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Definitions: Likeness |
LikenessNoun1. Similarity in appearance or character or nature between persons or things: "man created God in his own likeness". 2. Picture consisting of a graphic image of a person or thing. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "likeness" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references) |
| Domain | Definitions |
Slang in 1811 | LIKENESS. A phrase used by thieves when the officers or turnkeys are examining their countenance. As the traps are taking our likeness; the officers are attentively observing us. Source: 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue. |
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Synonyms: LikenessSynonyms: alikeness (n), semblance (n), similitude (n). (additional references) |
| Antonym: unlikeness (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Copy | Noun: copy, facsimile, counterpart, effigies, effigy, form, likeness. |
Misrepresentation | Noun: misrepresentation, distortion, caricatura, exaggeration; daubing; Verb: bad likeness, daub, sign painting; scratch, caricature; anamorphosis; burlesque, falsification, misstatement; parody, lampoon, take-off, travesty. |
Representation | Verb: represent, delineate; depict, depicture; portray; take a likeness, catch a likeness; Noun: hit off, photograph, daguerreotype; snapshot; figure, shadow forth, shadow out; adumbrate; body forth; describe; trace, copy; mold. |
Image, likeness, icon, portrait, striking likeness, speaking likeness; very image; effigy, facsimile. | |
Similarity | Parallel; simile; type; (metaphor); image; (representation); photograph; close resemblance, striking resemblance, speaking resemblance, faithful likeness, faithful resemblance. |
Noun: similarity, resemblance, likeness, similitude, semblance; affinity, approximation, parallelism; agreement; analogy, analogicalness; correspondence, homoiousia, parity. | |
Connaturalness, connaturality; brotherhood, family likeness. | |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Likeness |
| English words defined with "likeness": Assemblance ♦ Beyond comparison, Blee ♦ Deifical, Deiformity, dissimilitude ♦ Homoeomeria ♦ Iconize, Identikit, Identikit picture, interpret ♦ -ly ♦ mirror image, Monerula ♦ Para-, portrait, portrayal ♦ reflection, reflexion, represent, Representance, Resemblingly, Retrait ♦ scrutinise, scrutinize, Semblable, Semble, Similative, size up, spitting image ♦ take stock ♦ unlikeness. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "likeness": Baptism of Christ ♦ Chalk and Cheese, coefficient of racial likeness ♦ diagnosis cast ♦ GOOSEBERRY WIG ♦ Ithuriel's Spear ♦ Pictures, PURSER'S PUMP ♦ Queen's Heads, QUICK SKETCH ARTIST ♦ RELIGIOUS PAINTER ♦ SQUAB, study cast. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "likeness": Bildstein ♦ Representance ♦ Similative. (references) |
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Movie/TV Titles | The Likeness of the Night (1921) | |
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![]() | Portrait in oils, by an unidentified artist, depicting the subject as a relatively young man. The identification of this portrait as a likeness of John Barry is somewhat uncertain.Credit: NAVY. | ![]() | Gold coins, bearing the likeness of Philip of Macedonia.Credit: Library of Congress. |
![]() | Our Saviour from the only authentic likeness of our Saviour cut on an emerald by command of Tiberius Caesar ... / / engraved by John Sartain, Phila.Credit: Library of Congress. | ||
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| Author | Quotation |
Plato | The greatest penalty of evildoing -- namely, to grow in to the likeness of bad me. |
Thomas Fuller | Likeness begets Love; yet proud Men hate one another. |
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| Title | Author | Quote |
Emma | Austen, Jane | I almost long to attempt her likeness myself. |
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man | Joyce, James | She seemed like one whom magic had changed into the likeness of a strange and beautiful seabird. |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Human Rights | Korea | The KWP has a special regulation protecting the images of Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il. All citizens are required by this regulation to protect from damage any likeness of the two Kims. (references) |
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| Speaker | Term | Phrase(s) |
James Madison | 1809-1817 | The best praise for this officer and his intrepid comrades is in the likeness of his triumph to the illustrious victory which immortalized another officer and established at a critical moment our command of another lake. |
