Definitions For Pontianac

Noun

PONTIANAC. (countable and uncountable, plural PONTIANACs) A fossil resin historically used in the production of some rubber, produced from the latex of Dyera costulata.

Alternative forms

pontianak

Synonyms

dead borneo, gutta jelutong, gambria, jelutong, bresk, fluvia

Derived terms

pontianac copal pontianac gum pontianac jelutong pontianac resin pontianac rubber

Etymology

From pontianac, an older spelling of pontianak, a port city of Borneo, from which the resin was shipped, named for the ghostly pontianaks which supposedly once inhabited the site.

Is Pontianac a Scrabble Word?

Words With Friends NO
Scrabble US NO
Scrabble UK YES
English International (SOWPODS) YES
Scrabble Global YES
Enable1 Dictionary NO

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Scrabble
13
Words with Friends
17

The word Pontianac is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words with Friends

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