p 3 y 4 r 1 o 1 e 1 l 1 e 1 c 3 t 1 r 1 i 1 c 3 i 1 t 1 y 4
15 letters · 27 points in Scrabble
Meaning
noun generation of an electric charge on certain crystals (such as tourmaline) as a result of a change in temperature
originEtymology tree Proto-Indo-European *péh₂wr̥ Proto-Hellenic *pāwər Ancient Greek πῦρ (pûr) Latin pyr English pyro- Ancient Greek ἤλεκτρον (ḗlektron)bor. Latin ēlectrum Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icus New Latin ēlectricusbor. English electric Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Latin -itāsder. Old French -itebor. Middle English…
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0
Words from these letters
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- reciprocity 20
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- pyrolytic 19
- electricity 18
- pericycle 18
- precocity 18
- ecotypic 17
- epicycle 17
- cyclery 17
- correctly 16
- lectotype 16