biceps

Noun

The large muscle in the upper arm that flexes the elbow.
any skeletal muscle having two origins (but especially the muscle that flexes the forearm)
Any muscle having two heads.
Specifically, the biceps brachii, the flexor of the elbow.
The upper arm, especially the collective muscles of the upper arm.
A point in a metrical pattern that can be filled either with one long syllable (a longum) or two short syllables (two brevia).

Examples

It takes mental biceps to find a spot for a word like BICEPS.

Origin / Etymology

PIE word
*dwóh₁
From Latin biceps (“double-headed, two-peaked”), from bis (“double”) + caput (“head”). See there for more details.

Synonyms

guns#Noun, pipes#Noun, pythons#Noun

Antonyms

princeps#Noun

Scrabble Score: 12

biceps: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
biceps: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
biceps: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 15

biceps: valid Words With Friends Word