tumescent
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- 17
- Letters
- 9
/tuˈmɛsənt/(US)
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/tuˈmɛsənt/(US) · /tjuˈmɛsənt/(US)
Definition of tumescent
2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
adj
- Swollen or distended with fluid, as of erectile tissue.
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adj
- Swollen or distended with fluid, as of erectile tissue.
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Inflated or overblown.
“I think that in Gloria MacMillan uses this tumescent language for a comparatively modest purpose — to show how it was between men and women in the war — and the language inflates and perverts his meaning unconscionably.”
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Etymology
From Latin tumēscēns (“swelling, bloating”).
Words you can make from tumescent
161 playable · top: CEMENTS (11 pts)
Best play cements 11 points7-letter words
4 words6-letter words
12 words5-letter words
36 words- CENSE 7 pts
- CENTS 7 pts
- CENTU 7 pts
- CETES 7 pts
- CUTES 7 pts
- EMEUS 7 pts
- MEETS 7 pts
- MENSE 7 pts
- MENUS 7 pts
- MESNE 7 pts
- METES 7 pts
- MUTES 7 pts
- MUTTS 7 pts
- NEEMS 7 pts
- NEUME 7 pts
- NEUMS 7 pts
- SCENE 7 pts
- SCENT 7 pts
- SCUTE 7 pts
- SEMEN 7 pts
- TEEMS 7 pts
- UNMET 7 pts
- ENSUE 5 pts
- NETTS 5 pts
- SENTE 5 pts
- STENT 5 pts
- STUNT 5 pts
- SUETE 5 pts
- TEENS 5 pts
- TENET 5 pts
- TENSE 5 pts
- TENTS 5 pts
- TUNES 5 pts
- TUTEE 5 pts
- UNSEE 5 pts
- UNSET 5 pts
4-letter words
55 words- CUMS 8 pts
- SCUM 8 pts
- CEES 6 pts
- CENT 6 pts
- CETE 6 pts
- CUES 6 pts
- CUTE 6 pts
- CUTS 6 pts
- ECUS 6 pts
- EMES 6 pts
- EMEU 6 pts
- EMUS 6 pts
- MEET 6 pts
- MENU 6 pts
- METE 6 pts
- MUNS 6 pts
- MUSE 6 pts
- MUST 6 pts
- MUTE 6 pts
- MUTS 6 pts
- MUTT 6 pts
- NEEM 6 pts
- NEUM 6 pts
- SCUT 6 pts
- SECT 6 pts
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- SMUT 6 pts
- STEM 6 pts
- STUM 6 pts
- TECS 6 pts
- TEEM 6 pts
- TUMS 6 pts
- ESNE 4 pts
- NEST 4 pts
- NETS 4 pts
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- TENT 4 pts
- TEST 4 pts
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3-letter words
40 words- CUM 7 pts
- CEE 5 pts
- CUE 5 pts
- CUT 5 pts
- ECU 5 pts
- EME 5 pts
- EMS 5 pts
- EMU 5 pts
- MEN 5 pts
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- MET 5 pts
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- EST 3 pts
- NEE 3 pts
- NET 3 pts
- NUS 3 pts
- NUT 3 pts
- SEE 3 pts
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- SET 3 pts
- SUE 3 pts
- SUN 3 pts
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- TUN 3 pts
- TUT 3 pts
- UNS 3 pts
- USE 3 pts
- UTE 3 pts
- UTS 3 pts
2-letter words
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