inflammable
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Definition of inflammable
5 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included
adj
- Capable of burning.
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adj
- Capable of burning.
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Easily set on fire.
“On he went a few paces and touched a second, then a third, and a fourth, till at last we were surrounded on all three sides by a great ring of bodies flaring furiously, the material with which they were preserved having rendered them so inflammable that the flames would literally spout out of the ears and mouth in tongues of fire a foot or more in length.”
- (figuratively)Easily excited; set off by the slightest excuse; easily enraged or inflamed.
- (nonstandard)Incapable of burning; not easily set on fire. From in- + flammable, via backformation.
noun
- Any inflammable substance.
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Etymology
From Middle French inflammable, from Medieval Latin īnflammābilis, from Latin īnflammāre (“to set on fire”), from in (“in, on”) + flamma (“flame”). Equivalent to inflame + -able.
Words you can make from inflammable
200+ playable · top: FLAMMABLE (18 pts)
Best play flammable 18 points9-letter words
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3 words7-letter words
17 words6-letter words
34 words- FIMBLE 13 pts
- FLAMBE 13 pts
- EMBALM 12 pts
- IMBALM 12 pts
- AFLAME 11 pts
- BEFALL 11 pts
- FAMINE 11 pts
- FLAMEN 11 pts
- AMEBAN 10 pts
- AMMINE 10 pts
- BAALIM 10 pts
- IMMANE 10 pts
- LAMBIE 10 pts
- MILNEB 10 pts
- NIMBLE 10 pts
- FAILLE 9 pts
- FALLEN 9 pts
- FINALE 9 pts
- INFALL 9 pts
- ABELIA 8 pts
- ALIBLE 8 pts
- ANEMIA 8 pts
- ANIMAL 8 pts
- LABIAL 8 pts
- LABILE 8 pts
- LAMIAE 8 pts
- LAMINA 8 pts
- LIABLE 8 pts
- MALINE 8 pts
- MALLEI 8 pts
- MANILA 8 pts
- MENIAL 8 pts
- LIENAL 6 pts
- LINEAL 6 pts
5-letter words
50 words- MAMBA 11 pts
- FABLE 10 pts
- FLAME 10 pts
- FLEAM 10 pts
- MAFIA 10 pts
- ABEAM 9 pts
- AMBLE 9 pts
- AMEBA 9 pts
- BLAME 9 pts
- LEMMA 9 pts
- LIMBA 9 pts
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- MANEB 9 pts
- ELFIN 8 pts
- FAENA 8 pts
- FELLA 8 pts
- FILLE 8 pts
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- FLAIL 8 pts
- AMAIN 7 pts
- AMINE 7 pts
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- ANIMA 7 pts
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- LLAMA 7 pts
- MAILE 7 pts
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- MANIA 7 pts
- MILLE 7 pts
- MINAE 7 pts
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- ALINE 5 pts
- ANILE 5 pts
- ELAIN 5 pts
- ILEAL 5 pts
- LANAI 5 pts
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4-letter words
94 words- FAME 9 pts
- FILM 9 pts
- FLAB 9 pts
- FLAM 9 pts
- MILF 9 pts
- BALM 8 pts
- BEAM 8 pts
- BEMA 8 pts
- BIMA 8 pts
- BLAM 8 pts
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- FAIL 7 pts
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- FILE 7 pts
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- LIFE 7 pts
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- BINE 6 pts
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- ALAE 4 pts
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- ANIL 4 pts
- ELAN 4 pts
- ILEA 4 pts
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- LINE 4 pts
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