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— English words —

• shank n. The part of the leg between the knee and the ankle.
• shank n. Meat from that part of an animal.
• shank n. (Ornithology, colloquial) A redshank or greenshank, various species of Old World wading birds in the…
• shank n. A straight, narrow part of an object, such as a key or an anchor; shaft; stem.
• shank n. The handle of a pair of shears, connecting the ride to the neck.
• shank n. The center part of a fishhook between the eye and the hook, the ’hook’ being the curved part that bends…
• shank n. A protruding part of an object, by which it is or can be attached.
• shank n. The metal part on a curb bit that falls below the mouthpiece, which length controls the severity of…
• shank n. (Golf) A poorly played golf shot in which the ball is struck by the part of the club head that connects to the shaft.
• shank n. (Slang) An improvised stabbing weapon.
• shank n. A loop forming an eye to a button.
• shank n. (Architecture) The space between two channels of the Doric triglyph.
• shank n. (Metalworking) A large ladle for molten metal, fitted with long bars for handling it.
• shank n. (Printing, dated) The body of a type; between the shoulder and the foot.
• shank n. (Shoemaking) The part of the sole beneath the instep connecting the broader front part with the heel.
• shank n. Flat-nosed pliers, used by opticians for nipping off the edges of pieces of glass to make them round.
• shank n. The end or remainder, particularly of a period of time.
• shank n. The main part or beginning of a period of time.
• shank v. (Archaic, Ulster) To travel on foot.
• shank v. (Slang) To stab, especially with an improvised blade.
• shank v. (Slang) To remove another’s trousers, especially in jest; to depants.
• shank v. (Transitive, golf) To misstrike the ball with the part of the club head that connects to the shaft.
• shank v. (Transitive, chiefly tennis, soccer, gridiron football) To hit or kick the ball in an unintended direction.
• shank v. (Intransitive) To fall off, as a leaf, flower, or capsule, on account of disease affecting the supporting…
• shank v. (Transitive, sewing) To provide (a button) with a shank (loop forming an eye).
• shank v. (Shoemaking) To apply the shank to a shoe, during the process of manufacturing it.
• shank adj. (Slang) Bad.
• Shank prop.n. A surname.

— English words, defined in French —

• shank n. Jambe.
• shank n. Tringle.
• shank n. (Argot) Couteau artisanal.
• shank n. (Usinage) Queue d’une fraise.
• shank n. (Boucherie) Jarret arrière.
• shank v. (Argot) Poignarder, avec un couteau artisanal.

— English word, defined in Italian —

• shank s. (Araldica) sperone.

179 English words from 28 English definitions

account account␣of affecting anchor and animal ankle another apply Archaic Architecture attached Bad ball bars beginning being below bends beneath between birds bit blade body broader button can capsule center channels chiefly club colloquial connecting connects controls curb curb␣bit curved dated depants direction disease Doric during edges end especially eye fall fall␣off falls falls␣below fishhook fitted Flat flower foot football for forming from front glass golf greenshank gridiron gridiron␣football handle handling head heel hit hook improvised in␣jest instep Intransitive jest key kick knee ladle large leaf leg length long loop main make manufacturing Meat metal Metalworking misstrike molten mouthpiece narrow neck nipping nosed object of␣a of␣an off Old Old␣World on␣account on␣account␣of on␣foot opticians Ornithology pair pair␣of␣shears part particularly part␣with period period␣of␣time pieces played pliers poorly Printing process protruding provide redshank remainder remove ride round severity sewing shaft shank shears shoe Shoemaking shot shoulder Slang soccer sole space species stab stabbing stem straight struck such such␣as supporting surname tennis that the them time to␣the Transitive travel triglyph trousers two type Ulster unintended used various wading wading␣birds weapon which with World

8 English words from 7 foreign definitions

Argot arrière artisanal couteau fraise Jambe Queue Tringle

8 foreign words from 7 foreign definitions

Araldica avec Boucherie Jarret Poignarder sperone une Usinage

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

shanks Shanks Shankar shanked shanker Shanker shank␣it Shankle shankers Shankers shankest shanking Shankles Shanklin shank-nag shanks␣it shankbone shank-bone shanked␣it shankings shank-iron Shankland shankless shank-nags shanks'␣nag shankbones shank-bones shanking␣it shank-irons Shanklands shank's␣mare shanks'␣mare shanks'␣nags shanks'␣pony shank-weary shanks'␣mares shank-nagging shank-painter shank-painters

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

ushanka ushankas bit␣shanks catshanks dogshanks ham␣shanks midshanks redshanks unshanked boomshanka foreshanks longshanks spotshanks Cruikshanks greenshanks scrimshanks sheepshanks skrimshanks Cruickshanks scrimshanked scrimshanker sheepshanked skrimshanked skrimshanker velvet␣shanks yellowshanks Cruikshankian scrimshankers scrimshanking sheepshanking skrimshankers skrimshanking spindleshanks red-shanked␣douc ride␣shank's␣mare spindle-shanked red-shanked␣doucs spotted␣redshanks

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

bit␣shank catshank dogshank ham␣shank midshank redshank foreshank spotshank Cruikshank greenshank scrimshank sheepshank skrimshank Cruickshank velvet␣shank yellowshank common␣redshank spotted␣redshank common␣greenshank

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

han Han hank Hank sha SHA shan Shan

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

ahs Ahs AHS nah NAH Nah.

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

ankhs hanks Hanks khans Naskh

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

akhnis ankhus ankush Ashkun chanks Hanaks Hankes Hankos hanoks Haskin Kahans Kandhs Kansuh Kashan khaens khanas Khangs Kinsha Kin-sha Kin␣Sha Klahns Kohans Krahns Kushan Ku-shan nakhes Nasakh Nashik Naskhi nikahs Sakhno sankha Schank shadkn shaken shakin' shanks Shanks shrank Skehan thanks whanks

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

akhs ankh Haks hank Hank Hans HANS hask HNAs HSAN Kahn kans Kans. Kash Kash. khan Khan Khas Nakh naks nash Nash NASH sank Shak shan Shan

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

chank shack Shack shaik Shaik shalk Shana shand Shand Shane Shang Shani Shans shant shan't sha'n't shark Shenk shink shonk Shonk Shunk skank slank spank stank swank Swank thank whank

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

hank Hank sank Shak shan Shan

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

Schank shrank

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