9-Letter Words Containing TEN

Here's the list of all the 296 9-Letter Words Containing TEN in the English Language.

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potential
1. the inherent capacity for coming into being
2. the difference in electrical charge between two points in a circuit expressed in volts
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attention
1. the process whereby a person concentrates on some features of the environment to the (relative) exclusion of others
2. the work of providing treatment for or attending to someone or something
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extension
1. a mutually agreed delay in the date set for the completion of a job or payment of a debt
2. act of expanding in scope; making more widely available
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extensive
1. large in spatial extent or range or scope or quantity
2. broad in scope or content
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listening
1. the act of hearing attentively
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existence
1. the state or fact of existing
2. everything that exists anywhere
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forgotten
1. not noticed inadvertently
2. dismiss from the mind; stop remembering
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intensive
1. tending to give force or emphasis
2. of agriculture; intended to increase productivity of a fixed area by expending more capital and labor
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attending
1. the process whereby a person concentrates on some features of the environment to the (relative) exclusion of others
2. the act of being present (at a meeting or event etc.)
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intensity
1. the amount of energy transmitted (as by acoustic or electromagnetic radiation)
2. high level or degree; the property of being intense
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retention
1. the act of retaining something
2. the power of retaining and recalling past experience
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intention
1. an anticipated outcome that is intended or that guides your planned actions
2. (usually plural) the goal with respect to a marriage proposal
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competent
1. properly or sufficiently qualified or capable or efficient
2. legally qualified or sufficient
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detention
1. a state of being confined (usually for a short time)
2. a punishment in which a student must stay at school after others have gone home
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rewritten
1. write differently; alter the writing of
2. rewrite so as to make fit to suit a new or different purpose
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tentative
1. under terms not final or fully worked out or agreed upon
2. unsettled in mind or opinion
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attendant
1. someone who waits on or tends to or attends to the needs of another
2. a person who is present and participates in a meeting
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tenacious
1. good at remembering
2. stubbornly unyielding
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impotence
1. the quality of lacking strength or power; being weak and feeble
2. an inability (usually of the male animal) to copulate
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whitening
1. changing to a lighter color
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shortened
1. shortened
2. cut short in duration
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bartender
1. an employee who mixes and serves alcoholic drinks at a bar
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attentive
1. (often followed by `to') giving care or attention
2. taking heed; giving close and thoughtful attention
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intensely
1. to a high degree; extremely; in high concentration or density
2. to a great depth psychologically or emotionally
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contender
1. the contestant you hope to defeat
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centenary
1. of or relating to or completing a period of 100 years
2. the 100th anniversary (or the celebration of it)
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fastening
1. restraint that attaches to something or holds something in place
2. the act of fastening things together
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intensify
1. increase in extent or intensity
2. make more intense, stronger, or more marked
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flattened
1. having been flattened
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softening
1. the process of becoming softer
2. having a softening or soothing effect especially to the skin
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enlighten
1. make understand
2. give spiritual insight to; in religion
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pretended
1. adopted in order to deceive
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unwritten
1. using speech rather than writing
2. said or done without having been planned or written in advance
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contented
1. satisfied or showing satisfaction with things as they are
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sweetened
1. with sweetening added
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antenatal
1. occurring or existing before birth
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sweetener
1. something added to foods to make them taste sweeter
2. anything that serves as an enticement
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whiteness
1. the quality or state of the achromatic color of greatest lightness (bearing the least resemblance to black)
2. the state of being unsullied by sin or moral wrong; lacking a knowledge of evil
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untenable
1. (of theories etc) incapable of being defended or justified
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insistent
1. repetitive and persistent
2. demanding attention
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pretender
1. a person who makes deceitful pretenses
2. a person who professes beliefs and opinions that he or she does not hold in order to conceal his or her real feelings or motives
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fattening
1. subject to or used in the process of finishing or fattening up for slaughter
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attenuate
1. reduced in strength
2. weaken the consistency of (a chemical substance)
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retentive
1. good at remembering
2. having the capacity to retain something
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nilpotent
1. equal to zero when raised to a certain power
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impotency
1. the quality of lacking strength or power; being weak and feeble
2. an inability (usually of the male animal) to copulate
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9-Letter Words Containing TEN