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Showing words for DWELLING using the English dictionary

8 Letter Words for Dwelling

dwelling

7 Letter Words for Dwelling

indwell, welding, welling

6 Letter Words for Dwelling

dewing, dingle, elding, elling, engild, gilden, gilled, leglin, lewing, lingel, lingle, nilled, willed, windel, windle, winged, wingle

5 Letter Words for Dwelling

deign, digne, dinge, dwell, dwile, dwine, eldin, enlil, ewing, gelid, glide, gnide, gwine, indew, ingle, legin, ligne, lined, linge, liwen, nidge, widen, wield, wiled, wined

4 Letter Words for Dwelling

deil, deli, dell, deni, diel, dill, dine, ding, eild, elli, engl, gein, geld, gell, genl, gied, gien, gild, gile, gill, gled, glei, glen, glew, glid, idle, inde, lend, leng, lewd, lied, lien, lige, lile, lind, line, ling, lndg, lwei, nide, nied, nile, nill, weid, weil, weld, weli, well, wend, wide, wied, wiel, wild, wile, will, wind, wine, wing

3 Letter Words for Dwelling

deg, dei, del, den, dew, die, dig, dil, din, dle, eld, eli, ell, end, eng, enl, ged, gel, gen, gid, gie, gin, gld, ide, ign, ile, ill, ind, ing, ldg, ldl, led, leg, lei, lew, lid, lie, lig, lin, lld, lwl, ned, neg, nei, new, nid, nie, nig, nil, wed, wen, wid, wig, win

Definitions for Dwelling

[1] a building or place of shelter to live in; place of residence; abode; home.
[2] to live or stay as a permanent resident; reside.
[3] to live or continue in a given condition or state: to dwell in happiness.
[4] to linger over, emphasize, or ponder in thought, speech, or writing (often followed by on or upon ): to dwell on a particular point in an argument.
[5] (of a moving tool or machine part) to be motionless for a certain interval during operation.
[6] Machinery . a flat or cylindrical area on a cam for maintaining a follower in a certain position during part of a cycle. a period in a cycle in the operation of a machine or engine during which a given part remains motionless.
[7] formal , literary a place of residence
[8] formal , literary to live as a permanent resident
[9] to live (in a specified state) to dwell in poverty
[10] a regular pause in the operation of a machine
[11] a flat or constant-radius portion on a linear or rotary cam enabling the cam follower to remain static for a brief time

Words related to Dwelling

residence, habitat, abode, dump, house, habitation, domicile, haunt, quarters, pad, den, lodging, castle, establishment, residency, digs, commorancy

Words nearby Dwelling

dweeb, dweeby, dwell, dwell on, dwell time, dwelling, dwelling house, dwelling place, dwelt, dwem, dwi

Origin of Dwelling

before 900; Middle English dwellen to lead astray, stun, abide, Old English dwellan to lead or go astray, hinder; cognate with Old Norse dvelja

Other words from Dwelling

mul·ti·dwell·ing , noun, adjective
dwell·er , noun
out·dwell , verb (used with object), out·dwelt or out·dwelled, out·dwell·ing.
pre·dwell , verb (used without object)

Word origin for Dwelling

Old English dwellan to seduce, get lost; related to Old Saxon bidwellian to prevent, Old Norse dvelja, Old High German twellen to prevent

Synonyms for Dwelling

habitat, residence, abode, castle, den, digs, domicile, dump, establishment, habitation, haunt, house, lodging, pad, quarters, residency, commorancy, hole in the wall