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Showing words for AVALANCHE using the English dictionary

9 Letter Words for Avalanche

avalanche

8 Letter Words for Avalanche

alhacena, valanche

7 Letter Words for Avalanche

achaean, calahan, chalana, havance, valance

6 Letter Words for Avalanche

acaena, aenach, alacha, analav, anlace, avance, calean, canale, canela, caneva, chalan, chanal, chavel, cheval, clavae, havana, lancha, vahana

5 Letter Words for Avalanche

acale, acana, alane, alcea, ancle, avale, avena, calan, calve, canal, caneh, canel, cavae, caval, cavea, cavel, chave, chela, chena, clava, clave, clean, elvan, halva, halve, hance, havel, haven, lache, lance, lanch, leach, lench, nache, nahal, naval, navel, vache, venal, vlach

4 Letter Words for Avalanche

ache, acle, acne, alae, alan, alca, alce, alec, alen, anal, ance, aval, cane, cava, cave, chaa, chal, chan, chen, clan, each, elan, encl, eval, haec, haen, hala, hale, have, heal, hela, lace, laen, lana, lane, lava, lave, lean, lech, lena, leva, nace, nach, nael, nala, nale, nave, neal, vale, vane, veal, vela, vena

3 Letter Words for Avalanche

aah, aal, ace, ach, aha, ala, alc, ale, aln, ana, anc, ane, ava, ave, avn, cal, can, cav, cel, cen, cha, che, chn, cva, ean, ech, ela, enc, enl, env, hae, han, hav, hcl, hel, hen, laa, lac, lah, lan, lav, lca, lea, lev, naa, nae, nah, nav, nea, vac, vae, val, van, vel

Definitions for Avalanche

[1] a large mass of snow, ice, etc., detached from a mountain slope and sliding or falling suddenly downward.
[2] anything like an avalanche in suddenness and overwhelming quantity: an avalanche of misfortunes; an avalanche of fan mail.
[3] Also called Townsend avalanche. Physics , Chemistry . a cumulative ionization process in which the ions and electrons of one generation undergo collisions that produce a greater number of ions and electrons in succeeding generations.
[4] to come down in, or like, an avalanche.
[5] to overwhelm with an extremely large amount of anything; swamp.
[6] a fall of large masses of snow and ice down a mountain a fall of rocks, sand, etc
[7] a sudden or overwhelming appearance of a large quantity of things an avalanche of letters
[8] physics a group of ions or electrons produced by a single ion or electron as a result of a collision with some other form of matter
[9] to come down overwhelmingly (upon)

Words related to Avalanche

flood, barrage, landslide, torrent, deluge, inundation, landslip, snowslide

Words nearby Avalanche

avadavat, avail, avail oneself of, available, available light, avalanche, avalanche lily, avalanche wind, avalokitesvara, avalon, avalon peninsula

Origin of Avalanche

1755–65; < French < dial. (Savoy) avalantse, alteration (by association with avaler to descend rapidly) of laventse < pre-Latin (perhaps Ligurian) *lavanca, or reshaping of Late Latin labīna landslide (derivative of Latin labī to slide) with a pre-Latin suffix -anca

Words that may be confused with Avalanche

avalanche, landslide

Word origin for Avalanche

C18: from French, by mistaken division from la valanche, from valanche, from (northwestern Alps) dialect lavantse; related to Old Provençal lavanca, of obscure origin

Synonyms for Avalanche

barrage, deluge, flood, landslide, torrent, inundation, landslip, snowslide