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Showing words for PERNICIOUS using the English dictionary

10 Letter Words for Pernicious

pernicious

9 Letter Words for Pernicious

coinspire, precision

8 Letter Words for Pernicious

cinerous, coinsure, conspire, coprinus, crispine, cusinero, epinosic, incisure, incorpse, incourse, iriscope, nourices, opinicus, pecorini, poncirus, pouncers, precious, pruinose, recision, ripienos, rouncies, sciurine, soricine

7 Letter Words for Pernicious

ceriops, cerosin, coenuri, coiners, conspue, conures, copiers, copsier, coupers, crepons, crinose, crispen, crispin, cronies, croupes, cruisie, cuisine, cuprein, cuprose, curiosi, curnies, encrisp, eosinic, ericius, euripos, incisor, incurse, inpours, inspire, insuper, irenics, ironice, ironies, nicoise, nispero, noisier, oneiric, opiners, orceins, orcines, orcinus, orpines, pericon, persico, piceous, pincers, pioners, pionies, pirnies, piscine, poisure, poncier, porcine, porcini, pouncer, pounces, pouries, preciso, princes, proines, pruines, psionic, psocine, puceron, purines, recoins, recoups, resinic, ricinus, ripieno, rounces, ruspone, scopine, scourie, sericin, sericon, sinoper, sinopic, sinopie, sirenic, snipier, soupier, spicier, spinier, uncopes, uncrisp, unpoise, unropes, uprisen, urinose

6 Letter Words for Pernicious

censor, cepous, cerous, coiner, conure, copens, copers, copier, copies, cories, coriin, cornus, corpse, corpus, corsie, cosine, couper, coupes, coures, courie, course, cousin, crepis, crepon, crines, cripes, croise, crones, cronie, cronus, crosne, croupe, croups, crouse, cruise, crusie, cuerpo, cuirie, cuorin, curies, curine, curios, curnie, curpin, cursen, erucin, espino, eupion, euripi, icones, incise, incorp, incoup, incurs, incuse, inosic, inpour, insure, inures, ionics, irenic, irones, ironic, neuric, noires, norice, nosier, oncers, oniric, opiner, opines, orcein, orcine, orcins, orpinc, orpine, orpins, oscine, ounces, pernio, pernis, persic, persio, person, picein, picine, picris, pieris, pincer, pineus, pinier, pinies, pioner, pionic, pirnie, poiser, ponces, ponier, ponies, poseur, posier, poucer, pounce, pourie, pouser, precis, prices, prince, prinos, prions, prison, procne, proine, proins, prones, pronic, pruine, prunes, psoric, puisne, punces, punier, purine, purins, recoin, recons, recoup, repins, respin, ricine, ricins, ripens, rouens, rounce, roupie, rusine, scipio, scrine, sencio, senior, sepion, sniper, soneri, souper, source, souren, speron, spicer, spinor, spiric, spruce, spurne, superi, supine, uncope, uncore, unepic, unesco, unripe, unrips, unrope, unsore, uprein, uprise, uprose, urines, uronic, ursine, ursone

5 Letter Words for Pernicious

cerin, ceros, cines, cions, cipro, cires, cirio, coins, coirs, coner, cones, conus, copei, copen, coper, copes, copis, copse, copus, cores, corni, corns, cornu, corpn, corps, corse, cosen, cosie, cosin, coupe, coups, coure, cours, cries, crine, cripe, crips, crise, crisp, crius, crois, crone, crops, crose, croup, crues, cruse, cunei, cures, curie, curin, curio, curns, curse, cursi, cusie, ecrus, encup, eosin, epics, epris, erics, euois, euros, iceni, icers, icier, icons, incor, incur, incus, insep, insue, inure, ionic, ireos, irone, irons, irous, necro, nicer, niris, nisei, noire, noirs, noise, nopes, norie, noris, norse, noser, noups, nurse, oisin, oncer, onces, oncus, oners, opens, opine, opsin, orcin, orcus, ornes, ornis, orpin, oscin, osier, ounce, ourie, pecos, penis, peons, peris, perns, picus, piers, piner, pines, pinic, pinus, pions, pious, pirns, pisco, piuri, pocus, poire, poise, ponce, pones, pores, porns, porus, poser, pouce, pours, price, pries, prine, prion, prius, proin, prone, prose, prune, psion, pucer, puces, puers, punce, punic, purin, puris, purse, recip, recon, reins, repic, repin, repos, resin, resun, resup, rices, ricin, rines, rinse, ripen, ripes, risen, roins, rones, ropes, rosin, rouen, roues, roups, rouse, ruins, runes, runic, rupie, scion, scone, scope, score, scorn, scoup, scour, scrin, scrip, secno, senor, sepic, seric, serin, serio, seron, sicer, sieur, since, siper, siren, siroc, sirop, snerp, snipe, snore, snurp, socii, sonce, sonic, souce, speir, spice, spier, spine, spire, spiro, spore, sprue, spurn, sucre, suine, super, unces, uncos, unice, unrip, ureic, urine, urson, usine, usnic

