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— English words —

• sprue n. (Medicine) A tropical disease causing a sore throat and tongue, and disturbed digestion; psilosis.
• sprue n. (Founding) The hole through which melted metal is poured into the gate, and thence into the mold.
• sprue n. (Founding) Material that cools in the feed channels to a mold.
• sprue v. To remove the sprues (material left in feed channels) from a cast piece.

— English word, defined in German —

• sprue S. Angusskegel, Anschnittkegel, Eingusstrichter.

— In French —

• sprue n.f. Affection intestinale chronique (essentiellement tropicale).

— In Portuguese —

• sprue s. (Estrangeirismo) ver espru.

— In Italian —

• sprue s. (Medicina) malattia cronica caratterizzata da diarrea e malassorbimento.

36 English words from 4 English definitions

and cast causing channels cools digestion disease disturbed feed Founding from gate hole into left material Medicine melted metal mold piece poured psilosis remove sore sore␣throat sprues that the thence throat through tongue tropical tropical␣disease which

3 English words from 4 foreign definitions

Affection chronique ver

11 foreign words from 4 foreign definitions

caratterizzata cronica diarrea espru essentiellement Estrangeirismo intestinale malassorbimento malattia Medicina tropicale

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

sprued sprues Spruell Spruells

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

celiac␣sprue coeliac␣sprue tropical␣sprue non-tropical␣sprue

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

Pru Prue rue Rue SPR

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

EUR eur- eur. Eur. RPs RPS urp U-RP

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

Pre-Us Prues puers pures purse Purse reups re-ups rupes Rupes super Super super-

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

BUPERS cusper drupes dupers Dupres Epirus erupts Grupes Kupers Lupers pareus pauser perdus persue peruse poseur Prouse prudes Prudes prunes Pruses pukers pulers pulser purees purées purest pureys purges purles purres pursed Pursel purser Purser purses Purses purset pursew pursue Purves pusher pusser puters 'puters recups reds␣up Repubs respun rest␣up +28 words

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

EPRs ERPs ERSP Ersu ERUs pers pers. Pers. Peru pres Pres pres. Pres. Pre-U Prue Prus puer Puer pu'er Pu'er pure purs reps Reps Reps. resp RESP resp. reup re-up Reus rues Rues Rupe ruse Ruse SERP Sper spue spur Spur suer supe sure surp UPSR ures user useR US'er

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

serue spree Spree sprug

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

Prue spue

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

spruce Spruce

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