d 2 e 1 c 3 o 1 r 1 t 1 i 1 c 3 a 1 t 1 e 1
11 letters · 16 points in Scrabble
Meaning
verb remove the outer layer of
verb remove the cortex of (an organ)
originThe verb is first attested in 1611, the adjective in 1872; borrowed from Latin dēcorticātus, perfect passive participle of dēcorticō (see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix)), from dē- (“of, from”) + cortex (“bark”, oblique stem in cortic-) + -ō.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0
Words from these letters
- cocreated 14
- corticate 13
- accredit 13
- accreted 13
- codirect 13
- redictate 12
- cocreate 12
- acceder 12
- cactoid 12
- coacted 12
- coerced 12
- docetic 12