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— English words —

• twist n. A twisting force.
• twist n. Anything twisted, or the act of twisting.
• twist n. The form given in twisting.
• twist n. The degree of stress or strain when twisted.
• twist n. A type of thread made from two filaments twisted together.
• twist n. A sliver of lemon peel added to a cocktail, etc.
• twist n. A sudden bend (or short series of bends) in a road, path, etc.
• twist n. A distortion to the meaning of a word or passage.
• twist n. An unexpected turn in a story, tale, etc.
• twist n. (Preceded by definite article) A type of dance characterised by rotating one’s hips. See Twist (dance)…
• twist n. A rotation of the body when diving.
• twist n. A sprain, especially to the ankle.
• twist n. (Obsolete) A twig.
• twist n. (Slang) A girl, a woman.
• twist n. A roll or baton of baked dough or pastry in a twisted shape.
• twist n. (Countable, uncountable) A small roll of tobacco.
• twist n. A material for gun barrels, consisting of iron and steel twisted and welded together.
• twist n. The spiral course of the rifling of a gun barrel or a cannon.
• twist n. (Obsolete, slang) A beverage made of brandy and gin.
• twist n. A strong individual tendency or bent; inclination.
• twist n. (Slang, archaic) An appetite for food.
• twist n. Short for hair twist.
• twist v. To turn the ends of something, usually thread, rope etc., in opposite directions, often using force.
• twist v. To join together by twining one part around another.
• twist v. To contort; to writhe; to complicate; to crook spirally; to convolve.
• twist v. To wreathe; to wind; to encircle; to unite by intertexture of parts.
• twist v. (Reflexive) To wind into; to insinuate.
• twist v. To turn a knob etc.
• twist v. To distort or change the truth or meaning of words when repeating.
• twist v. To form a twist (in any of the above noun meanings).
• twist v. To injure (a body part) by bending it in the wrong direction.
• twist v. (Intransitive, of a path) To wind; to follow a bendy or wavy course; to have many bends.
• twist v. (Transitive) To cause to rotate.
• twist v. (Intransitive) To dance the twist (a type of dance characterised by twisting one’s hips).
• twist v. (Transitive) To coax.
• twist v. (Card games) In the game of blackjack (pontoon or twenty-one), to be dealt another card.
• Twist prop.n. A surname.

— Foreign words, define in English —

• Czech - Finnish - Romanian
  • twist n. Twist (dance).
• Middle english
  • twist n. The flat part of a hinge (less specifically the entire hinge).
  • twist n. A twig or branch.
  • twist n. A groin (juncture between the chest and thighs).
• Saterland frisian
  • Twist n. Discord; strife.

— English word, defined in German —

• twist V. Sich oder etwas (ver)drehen, auswringen.

— English words, defined in Dutch —

• twist n. Draai, draaiing.
• twist w. Draaien, verdraaien.

— English words, defined in French —

• twist n. (Physique) Force de torsion.
• twist n. Tournant sur la route.
• twist n. (Littéraire) Tournant dans une histoire.
• twist n. (Mécanique) Torseur cinématique.
• twist n. (Musique) Twist.
• twist v. Tordre.
• twist v. (Sens figuré) Détourner (une signification), entortiller.

— English word, defined in Spanish —

• twist v. Torcer.

— English words, defined in Portuguese —

• twist s. Torcedura, o ato de torcer.
• twist s. Tipo de fio ou de algodão usado para casas de botão em vestuário.
• twist s. Pequena lasca de casca de limão adicionada a um coquetel.
• twist s. Curva repentina numa estrada.
• twist s. Distorção do significado de uma palavra ou sentença.
• twist s. Fato inesperado numa história ou narrativa.
• twist s. (Dança) tuíste.
• twist s. Rotação do corpo ao fazer um mergulho.
• twist s. O fato de torcer uma parte do corpo, especialmente o calcanhar.
• twist v. Torcer as pontas de algo (corda, fio, etc).
• twist v. Juntar duas extremidades de algo.
• twist v. Girar uma maçaneta.
• twist v. Distorcer o significado de uma palavra ou sentença.

— English word, defined in Italian —

• twist s. Torsione.

— In Dutch —

• twist n. Een langdurig geschil.
• twist n. Een dans uit de jaren 1960.
• twist w. Enkelvoud tegenwoordige tijd van twisten#gebiedende wijs van twisten.

— In French —

• twist n.m. (Musique) Type de chanson et de danse des années 1960.
• twist n.m. Cocktail à base de bière et de sirop de citron.
• twist n.m. (Par ellipse) Synonyme de twist final, révélation en principe…
• Twist n.prop. (Géographie) Commune d’Allemagne, située dans la Basse-Saxe.

— In Portuguese —

• twist s. (Estrangeirismo e Dança) ver tuíste.

185 English words from 42 English definitions

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34 English words from 33 foreign definitions

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90 foreign words from 33 foreign definitions

à␣base␣de adicionada algodão Allemagne années ato auswringen Basse-Saxe bière botão calcanhar casca cinématique coquetel corda corpo Dança danse Détourner Distorção Distorcer Draai Draaien draaiing drehen Enkelvoud en␣principe entortiller especialmente estrada Estrangeirismo et␣de etwas extremidades fato fazer figuré fio gebiedende gebiedende␣wijs Géographie geschil Girar histoire história inesperado jaren Juntar langdurig lasca limão Littéraire maçaneta Mécanique mergulho narrativa numa oder palavra Pequena pontas principe repentina révélation Rotação Sens␣figuré sentença significado située sur tegenwoordige␣tijd tijd Tipo Torcedura torcer Tordre Torseur Torseur␣cinématique Torsione Tournant tuíste twisten twist␣final uit uma une usado verdraaien vestuário wijs

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

twists twisty twisted twister Twister twistie twistin' twistle twistor twisters twistest twisteth twistful Twistian twistier twisties twistily twisting twistled twistles twistors twistout twist␣tie twistable twistedly twistfree twistgrip twistical twistiest twistings twistless twistling twistlock twistouts twist␣ties twistwing twisty␣tie twist␣drill twistgrips twistiness twistingly twistlocks twistorial twistorian twistronic twisty␣ties twist␣drills twistedness twisted␣pair twist␣of␣fate +41 words

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

entwists intwists retwists untwists uptwists arm-twists arm␣twists entwisted Entwistle intwisted retwisted untwisted untwister uptwisted arm-twisted arm␣twisted arm-twister arm␣twister Birtwistle entwisting Entwistles flat␣twists gain␣twists hair␣twists intwisting jaw-twister nontwisted overtwists plot␣twists plot-twisty retwisting Tintwistle untwisters untwisting uptwisting ambitwistor arm-twisters arm␣twisters armtwisting arm-twisting arm␣twisting Birtwistles hanky-twists intertwists jaw-twisters Mason␣twists multitwists nontwisting overtwisted supertwists +51 words

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

atwist entwist intwist retwist untwist uptwist arm-twist arm␣twist nontwist flat␣twist gain␣twist hair␣twist mule␣twist overtwist plot␣twist stub␣twist hanky-twist intertwist Mason␣twist multitwist supertwist water␣twist French␣twist Oliver␣Twist gaining␣twist Russian␣twist round␣the␣twist

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

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

TSI

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

twits witts

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

atwist Sittwe tewits twilts twists twisty twites Waitts Wattis Whitts Wittes Wittys wotsit

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

ITTs stit tits tits. twit twts TWTs tw*ts wist wits WITs Witt WSIT

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

Swist trist twict twilt Twisp twixt 'twixt

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

twit wist

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