Meaning Group: Dances

52 total entries across 5 section(s)

Note: this list is built automatically from the wording of the dictionary definitions. A few words here match the wording without truly belonging to the group, and some words that do belong may be missing. Treat it as a memory aid for learning the words, not as a reference on their meanings.

4-Letter Dances (6 entries)

FRONT	WORD	BACK	DEFINITION
—	HORA	HLS	[n. -S] · an Israeli~ dance / [x] { hora horah § horahs horas }
—	HULA	S	[n. -S] · a Hawaiian~ dance
—	JOTA	S	[n. -S] · a Spanish~ dance
—	JUBA	S	[n. -S] · a lively dance
—	KOLO	S	[n. -LOS] · a European~ folk dance
—	PROM	OS	[n. -S] · a formal dance

5-Letter Dances (8 entries)

FRONT	WORD	BACK	DEFINITION
S	COOCH	—	[n. -ES] · a sinuous dance
—	GAVOT	S	[n. -S] · a French dance / [x] { gavot gavotte § gavots gavottes § gavotted gavottes gavotting }
—	GIGUE	S	[n. -S] · a lively dance
—	HOPAK	S	[n. -S] · a Ukrainian~ dance
—	HORAH	S	[n. -S] · hora / [x] { hora horah § horahs horas }
—	PAVAN	ES	[n. -S] · a slow, stately dance / [x] { pavan pavane pavin § pavanes pavans pavins § pavan pavane pavanes pavin }
S	PAVIN	GS	[n. -S] · pavan / [x] { pavan pavane pavin § pavanes pavans pavins § pavan pavane pavanes pavin }
—	RONDE	LS	[n. -S] · a dance in which the dancers move in a circle

6-Letter Dances (9 entries)

FRONT	WORD	BACK	DEFINITION
—	BOLERO	S	[n. -ROS] · a Spanish~ dance
—	CUMBIA	S	[n. -S] · a Latin~ American~ dance
—	FADING	S	[n. -S] · an Irish~ dance
—	GERMAN	ES	[n. -S] · an elaborate dance
—	LEGONG	S	[n. -S] · a Balinese~ dance
—	MAXIXE	S	[n. -S] · a Brazilian~ dance
—	MORRIS	—	[n. -RISES] · an English folk dance
—	PAVANE	S	[n. -S] · pavan / [x] { pavan pavane pavin § pavanes pavans pavins § pavan pavane pavanes pavin }
—	REDOWA	S	[n. -S] · a lively dance

7-Letter Dances (12 entries)

FRONT	WORD	BACK	DEFINITION
—	BEGUINE	S	[n. -S] · a lively dance
—	BOURREE	S	[n. -S] · an old French dance
—	CARIOCA	S	[n. -S] · a South American~ dance
—	CSARDAS	—	[n. -ES] · czardas «a Hungarian~ dance» / [x] { csardas czardas § csardases czardases }
—	CZARDAS	—	[n. -ES] · a Hungarian~ dance (=czardases) / [x] { csardas czardas § csardases czardases }
—	HOEDOWN	S	[n. -S] · a square dance
—	LAMBADA	S	[n. -S] · a Brazilian~ dance
—	LANDLER	S	[n. -S] · a slow Austrian~ dance
—	MAZURKA	S	[n. -S] · a Polish dance / [x] { mazourka mazurka § mazourkas mazurkas }
—	SARDANA	S	[n. -S] · a Spanish~ folk dance
—	SHINDIG	S	[n. -S] · an elaborate dance or party
—	ZAPATEO	S	[n. -TEOS] · a Spanish~ dance

8-Letter Dances (17 entries)

FRONT	WORD	BACK	DEFINITION
—	CACHUCHA	S	[n. -S] · a Spanish~ dance
—	CAPOEIRA	S	[n. -S] · a Brazilian~ dance
—	CHACONNE	S	[n. -S] · an ancient dance
—	COTILLON	S	[n. -S] · a ballroom dance
—	COURANTE	S	[n. -S] · an old, lively dance
—	FANDANGO	S	[n. -OES or -OS] · a lively Spanish~ dance (=fandangoes)
—	GALLIARD	S	[n. -S] · a lively dance
—	GALOPADE	S	[n. -S] · a lively round dance / [x] { gallopade galop galopade § gallopades galopades galops § gallopade gallopades galop galopade galoped galoping galops }
—	HABANERA	S	[n. -S] · a Cuban~ dance
—	KAZACHOK	—	[n. -ZACHKI] · a Russian~ folk dance
—	LANCIERS	—	[n. LANCIERS] · a French dance
—	MAZOURKA	S	[n. -S] · mazurka «a Polish dance» / [x] { mazourka mazurka § mazourkas mazurkas }
—	MERENGUE	S	[n. -S] · a ballroom dance
—	NONDANCE	RS	[n. -S] · an unrhythmic dance
—	RIGADOON	S	[n. -S] · a lively dance / [x] { rigadoon rigaudon § rigadoons rigaudons }
—	RIGAUDON	S	[n. -S] · rigadoon «a lively dance» / [x] { rigadoon rigaudon § rigadoons rigaudons }
—	SARABAND	ES	[n. -S] · a stately Spanish~ dance / [x] { saraband sarabande § sarabandes sarabands }