What it means
- (verb) To remove sex organs from an animal to prevent it from having offspring; to castrate or spay, particularly as applied to domestic animals.
- (verb) To rid of sexuality.
- (verb) To drastically reduce the effectiveness of something.
- (noun) The act by which something is neutered. “The vet performed neuterings on four cats.”
Letter analysis
- Neutering contains 9 letters: 4 vowel(s) and 5 consonant(s).
- It uses 7 unique letters.
- Estimated syllable count: 3.
- Scrabble-style letter score: 10.
Sub-words
- entering
- tenuring
- enuring
- genuine
- integer
- interne
- renting
- retinue
- reunite
- treeing
- trueing
- turning
- uterine
- engine
- entire
- gunner
- intern
- neuter
- regent
- rennet
- teeing
- tenure
- truing
- tuning
- tureen
- urgent
- egret
- ennui
- enter
- enure
- genie
- genre
- green
- greet
- grunt
- inert
- inner
- inter
- inure
- niter
- reign
- ruing
- tiger
- tinge
- tuner
- unite
- untie
- urine
- uteri
- gene
- gent
- girt
- grin
- grit
- grue
- nine
- nite
- rein
- rent
Related words
Other 9-letter words
- aardvarks
- abandoned
- abasement
- abatement
- abattoirs
- abdicated
- abdicates
- abdominal
- abductees
- abducting
- abduction
- abductors
- abhorrent
- abhorring
- abilities
- ablatives
- ablutions
- abnegated
Words starting with NEU
- neural
- neuralgia
- neuralgic
- neuritis
- neurological
- neurologist
- neurologists
- neurology
- neuron
- neurons
- neuroses
- neurosis
- neurosurgery
- neurotic
- neurotically
- neurotics
- neuter
- neutered
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Words ending with ING
Common questions
What does Neutering mean?
To remove sex organs from an animal to prevent it from having offspring; to castrate or spay, particularly as applied to domestic animals.
How many letters are in Neutering?
Neutering has 9 letters.
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