Definitions for diatom

diatom di·a·tom

Spelling: [dahy-uh-tuh m, -tom]
IPA: /ˈdaɪ ə təm, -ˌtɒm/

Diatom is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 10 points.

You can make 120 anagrams from letters in diatom (adimot).

Definitions for diatom

noun

  1. any of numerous microscopic, unicellular, marine or freshwater algae of the phylum Chrysophyta, having cell walls containing silica.

Origin of diatom

1835-45; New Latin Diatoma originally a genus name, feminine noun based on Greek diátomos cut in two. See dia-, -tome

Examples for diatom

diatom ooze is the characteristic deposit in high southern latitudes.

This diatom is often found in abundance in the water supplies of cities.

He turns himself outside in, and makes a temporary stomach, and proceeds to digest the soft parts of the diatom.

It is necessary to avoid any air current which will cause the diatom to fall from the thread.

Frustule, frus′tūl, n. the siliceous two-valved shell of a diatom, with its contents.

The size of the diatom, the amount of gelatine, and several other factors, will enter into the question of success or failure.

The diatom itself may be washed in the same way, if it is not too small.

The little things, he continued, delicately perforating the atmosphere as though selecting a diatom.

In fact, the two pass without any sharp boundary into each other, and both present transitions to the diatom ooze.

diatom, dī′a-tom, n. one of an order of microscopic unicellular alg, of the diatomace.

Word Value for diatom
Scrable

9

Words with friends

10

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