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6-letter words (1 found)

APICAL,

5-letter words (3 found)

CALPA,PICAL,PLICA,

4-letter words (16 found)

ACAI,ALAP,CALP,CAPA,CAPI,CLAP,CLIP,LAIC,LIPA,PAAL,PACA,PAIL,PALI,PIAL,PICA,PILA,

3-letter words (15 found)

AAL,AIA,AIL,ALA,ALP,CAA,CAL,CAP,LAC,LAP,LIP,PAC,PAL,PIA,PIC,

2-letter words (7 found)

AA,AI,AL,LA,LI,PA,PI,

You can make 42 words from apical according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of apical

apical

Etymology

apic- +‎ -al

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈæpɪkəl/, /ˈeɪpɪkəl/

Adjective

apical (not comparable)

  1. Of or connected with the apex.
  2. (botany, of a meristem) Situated at the growing tip of the plant or its roots, in comparison with intercalary growth situated between zones of permanent tissue.
  3. (phonetics, phonology, of a sound) Produced with the tip of the tongue.

Coordinate terms

  • (dentistry location adjectives) anterior,‎ apical,‎ apicocoronal,‎ axial,‎ buccal,‎ buccoapical,‎ buccocervical,‎ buccogingival,‎ buccolabial,‎ buccolingual,‎ bucco-occlusal,‎ buccopalatal,‎ cervical,‎ coronal,‎ coronoapical,‎ distal,‎ distoapical,‎ distobuccal,‎ distocervical,‎ distocoronal,‎ distofacial,‎ distogingival,‎ distoincisal,‎ distolingual,‎ disto-occlusal,‎ distoclusal,‎ distocclusal,‎ distopalatal,‎ facial,‎ gingival,‎ incisal,‎ incisocervical,‎ inferior,‎ labial,‎ lingual,‎ linguobuccal,‎ linguo-occlusal,‎ mandibular,‎ maxillary,‎ mesial,‎ mesioapical,‎ mesiobuccal,‎ mesiocervical,‎ mesiocoronal,‎ mesiodistal,‎ mesiofacial,‎ mesioincisal,‎ mesiogingival,‎ mesiolingual,‎ mesio-occlusal,‎ mesioclusal,‎ mesiocclusal,‎ mesiopalatal,‎ occlusal,‎ palatal,‎ posterior,‎ proximal,‎ superior,‎ vestibular (Category: en:Dentistry) [edit]
  • (linguistics): laminal, coronal

Derived terms

Translations

Noun

apical (plural apicals)

  1. (phonetics) A sound produced by obstructing the air passage with the tip of the tongue.

Translations

Anagrams

  • Palaic

Catalan

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin apicālis.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Central, Balearic) [ə.piˈkal]
  • IPA(key): (Valencian) [a.piˈkal]

Adjective

apical m or f (masculine and feminine plural apicals)

  1. apical
  2. (botany) apical
  3. (linguistics) apical

Related terms

  • àpex
  • apicopalatal

Further reading

  • “apical” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

French

Pronunciation

Adjective

apical (feminine apicale, masculine plural apicaux, feminine plural apicales)

  1. apical (all senses)

Further reading

  • “apical”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Interlingua

Adjective

apical (not comparable)

  1. apical

Related terms

  • apice

Portuguese

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: (Portugal) -al, (Brazil) -aw
  • Hyphenation: a‧pi‧cal

Adjective

apical m or f (plural apicais)

  1. apical (relating to an apex)
  2. (phonetics, of a phoneme) apical (produced with the tip of the tongue)

Noun

apical f (plural apicais)

  1. (phonetics) apical (a sound produced by obstructing the air passage with the tip of the tongue)

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French apical.

Adjective

apical m or n (feminine singular apicală, masculine plural apicali, feminine and neuter plural apicale)

  1. apical

Declension

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /apiˈkal/ [a.piˈkal]
  • Rhymes: -al
  • Syllabification: a‧pi‧cal

Adjective

apical m or f (masculine and feminine plural apicales)

  1. apical
  2. (botany) apical
  3. (linguistics) apical

Derived terms

Related terms

Further reading

  • “apical”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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