Definitions for Antarctic

Antarctic ant·arc·tic

Spelling: [ant-ahrk-tik, -ahr-tik]
IPA: /æntˈɑrk tɪk, -ˈɑr tɪk/

Antarctic is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 13 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 16 points.

You can make 228 anagrams from letters in Antarctic (aaccinrtt).

Definitions for Antarctic

noun

  1. the Antarctic, the Antarctic Ocean and Antarctica.

adjective

  1. of, at, or near the South Pole.

Origin of Antarctic

1325-75; Latin antarcticus Greek antarktikós (see ant-, arctic); replacing Middle English antartik (Middle French) Medieval Latin antarticus

Examples for Antarctic

During a scientific expedition in the antarctic he lost his colleagues 300 miles from safety.

In ‘Chasing Shackleton’, Tim Jarvis re-enacts a hundred-year-old antarctic journey using replica gear and clothing.

The teams of service personnel, all of whom have physical or cognitive injuries, will race 335km across the antarctic Plateau.

But single instances—so an observation by Scott, in the antarctic.

We're to sail the first week in September, so as to get the summer months in the antarctic.

"Yes—but so is the Arctic camp, and the antarctic camp, as well," replied Wade.

As forbidding as this terrain is, there is another force at work on the ocean surface – the antarctic Circumpolar Current.

On the seventy-fifth day after the sailing of the antarctic?

The teams of service personnel, all of whom have physical or cognitive injuries, have walked 335km across the antarctic Plateau.

We knew that war was their object, and the antarctic was prepared for battle.

Word Value for Antarctic
Scrable

13

Words with friends

16

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