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Showing words for EXCRESCENT using the English dictionary

10 Letter Words for Excrescent

excrescent

8 Letter Words for Excrescent

crescent, excresce, excretes, exercent, externes

7 Letter Words for Excrescent

centers, centrex, entrees, excrete, extense, externe, externs, recense, retenes, scenter, secrete, sextern, teeners, tenrecs

6 Letter Words for Excrescent

censer, center, cernes, certes, cetene, creese, ctenes, ectene, ensete, enters, entrec, entree, erects, ernest, eterne, excern, exerce, exerts, exsect, exsert, extern, nester, recces, recent, rentee, rentes, resect, reseen, resene, resent, retene, scerne, screen, screet, secern, secret, serene, sexern, streen, strene, teener, teenes, tenrec, tenser, terces, ternes, treens

5 Letter Words for Excrescent

cense, cents, ceres, cerne, certs, ceste, cetes, creen, cresc, crest, crete, csect, csnet, ctene, eeten, enets, enter, entre, erect, ernes, esere, ester, estre, etens, execs, exect, exert, exsec, exter, neese, nerts, neter, netes, nexts, recce, reens, reese, reest, renet, rente, rents, resee, reset, resex, retes, rexen, rexes, scene, scent, scree, secre, sence, senex, sente, sexer, sneer, steen, steer, stere, stern, teene, teens, teers, tenes, tense, terce, terne, terns, terse, treen, trees, tsere, xeres

4 Letter Words for Excrescent

cees, cene, cens, cent, cere, cern, cert, cest, cete, cres, crex, crts, ecce, enes, ense, entr, eres, erne, erns, erse, erst, esne, eten, exec, exes, neer, neet, nese, nest, nete, nets, next, nsec, recs, rect, reen, rees, reet, rent, rest, rete, rets, scet, sect, seen, seer, sene, sent, sere, sert, sext, snee, sten, ster, stre, teen, teer, tees, tene, tens, tern, tree, tres

3 Letter Words for Excrescent

cee, cen, cer, cns, crc, crs, crt, csc, cst, cte, ctn, ctr, cts, ecc, ect, eec, een, eer, enc, ene, ens, ere, ern, ers, ert, esc, ese, esr, est, etc, exc, exr, ext, nee, net, rct, rec, ree, res, rex, rte, scr, sct, sec, see, sen, ser, set, sex, str, tec, tee, ten, ter, tes, tex, trs

Definitions for Excrescent

[1] growing abnormally out of something else; superfluous.
[2] Phonetics . (of a speech sound) inserted or added as a result of articulatory interaction or impetus, as the t- sound in sense (sents) or against (from Middle English ageynes ), without grammatical or historical justification; intrusive; parasitic.
[3] denoting, relating to, or resembling an abnormal outgrowth
[4] uselessly added; not essential; superfluous
[5] denoting or relating to a speech sound or letter inserted into a word without etymological justification, such as the b in nimble

Words nearby Excrescent

excorticate, excrement, excrementitious, excrescence, excrescency, excrescent, excreta, excrete, excretion, excretory, excretory duct

Origin of Excrescent

1600–10; < Latin excrēscent- (stem of excrēscēns ), present participle of excrēscere to grow out. See ex-1, crescent

Other words from Excrescent

ex·cres·cent·ly , adverb
su·per·ex·cres·cent , adjective
su·per·ex·cres·cent·ly , adverb
un·ex·cres·cent , adjective
un·ex·cres·cent·ly , adverb

Word origin for Excrescent

C17: from Latin excrēscēns, from excrēscere, from crēscere to grow