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Definition: Efficient |
EfficientAdjective1. Being effective without wasting time or effort or expense; "an efficient production manager"; "efficient engines save gas". 2. Able to accomplish a purpose; functioning effectively; "people who will do nothing unless they get something out of it for themselves are often highly effective persons..."-G.B.Shaw; "effective personnel"; "an efficient secretary"; "the efficient cause of the revolution". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "efficient" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1509. (references) |
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Statistics | A)of a statistic that has a variance smaller than any other estimate of the same population parameter; b)of an experimental design that secures a certain degree of precision, one design being deemed more efficient than another if it secures greater precision, or the same precision with less expenditure of time and money. Source: European Union. (references) |
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Synonym: EfficientSynonym: effective (adj). (additional references) |
| Antonym: inefficient (adj). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Agency | Adjective: operative, efficient, efficacious, practical, effectual. |
Power | Adjective: powerful, puissant; potential; capable, able; equal to, up to; cogent, valid; efficient, productive; effective, effectual, efficacious, adequate, competent; multipotent, plenipotent, omnipotent; almighty. |
Skill | Experienced, practiced, skilled, hackneyed; up in, well up in; in practice, in proper cue; competent, efficient, qualified, capable, fitted, fit for, up to the mark, trained, initiated, prepared, primed, finished. |
Utility | Adequate; efficient, efficacious; effective, effectual; expedient. |
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Screenplays | Makes you a more efficient killer, right (Terminator 2: Judgment Day; writing credit: James Cameron; William Wisher Jr.) Our courteous and efficient staff is on call 24 hours a day to serve all your supernatural elimination needs (Ghost Busters; writing credit: Dan Aykroyd; Harold Ramis) In this way, regular consumption of beer eliminates the weaker brain cells, making the brain a faster and more efficient machine (Cheers; writing credit: Isaac Cronin; Wayne Wang) She's usually very efficient. (Wonder Woman; writing credit: Sandra Paretti) | |
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 | C. nigripalpus, though a primary vector for St. Louis Encephalitis, in vector competency studies it was found to be a competent, but only moderately efficient vector of West Nile Virus. Credit: CDC. |  | Anopheles franciscanus does not seek out human hosts aggressively, therefore, this species is not an efficient vector for malaria transmission. Credit: CDC. |
 | Sigsbee Sounding Machine - invented by Charles D. Sigsbee First efficient piano wire sounding instrument Basic design of ocean sounding instruments stayed the same for the next 50 years Here the sounding machine is used to set Pillsbury current meter at known depth. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |  | Electricians from the 49th Civil Engineer Squadron's Exterior Electric Shop, Holloman Air Force Base, N.M., replace outdated utility-pole cross arms. The airmen are replacing the old T-arms with more stable and efficient polymer arms. Phillip Trujillo, 49. |
 | Laser-leveling fields for efficient irrigation in California's Imperial Valley. Credit: Tim McCabe. |  | Drip irrigation delivers small amounts of water to young citrus trees in California's Imperial Valley. This type of irrigation is highly efficient because it delivers small amounts of water over a long period of time and greatly reduces evaporation of irr. Credit: Tim McCabe. |
 | This livestock crossing was installed to offer a stable point for livestock to cross a stream. This low cost engineering practice is an efficient method of reducing bank erosion. Livestock crossings are part of a system promoting rotational grazing. Credit: Don Poggensee. |  | These efficient irrigation systems reduce evaporation of water. Credit: Gary Kramer. |
