alveolus

alveolus has 5 senses in the JumbleFix dictionary. Letters: 8.

Definitions

• n.. A cell in a honeycomb.
• n.. A small cavity in a coral, shell, or fossil
• n.. A small depression, sac, or vesicle, as the socket of a tooth, the air cells of the lungs, the ultimate saccules of glands, etc.
• n.. a bony socket in the alveolar ridge that holds a tooth
• n.. a tiny sac for holding air in the lungs; formed by the terminal dilation of tiny air passageways