acupuncture
nounHow many syllables in acupuncture?
There are 4 syllables in the word acupuncture.How to pronounce acupuncture:
Definition of acupuncture:
- acupuncture (noun):
- treatment of pain or disease by inserting the tips of needles at specific points on the skin.
- an originally chinese practice of inserting fine needles through the skin at specific points especially to cure disease or relieve pain (as in surgery)
Synonyms for acupuncture:
intervention
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Here are some other common 4-syllable words.
- actuary
- acquisitive
- acquiescing
- accusation
- accoutrement
- accountancy
- acclimatise
- accidented
- abundancy
- abrogated
- abrahamic
- abirritant
- abiotic
- abimelech
- aberration
- abednego
- abdulaziz
- abandonment
- valuation
- in camera
- fireplaces
- communities
- separator
- defiantness
- allegable
- wrongheadedness
- inanity
- Gujarati
- consentfully
- portentousness
- glitteringly
- gladiolus
- estuarine
- comprehension
- apiarist
- presidential
- petulantly
- generously
- twenty-twenty
- unexpiring
- potato chip
- ephemera
- depressingly
- considering
- compellingly
- numerator
- trattoria
- frivolously
- fertility
- variable
- … more
Syllable Fun Fact
A haiku traditionally consists of seventeen 'on' or morae, often translated as syllables in English, arranged in a 5-7-5 pattern.
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