 | Using a gasoline-powered insect vacuum, technician Brian Jones samples the number of spiders at various points in an Oklahoma wheat field. The tubular extension prevents crushing of wheat stems and enables the airflow to be maintained for efficient sampling. P. Credit: USDA ARS News; photo by Scott Bauer.. |  | At the USDA-ARS Conservation and Production Research Laboratory in Bushland, Texas, wind turbines generate power for submersible electric water pumps that are far more efficient than traditional windmills (background). P. Credit: USDA ARS News; photo by Scott Bauer.. |
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Sir Humphrey Davy | Language is not only the vehicle of thought, it is a great and efficient instrument in thinking. |
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Magna Carta | 1215 | And if any of the said assizes cannot be taken on the day of the county court, let there remain of the knights and freeholders, who were present at the county court on that day, as many as may be required for the efficient making of judgments, according as the business be more or less. (reference) |
Treaty of Versailles | 1919 | There shall be a Director of the International Labour Office, who shall be appointed by the Governing Body, and, subject to the instructions of the Governing Body, shall be responsible for the efficient conduct of the International Labour Office and for such other duties as may be assigned to him. (reference) |
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Grapes of Wrath | Steinbeck, John | And this is easy and efficient. |
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Health | The immune systems of people with ALPS are efficient in fighting germs. (references) | |
Fractional intestinal absorption is very efficient and estimated to be approximately 40 percent. (references) | ||
Utilization of appropriate animal models would provide an efficient way to test these hypotheses. (references) | ||
Business | Nevertheless turboprops are more efficient in certain niche markets. (references) | |
The idea is to make industries more efficient through market mechanisms. (references) | ||
The main objective was to make these movements more affordable and efficient. (references) | ||
Civil Liberties | Nepal | The excellent condition of the camps result from a combination of efficient UNHCR administration, conscientious government oversight and the refugees taking responsibility for their surroundings. (references) |
Economic History | Romania | Romania seeks to develop efficient capital markets. (references) |
Uzbekistan | Uzbekistan has not developed an efficient banking system. (references) | |
Human Rights | Singapore | The judicial system provides citizens with an efficient judicial process. (references) |
China | In his report, Xiao promised to work to make trial court procedures simpler and more efficient. (references) | |
Hong Kong | Trials are by jury, and the judiciary provides citizens with a fair and efficient judicial process. (references) | |
Political Economy | SWEDEN | The courts are efficient and honest. (references) |
UNITED KINGDOM | The system is efficient and conscientious. (references) | |
ROMANIA | Lack of an efficient payment system further delays transactions in Romania. (references) | |
Trade | Hong Kong | The financial system is highly developed and efficient. (references) |
Panama | Processing of customs documents in Panama for imports is fast, efficient and reliable. (references) | |
Burma | Private banks are generally more efficient and provide better service than state banks. (references) | |
Travel | Taiwan | Postal Service: Taiwan has an efficient postal system. (references) |
Oman | Omantel operates a modern and efficient telephone system. (references) | |
Austria | Austria has efficient and reliable postal and telephone services. (references) | |
Worker Rights | India | The Department of Social Welfare suggested that more efficient implementation of ongoing development programs for tribal people in the district offered the best remedy for the child labor problem. (references) |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | COMMONWEALTH, n. An administrative entity operated by an incalculable multitude of political parasites, logically active but fortuitously efficient. This commonwealth's capitol's corridors view, So thronged with a hungry and indolent crew Of clerks, pages, porters and all attaches Whom rascals appoint and the populace pays That a cat cannot slip through the thicket of shins Nor hear its own shriek for the noise of their chins. On clerks and on pages, and porters, and all, Misfortune attend and