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— English words —

• anvil n. A heavy iron block used in the blacksmithing trade as a surface upon which metal can be struck and shaped.
• anvil n. (Anatomy) The incus bone in the middle ear.
• anvil n. A stone or other hard surface used by a bird for breaking the shells of snails.
• anvil n. The non-moving surface of a micrometer against which the item to be measured is placed.
• anvil n. (Meteorology) A horizontal-topped mass of cloud, shaped like a blacksmith’s anvil, that forms before a thunderstorm.
• anvil v. (Transitive, often figurative) To fashion on, or as if on, an anvil.

— English words, defined in Dutch —

• anvil n. (Techniek)(gereedschap) aanbeeld, aambeeld.
• anvil n. (Anatomie) aanbeeld, aambeeld.

— English word, defined in French —

• anvil n. Enclume.

— English words, defined in Portuguese —

• anvil s. (Ferramenta⚠) bigorna.
• anvil s. (Osso⚠) bigorna.

— English word, defined in Italian —

• anvil s. (Araldica) incudine.

54 English words from 6 English definitions

against Anatomy and anvil as␣if before bird blacksmith blacksmithing block bone breaking can cloud ear fashion figurative for forms hard heavy horizontal incus iron item like mass measured metal Meteorology micrometer middle middle␣ear moving non of␣a often other placed shaped shells snails stone struck surface that the thunderstorm topped trade Transitive upon used which

1 English word from 6 foreign definitions

Ferramenta

10 foreign words from 6 foreign definitions

aambeeld aanbeeld Anatomie Araldica bigorna Enclume gereedschap incudine Osso Techniek

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

anvils anviled anviling anvilled anvillike anvilling anvil␣cloud anvilsmith anvil␣clouds anvilicious anvilsmiths

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

Banville Danville Manville Sanville Banvilles Glanville Granville Manvilles Sanvilles Swanville Glanvilles Susanville Carmanville Glanvillian Swan␣Village Manhattanville Granville␣County diamond␣anvil␣cell diamond␣anvil␣cells Glanville␣fritillary Glanville␣fritillaries

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

on␣the␣anvil hammer␣and␣anvil

One word in word (Word found as is inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

NVI

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

Liv

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

Alvin Lavin nival Vilna vinal

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

alevin Alvina alvine Alvino anvils Calvin Clavin Davlin flavin Flavin Galvin Glavin lavani La␣Vina Lavine laving Lavins leavin' levain Livian Lovina Luvian malvin Novial Olivan silvan Silvan Slavin unvail vainly Valcin valine Vallin valzin Vancil veinal venial vilany villan Villan vineal violan

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

anil 'avin' Ilan I-lan INLA ivan Ivan lain Lain LAIV Lani Lian Lina LNAI LNAV nail Nail Naʼvi Nila vail Vail vain VAIN vali Vali VALI Vani vial Vial Vian vila Vila vina Vina Viña VLAN

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

Advil anoil Anvik arvil Auvil

One lipogram (New word found when removing only one letter.)

anil

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