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Showing words for HIATUS using the English dictionary

6 Letter Words for Hiatus

hiatus, hutias

5 Letter Words for Hiatus

aitus, haust, huias, hutia, saith, shita, taish

4 Letter Words for Hiatus

aith, aits, aitu, atis, auth, hait, hast, hats, haut, hist, hits, huia, huis, hust, huts, isth, itas, sati, saut, shia, shit, shua, shut, sita, sith, situ, suit, tais, tash, tasu, taus, thai, this, thus, tshi, tsia, tuis, tush, utah, utai, utas, utis

3 Letter Words for Hiatus

ahi, ahs, ahu, ais, ait, ash, ast, auh, has, hat, hau, hia, his, hit, hts, hui, hut, ihs, ish, ist, ita, its, sah, sai, sat, sau, sha, shi, sht, sit, sta, sui, tai, tas, tau, tha, tis, tiu, tsh, tsi, tua, tui, uhs, uit, usa, ush, ust, uta, uti, uts

Definitions for Hiatus

[1] a break or interruption in the continuity of a work, series, action, etc.
[2] a missing part; gap or lacuna: Scholars attempted to account for the hiatus in the medieval manuscript.
[3] any gap or opening.
[4] Grammar , Prosody . the coming together, with or without break or slight pause, and without contraction, of two vowels in successive words or syllables, as in see easily.
[5] Anatomy . a natural fissure, cleft, or foramen in a bone or other structure.
[6] (esp in manuscripts) a break or gap where something is missing
[7] a break or interruption in continuity
[8] a break between adjacent vowels in the pronunciation of a word
[9] anatomy a natural opening or aperture; foramen
[10] anatomy a less common word for vulva

Words related to Hiatus

lapse, interval, rift, discontinuity, chasm, lacuna, opening, space, gap, break, interim, blank, aperture, breach

Words nearby Hiatus

hi-hat, hi-res, hi-tech, hialeah, hiatal hernia, hiatus, hiatus esophageus, hiatus hernia, hiatus saphenus, hiatus semilunaris, hiawatha

Origin of Hiatus

1555–65; < Latin hiātus opening, gap, equivalent to hiā(re ) to gape, open + -tus suffix of v. action

Other words from Hiatus

hi·a·tal , adjective
hi•a′ tal adj.

Word origin for Hiatus

C16: from Latin: gap, cleft, aperture, from hiāre to gape, yawn

Synonyms for Hiatus

interval, lapse, aperture, blank, breach, break, chasm, discontinuity, gap, interim, lacuna, opening, rift, space