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Definitions: Observance |
ObservanceNoun1. The act of observing; taking a patient look. 2. A formal event performed on a special occasion; "a ceremony commemorating Pearl Harbor". 3. The act of noticing or paying attention; "he escaped the notice of the police". 4. Conformity with law or custom or practice etc. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "observance" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1200. (references) |
Etymology: Observance \Ob*serv"ance\, noun. [French expression observance, from Latin expression observantia. See Observant.]. (Websters 1913) |
Synonyms: ObservanceSynonyms: ceremonial (n), ceremonial occasion (n), ceremony (n), honoring (n), notice (n), observation (n), watching (n). (additional references) |
| Antonym: nonobservance (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Attention | Noun: attention; mindfulness, presence of mind; Adjective: intentness, intentiveness; alertness; thought; advertence, advertency; observance, observation; consideration, reflection, perpension; heed; heedfulness; particularity; notice, regard; Verb: circumspection, diligence; (care); study, scrutiny inspection, introspection; revision, revisal. |
Conduct | Noun: conduct; behavior; deportment, comportment; carriage, maintien, demeanor, guise, bearing, manner, observance. |
Conformity | Noun: {opp. } conformity, conformance; observance; habituation. naturalization; conventionality; (custom); agreement. |
Duty | Observance, fulfillment, discharge, performance, acquittal, satisfaction, redemption; good behavior. |
Impulse | Prescription, custom, use, usage, immemorial usage, practice; prevalence, observance; conventionalism, conventionality; mode, fashion, vogue; etiquette; (gentility); order of the day, cry; conformity; consuetude,.dustoor. |
Obedience | Noun: obedience; observance; compliance; submission; subjection; nonresistance; passiveness, resignation. |
Observance | Noun: observance, performance, compliance, acquiescence, concurrence; obedience; fulfillment, satisfaction, discharge; acquittance, acquittal. |
Rite | Noun: rite; ceremony, ritual, liturgy, ceremonial; ordinance, observance, function, duty; form, formulary; solemnity, sacrament; incantation; (spell); service, psalmody; (worship). |
Wrong | A custom more honored in the breach than the observance. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
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 | An elementary class plants a tree as part of an Arbor Day observance in Des Moines, Iowa.Credit: Lynn Betts. |  | Leads the audience in singing "God Bless America", during the dedication of the USS Nevada Memorial at Hospital Point, Pearl Harbor, 7 December 1991. The ceremony was part of an observance commemorating the 50th anniversary of the Japanese raid there. Captain Ross is wearing the Medal of Honor he received for heroism while serving on board USS Nevada (BB-36) during the attack. Photographed by PHC Carolyn Harris.Credit: NAVY. |
| Leads the audience in singing "God Bless America", during the dedication of the USS Nevada Memorial at Hospital Point, Pearl Harbor, 7 December 1991. The ceremony was part of an observance commemorating the 50th anniversary of the Japanese raid there. Captain Ross is wearing the Medal of Honor he received for heroism while serving on board USS Nevada (BB-36) during the attack. Photographed by PHC Carolyn Harris.Credit: NAVY. |  | Arriving in San Francisco Bay, California, circa early 1958, after a four and one-half month overhaul at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Bremerton, Washington. The "Lady Lex" has the letters "USO" spelled out on her flight deck by members of her crew, in observance of the United Services Organization fundraising drive then being conducted. Note automobiles parked aft, and a wingless UF "Albatross" behind the island. The original print has the date 8 May 1958 stamped on its reverse.Credit: NAVY. |
| Leads the audience in singing "God Bless America", during the dedication of the USS Nevada Memorial at Hospital Point, Pearl Harbor, 7 December 1991. The ceremony was part of an observance commemorating the 50th anniversary of the Japanese raid there. Captain Ross is wearing the Medal of Honor he received for heroism while serving on board USS Nevada (BB-36) during the attack. Photographed by PHC Carolyn Harris.Credit: NAVY. | ||
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Author | Quotation |
James Russell Lowell | Good luck is the willing handmaid of a upright and energetic character, and conscientious observance of duty. |
William Shakespeare | Suit the action to the world, the world to the action, with this special observance, that you overstep not the modesty of nature. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | |
| Author | Date | Quotation |
John Locke | 1690 | That all men by nature are equal, I cannot be supposed to understand all sorts of equality: age or virtue may give men a just precedency: excellency of parts and merit may place others above the common level: birth may subject some, and alliance or benefits others, to pay an observance to those to whom nature, gratitude, or other respects, may have made it due: and yet all this consists with the equality, which all men are in, in respect of jurisdiction or dominion one over another; which was the equality I there spoke of, as proper to the business in hand, being that equal right, that every man hath, to his natural freedom, without being subjected to the will or authority of any other man. (Second Treatise of Government) |
