p 3 t 1 o 1 m 3 a 1 i 1 n 1 e 1
8 letters · 12 points in Scrabble
Meaning
noun any of various amines (such as putrescine or cadaverine) formed by the action of putrefactive bacteria
noun a term for food poisoning that is no longer in scientific use; food poisoning was once thought to be caused by ingesting ptomaines
originFrom French ptomaïne, from Italian ptomaina, from Ancient Greek πτῶμα (ptôma, “corpse”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0
Words from these letters
- maintop 11
- pimento 11
- ptomain 11
- tampion 11
- timpano 11
- impone 10
- mopane 10
- optima 10
- optime 10
- pieman 10
- piment 10
- pitman 10