turbinate

1. Anatomy Of, relating to, or designating a small curved bone that extends horizontally along the lateral wall of the nasal passage in higher vertebrates.

2. Shaped like a top.

3. Spinning like a top.

4. Zoology Spiral and decreasing sharply in diameter from base to apex. Used especially of shells.

5. Shaped like a top or an inverted cone .

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1. One of usually several thin plicated membrane-covered bony or cartilaginous plates on the walls of the nasal chambers.

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Top Words by points	Points	Word Game
tribunate	11	Scrabble

2 Letters	Scrabble® Points
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ai	2
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ut	2

3 Letters	Scrabble® Points
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4 Letters	Scrabble® Points
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5 Letters	Scrabble® Points
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6 Letters	Scrabble® Points
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turbit	8
unbear	8
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urbane	8

7 Letters	Scrabble® Points
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biretta	9
bitrate	9
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ruinate	7
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tribune	9
tribute	9
turbine	9
uranite	7
urinate	7

8 Letters	Scrabble® Points
braunite	10
intubate	10
unbitter	10
urbanite	10

9 Letters	Scrabble® Points
tribunate	11
turbinate	11