Treaty of Versailles | 1919 | A permanent Commission shall be constituted to receive and examine the annual reports of the Mandatories and to advise the Council on all matters relating to the observance of the mandates. (reference) |
United Nations | 1948 | Everyone has the right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion; this right includes freedom to change his religion or belief, and freedom, either alone or in community with others and in public or private, to manifest his religion or belief in teaching, practice, worship and observance. (reference) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Business | Needless to say, long-term improvements in Russia's economic situation will certainly have some positive impact on IPR observance. (references) | |
Competitors watch the observance of this law closely, and lately have often been successful in stopping entire marketing campaigns when reporting unlawful rebates or other benefits. (references) | ||
Civil Liberties | Morocco | The Government provides tax benefits, land and building grants, subsidies, and customs exemptions for imports necessary for the observance of the major religions. (references) |
Nigeria | The Constitution provides for freedom of religion, including freedom to change one's religion or belief, and freedom to manifest and propagate one's religion or belief in worship, teaching, practice, and observance; however, the Government restricted these rights in certain respects. (references) | |
Netherlands | In other areas, antidiscrimination boards have rebuked publicly employers for failure to allow non-Christians to take leave from work on their religious holidays, for objecting to Sikhs wearing turbans, Muslim women wearing headscarves, or to observance of food requirements on religious grounds. (references) | |
Economic History | Armenia | The observance of human rights in Armenia is uneven and is marked by serious shortcomings. (references) |
Ethiopia | Some in military training funds, including training in such issues as the laws of war and observance of human rights, also are provided. (references) | |
Gambia, The | The proposal failed to receive the two-thirds majority required to amend the constitution, but the results won widespread attention abroad as testimony to The Gambia's observance of secret balloting, honest elections, and civil rights and liberties. (references) | |
Human Rights | Ukraine | The procuracy no longer may initiate new criminal cases; its powers are limited to supervising the observance of laws by law enforcement agencies only. (references) |
Sweden | Government agencies are in close contact with a variety of local and international groups working in the country and abroad to improve human rights observance. (references) | |
Mexico | In December 2000, President Fox announced that the only requirement for those interested in observing human rights conditions is observance of the country's law. (references) | |
Indigenous People | Colombia | Indigenous communities are free to educate their children in traditional dialects and in the observance of cultural and religious customs. (references) |
Suriname | The villagers sought observance of a 1762 treaty between their ancestors and Dutch colonial authorities, which granted ownership of the interior to the tribes as long as they occupy the land. (references) | |
Minorities | Fiji | Citizens also have the right, either individually or in community with others, both in public and private, to manifest their religion or belief in worship, observance, practice, or teaching. (references) |
Political Economy | MOROCCO | Observance of labor laws in larger companies and in the public sector is more consistent. (references) |
HONDURAS | The Ministry has increased inspections and the training of its inspectors; it needs to do more, however, to improve observance of international labor standards. (references) | |
Political Rights | Equatorial Guinea | The pact called for the creation of a multiparty electoral commission and an observance commission to monitor compliance with the agreement. (references) |
Trade | Italy | Special attention should be given to the prompt observance of agreed delivery schedules, as prompt delivery may be a decisive and possibly an overriding consideration of the importer in placing additional orders. (references) |
Ukraine | Preliminary examination is carried out to identify objects needing expert examination (listed as controlled goods); to assess the given business entity's observance of the export control laws and presence of appropriate regulatory documentation; and to assess the possibility of delivering goods designated by the given business entity to certain countries. (references) | |
Travel | Trinidad | Where the public holiday is a religious observance, the date is selected in accordance with the particular religious calendar. (references) |
Worker Rights | Andorra | The Labor Inspection Office enforces minimum wage observance. (references) |
Afghanistan | Many workers apparently were allotted time off regularly for prayers and observance of religious holidays. (references) | |
