diatom

diatom is a 6-letter English word with 3 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: One of the Diatomaceae, a family of minute unicellular Algae having a siliceous covering of great delicacy, each individual multiplying by spontaneous division. By some authors diatoms are called Bacillariae, but this word is not in general use. Face value is 9 in Scrabble and 10 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 9 · Words With Friends 10 · 3 senses

Definitions

1. noun. One of the Diatomaceae, a family of minute unicellular Algae having a siliceous covering of great delicacy, each individual multiplying by spontaneous division. By some authors diatoms are called Bacillariae, but this word is not in general use.
2. noun. A particle or atom endowed with the vital principle.
3. noun. microscopic unicellular marine or freshwater colonial alga having cell walls impregnated with silica

Common word forms

diatoms, diatomous

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