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9 letters · 15 points in Scrabble
Meaning
noun white odorless powdered or crystalline alkaloid from plants of the genus Ephedra (especially Ephedra sinica) or made synthetically; used as a bronchodilator to treat bronchitis and asthma
originEtymology tree English ephedra Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos Proto-Italic *-īnos Latin -īnusder. Old French -inbor. Middle English -in English -ine English ephedrine From ephedra + -ine.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0
Words from these letters
- ephedrin 14
- inhered 11
- preened 10
- repined 10
- ripened 10
- dehire 10
- heeder 10
- heired 10
- hinder 10
- pheer 10
- phene 10
- deepen 9