9 Letter Words for Sheathing
sheathing
8 Letter Words for Sheathing
gahnites, heatings, insheath
7 Letter Words for Sheathing
aheight, anights, easting, eatings, eighths, ethnish, gahnite, gainest, gainset, genista, hashing, hasting, heating, heights, hething, highest, ingates, ingesta, nighest, seating, shantih, shehita, sheitan, sighten, signate, stengah, sthenia, tangies, tashing, teasing, tsigane
6 Letter Words for Sheathing
ageist, agents, ahhing, anight, ashine, ashing, athens, athing, easing, eating, eighth, eights, estang, gainst, ganesh, geisha, gesith, ghaist, giants, gisant, haeing, hagein, haints, haiths, hangie, hasten, hating, heaths, heighs, height, hestia, heting, hights, hinges, hithes, ingate, ingest, neighs, nights, sainte, saithe, sangei, satine, sating, seitan, shahin, shanti, sheath, signet, sithen, snaith, snathe, sneath, snight, snithe, stagne, steigh, stenia, stinge, taeing, tangie, tangis, tashie, teaing, teaish, tenias, thagis, thanes, thegns, theins, thighs, things, tinage, tineas, tinges, tisane
5 Letter Words for Sheathing
aegis, agent, agist, ahent, ahigh, ahing, ahint, angst, anigh, anise, antes, antis, ashen, ashet, ating, ehing, eight, enhat, entia, entsi, eshin, etang, etnas, gaine, gains, gaist, gaits, gants, gates, gaths, geans, geast, geats, geisa, geist, geits, genas, genit, gents, getah, getas, ghain, ghast, ghats, ghest, giant, gites, gnash, gnast, gnats, haine, hains, haint, haith, hange, hangs, hanse, hants, hasht, hasnt, haste, hates, hathi, heast, heath, heats, heigh, heist, hents, heths, hiant, hiate, highs, hight, hinge, hings, hints, hithe, hsian, hsien, insea, inset, naght, naish, nates, nathe, neath, neats, neigh, neist, nighs, night, saine, saint, saith, sangh, sanit, satin, segni, sengi, senit, senti, shahi, shant, sheat, sheng, shent, sheth, shiah, shina, shine, shita, siena, sient, sieth, sight, signa, singe, singh, sithe, snath, snite, stage, staig, stain, stane, stang, stean, stegh, stein, steng, stine, sting, tahin, taigs, tains, taise, taish, tangi, tangs, tanhs, tenai, tenga, tenia, thagi, thane, thans, theah, thegn, theia, thein, thens, thigh, thigs, thine, thing, thins, thisn, tiang, tiens, tiges, tinea, tines, tinge, tings, tsine
4 Letter Words for Sheathing
agen, ages, aget, agin, agit, agni, agst, ahhs, aine, ains, aint, aith, aits, anes, anet, anis, ansi, ante, anti, ants, asin, ates, atis, eans, east, eath, eats, eigh, engs, etas, eths, etna, gaen, gaes, gaet, gain, gait, gane, gant, gash, gast, gate, gath, gats, gean, geat, gein, geit, gena, gens, gent, gest, geta, gets, ghat, gien, gies, gins, gise, gish, gist, gite, gith, gits, gnat, haen, haes, hagi, hags, hain, hait, hang, hani, hans, hant, hash, hasn, hast, hate, hath, hats, heat, hehs, heng, hens, hent, hest, heth, hets, hies, high, hine, hing, hins, hint, hish, hisn, hist, hits, inga, inst, inta, isnt, isth, itas, nagi, nags, naig, nais, nash, nasi, nast, nats, neat, negs, nesh, nest, neth, neti, nets, ngai, nies, nigh, nist, nits, sage, sahh, sain, sane, sang, sant, sate, sati, seah, sean, seat, seit, sena, sent, seta, seth, shag, shah, shan, shea, shet, shia, shih, shin, shit, shtg, sian, sien, sigh, sign, sina, sine, sing, sinh, sita, site, sith, snag, snig, snit, stag, steg, sten, stge, stie, taen, tags, taig, tain, tais, tane, tang, tanh, tans, tash, tean, teas, tega, tegs, teng, tens, thae, thai, than, thea, then, thig, thin, this, tien, ties, tige, tigs, tine, ting, tins, tshi, tsia
