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10 letters · 19 points in Scrabble
Meaning
noun a device for heating substances above their boiling point; used to manufacture chemicals or to sterilize surgical instruments
originEtymology tree English sterile Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize English sterilize English -er English sterilizer From sterilize + -er.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0
Words from these letters
- sterilize 18
- ritzier 16
- seltzer 16
- zestier 16
- resize 15
- ritzes 15
- seizer 15
- sizier 15
- zester 15
- lezes 14
- rezes 14
- seize 14