callus

callus is a 6-letter English word with 8 senses as noun and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Same as Callosity. Face value is 8 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.

6 letters · Scrabble 8 · Words With Friends 12 · 8 senses

Definitions

1. noun. Same as Callosity
2. noun. 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.
3. noun. The new formation over the end of a cutting, before it puts out rootlets.
4. noun. (botany) an isolated thickening of tissue, especially a stiff protuberance on the lip of an orchid
5. noun. bony tissue formed during the healing of a fractured bone
6. noun. an area of skin that is thick or hard from continual pressure or friction (as the sole of the foot)

   Synonyms: callosity

7. verb. form a callus or calluses

   "His foot callused"

8. verb. cause a callus to form on

   "The long march had callused his feet"

Synonyms

callosity

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in callus:

cullas, sulcal

Common word forms

callused, calluses, callusing

Words from these letters

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