Definitions for ampulla

ampulla am·pul·la

Spelling: [am-puhl-uh, -poo l-uh<
IPA: /æmˈpʌl ə, -ˈpʊl ə/

Ampulla is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 16 points.

You can make 90 anagrams from letters in ampulla (aallmpu).

Definitions for ampulla

noun

  1. Anatomy. a dilated portion of a canal or duct, especially of the semicircular canals of the ear.
  2. Zoology, Botany. any flask-shaped structure.
  3. Ecclesiastical. a vessel for the wine and water used at the altar. a vessel for holding consecrated oil.
  4. a two-handled bottle having a somewhat globular shape, made of glass or earthenware, used by the ancient Romans for holding oil, wine, or perfumes.
  5. Ichthyology. ampulla of Lorenzini.

Origin of ampulla

New Latin, Latin, equivalent to amphor(a) amphora + -la diminutive suffix, with normal vowel reduction and Greek ph rendered as p

Examples for ampulla

At the base of each tube-foot there is a globular reservoir, or ampulla.

We remember that at the time of the Revolution the ampulla containing the sacred oil was shivered into fragments.

Straightway there descends a dove white as snow, bearing in its beak an ampulla full of chrism sent from heaven.

F—Iron tripod, in which the ampulla is usually placed when there are not many particles of gold to be parted from the silver.

ampullaceous, swelling out like a bottle or bladder (ampulla).

And to the ampulla (Note 7) and shrine of Saint Remy a crown, and likewise a crown to the holy relics there kept.

They all knelt save the vicar, who had placed the oil in an ampulla upon a table.

And by God's grace on the day of the King's anointing this ampulla is always found full.

If an ampulla be inflated and then pressed, the corresponding tube-foot will be seen to extend.

The vessel containing the oil wherewith the Kings of France were anointed, oil and ampulla being fabled to have come from Heaven.

Word Value for ampulla
Scrable

11

Words with friends

16

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