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— English words —

• skein n. A quantity of yarn, thread, etc. put up together, after it is taken from the reel. A skein of cotton…
• skein n. (Figuratively) A web, a weave, a tangle.
• skein n. (Zoology) The membrane of a fish ovary.
• skein n. (Wagonmaking) A metallic strengthening band or thimble on the wooden arm of an axle.
• skein n. (Zoology, UK, dialect, collective) A group of wild fowl (e.g. geese, goslings) when they are in flight.
• skein n. (Sports) A winning streak.
• skein n. (Radio, television, dated) A series created by a web (major broadcasting network).
• skein v. To wind or weave into a skein.

— Foreign words, define in English —

• Faroese
  • skein n. (Kvæði) scratch, small wound.
  • skein v. Shone, singular past of skína (to shine).
• Icelandic
  • skein v. First-person singular past active indicative of skína.
  • skein v. Third-person singular past active indicative of skína.
  • skein v. Second-person singular active imperative of skeina.
• Norwegian bokmål
  • skein v. Simple past of skinne.
• Norwegian nynorsk
  • skein v. Past of skina.
• Old norse
  • skein v. First/third-person singular past active indicative of skína.

— English words, defined in French —

• skein n. Écheveau.
• skein n. (Zoologie) Vol d’oie.

82 English words from 16 English definitions

active after are arm axle band broadcasting collective cotton created dated dialect etc Figuratively First First␣person First-person␣singular fish flight fowl from geese goslings group imperative indicative in␣flight into major membrane metallic network of␣a of␣an on␣the ovary past person put put␣up quantity Radio reel scratch Second Second␣person Second-person␣singular series shine Shone Simple Simple␣past singular skein ski small Sports streak strengthening taken tangle television the they thimble third third␣person third-person␣singular thread together Wagonmaking weave web when wild wind winning winning␣streak wooden wound yarn Zoology

1 English word from 2 foreign definitions

Vol

1 foreign word from 16 English definitions

skinne

3 foreign words from 2 foreign definitions

Écheveau oie Zoologie

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

skeine skeins skeined skeines skeining skeinings skeinlike

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

unskeins unskeined unskeining

One prefix (New word found by adding one or more letters in front of the word.)

unskein

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

EIN -ein Kei

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

EKs Nie NIE n.i.e.

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

Ekins e-skin inkes Kiens kines Kines Knies Neski Nikes Siken Sinke

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

Aikens deinks deskin Eakins Edkins eikons ekings Elkins enkais enokis enskin Erskin e-skins Finkes Ikners inkers inkles Kaines Keirns kendis Kensiu Kensiw Kerins kestin Kevins kexins kianse Kiehns kinase kindes Kiners kinesi- kinges Kinsel Kinser Kinsey Kisner Kliens klines k-lines Kneips knifes Knipes knives koines koinés Kreins Kriens Leskin Lesnik +33 words

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

EIKs EINs Enki ensi Ikes inke inks kens Kens Kien kine kine- kins -kins k'ins Kise neks Nies NIEs Nike Seik sein seki sien sike sine SINE sink Sink sken skie skin snek snie

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

sdein seein seein' see␣in Shein skain skean Skeen skeyn stein Stein swein

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

sein sken skin

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