+3 letters: nondisableds, purblindness. | |
+4 letters: blandishments, indispensable, indispensably. | |
+5 letters: colorblindness, incredibleness, indispensables, libidinousness, nonestablished, purblindnesses, undeniableness. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Images: Slideshow 7. Images: Photo Album 8. Quotations: Familiar | 9. Quotations: Fiction 10. Quotations: Non-fiction 11. Usage Frequency 12. Names: Derived from | 13. Expressions 14. Expressions: Internet 15. Translations: Modern 16. Translations: Ancient | 17. Bible Trace 18. Derivations 19. Rhymes 20. Anagrams | 21. Bibliography |
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