Definitions for Phalange

Phalange phal·ange

Spelling: [fal-uh nj, fuh-lanj, Phalange is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 14 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 17 points.

You can make 215 anagrams from letters in Phalange (aaeghlnp).

Definitions for Phalange

noun

  1. a phalanx.

Origin of Phalange

First recorded in 1550-60; back formation from phalanges

Examples for Phalange

This is exactly equal to the length of the first phalange of the wing finger.

A man began it by taking a phalange, then another took a metatarsal bone.

The second phalange is concave at the upper articular end and convex in the longer direction at the lower end.

To have a supple lower or middle joint does not relate to the Will but to the phalange of Logic of the possessor.

According to this interpretation it is the first and only phalange in the first digit.

There is only one first phalange which has a length of 7¾ inches.

The third phalange is the longest in the only specimen in which the finger bones are all preserved.

Great artists, great mechanicians, great writers—these belong to no phalange, but to humanity.

Word Value for Phalange
Scrable

14

Words with friends

17

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