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DISSIMILATION

A 13-letter word worth 16 points in Scrabble.

d 2 i 1 s 1 s 1 i 1 m 3 i 1 l 1 a 1 t 1 i 1 o 1 n 1
Length
13
Scrabble
16 pts
Sorted letters
adiiiilmnosst
Anagrams
0

Definition of DISSIMILATION

  1. noun

    breakdown in living organisms of more complex substances into simpler ones together with release of energy

    Synonyms: catabolism, katabolism, destructive metabolism

  2. noun

    a linguistic process by which one of two similar sounds in a word becomes less like the other

    “the Old French MARBRE became the English MARBLE by dissimilation”

Definitions from WordNet 3.1 (Princeton University).

Words within DISSIMILATION

399 words can be made from any subset of the letters in DISSIMILATION.

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