FRUSTULE

Definition: FRUSTULE

FRUSTULE

Noun

1. The siliceous shell of a diatom. It is composed of two valves, one overlapping the other, like a pill box and its cover.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Etymology: Frustule \Frus"tule\, noun. [Latin expression frustulum, diminutive from frustum piece: compare to the French expression frustule.]. (Websters 1913)

Domain	Definition
Mining	The siliceous cell wall of a diatom, consisting of two valves, oneoverlapping the other. It is ornate, microscopic, and boxlike. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Crosswords: FRUSTULE

Etymologies containing "FRUSTULE": Frustulent. (references)

Derivations
	Words beginning with "FRUSTULE": frustules. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Words rhyming with "FRUSTULE" (pronounced 'Frus"tule'): Blastule, Fistule, Mutule, Noctule, Pustule, Sportule. (additional references)

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Direct Anagrams: sulfuret.
	Words within the letters "e-f-l-r-s-t-u-u"
	-1 letter: fluster, fluters, futures, restful.
	-2 letters: fluter, flutes, future, luster, lustre, result, rueful, rustle, sulfur, sutler, suture, ulster, useful, uterus.
	-3 letters: felts, fetus, flues, flute, frets, fuels, furls, fusel, lefts, lures, lutes, rules, trues, tules, turfs.
	-4 letters: efts, erst, felt, fets, feus, flue, flus, fret, fuel, furl, furs, fuse, left, lest, lets, lues, lure, lust.
	Words containing the letters "e-f-l-r-s-t-u-u"
	+1 letter: frustules, resultful, sulfurets, unrestful.
	+2 letters: fulgurates, fulgurites, futureless, sulfureted.
	+3 letters: hurtfulness, ruthfulness, sulfureting, sulfuretted, superfluity, tumblerfuls.
	+4 letters: fruitfullest, fruitfulness, futurologies, mournfullest, salutiferous, sulfuretting, trustfulness, truthfulness.
	+5 letters: floricultures, hurtfulnesses, ruthfulnesses, superfluidity, superfluities.
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