SMECTIC STATE

Domain	Definition
Mining	Liquid-crystalline state of some fatty acids and soaps in which bundles of long molecules are oriented into parallel layers. Smectic liquid crystals are composed of a series of planes. They glide rather than flow. When less completely oriented (nematic), they are distributed at random and flow. (references)
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Anagrams: SMECTIC STATE

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-c-c-e-e-i-m-s-s-t-t-t"
	-3 letters: ecstatics, estimates, scattiest, smectites, steamiest, steatites, testacies.
	-4 letters: ascetics, casettes, cassette, casteism, cattiest, ecstatic, estimate, etatisms, meatiest, misstate, seamiest, smectite, statices, steatite, tastiest, teatimes, tectites, testates, testiest.
	-5 letters: ascetic, ascites, attests, camises, casette, catties, easiest, ectases, ectasis, ectatic, emetics, estates, etatism, etatist, mastics, metates, metisse, misacts, miscast, misease, miseats, misseat, samites, sematic, siamese.
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