10 Letter Words for Mainspring
mainspring
9 Letter Words for Mainspring
sirnaming, spraining
8 Letter Words for Mainspring
aspiring, graminin, inarming, ingrains, pairings, praising, primings, rampings, singarip, spaining
7 Letter Words for Mainspring
airings, airning, arising, armings, aspirin, aspring, gripman, impairs, impings, ingrain, ingrian, maining, mainpin, margins, migrans, minings, namings, painims, paining, pairing, parings, parsing, pianism, pinangs, pinings, prigman, priming, raginis, raining, raising, ramping, rapinis, rasping, ringman, rinsing, risping, saining, sairing, signman, sinamin, sinapin, snaring, sniping, spaning, sparing, spiring, spraing
6 Letter Words for Mainspring
aiming, airing, amping, animis, arming, arsing, gamins, gispin, grains, graips, gramps, grasni, imaris, impair, imping, inarms, ingans, ingram, inring, inspan, isamin, manini, margin, masing, minars, mingin, mining, miring, mirins, naming, nanism, pagris, painim, panims, paning, panini, paring, pigman, pinang, pining, pinman, pinnas, pirais, pisang, prangs, primas, prinia, ragini, raisin, ramins, raping, rapini, riming, riping, rising, saimin, samiri, saning, saprin, saring, sigrim, simian, simpai, singan, sining, siping, sirian, siring, spaing, spinar, spiran, sprain, sprang, spring
5 Letter Words for Mainspring
agrin, airns, amini, amins, animi, apiin, aping, apism, argin, armin, gains, gairs, gamin, gamps, garni, gimps, giris, girns, gnars, grain, graip, gramp, grams, grans, grasp, grias, grimp, grins, grips, ignis, imari, impar, impis, inarm, ingan, irani, irian, iring, mains, mairs, mangi, mangs, manis, mansi, margs, maris, minar, mings, minis, mirin, naris, ngapi, niais, nigra, nipas, niris, nisan, pagri, pains, pairs, pangi, pangs, panim, paris, parsi, pians, piing, piman, pimas, pinas, pings, pinna, pirai, pirns, prams, prang, priam, prigs, prima, primi, prims, prism, ragis, rains, ramin, ramis, ramps, rimas, rimpi, rings, sampi, sapin, sapir, sarin, sarip, sigma, signa, simar, simia, sinai, spain, spair, spang, spann, sparm, spina, spira, sprag, sprig
4 Letter Words for Mainspring
agin, agni, aims, ains, airn, airs, amin, amis, amps, anim, anis, anni, anns, ansi, apii, apis, aris, arms, arni, asin, gain, gair, gamp, gams, gaps, gari, garn, gars, gasp, gimp, ginn, gins, giri, girn, gism, gnar, gram, gran, gras, grim, grin, grip, gris, iman, impi, imps, inga, inia, inns, insp, iran, iris, magi, mags, main, mair, mang, mani, mans, maps, marg, mari, mars, mian, mias, migs, ming, mini, mins, mips, miri, mirs, mnas, mrna, nagi, nags, naig, nain, nais, nams, naps, nasi, ngai, nims, nina, nipa, nips, nisi, pain, pair, pais, pams, pang, pans, pari, pars, pasi, pian, pias, pigs, pima, pina, ping, pins, pirn, pirs, pisa, pmsg, prag, pram, prig, prim, prin, psia, psig, ragi, rags, rain, rais, rami, ramp, rams, rang, rann, raps, rasp, rias, riga, rigs, rima, rims, ring, rins, ripa, rips, risp, saim, sain, saip, sair, sami, samp, sang, sari, siam, sian, sign, sima, simi, simp, sina, sing, siri, smir, snag, snap, snar, snig, snip, spag, spam, span, spar, spig, spin
3 Letter Words for Mainspring
agr, ags, aim, ain, air, ais, ami, amp, ann, ans, apr, arg, arm, arn, ars, asg, asp, gam, gan, gap, gar, gas, gim, gin, gis, gnp, gns, gpm, gps, gra, grs, ign, imi, imp, ing, inn, ins, ipm, ipr, ips, ira, irs, ism, isn, mag, man, map, mar, mas, mgr, mia, mig, min, mir, mis, mna, mpg, mri, mrs, msg, nag, nam, nap, nar, nas, nig, nim, nip, nis, pam, pan, par, pas, pia, pig, pin, pir, pis, pms, prn, prs, psi, rag, rai, ram, ran, rap, ras, ria, rig, rim, rin, rip, rms, rna, rpm, rps, sag, sai, sam, san, sap, sar, sig, sim, sin, sip, sir, sma, spa, sri
Definitions for Mainspring
[1] the principal spring in a mechanism, as in a watch.
[2] the chief motive power; the impelling cause.
[3] the principal power spring of a mechanism, esp in a watch or clock
[4] the chief cause or motive of something
Words related to Mainspring
emotion, motivation, impulse, influence, idea, aim, intention, intent, rationale, consideration, passion, feeling, cause, provenance, element, motive, source, connection, ancestry, ancestor
Words nearby Mainspring
mainmast, mainour, mains, mainsail, mainsheet, mainspring, mainstay, mainstream, mainstream corporation tax, mainstreamer, mainstreaming
Origin of Mainspring
First recorded in 1585–95; main1 + spring
Synonyms for Mainspring
basic idea, basis, center, core, cornerstone, criterion, crux, gist, heart, idea, kernel, linchpin, marrow, measure, motive, nub, pith, principle, root, source, spring, standard, substance