Ensis

Definition: Ensis

Ensis

Noun

1. Razor clams.

Date "Ensis" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1588. (references)

"Ensis" is a common misspelling or typo for: Emesis, Envies, Insist.

Synonym: Ensis

Synonym: genus Ensis (n). (additional references)

Crosswords: Ensis

English words defined with "Ensis": genus Ensis ♦ Razor shell. (references)

Etymologies containing "Ensis": Ensate, Ensiferous, Ensiform. (references)

Non-English Usage: "Ensis" is also a word in the following language with the English translation in parentheses.

Latin (sword).

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	Pl. XCIV. 327. Onos ensis, (Reinhardt), Gill. At N. Lat. 39.7, W. Lon. 70.5, in 1081 fathoms. 328. Rhinonemus cimbrius, (Linnaeus), Goode and Bean. Collected in Chaleur Bay. 329. Brosmius brosme, (Muller), Gunther. Obtained in a Boston market.Credit: National Marine Fisheries Historical Image Collection.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Expressions using "Ensis": Ensatella ensis ♦ genus Ensis ♦ Solen ensis ♦ Solen or Ensatella ensis Americana. Additional references.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Language	Date	Source	Song of Solomon Chapter 3, Verse 8
Greek (transliterated)	250 BC	Septuagint	PanteV kateconteV romfaian dedidagmenoi polemon anhr romfaia autou epi mhron autou apo qambouV en nuxin
Latin	405	Vulgate	Omnes tenentes gladios et ad bella doctissimi uniuscuiusque ensis super femur suum propter timores nocturnos
Middle English	1395	Wyclif	And to batailes best tayt; of `eche on the swerd vp on his hipe, for the nyyt dredes. Of Crist, and of the Chirche, chosen of Jentilis.
Jacobean English	1611	King James	They all hold swords, being expert in war: every man hath his sword upon his thigh because of fear in the night.
Victorian English	1833	Webster	They all hold swords, being expert in war: every man hath his sword upon his thigh because of fear in the night.
Basic English	1964	Ogden	All of them armed with swords, trained in war; every man has his sword at his side, because of fear in the night.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Language	Song of Solomon Chapter 3, Verse 8
Bulgarian	Те всички държат меч и са обучени на война; �'секи държи меча си на бедрото си поради нощни страхове.
Cebuano	Sila nga tanan nanagkupot sa espada, ug mga batid, sa gubat: Ang tagsatagsa ka tawo may espada sa iyang hawak, Tungod sa kahadlok sa kagabhion.
Chinese	手都持刀、善於爭戰．腰 �" 佩刀、防備夜 �" 有驚慌。
Croatian	Svi su vièni maèevima, za rat su izvježbani, svakome je sablja o boku zbog opasnosti noænih.
Danish	alle med Sværd i Hånd, oplærte til Krig, hver med sit Sværd ved Lænd mod Nattens Rædsler.
Dutch	Die altemaal zwaarden houden, geleerd ten oorlog, elk hebbende zijn zwaard aan zijn heup, vanwege den schrik des nachts.
Finnish	kaikki miekkamiehiä, sotaan harjoitettuja; jokaisella on miekka kupeellansa öitten kauhuja vastaan.
French	Tous sont armés de l`épée, Sont exercés au combat; Chacun porte l`épée sur sa hanche, En vue des alarmes nocturnes.
German	Sie halten alle Schwerter und sind geschickt, zu streiten. Ein jeglicher hat sein Schwert an seiner Hüfte um des Schreckens willen in der Nacht.
Haitian Creole	Yo tout gen anpil ladrès pou sèvi ak nepe. Se vyewo yo ye nan lagè. Yo chak gen nepe yo mare nan ren yo. Yo tou pare pou si yo ta atake yo lannwit.
Hungarian	Mindnyájan fegyverfogók, hadakozásban bölcsek, &kinek-kinek oldalán fegyvere, &az éjszakának félelme ellen.
Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari	yang berpengalaman dalam perang. Mereka semua membawa pedang di pinggang siap menghadapi serangan di waktu malam.
Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama	sekaliannya memegang pedang dan sudah biasa dalam perang; masing-masing mereka itu menyandangkan pedangnya dari karena hebat malam.
