Meaning
- (noun) Condition as to ancestors; ancestral lineage; hence, birth or honorable descent. “Title and ancestry render a good man more illustrious, but an ill one more contemptible. -Addison.”
- (noun) A series of ancestors or progenitors; lineage, or those who compose the line of natural descent.
Letter breakdown
- Ancestries contains 10 letters: 4 vowel(s) and 6 consonant(s).
- It uses 8 unique letters.
- Estimated syllable count: 3.
- Scrabble-style letter score: 12.
Synonyms
Letter rearrangements
Words from these letters
- resistance
- canisters
- increases
- irateness
- sincerest
- canister
- cisterns
- earnests
- increase
- raciness
- reenacts
- scantier
- scanties
- scariest
- sentries
- trainees
- actress
- arsenic
- ascents
- canters
- careens
- casters
- censers
- centers
- certain
- cistern
- creases
- creates
- cretins
- earnest
- easiest
- eastern
- encases
- entices
- entries
- insects
- inserts
- nastier
- nearest
- raciest
- racists
- recants
- recasts
- recites
- reenact
- resents
- retains
- retinae
- retinas
- satires
- scanter
- screens
- secrets
- senates
- sincere
- stances
- strains
- teasers
- trainee
Connected words
Other 10-letter words
- abandoning
- abbreviate
- abdicating
- abdication
- abductions
- aberration
- abhorrence
- abjuration
- abnegating
- abnegation
- abnormally
- abolishing
- abominable
- abominably
- abominated
- abominates
- aboriginal
- aborigines
Words starting with ANC
- ancestor
- ancestors
- ancestral
- ancestress
- ancestresses
- ancestry
- anchor
- anchorage
- anchorages
- anchored
- anchoring
- anchorite
- anchorites
- anchorman
- anchormen
- anchorpeople
- anchorperson
- anchorpersons
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Words ending with IES
Reader questions
What does Ancestries mean?
Condition as to ancestors; ancestral lineage; hence, birth or honorable descent.
What are the anagrams of Ancestries?
Valid anagrams: resistance.
How many letters are in Ancestries?
Ancestries has 10 letters.
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