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Definition: Clearance |
ClearanceNoun1. The distance by which one thing clears another; the space between them. 2. Vertical space available to allow easy passage under something. 3. Permission to proceed; "the plane was given clearance to land". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "clearance" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1840. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Computing | A person is accorded a clearance which consists of military classification and a category. Security clearances or classifications are strictly ordered. Source: European Union. (references) |
Economics | 1. The completion of governmental requirements so that a carrier may arrive in a port and unlade cargo and passengers, or may lade cargo and passengers and depart for a foreign destination. 2. The accomplishment of the customs formalities necessary to allow goods to be imported or to be exported. (references) |
Electrical Engineering | The distance between two conductive parts along a string stretched the shortest way between these conductive parts. Source: European Union. (references) |
Finance | Clearing is the process of transmitting, reconciling and in some cases confirming payment orders or securities transfer instructions prior to settlement, possibly including the netting of instructions and the establishment of final positions for settlement. In the context of securities markets this process is often referred to as clearance. Source: European Union. (references) |
General | Passageway for people to pass between two rows of stands facing each other, between the stands and the walls of a hall or from one level to another. Source: European Union. (references) |
Industry | Of a saw web, band, plate, etc. the distance between either of its surfaces and the kerf wall, i. e. one-half the excess(due to the set of the teeth)of the kerf width over the gauge. Source: European Union. (references) |
Mechanical Engineering | Indicates the largest width and height of a workpiece that can be machined on a milling machine, such as a planomiller. Source: European Union. (references) |
Medicine | The removal from the blood by an excretory organ of a particular substance, as removal of albumin, urea or certain dyes by the kidneys, or of rose bengal dye by the liver. Source: European Union. (references) |
Mining | A. The space between the top or side of a car and the mine roof or wall b. Technically, the annular space between downhole drill-string equipment, such as bits, core barrels, casing, etc., and the walls of the borehole with the downhole equipment centered in the hole. Loosely, the term is commonly and incorrectly used as a syn. for exposure. See also:exposure; inside clearance c. The amount of open space around a drill or piece of mining equipment inan underground workplace. (references) |
Nuclear Energy & Physics | Space to permit access for examinations. Source: European Union. (references) |
| Minimum distance from the extremity of a crane to the nearest obstruction. Source: European Union. (references) | |
Shipping | The size beyond which cars or loads cannot use Limits bridges, tunnels, etc. (references) |
Transportation | Vertical distance from the surface of the water to the highest point of mast or aerial. Source: European Union. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Synonyms: ClearanceSynonyms: headroom (n), headway (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Acquittal | Noun: acquittal, acquitment; clearance, exculpation; acquittance, clearance, exoneration; discharge; (release); quietus, absolution, compurgation, reprieve, respite; pardon; (forgiveness). |
Ejection | Egestion, evacuation; ructation, eructation; bloodletting, venesection, phlebotomy, paracentesis; expuition, exspuition; tapping, drainage; clearance, clearage. |
Payment | Noun: payment, defrayment; discharge; acquittance, quittance; settlement, clearance, liquidation, satisfaction, reckoning, arrangement. |
Preparation | Arrangement; clearance; adjustment; tuning; equipment, outfit, accouterment, armament, array. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Clearance |
