hiatus

Noun

hiatus (plural hiatus or hiatuses)

1. A break or pause.
2. A gap in a series, making it incomplete.
3. (linguistics)
   1. A syllable break between two vowels, without an intervening consonant. (Compare diphthong.)
   2. The condition of having such a break.

      Words like reality and naïve contain vowels in hiatus.

4. A gap in geological strata.
5. A fissure in a bone.
6. A small difference in pitch between two musical tones.
7. A vacation.

Synonyms:

• break (1)

6 letters in word "hiatus": A H I S T U.

Anagrams of hiatus:

• hutias

Words found within hiatus:

ah ahs ai ais ait aits aitu aitus as ash at ha has hast hat hats haut hi his hist hit hits hui huia huias huis hut hutia huts is ish it ita itas its sai saith sat sati sau saut sh sha shat shut si sit sith st sui suit ta tai tais taish tas tash tau taus this thus ti tis tui tuis tush uh us ut uta utas utis uts

• hiatal ←
• hiant ←
• hi ←
• hiatus
• → hiatuses
• → hibachi
• → hibachis