Italian	Tutti sanno maneggiare la spada, sono esperti nella guerra; ognuno porta la spada al fianco contro i pericoli della notte.
Korean	다 칼 을 잡 � 싸 움 에 익 숙 한 사 람 �"� 이 라 밤 의 두 � � 움 을 인 하 여 각 기 허 리 에 칼 을 찼 느 니 라
Maori	He hunga mau hoari ratou katoa, he mea whakaako ki te whawhai; kei tona huwha ano te hoari a tenei, a tenei, i te wehi hoki i te po.
Modern Greek	� αντες ουτοι κρατουσι ρομφαιαν, δεδιδαγμενοι πολεμον· εκαστος εχει την ρομφαιαν αυτου επι τον μηρον αυτου δια νυκτερινους φοβους.
Norwegian	alle væbnet med sverd, opøvet i krig, hver med sverdet ved lend til vern mot nattens farer.
Portuguese	todos armados de espadas, destros na guerra, cada um com a sua espada a cinta, por causa dos temores noturnos.
Rumanian	Toyi sknt knarmayi cu sqbii, wi toyi sknt deprinwi la luptq, fiecare cu sabia la coapsq, ca sq n`aibq nimic de temut kn timpul nopyii.
Russian	чУЕ ПОЙ �"ЕТЦБФ � П НЕЮХ, П� ЩФОЩ Ч �'ПА; Х ЛБЦ�"ПЗП НЕЮ � ТЙ �'Е�"ТЕ ЕЗП ТБ�"Й УФТБИБ ОПЮОПЗП.
Spanish	Todos ellos ciñen espadas y son diestros en la guerra. Cada uno lleva espada al cinto por causa de los temores de la noche.
Swedish	Alla bära de svärd och äro väl förfarna i strid. Var och en har sitt svärd vid sin länd, till värn mot nattens faror.
Thai	เขาทั้งหลายถือ�"าบและเป็นผู้ชำนาญศึก เขาทุกคนเหน็บ�"าบไว้ที่ต้นขาของตน เพราะเกรง� ัยในราตรีกาล
Ukrainian	Усі вони мають меча, усі вправні в бою, кожен ма�" свого меча при сво�"му стегні проти страху нічного.
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Derivations
	Words ending with "Ensis": amanuensis. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Direct Anagrams: sines.
	Words within the letters "e-i-n-s-s"
	-1 letter: ness, seis, sine, sins.
	-2 letters: ens, ess, ins, sei, sen, sin, sis.
	-3 letters: en, es, in, is, ne, si.
	Words containing the letters "e-i-n-s-s"
	+1 letter: anises, enosis, eosins, essoin, gneiss, insets, niseis, noesis, noises, ossein, resins, rinses, sanies, sansei, seines, seisin, serins, shines, sinews, singes, sirens, skeins, snipes, sonsie, spines, steins.
	+2 letters: arsines, bigness, caseins, cessing, cession, cosines, designs, dimness, dissent, enisles, enlists, ensigns, ensiles, enskies, entasis, eonisms, eosines, essoins, estrins, fessing, finesse, finises, finless, fitness, genesis, hessian, hipness, iciness, illness, incases, incests, incises, incuses, infests, infuses, ingests, ingress, inkless, innless, inseams, insects, inserts, insides, insoles, insteps, insures, invests, ionises, jessing, kenosis, kinases, kineses, kinesis, knishes, lesions, linseys, lioness, listens, lysines, messing, minuses, mispens, missend, missent, nasties, nemesis, newsies, niduses, nosiest, oscines, osseins, pansies, penises, pensils, pepsins, puisnes, resigns, rinsers, sabines, salines, samisen, sanseis, sapiens, savines, seeings, seiners, seising, seisins, seizins, seniles, seniors, sennits, sensing, sequins, sereins, serines, session, sestina, sestine, sewings, shiners, shrines, sickens, siemens, siennas, signees, signers, signets, silanes, silents, silenus, simnels, singers, singles, sinkers, sinless, sinners, sinsyne, sinters, sinuses, sithens, snidest, snipers, snivels, sonnies, sonsier, sozines, spinels, spinets, spinose, splines, sunrise, sunwise, supines, swinges, synesis, tansies, tinsels, tisanes, vinasse, winless, wisents, witness, yessing.
