NOUN
  • Definition - (history) A system in Spain and, later and more extensively, in Spanish colonies, in which the right to exploit the labour of certain groups of subject people (initially, Muslims, during the Reconquista) was granted to conquerors; servitude within this system.
  • Definition - (history) A permission to exploit labour within the encomienda system; an enterprise established to exploit such a permission.
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9 Letter Words
dominance 14 macedoine 14 menadione 12
8 Letter Words
comedian 13 daemonic 13 demoniac 13 canoemen 12 monecian 12 decennia 11 demonian 11 enneadic 11
5 Letter Words
demic 10 domic 10 maced 10 medic 10 amice 9 amnic 9 cameo 9 comae 9 macon 9 manic 9 mince 9 monic 9 acned 8 adeem 8 admen 8 admin 8 aimed 8 amend 8 amide 8 amido 8 caned 8 canid 8 cnida 8 coden 8 coned 8 dance 8 decan 8 deice 8 demoi 8 demon 8 denim 8 edema 8 emend 8 maned 8 media 8 menad 8 mined 8 monad 8 monde 8 named 8 nicad 8 nomad 8 amine 7 amino 7 amnio 7 ancon 7 anime 7 canoe 7 canon 7 conin 7
4 Letter Words
acme 8 came 8 cami 8 camo 8 coma 8 come 8 emic 8 mace 8 mica 8 mice 8 aced 7 acid 7 amid 7 cade 7 cadi 7 caid 7 cede 7 cedi 7 coda 7 code 7 coed 7 dace 7 dame 7 damn 7 deco 7 deem 7 deme 7 demo 7 dice 7 dime 7 dome 7 iced 7 idem 7 made 7 maid 7 mead 7 meed 7 mend 7 mind 7 mode 7 modi 7 odic 7 acne 6 amen 6 amie 6 amin 6 cain 6 cane 6 ciao 6 cine 6
3 Letter Words
cam 7 mac 7 mic 7 moc 7 cad 6 cod 6 dam 6 dim 6 doc 6 dom 6 mad 6 med 6 mid 6 mod 6 ace 5 aim 5 ami 5 can 5 cee 5 con 5 eco 5 eme 5 emo 5 ice 5 mae 5 man 5 men 5 moa 5 moi 5 mon 5 nam 5 nim 5 nom 5 oca 5 oma 5 ado 4 aid 4 and 4 dan 4 dee 4 den 4 die 4 din 4 doe 4 don 4 end 4 nod 4 oda 4 ode 4 ain 3
2 Letter Words
am 4 em 4 ma 4 me 4 mi 4 mo 4 om 4 ad 3 da 3 de 3 do 3 ed 3 id 3 od 3 ae 2 ai 2 an 2 en 2 in 2 na 2 ne 2 no 2 oe 2 oi 2 on 2
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