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Showing words for BASCULE using the English dictionary

7 Letter Words for Bascule

bascule

6 Letter Words for Bascule

bacule, cables, casule, caules, clause, suable, usable

5 Letter Words for Bascule

ables, abuse, albus, alces, alecs, bales, balus, basel, basle, beaus, blaes, blase, blues, bulse, cable, cauls, cause, cebus, claes, claus, clubs, clues, cubas, cubes, cubla, laces, lubes, luces, sable, salue, sauce, scale, scaul, scuba, sulea

4 Letter Words for Bascule

abcs, abel, able, abls, aces, acle, aclu, acus, albe, albs, alce, alec, ales, aube, bacs, bale, bals, balu, base, baul, beal, beau, bela, bels, besa, blae, blas, blea, bleu, blue, bual, cabs, cals, case, caul, caus, ceas, cebu, cels, club, clue, cuba, cube, cubs, cues, eaus, ecus, esau, esca, labs, lace, lacs, lase, laus, leas, luba, lube, luce, lues, sabe, sale, saul, scab, scul, seal, slab, slub, slue, suba, sula, ules

3 Letter Words for Bascule

abc, abl, abs, abu, ace, aes, alb, alc, ale, als, asb, ase, asl, aul, bac, bae, bal, bas, bec, bel, bes, bls, bul, bus, cab, cal, cel, cub, cue, cul, eas, eau, ebs, ecb, ecu, ela, elb, els, esc, esu, lab, lac, las, lbs, lca, lea, les, leu, lsc, lub, lue, sab, sac, sal, sau, sbe, sea, sec, sel, sla, sle, sub, sue, ubc, uca, ula, ule, usa, use

Definitions for Bascule

[1] a device operating like a balance or seesaw, especially an arrangement of a movable bridge (bascule bridge) by which the rising floor or section is counterbalanced by a weight.
[2] Also called: balance bridge , counterpoise bridge a bridge with a movable section hinged about a horizontal axis and counterbalanced by a weight Compare drawbridge
[3] a movable roadway forming part of such a bridge Tower Bridge has two bascules

Words nearby Bascule

basal-cell nevus syndrome, basalt, basaltware, basanite, bascinet, bascule, base, base box, base bullion, base camp, base community

Origin of Bascule

1670–80; French: name for a number of seesawlike mechanical devices, Middle French bacule, noun derivative of baculer to strike on the buttocks (probably orig., to land on one's buttocks), equivalent to bas down (see base2) + -culer, verbal derivative of cul rump, buttocks (see culet); -s- by false analysis as bas(se ) adj. + cule taken as a feminine noun

Word origin for Bascule

C17: from French: seesaw, from bas low + cul rump; see base ², culet