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10 letters · 16 points in Scrabble
Meaning
noun mechanical device that regulates movement
originFrom escape + -ment. The watch component is so called because it allows a tooth to escape from a pallet at each vibration.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0
Words from these letters
- spacemen 14
- encamps 13
- casement 12
- encamp 12
- cementa 11
- cements 11
- escapee 11
- menaces 11
- metepas 11
- pectase 11
- pectens 11
- camps 11