Definitions for gracilis

gracilis grac·i·lis

Spelling: [gras-uh-lis]
IPA: /ˈgræs ə lɪs/

Gracilis is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 230 anagrams from letters in gracilis (acgiilrs).

Definitions for gracilis

noun

  1. a muscle in the inner side of the thigh, the action of which assists in drawing the legs inward and in bending the knee.

Origin of gracilis

1605-15; New Latin; Latin: gracile

Examples for gracilis

Top: Hybopsis gracilis gracilis, 230.0 mm standard length, one of the largest specimens examined.

"I'll run the gracilis if you will steer," she said quietly.

Inermis Elegans and gracilis are the only other varieties of the group that need be mentioned here.

The graisle (from gracilis) was, as its name indicates, of a slender form; its exact fashion has not been ascertained.

Howell (1906:23), under the name Spilogale gracilis, recorded another male from Ptzcuaro.

The gracilis is one of the most beautiful of all the deutzias.

Antennæ capite transverso breviores; articuli breves, transversi; arista longa, gracilis, filiformis.

The type specimen of gracilis surely is an adult and because of its small size is thought to be a female.

Bottom: Hybopsis gracilis gulonella, 121.6 mm standard length, the largest specimen examined of this subspecies.

Judging from the nature of the terrain, the range of gracilis does not extend eastward much beyond the Raft River Mountains.

Word Value for gracilis
Scrable

11

Words with friends

14

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