Definitions for dromedaries

dromedaries drom·e·dar·y

Spelling: [drom-i-der-ee, druhm-]
IPA: /ˈdrɒm ɪˌdɛr i, ˈdrʌm-/

Dromedaries is a 11 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 16 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 16 points.

You can make 785 anagrams from letters in dromedaries (addeeimorrs).

Definitions for dromedaries

noun

  1. the single-humped camel, Camelus dromedarius, of Arabia and northern Africa.

Origin of dromedaries

1300-50; Middle English dromedarie, -ary (Anglo-French) Late Latin dromedārius (camēlus) Greek dromad- (stem of dromás) running + Latin -ārius -ary

Examples for dromedaries

The dromedary has long and deservedly been called "the Ship of the Desert."

Shah Sevar sits erect on his dromedary and leads the assault.

By pulling this to one side or the other the dromedary may be turned in any direction.

“Come on,” suggested Joe, giving his dromedary a slight kick.

"At a class reunion I once chased a trolley-car on a dromedary," he said hopefully.

"That's the boy who called me a dromedary," said Hibbert, as they turned away.

The One-Hump camel is called an Arabian camel, or a dromedary.

So saying, he let the grateful sunlight into the dromedary's innards.

The dromedary that brought me here is the fleetest in all the land of Shinar.

There, on the dromedary, is the emperor's great warrior who commands the Romans in Pharan.

Word Value for dromedaries
Scrable

16

Words with friends

16

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