capacitor

1. An electric circuit element used to store charge temporarily, consisting in general of two metallic plates separated and insulated from each other by a dielectric. Also called condenser.

2. A device giving and usually consisting of conducting plates or foils separated by thin layers of dielectric (as air or mica) with the plates on opposite sides of the dielectric layers oppositely charged by a source of voltage and the electrical energy of the charged system stored in the polarized dielectric.

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Top Words by points	Points	Word Game
capacitor	15	Scrabble

2 Letters	Scrabble® Points
aa	2
ai	2
ar	2
at	2
it	2
oi	2
op	4
or	2
pa	4
pi	4
po	4
ta	2
ti	2
to	2

3 Letters	Scrabble® Points
act	5
air	3
ait	3
apo	5
apt	5
arc	5
art	3
cap	7
car	5
cat	5
cop	7
cor	5
cot	5
oar	3
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oca	5
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ora	3
orc	5
ort	3
pac	7
par	5
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pit	5
poi	5
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pro	5
rai	3
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rat	3
ria	3
rip	5
roc	5
rot	3
tao	3
tap	5
tar	3
tic	5
tip	5
top	5
tor	3
aro	3

4 Letters	Scrabble® Points
acai	6
acro	6
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airt	4
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aria	4
atap	6
atop	6
caca	8
capo	8
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cart	6
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coir	6
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crit	6
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iota	4
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otic	6
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pair	6
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raia	4
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taco	6
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taro	4
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tiro	4
topi	6
tora	4
torc	6
tori	4
trap	6
trio	4
trip	6
trop	6
cria	6

5 Letters	Scrabble® Points
acari	7
actor	7
aorta	5
apart	7
aport	7
atria	5
atrip	7
cacao	9
cacti	9
capot	9
carat	7
carpi	9
circa	9
coact	9
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coati	7
copra	9
coria	7
croci	9
optic	9
patio	7
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raita	5
ratio	5
riata	5
tapir	7
taroc	7
tiara	5
topic	9
toric	7
triac	7

6 Letters	Scrabble® Points
aortic	8
aporia	8
arctic	10
atopic	10
capita	10
capric	12
captor	10
cartop	10
ocicat	10
picara	10
picaro	10
tropic	10

7 Letters	Scrabble® Points
acratic	11
acrotic	11
apricot	11
aprotic	11
carioca	11
parotic	11
piccata	13
practic	13
tapioca	11

8 Letters	Scrabble® Points
apractic	14

9 Letters	Scrabble® Points
capacitor	15