| English words defined with "clearance": authorise, authorize ♦ checkpoint, clear, Clearage, Clearance space ♦ Grand chop ♦ pass ♦ rummage sale ♦ Transire. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "clearance": clearance between open contacts, clearance fit, creatinine clearance ♦ expect approach clearance at ♦ ground clearance beneath one axle ♦ Mucociliary Clearance ♦ obstacle clearance limit, obstacle clearance surface ♦ Port-of-Origin Air Cargo Clearance ♦ security clearance. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Clearance" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. Danish (clearance), Dutch (clearance), German (clearance), Italian (clearance). |
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Screenplays | Well, I'll tell you son Due to a Cecil wind, Dystor has vectored us into a 360-tossen of slor traffic. Now we'll maintain this Borden hold until we get the Forta Magnus clearance from Meldings (Airport; writing credit: Arthur Hailey; George Seaton) Sorry, you can't get by without clearance. (Independence Day; writing credit: Dean Devlin; Roland Emmerich) Evidence. What's it going to look like when Henderson claims that we manufactured it, just to get a space clearance program (UFO; writing credit: Gérard Sire) Six inches is plenty of ground clearance. (Monster Garage; writing credit: Jeff Conroy; Andrew Greenberger) We have clearance Clarence (Airplane!; writing credit: Jim Abrahams; David Zucker) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Debris Clearance (1944) | |
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 | Air National Guard pilots from Texas, New Jersey and Vermont await clearance to taxi onto the runway before launching. Various Air National Guard units contributed F-16 Fighting Falcons for the AEF 9 Operation Southern Watch deployment. (P.; photo by Army S.. |  | Four U.S. Navy minesweepers (AMS) tied up at Yokosuka, Japan, following mine clearance activities off Korea. Original photo is dated 30 November 1950. These four ships, all units of Mine Division 31, are (from left to right): USS Merganser (AMS-26); USS Osprey (AMS-28); USS Chatterer (AMS-40) and USS Mockingbird (AMS-27). Ship in the extreme left background is USS Wantuck (APD-125). Credit: NAVY. |
 | Crewman operates a winch on board USS Mockingbird (AMS-27) during mine clearance operations off Wonsan, North Korea. The ship's name is seen on a lifering mounted on the bulwark in the lower right. Original photo is dated 14 November 1950. Credit: NAVY. |  | Rockwood (vicinity), Tenn., 1935-40(?)--A Tennessee Valley Authority worker looking over books in a tool box, a part of the libraries brought to the men on projects in remote areas--He is a workman on a reservoir clearance operation. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Clinton, Iowa. Train crew getting orders and clearance from the yard clerk in the Chicago and Northwestern Railroad yard office. Credit: Library of Congress. | ||
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
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| "Oh clearance" by Michelle Kwajafa Commentary: "Overhead clearance street sign." |
Source: photographs selected by the editor, with permission from the photographers. |
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Reduced creatinine clearance. (references) | |
Serum creatinine and creatinine clearance. (references) | ||
To measure your creatinine clearance, you will need to collect urine for 24 hours. (references) | ||
Business | There is 0.15% customs clearance, 20% VAT and 15-20% excise duties. (references) | |
For classified projects, bidders must have an appropriate security clearance. (references) | ||
The most common customs procedure is clearance upon payment of import duties. (references) | ||
Civil Liberties | Sri Lanka | Obtaining a clearance can take up to 4 months in some cases, and some human rights groups alleged that the procedures were arbitrary and unreasonably strict. (references) |
Burma | All college graduates who obtain a passport (except for certain government employees) are required to pay a special education clearance fee to reimburse the Government for the cost of their education. (references) | |
Pakistan | However, despite restrictions imposed on the electronic media, foreign journalists operating in the country were permitted to broadcast stories without obtaining prior clearance from the Ministry of Information (unlike in the past). (references) | |
Economic History | Oman | The absence of a particular clearance will stall the entire process. (references) |
Vietnam | The time involved for clearance and delivery can be lengthy and unpredictable. (references) | |
El Salvador | G. Obtain a municipal services clearance from the appropriate township or city. (references) | |
