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— English words —

• dower n. (Law) The part of or interest in a deceased husband’s property provided to his widow, usually in the…
• dower n. (Law) Property given by a groom directly to his bride at or before their wedding in order to legitimize…
• dower n. (Obsolete) That with which one is gifted or endowed; endowment; gift.
• dower v. (Transitive) To give a dower or dowry to.
• dower v. (Transitive) To endow. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
• Dower prop.n. A surname.

— Foreign words, define in English —

• Middle english
  • dower n. A dower; a life estate of a male spouse’s property.
  • dower n. (Rare) A gift given by the bride’s family to the groom or his relatives; dowry.
  • dower n. (Rare, figurative) A intrinsic or inherent property or attribute.
  • dower n. (Rare, astrology) A portion of the world under the domination of a particular star sign.

— English words, defined in French —

• dower n. (Droit) Douaire.
• dower n. (Droit) Dot.

68 English words from 10 English definitions

add astrology attribute before bride Can deceased directly domination dower dowry endow endowed endowment estate example family figurative for gift gifted give given groom his husband inherent in␣order in␣order␣to interest intrinsic Law legitimize life life␣estate male Obsolete of␣a of␣the␣world one order part particular portion property provided Rare relatives sense sign spouse star star␣sign surname That the their this to␣the Transitive under usually wedding which which␣one widow with world

2 English words from 2 foreign definitions

Dot Droit

1 foreign word from 2 foreign definitions

Douaire

10 suffixes (New words found by adding one or more letters at the end of the word.)

dowers Dowers dowery dowered doweress doweries dowering dowerless doweresses dowerlessness

16 times in the middle (New words found by adding letters in front and at the end of the word.)

endowers widowers widowery endowered shadowers undowered widowered endowering disendowers widowerhood widowership widowerhoods widowerships foreshadowers grass␣widowers overshadowers

8 prefixes (New words found by adding one or more letters in front of the word.)

endower widower shadower Glendower disendower foreshadower grass␣widower overshadower

7 words-in-word (Words found as is inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

dow Dow Dowe owe ower wer WER

2 words-in-word RTL (Words found written from right to left, inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

rew Rew

3 anagrams (New words found by changing the order of the letters.)

e-word rowed worde

66 anagrams found with an extra letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word and an extra letter.)

beword browed crowed Decrow DeCrow degrow Detrow deworm dowers Dowers dowery Dowler downer dowser drowse edgrow Erwood e-words eworld eWorld e-world growed howder jowder lowder Lowder Nedrow O'Dwyer powder Powder powdre powred prowed redowa red␣won rewood reword Rowden rowdie rowted Sowder sworde Tedrow trowed wedtro weirdo weldor Welrod whored woader +16 words

26 anagrams found minus a letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word minus a letter.)

dero DEWR doer Dore Dowe drew Drew drow EDRO Oder orde owed ower owre redo rode Rode roed Rowe wero wode word Word wore WORE Wroe

31 cousins (New words found by changing only one letter.)

bower Bower cower Domer doner Doner doper doser doter Dover dowar dowed dowel doxer dozer fower Gower hower Hower lower Lower mower Mower power Power rower sower tower Tower vower WoWer

3 lipograms (New words found when removing only one letter.)

doer Dowe ower

3 epenthesis (New words found when adding only one letter.)

Dowler downer dowser

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