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Showing words for EPENTHESIS using the English dictionary

10 Letter Words for Epenthesis

epenthesis

9 Letter Words for Epenthesis

epitheses, sheeniest, sheepiest

8 Letter Words for Epenthesis

ensteeps, epeeists, ephesine, pentises, seepiest, sheenies, steepens, steepish

7 Letter Words for Epenthesis

ensteep, epeeist, ethenes, heptene, heptine, hessite, hipness, insteep, insteps, neshest, penises, pensees, pentise, pheeses, seethes, seitens, sephens, sepsine, sestine, sheenie, sienese, sithens, sphenes, spinets, steepen, stephen, teenish, theines, thissen

6 Letter Words for Epenthesis

ensete, enties, ephete, espies, essene, ethene, ethine, heists, insets, instep, neeses, nepits, nessie, penest, penies, pensee, pestis, pheese, phenes, pheses, pishes, pistes, pithes, psenes, seenie, seethe, seines, seiten, sensei, sephen, sepsin, sheens, sheets, shiest, shines, sients, sieths, sisten, sithen, sithes, sneesh, sneest, snipes, snithe, speise, spense, sphene, spines, spinet, spites, steens, steeps, steins, sthene, stipes, teenes, teenie, tehees, tenses, tepees, tessin, theine, theins, theses, thesis

5 Letter Words for Epenthesis

eeten, enets, ensis, entsi, epees, epist, eshin, esnes, essee, essen, etens, heist, hents, hesps, hests, hetes, hints, hists, hsien, inept, insee, insep, inset, ishes, neeps, neese, neist, nepit, nests, netes, nisse, peens, peine, penie, penis, pense, pents, peste, pests, phene, phese, phies, piest, piets, pines, pinte, pints, piste, piths, seeps, seine, seise, senit, sense, sente, senti, sents, septs, sesti, sheen, sheep, sheet, shent, shets, shies, shine, shins, ships, shipt, shisn, shist, shits, siens, sient, siest, sieth, sines, sinhs, sipes, sites, sithe, snees, snies, snipe, snips, snite, snits, speen, spent, spete, spets, spies, spine, spins, spise, spite, spits, steen, steep, stein, stens, steps, sties, stine, stipe, teene, teens, tehee, teise, tenes, tense, tepee, thees, thein, thens, these, thine, thins, thisn, tiens, tines, tsine

4 Letter Words for Epenthesis

eine, enes, ense, epee, epit, eses, esne, esse, ests, eten, ethe, eths, heep, hens, hent, heps, hept, hesp, hest, hete, hets, hies, hine, hins, hint, hipe, hips, hipt, hisn, hiss, hist, hits, ieee, insp, inst, ipse, isnt, isth, neep, neet, neps, nese, nesh, ness, nest, nete, neth, neti, nets, nies, nips, nist, nits, peen, pees, pehs, pene, peni, pens, pent, pess, pest, pete, pets, phis, phit, pien, pies, piet, pine, pins, pint, pise, pish, piss, pist, pith, pits, psis, psst, psts, seen, seep, sees, seis, seit, sene, sens, sent, sepn, seps, sept, sese, seth, sets, shee, shes, shet, shin, ship, shit, shpt, sien, sine, sinh, sins, sipe, sips, sise, sish, sist, site, sith, sits, snee, snip, snit, spet, spie, spin, spit, sten, step, stie, teen, tees, tene, tens, tepe, thee, then, thin, this, tien, ties, tine, tins, tipe, tips, tshi

3 Letter Words for Epenthesis

een, ehs, ene, ens, epi, ese, esp, ess, est, eth, hee, hei, hen, hep, hes, het, hie, hin, hip, his, hit, hts, ihp, ihs, ins, int, iph, ips, ise, ish, isn, ist, its, nee, nei, nep, net, nie, nip, nis, nit, nth, pee, peh, pen, pes, pet, phi, pht, pie, pin, pis, pit, psi, pst, pte, pts, see, sei, sen, sep, set, she, shi, shp, sht, sie, sin, sip, sis, sit, sps, spt, sse, ssh, ssp, tee, ten, tes, the, tie, tin, tip, tis, tph, tpi, tps, tsh, tsi, tsp, tss

Definitions for Epenthesis

[1] the insertion of one or more sounds in the middle of a word, as the schwa in the nonstandard pronunciation [el -uh  m] /ˈɛl əm/ of elm.
[2] the insertion of a sound or letter into a word

Words nearby Epenthesis

ependymal cell, ependymitis, ependymoblast, ependymocyte, ependymoma, epenthesis, epenthesize, epergne, epexegesis, epexegetic, epg

Origin of Epenthesis

1650–60; < Late Latin: insertion of a letter < Greek epénthesis equivalent to ep- ep- + en- en-2 + thésis placing; see thesis

Other words from Epenthesis

ep·en·thet·ic [ep-uh  n-thet -ik] /ˌɛp ənˈθɛt ɪk/ , adjective

Word origin for Epenthesis

C17: via Late Latin from Greek, from epentithenai to insert, from epi- + en- ² + tithenai to place