PARTICLES
Noun
particles
plural of particle
Anagrams
• palestric, sparticle
Source: Wiktionary
PARTICLE
Par"ti*cle, n. Etym: [L. particula, dim of pars, gen partis, a part:
cf. F. particule. See Part, and cf. Parcel.]
1. A minute part or portion of matter; a morsel; a little bit; an
atom; a jot; as, a particle of sand, of wood, of dust.
The small size of atoms which unite To make the smallest particle of
light. Blackmore.
2. Any very small portion or part; the smallest portion; as, he has
not a particle of patriotism or virtue.
The houses had not given their commissioners authority in the least
particle to recede. Clarendon.
3. (R. C. Ch.)
(a) A crumb or little piece of concecrated host.
(b) The smaller hosts distributed in the communion of the laity. Bp.
Fitzpatrick.
4. (Gram.)
Definition: A subordinate word that is never inflected (a preposition,
conjunction, interjection); or a word that can not be used except in
compositions; as, ward in backward, ly in lovely.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition