Definitions for unciform

unciform un·ci·form

Spelling: [uhn-suh-fawrm]
IPA: /ˈʌn səˌfɔrm/

Unciform is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 15 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 19 points.

You can make 239 anagrams from letters in unciform (cfimnoru).

Definitions for unciform

adjective

  1. hook-shaped.

Origin of unciform

1725-35; New Latin unciformis, equivalent to Latin unc(us) a hook, barb (cognate with Greek ónkos) + -i- -i- + -formis -

Examples for unciform

The final bone of that series, the unciform, seems to represent two bones fused.

In the carpus the os magnum articulates freely with the scaphoid, and is separated from the cuneiform by the lunar and unciform.

Word Value for unciform
Scrable

15

Words with friends

19

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