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NEGLECT

“NEGLECT” is a valid word.

10 Scrabble points
14 Words with Friends
7 letters

Definition

noun

  1. lack of attention and due care
  2. the state of something that has been unused and neglected
  3. willful lack of care and attention

verb

  1. leave undone or leave out
  2. fail to do something; leave something undone
  3. fail to attend to

< 7-letter words: NEGLECT

6-letter words 1

  • gentlecause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of

5-letter words 3

  • electan exclusive group of people
  • genetFrench diplomat who in 1793 tried to draw the United States into the war between France and England (1763-1834)
  • gleeta thin morbid discharge as from a wound or especially chronic gonorrhea

4-letter words 13

  • gene(genetics) a segment of DNA that is involved in producing a polypeptide chain; it can include regions preceding and following the coding DNA as well as introns between the exons; it is considered a unit of heredity
  • centa fractional monetary unit of several countries
  • glena narrow secluded valley (in the mountains)
  • teena juvenile between the onset of puberty and maturity
  • lenta period of 40 weekdays from Ash Wednesday to Holy Saturday
  • gleegreat merriment
  • gentinformal abbreviation of `gentleman'
  • tele
  • teel
  • geltinformal terms for money
  • celta member of a European people who once occupied Britain and Spain and Gaul prior to Roman times
  • leet
  • cete

3-letter words 17

  • geta return on a shot that seemed impossible to reach and would normally have resulted in a point for the opponent
  • leta brutal terrorist group active in Kashmir; fights against India with the goal of restoring Islamic rule of India
  • tenthe cardinal number that is the sum of nine and one; the base of the decimal system
  • lega human limb; commonly used to refer to a whole limb but technically only the part of the limb between the knee and ankle
  • leeUnited States filmmaker whose works explore the richness of black culture in America (born in 1957)
  • geea unit of force equal to the force exerted by gravity; used to indicate the force to which a body is subjected when it is accelerated
  • neta computer network consisting of a worldwide network of computer networks that use the TCP/IP network protocols to facilitate data transmission and exchange
  • cee
  • gela colloid in a more solid form than a sol
  • teethe starting place for each hole on a golf course
  • eelthe fatty flesh of eel; an elongate fish found in fresh water in Europe and America; large eels are usually smoked or pickled
  • tel
  • geninformal term for information
  • nee(meaning literally `born') used to indicate the maiden or family name of a married woman
  • eng
  • cel
  • tegtwo-year-old sheep

2-letter words 4

  • elangular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object)
  • enhalf the width of an em
  • et
  • nea colorless odorless gaseous element that give a red glow in a vacuum tube; one of the six inert gasses; occurs in the air in small amounts