Underlay is valid Scrabble Word

Is underlay a scrabble word?
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8 letters word
12 points in Scrabble
14 points in WWF

Definitions for UNDERLAY in dictionary:

VERB:

to place under
(especially of a layer of rock or soil) lie or be situated under (something)
be the cause or basis of (something)
To lay beneath; to put under.
To raise or support by something laid under; as, to underlay a cut, plate, or the like, for printing. See Underlay, n., 2.
To incline from the vertical; to hade; -- said of a vein, fault, or lode.
raise or support (the level of printing) by inserting a piece of paper or cardboard under the type
put (something) under or beneath
provide with a base, support, lining, or backing
place (something) under or beneath

NOUN:

felt or rubber laid beneath a carpet to increase insulation and resilience
To put a tap on (a shoe).
The inclination of a vein, fault, or lode from the vertical; a hade; -- called also underlie.
A thickness of paper, pasteboard, or the like, placed under a cut, or stereotype plate, or under type, in the from, to bring it, or any part of it, to the proper height; also, something placed back of a part of the tympan, so as to secure the right impression.
a pad placed under a carpet

Words related to UNDERLAY

underlaid11 underlaying16 underlays13 underlie9 underlies10 underlying15

Words that contain UNDERLAY

underlays13 underlayer14 underlayers15 underlaying16 underlayment18 underlayments19

How to use UNDERLAY in a sentence

Then ensued a very remarkable debate on the immediate propositions and the principles of government which underlay them, which lasted for two weeks.
Evidently something very mysterious underlay the whole affair, and there was much shaking of heads for a long time.
Those conceptions were the same as those which underlay their political theories, and have been affected in the same way by modern knowledge.
Dodgson to do what I can to vindicate the real unity which underlay both his life and all his writings.
From what has been already said, the well-considered tactical idea that underlay it is obvious.
Only Phoebe knew the taunt that underlay every word, the subtle scheme for making her uncomfortable that he carried on under cover of his solicitude.
No real unity of principle underlay the external tranquillity.
This which I think and feel underlay every former state of life and circumstances, as it does underlie my present, and what is called life, and what is called death.
Never in her life, thought the girl, as she sank into the foot-thick mattress of pine boughs that underlay the blankets, had a bed felt so comfortable, so absolutely satisfying.
A philosophy of Nature and existence now wholly discredited underlay the fundamental views and principles of Puritanism.

The passion that underlay his character led him to make use of the keenest invectives.
No casual observer, seeing her smiling face, would have suspected the turmoil of doubt that underlay her serenity.
False ideas underlay the resolve, but it was profoundly sincere and according to the ideas of ages.
A skilfully studied mimicry, which seemed entirely natural, underlay his reading.
Of the deeper significance which underlay the meeting of this remarkable assembly it is still perhaps premature to speak.
A tender and delicate rose underlay the brown, but her eyes saw no beauty in it.
No doubt this idea underlay the old pyramid emblem, at each corner of which stood one of the gods.
But it was not till she could sign herself with his name that she told me just what underlay the misery of that night.
They are confined to a direct presentation of the broad political question, which underlay everything.
Its coarseness, its vulgarity underlay all her veneer.
And even he did not guess what courage underlay the words.
This was the truth which underlay the vast gloomy fables of the ancient Fates, and the stories of the inevitable destruction of the great ancient houses of Greece.
The same fallacious idea underlay the Union of Ireland with Great Britain and her representation in Parliament, while retaining colonial institutions.
The hills of Champagne, green with vines, and white as with an underlay of chalk, rose behind us.
This is effected by working over an underlay of coarse white thread or over fine white linen cords.
He never had the slightest inkling that a deep religious earnestness and love of truth underlay the revolt against orthodox tradition.
For a time the sentiment of trust which underlay the granting of the reforms had its effect.
That some black tragedy underlay my words she had intuitively perceived, but I could see that she failed to grasp the whole meaning of my bald statement.

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