Definitions for lapillus

lapillus la·pil·lus

Spelling: [luh-pil-uh s]
IPA: /ləˈpɪl əs/

Lapillus is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 150 anagrams from letters in lapillus (ailllpsu).

Definitions for lapillus

noun

  1. a small stony particle ejected from a volcano.

Origin of lapillus

1740-50; Latin: little stone, pebble, diminutive of lapis stone

Examples for lapillus

Has Ottaiano then been destroyed only by the fall of lapillus and stones?

Our automobile is now going slower, it cracks between two deep sinks of ashes and lapillus.

They have defied and conquered the lava, and lapillus, going always ahead there where duty called them.

The Purpura lapillus and Littorina litorea and rudis (periwinkles), so plentiful on this coast, are present.

It is thought that the last species is recognized in the Purpura lapillus (Fig. 277), which abounds in the Channel.

The Purpura is an oval shell, thick pointed, with short conical spiral, as in Purpura lapillus (Fig. 277).

Word Value for lapillus
Scrable

10

Words with friends

15

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