lyophile
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- Words With Friends
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- Letters
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Definition of lyophile
2 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included
noun
- a lyophilic substance
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noun
- a lyophilic substance
adj
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lyophilic
“As a class, the soil colloids seem to be related more nearly to the lyophobe than to the lyophile colloids, although materials isolated from some soils approach lyophile colloids in their ability to swell.”
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Etymology
From lyo- + -phile, c. 1900, US, perhaps from French lyophile (“lyophilic”).
Words you can make from lyophile
93 playable · top: PHYLLO (14 pts)
Best play phyllo 14 points6-letter words
1 word5-letter words
11 words4-letter words
32 words- HYPE 12 pts
- HYPO 12 pts
- HOLY 10 pts
- HELP 9 pts
- HOLP 9 pts
- HOPE 9 pts
- PHEO 9 pts
- PILY 9 pts
- PLOY 9 pts
- POLY 9 pts
- YELP 9 pts
- YIPE 9 pts
- ELHI 7 pts
- HEIL 7 pts
- HELL 7 pts
- HELO 7 pts
- HILL 7 pts
- HOLE 7 pts
- ILLY 7 pts
- LILY 7 pts
- OILY 7 pts
- YELL 7 pts
- YILL 7 pts
- LIPE 6 pts
- LIPO 6 pts
- LOPE 6 pts
- PILE 6 pts
- PILL 6 pts
- PLIE 6 pts
- POLE 6 pts
- POLL 6 pts
- LILO 4 pts
3-letter words
31 words- HYP 11 pts
- HEY 9 pts
- HOY 9 pts
- YEH 9 pts
- HEP 8 pts
- HIP 8 pts
- HOP 8 pts
- PEH 8 pts
- PHI 8 pts
- PHO 8 pts
- PLY 8 pts
- POH 8 pts
- PYE 8 pts
- YEP 8 pts
- YIP 8 pts
- HIE 6 pts
- HOE 6 pts
- LEY 6 pts
- LYE 6 pts
- LIP 5 pts
- LOP 5 pts
- OPE 5 pts
- PIE 5 pts
- POI 5 pts
- POL 5 pts
- ELL 3 pts
- ILL 3 pts
- LEI 3 pts
- LIE 3 pts
- OIL 3 pts
- OLE 3 pts
2-letter words
17 wordsHooks
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