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| "Likeness" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Likeness" is used about 249 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) | 100% | 249 | 18,850 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "likeness": a distant likeness ♦ bear a likeness to ♦ catch a likeness ♦ coefficient of racial likeness ♦ faithful likeness ♦ family likeness ♦ have one's likeness taken ♦ hit off a likeness ♦ in the likeness of ♦ perfect likeness ♦ speaking likeness. Additional references. | |
| Hypenated Usage | |
Ending with "likeness": christ-likeness, god-likeness. | |
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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. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
being likeness unbearable | 6 |
growing into likeness more more | 5 |
likeness | 2 |
likeness quiz | 2 |
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| Language | Translations for "likeness"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | paraqitje (adduction, demonstration, designation, display, face, figure, guise, introduction, make, manifestation, portrayal, preferment, presence, presentation, production, profile, recommendation, representation, showing, smartness, statement, submission), pamje (air, aspect, face, landscape, look, make, mien, mode, outlook, outside, physiognomy, presence, prospect, rig, scene, scenery, semblance, shape, sight, spectacle, view, visage, vista), ngjasim (resemblance, saneness, semblance, similarity, similitude), ngjashmëri (analogy, correspondence, identity, image, kinship, parallel, parallelism, propinquity, resemblance, sameness, similarity, similitude), gjasim (affinity, identity, resemblance, sameness, similarity). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | مظهر خارجي (appearance, color, colour, face, front, outside, physiognomy, semblance, show), تماثل (community, homogeneity, identification, identify, identity, like, oneness, resemble, sameness, self identification, similarity, symmetry, sympathize, uniformity), تشابه (bear, correspondence, like, look alike, parity, propinquity, resemblance, resemble, similarity), رسم زيتي, شكل (accentuate, boil, cast, categorize, comprise, constitute, dot, fashion, form, formalize, format, frame, guise, make, modality, mode, model, mold, mould, punctuate, put together, semblance, shape, sort, style, trace, vocalize, way), شبه (affinity, assimilate, compare, comparison, feature, imagine, like, liken, parallelism, propinquity, quasi-, resemblance, resemble, resole, sameness, semblance, similarity, similitude, take after). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | сходство (affinity, agreement, analogy, comparison, congeniality, congruence, convergence, resemblance, sameness, similarity), вид (air, appearance, aspect, blush, breed, cast, clan, class, complexion, demeanor, demeanour, description, form, genre, genus, grade, guise, kidney, kind, look, manner, mien, mode, nature, order, persuasion, presence, race, shape, show, similitude, sort, species, strain, stripe, style, taxon, type, variety, view), образ (effigy, face, figure, form, guise, idol, image, obverse, picture, representation, semblance, similitude, simulacrum, type, visage), прилика (affinity, conformity, kindred, kinship, parallelism, parity, propinquity, resemblance, similarity, similitude), портрет (effigy, figure work, picture, portrait, portraiture), подобие (analogue, analogy, effigy, parity, portrait, propinquity, replica, semblance, shadow, similarity, similitude, simulacrum). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 相像. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | podoba (form, guise, image, resemblance, semblance, shape). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | koefficient for racelighed (coefficient of racial likeness). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | coëfficiënt van raciale gelijkenis (coefficient of racial likeness). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | پیکر (Effigy, Figure, Statue), همانندی (Analogy, Likelihoood, Resemblance), تصویر (Form, Hue, Image, Picture, Portrait, Scenography, Vignette), شکل (Configuration, Figure, Form, Gravure, Hue, Image, Medal, Rank, Schema, Shape, Vignette), شبیه (Alike, Equal, Like, Make, Medal, Quasi, Rival, Similar, Simile), شباهت (Analog, Analogue, Analogy, Equality, Propinquity, Proportion, Resemblance, Semblance). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | näköisyys, muotokuva (portrait). