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— English words —

• accretion n. The act of increasing by natural growth; especially the increase of organic bodies by the internal accession…
• accretion n. The act of increasing, or the matter added, by an accession of parts externally; an extraneous addition.
• accretion n. Something added externally to promote the external growth of an item.
• accretion n. Concretion; coherence of separate particles.
• accretion n. (Biology) A growing together of parts naturally separate, as of the fingers or toes.
• accretion n. (Geology) The gradual increase of land by deposition of water-borne sediment.
• accretion n. (Law) The adhering of property to something else, by which the owner of one thing becomes possessed…
• accretion n. (Law) Gain to an heir or legatee; failure of a coheir to the same succession, or a co-legatee of the…
• accretion n. (Astrophysics) The formation of planets and other bodies by collection of material through gravity.

— English word, defined in German —

• accretion S. Anlagerung, Ablagerung.

— English word, defined in French —

• accretion n. Accumulation.

— English word, defined in Portuguese —

• accretion s. Acreção.

— In French —

• accrétion n.f. (Astronomie) Phénomène, lié à la gravitation, d’agglomération…
• accrétion n.f. Processus d’accumulation de limon, de sable, de galets…
• accrétion n.f. (Médecine) Accumulation de dépôts dans l’organisme.
• accrétion n.f. (Géologie) Accroissement de volume d’un corps par apport…
• accrétion n.f. (Par extension) (Sens figuré) Tout procédé d’accumulation…

71 English words from 9 English definitions

accession act added addition adhering and as␣of Astrophysics becomes Biology bodies borne coheir coherence collection Concretion deposition else especially external externally extraneous failure fingers formation Gain Geology gradual gravity growing growth heir increase increasing internal item land Law legatee material matter natural naturally of␣a of␣an one organic other owner particles parts planets possessed promote property same sediment separate something something␣else succession the the␣same thing through toes together to␣the water water-borne which

16 English words from 8 foreign definitions

accumulation à␣la apport corps dans dépôts extension galets gravitation limon par Processus sable Sens Tout volume

15 foreign words from 8 foreign definitions

Ablagerung Accroissement Acreção agglomération Astronomie de␣sable figuré Géologie lié Médecine organisme Par␣extension Phénomène procédé Sens␣figuré

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

accretions accretional accretionary accretionally accretion␣disc accretion␣disk accretionarily accretion␣discs accretion␣disks accretion␣shock accretion␣shocks accretionary␣prism accretionary␣wedge accretionary␣prisms accretionary␣wedges

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

reaccretions

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

coaccretion reaccretion nonaccretion hyperaccretion oligarchic␣accretion

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

acc ACC acc. CCR CC&R CRE ETI etio- ion Ion -ion ret Ret. tio Tio tion -tion

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

CCA cca. Erc ERC ITE -ite iter iter. NOI noit OIt OIT RCC ter TER ter-

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

anorectic Neoarctic

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

accretions acherontic Acherontic anchoretic anorectics apocentric carbetocin carotenoic cocreating co-creating cocreation concertina racecation Tucciarone Xenocratic

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

accentor acentric acetonic actioner actorine anoretic anticore caticorn cocinera concerti concreta cratonic creation crocetin earconic narcotic Nearctic necrotic reaction reäction taco␣rice

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