Leaches

Last Updated: January 2, 2026 at 12:30 PM

Scrabble:12 ptsWWF:13 pts7 letters

Definition of Leaches

noun

A quantity of wood ashes, through which water passes, and thus imbibes the alkali.
A tub or vat for leaching ashes, bark, etc.
A jelly-like sweetmeat popular in the fifteenth century.
"1670 Hannah Woolley The Queen-like Closet, Or, Rich Cabinet https//en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Queen-Like_Closet "To make Leach and to colour it""

verb

To purge a soluble matter out of something by the action of a percolating fluid.
"Heavy rainfall can leach out minerals important for plant growth from the soil."
To part with soluble constituents by percolation.

noun

An aquatic blood-sucking annelid of class Hirudinea, especially Hirudo medicinalis.
A person who derives profit from others in a parasitic fashion.
A glass tube designed for drawing blood from damaged tissue by means of a vacuum.

noun

A physician.
(Heathenry) A healer.

noun

The vertical edge of a square sail.
The aft edge of a triangular sail.

Anagrams of Leaches

Words You Can Make

50 words can be made from the letters in "leaches":

6-LETTER WORDS

chelae chelas laches leches

5-LETTER WORDS

aches alecs cease chase chela clash easel eches hales heals heels laces leach lease leash+5 more

4-LETTER WORDS

aces ache alec alee ales case cash cees cels each ease eche eels else haes+11 more

+1 Letter Anagrams

Words formed by adding one letter to "leaches" and rearranging:

Related Word Patterns

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Synonyms & Antonyms

SYNONYMS

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Rhyming Words

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