Definition of camel

"camel" in the noun sense

1. camel

cud-chewing mammal used as a draft or saddle animal in desert regions

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Quotations for camel

To strain at a gnat, and swallow a camel. [ Proverb ]

The camel going to get horns lost his ears. [ Proverb ]

Existence may be borne, and the deep root
Of life and sufferance make its firm abode
In bare and desolate bosoms: mute
The camel labors with the heaviest load.
And the wolf dies in silence: Not bestowed
In vain should such examples be; if they.
Things of ignoble or of savage mood,
Endure and shrink not, we of nobler clay
May temper it to bear - it is but for a day. [ Byron ]

Till taught by pain,
Men really know not what good water's worth:
If you had been in Turkey or in Spain,
Or with a famish'd boat's crew had your berth,
Or in the desert heard the camel's bell,
You'd wish yourself where truth is - in a well. [ Byron ]

Death is a black camel that kneels at every man's door. [ Turkish Proverb ]

Death is a black camel, which kneels at the gates of all. [ Abd-el-Kader ]

Expediency is a law of nature.
The camel is a wonderful animal, but the desert made the camel. [ Beaconsfield ]

A peasant can no more help believing in a traditional superstition than a horse can help trembling when he sees a camel. [ George Eliot ]

The covetous man is like a camel with a great hunch on his back; heaven's gate must be made higher and broader, or he will hardly get in. [ Thomas Adams ]

camel in Scrabble®

The word camel is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 9

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Play In The Letters camel:

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camel in Words With Friends™

The word camel is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 12

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Words within the letters of camel

2 letter words in camel (6 words)

3 letter words in camel (6 words)

4 letter words in camel (8 words)

5 letter words in camel (1 word)

camel + 1 blank (7 words)

Words containing the sequence camel

Words with camel in them (1 word)

Words that end with camel (1 word)

Word Growth involving camel

Shorter words in camel

am cam came

me came

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Longer words containing camel

cameleopard cameleopards

camelhair camelhairs

camelid camelids

camellia camellias

camelopard camelopards

camelpox

camels