Definitions for furcates

furcates fur·cate

Spelling: [adjective fur-keyt, -kit; verb fur-keyt]
IPA: /adjective ˈfɜr keɪt, -kɪt; verb ˈfɜr keɪt/

Furcates is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 469 anagrams from letters in furcates (acefrstu).

Definitions for furcates

adjective

  1. forked; branching.

verb (used without object)

  1. to form a fork; branch.

Origin of furcates

First recorded in 1810-20, furcate is from the Medieval Latin word furcātus cloven. See fork, -ate1

Examples for furcates

furcate: forked; divided nto two approximately equal divisions.

The capillitium is very even the taeniae closely wound, the elater-ends often furcate.

By-spines very numerous, half as long as the radius, furcate, with divergent fork-branches.

In many species, notably in the genus Thomisus, a furcate mark seems to shadow the forked aorta.

Word Value for furcates
Scrable

12

Words with friends

14

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