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Showing words for BARNACLE using the English dictionary

8 Letter Words for Barnacle

balancer, barnacle

7 Letter Words for Barnacle

alberca, balance, banaler, calaber, canaler, encraal, lacerna

6 Letter Words for Barnacle

ablare, anlace, arable, arcane, balnea, bancal, bareca, blanca, bracae, branle, brelan, cabane, cabler, calean, canale, canela, carane, carnal, carnel, lancer, rancel

5 Letter Words for Barnacle

abear, abler, abner, acale, acerb, alane, alban, alcea, ancle, ancra, ancre, anear, arace, arcae, areal, areca, arena, baler, banal, banca, barca, beala, belar, blaer, blanc, blare, blear, braca, brace, cabal, caban, caber, cable, cabre, calan, canal, canel, caner, carle, carne, ceral, clare, clean, clear, craal, crane, crena, labra, lacer, lance, learn, leban, nabal, nabla, nable, nacre, neral, rabal, ranal, rance, reaal, reban, recal, renal

4 Letter Words for Barnacle

abac, abel, able, acer, acle, acne, acre, alae, alan, alar, alba, albe, alca, alce, alec, alen, anal, anba, ance, anre, arab, arba, arca, area, aren, arle, arna, baal, baar, bale, balr, banc, bane, bara, bare, barn, beal, bean, bear, bela, bena, bern, blae, blan, blea, brae, bran, caba, cane, carb, care, carl, carn, cera, cern, clan, clar, crab, cran, earl, earn, elan, encl, eral, lace, laen, laer, lana, lane, lare, larn, lean, lear, lena, nabe, nace, nael, nala, nale, narc, nare, neal, near, raca, race, rale, rana, rane, real, rean

3 Letter Words for Barnacle

aal, aba, abc, abl, abn, abr, ace, aer, ala, alb, alc, ale, aln, ana, anc, ane, ara, arb, arc, are, arn, baa, bac, bae, bal, ban, bar, bec, bel, ben, ber, bra, brl, cab, cal, can, car, cel, cen, cer, clr, crl, ean, ear, ebn, ecb, ela, elb, enc, enl, era, ern, laa, lab, lac, lan, lar, lca, lea, ler, lnr, naa, nab, nae, nar, nbe, nea, neb, rab, ran, rea, reb, rec, rel, rle, rna

Definitions for Barnacle

[1] any marine crustacean of the subclass Cirripedia, usually having a calcareous shell, being either stalked (goose barnacle) and attaching itself to ship bottoms and floating timber, or stalkless (rock barnacle or acorn barnacle) and attaching itself to rocks, especially in the intertidal zone.
[2] a person or thing that clings tenaciously.
[3] Usually barnacles. an instrument with two hinged branches for pinching the nose of an unruly horse.
[4] barnacles, British Dialect . spectacles(def 3) .
[5] any of various marine crustaceans of the subclass Cirripedia that, as adults, live attached to rocks, ship bottoms, etc. They have feathery food-catching cirri protruding from a hard shell See acorn barnacle, goose barnacle
[6] a person or thing that is difficult to get rid of

Words related to Barnacle

crustacean, bloodsucker, appendage, freeloader, hanger-on, leech

Words nearby Barnacle

barn raising, barn swallow, barn-door skate, barnabas, barnaby, barnacle, barnacle goose, barnard, barnard's star, barnardo, barnaul

Origin of Barnacle

21350–1400; Middle English bernacle bit, diminutive of bernac < Old French < ?

Other words from Barnacle

bar·na·cled , adjective

Word origin for Barnacle

C16: related to Late Latin bernicla , of obscure origin

Synonyms for Barnacle

appendage, bloodsucker, crustacean, freeloader, hanger-on, leech