Meaning
- (noun) A marine crustacean of the subclass Cirripedia that attaches itself to submerged surfaces such as tidal rocks or the bottoms of ships.
- (noun) The barnacle goose.
- (noun) In electrical engineering, a change made to a product on the manufacturing floor that was not part of the original product design.
- (noun) On printed circuit boards, a change such as soldering a wire in order to connect two points, or addition such as an added resistor or capacitor, subassembly or daughterboard.
- (noun) A deprecated or obsolete file, image or other artifact that remains with a project even though it is no longer needed.
- (noun) (in the plural) An instrument like a pair of pincers, to fix on the nose of a vicious horse while shoeing so as to make it more tractable.
- (noun) (in the plural) A pair of spectacles.
- (noun) A good job, or snack easily obtained.
- (noun) A worldly sailor.
- (verb) To connect with or attach.
- (verb) To press close against something.
Letter breakdown
- Barnacles contains 9 letters: 3 vowel(s) and 6 consonant(s).
- It uses 8 unique letters.
- Estimated syllable count: 3.
- Scrabble-style letter score: 13.
Connected words
Other 9-letter words
- aardvarks
- abandoned
- abasement
- abatement
- abattoirs
- abdicated
- abdicates
- abdominal
- abductees
- abducting
- abduction
- abductors
- abhorrent
- abhorring
- abilities
- ablatives
- ablutions
- abnegated
Words starting with BAR
- bar
- barb
- barbacoa
- barbarian
- barbarians
- barbaric
- barbarism
- barbarisms
- barbarities
- barbarity
- barbarous
- barbarously
- barbecue
- barbecued
- barbecues
- barbecuing
- barbed
- barbell
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Words ending with LES
Words from these letters
- balances
- barnacle
- arsenal
- balance
- lancers
- arable
- arcane
- arenas
- blares
- braces
- cabals
- cables
- canals
- carnal
- cleans
- clears
- cranes
- lancer
- lances
- learns
- rascal
- scalar
- scarab
- abase
- abler
- acres
- areas
- arena
- bales
- balsa
- banal
- banes
- bares
- barns
- basal
- baser
- beans
- bears
- blare
- brace
- cabal
- cable
- canal
- canes
- carbs
- cares
- clans
- clean
- clear
- crabs
- crane
- earls
- earns
- laces
- lance
- lanes
- laser
- leans
- learn
Reader questions
What does Barnacles mean?
A marine crustacean of the subclass Cirripedia that attaches itself to submerged surfaces such as tidal rocks or the bottoms of ships.
How many letters are in Barnacles?
Barnacles has 9 letters.
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