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Showing words for TENACE using the English dictionary
6 Letter Words for Tenace
cetane, tenace
5 Letter Words for Tenace
ctene, eaten, enact, enate, entea
4 Letter Words for Tenace
acne, ance, anet, ante, cane, cant, cate, cene, cent, cete, eten, etna, nace, neat, neet, nete, tace, taen, tane, tean, teca, teen, tene
3 Letter Words for Tenace
ace, act, anc, ane, ant, ate, can, cat, cee, cen, cte, ctn, ean, eat, ect, eec, een, enc, ene, eta, etc, nae, nat, nea, nee, net, tan, tea, tec, tee, ten
Definitions for Tenace
[1] a sequence of two high cards of the same suit that lack an intervening card to be in consecutive order, as the ace and queen.
[2] bridge whist a holding of two nonconsecutive high cards of a suit, such as the ace and queen
Words nearby Tenace
tena, tena koe, tena korua, tena koutou, tenable, tenace, tenacious, tenacity, tenaculum, tenaculum forceps, tenafly
Origin of Tenace
1645–55; < Spanish tenazas tongs, tenace (in card games), derivative of tenaz ≪ Latin tenāx tenacious; compare Medieval Latin tenācēs forceps
Word origin for Tenace
C17: from French, from Spanish tenaza forceps, ultimately from Latin tenāx holding fast, from tenēre to hold