9 Letter Words for Anacrusis
anacrusis
8 Letter Words for Anacrusis
acrasins, anacusis, crusians, sarcinas, saurians, siracusa
7 Letter Words for Anacrusis
acrasin, anurias, arcsins, arnicas, ascaris, ascians, carinas, carissa, cassina, causans, crusian, cuirass, narciss, russian, sancais, sarcina, saurian, uranias
6 Letter Words for Anacrusis
acarus, acinar, acinus, anuria, anuric, arcsin, arnica, asarin, ascian, asians, assacu, assuan, asuras, cairns, canari, carina, casaun, casina, cassan, cassia, crasis, crissa, curias, icarus, incurs, incuss, nairas, nairus, narica, nassau, ruanas, russia, sancai, sansar, sarans, sarins, sasani, saunas, sauria, scarus, scaurs, sciara, scrans, scusin, surnai, surnia, susian, urania, uranic
5 Letter Words for Anacrusis
acari, acris, ainas, ainus, airan, airns, ancra, ansar, anura, arain, arcus, arian, arias, arius, arnas, arsis, arusa, ascan, ascus, asian, assai, assur, asura, auras, auric, aurin, auris, cains, cairn, canis, carns, carua, carus, casas, casus, causa, crain, crans, crass, criss, crius, curas, curia, curin, curns, cursi, incas, incra, incur, incus, isaac, naias, naira, nairu, naras, narcs, naric, naris, nasua, nasus, nisus, raias, rains, ranas, rauns, rissa, risus, ruana, ruins, runic, rusas, sacra, saics, sains, sairs, sanai, sansa, sansi, saran, sarin, saris, sarna, sarsa, sarus, sasan, sasin, sauna, scans, scarn, scars, scaur, scian, scran, scrin, scurs, sinus, snars, sunis, suras, susan, unais, uncia, usara, usnic
4 Letter Words for Anacrusis
acus, aias, aina, ains, ainu, airn, airs, anas, anis, ansa, ansi, ansu, anus, arca, arcs, aria, aris, arna, arni, arui, asar, asci, asia, asin, assi, assn, auca, aura, cain, cair, cans, carn, cars, casa, cass, caus, cira, cran, crin, cris, crus, cuir, cura, curn, curs, cuss, inca, incr, iran, nais, narc, nasa, nasi, naur, nurs, raca, raia, rain, rais, rana, rasa, raun, rias, rins, risc, rucs, ruin, runs, rusa, russ, sacs, saic, sain, sair, sais, sana, sans, sari, sars, sasa, saur, scan, scar, scsi, scun, scur, sian, sics, sina, sins, sirs, snar, snur, srac, sris, suci, suni, suns, sura, susi, unai, unca, unci, uncs, unis, uran, uria, uric, urna, urns, ursa, usar, ussr
3 Letter Words for Anacrusis
aas, aia, ain, air, ais, ana, anc, ans, anu, ara, arc, arn, ars, aru, ass, cai, can, car, cia, cir, cis, cns, crs, cru, csi, cun, cur, iaa, inc, ins, ira, irs, isn, naa, nar, nas, nis, nur, nus, rai, ran, ras, ria, rin, rna, ruc, run, saa, sac, sai, san, sar, sau, sci, scr, sic, sin, sir, sis, sri, ssu, sui, sun, sur, sus, uca, una, unc, uni, uns, ura, urn, urs, usa
Definitions for Anacrusis
[1] Prosody . an unstressed syllable or syllable group that begins a line of verse but is not counted as part of the first foot.
[2] Music . the note or notes preceding a downbeat; upbeat.
[3] prosody one or more unstressed syllables at the beginning of a line of verse
[4] music an unstressed note or group of notes immediately preceding the strong first beat of the first bar another word for upbeat
Words nearby Anacrusis
anacreontic, anacrogynous, anacrotic, anacrotic pulse, anacrotism, anacrusis, anacusis, anadama bread, anadem, anadenia, anadicrotic
Origin of Anacrusis
1825–35; < Latin < Greek anákrousis, equivalent to anakroú(ein ) to strike up, push back (ana- ana- + kroúein to strike, push) + -sis -sis
Other words from Anacrusis
an·a·crus·tic [an-uh -kruhs -tik] /ˌæn əˈkrʌs tɪk/ , adjective
an·a·crus·ti·cal·ly , adverb
Word origin for Anacrusis
C19: from Greek anakrousis prelude, from anakrouein to strike up, from ana- + krouein to strike
