effusion
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- Scrabble points
- 14
- Words With Friends
- 16
- Letters
- 8
Definition of effusion
4 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
noun
- (countable, uncountable)A liquid outpouring.
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noun
- (countable, uncountable)A liquid outpouring.
- (countable, uncountable)Process of gases passing through a hole or holes considerably smaller than the mean free path of the gas molecules.
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(broadly, countable, figuratively, uncountable)An outpouring of speech or emotion.
“1930; George S. Kaufman, Morrie Ryskind, Bert Kalmar, Harry Ruby; Animal Crackers, Paramount Pictures Captain Spaulding: My friends, I am highly gratified by this magnificent display of effusion […]”
“The housekeeper, a very decorative brunette of thirty-five with a pseudo-English accent, greeted him with a mixture of grateful effusion and condescending patronage.”
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(countable, uncountable)The seeping of fluid into a body cavity; the fluid itself.
“pleural effusion”
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French effusion, from Latin effūsiō (“outpouring”). Displaced native Old English āgotennes.
Words you can make from effusion
98 playable · top: FIEFS (11 pts)
Best play fiefs 11 points6-letter words
2 words5-letter words
12 words4-letter words
30 words- EFFS 10 pts
- FIEF 10 pts
- FIFE 10 pts
- NIFF 10 pts
- NUFF 10 pts
- OFFS 10 pts
- ENUF 7 pts
- FENS 7 pts
- FEUS 7 pts
- FINE 7 pts
- FINO 7 pts
- FINS 7 pts
- FOES 7 pts
- FOIN 7 pts
- FONS 7 pts
- FUNS 7 pts
- FUSE 7 pts
- INFO 7 pts
- NEIF 7 pts
- SEIF 7 pts
- EONS 4 pts
- IONS 4 pts
- NOES 4 pts
- NOSE 4 pts
- NOUS 4 pts
- ONES 4 pts
- ONUS 4 pts
- SINE 4 pts
- SONE 4 pts
- UNIS 4 pts
3-letter words
34 words- EFF 9 pts
- IFF 9 pts
- OFF 9 pts
- EFS 6 pts
- FEN 6 pts
- FES 6 pts
- FEU 6 pts
- FIE 6 pts
- FIN 6 pts
- FOE 6 pts
- FON 6 pts
- FOU 6 pts
- FUN 6 pts
- IFS 6 pts
- ENS 3 pts
- EON 3 pts
- INS 3 pts
- ION 3 pts
- NOS 3 pts
- NUS 3 pts
- OES 3 pts
- ONE 3 pts
- ONS 3 pts
- OSE 3 pts
- SEI 3 pts
- SEN 3 pts
- SIN 3 pts
- SON 3 pts
- SOU 3 pts
- SUE 3 pts
- SUN 3 pts
- UNI 3 pts
- UNS 3 pts
- USE 3 pts
2-letter words
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