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— English words —

• spinster n. (Sometimes derogatory) A woman who has never been married, especially one past the typical marrying…
• spinster n. One who spins (puts a spin on) a political media story so as to give something a favorable or advantageous…
• spinster n. (Obsolete) Someone whose occupation was spinning thread.
• spinster n. (Obsolete) A woman of evil life and character; so called from being forced to spin in a house of correction.
• spinster n. (Rare, dialectal) A spider; an insect (such as a silkworm) which spins thread.

— English words, defined in French —

• spinster n. (Désuet) Fileuse.
• spinster n. (Péjoratif) (Vieilli) Vieille fille.

— English words, defined in Italian —

• spinster s. Sarta.
• spinster s. (Offensivo) donna nubile.

— In Dutch —

• spinster n. (Beroep) de vrouwelijke spinner.

53 English words from 5 English definitions

advantageous and as␣to been being called character correction derogatory dialectal especially evil favorable forced from give has house house␣of␣correction insect life married marrying media never Obsolete occupation one past political puts Rare silkworm so␣as so␣as␣to Someone something Sometimes spider spin spinning spins story such such␣as the thread typical was which who whose woman

3 English words from 5 foreign definitions

donna nubile spinner

1 foreign word from 5 English definitions

spin␣in

10 foreign words from 5 foreign definitions

Beroep Désuet Fileuse fille Offensivo Péjoratif Sarta Vieille Vieille␣fille Vieilli

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

spinsters spinsterly spinsterdom spinsterish spinsterism spinsterhood spinsterlike spinstership spinsterhoods spinsterishly spinsterishness

One time in the middle (New word found by adding letters in front and at the end of the word.)

unspinsterlike

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

ins Ins INS in's ins. Ins. inst inst. Inst. pin PIN pins PINs SPI spin spins Ste StE STE Ste. -ster -ster- ter TER ter-

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

ETs ETS iPS IPs IPS nip Nip NIP nips Nips NIPs ret Ret. rets snip snips TSN

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

Prentiss prestins

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

antipress inspirest Ist␣person nose␣strip paintress Peronists personist pinasters pornsites porn-sites porn␣sites printless printress pristanes pterosins purtiness spectrins spinsters spiritens splinters Splinters springest sprinters Sprinters star␣pines ten-strips Tres␣Pinos unpersist unpriests

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

e-prints estrins Estrins inserts Inserts insteps persist Petrins pinters Pinters Pitners pressin' prestin Prestis pretins pre-tins priests pterins respins respits septins septrin serpins sestrin sinters SIPRNET sistern sistren sitreps snipers Spiners spinets sprents spriest sprints sprites Sprites step-ins Stiners stirpes Strines stripes terpins T-spines

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