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | ressemblance, portrait, forme, apparence. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | ähnlichkeit (affinity, closeness, conformity, parallelism, resemblance, similarity, similitude). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | ομοιότησ (resemblance, semblance, similarity, similitude), ομοιότητα (closeness, resemblance, sameness, semblance, similarity, similitude). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | תמונה (image, painting, picture), דמיון (correspondence, fancy, fantasy, imagination, like, resemblance, semblance, similarity), דמוי (comparison, imagery, like, resemblance, simile, similitude, simulation), דמות (character, figure, form, guise, ikon, image, model, shape), דיוקן (image, portrait, profile), צלם (form, idol, image, semblance), סמל (badge, crest, device, emblem, image, sign, symbol, token). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | látszat (appearance, facade, gloss, guise, likelihood, make-believe, mockery, outside, presentment, pretence, pretense, semblance, shell), hasonlóság (analogy, conformity, parallelism, resemblance, semblance, similarity, similitude). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | somiglianza (analogy, resemblance, similarity), similitudine (simile, similitude), ritratto (picture, portrait, portraiture), rassomiglianza (resemblance). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 似顔絵 (portrait), 似顔画 (portrait), 似顔 (portrait). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | にがおえ (portrait), にがお (portrait). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 비슷함. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | tuarystal (appearance, model, picture, portrayal, resemblance, shape, similitude, simulacrum). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Norwegian | likhet (equality, resemblance, similarity). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ikenesslay tornar semelhante, similitude (identikit, similitude), semelhança (affinity, community, identikit, Park, portrait, resemblance, sameness, semblance, similarity, similitude), semblante (aspect, countenance, face, identity, mien, sight, view), retrato (double, image, photo, picture, portrait, portray, portrayal, representation, resemblance, semblance, still), imagem (diagram, figure, form, guest-card, idol, image, mirror, model, niche, picture, portrait, print, representation, resemblance, semblance, simulacrum). (various references) portret (icon, picture, portrait, portraiture, resemblance), imagine (frame, icon, idea, idol, image, picture, portrait, representation, shape), formã (appearance, block, cast, condition, configuration, conformation, conventionality, cut, external, fashion, fig, figuration, figure, form, format, guise, make, Mold, mould, pattypan, semblance, shape, size, structure), chip (air, appearance, aspect, countenance, course, effigy, face, form, icon, image, look, manner, patina, shape, similitude, Snoot, sort, spit, way, wise), asemãnare (approach, comparison, congeniality, image, kindred, parallel, parallelism, propinquity, resemblance, sameness, semblance, similarity, similitude), analogie (analogy, levelling, parallel, parallelism, parity, similarity), înfãţişare (air, appearance, aspect, behavior, behaviour, cast, countenance, dash, description, face, figuration, figure, form, get, guise, hearing, lay, look, manner, mien, patina, physiognomy, presentation, representation, semblance, shape, similitude). (various references) обличье, портрет (effigy, picture, portraiture). (various references) samhladh (resemblance), samhail , samhuil, samhail (copy, image), riochd (appearance, form, state), coltas (appearance, aspect, likelihood, look, sight, view). (various references) sličnost (kinship, resemblance, semblance, similarity, similitude, uniformity). (various references) semejanza (resemblance, semblance, similarity). (various references) likhet (affinity, conformity, equality, identity, kindred, kinship, resemblance, similarity, similitude). (various references) ความเหมือนกัน (identity), ภาพเหมือน. (various references) resim (drawing, dues, effigy, figure, illustration, image, painting, photo, pictorial, picture, tablature, tableau, tax), kopya (carbon copy, copy, crib, cribbing, ditto, double, duplicate, duplication, exemplar, facsimile, image, manifold, printing out, repetition, replica, replication, repro, spit, tracing, transcript, transcription, trot), benzerlik (affinity, analogy, approach, community, comparison, conformity, congeniality, identity, kinship, mimicry, parallel, parallelism, parity, propinquity, resemblance, sameness, similar, similarity, similitude), benzeme (kindred, mimesis, mimicry, simulation). (various references) meсzeзlik (resemblance 2, similarity). (various references) схожість (affinity, analogy, appetency, comparison, propinquity, resemblance, sameness, similarity, similitude), фотографія (photo, photog, photogene, photogram, photograph, photography, picture, smudge), портрет (depiction, portrait, portraiture), подібність (analogy, comparison, kinship, resemblance, similarity). (various references) tính chất giống, sự giống (similitude), người giống như tạc. (various references) tebygrwydd (affinity, resemblance), cyffelybrwydd (similarity), cyffelybiaeth. