Words Containing HECT

52 words contain HECT anywhere. Scores range up to 30 points (SYMPATHECTOMY), averaging 18.1 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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Suffering from or related to cachexia.

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Alternative form of cachectic.

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To direct emotional energy toward someone or something.

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Past tense of CATHECT.

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Relating to the investment of emotional energy in an object or idea.

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Present participle of CATHECT.

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Third-person singular present tense of CATHECT.

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A unit of area equal to 10,000 square meters, about 2.5 acres.

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Plural of HECTARE.

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Full of frantic activity and confusion.

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Characterized by hectic activity or feverishness.

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In a frantic, rushed manner.

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In a hectic manner.

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Plural of HECTIC.

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Plural of hectocotylus, an arm or organ in male cephalopods.

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A specialized arm of male cephalopods used to transfer sperm.

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A unit of mass equal to one hundred grams.

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British spelling of hectogram, a unit of mass equal to 100 grams.

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Plural of HECTOGRAMME.

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Plural of HECTOGRAM.

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A gelatin pad used for making copies.

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Past tense of HECTOGRAPH.

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Relating to hectography, a duplicating process using gelatin.

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Plural of HECTOGRAPHY.

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Present participle of HECTOGRAPH.

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Plural of HECTOGRAPH.

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The process of making copies using a hectograph.

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A unit of volume equal to 100 liters.

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Plural of HECTOLITER.

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A unit of volume equal to 100 litres.

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Plural of HECTOLITRE.

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A unit of length equal to 100 meters.

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Plural of HECTOMETER.

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A unit of length equal to 100 metres.

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Plural of HECTOMETRE.

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A Trojan hero in Homer's Iliad.

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Past tense of HECTOR.

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Agent noun of HECTOR.

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Plural of HECTORER.

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Present participle of HECTOR.

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In a bullying or intimidating manner.

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Plural of HECTORING.

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Swaggering or blustering behavior.

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Plural of HECTORISM.

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Bullying or insolent.

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Third-person singular present tense of HECTOR.

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Bullying behavior; hectoring.

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Plural of HECTORSHIP.

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A unit of volume equal to 100 cubic metres.

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Plural of HECTOSTERE.

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Plural of SYMPATHECTOMY.

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Definition

Surgical cutting of sympathetic nervous system nerves.

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How many words containing hect are there?

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SYMPATHECTOMY scores 30 points, the highest in this list using standard English tile values.