Spiculum

Definition: Spiculum

Spiculum

Noun

1. Small pointed structure serving as a skeletal element in various marine and freshwater invertebrates e.g. sponges and corals.

Synonyms within Context: Spiculum

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Sharpness	Point, spike, spine, spicule, spiculum; needle, hypodermic needle, tack, nail, pin; prick, prickle; spur, rowel, barb; spit, cusp; horn, antler; snag; tag thorn, bristle; Adam's needle, bear grass, tine, yucca.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Crosswords: Spiculum

English words defined with "spiculum": Spicula. (references)

Etymologies containing "spiculum": Spicular, spicule, Spiculigenous. (references)

Non-English Usage: "Spiculum" is also a word in the following language with English translations in parentheses.

Latin (arrow, dart, sharp point, spear, sting).

Rhyming with "Spiculum"

Words rhyming with "spiculum" (pronounced 'Spic"u*lum'): Acetabulum, Animalculum, Asylum, Capitulum, Cerebellum, Cingulum, Clum, Coagulum, Coelum, Collum, Corallum, Corniculum, Cribellum, Crotalum, Curriculum, Flabellum, flagellum, Fraenulum, Furculum, Glabellum, Hibernaculum, hilum, hoodlum, hordeolum, infundibulum, Lum, Mesophyllum, Operculum, Opusculum, Osculum, Ossiculum, Ovulum, pabulum, Paradactylum, Paramylum, Peplum, Periculum, Petalum, Podophyllum, Postscutellum, Praeoperculum, Preoperculum, Propagulum, Receptaculum, Replum, Reticulum, Retinaculum, Rostellum, Rostrulum, Sacellum. (additional references)

Anagrams: Spiculum

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "c-i-l-m-p-s-u-u"
	-2 letters: clumps, cumuli, piculs.
	-3 letters: clips, clump, culms, limps, lumps, lupus, mucus, music, picul, pilus, plums, pulis, sculp, slump, sulci.
	-4 letters: clip, culm, cups, cusp, imps, limp, lips, lisp, lump, lums, mils, pics, plum, plus, puli, puls, scum, scup, simp, slim, slip, slum, spic, sulu, sump, ulus, umps.
	-5 letters: cis, cum, cup, imp, ism, lip.
	Words containing the letters "c-i-l-m-p-s-u-u"
	+3 letters: multicampus.
	+5 letters: impecuniously, promiscuously, scrumptiously.
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