pinnate
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 9
- Words With Friends
- 12
- Letters
- 7
/pɪnˈneɪt/
Definition of pinnate
4 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
adj
- Resembling a feather.
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adj
- Resembling a feather.
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Having two rows of branches, lobes, leaflets, or veins arranged on each side of a common axis
“Mimosa is a tree with pinnate leaves.”
“The trunk is unbranched, often much shortened, and bears a crown of feathery or pinnate fronds.”
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Having a winglike tuft of long feathers on each side of the neck.
“the pinnate grouse, or prairie chicken”
- Having wings or fins.
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
From Latin pinnātus (“feathered”), from pinna (“feather”).
Words you can make from pinnate
101 playable · top: PANTIE (8 pts)
Best play pantie 8 points6-letter words
6 words5-letter words
16 words4-letter words
28 words- NAPE 6 pts
- NEAP 6 pts
- NIPA 6 pts
- PAIN 6 pts
- PANE 6 pts
- PANT 6 pts
- PATE 6 pts
- PEAN 6 pts
- PEAT 6 pts
- PEIN 6 pts
- PENT 6 pts
- PIAN 6 pts
- PINA 6 pts
- PINE 6 pts
- PINT 6 pts
- PITA 6 pts
- TAPE 6 pts
- TEPA 6 pts
- ANTE 4 pts
- ANTI 4 pts
- ETNA 4 pts
- NEAT 4 pts
- NINE 4 pts
- NITE 4 pts
- TAIN 4 pts
- TEIN 4 pts
- TIAN 4 pts
- TINE 4 pts
3-letter words
34 words- APE 5 pts
- APT 5 pts
- NAP 5 pts
- NIP 5 pts
- PAN 5 pts
- PAT 5 pts
- PEA 5 pts
- PEN 5 pts
- PET 5 pts
- PIA 5 pts
- PIE 5 pts
- PIN 5 pts
- PIT 5 pts
- TAP 5 pts
- TIP 5 pts
- AIN 3 pts
- AIT 3 pts
- ANE 3 pts
- ANI 3 pts
- ANT 3 pts
- ATE 3 pts
- EAT 3 pts
- ETA 3 pts
- INN 3 pts
- NAE 3 pts
- NAN 3 pts
- NET 3 pts
- NIT 3 pts
- TAE 3 pts
- TAN 3 pts
- TEA 3 pts
- TEN 3 pts
- TIE 3 pts
- TIN 3 pts
2-letter words
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