Morocco | In general the Government ensures the observance of labor laws in larger companies and in the public sector. (references) | |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | DISOBEY, v.t. To celebrate with an appropriate ceremony the maturity of a command. His right to govern me is clear as day, My duty manifest to disobey; And if that fit observance e'er I shut May I and duty be alike undone. Israfel Brown |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| Speaker | Term | Phrase(s) |
George Washington | 1789-1797 | To enforce upon the Indians the observance of justice it is indispensable that there shall be competent means of rendering justice to them. |
Thomas Jefferson | 1801-1809 | Indeed, the confidence we ought to have in the justice of others still countenances the hope that a sounder view of those rights will of itself induce from every belligerent a more correct observance of them. |
James Madison | 1809-1817 | The answer, with an explicit declaration that the United States preferred war to tribute, required his recognition and observance of the treaty last made, which abolishes tribute and the slavery of our captured citizens. |
James Monroe | 1817-1825 | Sustaining our neutral position and allowing to each party while the war continues equal rights, it is incumbent on the United States to claim of each with equal rigor the faithful observance of our rights according to the well-known law of nations. |
Andrew Jackson | 1829-1837 | Under every aspect in which it can be considered it would appear that advantage must result from the observance of a strict and faithful economy. |
Dwight Eisenhower | 1953-1961 | By their observance, an earth of peace may become not a vision but a fact. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| "Observance" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 96.80% of the time. "Observance" is used about 219 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) | 96.8% | 212 | 20,813 |
| Noun (proper) | 3.2% | 7 | 133,076 |
| Total | 100.00% | 219 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "observance": a custom more honored in the breach than the observance ♦ Friars of the Strict Observance ♦ observance of ♦ The Strict Observance. Additional references. | |
| Hypenated Usage | |
Ending with "observance": non-observance. | |
| 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 "observance"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | zbatim (adherence, appliance, application, effectuation, enforcement, execution, implementation, prosecution), rit (ceremonial, ritual), respektim (obeisance, veneration). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | ملاحظة (attention, heed, notice, noticing, noting, observation, perception, remarking), مراعاة (adherence to, considerateness, consideration, deference, keeping, regard, respect), تقيد بالقانون, تقيد (abide by, adhere, hook up, observe, tie up), عادة (as a rule, commonly, custom, freak, generally, groove, habit, habit of body, institution, ordinarily, practice, praxis, rite, rubric, rule, usage, usually, wont), إحتفالات (revelry), شعائر (ritual). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | уважение (admiration, consideration, credit, deference, duty, esteem, estimation, homage, honor, honour, obeisance, piety, regard, respect, reverence, worship), ритуал (ceremonial, initiation, rite, ritual), чествуване (celebration, commemoration), обред (ceremonial, ceremony, exercise, office, ordinance, rite, ritual), обичай (consuetude, convention, custom, habit, institution, manner, manners, memorial, practice, praxis), празнуване (celebration, solemnization), почитание. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 遵守 (Abide, Abiding, Adhere, Adhered, Adhering). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | obyèej (custom, habit, usage, use), obřad (ceremonial, ceremony, ordinance, rite, ritual), zachovávání, plnìní (discharge), předpis (law, ordinance, precept, prescription, recipe, regulation, rule, sub), dodržování (compliance). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | overholde mærke-billede (brand image observance), overholde franchise-system (franchise rules observance, franchise system observance), under overholdelse af de regler,der vedroerer omraader,som er lukkede af sikkerhedsmaessige grunde (subject to the observance of regulations relating to the existence of areas closed for security reasons), ret til kontradiktion (observance of the adversarial nature of proceedings), respektere begrænset område (closed area limitations, restricted area observance), religionsudøvelse (religious observance), begrænsninger for lukket område (closed area limitations, restricted area observance). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | Zondagswet (Sunday Observance Act), wereldbestuur (global observance), respecteren van de territoriale rechten (closed area limitations, restricted area observance), religieuze praktijk (religious observance), naleving van godsdienstplichten (religious observance), mondiaal bestuur (global observance), eerbiediging van de franchisenormen (franchise rules observance, franchise system observance), afhankelijk van de naleving van voorschriften betreffende het bestaan van om veiligheidsredenen gesloten gebieden (subject to the observance of regulations relating to the existence of areas closed for security reasons). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | رعایت (Heed, Ovservation, Regard). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | tavaramerkin imagon seuranta (brand image observance), rajatun alueen seuranta (closed area limitations, restricted area observance), lepopäivän pyhittäminen (Sunday observance), franchise-systeemin seuranta (franchise rules observance, franchise system observance), franchise-sääntöjen seuranta (franchise rules observance, franchise system observance). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | observation (observation, observing), observance, célébration. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | beachtung (attention, compliance, consideration, following, heed, heeding, notice). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | παρατήρηση (animadversion, comment, note, observation, remark, remark on / about), υπακοή (allegiance, obedience, obedientness, obeisance, submissiveness), τήρηση (keeping, maintenance). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | משמר (conservative, convoy, escort, guard, post, preservative, prison, watch), שמירה (guard duty, guarding, keep, keeping, preservation, safeguarding, supervision), שימת לב (observation), קיום מצוות, טקס (ceremony, etiquette, protocol), נימוס (courtesy, etiquette, politeness, tact, usage). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | megtartás (hold, holding, observing, redeeming, retention), rítus (rite, ritual), figyelembevétel (regard, respect), betartás (observing). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | osservanza (abidance). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 遵守 . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | じゅんしゅ (Imperial visit, purebred, thoroughbred). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | tastey (attention, awareness, cognition, consideration, heed, keep, notice, observation, observe, storage, vigilance), cooilleeiney (observation, observe). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | observanceay observância (compliance, keeping), perceptibilidade (perceptible), hábito (addiction, duty, fashion, habit, habitude, inurement, inveterate, manner, principle, rote, routine, rule, tradition, way), execução (accomplishment, acting, discharge, enforcement, execution, fulfillment, fulfilment, making, performance, pursuance, working out, workmanship), cumprimento (accomplishment, accost, acquittal, compliment, enforcement, fulfillment, fulfilment, greeting, hallo, implementation, performance, respect, salute), costume (choky, conventionality, costume, custom, fashion, habit, habitude, institution, inurement, inveteracy, mode, mores, outfit, pray, rule, rut, usage, way), acatamento. (various references) obicei (consuetude, convention, custom, dead letter, groove, habit, habitude, manner, practice, praxis, rut, tradition, usage, use, way, wont), ritual (ceremonial, ceremony, form, formulary, ordinance, ordinary, rite, ritual), respect (consideration, deference, duty, esteem, estimation, homage, obeisance, observancy, regard, respect, reverence), grijã (alarm, anxiety, attention, care, carefulness, charge, chariness, conscientiousness, custody, deliberation, foresight, harassment, mindfulness, neatness, painstaking, scrupulosity, scrupulousness, solicitude, thought, trouble, worriment, worry), diferenţã (difference, disagreement, disparity, dissimilarity, distinction, odds, otherness), datinã (custom, tradition, usage, use, way), ceremonie (ceremonial, ceremoniousness, ceremony, circumstance, form, formality, rite, ritual, solemnity, state), bãgare de seamã (care, deliberation, heed, lookout, wariness, watch), atenţie (acuity, advertence, advertency, attention, be careful, care, careful, carefulness, caution, closeness, complaisance, consideration, deliberation, have a care, heed, here goes, homage, interest, look out, lookout, mindfulness, note, notice, regard, remark, stand by, thought, vigilance, watch). (various references) соблюдение (abidance, keeping). (various references) beachd (contention, opinion, perception). (various references) održavanje (keeping, maintenance, servicing, sustention, upkeep), visoko poštovanje, propis (ordinance, prescript, regulation, scripture, technicality), pravilo (law, norm, precept, rule, scripture), držanje (attitude, bearing, carriage, hold, holding, manner, mien, occupancy, pose, posture, setup), čuvanje (conservation, guarding, keep, keeping, maintenance, preservation, safe keeping, saving, storage, tendance, trust, watching). (various references) observancia (observation), práctica (practice, practicing, practising, praxis), cumplimiento (accomplishment, acquittal, compliment, fulfillment, fulfilment, redemption, replacement, replenishment, satisfaction, supplement). (various references) efterlevnad (adherence, obedience, observation). (various references) พิธีกรรมทางศาสนา, กฎหรือหลักเกณฑ์ทางศาสนา, การสังเกต (observation), การปฏิบัติตาม. (various references) yerine getirme (acquittal, administration, consummation, execution, exercise, fulfillment, fulfilment, implement, implementation, performance, pursuance, redemption), uyma (accommodation, adaptation, adherence, agreement, compliance, conformance, conformation, conformity, deference, fit, respect), usul (brand, cut, formality, gently, method, modus, order, practice, procedure, process, quietly, rite, system, technique, usage, way, wise), tarikat kuralı, töre (custom, morals), riayet (deference, respect), gelenek (custom, groove, tradition, way), gözetim (custody, guard, observation, oversight, superintendence, supervision, surveillance, ward, watch), dinsel tören (ceremony, ritual, sacrament, service, solemnity), dini tören (ceremony, divine service, office, rite, ritual, sacrament, service, solemnity), ayin (ceremonial, ceremony, litany, ordinance, rite, ritual, sacrament, service). (various references) статут релігійного ордену, ритуал (agendum, ceremonial, ceremony, practice, ritual, sacramental), шаноблива увага (observancy), шана (aureola, aureole, obeisance, worship), виконання законів, обряд (ceremonial, ceremony, ordinance, rite), звичай (consuetude, convention, custom, habit, habitude, mode, practice, praxis, rite, usage, way, wont), додержання законів. (various references) sự tuân theo (abidance, conformity, obedience), sự tuân thủ sự làm lễ, sự kính trọng. (various references) cadwraeth (keeping). