des

/dɛ/ noun

3 letters1 syllable4 points in Scrabble®4 points in WWF®

DEFINITIONS2

NOUN

A potent estrogen used in medicine and in feed for livestock and poultry.

Synthetic nonsteroid with the properties of estrogen; formerly used to treat menstrual problems but was found to be associated with vaginal cancers in the daughters of women so treated during pregnancy.

WORD FORMS

Starts withD

Ends withS

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Scrabble®4 points

Words With Friends®4 points

Double word8 points

Triple word12 points

GOOD TO KNOW

Pig Latinesday

Starts & ends withD … S

Syllablesdes

SYNONYMS & RELATED6

diethylstilbestrol diethylstilboestrol stilbestrol stilboestrol diethylstilbesterol stilbesterol

SAME LETTERS, DIFFERENT WORDS

esd4 eds4

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