Dictionary Entry
speculum
speculum is a 8-letter English word with 7 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: of Speculum. Face value is 14 in Scrabble and 20 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
8 letters · Scrabble 14 · Words With Friends 20 · 7 senses
Definitions
- 1plural
of Speculum
- 2noun
A mirror, or looking-glass; especially, a metal mirror, as in Greek and Roman archaeology.
- 3noun
A reflector of polished metal, especially one used in reflecting telescopes. See Speculum metal, below.
- 4noun
An instrument for dilating certain passages of the body, and throwing light within them, thus facilitating examination or surgical operations.
- 5noun
A bright and lustrous patch of color found on the wings of ducks and some other birds. It is usually situated on the distal portions of the secondary quills, and is much more brilliant in the adult male than in the female.
- 6noun
a medical instrument for dilating a bodily passage or cavity in order to examine the interior
- 7noun
a mirror (especially one made of polished metal) for use in an optical instrument
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