auricle

auricle is a 7-letter English word with 6 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: The external ear, or that part of the ear which is prominent from the head. Face value is 9 in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

7 letters · Scrabble 9 · Words With Friends 12 · 6 senses

Definitions

1. noun. The external ear, or that part of the ear which is prominent from the head.
2. noun. The chamber, or one of the two chambers, of the heart, by which the blood is received and transmitted to the ventricle or ventricles; -- so called from its resemblance to the auricle or external ear of some quadrupeds. See Heart.
3. noun. An angular or ear-shaped lobe.
4. noun. An instrument applied to the ears to give aid in hearing; a kind of ear trumpet.
5. noun. the externally visible cartilaginous structure of the external ear

   Synonyms: ear, pinna

6. noun. a small conical pouch projecting from the upper anterior part of each atrium of the heart

Synonyms

ear, pinna

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in auricle:

ciruela

Common word forms

auricled, auricles

Words from these letters

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