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Is theca a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word theca is a Scrabble US word. The word theca is worth 10 points in Scrabble:

T1H4E1C3A1

Is theca a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word theca is a Scrabble UK word and has 10 points:

T1H4E1C3A1

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Yes. The word theca is a Words With Friends word. The word theca is worth 10 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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5-letter words (4 found)

CHEAT,TACHE,TEACH,THECA,

4-letter words (14 found)

ACHE,CATE,CHAT,EACH,EATH,ECHT,ETCH,HAET,HATE,HEAT,TACE,TACH,TECH,THAE,

3-letter words (18 found)

ACE,ACH,ACT,ATE,CAT,CHA,CHE,EAT,ECH,ETA,ETH,HAE,HAT,HET,TAE,TEA,TEC,THE,

2-letter words (11 found)

AE,AH,AT,CH,EA,EH,ET,HA,HE,TA,TE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 48 words from theca according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 5 letters words made out of theca

theca hteca tehca ethca hetca ehtca thcea htcea tchea cthea hctea chtea techa etcha tceha cteha ectha cetha hecta ehcta hceta cheta echta cehta theac hteac tehac ethac hetac ehtac thaec htaec tahec athec hatec ahtec teahc etahc taehc atehc eathc aethc heatc ehatc haetc ahetc eahtc aehtc thcae htcae tchae cthae hctae chtae thace htace tahce athce hatce ahtce tcahe ctahe tache atche cathe acthe hcate chate hacte ahcte cahte achte tecah etcah tceah cteah ectah cetah teach etach taech atech eatch aetch tcaeh ctaeh taceh atceh cateh acteh ecath ceath eacth aecth caeth aceth hecat ehcat hceat cheat echat cehat heact ehact haect ahect eahct aehct hcaet chaet hacet ahcet cahet achet ecaht ceaht eacht aecht caeht aceht

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Definitions and meaning of theca

theca

Etymology

From New Latin, from Latin thēca, from Ancient Greek θήκη (thḗkē, “a case, box, receptacle”), from τίθημι (títhēmi, “put, set, place”). Doublet of tay.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈθiːkə/

Noun

theca (plural thecas or thecae)

  1. (biology) Any external case or sheath.
  2. (botany) The pollen-producing organ usually found in pairs and forming an anther.
  3. (medicine) The twin layers of cells surrounding the basal lamina of an ovarian follicle.
  4. (microbiology, planktology) The membrane complex enveloping the cells of certain plankton including diatoms and dinoflagellates.
  5. (marine biology) The calcareous wall of a corallite, the exoskeleton of a coral polyp.
  6. (Christianity) A case for the corporal cloth used in the Eucharist.

Derived terms

Related terms

  • thecium

Further reading

  • “theca”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
  • “theca”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
  • “theca”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Anagrams

  • 'tache, Tache, Taché, Teach, Tâche, chate, cheat, he-cat, tache, teach

Kikuyu

Alternative forms

  • theeca

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ðɛːɕa/

Verb

theca (infinitive gũtheca)

  1. to pierce, to stab

Related terms

(Nouns)

  • mũthece class 3

References

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek θήκη (thḗkē, “a case, box, receptacle”), from τίθημι (títhēmi, “put, set, place”).

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈtʰeː.ka/, [ˈt̪ʰeːkä]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈte.ka/, [ˈt̪ɛːkä]

Noun

thēca f (genitive thēcae); first declension

  1. a case, envelope, sheath

Declension

First-declension noun.

Descendants

See also

  • bibliothēca
  • hypothēca

References

  • “theca”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “theca”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • theca in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • theca in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • “theca”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.

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