Human Rights | Angola | Various NGO's participated in landmine clearance operations during the year, and the Government implemented a Mine Action Plan. (references) |
Afghanistan | With funding from international donors, the U.N. has organized and trained mine detection and clearance teams, which operate throughout the country. (references) | |
Afghanistan | On August 5, 2000, seven deminers working for the U.N.-funded Organization for Mine Clearance and Rehabilitation were ambushed, killed, and burned in Badghis Province; one of the deminers may have been alive at the time he was burned. (references) | |
Political Economy | KUWAIT | For perishable imports arriving via air, land or sea, customs clearance is prompt. (references) |
KUWAIT | To complete clearance, the importer presents its import license and quality test certificate. (references) | |
MOROCCO | The Customs Administration has launched a successful program to speed up the customs clearance process. (references) | |
Trade | Argentina | The CI is mandatory for customs clearance. (references) |
Spain | Later, a rebate is given upon customs clearance out of Spain. (references) | |
India | In other cases, a Customs Clearance Permit (CCP) is required. (references) | |
Travel | Russia | Sheremetyevo-2, and ample time must be allowed for passport control, customs clearance and baggage retrieval. (references) |
Tunisia | HOWEVER, PUBLICITY AND EXHIBIT MATERIALS SHIPPED INTO THE COUNTRY REQUIRE CUSTOMS CLEARANCE BY THE RECEIVING PARTY IN TUNISIA. (references) | |
Italy | If clearance is granted, the prospective employer is further required to obtain a work permit with the approval of the regional and central authorities. (references) | |
Worker Rights | Papua New Guinea | The Employment Act establishes the minimum working age as 18. However, children between the ages of 11 and 18 may be employed in a family-related business or enterprise provided they have parental permission, a medical clearance, and a work permit from a labor office. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Clearance" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 99.42% of the time. "Clearance" is used about 862 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) | 99.42% | 857 | 8,245 |
| Noun (proper) | 0.46% | 4 | 175,879 |
| Noun (common) | 0.12% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 862 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "clearance": adjustment of clearance ♦ air traffic control clearance ♦ clearance account ♦ clearance array ♦ clearance between open contacts ♦ clearance diving ♦ clearance fit ♦ clearance for home use ♦ clearance function ♦ clearance hole for bolts ♦ clearance inwards ♦ clearance limit ♦ clearance rate ♦ clearance sale ♦ Clearance space ♦ clearance void time ♦ clearance work ♦ creatinine clearance ♦ custom house clearance ♦ customhouse clearance ♦ customs clearance ♦ customs clearance fee ♦ derelict land clearance area ♦ expect approach clearance at ♦ flight clearance ♦ glide path sector obstacle clearance ♦ ground clearance ♦ ground clearance beneath one axle ♦ landing clearance ♦ Metabolic Clearance Rate ♦ mine clearance ♦ Mucociliary Clearance ♦ obstacle clearance ♦ obstacle clearance limit ♦ obstacle clearance surface ♦ overhead clearance ♦ penetration of obstacle clearance surface ♦ percentage clearance ♦ road clearance time ♦ scrub clearance ♦ security clearance ♦ slum clearance ♦ snow clearance ♦ terrain clearance ♦ terrain clearance indicator ♦ terrain clearance system ♦ throat depth clearance ♦ vertical clearance ♦ wing clearance light ♦ work clearance. Additional references. | |
| Hypenated Usage | |
Ending with "clearance": house-clearance, land-clearance, slum-clearance. | |
Containing "clearance": inventory-clearance sale. | |
| 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 "clearance"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | spastrim (cleansing, clearing, combing, purge, turn out), qartësim, pastrim (abrasion, abstersion, clarification, clean, cleaning, cleanup, defecation, depuration, lustration, mopping, purge, purification, rectification, refinement, refining, scour, scouring, scrub, scrub up, sweep), leje nisjeje, lejë nisjeje, hapësirë e lirë, hapësirë (area, elbow room, expanse, expansion, extent, headway, ocean, play, precinct, range, space, span, Weald, wideness), boshllëk (blank, emptiness, gap, hiatus, Lacuna, space, vac, vacancy, void, white). (various references) | |
