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— English words —

• apterous adj. (Zoology) Destitute of wings; wingless.
• apterous adj. (Biology) Destitute of winglike membranous expansions, as a stem or petiole.

10 English words from 2 English definitions

Biology Destitute expansions membranous petiole stem wingless winglike wings Zoology

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

hexapterous subapterous tetrapterous

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

apt Apt APT ap't apt. apter ous -ous Pte PTE -pter ptero- -pterous ROU ter TER ter-

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

ETP ore Ore ORE öre øre Ore. ret Ret. tPA TPA UoR UOR

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

Austhorpe autopsier autosperm autospore europates fourpeats four-peats louse␣trap mousetrap outcapers outpraise outscrape outspread paroquets portagues positurae postdauer pouterias prosateur pterosaur reautopsy responaut sportulae sporulate spread␣out sproutage superatom tetrapous tourscape trampouse traphouse trap-house trap␣house

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

asprout esparto Esparto outraps Pasteur Pastore pastour pasture Pateros petrous Porteus Portsea posture pourest pouters proteas Proteas proteus Proteus -pterous Puertas Puertos seaport septuor spouter store␣up Stroupe Supetar tears␣up tear-ups teraops to␣spare Tropeas troupes Troupes uprates upstare uptears urostea

One cousin (New word found by changing only one letter.)

alterous

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

-pterous

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