Definitions of 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.
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n. - Anything which corrodes, corrupts, or destroy.
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n. - A disease incident to trees, causing the bark to rot and fall off.
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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.
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n. - A kind of wild, worthless rose; the dog-rose.
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v. t. - To affect as a canker; to eat away; to corrode; to consume.
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v. t. - To infect or pollute; to corrupt.
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v. i. - To waste away, grow rusty, or be oxidized, as a mineral.
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v. i. - To be or become diseased, or as if diseased, with canker; to grow corrupt; to become venomous.
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The word "canker" uses 6 letters: A C E K N R.
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Words formed by adding one letter before or after canker (in bold), or to aceknr in any order:
b - bracken d - cranked k - knacker l - crankle r - cranker s - cankers
Shorter words found within canker:
ace acne acre ae an ane ar arc are ark cake can cane caner car care cark carn crake crane crank creak ear earn en er era ern ka kae kane karn kea ken kern knar na nacre nae narc nark ne near neck race rack rake ran rance rank re rec reck
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