Definitions for creosotes

creosotes cre·o·sote

Spelling: [kree-uh-soht]
IPA: /ˈkri əˌsoʊt/

Creosotes is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.

You can make 309 anagrams from letters in creosotes (ceeoorsst).

Definitions for creosotes

noun

  1. an oily liquid having a burning taste and a penetrating odor, obtained by the distillation of coal and wood tar, used mainly as a preservative for wood and as an antiseptic.
  2. coal-tar creosote.

verb (used with object)

  1. to treat with creosote.

Origin of creosotes

German Kreosote (1832) Greek kreo-, combining form of kréas flesh + sōtēr savior, preserver (in reference to its antiseptic properties)

Examples for creosotes

The lower stratum alone is adapted to the preparation of creosote.

A pump rattled under it, and the smell of creosote was everywhere.

One of the most curious operations was that of forcing the creosote into the piles.

Ponds, wetlands, groundwater and soil in and around the site were contaminated through the years with chemicals found in creosote.

There is no deception about it: it tastes of tannin and spruce and creosote.

creosote and essential and fixed oils also dissolve strychnine.

Out of this the air was first pumped, and then the creosote was pumped in.

creosote can be procured in large or small quantities from a number of concerns.

creosote will keep them off, but the remedy is as bad as the disease.

And we was loaded with cement and creosote, and the creosote got loose.

Word Value for creosotes
Scrable

10

Words with friends

11

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