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19 Nouns That End With INS

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Word Definitions Synonyms
afterpains (noun) pains felt by a woman after her baby is born; associated with contractions of the uterus
buckskins (noun) (used in the plural) breeches made of buckskin
candlepins (noun) a bowling game using slender bowling pins Synonyms: candlepin bowling
chains (noun) metal shackles; for hands or legs Synonyms: irons
chilblains (noun) inflammation of the hands and feet caused by exposure to cold and moisture Synonyms: chilblain, pernio
chitlins (noun) small intestines of hogs prepared as food Synonyms: chitlings, chitterlings
collins (noun) tall iced drink of liquor (usually gin) with fruit juice Synonyms: Tom Collins
cremains (noun) the remains of a dead body after cremation
duckpins (noun) a bowling game using a pin smaller than a tenpin but proportionately wider
gubbins (noun) something unspecified whose name is either forgotten or not known Synonyms: dojigger, doodad, doohickey, gimmick, gismo, gizmo, thingamabob, thingamajig, thingmabob, thingmajig, thingumabob, thingumajig, thingummy, whatchamacallit, whatchamacallum, whatsis, widget
loins (noun) the lower part of the abdomen just above the external genital organs Synonyms: pubes, pubic region
(noun) the region of the hips and groin and lower abdomen
matins (noun) the first canonical hour; at daybreak Synonyms: morning prayer
muggins (noun) a person who lacks good judgment Synonyms: fool, sap, saphead, tomfool
ninepins (noun) a bowling game that is played by rolling a bowling ball down a bowling alley at a target of nine wooden pins Synonyms: skittles
pains (noun) an effortful attempt to attain a goal Synonyms: nisus, strain, striving
remains (noun) the dead body of a human being Synonyms: cadaver, clay, corpse, stiff
(noun) any object that is left unused or still extant
(noun) a relic that has been excavated from the soil Synonyms: archeological remains
spillikins (noun) a game in which players try to pick each jackstraw (or spillikin) off of a pile without moving any of the others Synonyms: jackstraws
tenpins (noun) bowling down an alley at a target of ten wooden pins Synonyms: tenpin bowling
twins (noun) (mineralogy) two interwoven crystals that are mirror images on each other

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