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Sumerian | 3100 BCE-2500 BCE | nu. (various references) |
| Greek | 700 BCE-300 CE | eikon. (various references) |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | effigie, effigiem, effigies, imagine, imaginem, imagines, imagini, imaginis, imago, instar, similitudine, similitudinem, similitudines, similitudini, similitudinis, similitudo, simulacra, simulacris, simulacrisque, simulacro, simulacrorum, simulacrum, visio. (various references) |
| Avestan | 200-600 | upamanahe. (various references) |
| Old French | 900-1400 | semblance, semblant. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | Genesis Chapter 5, Verse 1 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Auth h bibloV genesewV anqrwpwn h hmera epoihsen o qeoV ton adam kat' eikona qeou epoihsen auton |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Hic est liber generationis Adam in die qua creavit Deus hominem ad similitudinem Dei fecit illum |
| Old English | 990 | West Saxon | Þis his seo boc Adames mægrace: on þone dæg, þe God gesceop man, to Godes gelicnesse he geworhte hine. |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | This is the boke of the generacioun of Adam, in the day in which God made of nouyt man. To the ymage and lyknes of God he made hym; |
| Renaissance English | 1526 | Tyndale | Thys is the boke of the generacion of man In the daye when God created man and made hym after the symilytude of god |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | This is the book of the generations of Adam. In the day that God created man, in the likeness of God made he him; |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | This is the book of the generations of Adam: In the day that God created man, in the likeness of God made he him: |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | This is the book of the generations of Adam. In the day when God made man, he made him in the image of God; |
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| Language | Genesis Chapter 5, Verse 1 |
| Cebuano | Kini mao ang basahon sa mga kaliwatan ni Adam. Sa adlaw nga gibuhat sa Dios ang tawo, sa kasama sa Dios siya gibuhat niya. |
| Chinese | 亞 當 的 後 代 、 記 在 下 面 。 當 神 造 人 的 日 子 、 是 照 著 自 己 的 樣 式 造 的 、 |
| Croatian | Ovo je povijest Adamova roda. Kad je Bog stvorio èovjeka, napravio ga je na priliku svoju; |
| Danish | Dette er Adams Slægtebog. Dengang Gud skabte Mennesket, gjorde han det i Guds Billede; |
| Dutch | Dit is het boek van Adams geslacht. Ten dage als God den mens schiep, maakte Hij hem naar de gelijkenis Gods. |
| Finnish | Tämä on Aadamin sukuluettelo. Kun Jumala loi ihmisen, teki hän hänet Jumalan kaltaiseksi. |
| French | Voici le livre de la postérité d`Adam. Lorsque Dieu créa l`homme, il le fit à la ressemblance de Dieu. |
| German | Dies ist das Buch von des Menschen Geschlecht. Da Gott den Menschen schuf, machte er ihn nach dem Bilde Gottes; |
| Hungarian | Ez az Ádám nemzetségének könyve. A mely napon teremté Isten az embert, Isten hasonlatosságára teremté azt. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Bahwa inilah surat anak cucu Adam. Maka pada hari dijadikan Allah akan manusia, dijadikannya atas teladan Allah. |
| Maori | ¶ Ko te pukapuka tenei o nga whakatupuranga o Arama. I te ra i hanga ai te tangata e te Atua, i hanga ia e ia kia rite ki te Atua; |
| Norwegian | Dette er boken om Adams ætt: På den dag Gud skapte mennesket, skapte han det i Guds lignelse. |
| Portuguese | Este é o livro das gerações de Adão. No dia em que Deus criou o homem, à semelhança de Deus o fez. |
| Rumanian | Iatq cartea neamurilor lui Adam. Kn ziua cknd a fqcut Dumnezeu pe om, l -a fqcut dupq asemqnarea lui Dumnezeu. |
| Swedish | Sets släkttavla. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "likeness": likenesses. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "likeness": alikeness, childlikeness, gentlemanlikeness, godlikeness, lifelikeness, unlikeness. (additional references) | |
