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— English words —

• lightyear n. Alternative spelling of light year.
• light-year n. Alternative spelling of light year.
• light␣year n. (Astronomy) A unit of length (abbreviation ly; equal to just under 10 trillion kilometres (10¹⁶ metres))…
• light␣year n. (Only in plural, figurative, informal) A very long way.
• light␣year n. (Only in plural, figurative, informal) A very long time.

— English word, defined in German —

• light␣year S. Eine Distanz, die das Licht in einem Jahr zurücklegt.

— English words, defined in French —

• lightyear n. Année-lumière.
• light-year n. Variante orthographique de light year.
• light␣year n. (Astronomie) Année-lumière.

— English word, defined in Italian —

• lightyear s. (Fisica) (astronomia) anno luce.

24 English words from 5 English definitions

abbreviation Alternative Astronomy equal figurative informal just kilometres length light light␣year long long␣time metres Only plural spelling time trillion under unit very way year

7 English words from 5 foreign definitions

das die Eine light light␣year luce year

16 foreign words from 5 foreign definitions

Année Année-lumière anno anno␣luce astronomia Astronomie Distanz einem Fisica Jahr Licht Licht␣in lumière orthographique Variante zurücklegt

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

lightyears light-years light␣years

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

twilight␣years gigalightyears kilolightyears megalightyears megalight-years

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

gigalightyear kilolightyear megalightyear megalight-year

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

ear EAR 'ear IGH 'igh ight lig lig. light Light lighty Lighty tye Tye t'ye yea year

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

Gil GIL Rae THG

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

early␣night gallery␣hit lightyears light-years light␣years

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

alrighty arightly earthily Gilreath heartily Iglehart lethargy lightray litharge rayleigh Rayleigh regality thirlage

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