lethal

lethal is a 6-letter English word with 3 senses as noun and adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: One of the higher alcohols of the paraffine series obtained from spermaceti as a white crystalline solid. It is so called because it occurs in the ethereal salt of lauric acid. 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 higher alcohols of the paraffine series obtained from spermaceti as a white crystalline solid. It is so called because it occurs in the ethereal salt of lauric acid.
2. adjective. Deadly; mortal; fatal.
3. adjective. of an instrument of certain death

   "deadly poisons"

   "lethal weapon"

   Synonyms: deadly

Synonyms

deadly

Common word forms

lethals, lethally, lethality, lethalize

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