perpendicular

1. Being at right angles to the horizontal; vertical. See Synonyms at vertical.

2. Mathematics Intersecting at or forming right angles.

3. Of or relating to a style of English Gothic architecture of the 14th and 15th centuries, characterized by emphasis of the vertical element.

4. Standing at right angles to the plane of the horizon exactly upright.

5. Being at right angles to a given line or plane.

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1. In a perpendicular position.

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1. A device, such as a plumb line, used in marking the vertical from a given point.

2. A perpendicular position.

3. A vertical or nearly vertical line or plane.

4. Mathematics A line or plane perpendicular to a given line or plane.

5. A line at right angles to a line or plane (as of the horizon).

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Top Words by points	Points	Word Game
perpendicular	20	Scrabble

2 Letters	Scrabble® Points
ad	3
ae	2
ai	2
al	2
an	2
ar	2
da	3
de	3
ed	3
el	2
en	2
er	2
id	3
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la	2
li	2
na	2
ne	2
nu	2
pa	4
pe	4
pi	4
re	2
un	2
up	4

3 Letters	Scrabble® Points
ace	5
aid	4
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urd	4
urn	3
urp	5

4 Letters	Scrabble® Points
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5 Letters	Scrabble® Points
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incel	7
naped	8

6 Letters	Scrabble® Points
aculei	8
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urinal	6
peepal	10

7 Letters	Scrabble® Points
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aliunde	8
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uranide	8
uredial	8

8 Letters	Scrabble® Points
audience	11
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unripped	13
uplander	11
upleaped	13
upreared	11

9 Letters	Scrabble® Points
calipered	14
curlpaper	15
euclidean	12
launderer	10
percaline	13
plunderer	12
preplaced	16
prepriced	16
prurience	13
puerperal	13
puerperia	13
reapplied	14
unclearer	11
unclipped	16
unreadier	10

10 Letters	Scrabble® Points
uncrippled	17
underprice	15
unprepared	15

13 Letters	Scrabble® Points
perpendicular	20