elater

elater is a 6-letter English word with 6 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: One who, or that which, elates. Face value is 6 in Scrabble and 7 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 6 · Words With Friends 7 · 6 senses

Definitions

1. noun. One who, or that which, elates.
2. noun. An elastic spiral filament for dispersing the spores, as in some liverworts.
3. noun. Any beetle of the family Elateridae, having the habit, when laid on the back, of giving a sudden upward spring, by a quick movement of the articulation between the abdomen and thorax; -- called also click beetle, spring beetle, and snapping beetle.
4. noun. The caudal spring used by Podura and related insects for leaping. See Collembola.
5. noun. The active principle of elaterium, being found in the juice of the wild or squirting cucumber (Ecballium agreste, formerly Motordica Elaterium) and other related species. It is extracted as a bitter, white, crystalline substance, which is a violent purgative.
6. noun. any of various widely distributed beetles

   Synonyms: elaterid

Synonyms

elaterid

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in elater:

earlet, relate

Common word forms

elaters

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