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OCTANT

“OCTANT” is a valid word.

8 Scrabble points
10 Words with Friends
6 letters

Definition

noun

  1. a measuring instrument for measuring angles to a celestial body; similar to a sextant but with 45 degree calibration

< 6-letter words: OCTANT

32 words found

5-letter words 5

  • tanto
  • cantothe highest part (usually the melody) in a piece of choral music
  • cotta
  • octan
  • cotanratio of the adjacent to the opposite side of a right-angled triangle

4-letter words 5

  • coatan outer garment that has sleeves and covers the body from shoulder down; worn outdoors
  • cantstock phrases that have become nonsense through endless repetition
  • taco(ethnic slur) offensive term for a person of Mexican descent
  • tactconsideration in dealing with others and avoiding giving offense
  • nota

3-letter words 15

  • notnegation of a word or group of words
  • canairtight sealed metal container for food or drink or paint etc.
  • acta legal document codifying the result of deliberations of a committee or society or legislative body
  • catfeline mammal usually having thick soft fur and no ability to roar: domestic cats; wildcats
  • conan argument opposed to a proposal
  • tona United States unit of weight equivalent to 2000 pounds
  • tana browning of the skin resulting from exposure to the rays of the sun
  • antsocial insect living in organized colonies; characteristically the males and fertile queen have wings during breeding season; wingless sterile females are the workers
  • taoan adherent of any branch of Taoism
  • tattastelessness by virtue of being cheap and vulgar
  • cota sheath worn to protect a finger
  • tota small amount (especially of a drink)
  • oatannual grass of Europe and North Africa; grains used as food and fodder (referred to primarily in the plural: `oats')
  • att
  • ocaSouth American wood sorrel cultivated for its edible tubers

2-letter words 7

  • to
  • onin operation or operational
  • noa negative
  • ata highly unstable radioactive element (the heaviest of the halogen series); a decay product of uranium and thorium
  • anan associate degree in nursing
  • naa silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group; occurs abundantly in natural compounds (especially in salt water); burns with a yellow flame and reacts violently in water; occurs in sea water and in the mineral halite (rock salt)
  • taa hard grey lustrous metallic element that is highly resistant to corrosion; occurs in niobite and fergusonite and tantalite