ether
ether is a 5-letter English word with 8 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: A medium of great elasticity and extreme tenuity, supposed to pervade all space, the interior of solid bodies not excepted, and to be the medium of transmission of light and heat; hence often called luminiferous ether. Face value is 8 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.
Definitions
- noun. A medium of great elasticity and extreme tenuity, supposed to pervade all space, the interior of solid bodies not excepted, and to be the medium of transmission of light and heat; hence often called luminiferous ether.
- noun. Supposed matter above the air; the air itself.
- noun. A light, volatile, mobile, inflammable liquid, (C2H5)2O, of a characteristic aromatic odor, obtained by the distillation of alcohol with sulphuric acid, and hence called also sulphuric ether. It is powerful solvent of fats, resins, and pyroxylin, but finds its chief use as an anaesthetic. Called also ethyl oxide.
- noun. Any similar oxide of hydrocarbon radicals; as, amyl ether; valeric ether.
- noun. a colorless volatile highly inflammable liquid formerly used as an inhalation anesthetic
- noun. a medium that was once supposed to fill all space and to support the propagation of electromagnetic waves
- noun. any of a class of organic compounds that have two hydrocarbon groups linked by an oxygen atom
- noun. the fifth and highest element after air and earth and fire and water; was believed to be the substance composing all heavenly bodies
Synonyms
ethoxyethane, aether, quintessence
Anagrams
Other playable words that use exactly the letters in ether:
Common word forms
ethers, ethered, etherise, etherize, etherous
Words from these letters
If you are holding these tiles, the unscrambler for ETHER lists every valid word you can make from the same letters, including shorter plays.