Opticians is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.
You can make 522 anagrams from letters in opticians (aciinopst).
1680-90; French opticien Medieval Latin optic(a) (see optics) + French -ien -ian
The acoumeter is largely used by aurists and can be obtained from the optician.
"That is an opthalmometer," replied the optician in his gravest manner.
Our first object is to see if the optician has given us a good glass.
And then the optician fits the man according to the oculist's prescription.
"Yes, sir," replied the optician, with wriggling white fingers.
I have asked an optician in London how he fixed that zero, the boiling-point.
Examination by an optician should not be considered sufficient.
The eyes are not well finished from an optician's point of view—but they serve admirably all the needs of the mole's life.
In 1609 invented a telescope, after hearing of a Dutch optician's discovery.
You had better pretend that there has been some delay—but no, your diary will show that you have not been to the optician.