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Showing words for SPLINTERY using the English dictionary

9 Letter Words for Splintery

splintery

8 Letter Words for Splintery

priestly, splinter, spritely, tinselry

7 Letter Words for Splintery

elytrin, ineptly, inertly, instyle, leptins, linters, nipters, nitryls, pentyls, pilsner, pintles, pistler, plenist, plenity, prestly, pterins, pyrites, resplit, sintery, slinter, snirtle, sperity, spintry, spirtle, splinty, sternly, stripey, styline, trinely, triples, trypsin

6 Letter Words for Splintery

elints, enlist, erinys, esprit, estrin, inerts, inlets, insert, instep, inters, lenity, leptin, liners, linsey, linter, lisper, listen, lister, liters, lyrist, lysine, nepits, nipter, nirles, niters, nitery, nitryl, nytril, peltry, pensil, pentyl, perils, pernis, pernyi, pertly, pierst, pilers, pinery, pintle, pistle, plenty, pliers, plyers, prents, pretil, priest, prints, pterin, pteris, pyrite, reisty, relist, repins, resiny, respin, ripely, ripens, ripest, ritely, sentry, silent, sinter, sireny, sirple, sitrep, slinte, sniper, spiler, spinel, spinet, splent, spline, splint, splite, sprent, sprint, sprite, sterin, stipel, strine, stripe, stripy, strype, styler, terpin, tilers, tilery, tilyer, tinsel, tinsey, triens, trines, tripel, tripes, tripey, triple, triply, tylers, typier, yetlin

5 Letter Words for Splintery

elint, elsin, enlit, entry, entsi, entsy, epist, epris, inept, inert, inlet, insep, inset, instr, intel, inter, islet, istle, iters, leirs, lenis, lenti, lepry, lerps, lesiy, liens, liers, liest, liner, lines, liney, lints, linty, lipse, listy, liter, lites, lynes, lyres, lysin, lytes, neist, nelis, nepit, nerts, nesty, nirls, nirly, niter, nitry, pelts, penis, pensy, pents, peril, peris, perit, perns, perst, perts, perty, pesty, petri, piers, piert, piest, piets, piety, piler, piles, piner, pines, piney, pinte, pints, pinyl, pirls, pirns, pirny, piste, pleis, pleny, plier, plies, plyer, prent, preys, pries, prine, print, pryse, pyets, pyins, pynes, pyres, reins, reist, rents, repin, reply, resin, resit, resty, retin, retip, riels, riles, riley, rines, rinse, ripen, ripes, risen, rites, seity, senit, senti, serin, sient, silen, siler, silty, siper, siren, slent, slept, slier, sline, slipe, slipt, slirt, slite, slype, snerp, snipe, snipy, snirl, snirt, snite, speil, speir, spent, spiel, spier, spile, spine, spiny, spire, spiry, spite, splet, split, spret, sprit, spyer, steil, stein, steri, stern, stile, stine, stipe, stire, stirp, strep, strey, strip, style, styli, styre, syren, teils, telyn, terns, tiens, tiers, tiler, tiles, tines, tinsy, tiple, tipsy, tires, tirls, treys, tries, trine, trins, tripe, tripl, trips, tripy, tryps, tsine, tyers, tyler, tynes, typer, types, yelps, yelts, yetis, yinst, yipes, yites, ypres, yrent

