bulla

bulla is a 5-letter English word with 6 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: A bleb; a vesicle, or an elevation of the cuticle, containing a transparent watery fluid. Face value is 7 in Scrabble and 11 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

5 letters · Scrabble 7 · Words With Friends 11 · 6 senses

Definitions

1. noun. A bleb; a vesicle, or an elevation of the cuticle, containing a transparent watery fluid.
2. noun. The ovoid prominence below the opening of the ear in the skulls of many animals; as, the tympanic or auditory bulla.
3. noun. A leaden seal for a document; esp. the round leaden seal attached to the papal bulls, which has on one side a representation of St. Peter and St. Paul, and on the other the name of the pope who uses it.
4. noun. A genus of marine shells. See Bubble shell.
5. noun. the round leaden seal affixed to a papal bull
6. noun. (pathology) an elevation of the skin filled with serous fluid

   Synonyms: bleb, blister

Synonyms

bleb, blister

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in bulla:

lulab

Common word forms

bullation

Words from these letters

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