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7-letter words (1 found)

THERIAC,

6-letter words (8 found)

ACHIER,ARCHEI,CAHIER,CHARET,CITHER,ERIACH,RACHET,THRICE,

5-letter words (46 found)

AIRTH,AITCH,ARCHI,AREIC,ARTIC,CARET,CARTE,CATER,CERIA,CHAIR,CHARE,CHART,CHEAT,CHERT,CHIRT,CITER,CRATE,CRITH,EARTH,ERICA,ETHIC,HATER,HEART,IRATE,ITHER,RACHE,RATCH,RATHE,REACH,REACT,RECIT,RECTA,RECTI,RETCH,RETIA,RICHT,TACHE,TEACH,TERAI,THECA,THEIC,THEIR,THRAE,TRACE,TRIAC,TRICE,

4-letter words (63 found)

ACER,ACHE,ACRE,AIRT,ARCH,ARET,ARTI,CARE,CART,CATE,CERT,CHAI,CHAR,CHAT,CHER,CHIA,CHIT,CIRE,CITE,CRIA,CRIT,EACH,EATH,ECHT,ERIC,ETCH,ETIC,HAET,HAIR,HARE,HART,HATE,HEAR,HEAT,HEIR,HIRE,ICER,ITCH,RACE,RACH,RAIT,RATE,RATH,RHEA,RICE,RICH,RITE,TACE,TACH,TAHR,TARE,TEAR,TECH,TEHR,THAE,THAR,THIR,TIAR,TICE,TICH,TIER,TIRE,TRIE,

3-letter words (50 found)

ACE,ACH,ACT,AHI,AIR,AIT,ARC,ARE,ART,ATE,CAR,CAT,CHA,CHE,CHI,CIT,EAR,EAT,ECH,ERA,ETA,ETH,HAE,HAT,HER,HET,HIC,HIE,HIT,ICE,ICH,IRE,ITA,RAH,RAI,RAT,REC,REH,REI,RET,RIA,RIT,TAE,TAI,TAR,TEA,TEC,THE,TIC,TIE,

2-letter words (18 found)

AE,AH,AI,AR,AT,CH,EA,EH,ER,ET,HA,HE,HI,IT,RE,TA,TE,TI,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 187 words from theriac according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of theriac

theriac

Alternative forms

  • theriaca, theriace, theriack, theriaque (obs.)

Etymology

From Medieval Latin theriacum, from Ancient Greek θηριακὸν (thēriakòn) and Late Latin theriaca, from Ancient Greek θηριακὴ (thēriakḕ, “of or related to poisonous reptiles”), from θηρίον (thēríon, “little beast”) + -κός (-kós), from θήρ (thḗr, “beast”) + -ίον (-íon, “forming diminutives”). Doublet of theriaca.

Pronunciation

  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈθɪriˌæk/, /ˈθɪəriˌæk/
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈθɪərɪak/

Noun

theriac (countable and uncountable, plural theriacs)

  1. (historical medicine) A universal antidote against all poisons, particularly medicines considered to derive from a recipe of the Roman physician Andromachus and representing an improvement on mithridate.
    • 1558, William Bullein, The Government of Health, fol. 120:
      This excellent triacle Methridatum is nexte in qualitye and virtue to Theriaca... but onely Theriaca is a little hotter and stronger againste venyme of Snakes.
  2. (figurative) hyponym of panacea.
  3. (medicine, archaic) Synonym of antidote, particularly (pseudoscience) those incorporating snakemeat to cure snakebite.
    • 1568, Gilbert Skeyne, Ane Breue Descriptioun of the Pest, Ch. 7:
      ...ane half vnce of guid auld theriac...
  4. (obsolete) Synonym of molasses.

Synonyms

  • theriaca, Venice treacle, treacle, see also mithridate

Translations

Adjective

theriac (comparative more theriac, superlative most theriac)

  1. (medicine) Synonym of theriacal: of or related to theriac.
  2. (medicine, obsolete) Synonym of medicinal.

References

  • “theriac, adj. and n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, 2022.

Anagrams

  • Archite, Rhaetic

Source: wiktionary.org