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Showing words for CONTRIVANCE using the English dictionary

11 Letter Words for Contrivance

contrivance

10 Letter Words for Contrivance

concertina

9 Letter Words for Contrivance

accretion, anorectic, cervantic, connarite, container, convertin, convincer, cotarnine, crenation, narcotine, nervation, nonactive, reconvict, vernation

8 Letter Words for Contrivance

accentor, acentric, acetonic, actioner, anerotic, anointer, anoretic, anticorn, cancerin, cancrine, canotier, cantoner, cavicorn, caviteno, cenation, ceration, cetonian, coactive, cocinera, coinvent, conative, concaver, conniver, contrive, convince, coracine, cotarnin, covenant, cratonic, creation, crocetin, crociate, enaction, encratic, iconvert, incavern, incentor, innovate, inornate, invector, inventor, invocant, invocate, narcotic, narcotin, navicert, nearctic, necation, necrotic, nectarin, nonirate, noverint, orvietan, reaction, reanoint, vancocin, venation, vernonia, veronica

7 Letter Words for Contrivance

acetoin, aconine, aconite, acronic, acrotic, actinon, ancient, anconei, anterin, anticor, antoeci, avertin, cancion, caneton, cannier, canonic, cantico, cantier, cantino, cantion, caronic, carotic, carotin, carvone, catvine, centavo, centiar, centric, ceratin, cerotic, cerotin, certain, cetonia, citrean, cocaine, coenact, cointer, conacre, concave, conceit, concent, concern, concert, concite, connate, connect, connive, contain, convect, convent, convert, convict, convite, corance, corinne, cornein, cornice, cortian, cortina, cortine, corvina, corvine, cotrine, creatic, cretion, criance, crinate, crocein, crocine, cronian, enactor, enation, entonic, entrain, environ, erotica, etonian, evictor, evirato, incarve, intoner, nacrine, nacrite, narcein, nectron, noetian, nortena, noticer, occitan, oceanic, octavic, orcanet, orectic, otarine, overact, rection, tacrine, ternion, trannie, trianon, vaccine, vection, venatic, venator, ventric, vernant, vincent, vintner, vitrean

6 Letter Words for Contrivance

accent, accite, aceric, acerin, acetic, acetin, acoine, aconic, aconin, acrite, actine, action, active, aeonic, ancien, ancone, anetic, annect, annite, anoine, anoint, anteri, antrin, aortic, arctic, areito, aroint, atoner, atonic, atroce, avenin, avenir, averin, avocet, cancer, canier, canine, canion, canner, cannet, cannie, cannot, canter, cantic, canton, cantor, caoine, carien, carnet, carnic, carone, carton, carven, cation, cativo, cavern, cavier, cavort, cearin, centai, centon, centra, centro, cevian, cicero, cicone, cinter, citron, coarct, coater, coatie, coiner, conine, conite, conner, connie, conter, contin, contra, corita, cornea, cornet, cornic, cornin, cortin, corven, corvet, cotice, covent, covert, covine, covite, crance, cranet, cranic, craton, craven, creant, crenic, cretan, cretic, cretin, criant, crinet, crocin, cronet, cronie, crotin, earcon, enatic, encina, ennoic, enoint, entria, enviro, eonian, erivan, erotic, inaner, incant, incarn, incave, incavo, incent, innate, intern, intone, intron, invect, invent, invert, ionate, naiver, narine, nation, native, natron, navite, neanic, nectar, necton, nerita, noance, nocent, nocive, noetic, nonact, nonair, nonart, norate, norice, norite, notice, novate, novcic, novena, novice, octane, octave, octine, orante, orcein, orcine, oretic, orient, ornate, ortive, ovarin, racine, racion, rancio, ranine, ratine, ration, ravine, recant, recoat, recoct, recoin, renvoi, retain, retina, rincon, roncet, taiver, tanier, tanner, tannic, tanrec, tavern, tercia, tercio, tinean, tinner, tonier, tonner, trance, triace, tricae, tricon, vainer, vanner, vannet, vector, ventin, vernin, vernon, verona, viator, victor, vienna, vinter, virent, vocate, voicer, vorant

5 Letter Words for Contrivance

acier, acoin, acone, acorn, acron, actin, acton, actor, aeric, aeron, aiver, ancon, ancor, ancre, anent, anion, annet, annie, anniv, annot, anorn, antic, antre, arent, ariot, arite, artic, atone, atren, avern, avert, avine, avion, avoir, cacei, cacti, cairn, cairo, caner, canoe, canon, canto, caret, carne, carot, carte, carve, cater, caver, cavie, cavin, ceint, centi, cento, cerat, cerci, ceria, ceric, cerin, cetic, cetin, cicer, cinct, circa, circe, citer, civet, coact, coart, coate, coati, cocin, concn, coner, conia, conic, conin, conne, conta, conte, contr, coran, coria, corni, corta, corve, cotan, coven, cover, covet, covin, craie, crain, crane, crate, crave, cravo, crcao, crena, creta, crine, croat, crone, ecart, enact, encia, eniac, ennia, enorn, entia, envoi, erato, erica, evict, icaco, iconv, inact, inane, incan, incor, incra, inert, inner, innet, inone, inter, intra, intro, invar, iortn, irate, irena, irone, nacre, naevi, naive, nance, narco, naric, navet, necia, necro, nenta, nevat, nicer, niner, niota, niter, niton, nitro, noint, noire, nonce, nonet, nonic, noria, norie, norit, norna, notan, noter, novae, oaric, oaten, oater, ocean, ocrea, octan, octic, oenin, oncer, oncet, oncia, oncin, ontic, orant, orate, orcin, orvet, ovant, ovate, overt, ovine, racon, raine, rance, ratio, raven, ravin, react, recco, recit, recon, recti, recto, reina, renin, retan, retia, retin, riant, riven, rivet, roate, rocta, ronin, ronne, ronte, rotan, roven, rovet, taino, tairn, tarie, tarin, taroc, tarve, taver, tecon, tenai, tenia, tenio, tenno, tenon, tenor, terai, terna, ticca, ticer, tinca, tinea, tirve, tiver, toner, tonic, tonne, toran, toric, torve, tovar, trace, train, trave, triac, trica, trice, trina, trine, troca, troic, trona, tronc, trone, trove, vaire, vanir, varec, vario, vatic, venin, venta, vicar, vinca, vinea, viner, vinet, vinta, vireo, viron, vitae, vitra, vitro, vocat, voice, voter, vraic

