cognation

cognation is a 9-letter English word with 5 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Relationship by blood; descent from the same original; kindred. Face value is 12 in Scrabble and 16 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 12 · Words With Friends 16 · 5 senses

Definitions

1. noun. Relationship by blood; descent from the same original; kindred.
2. noun. Participation of the same nature.
3. noun. That tie of consanguinity which exists between persons descended from the same mother; -- used in distinction from agnation.
4. noun. (anthropology) related by blood

   Synonyms: consanguinity

5. noun. line of descent traced through the maternal side of the family

   Synonyms: enation, matrilineage

Synonyms

consanguinity, enation, matrilineage

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in cognation:

contagion

Common word forms

cognations

Words from these letters

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