Definitions for annular

annular an·nu·lar

Spelling: [an-yuh-ler]
IPA: /ˈæn yə lər/

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

You can make 73 anagrams from letters in annular (aalnnru).

Definitions for annular

adjective

  1. having the form of a ring.
  2. (of a carpenter's nail) having a series of concentric grooves to improve holding power.

Origin of annular

1565-75; Latin annulāris, equivalent to annul(us) ring (variant of ānulus) + -āris -ar1

Examples for annular

Finally, these annular creatures, obscure in their lives, isolate themselves.

In 1567 there was an annular eclipse visible at Rome on April 9.

There is yet another type of Anglo-Saxon brooch, annular in shape.

The steps compose an annular vault, winding like a corkscrew.

The angle of the anterior chamber is a true angle and not an annular sinus.

One of the annular constrictions is constantly in the sagittal plane (separating the right and left halves of the shell).

In 1748 Scotland was again favoured with a central eclipse, but it was only annular.

Hind found that the eclipse was annular on the central line.

On each side of the ring-plane four pairs of large irregular, annular holes; the fourth (inferior or buccal) pair is the longest.

Eclipses of the sun are of three kinds—partial, annular, and total.

Word Value for annular
Scrable

7

Words with friends

11

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