Definitions for nodules

nodules nod·ule

Spelling: [noj-ool]
IPA: /ˈnɒdʒ ul/

Nodules is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 7 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 10 points.

You can make 218 anagrams from letters in nodules (delnosu).

Definitions for nodules

noun

  1. a small node, knot, or knob.
  2. a small, rounded mass or lump.
  3. Botany. a tubercle.

Origin of nodules

1590-1600; Latin nōdulus a little knot, equivalent to nōd(us) node + -ulus -ule

Examples for nodules

Fig. 9 is from Northern Ohio, and is carved from a nodule of iron ore.

When it was opened, out of one nodule came man and from the other woman.

The size of the fish evidently regulated that of the nodule.

Doubtless, an eddy from this hole accounts for the deposit of snow and, by accretions, for the erection of the nodule.

A sharp-edged, natural flake served for one, and a nodule or fragment served for the other.

The gland, which is seen as a nodule, is drawn forward with forceps.

Nature's method of repair was a hypertrophy of the subintimal connective tissue and the formation of a nodule at that point.

The first of these cartilages articulates with a nodule situated a little above the middle of the first bone of the sternum.

The essential symptoms of glanders are the nodule, the chancre, the glands, and the discharge.

Rind—a deeply weathered area on the outer surface of a nodule or chunk of flint or like material.

Word Value for nodules
Scrable

7

Words with friends

10

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