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Showing words for ELATER using the English dictionary
6 Letter Words for Elater
earlet, elater, relate
5 Letter Words for Elater
alert, alter, areel, arete, artel, atlee, eater, elate, laree, later, leare, leear, ratel, reate, relet, retal, taler, telar
4 Letter Words for Elater
alee, aret, arle, arte, atle, eale, earl, eral, erat, laer, laet, lare, late, lear, leat, leer, leet, lere, lete, rale, rate, real, reel, reet, rete, tael, tale, tare, teal, tear, teel, teer, tela, tele, tera, tree
3 Letter Words for Elater
aer, ale, alt, are, art, ate, ear, eat, eel, eer, ela, elt, era, ere, ert, eta, lar, lat, lea, lee, ler, let, ltr, rat, rea, ree, rel, rle, rte, tal, tar, tea, tee, tel, ter, tlr, tra
Definitions for Elater
[1] Botany . an elastic filament serving to disperse spores.
[2] Zoology . elaterid.
[3] Obsolete . elasticity.
[4] an elaterid beetle
[5] botany a spirally thickened filament, occurring in liverwort capsules and horsetails, thought to aid dispersal of spores
Words nearby Elater
elastosis colloidalis conglomerata, elastosis perforans serpiginosa, elat, elate, elated, elater, elaterid, elaterin, elaterite, elaterium, elath
Origin of Elater
1645–55; < New Latin < Greek elatḗr driver, equivalent to ela- (stem of elaúnein to drive; see elastic) + -tēr noun suffix
Word origin for Elater
C17: via New Latin from Greek: driver, from elaunein to beat, drive; compare elastic