9-letter words containing ance
- jubilance — showing great joy, satisfaction, or triumph; rejoicing; exultant: the cheers of the jubilant victors; the jubilant climax of his symphony.
- lancejack — a lance corporal
- lancelets — Plural form of lancelet.
- lanceolar — (botany) lanceolate.
- lancewood — the tough, elastic wood of any of various trees, especially Oxandra lanceolata, of tropical America, used for carriage shafts, cabinetwork, etc.
- lap dance — an erotic dance by a stripteaser performed mostly in the lap of a customer.
- lap-dance — an erotic dance by a stripteaser performed mostly in the lap of a customer.
- limerance — Alternative form of limerence.
- luminance — brightness
- manurance — the cultivation or occupation of land
- militance — (uncountable) The condition of being militant.
- mischance — a mishap or misfortune.
- mumchance — Mute, or not speaking; silent.
- naissance — a birth, an origination, or a growth, as that of a person, an organization, an idea, or a movement.
- noncancer — Not of or pertaining to cancer.
- nondancer — a person who does not dance
- nuisancer — a person that creates a nuisance or public offence
- nuisances — Plural form of nuisance.
- obeisance — a movement of the body expressing deep respect or deferential courtesy, as before a superior; a bow, curtsy, or other similar gesture.
- occupance — Occupancy.
- omittance — The act of omitting something.
- ordinance — an authoritative rule or law; a decree or command.
- perchance — Literary. perhaps; maybe; possibly.
- permeance — the act of permeating.
- petulance — moodiness, irritability
- pleasance — a place laid out as a pleasure garden or promenade.
- poi dance — a women's formation dance that involves singing and manipulating a poi
- precancel — to cancel (a stamp) before placing it on a piece of postal matter.
- precancer — a condition that possesses a tendency to become malignant and develop into a cancer
- puissance — power, might, or force.
- pursuance — the following or carrying out of some plan, course, injunction, or the like.
- quittance — recompense or requital.
- reactance — Electricity. the opposition of inductance and capacitance to alternating current, expressed in ohms: equal to the product of the sine of the angular phase difference between current and voltage and the ratio of the effective voltage to the effective current. Symbol: X. Compare capacitive reactance, inductive reactance.
- readvance — to advance again or further
- rebalance — to balance (something) again
- refinance — to finance again.
- relevance — the condition of being relevant, or connected with the matter at hand: Some traditional institutions of the media lack relevance in this digital age.
- resonance — the state or quality of being resonant.
- securance — the act or process of securing
- semblance — outward aspect or appearance.
- severance — the act of severing or the state of being severed.
- showmance — a romance between two stars that only lasts for the run of the show
- sibilance — hissing.
- slamdance — to hurl oneself repeatedly into or through a crowd at a rock concert
- snaphance — a type of mechanism similar to a flintlock used to discharge a gun
- sovenance — memory
- sportance — pleasurable or playful activities
- stagnance — not flowing or running, as water, air, etc.
- stepdance — a dance in which the steps are the most important characteristic, specifically a solo dance with intricate, vigorous steps, often performed with the hands kept in the pockets.
- substance — that of which a thing consists; physical matter or material: form and substance.