Definitions for verticils

verticils ver·ti·cil

Spelling: [vur-tuh-sil]
IPA: /ˈvɜr tə sɪl/

Verticils is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 13 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 16 points.

You can make 366 anagrams from letters in verticils (ceiilrstv).

Definitions for verticils

noun

  1. a whorl or circle, as of leaves or hairs, arranged around a point on an axis.

Origin of verticils

1695-1705; Latin verticillus spindle whorl, equivalent to vertic- (stem of vertex) vertex + -illus diminutive suffix

Examples for verticils

At the middle, or in the distal half, each spine bears a verticil of three strong, irregularly formed ramified branches.

verticil: one of the whorls of long fine sensitive hair arranged symmetrically on the joints of the antennae in certain Diptera.

The distal end of each radial tube bears usually a verticil of four to eight similar pediculate spathill.

Each spine between the two shells has a verticil of three forked lateral branches (fig. 9a).

Word Value for verticils
Scrable

13

Words with friends

16

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