appetency

appetency is a 9-letter English word with 4 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Fixed and strong desire; esp. natural desire; a craving; an eager appetite. Face value is 18 in Scrabble and 21 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

9 letters · Scrabble 18 · Words With Friends 21 · 4 senses

Definitions

1. noun. Fixed and strong desire; esp. natural desire; a craving; an eager appetite.
2. noun. Specifically: An instinctive inclination or propensity in animals to perform certain actions, as in the young to suck, in aquatic fowls to enter into water and to swim; the tendency of an organized body to seek what satisfies the wants of its organism.
3. noun. Natural tendency; affinity; attraction; -- used of inanimate objects.
4. noun. a feeling of craving something- Granville Hicks

   "an appetite for life"

   "the object of life is to satisfy as many appetencies as possible"

   Synonyms: appetence, appetite

Synonyms

appetence, appetite

Common word forms

appetencies

Words from these letters

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