slowen
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
9
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
1
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "Muscarin has a similar action to nicotine on the chromatophorcs, but the effect is not so well marked; it would appear to slowen the circulation and to increase the secretions."
- "The action of atropia is of the same nature upon both the nerve cells and muscular substance — viz., to slowen the nutritive processes in both, and therefore is exactly the reverse of the action of the vagus in both cases."
- "Similarly, there is an increasing interest in potions and plant extracts from the science of ayurveda, preparations that have been listed to slowen the deleterious process of aging."
- "However, the principal industries (light industry, electricity production and others) suffered a continuous decline and ... less in December, 1997 than a year before. ln 1998, rates of industrial tangibly slowened down […]"
Etymology
From slow + -en.