4 Letter Words for Splintery

eiry, elts, entr, epil, epit, erin, eris, erns, erst, espy, inly, insp, inst, intl, intr, ipse, ires, irpe, isle, isnt, itel, iter, itsy, leir, leis, lens, lent, leps, lerp, lest, lets, leys, lien, lier, lies, line, lins, lint, liny, lipe, lips, lire, lisp, list, lite, lits, lyes, lyne, lyre, lyse, lyte, neps, nest, neti, nets, nies, nile, nils, nips, nirl, nist, nits, nyes, nyet, pelt, peni, pens, pent, peri, pern, pers, pert, pest, pets, pien, pier, pies, piet, pile, pily, pine, pins, pint, pirl, pirn, pirs, pise, pist, pits, pity, plie, pres, pret, prey, prie, prin, prys, pyes, pyet, pyin, pyne, pyre, rein, reit, rely, rent, reny, repl, reps, rept, resp, rest, rets, riel, ries, rile, rine, rins, ripe, rips, ript, rise, risp, rist, rite, rits, ryen, ryes, rynt, rype, seil, seir, seit, selt, sent, sepn, sept, sert, sien, sier, sile, silt, sine, sipe, sire, site, sley, slip, slit, snip, snit, snye, spet, spie, spin, spit, spry, sten, step, ster, stey, stie, stir, stre, syen, syli, syne, sype, syre, syrt, teil, teli, tels, tens, tern, terp, tien, tier, ties, tile, tils, tine, tins, tiny, tipe, tips, tire, tirl, tres, trey, trie, trin, trip, trye, tryp, tyer, tyes, tyin, tyne, type, yelp, yelt, yeni, yens, yeps, yern, yest, yeti, yilt, yins, yipe, yips, yirn, yite

3 Letter Words for Splintery

eir, eli, els, elt, enl, ens, epi, ern, ers, ert, esp, esr, est, ety, eyl, eyn, eyr, ile, ins, int, ipl, ipr, ips, ire, irs, ise, isl, isn, ist, its, lei, lep, ler, les, let, ley, lie, lin, lip, lir, lis, lit, lnr, lpn, lst, ltr, lye, lyn, lys, nei, nep, net, nie, nil, nip, nis, nit, nye, nys, pel, pen, per, pes, pet, pie, pil, pin, pir, pis, pit, pli, ply, pre, prn, prs, pry, psi, pst, pte, pts, pty, pye, pyr, rei, rel, rep, res, rie, rin, rip, rit, rle, rly, rps, rpt, rte, rti, rye, sei, sel, sen, sep, ser, set, sey, sie, sil, sin, sip, sir, sit, sle, slt, sly, sny, spl, spt, spy, sri, str, sty, sye, syl, syn, syr, tel, ten, ter, tes, tie, til, tin, tip, tis, tln, tlr, tpi, tps, tri, trp, trs, try, tsi, tsp, tye, typ, tyr, yen, yep, yer, yes, yet, yin, yip, yis, yrs

Definitions for Splintery

[1] a small, thin, sharp piece of wood, bone, or the like, split or broken off from the main body.
[2] splinter group.
[3] to split or break into splinters.
[4] to break off (something) in splinters.
[5] to split or break (a larger group) into separate factions or independent groups.
[6] Obsolete . to secure or support by a splint or splints, as a broken limb.
[7] to be split or broken into splinters.
[8] to break off in splinters.
[9] liable to produce or break into splinters
[10] a very small sharp piece of wood, glass, metal, etc, characteristically long and thin, broken off from a whole
[11] a metal fragment, from the container of a shell, bomb, etc, thrown out during an explosion
[12] to reduce or be reduced to sharp fragments; shatter
[13] to break or be broken off in small sharp fragments

Words related to Splintery

splinteracute, pointed, keen, salient, fine, tapering, flimsy, brittle, crisp, frail, gnawing, jagged, shooting, serrated, barbed, acuminate, peaked, piercing, tined

Words nearby Splintery

splintersplicing, spliff, spline, splint, splint bone, splinter, splinter group, splintery, split, split brain, split cane

Origin of Splintery

1350–1400; Middle English < Middle Dutch or Middle Low German; cf. splint

Other words from Splintery

splin·ter·less , adjective
splin·ter·y , adjective
un·splin·tered , adjective

Word origin for Splintery

C14: from Middle Dutch splinter; see splint

Synonyms for Splintery

acute, pointed, razor-sharp, sharpened, stinging, fine, keen, salient, tapering, aciculate, acuate, acuminate, acuminous, apical, barbed, briery, cuspate, cuspidate, edged, ground fine, honed, horned, jagged, keen-edged, knife-edged, needle-pointed, needlelike, peaked, pointy, prickly, pronged, serrated, sharp-edged, spiked, spiky, spiny, tapered, thorny, tined, tipped, unblunted, whetted