Meaning Group: Units of Measure — Words Only

Root nouns of 8 letters or fewer defined as a unit of length, weight, volume, energy and so on (monetary units are in the Currency theme list)

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211 words across 7 section(s)

2-Letter Units

LI

3-Letter Units

AMU ARE BEL CAL COR DOL ERG HIN KAB KOR LUX MHO MIL OHM OKA OKE SER TOD TON VAR

4-Letter Units

ACRE ATOM BAUD DYNE EPHA GRAM JILL MILE MINA MORA OMER PHON PHOT POOD ROTL SONE
TAEL TOLA TORR TYPP VARA WATT

5-Letter Units

ABAMP ABMHO ABOHM ALMUD ARDEB ARPEN BARYE BINIT BRAZA CARAT CURIE CUSEC DEBYE
DUNAM EPHAH FANGA FARAD FERMI GAUSS GEPIK GERAH HENRY HERTZ JOULE KARAT LIANG
LIBRA LITER LITRE MAUND MINIM MUTON OSMOL OUNCE PICUL PIXEL SABIN STADE STERE
TAXON TESLA THERM TICAL TONNE TSUBO WEBER

6-Letter Units

ABVOLT ABWATT ALMUDE AMPERE ARPENT ARROBA ARSHIN CALORY CARCEL CATTIE CENTAL
CICERO DALASI DALTON DRACHM FANEGA FIRKIN GALLON GEPIKS GRAMME KANTAR KELVIN
MEGOHM MICRON MISKAL MORGAN MORGEN NEURON NEWTON OSMOLE PARSEC PASCAL PHYTON
PROBIT QAPIKS RADIAN SECPAR SHEKEL TELOME THRAVE TONEME

7-Letter Units

ABFARAD ABHENRY ARCHINE CALORIE CANDELA CENTNER CHRONON CONGIUS DECIARE DECIBEL
FARADAY FRESNEL FURLONG GIGABIT GIGATON GILBERT HECTARE HEKTARE KILOBAR KILOBIT
KILORAD KILOTON LAMBERT LANGLEY MAXWELL MEGABAR MEGABIT MEGATON MICROHM MILLIER
MILLINE NEPHRON NEURONE OERSTED OXYSOME PHONEME POUNDAL QUANTUM QUINTAL RONTGEN
SIEMENS SIEVERT TAGMEME TROLAND

8-Letter Units

ABAMPERE ANGSTROM CHALDRON FANEGADA FLUIDRAM FUNGIBLE GEEPOUND GIGAWATT GRAPHEME
KILOBASE KILOBAUD KILOGRAM KILOVOLT KILOWATT MAGNETON MEGADYNE MEGAVOLT MEGAWATT
MICROBAR MICROLUX MICROMHO MILLIARE MILLIBAR MILLIEME MILLIGAL MILLILUX MILLIMHO
MILLIOHM MOLECULE MUTCHKIN NANOGRAM NANOWATT PARASANG ROENTGEN SVEDBERG WATTHOUR
YARDLAND

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