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— English words —

• sister n. A daughter of the same parents as another person; a female sibling.
• sister n. A female member of a religious order; especially one devoted to more active service; (informal) a nun.
• sister n. Any butterfly in the genus Adelpha, so named for the resemblance of the dark-colored wings to the black…
• sister n. (Britain) A senior or supervisory nurse, often in a hospital.
• sister n. Any woman or girl with whom a bond is felt through common membership in a community, race, profession…
• sister n. (Slang, sometimes capitalized) A black woman.
• sister n. (Informal) A form of address to a woman.
• sister n. A woman, in certain religious, labour or socialist circles; also as a form of address.
• sister n. (Attributively) An entity that has a special or affectionate, non-hierarchical relationship with another.
• sister n. (Computing theory) A node in a data structure that shares its parent with another node.
• sister n. (Usually attributively) Something in the same class.
• sister v. (Transitive, construction) To strengthen (a supporting beam) by fastening a second beam alongside it.
• sister v. (Obsolete, transitive) To be sister to; to resemble closely.
• Sister n. Title of respect for an adult female member of a religious order.
• Sister n. Title of respect for an adult female member of a fraternal/sororal organization, or comrade in a movement…
• Sister n. A title used to personify or respectfully refer to concepts or animals.

— Foreign words, define in English —

• Middle english
  • sister n. Alternative form of suster.
• Scots
  • sister n. Sister.

— English words, defined in German —

• sister S. Weibliches Geschwisterkind.
• sister S. Weibliches Mitglied einer religiösen Gemeinschaft.
• sister S. Britisch, Australien: Weibliche Assistentin eines Arztes (insbesondere im Krankenhaus).
• sister S. US-amerikanisch umgangssprachlich: Bezeichnung einer Frau oder eines Mädchens.

— English word, defined in Dutch —

• sister n. (Familie) zus.

— English word, defined in Latin —

• sister n.subs. Soror (-is, f.) ||.

— English words, defined in French —

• sister n. Sœur.
• sister n. (Religion) Sœur.
• sister n. Infirmière.
• sister n. (Devant un nom) Frère, sœur.

— English words, defined in Spanish —

• sister s. Parentesco. Hermana.
• sister s. Cristianismo. Hermana (religiosa).

— English word, defined in Italian —

• sister s. Sorella.

— In Dutch —

• sister n. (Muziek) snaarinstrument dat als een citer wordt bespeeld.
• sister n. (Muziek) percussie-instrument uit de klassieke oudheid bestaande…
• sister n. (Suriname) stortbak van een wc.
• sister n. (Eenheid) (verouderd) inhoudsmaat van 25 liter (uitspraakvariant).

— In French —

• sister n. Sœur (dans un sens moral, et dans un contexte de personnes anglophones).

113 English words from 18 English definitions

active active␣service address adult affectionate alongside also Alternative animals another Any attributively beam black bond Britain butterfly capitalized certain circles class closely colored common community Computing comrade concepts construction dark data data␣structure daughter devoted entity especially fastening felt female for form form␣of␣address fraternal genus girl has hierarchical hospital informal its labour member membership more movement named node non nun nurse Obsolete of␣a often one order organization parent parents person personify profession race refer relationship religious religious␣order resemblance resemble respect respectfully same second senior service shares sibling sister Slang socialist Something sometimes sororal special strengthen structure supervisory supporting suster that the theory the␣same through title to␣the transitive used used␣to Usually whom wings with woman

17 English words from 18 foreign definitions

als anglophones citer dans dat een Frau Gemeinschaft instrument liter moral nom Religion sens Soror Suriname van

45 foreign words from 18 foreign definitions

amerikanisch Arztes Assistentin Australien bestaande Bezeichnung Britisch contexte Cristianismo dans␣un␣sens Devant Eenheid einer eines Familie Frère Geschwisterkind Hermana Infirmière inhoudsmaat insbesondere Krankenhaus Mädchens Mitglied Muziek oder oudheid Parentesco percussie personnes religiosa religiösen sens␣moral snaarinstrument sœur Sorella stortbak uit umgangssprachlich US-amerikanisch verouderd Weibliche Weibliches wordt zus

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

sistern sisters Sisters sistered sisterji sisterly sister␣act sisterdom sistering sisterjis sisterkin sister␣acts sister␣city sister␣clip sisterfuck sistergirl sisterhood sister␣hook sisterkins sisterless sisterlike sistership sister␣ship sister-wife sister␣wife sister␣block sister␣clips sisterfucks sistergirls sisterhoods sister␣hooks sister-in-law sister␣in␣law sisterlocks Sister␣Minor sisterships sister␣ships sister-wives sister␣wives sister␣blocks sister␣cities sisterfucker sister-german sister␣humper sister-in-arms sister-in-laws sisterliness sisterly␣love sister-out-law sister␣planet +20 words

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

assisters co-sisters desisters insisters resisters unsisters basisterna big␣sisters godsisters kid␣sisters koesisters mersisters nonsisters persisters sob␣sisters subsisters unsistered unsisterly basisternal basisternum big-sisterly foresisters full-sisters halfsisters half-sisters half␣sisters koeksisters milk-sisters milk␣sisters pegasisters soul␣sisters stepsisters step-sisters unsistering weak␣sisters blood␣sisters elder␣sisters frail␣sisters nonresisters older␣sisters Seven␣Sisters stepsisterly supersisters tax␣resisters three␣sisters unsisterlike co-sister-in-law cousin-sisters cousin␣sisters Eskimo␣sisters +13 words

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

assister co-sister desister insister resister unsister big␣sister godsister kid␣sister koesister mersister nonsister persister sob␣sister subsister foresister full-sister halfsister half-sister half␣sister koeksister milk-sister milk␣sister pegasister soul␣sister stepsister step-sister weak␣sister blood␣sister frail␣sister intersister nonresister older␣sister supersister tax␣resister cousin-sister cousin␣sister little␣sister antipersister scissor␣sister uterine␣sister younger␣sister anti-pegasister three-quarter␣sister

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

ist Ist IST -ist is't sis SIs SIS -sis sist Ste StE STE Ste. -ster -ster- ter TER ter-

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

ETs ETS ETSI ret Ret. rets sis SIs SIS -sis TSI TSIs

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

Istres reists Reists resist resits restis risest

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

arisest arsiest bestirs bisters bistres bitsers cisters cis-ters dissert disters Eiserts estrins Estrins fisters Fisters Griests inserts Inserts Kisters listers misters Misters persist Prestis priests raisest redists relists resifts resists resites respits restios restirs Rexists riskest Risters rosiest rossite satires Secrist Seiters sestrin Siberts sifters sinters sistern sisters Sisters sistren +45 words

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

Estis Isers Istre iters Reiss reist Reist reits REITs resit rests rises Rises Risse Rists rites RTSes Seris SERTs SIers sires Siret Sirte sites sties stirs STIRs tiers tires tress Tress tries TRSes

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

bister cister cis-ter dister fister Fister Kister lister Lister mister Mister oister Rister sester Sester sifter sinter Sisler sisted sitter Sitter suster Wister

One epenthesis (New word found when adding only one letter.)

skister

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