callus

callus has 8 senses in the JumbleFix dictionary. Letters: 6.

Definitions

• n.. Same as Callosity
• n.. The material of repair in fractures of bone; a substance exuded at the site of fracture, which is at first soft or cartilaginous in consistence, but is ultimately converted into true bone and unites the fragments into a single piece.
• n.. The new formation over the end of a cutting, before it puts out rootlets.
• n.. (botany) an isolated thickening of tissue, especially a stiff protuberance on the lip of an orchid
• n.. bony tissue formed during the healing of a fractured bone
• n.. an area of skin that is thick or hard from continual pressure or friction (as the sole of the foot)
• v.. form a callus or calluses; "His foot callused"
• v.. cause a callus to form on; "The long march had callused his feet"