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5-letter words (3 found)

NISUS,SINUS,SUNIS,

4-letter words (4 found)

SINS,SUNI,SUNS,UNIS,

3-letter words (10 found)

INS,NIS,NUS,SIN,SIS,SUI,SUN,SUS,UNI,UNS,

2-letter words (6 found)

IN,IS,NU,SI,UN,US,

You can make 23 words from nisus according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 5 letters words made out of nisus

nisus insus nsius snius isnus sinus niuss inuss nuiss uniss iunss uinss nsuis snuis nusis unsis sunis usnis isuns siuns iusns uisns suins usins nissu inssu nsisu snisu isnsu sinsu nissu inssu nsisu snisu isnsu sinsu nssiu snsiu nssiu snsiu ssniu ssniu issnu sisnu issnu sisnu ssinu ssinu niuss inuss nuiss uniss iunss uinss nisus insus nsius snius isnus sinus nusis unsis nsuis snuis usnis sunis iusns uisns isuns siuns usins suins nsusi snusi nussi unssi sunsi usnsi nssui snsui nssui snsui ssnui ssnui nussi unssi nsusi snusi usnsi sunsi susni ussni ssuni ssuni ussni susni isusn siusn iussn uissn suisn usisn issun sisun issun sisun ssiun ssiun iussn uissn isusn siusn usisn suisn susin ussin ssuin ssuin ussin susin

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Definitions and meaning of nisus

nisus

Etymology

From Latin nīsus (“pressure, exertion”).

Noun

nisus

  1. A mental or physical effort to attain a specific goal; a striving.
  2. The periodic procreative desire manifested in the spring by birds, etc.
  3. The contraction of the diaphragm and abdominal muscles to evacuate faeces or urine.
    • 1833, James O' Beirne, New Views on the Process of Defecation, and Their Application to the Pathology and Treatment of Diseases of the Stomach, Bowels, and Other Organs, quoted in 1833, John Johnson (editor), The Medico-Chirurgical Review, New Series: Volume 19 (Volume 23 of the Analytical Series), page 7,
      The evacuation of the rectum and bladder being completed, immediately the nisus ceases, the rectum and the sphincters return to their former state of contraction, the diaphragm reascends, carrying with it and restoring to their proper situations the liver, the stomach, the spleen, the small intestines, the cæcum, and the ascending, transverse and descending portions of the colon.

Anagrams

  • Sunis, sinus

Estonian

Noun

nisus

  1. inessive singular of nisu

Latin

Alternative forms

  • nīxus

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈniː.sus/, [ˈniːs̠ʊs̠]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈni.sus/, [ˈniːs̬us]

Etymology 1

From nītor +‎ -tus.

Noun

nīsus m (genitive nīsūs); fourth declension

  1. pressure (downward push)
  2. exertion
Declension

Fourth-declension noun.

Etymology 2

Perfect participle of nītor.

Participle

nīsus (feminine nīsa, neuter nīsum); first/second-declension participle

  1. Alternative form of nīxus

Etymology 3

From Ancient Greek Νῖσος (Nîsos).

Noun

nīsus m (genitive nīsī); second declension

  1. sea-eagle
  2. sparrowhawk
Declension

Second-declension noun.

References

  • “nisus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • nisus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • nisus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • “nisus”, in The Perseus Project (1999) Perseus Encyclopedia‎[2]
  • “nisus”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • “nisus”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray

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