4 Letter Words for Contrivance

acce, acct, acer, acne, acor, acre, aero, aine, aint, aion, aire, airn, airt, aivr, ance, anet, anne, anni, anno, anon, anre, ante, anti, arco, aren, aret, arni, arno, arte, arvo, atoc, aver, avie, cace, caci, caic, cain, cair, canc, cane, cann, cant, caon, care, carn, cart, cate, cave, ceca, cent, cera, cern, cero, cert, ceti, ciao, cine, cion, cira, circ, cire, cite, cito, cive, coat, coca, coct, coin, coir, coit, conc, cone, coni, conn, cont, conv, cora, core, corn, cort, corv, cote, cove, cran, cric, crin, crit, croc, earn, ecco, econ, ecto, eira, ento, entr, eoan, erat, eria, eric, erin, etic, etna, eton, iare, icao, icer, icon, inca, incr, inne, inro, inta, into, intr, invt, iota, iran, iron, iter, nace, nain, naio, nane, nant, naoi, narc, nare, nato, natr, nave, navi, near, neat, nein, neon, neti, nevi, nevo, nice, nina, nine, nito, noir, nona, none, nore, nori, norn, nota, note, nova, octa, oeci, oint, onca, once, oner, orae, oran, orca, orna, otic, oven, over, race, rain, rait, rane, rann, rant, rate, rato, rave, rean, rect, rein, reit, renn, reno, rent, rice, rine, riot, rita, rite, riva, rive, rivo, roan, roin, roit, rone, ront, rota, rotc, rote, roti, rove, tace, taco, taen, tain, tane, tare, tari, tarn, taro, tave, tean, tear, teca, tera, tern, tiao, tiar, tice, tien, tier, tinc, tine, tire, toea, tone, tonn, torc, tore, tori, torn, trac, trav, trie, trin, trio, trna, tron, vain, vair, vane, vant, vare, vari, vein, vena, vent, vera, veri, vert, veta, veto, vica, vice, vier, vina, vine, vino, vint, vita, vite, voar, voce, voet, vota, vote

3 Letter Words for Contrivance

acc, ace, act, aer, ain, air, ait, anc, ane, ann, ant, aor, arc, are, arn, art, ate, ave, avn, avo, cai, can, car, cat, cav, cen, ceo, cer, cia, cie, cir, cit, civ, con, cor, cot, crc, cro, crt, cte, ctn, cto, ctr, cva, ean, ear, eat, ecc, eco, ect, eir, enc, env, eon, era, ern, ert, eta, etc, iao, ice, inc, inn, int, inv, ion, ira, ire, ita, iva, ive, nae, nar, nat, nav, nco, nea, nei, neo, net, nie, nit, nne, noa, non, nor, not, nov, oar, oat, oca, oct, oer, oie, ona, one, oni, ont, ora, orc, ore, ort, otc, ova, rai, ran, rat, rct, rea, rec, rei, rev, ria, rie, rin, rio, rit, riv, rna, roc, roe, roi, ron, rot, rte, rti, tai, tan, tao, tar, tav, tea, tec, ten, ter, tic, tie, tin, toa, toc, toe, toi, ton, tor, tov, tra, tri, vac, vae, van, var, vat, vcr, vei, ver, vet, via, vic, vie, vin, voc, voe, von, vor

Definitions for Contrivance

[1] something contrived; a device, especially a mechanical one.
[2] the act or manner of contriving; the faculty or power of contriving.
[3] a plan or scheme; expedient.
[4] something contrived, esp an ingenious device; contraption
[5] the act or faculty of devising or adapting; inventive skill or ability
[6] an artificial rather than natural selection or arrangement of details, parts, etc
[7] an elaborate or deceitful plan or expedient; stratagem

Words related to Contrivance

gimmick, ruse, artifice, contraption, dodge, stratagem, twist, angle, plot, machination, expedient, slant, project, trick, switch, invention, design, measure, formation, inventiveness

Words nearby Contrivance

contributor, contributory, contributory negligence, contrite, contrition, contrivance, contrive, contrived, control, control account, control board

Origin of Contrivance

First recorded in 1620–30; contrive + -ance

Other words from Contrivance

non·con·triv·ance , noun
pre·con·triv·ance , noun

Synonyms for Contrivance

artifice, gimmick, ruse, angle, brainchild, coinage, design, dodge, expedient, formation, intrigue, invention, inventiveness, machination, measure, plot, project, scheme, slant, stratagem, switch, trick, twist