Slacken
Reversed word is nekcals. The word "slacken" is formed by 7 different letters: A C E K L N S.
Definition(s) of slacken:
[1] (a.) To become slack; to be made less tense, firm, or rigid; to decrease in tension; as, a wet cord slackens in dry weather.
[1] (a.) To be remiss or backward; to be negligent.
[1] (a.) To lose cohesion or solidity by a chemical combination with water; to slake; as, lime slacks.
[1] (a.) To abate; to become less violent.
[1] (a.) To lose rapidity; to become more slow; as, a current of water slackens.
[1] (a.) To languish; to fail; to flag.
[1] (a.) To end; to cease; to desist; to slake.
[1] (v. t.) To render slack; to make less tense or firm; as, to slack a rope; to slacken a bandage.
[1] (v. t.) To neglect; to be remiss in.
[1] (v. t.) To deprive of cohesion by combining chemically with water; to slake; as, to slack lime.
[1] (v. t.) To cause to become less eager; to repress; to make slow or less rapid; to retard; as, to slacken pursuit; to slacken industry.
[1] (v. t.) To cause to become less intense; to mitigate; to abate; to ease.
[1] (n.) A spongy, semivitrifled substance which miners or smelters mix with the ores of metals to prevent their fusion.
Direct anagrams: No direct anagrams found :-(
Words created inserting one letter into slacken:
slackens
Shorter words created from slacken letters:
slack slake slank sal sale sac sack sake sae sank sane scale scan scena ska skean sel sea seal sec sen snack snake sneak sneck las lase lacs lacks laces lakes lances lanes leas leaks leans leks lens als alecs ales ankles clanks clans cleans calks
Words containing letter pairs from slacken: sl la ac ck ke en
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Poet helper: words ending with the same letter group: en ken cken acken lacken
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