- Types Of Speech
- You can use distention as a noun in a sentence.
- About Distention
- A 3 syllables noun and 10 letters with the letters d, e, i, n, o, s, and t, 6 consonants, 4 vowels and 3 syllables with the middle letters en. Distention starts with and ends in a consonant with the starting letters d, di, dis, dist, diste, and the ending characters are n, on, ion, tion, ntion, ..
- Definition
- The act of expanding by pressure from within
- Origin/Roots
- Middle French
- School Grade
- Distention is set as a sat word that starts with d, ends with n, 3 syllables, 4 vowels and 10 letters.
- Pig Latin
- Distention in Pig Latin is said as "istentionday or istentiondway".
- Unigram
- d | i | s | t | e | n | t | i | o | n
- Bigram
- di | is | st | te | en | nt | ti | io | on
- Trigram
- dis | ist | ste | ten | ent | nti | tio | ion
- Quadrigram
- dist | iste | sten | tent | enti | ntio | tion
- Word Gram
- Noun Examples
- the act of expanding by pressure from within
- the state of being stretched beyond normal dimensions
Synonym | Definition |
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Ball | a pitch that is not in the strike zone "he threw nine straight balls before the manager yanked him" |
Berating | a severe rebuke "he deserved the berating that the coach gave him" |
Bloat | swelling of the rumen or intestinal tract of domestic animals caused by excessive gas |
Bloatedness | |
Bloating | |
Blow | forceful exhalation through the nose or mouth "he gave his nose a loud blow" "he blew out all the candles with a single puff" |
Blowing Up | |
Boil | the temperature at which a liquid boils at sea level "the brought to water to a boil" |
Boiling Point | |
Breaking Point |
View all cognitive synonyms for Distention
Anagram | Definition |
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Distention | the act of expanding by pressure from within |
Tendonitis | inflammation of a tendon |
View English words with the unique letters used in distention. Words With The Letters Deinost
Word | Definition |
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Dilate | become wider "His pupils were dilated" |
Distend | swell from or as if from internal pressure "The distended bellies of the starving cows" |
Word | Definition |
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Enlargement | the act of increasing (something) in size or volume or quantity or scope |
Expansion | the act of increasing (something) in size or volume or quantity or scope |
Distention Is In These Word Lists
- Starts With D
- Ends With N
- Spelled With / Contains Letters