kens: Prefix, Suffix and Derived words
Prefixes of kens
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token
- noun an individual instance of a type of symbol
item.
- the word`error' contains three tokens of `r'
- noun something serving as a sign of something else
- noun an individual instance of a type of symbol
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chicken
- noun the flesh of a chicken used for food
poulet; volaille.
- noun a domestic fowl bred for flesh or eggs; believed to have been developed from the red jungle fowl
Gallus gallus.
- noun the flesh of a chicken used for food
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dickens
- noun a word used in exclamations of confusion
deuce; devil.
- what the devil
- the deuce with it
- the dickens you say
- noun English writer whose novels depicted and criticized social injustice (1812-1870)
Charles John Huffam Dickens; Charles Dickens.
- noun a word used in exclamations of confusion
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awaken
- verb cause to become awake or conscious
waken; arouse; wake; rouse; wake up.
- He was roused by the drunken men in the street
- Please wake me at 6 AM.
- verb stop sleeping
waken; come alive; arouse; wake; awake; wake up.
- She woke up to the sound of the alarm clock
- verb cause to become awake or conscious
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weaken
- verb lessen the strength of
- The fever weakened his body
- verb become weaker
- The prisoner's resistance weakened after seven days
- verb lessen the strength of
- likens3/5
liken
- verb consider or describe as similar, equal, or analogous
compare; equate.
- We can compare the Han dynasty to the Romans
- You cannot equate success in financial matters with greed
- verb consider or describe as similar, equal, or analogous
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thicken
- verb make thick or thicker
inspissate.
- Thicken the sauce
- inspissate the tar so that it becomes pitch
- verb become thick or thicker
inspissate.
- The sauce thickened
- The egg yolk will inspissate
- verb make thick or thicker
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harken
- verb listen; used mostly in the imperative
hark; hearken.
- verb listen; used mostly in the imperative
- wakens2/5
waken
- verb cause to become awake or conscious
awaken; arouse; wake; rouse; wake up.
- He was roused by the drunken men in the street
- Please wake me at 6 AM.
- verb stop sleeping
come alive; arouse; wake; awake; awaken; wake up.
- She woke up to the sound of the alarm clock
- verb cause to become awake or conscious
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darken
- verb become dark or darker
- The sky darkened
- verb tarnish or stain
- a scandal that darkened the family's good name
- verb become dark or darker
- quickens2/5
quicken
- verb move faster
speed up; speed; accelerate.
- The car accelerated
- verb make keen or more acute
whet.
- whet my appetite
- verb move faster
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betoken
- verb be a signal for or a symptom of
bespeak; indicate; signal; point.
- These symptoms indicate a serious illness
- Her behavior points to a severe neurosis
- The economic indicators signal that the euro is undervalued
- verb indicate by signs
omen; prefigure; auspicate; bode; portend; foreshadow; predict; foretell; augur; prognosticate; forecast; presage.
- These signs bode bad news
- verb be a signal for or a symptom of
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sicken
- verb cause aversion in; offend the moral sense of
nauseate; revolt; churn up; disgust.
- The pornographic pictures sickened us
- verb get sick
come down.
- She fell sick last Friday, and now she is in the hospital
- verb cause aversion in; offend the moral sense of
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hearken
- verb listen; used mostly in the imperative
hark; harken.
- verb listen; used mostly in the imperative
- slackens1/5
slacken
- verb become slow or slower
slow down; slow; slack; slow up.
- Production slowed
- verb make less active or fast
slack up; slack; relax.
- He slackened his pace as he got tired
- Don't relax your efforts now
- verb become slow or slower
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blacken
- verb make or become black
melanize; black; melanise; nigrify.
- The smoke blackened the ceiling
- The ceiling blackened
- verb burn slightly and superficially so as to affect color
char; sear; scorch.
- The cook blackened the chicken breast
- The fire charred the ceiling above the mantelpiece
- the flames scorched the ceiling
- verb make or become black
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reawaken
- verb awaken once again
- verb awaken once again
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bracken
- noun fern of southeastern Asia; not hardy in cold temperate regions
Pteridium esculentum.
- noun large coarse fern often several feet high; essentially weed ferns; cosmopolitan
pasture brake; brake; Pteridium aquilinum.
- noun fern of southeastern Asia; not hardy in cold temperate regions
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kraken
A fabulous Scandinavian sea monster, often represented as resembling an island, but sometimes as resembling an immense octopus. To believe all that has been said of the sea serpent or kraken, would be credulity; to reject the possibility of their existence, would be presumption. Goldsmith.
Like a kraken huge and black. Longfellow.
Suffixes of kens
- kensington«Word Popularity Bar3/5
kensington
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Derived words of kens
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frankenstein
- noun an agency that escapes control and destroys its creator
- noun the monster created by Frankenstein in a gothic novel by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley (the creator's name is commonly used to refer to his creation)
Frankenstein's monster.
- noun an agency that escapes control and destroys its creator
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dickensian
- adjective of or like the novels of Charles Dickens (especially with regard to poor social and economic conditions)
- adjective of or like the novels of Charles Dickens (especially with regard to poor social and economic conditions)
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blankenship
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- glockenspiel1/5
glockenspiel
- noun a percussion instrument consisting of a set of graduated metal bars mounted on a frame and played with small hammers
orchestral bells.
- noun a percussion instrument consisting of a set of graduated metal bars mounted on a frame and played with small hammers
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chickenshit
- noun a false statement that is considered to indicate timidity or fear
- noun a false statement that is considered to indicate timidity or fear
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frankenstein
- noun an agency that escapes control and destroys its creator
- noun the monster created by Frankenstein in a gothic novel by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley (the creator's name is commonly used to refer to his creation)
Frankenstein's monster.
- noun an agency that escapes control and destroys its creator
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- birkenstock1/5
birkenstock
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
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slickensides
The smooth, striated, or partially polished surfaces of a fissure or seam, supposed to have been produced by the sliding of one surface on another.
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About Prefix and Suffix Words
This page lists all the words created by adding prefixes, suffixes to the word `kens`. For each word, youwill notice a blue bar below the word. The longer the blue bar below a word, the more common/popular the word. Very short blue bars indicate rare usage.
While some of the words are direct derivations of the word `kens`, some are not.
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About Prefix and Suffix Words
This page lists all the words created by adding prefixes, suffixes to the word `kens`. For each word, youwill notice a blue bar below the word. The longer the blue bar below a word, the more common/popular the word. Very short blue bars indicate rare usage.
While some of the words are direct derivations of the word `kens`, some are not.
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