Arabic | فسحة فارغة, تصفية حسابات, التصفية, التصريح الرسمي, التخليص, الترخيص, الإجازة, دفع رسوم السفينة. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | свободно пространство (clearing), разчистване (clearing), разпродажба (bazaar, bazar, clearing, sale, sellout), чиста печалба (net), минаване по сметка, луфт (play, slack, windage), изсичане (clearing). (various references) | |
Chinese | 清除 (Burring, Cleared, Purge). (various references) | |
Czech | vyklizení, proclení (customs clearance, declaration), odklizení (removal), odbavení (check in), mýcení, kácení stromù. (various references) | |
Danish | clearance (renal clearance). (various references) | |
Dutch | clearing (clearing, settlement), clearance, walsafstand (gap), speling (caprice, room, space, whim), speelruimte (leeway, play field, playground, playing field), slagwijdte (clearance between open contacts), renale klaring (renal clearance), profiel van vrije ruimte (through travelled way, usable width), opklaring (clearing), luchtweg (airway), luchtslijpzone, klaring (clarification, clarifying, renal clearance, washing), gangpad (aisle), doorrijhoogte (headroom, height clearance), doorlaat (culvert, daylight). (various references) | |
Farsi | گواهینامه یاکاغذدال برپاکی , ترخیص کالاازگمرک , برداشتن مانع . (various references) | |
Finnish | vapaa tila (empty state, headspace, outage, ullage, vacant state), turvallisuusluokitus (security clearance), puhdistuma (renal clearance), laivanselvitys, kokonaispilvisyyden väheneminen (clearing), kirkastuminen (clearing), ilmaväli. (various references) | |
French | dégagement (cleaning, clear-down, clearing), autorisation. (various references) | |
German | spiel (deck, fixture, gamble, gambling, game, games, match, pack, play, playing, punt, set, slippage, tie), räumung (cleaning, clearing, evacuation, eviction, removal, vacation), Klärung (clarification, purification, settlement). (various references) | |
Greek | κάθαρση (catharsis, expiation, expurgation, lustration, purgation, purification, quarantine), καθάρισμα (cleaning, scour), ξεχέρσωμα (spade work), νεφρική κάθαρση (renal clearance), περιτύπωμα έργου, εκκαθάρισισ, εκποίηση (conveyance), εκτελωνισμόσ (customs clearance), ελεύθερος χώρος (headspace, outage, ullage), ελεύθερο ύψος (headroom, height clearance), ελεύθερο διάστημα (headroom), αιθρίαση (clearing), ανοικτόσ χορόσ, διάκενο (backlash, electrode separation, electrode spacing, following distance, gap, gap between electrodes, interstice, interstitium, vehicular gap), διάδρομος (aisle, corridor, passage way). (various references) | |
Hebrew | מרוח (distance, gap, gauge, latitude, respite, room, smeared, space, span, spread), פנוי (checkout, clearing, disengaged, empty, evacuation, free, open, removal, unmarried, unoccupied, vacant), סלוקים, סלוק (clearing, departure, payment, removal), סדור (arrangement, lay down, organization, setting, settlement, type setting). (various references) | |
Hungarian | vámkezelés (customs clearance, customs examination), megtisztítás (abstersion, combing out, depuration, expurgation, mopping-up, purge), kiárusítás (bargain sale, job-line, jumble sale, sale, sellout), elvámolás, vámvizsgálat (customs examination), vámnyugta (docket, grand chop), térköz (headway, interstice, interval, space), szabaddá tétel, szabad mozgás, igazolvány (card, certificate, licence, license, pass, permit, ticket, warrant), hézag (airspace, backlash, flaw, gap, hiatus, interstice, Lacuna, leak, missing link, scupper, slack, yawn), felszállási engedély, engedély (approval, authority, chitty, chop, concession, driver's license, imprimatur, leave, licence, license, pass, permission, permit). (various references) | |
Indonesian | penjernihan, pembersihan (cleaning, cleansing, cleanup, mopping up, purgation, purge, purging, purification, riddance). (various references) | |
Italian | clearance (renal clearance). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 蔵払い , 出港 (departure), クリーム色 (Christian, Christian Dior, Christian name, Christian Science Monitor, Christiania, Christmas, Christmas cake, Christmas card, Christmas carol, Christmas concert, Christmas Eve, Christmas present, Christmas tree, clean, clean energy, clean float, clean heater, clean hit, clean rice, clean room, clean up, cleanup trio, clear, clear lacquer, clearance sale, cleaver, click, clinic, clinometer, clip, clipper, clipping, clitoris, cream, create, creation, creative, creative agency, creative group, creativity, creator, creole, cricket, crinoline, critic, critical, criticism, critique, crystal, crystal glass, EDTV, Extended Definition Television, Kripke, Kristiania, vented heater). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | くらばらい, しゅっこう (being transferred, departure, giving lectures, going to or leaving school, leaving for, proceeding, sailing), クリアランス . (various references) | |
