Scammonies is a 10 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 17 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 20 points.
You can make 656 anagrams from letters in scammonies (aceimmnoss).
before 1000; Middle English scamonie, Old English Latin scamōnia Greek skamōnía
There are three principal varieties or qualities of scammony known in the market; viz.
The lumbrici are destroyed by repeated doses of calomel and scammony.
scammony is generally formed into an emulsion with milk; and resin of jalap, with almonds and water.
Smyrna scammony, a very inferior variety, is also commonly dressed up, and sold as Aleppo scammony.
scammony is not only largely adulterated in the country of its production, but again after its arrival in England.
When in a state of purity, it does not form an emulsion with milk, like scammony resin, but runs into a solid mass.
The jalap resin of commerce is generally adulterated with scammony, gum, guaiacum or resin.
Various substances are often added to scammony while yet soft.
scammony, under the form of basilic powder, has long been employed to expel worms in children.
This is all ground up to form the scammony powder of the shops.