capsaicin
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- 15
- Words With Friends
- 19
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- 9
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Definition of capsaicin
1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included
noun
- (uncountable, usually)A chemical compound found in chilli peppers, which is responsible for their piquancy.
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Etymology
Arbitrary alteration of earlier capsicine, capsicin (“material extracted from cayenne pepper”), presumably to prevent confusion, from German Capsicin, from New Latin capsicum + German -in. Name introduced by John Clough Thresh (1850–1932) in “Capsaicin, the Active Principle of Capsicum Fruits”.
Words you can make from capsaicin
101 playable · top: CAPSICIN (14 pts)
Best play capsicin 14 points7-letter words
2 words6-letter words
9 words5-letter words
18 words4-letter words
34 words- CACA 8 pts
- CAPS 8 pts
- PACA 8 pts
- PACS 8 pts
- PICA 8 pts
- PICS 8 pts
- ACAI 6 pts
- ASCI 6 pts
- CAIN 6 pts
- CANS 6 pts
- CASA 6 pts
- NAPA 6 pts
- NAPS 6 pts
- NIPA 6 pts
- NIPS 6 pts
- PAAN 6 pts
- PAIN 6 pts
- PANS 6 pts
- PIAN 6 pts
- PIAS 6 pts
- PINA 6 pts
- PINS 6 pts
- SCAN 6 pts
- SNAP 6 pts
- SNIP 6 pts
- SPAN 6 pts
- SPIN 6 pts
- AINS 4 pts
- ANAS 4 pts
- ANIS 4 pts
- ANSA 4 pts
- INIA 4 pts
- NISI 4 pts
- SAIN 4 pts
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27 words2-letter words
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