Words Containing HECA

55 words contain HECA anywhere. Scores range up to 28 points (RHAMPHOTHECAE), averaging 20.5 points with standard English tile values. Every entry below shows its point value, US and UK dictionary validity, and a definition where available.

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Definition

Plural of APOTHECARY.

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A person who prepares and sells medicines; a pharmacist.

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A collection of books; a library.

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Plural form of bibliotheca.

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Pertaining to a library or libraries.

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Plural of BIBLIOTHECARY.

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A person who works in a library.

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Plural of BIBLIOTHECA.

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Having two thecae.

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The upper half of a thecate protist's shell.

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Plural of epitheca.

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A building or room for displaying sculpture.

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Plural of glyptotheca; collections of carved gems.

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A great public sacrifice, originally of a hundred oxen.

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Definition

Plural of HECATOMB.

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A cup-like structure protecting the feeding zooid in some hydrozoans.

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Plural of hydrotheca.

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The lower half of a protist's theca.

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Plural of hypotheca.

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Relating to pledging property as security for a loan.

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Pledge property as security for a loan.

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Past tense of HYPOTHECATE.

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Third-person singular present tense of HYPOTHECATE.

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Present participle of HYPOTHECATE.

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The pledging of property as security for a loan.

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Plural of HYPOTHECATION.

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One who pledges property as security for a loan without transferring title.

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Plural of HYPOTHECATOR.

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Delivered into the spinal canal.

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Into the spinal canal, as a route for medication.

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Having a single theca or cavity.

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A protective egg case produced by some insects such as cockroaches and mantises.

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Plural of ootheca.

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Relating to an ootheca.

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An art gallery, especially one displaying paintings.

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Plural of pinacotheca, an art gallery.

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Plural of pithecanthropus; extinct hominids.

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Former genus name for an extinct ancestor now Homo erectus.

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Plural of POTHECARY.

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An obsolete term for an apothecary, a pharmacist.

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The keratinous covering of a bird's beak.

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Plural of rhamphotheca, the horny sheath of a bird's bill.

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The horny sheath covering the upper beak of a bird.

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The horny sheaths covering the upper beak of some birds.

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A sac in female insects storing sperm.

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Plural of spermatheca; organs storing sperm in females.

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Relating to or involving a spermatheca.

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Plural of SPERMATHECA.

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A storage organ for sperm in females of some species.

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Plural of spermatotheca.

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Plural of SPERMATOTHECA.

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A protective case or sheath.

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Plural of theca.

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Relating to or having a theca.

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Having a protective sheath.

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What is the highest-scoring word contain HECA anywhere?

RHAMPHOTHECAE scores 28 points, the highest in this list using standard English tile values.