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— English words —

• poise n. A state of balance, equilibrium or stability.
• poise n. Composure; freedom from embarrassment or affectation.
• poise n. Mien; bearing or deportment of the head or body.
• poise n. A condition of hovering, or being suspended.
• poise n. (Physics) A CGS unit of dynamic viscosity equal to one dyne-second per square centimetre.
• poise n. (Obsolete) Weight; an amount of weight, the amount something weighs.
• poise n. The weight, or mass of metal, used in weighing, to balance the substance weighed.
• poise n. That which causes a balance; a counterweight.
• poise v. (Obsolete) To hang in equilibrium; to be balanced or suspended; hence, to be in suspense or doubt.
• poise v. (Obsolete) To counterpoise; to counterbalance.
• poise v. (Obsolete) To be of a given weight; to weigh.
• poise v. (Obsolete) To add weight to, to weigh down.
• poise v. (Now rare) To hold (something) with or against something else in equilibrium; to balance, counterpose.
• poise v. To hold (something) in equilibrium, to hold balanced and ready; to carry (something) ready to be used.
• poise v. To keep (something) in equilibrium; to hold suspended or balanced.
• poise v. To ascertain, as if by balancing; to weigh.

— Foreign words, define in English —

• Old french
  • poise n. Weight.
  • poise n. A unit of measure of unknown value (which presumably varied because of the technology of the time).

— English words, defined in German —

• poise S. Gleichgewicht, Haltung, sicheres Auftreten, Ausgeglichenheit, Gelassenheit.
• poise S. Poise.
• poise S. Der Schwebezustand.
• poise S. Wagschale.

— English words, defined in French —

• poise n. Équilibre.
• poise v. Être en équilibre.
• poise v. Maintenir en équilibre.
• poise v. Maintenir une chose prête à l’usage.

— English words, defined in Spanish —

• poise s. Gracia, aplomo.
• poise s. Desenvoltura, elegancia.
• poise s. Estabilidad, entereza.
• poise v. Equilibrar.
• poise v. Balancear.
• poise v. Equilibrarse.
• poise v. Balancearse.

— In French —

• poise n.f. Unité de mesure de viscosité dynamique du système cgs (symbole…

— In Italian —

• poise s. (Fisica) (meccanica) unità di viscosità dinamica nel sistema…

86 English words from 18 English definitions

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6 English words from 17 foreign definitions

cgs chose Der Poise symbole usage

36 foreign words from 17 foreign definitions

aplomo Auftreten Ausgeglichenheit Balancear Balancearse Desenvoltura dinamica dynamique elegancia entereza Equilibrar Equilibrarse équilibre Estabilidad Être Fisica Gelassenheit Gleichgewicht Gracia Haltung Maintenir meccanica mesure nel prête prête␣à Schwebezustand sicheres sistema système une unità Unité Unité␣de␣mesure viscosità viscosité

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

poised poiser poises poisers poisest poiseth poiseless poiselessness

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

unpoised outpoised outpoises porpoised porpoises decapoises equipoised equipoises overpoised overpoises æquipoises anglepoises Anglepoises centipoises millipoises Mattapoisett porpoiselike avoirdupoises counterpoised counterpoises counterpoiseth counterpoise-lift finless␣porpoises harbour␣porpoises counterpoise-lifts

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

apoise outpoise porpoise decapoise equipoise Equipoise overpoise æquipoise anglepoise Anglepoise centipoise millipoise centripoise counterpoise finless␣porpoise harbour␣porpoise clinical␣equipoise

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

Ise ISE -ise I'se OIs OIS Oise OISE poi POI P.O.I. pois POIs POIS P.O.I.s

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

ESI IOP SIOP

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

Opies speoi

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

apiose apoise copies eo␣ipso episio- Espino impose loipes mopies oopsie opines Oppies opries Pelosi Piekos pilose piseog plesio- poesie pogies poised poiser poises poizes pokies poleis -poleis Polies pomeis ponies posied posier posies possie postie potsie scopie Scopie Sinope siteop soapie sophie Sophie sopite

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

EOIs epis Epis EPIs epos Epos EPOs ESOP IEPs IoEs IOEs IOPs IOPS ipes ipos IPOs IPSO OEIS Oise OISE opes Opie OPIs Peis peos PEOs peso pies PIEs PiOS PIOs pisé poes Poes pois POIs POIS P.O.I.s pose posé posi psoi Seip SIOP sipe Sipe sope sopi spie

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

Boise hoise Moise noise paise peise poize posse poyse prise pwise toise

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

Oise OISE pisé pois POIs POIS P.O.I.s pose posé

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