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Definition: Abstentious |
AbstentiousAdjective1. Self-restraining; not indulging an appetite especially for food or drink; "not totally abstinent but abstemious". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Synonym: AbstentiousSynonym: abstinent (adj). (additional references) |
| Language | Translations for "abstentious"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
German | enthaltsam (abstemious, abstemiously, abstinent, abstinently, chaste, chastely, continent, moderate, teetotal). (various references) | |
Italian | astinente (abstemious, abstinent, teetotaller). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | abstentiousay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | abstinente (abstinent), abstêmio (abstainer, abstemious, blueribbonist, teetotal, teetotaler, temperate). (various references) | |
Russian | воздержанный (moderate, temperate). (various references) | |
Spanish | abstencionista (abstentionist), abstemio (abstainer, abstemious, teetotaler, teetotaller, temperate), sobrio (abstemious, levelheaded, sober, sober minded, sober-headed, soberly). (various references) | |
Ukranian | стриманий (abstemious, abstinent, ascetic, chary, chaste, checked, close, collected, composed, continent, coy, demure, discreet, dry, guarded, low key, measured, offish, restrained, reticent, self controlled, self-composed, spartan, stand off, temperate, undemonstrative, well balanced), поміркований (abstinent, conservative, judicious, moderate, restrained, sober, wise). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
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"Abstentious" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: abstenious, arsenious. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "abstentious" (pronounced 'Ab*sten"tious'): Ablatitious, Abstractitious, Addititious, Adjectitious, Adoptious, Adscititious, Adventitious, Ambitious, Arreptitious, Ascititious, Ascriptitious, Bumptious, Captious, Cautious, Cementitious, Cineritious, Collatitious, Combustious, Commentitious, Compunctious, Conceptious, Concupiscentious, Connutritious, Conscientious, Contentious, Deceptious, Defectious, Deglutitious, Deletitious, Detractious, Direptitious, Disputatious, Dissentious, Distractious, Emissitious, Exceptious, Exemptitious, Expeditious, Extortious, Facetious, Factious, Factitious, Fictious, flagitious, fractious, Impropitious, incautious, Inimicitious, Innutritious, Inventious, Irreptitious, Lateritious, licentious, Negotious, Novitious, Nutritious, Obreptitious, Ostentatious, Overcautious, Pactitious, Pestilentious, Placentious, Precautious, Precipitious, Pretentious, Profectitious, Propitious, Recrementitious, Reinfectious, Rejectitious, Repertitious, repetitious, robustious, Sapientious, Satellitious, Scribatious, scrumptious, Secretitious, seditious, sententious, Silentious, Stillatitious, Subdititious, Subreptitious, Subventitious, supposititious, surreptitious, Temptatious, Tortious, Tractitious, tralatitious, Translatitious, Tribunitious, Umbratious, Uncautious, Unctious, Unpitious, Vexatious. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-b-e-i-n-o-s-s-t-t-u" | |
-1 letter: isobutanes, substation. | |
-2 letters: battiness, botanises, botanists, intubates, isobutane, obstinate, snoutiest, sostenuti. | |
-3 letters: antiboss, antsiest, astonies, basinets, bassinet, bastions, batistes, botanies, botanise, botanist, bounties, bustiest, instates, intubate, nastiest, niobates, nutsiest, obeisant, obtusest, satinets, sinuates, situates, soutanes, stations, stoniest, stoutens, substate, subtones, tautness, titaness, titanous, tubaists, unstates. | |
-4 letters: abioses, absents, atonies, attunes, aunties, banties, basinet, basions, bastion, batiste, battens, battues, bistate, boniest, bonitas, bonsais, bonuses, busiest, butanes, butties, buttons, entasis, instate, issuant, nasties, niobate, nosiest, notates, nutates, obtains, obtests, outeats, outsets, outsins, outsits, sabines, sanious, satinet, sestina, setouts, sinuate, situate, soubise, soutane, station, statues, stouten, suasion, subnets, subsite, subtest, subtone, sustain, tanists, tansies, tautens, tenutos, testons, tetanus, tisanes, toniest, tonuses, tubaist, tubists, unseats, unstate. | |
-5 letters: absent, abuses, anises, anuses, assent, astute, atones, attune, auntie, basest, basins, basion, basset, bastes, batons, batten, battue, beanos, beasts, beauts, besots, betons, bettas, biases, binate, bionts, biotas, bisons, bitten, boasts, boites, bonita, bonsai, bosuns, bouses, busies, butane, buteos, buttes, button, enosis, eosins, essoin, insets, noesis, noises, notate, nouses, nubias, nutate, obtain, obtest, obtuse, onsets, onuses, ossein, outate, outeat, outsat, outset, outsin, outsit, sabine, sabins, sabots, saints, sanest, sanies, sansei, santos, satins, sautes, season, setons, setous, setout, siesta, sitten, snouts, sobeit, sonsie, stains, stanes, states, statue, status, steins, stenos, stints, stoats, stones, stotin, stouts, stunts, subito, subnet, subsea, subset, suints, suites, sunset, suttas, tabuns, taints, tanist, tasset, tassie, tastes, taunts, tauten, tenias, tenuis, tenuti, tenuto, testis, teston, tineas, tisane, tissue, titans, toasts, tobies, touses, tubate, tubist, unites, unseat, unsets, unties, usneas. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-b-e-i-n-o-s-s-t-t-u" | |
+5 letters: antituberculosis. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)41 62 73 74 65 6E 74 69 6F 75 73 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references).- -... ... - . -. - .. --- ..- ... |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000001 01100010 01110011 01110100 01100101 01101110 01110100 01101001 01101111 01110101 01110011 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)A b s t e n t i o u s |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0041 0062 0073 0074 0065 006E 0074 0069 006F 0075 0073 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)3568858671808675818785 |
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