impregnation
/,ɪmprɛɡ'neɪʃən/
noun
12 letters4 syllables17 points in Scrabble®22 points in WWF®
DEFINITIONS3
NOUN
1
Creation by the physical union of male and female gametes; of sperm and ova in an animal or pollen and ovule in a plant.
2
The process of totally saturating something with a substance.
“the impregnation of wood with preservative”
3
Material with which something is impregnated.
“the impregnation, whatever it was, had turned the rock blue”
WORD FORMS
Related formimpregnate
GAME SCORES
Scrabble®17 points
Words With Friends®22 points
Double word34 points
Triple word51 points
GOOD TO KNOW
Pig Latinimpregnationway
Starts & ends withI … N
Syllablesim · preg · na · tion
SYNONYMS & RELATED5
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