11-letter words containing ance
- concordance — If there is concordance between two things, they are similar to each other or consistent with each other.
- condonances — the act of condoning; the overlooking or implied forgiving of an offense.
- conductance — the ability of a system to conduct electricity, measured by the ratio of the current flowing through the system to the potential difference across it; the reciprocal of resistance. It is measured in reciprocal ohms, mhos, or siemens
- confirmance — (obsolete) confirmation.
- conformance — conformity
- consonances — Plural form of consonance.
- continuance — The continuance of something is its continuation.
- contradance — contredanse
- contrivance — If you describe something as a contrivance, you disapprove of it because it is unnecessary and artificial.
- conversance — familiar by use or study (usually followed by with): conversant with Spanish history.
- conveyanced — Simple past tense and past participle of conveyance.
- conveyancer — a person engaged in conveyancing.
- conveyances — Plural form of conveyance.
- cooch dance — a sinuous, quasi-Oriental dance performed by a woman and characterized chiefly by suggestive gyrating and shaking of the body.
- coordinance — a joint ordinance
- core cancer — (jargon) A process that exhibits a slow but inexorable resource leak - like a cancer, it kills by crowding out productive "tissue".
- countenance — If someone will not countenance something, they do not agree with it and will not allow it to happen.
- court dance — a dignified dance for performance at a court. Compare folk dance (def 1).
- crance iron — a metal ring or cap to which bobstays and shrouds are secured, at the forward end of a bowsprit.
- dance drama — drama performed through dance movements, frequently with dialogue.
- dance floor — In a restaurant or night club, the dance floor is the area where people can dance.
- dance music — music that is suitable for dancing
- defeasances — Plural form of defeasance.
- deliverance — Deliverance is rescue from imprisonment, danger, or evil.
- discordance — a discordant state; disagreement; discord.
- discrepance — the state or quality of being discrepant or in disagreement, as by displaying an unexpected or unacceptable difference; inconsistency: The discrepancy between the evidence and his account of what happened led to his arrest.
- disentrance — to bring out of an entranced condition; disenchant.
- dissonances — Plural form of dissonance.
- disturbance — the act of disturbing.
- encumbrance — A burden or impediment.
- enhancement — An increase or improvement in quality, value, or extent.
- enheritance — Obsolete form of inheritance.
- entranceway — A way into a place or thing, esp. a doorway or corridor at the entrance to a building.
- equibalance — an equal weight or balance
- exceedances — Plural form of exceedance.
- exorbitance — The state or characteristic of being exorbitant.
- expectances — Plural form of expectance.
- fancy dance — Also called pan-Indian dancing. a fast Native American powwow dance that features jumping and twirling, with participants wearing bright colors and flying feathers and ribbons.
- financeable — the management of revenues; the conduct or transaction of money matters generally, especially those affecting the public, as in the fields of banking and investment.
- flamboyance — strikingly bold or brilliant; showy: flamboyant colors.
- forbearance — the act of forbearing; a refraining from something.
- forbiddance — the act of forbidding.
- forinstance — a case or occurrence of anything: fresh instances of oppression.
- freelancers — Plural form of freelancer.
- furtherance — the act of furthering; promotion; advancement.
- ghost dance — a ritual dance intended to establish communion with the dead, especially such a dance as performed by various messianic western American Indian cults in the late 19th century.
- go-go dance — a dance performed by a go-go dancer
- hinderances — Plural form of hinderance.
- hydromancer — One who practices hydromancy.
- illuminance — illumination (def 6).