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— English words —

• quintessence n. A thing that is the most perfect example of its type; the most perfect embodiment of something; epitome, prototype.
• quintessence n. A pure substance.
• quintessence n. The essence of a thing in its purest and most concentrated form.
• quintessence n. (Alchemy) The fifth alchemical element, or essence, after earth, air, fire, and water that fills the…
• quintessence n. (Physics) A hypothetical form of dark energy postulated to explain observations of an accelerating universe.
• quintessence v. (Transitive) To reduce to its purest and most concentrated essence.

— English word, defined in French —

• quintessence n. (Indénombrable) Quintessence.

— In French —

• quintessence n.f. (Philosophie) Cinquième élément, qui s’ajoute chez les…
• quintessence n.f. (Alchimie) Partie la plus subtile extraite de quelques…
• quintessence n.f. (Chimie) Essence, concentré.
• quintessence n.f. (Sens figuré) Ce qu’il y a de principal, de plus précieux…
• quintessence n.f. (Par extension) Ce qu’il y a de plus fin, d’essentiel…
• quintessence n.f. Forme subtile, épurée, abstraite, éthérée.
• quintessence n.f. (Astronomie) Forme hypothétique d’énergie noire, proposée…

45 English words from 6 English definitions

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13 English words from 8 foreign definitions

chez Essence extension fin Forme les Par Philosophie plus principal Quintessence Sens subtile

27 foreign words from 8 foreign definitions

abstraite ajoute Alchimie Astronomie Chimie Cinquième concentré de␣plus élément énergie énergie␣noire épurée essentiel éthérée extraite figuré hypothétique il␣y␣a Indénombrable noire Par␣extension Partie précieux proposée quelques qui Sens␣figuré

2 suffixes (New words found by adding one or more letters at the end of the word.)

quintessenced quintessences

One prefix (New word found by adding one or more letters in front of the word.)

superquintessence

33 words-in-word (Words found as is inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

enc -ence ess ESS -ess Ess. esse Essen essence Essence int INT in't int. i'n't quin Quin quin- quint Quint quinte Quinte sen Sen SEN Sen. sence SSE tes TEs Tess TESS uint

16 words-in-word RTL (Words found written from right to left, inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

ess ESS -ess Ess. esse NES ness Ness -ness -nesse Niu set Set SET seṭ SSE

2 anagrams found with an extra letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word and an extra letter.)

quintessenced quintessences

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