Definitions For Thermobaric

Adjective

(not comparable) Describing various weapons that use atmospheric oxygen to produce a blast wave of a significantly longer duration than those produced by condensed explosives.

Related terms

thermobaricity

Translations

Finnish: termobaarinen

Etymology

thermo + baric Derived from the (Ancient Greek)  words for "heat" and "pressure": thermobarikos (θερμοβαρικός), from θερμός + + hot + βάρος + + weight, pressure + -ικός + + -ic.

Is Thermobaric a Scrabble Word?

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

Points in Different Games

Scrabble
20
Words with Friends
22

The word Thermobaric is worth 20 points in Scrabble and 22 points in Words with Friends

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