Korean | 정리. (various references) | |
Manx | shiaulley (a boat trip, boat, boating, crew, cruise, cruising, float off, floating, flow, flow on surface, navigate, navigation, sail, sailing, ship, shipment, voyage, voyaging), scoip, chiarrey (clear, clear of weather, dry spell). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | earanceclay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | separação (ablation, abruption, abstraction, air-gap, apartness, avulsion, breach, breakdown, chasm, disconnexion, disengagement, disjunction, disseverance, dissolution, disunion, division, divorce, divorcement, gap, parting, schism, scission, secession, segregation, separation, severance, solution), folga (air-gap, backlash, easy, fling, looseness, respite, room, time). (various references) | |
Romanian | curãţire (clearing, scour), compensare a unui cec, luminiş (glade, opening), loc liber (vacancy, void), lichidare (clearing sale, liquidation, pay day, winding up), degajare (clearing, disengagement, eduction, emission, escape, liberation, release), defrişare (clearing, land clearing), autorizaţie de plecare a unei nave, achitare (acquittal, acquittance, defrayal, disbursement, discharge, exoneration, liquidation, quittance, redemption, remittal, satisfaction). (various references) | |
Russian | зазор (air gap, backlash, clearing, gap, give, slack, yawn). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | zazor (backlash), odobrenje (allocation, approbation, approval, endorsement, grant, licence, license, permission, sanction), dozvola (allowance, authorization, leave, licence, license, permission, permit). (various references) | |
Spanish | holgura (looseness, play, roominess). (various references) | |
Swedish | frigång. (various references) | |
Thai | การทำให้หมดไป. (various references) | |
Turkish | temizleme (clarification, cleaning, cleanup, expurgation, purgation, purge, purification, sweep, wipe), tasfiye satışı (clearance sale), tasfiye (cleanup, close out, combout, dissolution, house cleaning, liquidation, purge, purification, refinement, settlement, takeout, winding up), mevsim sonu satışı (clearance sale), limandan ayrılma izni, gümrük belgesi, boşluk (abysm, abyss, antrum, backlash, blank, blankness, cavity, chamber, chasm, clear, daylight, desideratum, emptiness, gap, gulf, hiatus, hole, hollow, hollowness, idleness, inanition, Lacuna, nothingness, nullity, separation, sinus, slack, slackness, space, vacancy, vacuity, vacuum, void, voidness), açma (disclosure, inauguration, opening, spreading, undoing), açıklık (aperture, baldness, berth, clarity, clearness, definiteness, demonstrativeness, directness, distance, distinction, distinctiveness, distinctness, erectness, evidence, fairness, gap, interstice, lightness, lucidity, lucidness, manifestness, obviousness, openness, palpability, patency, perspicuity, plainness, preciseness, publicity, rift, roundness, space, spread, straightforwardness, the open, vacancy, yard), ödeme (atonement, conciliation, disbursement, discharge, inpayment, pay, payment, payoff, redemption, redress, remuneration, rendering, repayment, satisfaction, settlement). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | усунення перешкод (antijamming), сплата боргу, розчищення, розпродаж (sellout), чистка (cleaning, purge, scour, scrub), очищення (abstersion, calcination, clarification, cleaning, defecation, depuration, elimination, evacuation, expurgation, filtering, purgation, purge), отвір (air gap, aperture, bore, boring, breach, break, canal, embrasure, gape, hole, mesh, mouth, open, opening, orifice, ostiole, perforation, port, ventage, window), зазор (air gap, air space, slack, yawn), люфт, проміжок (gap, in between, interstice, space). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | sự thanh toán các khoản thuế để rời bến khoảng hở, phép giải ngũ, khoảng trống (blank), độ trống phép nghỉ, độ hở. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "clearance": clearances. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "clearance": preclearance. (additional references) | |
Words containing "clearance": preclearances. (additional references) | |
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"Clearance" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: clarance, clearence, Clearface, Colorance, Lefranc, Searancke. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "clearance" (pronounced kli"runs) |
