Definitions for stalactites

stalactites sta·lac·tite

Spelling: [stuh-lak-tahyt, stal-uh k-tahyt]
IPA: /stəˈlæk taɪt, ˈstæl əkˌtaɪt/

Stalactites is a 11 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 13 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 559 anagrams from letters in stalactites (aaceilssttt).

Definitions for stalactites

noun

  1. a deposit, usually of calcium carbonate, shaped like an icicle, hanging from the roof of a cave or the like, and formed by the dripping of percolating calcareous water.

Origin of stalactites

1670-80; New Latin stalactites Greek stalakt(ós) dripping (stalag-, stem of stalássein to drip + -tos verbid suffix) + New Latin -ites -ite1

Examples for stalactites

Thousands of stalactites hung from the roof like golden icicles.

The roof is densely crowded with stalactites of every type of beauty.

The stalactites and formation at the mouth of the cave are pure alabaster.

Even the stalactites and stalagmites are overlaid with ornamentation.

In a moment I was through the line to the pile of stalactites.

“It was clever of him to fasten it to these stalactites, too,” added Peggy.

From the roof of many of these vaults were stalactites, but of no great length.

Not very far away is the famous cave, bristling with stalactites.

Also commonly found in veins, and as spring and cave deposits (stalactites).

Some of the stalactites have their lower portions damaged in a similar way.

Word Value for stalactites
Scrable

13

Words with friends

15

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