disaster befall! May life be to them a succession of hurts; May fleas by the bushel inhabit their shirts; May aches and diseases encamp in their bones, Their lungs full of tubercles, bladders of stones; May microbes, bacilli, their tissues infest, And tapeworms securely their bowels digest; May corn-cobs be snared without hope in their hair, And frequent impalement their pleasure impair. Disturbed be their dreams by the awful discourse Of audible sofas sepulchrally hoarse, By chairs acrobatic and wavering floors -- The mattress that kicks and the pillow that snores! Sons of cupidity, cradled in sin! Your criminal ranks may the death angel thin, Avenging the friend whom I couldn't work in. K.Q. |
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James Madison | 1809-1817 | An efficient militia is authorized and contemplated by the Constitution and required by the spirit and safety of free government. |
James Monroe | 1817-1825 | Each Government, confiding in its own strength, has less to apprehend from the other, and in consequence each, enjoying a greater freedom of action, is rendered more efficient for all the purposes for which it was instituted. |
John Quincy Adams | 1825-1829 | A report from the Postmaster General is likewise communicated, presenting in a highly satisfactory manner the result of a vigorous, efficient, and economical administration of that Department. |
Andrew Jackson | 1829-1837 | This campaign has evinced the efficient organization of the Army and its capacity for prompt and active service. |
Franklin Pierce | 1853-1857 | I believe that it stands like any other admitted right, and that the States where it exists are entitled to efficient remedies to enforce the constitutional provisions. |
Warren G. Harding | 1921-1923 | Our best assurance lies in efficient administration of our proven system. |
John F. Kennedy | 1961-1963 | Efficient expansion at home, stimulating the new plant and technology that can make our goods more competitive, is also the key to the international balance of payments problem. |
Lyndon B. Johnson | 1963-1969 | For my part, I pledge a progressive administration which is efficient, and honest and frugal. |
Jimmy Carter | 1977-1981 | Then and only then can we have a government that is efficient, open, and truly worthy of our people's understanding and respect. |
Ronald Reagan | 1981-1989 | Such groups are almost invariably far more efficient than government in running social programs. |
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| "Efficient" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 99.55% of the time. "Efficient" is used about 3,998 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 |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 99.55% | 3,980 | 2,471 |
| Noun (proper) | 0.45% | 18 | 82,615 |
| Total | 100.00% | 3,998 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
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| USA | Efficient Networks, Inc. |
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Expressions using "efficient": Advanced techniques integration into efficient scientific application software ♦ become efficient ♦ become more efficient ♦ Efficient cause ♦ efficient working of a machine ♦ internally efficient market ♦ library of Efficient Data types and Algorithms ♦ make efficient ♦ making efficient ♦ Markowitz efficient frontier ♦ Markowitz efficient portfolio ♦ Markowitz efficient set of portfolios ♦ operationally efficient market ♦ very efficient. Additional references. | |
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Beginning with "efficient": efficient-looking, efficient-sounding. | |
Ending with "efficient": co-efficient, fuel-efficient, pareto-efficient, super-efficient, tax-efficient. | |
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| 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 "efficient"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | efikas, i zoti (able, accomplished, adroit, capable, delicate, dexterous, dextrous, expert, fool, natty, neat, neat-handed, proficient, skilful, skillful), i frytshëm (effectual, fruitful, productive), i efektshëm (effective, effectual, efficacious, forceful, potent, streamlined), i aftë (able, adept, capable, clever, competent, fit, proficient, scientific, skilful, skilled, skillful). (various references) | |
