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Showing words for MENISCUS using the English dictionary

8 Letter Words for Meniscus

meniscus

7 Letter Words for Meniscus

cesiums, cuissen, incuses, minuses, miscues

6 Letter Words for Meniscus

census, cesium, cnemis, cuisse, cumins, incuse, incuss, insume, mensis, messin, minces, miscue, misuse, mnesic, mucins, musics, neumic, scusin, senium, sensum

5 Letter Words for Meniscus

cines, cumin, cunei, cusie, ensis, incus, insue, issue, meins, menus, mesic, meuni, miens, mince, mines, minus, misce, mises, mucin, munic, munis, musci, muses, music, musie, musse, neums, nisse, nisus, numis, scums, scuse, secus, seism, semic, semis, sensu, sices, siens, since, sines, sinus, siums, smuse, snies, suine, sumen, sunis, unces, unice, unism, usine, usnic

4 Letter Words for Meniscus

cens, cess, cine, cues, cums, cuss, ecus, emic, emus, ices, isms, mein, mens, menu, mess, meus, mice, mics, mien, mine, mins, misc, miss, msec, muni, muns, muse, muss, ness, neum, nice, nies, nims, nsec, scsi, scum, scun, secs, seis, semi, sens, sice, sics, sien, sime, sims, sine, sins, sise, sium, snum, suci, sues, sumi, sums, sune, suni, suns, susi, unce, unci, uncs, unie, unis, uses

3 Letter Words for Meniscus

cen, cie, cis, cns, csi, cue, cum, cun, ecm, ecu, ems, emu, enc, ens, esc, esm, ess, esu, ice, imu, inc, ins, ise, ism, isn, mei, men, mes, meu, mic, min, mis, mss, mun, mus, nei, nie, nim, nis, num, nus, sci, sec, sei, sem, sen, sic, sie, sim, sin, sis, sse, ssu, sue, sui, sum, sun, sus, ume, ums, unc, uni, uns, use

Definitions for Meniscus

[1] a crescent or a crescent-shaped body.
[2] the convex or concave upper surface of a column of liquid, the curvature of which is caused by surface tension.
[3] Optics . a lens with a crescent-shaped section; a concavo-convex or convexo-concave lens.
[4] Anatomy . a disk of cartilage between the articulating ends of the bones in a joint.
[5] the curved upper surface of a liquid standing in a tube, produced by the surface tension
[6] a crescent or half-moon-shaped body or design
[7] a crescent-shaped fibrous cartilage between the bones at certain joints, esp at the knee
[8] a crescent-shaped lens; a concavo-convex or convexo-concave lens

Words related to Meniscus

glass, trajectory, arc, arch, contour, loop, spectacles, contact, optic, monocle, curve, bow, sickle, half-moon, swerve, sweep, hairpin, crook, bend, whorl

Words nearby Meniscus

meniscectomy, meniscitis, meniscocyte, meniscocytosis, meniscofemoral ligament, meniscus, menispermaceous, menkes syndrome, menkure, menlo park, menninger

Origin of Meniscus

1685–95; < New Latin < Greek mēnískos crescent, diminutive of mḗnē moon

Other words from Meniscus

me·nis·coid [mi-nis -koid] /mɪˈnɪs kɔɪd/ , adjective
me•nis′ cal (-kəl ) null null null adj.

Word origin for Meniscus

C17: from New Latin, from Greek mēniskos crescent, diminutive of mēnē moon

Synonyms for Meniscus

glass, contact, monocle, optic, spectacles, bifocal, trifocal