1 | adjective | permitting little if any light to pass through because of denseness of matter 2 | adjective | hard to pass through because of dense growth 3 | adjective | having high relative density or specific gravity 4 | adjective | slow to learn or understand; lacking intellectual acuity

d'ens (IPA: dˈɛns)

dense (no hyphenation) (5 letters | 1 syllable)

1599 (Elizabethan era | European Renaissance) (426 years ago)

Latin

denser | densest

heavy | impenetrable | dim | dull | dumb | obtuse | slow (total: 7)

commence | commonsense | condense | defence | defense | dispense | expense | fence | hence | immense | incense | intense | offense | pretense | sense | ... (total: 19) (based on typical American pronunciation)

sense | tense

needs

dense blazing star | dense-leaved elodea

Mandarin Chinese: | 密集的 (adjective) Hindi: | सघन (adjective) Arabic: | كَثيف (adjective) Spanish: | denso (general) | denso (turbid) | espeso (turbid) French: | dense (general) | dense (turbid) | épais (turbid) | lourd (turbid)

Dense (US population: 110 people, white: 81%)

dense.com | dense.org | dense.info

Blockheaded | Blockish | Compact | Concentrated | Crowded | Doltish | Hardly suited for Mensa | Impenetrable | None too brainy | None too bright | Not the brightest bulb on the tree | ... (total: 25) (based on all New York Times crossword puzzles 1994 to 2009)

6 (International English) | 6 (North American English)

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