12 Letter Words for Underpinning
underpinning
10 Letter Words for Underpinning
unrepining, unripening
9 Letter Words for Underpinning
dinnering, inrunning, predining, repinning, ungrinned, unpending, unpenning, unpinning, unreining
8 Letter Words for Underpinning
enduring, inurning, nidering, repining, ripening, underpin, unending, unginned, unpining, unpinned, unringed, upending
7 Letter Words for Underpinning
denning, derning, dingier, dinning, dungier, dunnier, dunning, durning, enduing, ginnier, grinned, grinnie, indigen, inuring, inurned, nigrine, ninepin, nundine, nunning, pending, penguin, penning, pinguid, pinguin, pinning, priding, pruning, pudgier, puering, punnier, punning, reining, rending, renning, rinding, rinning, ruining, running, undigne, ungripe, unrigid, unriped, upridge, uridine, urining
6 Letter Words for Underpinning
dering, dieing, dinger, dining, dinner, dirgie, dirige, diurne, dunger, dunner, duping, durgen, during, ending, endpin, endrin, engird, engrid, enring, enruin, erning, euripi, gerund, ginned, ginner, girned, girnie, greund, griped, gruine, guider, guinde, gundie, gunned, gunnen, gunner, gurned, indign, indure, ingenu, ingine, ingnue, inguen, inning, inring, inured, neurin, niding, nudger, nunned, nuprin, pengun, pening, pidgin, pieing, pierid, pinder, pinged, pinger, pingue, pinier, pining, pinned, pinner, pinnie, pirned, pirnie, pruine, pruned, punger, pungie, punier, punned, punner, purged, purine, puring, reding, rennin, repugn, riding, ringed, riping, rueing, rugine, ruined, undern, undine, ungird, ungrid, ungrip, uniped, unrein, unride, unrind, unring, unripe, upgird, uprein, uprend, urined, urning, urping
5 Letter Words for Underpinning
deign, derig, digne, digue, diner, dinge, dirge, diurn, dreng, drinn, drung, drupe, duing, dunne, duper, egrid, engin, ennui, ering, genii, genin, genip, gerip, ginep, gnide, grein, gride, grind, gripe, grued, guide, gundi, gunne, indie, indin, indri, inger, inned, inner, inrun, inure, inurn, iring, nguni, nidge, niger, niner, nuder, nudge, nudie, nunni, pendn, penni, perdu, piend, piing, pined, piner, pinge, piuri, pride, pried, prine, prude, prune, pudge, pungi, pured, purge, purin, redig, redip, redug, regin, reign, rendu, renig, renin, repin, riden, ridge, rigid, ringe, riped, ripen, rudge, rudie, ruing, runed, rupie, unden, under, undig, uninn, unpeg, unpen, unpin, unred, unrid, unrig, unrip, upend, uprid, ureid, urged, urine, urned, urped
4 Letter Words for Underpinning
degu, deni, depr, dern, dier, dine, ding, dire, dreg, drie, drip, drug, duer, dune, dung, dupe, durn, engr, erin, gein, geir, genu, gied, gien, ginn, gird, gire, giri, girn, gneu, gren, grid, grin, grip, grue, grun, gude, guid, gurn, idun, inde, indn, inne, ipid, ired, irid, irpe, iure, nein, nerd, nide, nidi, nied, nine, nude, nung, nurd, pend, peng, peni, peri, pern, peru, pied, pien, pier, pind, pine, ping, pirn, pred, prie, prig, prin, puer, puir, pung, pure, puri, regd, rein, rend, renn, rgen, ride, rind, rine, ring, ripe, rude, rued, ruen, ruin, rund, rune, rung, unde, unie, urde, urge
3 Letter Words for Underpinning
deg, dei, den, dep, der, die, dig, din, dip, dir, dpi, due, dug, dui, dun, dup, dur, edp, eir, end, eng, epi, erd, erg, ern, gdp, ged, gen, ger, gid, gie, gin, gnp, gnu, gpd, gud, gue, gui, gun, gup, gur, ide, idp, ign, ind, ing, inn, ipr, ire, iud, ned, neg, nei, nep, nid, nie, nig, nip, nne, nun, nur, pdn, ped, peg, pen, per, pid, pie, pig, pin, pir, piu, pre, prn, pud, pug, pun, pur, red, reg, rei, rep, rid, rie, rig, rin, rip, rnd, rud, rue, rug, run, ung, uni, unn, unp, urd, ure, urn, urp
Definitions for Underpinning
[1] a system of supports beneath a wall or the like.
[2] Often underpinnings. a foundation or basis: to uncover the emotional underpinnings of an illness.
[3] underpinnings, Informal . underwear, especially women's underwear. the legs.
[4] to prop up or support from below; strengthen, as by reinforcing a foundation.
[5] to replace or strengthen the foundation of (a building or the like).
[6] to furnish a foundation for; corroborate: The author's conclusions are underpinned by references to experimental findings.
[7] a structure of masonry, concrete, etc, placed beneath a wall to provide support
[8] to support from beneath, esp by a prop, while avoiding damaging or weakening the superstructure to underpin a wall
[9] to give corroboration, strength, or support to
Words related to Underpinning
support, base, ground, basis, foundation, groundwork, reinforcement, substructure
Words nearby Underpinning
underpart, underpass, underpay, underperform, underpin, underpinning, underpinnings, underpitch vault, underplant, underplay, underplot
Origin of Underpinning
First recorded in 1515–25; under- + pin
Synonyms for Underpinning
base, support, basis, foundation, groundwork, reinforcement
