division
division is a valid 8-letter word worth 12 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
What does division mean?
A group of ships of similar type.
(biology) a group of organisms forming a subdivision of a larger category.
(botany) taxonomic unit of plants corresponding to a phylum.
The act or process of dividing.
One of the portions into which something is regarded as divided and which together constitute a whole.
“the BBC's engineering division”
The act of dividing or partitioning; separation by the creation of a boundary that divides or keeps apart.
Discord that splits a group.
A league ranked by quality.
A unit of the United States Air Force usually comprising two or more wings.
An administrative unit in government or business.
An arithmetic operation that is the inverse of multiplication; the quotient of two numbers is computed.
An army unit large enough to sustain combat.
“two infantry divisions were held in reserve”