	+3 letters: achiness, acidness, adenosis, adonises, agenesis, agonises, ainsells, airiness, amnesias, amnesics, anemosis, animuses, aniseeds, anisoles, anthesis, antsiest, anuresis, arcsines, aridness, arsenics, artiness, ashiness, assigned, assignee, assigner, astonies, avidness, banishes, banshies, basenjis, basinets, bassinet, benisons, biasness, blessing, boniness, boxiness, business, caginess, centesis, cessions, chicness, chinless, chintses, cineasts, cisterns, cognises, conioses, cosiness, coziness, crispens, cuisines, cysteins, cystines, dentists, destains, destines, dewiness, dinguses, direness, discerns, dispends, dispense, dissents, distends, doeskins, dopiness, doziness, dressing, easiness, eastings, ebonises, edginess, eeriness, eisweins, elastins, elisions, elusions, emission, enosises, entasias, entwists, enuresis, epsilons, erasions, erepsins, erosions, eserines, essaying, essonite, etesians, evasions, evilness, exscinds, fairness, fascines, fineness, finessed, finesses, finishes, firmness, fishnets, foxiness, foziness, gainless, gaminess, geniuses, genoises, giantess, ginsengs, glassine, glibness, glistens, gneisses, gneissic, goriness, greisens, grimness, guessing, haziness, hessians, highness, histones, hokiness, holiness, hominess, ickiness, idleness, iffiness, incenses, incloses, indorses, infusers, inkiness, inmeshes, inosites, inquests, inrushes, insanest, inscapes, insiders, insisted, insister, insnares, inspects, inspires, instates, insureds, insurers, inulases, inverses, ironness, isatines, isogones, isolines, isotones, issuance, jasmines, jestings, jokiness, kindless, kindness, kinesics, kingless, kyanises, laciness, laziness, leasings, lentisks, lesbians, lewisson, licenses, likeness, liminess, limpness, lineless, linseeds, lintless, lionises, liveness, loginess, mantises, matiness, maziness, meniscus, mestinos, mildness, mindless, mindsets, minishes, minsters, miriness, misnames, missends, missense, misspend, misspent, mistends, mistunes, moistens, monishes, nailsets, nasalise, nastiest, necrosis, nereises, neurosis, newsiest, niceness, nighness, nimbuses, noesises, noisiest, nonissue, nosiness, nutsiest, oestrins, oiliness, ooziness, ozonises, painless, pensions, peonisms, pepsines, pigsneys, pilsners, pinesaps, pinkness, pipiness, pixiness, plenisms, plenists, pokiness, pressing, primness, princess, puniness, punishes, quinsies, raciness, rainless, reassign, redskins, reinless, rescinds, reshines, resinous, retsinas, richness, rifeness, riminess, ripeness, ropiness, rosiness, salients, saltines, samisens, sandiest, sanicles, sanities, sanitise, sanserif, sardines, satinets, saxonies, scanties, sciences, sealskin, seatings, sections, seemings, seisings, seizings, seminars, senarius, senecios, senopias, sensible, sensibly, sensilla, sensoria, sentimos, sentries, sergings, sericins, seringas, servings, sessions, sestinas, sestines, setlines, settings, sexiness, sextains, shandies, shannies, shanties, sheenies, sheitans, shindies, shingles, shiniest, shinneys, shinnies, shippens, sickness, sidespin, sienites, signages, silences, simonies, singlets, sinister, sinkages, sinuates, sixteens, siziness, skinkers, skinless, skinners, skylines, slimness, slingers, smidgens, snakiest, snickers, sniffers, sniffles, snifters, sniggers, sniggles, snippers, snippets, snitches, snowiest, snuggies, sonsiest, sordines, spaeings, spaniels, sphinges, sphinxes, spinages, spindles, spiniest, spinless, spinners, spinneys, spinnies, spinster, spinules, splenius, spoonies, springes, spunkies, stainers, stanines, steapsin, stearins, stencils, stenosis, sthenias, stibines, stiffens, stingers, stinkers, stinters, stipends, stoniest, suberins, sublines, sundries, sunniest, sunrises, sunshine, sweenies, swiddens, swindles, swingers, swingles, swinneys, syenites, sylvines, syndesis, syringes, syrinxes, teniases, teniasis, tennises, tennists, tensions, thinness, tidiness, tininess, tintless, titaness, trigness, trimness, twinsets, ugliness, unisexes, unissued, unkissed, unsonsie, unwisest, unwishes, utensils, vainness, vanishes, veinless, venisons, versines, versions, vestings, vileness, vinasses, voidness, wariness, waviness, waxiness, westings, wideness, wildness, wiliness, windless, wineless, winesops, wingless, wiriness, wiseness, zaniness.
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