Definitions for navels

navels na·vel

Spelling: [ney-vuh l]
IPA: /ˈneɪ vəl/

Navels is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.

You can make 127 anagrams from letters in navels (aelnsv).

Definitions for navels

noun

  1. umbilicus (def 1).
  2. the central point or middle of any thing or place.
  3. Heraldry. nombril.

Origin of navels

before 900; Middle English; Old English nafela; cognate with Dutch navel, German Nabel, Old Norse nafli; akin to Sanskrit nābhīla, Latin umbilīcus, Greek omphalós

Examples for navels

The foam, designed to be injected into the navel, is composed of two liquid precursors.

They are fox-colored, with their navel on their back, towards the back part of their bodies.

He picked up a navel orange, and pointing to the navel said, "What is that?"

Then again, in the human body the central point is naturally the navel.

Long before this, as a rule, the navel has to the child been an object of curiosity.

If this is so, "el Cuzco" has the significance of "the navel" (of the World).

“Me neither,” Lohse says, gazing pityingly at his own navel.

The singer Tom Jones growled hits like “Delilah” with shirts sweatily slashed to the navel.

It was like no wound on Earth—raw, crazy pain which started like a burn at his navel.

It is often seen at the navel and sometimes in the groin as early as the second week.

Word Value for navels
Scrable

8

Words with friends

11

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