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9-letter words (1 found)

CARBUNCLE,

8-letter words (1 found)

CARUNCLE,

7-letter words (6 found)

CURABLE,LUCARNE,NEBULAR,NUCLEAR,UNBRACE,UNCLEAR,

6-letter words (28 found)

ACCRUE,BECURL,BRANLE,BUCCAL,CABLER,CANCEL,CANCER,CARCEL,CERCAL,CUBANE,CUNEAL,LACUNE,LANCER,LAUNCE,LUCERN,NEBULA,NEURAL,RANCEL,RAUCLE,RUBACE,ULNARE,UNABLE,UNBALE,UNBARE,UNBEAR,UNLACE,UNREAL,URBANE,

5-letter words (51 found)

ABLER,ABUNE,ACERB,ALURE,ANCLE,BALER,BALUN,BELAR,BLAER,BLARE,BLEAR,BLUER,BRACE,BRANE,BRULE,BUNCE,BURAN,CABER,CABLE,CABRE,CANER,CARLE,CECAL,CLEAN,CLEAR,CRANE,CRENA,CRUEL,CUBER,LACER,LANCE,LEARN,LUBRA,LUCRE,LUNAR,NACRE,NERAL,RANCE,RECAL,RENAL,RUBEL,RUBLE,ULCER,ULNAE,ULNAR,UNBAR,UNCLE,URBAN,UREAL,URENA,URNAL,

4-letter words (85 found)

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3-letter words (59 found)

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2-letter words (18 found)

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1-letter words (1 found)

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You can make 250 words from carbuncle according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of carbuncle

carbuncle

Etymology

From Middle English carbuncle, charbocle, from Old French carbuncle, charbuncle, from Latin carbunculus (“a small coal; a reddish kind of precious stone; a kind of tumor”), diminutive of carbō (“a coal, charcoal”).

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈkɑː.bʌŋ.kl̩/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈkɑɹˌbʌŋ.kl̩/

Noun

carbuncle (plural carbuncles)

  2. (archaic) A deep-red or fiery colored garnet or other dark red precious stone, especially when cut cabochon.
    1. (heraldry) A charge or bearing supposed to represent the precious stone, with eight sceptres or staves radiating from a common centre; an escarbuncle.
  4. (pathology) An abscess larger than a boil, usually with one or more openings draining pus onto the skin. It is usually caused by staphylococcal infection.
  5. An unpopular or ugly building; an eyesore.

Related terms

  • carbon

Translations

See also

  • ruby

References

  • “carbuncle”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
  • “carbuncle”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.

Middle English

Alternative forms

  • carboncle, carbuncul, charbocle, charbokel, charbouncle, charbucle, charbukel, charbuncle, charbunkel

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French carbuncle, charbuncle, itself borrowed from Latin carbunculus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkarbunkəl/, /ˈkarbukəl/, /ˈt͡ʃ-/

Noun

carbuncle (plural carbuncles)

  1. A carbuncle (garnet or other precious stone)
    • 14th c. Geoffrey Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales. The Tale of Sir Thopas: 179-81.
  2. Material similar to carbuncle.
  3. (pathology) A carbuncle; a large abscess.

Descendants

  • English: carbuncle

References

  • “carbuncle, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Old French

Alternative forms

  • charbuncle

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin carbunculus.

Noun

carbuncle oblique singular, m (oblique plural carbuncles, nominative singular carbuncles, nominative plural carbuncle)

  1. carbuncle (deep-red or fiery colored garnet or other dark red precious stone)

Descendants

  • → Middle English: carbuncle

Source: wiktionary.org