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Showing words for TENTACLE using the English dictionary

8 Letter Words for Tentacle

ectental, electant, tentacle

7 Letter Words for Tentacle

canette, cantlet, latence, tenacle

6 Letter Words for Tentacle

alette, cantel, cantle, cattle, cental, cetane, elance, elanet, enlace, lancet, lanete, lateen, latent, latten, letten, nattle, nettle, talent, tancel, tantle, tectal, teetan, telnet, tenace

5 Letter Words for Tentacle

ancle, anele, anlet, atlee, attle, canel, catel, clean, cleat, ctene, eaten, eclat, ectal, elate, elect, enact, enate, ental, entea, entte, ettle, lacet, lance, laten, latte, neela, tacet, tecta, tenet, tenla, tetel

4 Letter Words for Tentacle

acle, acne, alce, alec, alee, alen, ance, anet, ante, atle, atte, attn, cane, cant, cate, cele, celt, cene, cent, cete, clan, clat, clee, eale, elan, elec, elne, encl, etat, eten, etna, lace, laen, laet, lane, lant, late, lean, leat, lect, leet, lena, lene, lent, lete, lett, nace, nael, nale, natl, neal, neat, neet, nete, tace, tact, tael, taen, talc, tale, tane, tate, teal, tean, teat, teca, teel, teen, teet, tela, tele, telt, tene, tent, tete

3 Letter Words for Tentacle

ace, act, alc, ale, aln, alt, anc, ane, ant, ate, att, cal, can, cat, cee, cel, cen, cte, ctn, ean, eat, ect, eec, eel, een, ela, elt, enc, ene, enl, eta, etc, lac, lan, lat, lca, lea, lee, let, nae, nat, nea, nee, net, tal, tan, tat, tea, tec, tee, tel, ten, tet, tlc, tln, tnt

Definitions for Tentacle

[1] Zoology . any of various slender, flexible processes or appendages in animals, especially invertebrates, that serve as organs of touch, prehension, etc.; feeler.
[2] Botany . a sensitive filament or process, as one of the glandular hairs of the sundew.
[3] any of various elongated flexible organs that occur near the mouth in many invertebrates and are used for feeding, grasping, etc
[4] any of the hairs on the leaf of an insectivorous plant that are used to capture prey
[5] something resembling a tentacle, esp in its ability to reach out or grasp

Words related to Tentacle

limb, arm, feeler

Words nearby Tentacle

tent fly, tent meeting, tent show, tent stitch, tent trailer, tentacle, tentacled, tentage, tentation, tentative, tented

Origin of Tentacle

1755–65; < New Latin tentāculum, equivalent to Latin tentā(re ) (variant of temptāre to feel, probe) + -culum -cule2

Other words from Tentacle

ten·tac·u·lar [ten-tak -yuh -ler] /tɛnˈtæk yə lər/ , adjective
ten·ta·cle·like , ten·tac·u·loid , adjective
in·ter·ten·tac·u·lar , adjective
sub·ten·tac·u·lar , adjective

Word origin for Tentacle

C18: from New Latin tentāculum, from Latin tentāre, variant of temptāre to feel

Synonyms for Tentacle

arm, feeler, limb