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Showing words for SEXTANS using the English dictionary
7 Letter Words for Sextans
sextans
6 Letter Words for Sextans
assent, sanest, saxten, sextan, snaste, stanes, steans, tensas, texans
5 Letter Words for Sextans
antes, asset, easts, etnas, nates, neats, nests, nexts, sanes, sants, sates, saxes, seans, seats, senas, sensa, sents, sexts, snast, stane, stean, stens, tasse, taxes, texan, texas
4 Letter Words for Sextans
anes, anet, ante, ants, asse, assn, asst, ates, axes, eans, east, eats, ests, etas, etna, exta, nast, nats, neat, ness, nest, nets, next, sane, sans, sant, sate, saxe, sean, seas, seat, seax, sena, sens, sent, seta, sets, sext, sten, taen, tane, tans, tass, tean, teas, tens
3 Letter Words for Sextans
aes, ane, ans, ant, ase, ass, ast, ate, ean, eas, eat, ens, ess, est, eta, ext, nae, nas, nat, nea, net, san, sat, sax, sea, sen, set, sex, sse, sta, tan, tas, tax, tea, ten, tes, tex, tss, xat
Definitions for Sextans
[1] Astronomy . the Sextant, an equatorial constellation between Hydra and Leo.
[2] (lowercase ) a bronze coin of ancient Rome, the sixth part of an as, issued during the period of the Republic.
[3] (of a fever) characterized by paroxysms that recurevery sixth day.
[4] a sextan fever.
[5] a faint constellation lying on the celestial equator close to Leo and Hydra
[6] (of a fever) marked by paroxysms that recur after an interval of five days
Origin of Sextans
1650–60; < New Latin sextān(a ) (febris ) sixth day (fever), equivalent to Latin sext(us ) sixth + āna -an
Word origin for Sextans
C17: from Medieval Latin sextana (febris ) (fever) of the sixth (day)