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— English words —

• gnomon n. An object such as a pillar or a rod that is used to tell time by the shadow it casts when the sun shines…
• gnomon n. An object such as a pillar used by an observer to calculate the meridian altitude of the sun (that is…
• gnomon n. The index of the hour circle of a globe.
• gnomon n. (Geometry) A plane figure formed by removing a parallelogram from a corner of a larger parallelogram.
• gnomon n. (Mathematics, by extension) A number representing the increment between two figurate numbers (“numbers…

— Foreign words, define in English —

• Esperanto
  • gnomon n. Accusativesingularof gnomo.
• Polish - Romanian - Swedish
  • gnomon n. Gnomon.
• Slovak
  • gnómon n. Gnomon.

— English word, defined in French —

• gnomon n. Style du cadran solaire.

— In Dutch —

• gnomon n. Instrument dat informatie geeft over de zonnestand door de…
• gnomon n. (Meetkunde) figuur die ontstaat als van een parallellogram…
• gnomon n. (Wiskunde) oneven getal dat het verschil is tussen twee opeenvolgende…

— In French —

• gnomon n.m. (Astronomie) Cadran solaire simple qui marque les heures…

50 English words from 8 English definitions

altitude between by␣extension calculate casts circle corner extension figurate figurate␣numbers figure formed from Geometry globe Gnomon hour hour␣circle increment index is␣used␣to larger Mathematics meridian number numbers object observer of␣a parallelogram pillar plane removing representing rod shadow shines such such␣as sun tell tell␣time that that␣is the time two used used␣to when

14 English words from 5 foreign definitions

als dat die door een het Instrument les marque over simple Style twee van

1 foreign word from 8 English definitions

gnomo

20 foreign words from 5 foreign definitions

Astronomie cadran cadran␣solaire figuur geeft geeft␣over getal heures informatie Meetkunde oneven ontstaat opeenvolgende parallellogram qui solaire tussen verschil Wiskunde zonnestand

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

gnomons gnomonic gnomonics gnomonist gnomonical gnomonists gnomonology gnomonically gnomoniaceous gnomonologies gnomonological gnomonic␣projection gnomonic␣projections

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

isognomonid isognomonids pathognomonic pathognomonics physiognomonic pathognomonical physiognomonics thanatognomonic nonpathognomonic pathognomonicity physiognomonical pathognomonically

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

mon Mon MON 'mon mon- mon. Mon. nom NOM -nom no'm nom- nom. nomo- OMO omo- OMON

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

mon Mon MON 'mon mon- mon. Mon. mong Mong 'mong Mong. nom NOM -nom no'm nom- nom. nomo- OMO omo- OMON ong Ong ONG

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

gnomons Mongeon monogen monogon Moongan mooning

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

gonno mongo Mongo MONGO möngö Monon moong

One cousin (New word found by changing only one letter.)

glom␣on

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