Definitions for the word, canker

(n.) A corroding or sloughing ulcer; esp. a spreading gangrenous ulcer or collection of ulcers in or about the mouth; -- called also water canker, canker of the mouth, and noma.

(n.) A disease incident to trees, causing the bark to rot and fall off.

(n.) A kind of wild, worthless rose; the dog-rose.

(n.) An obstinate and often incurable disease of a horse's foot, characterized by separation of the horny portion and the development of fungoid growths; -- usually resulting from neglected thrush.

(n.) Anything which corrodes, corrupts, or destroy.

(v. i.) To be or become diseased, or as if diseased, with canker; to grow corrupt; to become venomous.

(v. i.) To waste away, grow rusty, or be oxidized, as a mineral.

(v. t.) To affect as a canker; to eat away; to corrode; to consume.

(v. t.) To infect or pollute; to corrupt.


53 words found in the Scrabble word, canker



Scrabble letter values
A is 1 points
B is 3 points
C is 3 points
D is 2 points
E is 1 points
F is 4 points
G is 2 points
H is 4 points
I is 1 points
J is 8 points
K is 5 points
L is 1 points
M is 3 points
N is 1 points
O is 1 points
P is 3 points
Q is 10 points
R is 1 points
S is 1 points
T is 1 points
U is 1 points
V is 4 points
W is 4 points
X is 8 points
Y is 4 points
Z is 10 points



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