Arabic | فعال (active, businesslike, dynamic, effective, effectual, efficacious, energetic, forceful, forcible, functional, living, operative, potent, reliable, trenchant, valid, virtuous), كفىء, كفوء (adequate, capable, competent, match, qualified). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | способен (able, capable, clever, fit, sciential, teachable, worthy), резултатен (efficacious, operative, pregnant, useful), ефикасен (active, effective, effectual, efficacious, helpful, operative, potent, sovereign), експедитивен (expeditious), производителен (productive), продуктивен (exuberant, productive, yielding), изпълнителен (administrative, executive, law abiding, ministerial, taut), добре извършен. (various references) | |
Chinese | 高效率, 效能 . (various references) | |
Czech | efektivní (effective, efficacious), zdatný (able, able bodied, strong, sturdy, tough), výkonný (executive, oiled, practical), schopný (able, adroit, apt, capable, competent, fit, sailorly, teachable, workable), úèinný (active, effective, effectual, efficacious, operative, practical, telling). (various references) | |
Danish | efficient marked (internally efficient market, operationally efficient market), effektivt marked (internally efficient market, operationally efficient market), virksomme årsag (efficient cause), Program til forbedring af den finansielle forvaltning (Programme to improve financial management, Sound and Efficient Financial Management 2000 programme), prismæssigt attraktive luftfartsydelser (to provide efficient and attractively priced air services), magnetroner af smaa dimensioner og med hoej virkningsgrad kan afgive en hoejfrekvent effekt, som ved pulset drift kan vaere saa meget som l000 gange hoejere end effekten ved kontinuert drift (have a high-frequency output which in pulsed operation may be as much as 1OOO times continuous output, magnetrons, while highly efficient and small in size), causa efficiens (efficient cause), asymptotisk efficient estimator (asymptotically efficient estimator). (various references) | |
Dutch | efficiënt, efficiënt. (various references) | |
Finnish | EQUUS-projekti (Efficient qualitative and quantitative use of KBSs in financial management, EQUUS), sisäisesti tehokkaat markkinat (internally efficient market, operationally efficient market), operationaalisesti tehokkaat markkinat (internally efficient market, operationally efficient market), Ohjelma taloushallinnon parantamiseksi (Programme to improve financial management, Sound and Efficient Financial Management 2000 programme), asymptoottisesti tehokas estimaattori (asymptotically efficient estimator). (various references) | |
French | efficace (effective, effectual, efficacious). (various references) | |
German | leistungsfähig (able, capable, competitive, effective, powerful, productive, solvent), effizient, wirkungsvoll (effecient, effective, effectively, efficiently, forceful, telling), geschäftstüchtig (business-minded). (various references) | |
Greek | ικανόσ (able, able bodied, apt, capable, competent, fit, potent, shifty, skilful, sufficient), αποτελεσματικόσ (effective, effectual, efficacious, telling), αποτελεσματικός (effective), αποδοτικόσ (productive, profitable), αποδοτικός (rewarding), Αποδοτικός, δραστήριοσ (active, hustler, nippy, pushing, vigorous). (various references) | |
Hebrew | יעיל (effective, effectual, efficacious). (various references) | |
Hungarian | tevékeny (active, brisk, busy, factious, operative, strenuous, up and doing, very much alive), termelékeny (fruitful, productive), hathatós (drastic, effective, effectual, efficacious, forcible, potent, powerful, smart), hatékony (active, effective, effectual, efficacious, have a lot on the ball, wholesome), eredményes (effectual, efficacious, expeditious, expenditious, fruitful, successful). (various references) | |
Indonesian | efisien, sigap (always ready), rapi (orderly, presentable, prim, snug), mampu (adequate, apt, fit, good), berdayaguna. (various references) | |
Italian | efficiente (going). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 能率的 , 精鋭 (elite, picked, powerful), 精鋭 (elite, picked, powerful), 効率的 , 有能 (able, capable, skill), 機能的 (functional), 捕 (a bit, be even, bicycle, calculating, capture, cheeky, child pickpocket, forgive a debt, make a fuss of, making something last, mismatched, nervy, pamper, seizure, shrewd, spoil, suffix for familiarperson, tiny, very small, weight-chain-pole weapon). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | きのうてき (functional, inductive, recursive), のうりつてき, せいえい (elite, picked, portrait, powerful, your health and prosperity), "うりつてき, ゆうのう (able, capable, skill), ちゃきちゃき . (various references) | |
