secondary: meaning and words from its letters
9 letters · 15 letter points · starts with S · ends with Y
Meaning of secondary
adj
- not-comparable, usually
Next in order to the first or primary; of second place in origin, rank, etc.
- not-comparable, usually
Originating from a deputy or delegated person or body.
Example: the work of secondary hands
- not-comparable, usually
Derived from a parent compound by replacement of two atoms of hydrogen by organic radicals.
- not-comparable, usually
Produced by alteration or deposition subsequent to the formation of the original rock mass.
Source: Wiktionary — secondary.
noun
Any flight feather attached to the ulna (forearm) of a bird.
A radar return generated by the response of an aircraft's transponder to an interrogation signal broadcast by a radar installation, containing additional encoded identification and situational data not available from a simple primary return.
The second stage of a multistage thermonuclear weapon, which generates a fusion explosion when imploded as an indirect result of the fission explosion of the primary, and which, in a few extremely large weapons, itself implodes a fusion tertiary.
An act of issuing more stock by an already publicly traded corporation.
Listed forms: secondaries.
Source: Wiktionary — secondary.
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki.org. Selected senses and forms; quotations omitted. Definition text is CC BY-SA 4.0.
Synonyms by meaning
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adjective
inferior in rank or status
noun
coil such that current is induced in it by passing a current through the primary coil
- secondary coil
- secondary winding
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
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Letter-value score of secondary
S(1) + E(1) + C(3) + O(1) + N(1) + D(2) + A(1) + R(1) + Y(4) = 15 points.
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Anagrams of secondary
0 other standard-list words use exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
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Shorter words from secondary
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