4 Letter Words for Pernicious

cens, ceps, cern, cero, cine, cion, cipo, cire, coes, coin, coir, cone, coni, cons, cope, copr, cops, core, corn, corp, cors, cose, coue, coup, cour, cpus, cres, crin, crip, cris, crop, crpe, crue, crup, crus, cues, cuir, cuon, cups, cure, curn, curs, cusp, econ, ecru, ecus, eons, epic, epos, eric, erin, eris, erns, eros, eruc, esop, euoi, euro, icer, ices, icon, incr, inro, insp, iocs, ions, ipse, ipso, ires, iris, iron, irpe, iure, neps, nice, nies, nips, nisi, noes, noir, nope, nore, nori, nose, noup, nous, nsec, nurs, oeci, once, oner, ones, onus, opec, open, opes, opus, orcs, ores, oups, ourn, ours, pecs, peni, pens, peon, peri, pern, pers, peru, peso, pice, pico, pics, pien, pier, pies, pine, pino, pins, pion, pirn, pirs, pise, piso, pius, pnce, pois, pone, pons, porc, pore, porn, pose, pour, prec, pres, prie, prin, prio, proc, pron, pros, psec, puce, puer, puir, puns, pure, puri, purs, recs, rein, reno, repo, reps, resp, rice, ries, rine, rins, ripe, rips, risc, rise, risp, rocs, roes, roin, rone, rope, rose, roue, roun, roup, rous, rucs, ruen, rues, ruin, rune, runs, ruse, scop, scun, scup, scur, seco, seir, seor, sepn, sero, sice, sien, sier, sine, sion, sipe, sire, siri, snip, snop, snup, snur, soce, soir, sone, sope, sore, sori, sorn, soup, sour, spec, spic, spie, spin, spor, spue, spun, spur, suci, suer, sune, suni, supe, supr, sure, unce, unci, unco, uncs, unie, unio, unis, upon, ures, uric, urns, urps, user

3 Letter Words for Pernicious

cen, ceo, cep, cer, cie, cir, cis, cns, con, cop, cor, cos, cpi, cpo, cpr, cps, cpu, cro, crs, cru, csi, csp, cue, cun, cup, cur, eco, ecu, eir, enc, ens, eon, eos, epi, ern, ers, esc, esp, esr, esu, ice, inc, ins, ion, ios, iou, ipo, ipr, ips, ire, irs, ise, isn, iso, nco, nei, neo, nep, nie, nip, nis, nor, nos, nur, nus, oer, oes, oie, oii, ois, one, oni, ons, ope, ops, orc, ore, ors, ose, osi, oui, oup, our, ous, pci, pec, pen, per, pes, pic, pie, pin, pir, pis, piu, poi, pon, por, pos, prc, pre, prn, pro, prs, psi, pun, pur, pus, rec, rei, rep, res, rie, rin, rio, rip, roc, roe, roi, ron, ros, rps, ruc, rue, run, sci, scr, sec, sei, sen, sep, ser, sic, sie, sin, sip, sir, soc, son, sop, sou, sri, sue, sui, sun, sup, sur, unc, uni, unp, uns, upo, ups, ure, urn, urp, urs, use

Definitions for Pernicious

[1] causing insidious harm or ruin; ruinous; injurious; hurtful: pernicious teachings; a pernicious lie.
[2] deadly; fatal: a pernicious disease.
[3] Obsolete . evil; wicked.
[4] wicked or malicious pernicious lies
[5] causing grave harm; deadly

Words related to Pernicious

devastating, noxious, deadly, poisonous, virulent, malicious, harmful, toxic, nefarious, detrimental, dangerous, lethal, ruinous, destructive, damaging, baleful, deleterious, evil, fatal, iniquitous

Words nearby Pernicious

permutation, permutation group, permute, pernambuco, pernancy, pernicious, pernicious anaemia, pernicious anemia, pernicious vomiting, pernickety, pernik

Origin of Pernicious

1515–25; < Latin perniciōsus ruinous, equivalent to pernici(ēs ) ruin (per- per- + -nici-, combining form of nex death, murder (stem nec- ) + -iēs noun suffix) + -ōsus -ous

Other words from Pernicious

per·ni·cious·ly , adverb
per·ni·cious·ness , noun
un·per·ni·cious , adjective
un·per·ni·cious·ly , adverb

Word origin for Pernicious

C16: from Latin perniciōsus, from perniciēs ruin, from per- (intensive) + nex death

Synonyms for Pernicious

damaging, dangerous, deadly, destructive, detrimental, devastating, harmful, lethal, malicious, nefarious, noxious, poisonous, ruinous, toxic, virulent, baleful, deleterious, evil, fatal, iniquitous, injurious, killing, maleficent, malevolent, malign, malignant, miasmatic, miasmic, mortal, noisome, offensive, pestiferous, pestilent, pestilential, prejudicial, sinister, venomous, wicked