Korean | 능 . (various references) | |
Manx | fondagh (effectual, efficacious, firm, impregnable, of good standing, perfect, solid, stable, substantial, sufficent). (various references) | |
Norwegian | effektiv (effective). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | efficientay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | eficiente (businesslike, effective, effectual, efficacious, useful, virtuous). (various references) | |
Romanian | expeditiv (expedient, expeditious, expeditively, operative, rough and ready), eficient (active, productive, prompt), eficace (acting, active, effective, effectual, efficacious, energetic, operative, safe), productiv (active, efficacious, efficiently, generous, productive, productively, rich), dezgheţat, competent (able, ably, apt, capable, competent, conversant, fit, proficient, responsible, salted, scholarly, useful), capabil (able, capable, competent, fit, gifted, smart, useful), activ (acting, active, actively, afoot, aggressive, agile, alive, assets, bouncing, brisk, busy, dapper, diligent, dynamic, energetic, fierce, go ahead, industrious, living, operative, pragmatic, quick, regular, spry). (various references) | |
Russian | эффективный (effective, effectual, efficacious). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | efikasan (businesslike, effective, efficacious, operative, rough and ready). (various references) | |
Spanish | eficiente (adept), eficaz (effective, effectual, efficacious, operative, potent, telling). (various references) | |
Swedish | effektiv (effective, effectual, efficacious, forcible, operative). (various references) | |
Thai | ซึ่งมีประสิทธิ าพ. (various references) | |
Turkish | etkili (commanding, effective, effectual, efficacious, forceful, forcible, hefty, influential, moving, operative, penetrating, penetrative, poignant, potent, powerful, sovereign, swinging, telling, trenchant), ehliyetli (capable, licensed), yeterli (adequate, ample, competent, decent, effectual, efficacious, enough, equal, fit, qualified, satisfactory, satisfying, snug, sufficient, suited, that will do, working), verimli (abundant, bonanza, copious, effective, exuberant, fat, fecund, fertile, fruitful, generous, grateful, high speed, loamy, pregnant, procreant, procreative, producing, productive, prolific, rank, rich, yielding), rasyonel (rational, rationalist, rationalistic), işgüzar (meddlesome, officious, pragmatic, pragmatical, pragmatist), becerikli (adept, adroit, agile, capable, clever, deft, designing, dexterous, dextrous, facile, gifted, handsome, ingenious, knowing, light-handed, neat, nimble-fingered, performing, practical, pushful, pushing, ready, resourceful, shifty, skilful, skilled, skillful, skilly, slick, smart, versatile, wise). (various references) | |
Turkmen | яetiюikli (successful), baюarjan. (various references) | |
Ukrainian | умілий (able, artful, capable, clever, daedal, dedal, handicraft, industrious, neat, neat-handed, practised, proficient, skilful, skillful, workmanlike), кваліфікований (accomplished, experienced, skilled), ефективний (active, effective, effectual, efficacious), продуктивний (generative, procreant, productive), першопричина (beginning, origin, principle), доцільний (advisable, expedient). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | có khả năng có năng suất cao, có hiệu quả có năng lực, có hiệu lực (effectual). (various references) | |
Welsh | effeithiol (effective, effectual). (various references) | |
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| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | efficax, efficens. (various references) |
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Derivations | |
Words beginning with "efficient": efficiently. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "efficient": coefficient, hyperefficient, inefficient, superefficient, ultraefficient. (additional references) | |
Words containing "efficient": coefficients, inefficiently, inefficients. (additional references) | |
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"Efficient" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: effecent, effecient, efficent, efficiant, efficienty, effiecient, effiicient. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "efficient" (pronounced ufi"shunt) |