Words containing "likeness": alikenesses, childlikenesses, gentlemanlikenesses, godlikenesses, lifelikenesses, unlikenesses. (additional references) | |
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"Likeness" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: lackness, Lewkenors, limenios. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "likeness" (pronounced lī"knus) |
| 4 | -k n u s | blackness, bleakness, darkness, frankness, homesickness, quickness, sickness, slackness, starkness, thickness, uniqueness, weakness. |
| 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, blandness, blindness, bluntness, boldness, bonus, boorishness, brashness, brightness, bullishness, business, callousness, calmness, carelessness, casualness, cautiousness, cavernous, cheapness, chitinous, cleanliness, cleanness, 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, 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, farsightedness, fastness, fickleness, firmness, fitness, flatness, fondness, foolishness, forcefulness, forgiveness, forthrightness, foulness, fractiousness, freshness, friendliness, frothiness, fullness, funniness, furnace, gauntness, gayness, gelatinous, gentleness, genuineness, genus, ghastliness, gluttonous, goodness, governess, graciousness, greatness, greenness, grimness, hairiness, handedness, happiness, hardness, harmfulness, harness, harshness, heinous, helplessness, highness, hoarseness, holiness, homelessness, homogenous, hopefulness, hopelessness, humanness, idleness, illness, inclusiveness, indebtedness, indecisiveness, indigenous, ineffectiveness, ineptness, inertness, intravenous, intrusiveness, inventiveness, joblessness, Johannes, kindness, larcenous, largeness, lateness, lawlessness, laziness, lenis, lightfastness, lightness, liveliness, loneliness, lousiness, luminous, madness, Manus, meanness, membranous, menace, Minas, mindedness, minus, monotonous, mountainous, mutinous, narrowness, nastiness, nearsightedness, neatness, nervousness, newness, niceness, niggardliness, 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, preparedness, queasiness, 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, silliness, sinus, skittishness, sleepiness, sloppiness, slovenliness, slowness, sluggishness, slyness, smallness, smoothness, smugness, softness, solitariness, soundness, spiritedness, squeamishness, steadfastness, steadiness, steepness, sternness, stiffness, stillness, stinginess, stoutness, strangeness, stubbornness, sturdiness, suddenness, suggestiveness, sweetness, swiftness, tardiness, tartness, tastiness, tenderness, tetanus, thinness, thoroughness, thoughtfulness, tightness, timeliness, tiredness, togetherness, toughness, trustworthiness, truthfulness, ugliness, unconsciousness, uneasiness, unfairness, unhappiness, unpleasantness, unwieldiness, unwillingness, usefulness, vagueness, vastness, venous, viciousness, villainous, vindictiveness, vividness, voluminous, wariness, wastefulness, waterishness, 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 "e-e-i-k-l-n-s-s" | |
-1 letter: enisles, ensiles, enskies, inkless, kineses, seniles. | |
-2 letters: enisle, ensile, inkles, kneels, lenses, lessen, likens, seines, senile, silken, skeens, skeins, skenes, sleeks, slinks. | |
-3 letters: inkle, isles, keels, keens, kilns, kines, kneel, knees, leeks, lenes, lenis, lense, liens, liken, likes, lines, links, seeks, seels, seine, seise, sense, sikes, silks, sines, sinks, skeen, skees, skein, skene. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-e-i-k-l-n-s-s" | |
+1 letter: alikeness, leakiness. | |
+2 letters: fickleness, likenesses, silkscreen, unlikeness, weakliness. | |
+3 letters: alikenesses, balkinesses, besprinkles, bulkinesses, flakinesses, godlikeness, lankinesses, larkinesses, leakinesses, likableness, luckinesses, milkinesses, silkinesses, silkscreens, skeletonise, slickenside, slicknesses, sulkinesses, talkinesses, telekineses, telekinesis. | |
+4 letters: businesslike, ficklenesses, folksinesses, kindlinesses, kinglinesses, klutzinesses, lifelikeness, lovesickness, newsweeklies, pluckinesses, sicklinesses, skeletonised, skeletonises, skeletonizes, skillessness, slickensides, slinkinesses, steelmakings, unlikeliness, unlikenesses, weaklinesses. | |
+5 letters: childlikeness, folkishnesses, glockenspiels, godlikenesses, kinesiologies, lickerishness, likablenesses, marlinespikes, misknowledges, pricklinesses, skeletonising, skeletonizers, statesmanlike, talkativeness, thinkableness, unluckinesses. | |
| 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. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)4C 69 6B 65 6E 65 73 73 |
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