3 Letter Words for Sheathing
aes, age, ags, agt, ahh, ahi, ahs, ain, ais, ait, ane, ans, ant, ase, asg, ash, ast, ate, ean, eas, eat, ehs, eng, ens, est, eta, eth, gan, gas, gat, gen, get, gie, gin, gis, git, gns, gte, hae, hag, han, has, hat, heh, hei, hen, hes, het, hgt, hia, hie, hin, his, hit, hts, ign, ihs, ing, ins, int, ise, ish, isn, ist, ita, its, nae, nag, nah, nas, nat, nea, neg, nei, net, nie, nig, nis, nit, nth, sag, sah, sai, san, sat, sea, seg, sei, sen, set, sha, she, shh, shi, sht, sie, sig, sin, sit, sta, stg, tag, tai, tan, tas, tea, teg, ten, tes, tgn, tha, the, tie, tig, tin, tis, tng, tsh, tsi
Definitions for Sheathing
[1] the act of a person who sheathes.
[2] something that sheathes; a covering or outer layer of metal, wood, or other material, as one of metal plates on a ship's bottom, the first covering of boards on a house, etc.
[3] material for forming any such covering.
[4] a case or covering for the blade of a sword, dagger, or the like.
[5] any similar close-fitting covering or case.
[6] a condom.
[7] Biology . a closely enveloping part or structure, as in an animal or plant.
[8] Botany . the leaf base when it forms a vertical coating surrounding the stem.
[9] a close-fitting dress, skirt, or coat, especially an unbelted dress with a straight drape.
[10] Electricity . the metal covering of a cable.
[11] Electronics . the metal wall of a wave guide. a space charge formed by ions near an electrode in a tube containing low-pressure gas. the region of a space charge in a cathode-ray tube.
[12] to sheathe.
[13] to put (a sword, dagger, etc.) into a sheath.
[14] to plunge (a sword, dagger, etc.) in something as if in a sheath.
[15] to enclose in or as if in a casing or covering.
[16] to cover or provide with a protective layer or sheathing: to sheathe a roof with copper.
[17] to cover (a cable, electrical connector, etc.) with a metal sheath for grounding.
[18] any material used as an outer layer, as on a ship's hull
[19] boarding, etc, used to cover the wall studding or roof joists of a timber frame
[20] a case or covering for the blade of a knife, sword, etc
[21] any similar close-fitting case
[22] biology an enclosing or protective structure, such as a leaf base encasing the stem of a plant
[23] the protective covering on an electric cable
[24] a figure-hugging dress with a narrow tapering skirt
[25] another name for condom
[26] (tr) another word for sheathe
[27] to insert (a knife, sword, etc) into a sheath
[28] (esp of cats) to retract (the claws)
[29] to surface with or encase in a sheath or sheathing
Words related to Sheathing
encase, wrap, cover, enclose, surround
Words nearby Sheathing
sheath knife, sheath of eyeball, sheath of schwann, sheathbill, sheathe, sheathing, sheave, sheaves, sheba, sheba, queen of, shebang
Origin of Sheathing
e1350–1400; Middle English shethen, derivative of sheath
Words that may be confused with Sheathing
WORDS, THAT, MAY, BE, CONFUSED, WITH, sheathesheath, sheathe
Other words from Sheathing
un·der·sheath·ing , noun
sheath·less , adjective
sheath·like , sheath·y , adjective
sheath·er , noun
Word origin for Sheathing
Old English scēath; related to Old Norse skeithir, Old High German sceida a dividing; compare Old English scādan to divide
Synonyms for Sheathing
encase, cover, enclose, surround, wrap
