Definitions for stylet

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stylet sty·let

Spelling: [stahy-lit]

IPA: /ˈstaɪ lɪt/

Stylet is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 9 points.

You can make 73 anagrams from letters in stylet (elstty).

Definitions for stylet

noun

1. a stiletto or dagger.
2. any similar sharp-pointed instrument.
3. Medicine/Medical. a probe. a wire run through the length of a catheter, cannula, or needle to make it rigid or to clear it.

Origin of stylet

1690-1700; French Middle French stilet Italian stiletto stiletto; -y- Latin stylus. See style, stylus

Examples for stylet

The question being asked, 'How can the stylet be procured to satisfy curiosity?'

Leaves abruptly pinnate, the place of the odd leaflet taken by a stylet.

Leaves opposite, abruptly pinnate with a stylet in place of the odd leaflet.

Leaves alternate, pinnate with stylet in place of the odd leaflet.

stylet: a small style or stiff process: one of the piercing mouth structures in Diptera and Hemiptera.