Definitions for annulus

annulus an·nu·lus

Spelling: [an-yuh-luh s]
IPA: /ˈæn yə ləs/

Annulus is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 7 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 67 anagrams from letters in annulus (alnnsuu).

Definitions for annulus

noun

  1. a ring; a ringlike part, band, or space.
  2. Geometry. the space between two concentric circles on a plane.
  3. the veil remnant on a mushroom stalk.
  4. a growth ring, as on the cross section of a tree trunk, that can be used to estimate age.

Origin of annulus

1555-65; Latin, variant of ānulus, equivalent to ān(us) ring + -ulus -ule

Examples for annulus

Some have referred the name to the Latin or Italian, annulus, or annello.

Thus a hot hoosh is preparing in the central vessel side by side with the melting of snow for cocoa or tea in the annulus.

Ring: a circle or annulus, usually margining a discolored spot.

The word “annulus” (for “ring”) is itself used technically in geometry, astronomy, &c., and the adjective “annular” corresponds.

The annulus is not persistent, and the gills are crowded and notched.

This was called the astronomical ring, annulus astronomicus.

Armillate: with a ring or annulus of raised or different tissue.

The volva and ring, or annulus, are not always present in mushrooms.

The sporangia have very short stalks, and are not provided with an annulus at all.

annulus, or ring, like that of the spore-case of most Ferns.

Word Value for annulus
Scrable

7

Words with friends

12

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