Definitions for massicots

massicots mas·si·cot

Spelling: [mas-i-kot]
IPA: /ˈmæs ɪˌkɒt/

Massicots is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 345 anagrams from letters in massicots (acimossst).

Definitions for massicots

noun

  1. monoxide of lead, PbO, in the form of a yellow powder, used as a pigment and drier.

Origin of massicots

1425-75; late Middle English masticot Middle French Italian massicotto Arabic masḥaqūniyā, perhaps Greek

Examples for massicots

The white lead and massicot, so much employed for glazes, are 62 per cent.

When prepared below the temperature of fusion it is called “massicot.”

massicot is the raw material for the manufacture of “red lead” or “minium.”

massicot, mas′i-kot, n. protoxide of lead or yellow oxide of lead.

Another coat is given, made with calcined white lead or massicot, ground in linseed oil and turpentine.

massicot and orpiment, he considers as those which have been the least permanent amongst all the mineral colours.

It may be obtained by digesting with heat a solution of the neutral acetate, upon pure litharge or massicot.

It is manufactured in two forms, known as “massicot” and “litharge.”

Word Value for massicots
Scrable

12

Words with friends

14

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