nisus
Plural: nisuses
Noun
- an effortful attempt to attain a goal
- A mental or physical effort to attain a specific goal; a striving.
- The periodic procreative desire manifested in the spring by birds, etc.
- The contraction of the diaphragm and abdominal muscles to evacuate faeces or urine.
- pl. NISUS an effort
Origin / Etymology
From Latin nīsus (“pressure, exertion”).
Scrabble Score: 5
nisus: valid Scrabble (US) TWL wordnisus: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
nisus: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 7
nisus is a valid Words With Friends word