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ether

noun

A colorless volatile highly flammable liquid formerly used as an inhalation anesthetic

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Word length
5
Starts with
E
Ends with
R
Contains
TH
Scrabble score
8
CEFR level
B2

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noun

  1. A colorless volatile highly flammable liquid formerly used as an inhalation anesthetic

noun

  1. A medium that was once supposed to fill all space and to support the propagation of electromagnetic waves

noun

  1. Any of a class of organic compounds that have two hydrocarbon groups linked by an oxygen atom

noun

  1. The fifth and highest element after air and earth and fire and water; was believed to be the substance composing all heavenly bodies

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