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | conservatio, contemplatus, cultu, cultui, cultum, cultus, custoditio, observantia. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "observance": observances. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "observance": inobservance, nonobservance. (additional references) | |
Words containing "observance": inobservances, nonobservances. (additional references) | |
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"Observance" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: observace, observence. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "observance" (pronounced ubzer"vuns) |
| 4 | -v u n s | connivance, contrivance, grievance, irrelevance, province, relevance. |
| 3 | -u n s | abeyance, abhorrence, absence, abstinence, abundance, acceptance, accordance, acquaintance, acquiescence, adherence, admirations, admittance, adolescence, affluence, allegiance, alliance, allowance, ambiance, ambience, ambivalence, ambulance, annoyance, appearance, appliance, arrogance, ascendance, assistance, assurance, attendance, audience, avoidance, balance, belligerence, beneficence, benevolence, bioscience, brilliance, cadence, capacitance, chrominance, circumference, clairvoyance, Clarence, clearance, coexistence, cognizance, coherence, coincidence, coinsurance, comeuppance, competence, compliance, concurrence, condolence, conference, confidence, confluence, conformance, congruence, conscience, consequence, consistence, continuance, convalescence, convenience, convergence, conveyance, correspondence, countenance, counterbalance, counterintelligence, credence, dalliance, decadence, Defeasance, deference, defiance, deliverance, dependence, deterrence, deviance, difference, diligence, disallowance, disappearance, discontinuance, disobedience, dissidence, dissonance, distance, disturbance, divergence, dominance, ebullience, elegance, eloquence, emergence, eminence, endurance, entrance, equivalence, essence, evanescence, evidence, excellence, existence, expedience, experience, extravagance, exuberance, flamboyance, Florence, forbearance, fragrance, furtherance, governance, guidance, hindrance, ignorance, imbalance, immanence, imminence, impatience, impedance, importance, impotence, imprudence, inadvertence, incidence, incoherence, incompetence, incontinence, inconvenience, independence, indifference, inductance, indulgence, inexperience, inference, influence, inheritance, innocence, insignificance, insistence, insolence, instance, insurance, intelligence, interdependence, interference, intolerance, intransigence, invariance, irreverence, issuance, jurisprudence, licence, license, luminance, luminescence, maintenance, malfeasance, negligence, neuroscience, noncompliance, noninterference, nonviolence, nuisance, obedience, obsolescence, occurrence, omnipotence, omnipresence, opulence, ordinance, Ordnance, overabundance, overconfidence, overdependence, overreliance, parlance, patience, penance, performance, permanence, persecutions, perseverance, persistence, pestilence, petulance, phosphorescence, pittance, precedence, predominance, preeminence, preference, preponderance, prescience, presence, prevalence, prominence, protuberance, provenance, Providence, prudence, pseudoscience, quintessence, radiance, reappearance, reassurance, recalcitrance, recognizance, reconnaissance, recurrence, reemergence, reference, reinspections, reinsurance, reliance, reluctance, remembrance, 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, teleconference, temperance, tolerance, transcendence, transference, transience, turbulence, unbalance, utterance, Valence, variance, vehemence, vengeance, videoconference, vigilance, violence, virulence. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-b-c-e-e-n-o-r-s-v" | |
-2 letters: conserve, converse, obscener, seaborne, verbenas. | |
-3 letters: absence, acerose, aerobes, arenose, beacons, beavers, boraces, boranes, boreens, bravoes, carbons, careens, caserne, caverns, coarsen, corbans, corneae, corneas, corvees, cravens, encores, enrobes, narcose, necrose, obscene, observe, obverse, oversea, recanes, verbena, verbose. | |
-4 letters: aboves, acorns, aerobe, arseno, averse, bacons, bancos, barons, beacon, beanos, beaver, bevors, boners, borane, boreen. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-b-c-e-e-n-o-r-s-v" | |
+1 letter: conversable, observances. | |
+2 letters: inobservance, overbalances. | |
+3 letters: inobservances, nonobservance. | |
+4 letters: indiscoverable, nonobservances, overabundances, undiscoverable. | |
+5 letters: irrevocableness. | |
| 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)4F 62 73 65 72 76 61 6E 63 65 |
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