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Showing words for FOLLICLE using the English dictionary

8 Letter Words for Follicle

follicle

6 Letter Words for Follicle

collie, fellic, ocelli

5 Letter Words for Follicle

cello, elfic, eolic, fille, fillo, folic, folie, loeil, oleic

4 Letter Words for Follicle

ceil, cell, ciel, cill, clef, clio, clof, coef, coif, coil, cole, coli, coll, ecol, elli, feil, fell, fice, fico, fiel, file, fill, filo, flic, floc, floe, foil, fole, foll, lice, lief, life, lifo, lile, lill, lilo, loci, loli, loll, oeci

3 Letter Words for Follicle

cel, ceo, cfi, cie, cif, cli, clo, col, eco, efl, elf, eli, ell, eof, fec, fei, fie, fil, fll, flo, foe, fol, ice, ifc, ife, ile, ill, ilo, iof, lei, leo, lie, lif, loc, loe, lof, oie, oil, ole

Definitions for Follicle

[1] Anatomy . a small cavity, sac, or gland. one of the small ovarian sacs containing an immature ovum; Graafian follicle.
[2] Botany . a dry seed vessel, or pod, consisting of a single carpel, splitting at maturity only along the front part of the suture.
[3] any small sac or cavity in the body having an excretory, secretory, or protective function a hair follicle
[4] botany a dry fruit, formed from a single carpel, that splits along one side only to release its seeds: occurs in larkspur and columbine

Words related to Follicle

hair, nerve, seam, lode, stripe, germ, egg, unit, bacterium, streak, thread, duct, current, course, stratum, venation, capillary, embryo, microorganism, spore

Words nearby Follicle

folktronica, folkways, folky, foll., folliberin, follicle, follicle mite, follicle of the thyroid gland, follicle-stimulating hormone, follicle-stimulating hormone-releasing factor, follicular

Origin of Follicle

First recorded in 1640–50, follicle is from the Latin word folliculus small bag, shell, pod. See follis, -cle1

Word origin for Follicle

C17: from Latin folliculus small bag, from follis pair of bellows, leather money-bag

Synonyms for Follicle

hair, lode, nerve, seam, stripe, capillary, course, current, duct, stratum, streak, thread, venation