phalange
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Definition of phalange
6 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included
noun
- (obsolete)Synonym of phalanx (“group of soldiers, people etc.”).
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noun
- (obsolete)Synonym of phalanx (“group of soldiers, people etc.”).
- Synonym of phalanx (“one of the bones of the finger or toe”).
- Any of the joints of an insect's tarsus.
- A bundle of stamens joined by their filaments.
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A phalanstery.
“The office of an Unarch is therefore but an honourable title. What can political authority be applied to in the Phalange, where all means of violence are absolutely useless, where no clashing interests, no enemies exist; […]”
name
- A right-wing Lebanese paramilitary movement based somewhat on the Spanish Falange.
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Etymology
From Middle English phalange, from Middle French phalange, from Old French phalange, from Latin phalanx (accusative phalangem), from Ancient Greek φάλαγξ (phálanx). Doublet of phalanx, planch, plancha, planche, and plank.
Words you can make from phalange
123 playable · top: PHAGE (11 pts)
Best play phage 11 points6-letter words
3 words5-letter words
22 words4-letter words
41 words- EPHA 9 pts
- HEAP 9 pts
- HELP 9 pts
- AGHA 8 pts
- HANG 8 pts
- GAPE 7 pts
- HAEN 7 pts
- HALE 7 pts
- HEAL 7 pts
- PAGE 7 pts
- PANG 7 pts
- PEAG 7 pts
- LEAP 6 pts
- NAPA 6 pts
- NAPE 6 pts
- NEAP 6 pts
- PAAN 6 pts
- PALE 6 pts
- PANE 6 pts
- PEAL 6 pts
- PEAN 6 pts
- PLAN 6 pts
- PLEA 6 pts
- ALGA 5 pts
- ANGA 5 pts
- EGAL 5 pts
- GAEN 5 pts
- GALA 5 pts
- GALE 5 pts
- GANE 5 pts
- GEAN 5 pts
- GLEN 5 pts
- LANG 5 pts
- NAGA 5 pts
- ALAE 4 pts
- ALAN 4 pts
- ANAL 4 pts
- ELAN 4 pts
- LANE 4 pts
- LEAN 4 pts
- NALA 4 pts
3-letter words
40 words- HAP 8 pts
- HEP 8 pts
- PAH 8 pts
- PEH 8 pts
- HAG 7 pts
- AAH 6 pts
- AHA 6 pts
- GAP 6 pts
- HAE 6 pts
- HEN 6 pts
- LAH 6 pts
- NAH 6 pts
- PEG 6 pts
- ALP 5 pts
- APE 5 pts
- LAP 5 pts
- NAP 5 pts
- PAL 5 pts
- PAN 5 pts
- PEA 5 pts
- PEN 5 pts
- AGA 4 pts
- AGE 4 pts
- ENG 4 pts
- GAE 4 pts
- GAL 4 pts
- GAN 4 pts
- GEL 4 pts
- GEN 4 pts
- LAG 4 pts
- LEG 4 pts
- NAG 4 pts
- NEG 4 pts
- AAL 3 pts
- ALA 3 pts
- ALE 3 pts
- ANA 3 pts
- ANE 3 pts
- LEA 3 pts
- NAE 3 pts
2-letter words
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