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— English words —

• theca n. (Biology) Any external case or sheath.
• theca n. (Botany) The pollen-producing organ usually found in pairs and forming an anther.
• theca n. (Medicine) The twin layers of cells surrounding the basal lamina of an ovarian follicle.
• theca n. (Microbiology, planktology) The membrane complex enveloping the cells of certain plankton including…
• theca n. (Marine biology) The calcareous wall of a corallite, the exoskeleton of a coral polyp.
• theca n. (Christianity) A case for the corporal cloth used in the Eucharist.

— Foreign word, define in English —

• Kikuyu
  • theca v. To pierce, to stab.

53 English words from 7 English definitions

and anther Any basal biology Botany calcareous case cells certain Christianity cloth complex coral corallite corporal enveloping Eucharist exoskeleton external follicle for forming found including in␣pairs lamina layers Marine Marine␣biology Medicine membrane Microbiology of␣a of␣an organ ovarian ovarian␣follicle pairs pierce planktology plankton pollen polyp producing sheath stab surrounding the twin used usually wall

18 suffixes (New words found by adding one or more letters at the end of the word.)

thecae thecal thecas thecate thecaphore thecaspore theca␣cordis thecamoebid thecaphores thecaspores thecamoebian thecamoebids thecasporous the␣cake␣is␣a␣lie thecamoebians the␣camera␣never␣lies the␣cat's␣out␣of␣the␣bag The␣Call␣of␣South␣Africa

212 times in the middle (New words found by adding letters in front and at the end of the word.)

athecate dithecal in␣the␣can oothecae oöthecae oothecal zothecae apothecal be␣the␣case epithecae epithecal exothecae exothecal narthecal on␣the␣case pothecary subthecal tip␣the␣can apothecary bell␣the␣cat endothecal gonothecae gonothecal holothecal hypothecae hypothecal in␣the␣cards kick-the-can kick␣the␣can mesothecae monothecal not␣the␣case on␣the␣cards parathecal perithecal podothecae put␣the␣case skin␣the␣cat stop␣the␣car whip␣the␣cat bells␣the␣cat carry␣the␣can extrathecal hierothecae hydrothecae hydrothecal hydrothecas hypothecary hypothecate iconothecas +162 words

31 prefixes (New words found by adding one or more letters in front of the word.)

ootheca oötheca zotheca epitheca exotheca endotheca gonotheca hypotheca mesotheca podotheca prostheca hierotheca hydrotheca iconotheca karyotheca rhinotheca sarcotheca sporotheca bibliotheca glyptotheca gnathotheca nematotheca odontotheca pinacotheca spermatheca lipsanotheca rhamphotheca dimorphotheca spermatotheca protoheterotheca synapticulotheca

3 words-in-word (Words found as is inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

ECA the the-

4 words-in-word RTL (Words found written from right to left, inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

ace Ace ACE Aceh

11 anagrams (New words found by changing the order of the letters.)

chate cheat e-chat he-cat tache Tache Taché Tâche 'tache teach Teach

77 anagrams found with an extra letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word and an extra letter.)

achate achest acheth achtel acteth archet beatch bechat betcha Betcha cachet cameth careth cathed Cath␣ed Cather Cathey Cathie chaeta chæta chaeto- chalet châlet charet chaste chated Chater chates cheats cheaty cheeta chetah chetak choate Choate detach eatche E␣chart e-chats elatch faceth getcha Hecate hecato- he-cats hectad hepcat hep-cat hep␣cat hexact +27 words

35 anagrams found minus a letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word minus a letter.)

Aceh acet- ache Ache AChE ACTH cate Cate cath Cath cath. CETA Chae chat CHAT Chea chet Chet each eath echt etch hace HACE haet hate heat HEAT hect- heta tace tach tech Tech. Thea

6 cousins (New words found by changing only one letter.)

Theda Theia thema Thera theta Theta

One lipogram (New word found when removing only one letter.)

Thea

2 epenthesis (New words found when adding only one letter.)

thecia Thecla

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