mammillary
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/ˈmamɪləɹi/
(UK)
Definition of mammillary
4 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included
adj
- Resembling a breast or nipple in shape or form.
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adj
- Resembling a breast or nipple in shape or form.
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Pertaining to the nipples.
“On the other hand, no woman who had ever borne a child (even in her own childhood) could be accepted, no matter how free she was of mammilary blemishes.”
noun
- A carbonate coating formed through the precipitation of calcium carbonate onto existing rock below the water surface in cave pools.
- A mammillary body, one of a pair of small round bodies, located on the undersurface of the brain, that form part of the limbic system.
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Etymology
From Middle French mamillaire or directly from Late Latin mammillāris, from mamilla + -aris, diminutive of mamma (“breast”).
Words you can make from mammillary
109 playable · top: MAMILLARY (16 pts)
Best play mamillary 16 points8-letter words
1 word7-letter words
3 words6-letter words
1 word5-letter words
20 words4-letter words
42 words- IMMY 11 pts
- AMYL 9 pts
- ARMY 9 pts
- LIMY 9 pts
- MAYA 9 pts
- MIRY 9 pts
- RIMY 9 pts
- IMAM 8 pts
- MAIM 8 pts
- MALM 8 pts
- MAMA 8 pts
- AIRY 7 pts
- ALLY 7 pts
- ARYL 7 pts
- ILLY 7 pts
- LILY 7 pts
- RAYA 7 pts
- YILL 7 pts
- ALMA 6 pts
- AMIA 6 pts
- AMIR 6 pts
- LAMA 6 pts
- LIMA 6 pts
- MAAR 6 pts
- MAIL 6 pts
- MAIR 6 pts
- MALL 6 pts
- MARA 6 pts
- MARL 6 pts
- MILL 6 pts
- RAMI 6 pts
- ALAR 4 pts
- ARIA 4 pts
- ARIL 4 pts
- LAIR 4 pts
- LARI 4 pts
- LIAR 4 pts
- LIRA 4 pts
- RAIA 4 pts
- RAIL 4 pts
- RIAL 4 pts
- RILL 4 pts
3-letter words
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