suppository

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
18
Words With Friends
20
Letters
11
Pronunciation
/səˈpɒzɪtəɹi/(UK)
See all 2 pronunciations
/səˈpɒzɪtəɹi/(UK) · /səˈpɑzɪˌtɔɹi/

Definition of suppository

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. A medicine in the form of a small plug that is inserted into a bodily cavity, especially the rectum, vagina or urethra, where it melts at body temperature.
    “rectal suppository”
    “vaginal suppository”
    “He's smoother than a suppository, only his suppositories contain dynamite.”

Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.

Etymology

From Middle English suppositorie, from Anglo-Norman, from Medieval Latin suppositōrium, from Late Latin, neuter of suppositōrius (“placed beneath”), from Latin suppōnō (“to put under”).

Words you can make from suppository

200+ playable · top: PROPOSITUS (14 pts)

Best play propositus 14 points

9-letter words

1 word

8-letter words

6 words

7-letter words

19 words

6-letter words

59 words

5-letter words

103 words

4-letter words

11 words

Find your best play with suppository

See every word you can make from a set of letters that includes suppository, or browse word lists you can mine for high-scoring plays.