| 5 | -i" r u n s | adherence, appearance, coherence, disappearance, incoherence, interference, noninterference, perseverance, reappearance. |
| 4 | -r u n s | abhorrence, assurance, circumference, Clarence, entrance, Florence, forbearance, fragrance, hindrance, insurance, preponderance, reassurance, recalcitrance, reinsurance, remembrance, teleconference, videoconference. |
| 3 | -u n s | absence, abstinence, abundance, acceptance, accordance, abeyance, acquaintance, acquiescence, admirations, admittance, adolescence, affluence, allegiance, alliance, allowance, ambiance, ambience, ambivalence, ambulance, annoyance, appliance, arrogance, ascendance, assistance, attendance, audience, avoidance, balance, belligerence, beneficence, benevolence, bioscience, brilliance, cadence, capacitance, chrominance, clairvoyance, coexistence, cognizance, coincidence, coinsurance, comeuppance, competence, compliance, concurrence, condolence, conference, confidence, confluence, conformance, congruence, connivance, conscience, consequence, consistence, continuance, contrivance, convalescence, convenience, convergence, conveyance, correspondence, countenance, counterbalance, counterintelligence, credence, dalliance, decadence, Defeasance, deference, defiance, deliverance, dependence, deterrence, deviance, difference, diligence, disallowance, discontinuance, disobedience, dissidence, dissonance, distance, disturbance, divergence, dominance, ebullience, elegance, eloquence, emergence, eminence, endurance, equivalence, essence, evanescence, evidence, excellence, existence, expedience, experience, extravagance, exuberance, flamboyance, furtherance, governance, grievance, guidance, ignorance, imbalance, immanence, imminence, impatience, impedance, importance, impotence, imprudence, inadvertence, incidence, incompetence, incontinence, inconvenience, independence, indifference, inductance, indulgence, inexperience, inference, influence, inheritance, innocence, insignificance, insistence, insolence, instance, intelligence, interdependence, intolerance, intransigence, invariance, irrelevance, irreverence, issuance, jurisprudence, licence, license, luminance, luminescence, maintenance, malfeasance, negligence, neuroscience, noncompliance, nonviolence, nuisance, obedience, observance, obsolescence, occurrence, omnipotence, omnipresence, opulence, ordinance, Ordnance, overabundance, overconfidence, overdependence, overreliance, parlance, patience, penance, performance, permanence, persecutions, persistence, pestilence, petulance, phosphorescence, pittance, precedence, predominance, preeminence, preference, prescience, presence, prevalence, prominence, protuberance, provenance, Providence, province, prudence, pseudoscience, quintessence, radiance, recognizance, reconnaissance, recurrence, reemergence, reference, reinspections, relevance, reliance, reluctance, reminiscence, remittance, repentance, resemblance, residence, resilience, resistance, resonance, resurgence, reticence, reverence, riddance, science, semblance, senescence, sentence, sequence, severance, significance, silence, submergence, subservience, subsidence, subsistence, substance, surveillance, sustenance, temperance, tolerance, transcendence, transference, transience, turbulence, unbalance, utterance, Valence, variance, vehemence, vengeance, vigilance, violence, virulence. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-c-c-e-e-l-n-r" | |
-1 letter: canceler, clarence. | |
-2 letters: cenacle, cleaner, reclean. | |
-3 letters: anlace, arcane, caecal, calcar, cancel, cancer, carcel, careen, carnal, cereal, crenel, enlace, lancer, leaner, recane, relace. | |
-4 letters: alane, anear, anele, areae, areal, areca, arena, caeca, canal, caner, carle, cecal, clean, clear, craal, crane, creel, lacer, lance, laree, learn, nacre, rance, ranee, recce, renal. | |
-5 letters: acne, acre, alae, alan. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-c-c-e-e-l-n-r" | |
+1 letter: accelerant, clearances. | |
+2 letters: accelerando, accelerants. | |
+3 letters: accelerandos, accelerating, acceleration, preclearance. | |
+4 letters: accelerations, clairaudience, preclearances, recalcitrance. | |
+5 letters: acceleratingly, clairaudiences, counterbalance, craniocerebral, reaccelerating, recalcitrances, sclerenchymata. | |
| 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. | |
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