8 Letter Words for Apocrine
apocrine, caponier, prionace, procaine
7 Letter Words for Apocrine
apeiron, caprine, caproin, caprone, encarpi, paeonic, percina, pericon, poncier, porcine
6 Letter Words for Apocrine
acerin, acoine, aeonic, apneic, aponic, canier, caoine, capone, caprin, capron, carien, carone, cearin, coiner, copain, copeia, copier, cornea, crapon, crepon, croape, cronie, earcon, incorp, napier, norice, opiane, opiner, orcein, orcine, orpinc, orpine, pacier, parine, pernio, picaro, pincer, pioner, ponica, ponier, porina, prance, prince, procne, proine, pronic, racine, racion, rancio, rapine, recoin, ropani
5 Letter Words for Apocrine
acier, acoin, acone, acorn, acron, aeric, aeron, ancor, ancre, apron, arpen, cairn, cairo, caner, canoe, caper, capon, capri, carne, carpe, carpi, ceria, cerin, cipro, coner, conia, copei, copen, coper, copia, copra, coran, coria, corni, corpn, craie, crain, crane, crape, crena, crine, cripe, crone, encia, eniac, enpia, epona, erica, incor, incra, irena, irone, nacre, narco, naric, necia, necro, nicer, niepa, noire, noria, norie, oaric, ocean, ocrea, oncer, oncia, opera, opine, orcin, orpin, pacer, paeon, paine, paire, pance, panic, paren, pareo, pecan, perai, perca, piano, picea, picra, piner, pocan, poire, ponca, ponce, poria, price, prine, prion, proin, prone, racon, raine, rance, rapic, recap, recip, recon, reina, repic, repin, ripen
4 Letter Words for Apocrine
acer, acne, acop, acor, acre, aero, aine, aion, aire, airn, ance, anre, aper, apio, arco, aren, arni, arno, cain, cair, cane, caon, cape, capi, capo, care, carn, carp, cepa, cera, cern, cero, ciao, cine, cion, cipo, cira, cire, coin, coir, cone, coni, copa, cope, copr, cora, core, corn, corp, cran, crap, crin, crip, crop, crpe, earn, econ, eira, eoan, epic, eria, eric, erin, iare, icao, icer, icon, inca, incr, inro, iran, iron, irpe, nace, naio, naoi, nape, narc, nare, neap, near, nepa, nice, nipa, noir, nope, nore, nori, oeci, onca, once, oner, opai, opec, open, orae, oran, orca, orna, pace, paco, pain, pair, pane, paon, parc, pare, pari, peai, pean, pear, peni, peon, peri, pern, pian, pica, pice, pico, pien, pier, pina, pine, pino, pion, pirn, pnce, pone, porc, pore, porn, prao, prec, prie, prin, prio, proa, proc, pron, race, rain, rane, rape, rean, reap, rein, reno, repo, rice, rine, ripa, ripe, roan, roin, rone, rope
3 Letter Words for Apocrine
ace, aer, ain, air, anc, ane, aor, apc, ape, apr, arc, are, arn, cai, can, cap, car, cen, ceo, cep, cer, cia, cie, cir, con, cop, cor, cpa, cpi, cpo, cpr, cro, ean, ear, eco, eir, enc, eon, epa, epi, era, ern, iao, ice, inc, ion, ipo, ipr, ira, ire, nae, nap, nar, nco, nea, nei, neo, nep, nie, nip, noa, nor, oar, oca, oer, oie, ona, one, oni, opa, ope, ora, orc, ore, pac, pan, par, pci, pea, pec, pen, per, pia, pic, pie, pin, pir, poa, poi, pon, por, prc, pre, prn, pro, rai, ran, rap, rea, rec, rei, rep, ria, rie, rin, rio, rip, rna, roc, roe, roi, ron
Definitions for Apocrine
[1] of or relating to certain glands whose secretions are acted upon by bacteria to produce the characteristic odor of perspiration (distinguished from eccrine).
[2] of or relating to such secretions: apocrine sweat.
[3] denoting a type of glandular secretion in which part of the secreting cell is lost with the secretion, as in mammary glands Compare merocrine, holocrine
Words nearby Apocrine
apochromat, apochromatic, apochromatic objective, apocopate, apocope, apocrine, apocrine adenoma, apocrine carcinoma, apocrine chromesthesia, apocrine gland, apocrine metaplasia
Origin of Apocrine
1925–30; < Greek apokrī́nein to set apart, equivalent to apo- apo- + krī́nein to separate, choose; formed as if with -ine1, probably on the model of endocrine
Word origin for Apocrine
C20: from apo- + -crine, from Greek krinein to separate