| 7 | u f i" sh u n t | beneficent, coefficient, deficient, inefficient, insufficient, sufficient. |
| 6 | -f i" sh u n t | proficient. |
| 5 | -i" sh u n t | omniscient. |
| 4 | -sh u n t | abortifacient, impatient, inpatient, outpatient, patient, quotient. |
| 3 | -u n t | agent, aggrandizement, agreement, ailment, alignment, allotment, amazement, ambient, ambivalent, amendment, amusement, ancient, announcement, annulment, antecedent, antidepressant, antigovernment, antioxidant, apartment, apparent, appeasement, applicant, appointment, apportionment, ardent, argent, argument, armament, arraignment, arrangement, arrant, arrogant, absent, absorbent, abstinent, abundant, accelerant, accident, accompaniment, accomplishment, abandonment, abatement, aberrant, abhorrent, accountant, accouterment, achievement, acknowledgement, acknowledgment, adamant, adherent, adjacent, adjournment, adjustment, adjutant, adolescent, adornment, advancement, advertisement, advisement, afferent, affiant, affluent, ascendant, aspirant, assailant, assessment, assignment, assistant, assortment, astonishment, astringent, atonement, attachment, attainment, attendant, banishment, basement, battlement, belligerent, bemusement, benevolent, bereavement, betterment, bewilderment, blandishment, blatant, bombardment, brilliant, buoyant, celebrant, claimant, clairvoyant, Clement, client, cogent, cognizant, coherent, coincident, combatant, commandment, commencement, commitment, compartment, competent, complacent, complainant, complaisant, complement, compliant, component, comportment, concealment, concomitant, concurrent, condiment, confident, confinement, confluent, consequent, consignment, consistent, consonant, constant, constituent, consultant, containment, contaminant, contentment, contestant, continent, contingent, convalescent, convenient, convent, convergent, conversant, coolant, copayment, corespondent, cormorant, correspondent, Courant, covenant, Crescent, crosscurrent, current, curtailment, ignorant, immanent, immigrant, imminent, impairment, impeachment, impediment, impertinent, implement, important, impotent, impoundment, impoverishment, impressment, imprisonment, improvement, imprudent, inadvertent, incandescent, debarment, debasement, decadent, decedent, decent, declarant, decongestant, defendant, deferment, defiant, defoliant, delinquent, deodorant, department, dependent, deployment, deportment, depressant, derailment, descendant, descendent, despondent, detachment, detergent, determent, determinant, deterrent, detriment, development, deviant, different, diligent, diminishment, disagreement, disappointment, disarmament, disbarment, disbursement, discernment, discordant, discouragement, disenchantment, disenfranchisement, disengagement, disestablishment, disgruntlement, disillusionment, disinfectant, disinvestment, dismantlement, dismemberment, disobedient, dispersant, displacement, dissident, dissonant, distant, divalent, divergent, divestment, docent, dominant, dormant, easement, ebullient, efferent, effervescent, effluent, elegant, element, elephant, eloquent, embankment, embarrassment, embayment, embellishment, embezzlement, embodiment, emergent, emigrant, eminent, emplacement, employment, empowerment, enactment, encampment, enchantment, encirclement, encouragement, encroachment, endangerment, endearment, endorsement, endowment, enforcement, engagement, enhancement, enjoyment, enlargement, enlightenment, enlistment, enrichment, enrollment, enslavement, entanglement, entertainment, enticement, entitlement, entombment, entrant, entrapment, entrenchment, environment, equipment, equivalent, errant, escapement, escarpment, esculent, establishment, estrangement, evanescent, evident, excellent, excitement, excrement, exigent, existent, exorbitant, expectant, expectorant, expedient, experiment, exponent, extant, extinguishment, extravagant, exuberant, exultant, Fabricant, fervent, figment, filament, flagrant, flamboyant, flatulent, flippant, fluent, fluorescent, formant, fragment, fragrant, fraudulent, frequent, fulfillment, gallant, garment, garnishment, giant, government, grandiloquent, grandparent, harassment, hesitant, hydrant, incessant, incident, incipient, incitement, inclement, incoherent, incompetent, inconsistent, incontinent, inconvenient, increment, incumbent, indecent, independent, indictment, indifferent, indigent, indignant, indolent, inducement, indulgent, infant, informant, infotainment, infrequent, infringement, ingredient, inhabitant, inhalant, inherent, innocent, insignificant, insistent, insolent, insolvent, installment, instant, instrument, insurgent, integument, intelligent, intercurrent, interdependent, intermittent, internment, intersegment, intolerant, intransigent, invariant, investment, involvement, iridescent, irrelevant, irreverent, irritant, itinerant, jubilant, judgement, judgment, latent, leant, lenient, lieutenant, ligament, litigant, lubricant, lucent, luminescent, luxuriant, magnificent, malevolent, malignant, maltreatment, management, measurement, merchant, micromanagement, migrant, militant, miscreant, misgovernment, misjudgment, mismanagement, misstatement, mistreatment, moment, monovalent, monument, mordant, movement, mutant, nascent, negligent, noncombatant, nonexistent, nongovernment, nonmanagement, nonpayment, nonresident, nonviolent, nourishment, nutrient, obedient, observant, obsolescent, occupant, odorant, ointment, omnipotent, omnipresent, operant, opponent, opulent, ornament, orpiment, outplacement, overconfident, overpayment, overstatement, oxidant, pageant, parchment, parent, parliament, participant, patent, pavement, payment, peasant, penchant, pendant, penitent, pennant, percipient, permanent, persistent, pertinent, petulant, pheasant, pigment, piquant, placement, pleasant, pliant, poignant, pollutant, postponement, postretirement, potent, preadolescent, precedent, predicament, predominant, preeminent, pregnant, prejudgment, prepayment, prescient, present, presentment, prevalent, procurement, prominent, pronouncement, propellant, proponent, protestant, provident, prudent, prurient, pungent, punishment, pursuant, puzzlement, quadrant, quiescent, radiant, rampant, readjustment, reagent, realignment, reappointment, reapportionment, rearmament, rearrangement, reassessment, reassignment, recalcitrant, recent, recipient, recombinant, recruitment, recurrent, redeployment, redevelopment, redundant, reemployment, reenactment, refinement, refreshment, refrigerant, refurbishment, Regent, regiment, registrant, reimbursement, reinforcement, reinstatement, reinvestment, relevant, reliant, reluctant, reminiscent, remnant, repayment, repellent, repentant, replacement, replenishment, repugnant, requirement, resentment, resettlement, resident, resilient, resistant, resonant, resplendent, respondent, restatement, resultant, resurgent, retardant, reticent, retirement, retrenchment, reverent, rodent, rudiment, ruminant, sacrament, salient, seafront, sealant, sediment, segment, semipermanent, sentiment, Sequent, sergeant, serpent, servant, settlement, shipment, significant, silent, solvent, somnolent, stagnant, statement, stimulant, strident, stringent, student, subcontinent, subsequent, subservient, succulent, supergiant, superintendent, supplement, supplicant, suppressant, surfactant, talent, tangent, temperament, tenant, tenement, testament, tetravalent, tolerant, torrent, tournament, transcendent, transient, translucent, transparent, treatment, trenchant, trident, triumphant, truant, truculent, tumescent, turbulent, tyrant, undercurrent, underdevelopment, underemployment, undergarment, underpayment, understatement, unemployment, unimportant, unpleasant, unrepentant, urgent, vacant, vagrant, valiant, variant, vehement, verdant, vibrant, vigilant, violent, virulent, warrant, wonderment. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "c-e-e-f-f-i-i-n-t" | |
-2 letters: fifteen. | |
-3 letters: effect, entice, finite, incite, infect, tiffin. | |
-4 letters: feint, fence, ficin, niece. | |
-5 letters: cent, cete, cine, cite, etic, feet, fete, fice, fief, fife, fine, inti, neif, nice, nite, teen, teff, tiff, tine. | |
| Words containing the letters "c-e-e-f-f-i-i-n-t" | |
+2 letters: coefficient, efficiently, ineffective, inefficient, interoffice. | |
+3 letters: coefficients, inefficients. | |
+4 letters: ineffectively, inefficiently. | |
+5 letters: decaffeinating, decaffeination, hyperefficient, ineffectuality, superefficient, ultraefficient. | |
| 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: Photo Album 7. Quotations: Familiar 8. Quotations: Historic | 9. Quotations: Fiction 10. Quotations: Non-fiction 11. Quotations: Speeches 12. Usage Frequency | 13. Names: Company Usage 14. Expressions 15. Expressions: Internet 16. Translations: Modern | 17. Translations: Ancient 18. Derivations 19. Rhymes 20. Anagrams | 21. Bibliography |
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