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13 short excerpts of Wiktionnary (A collaborative project to produce a free-content dictionary.)

— English words —

• bly n. (now chiefly dialectal) Likeness; resemblance; look aspect; species; character.
• Bly prop.n. A surname.

— Foreign words, define in English —

• Afrikaans
  • bly v. to live (somewhere).
  • bly v. to stay; to remain.
  • bly adj. happy.
• Danish
  • bly n. lead (metal).
  • bly n. (informal) ammunition for a firearm.
  • bly adj. shy, timid.
  • bly n. (archaic) Reluctance to express thoughts.
• Faroese
  • blý n. (poetic) lead (chemical element).
• Icelandic
  • blý n. lead (chemical element).
• Norwegian bokmål - Norwegian nynorsk
  • bly n. lead (material and chemical element, symbol Pb).
• Swedish
  • bly n. lead (chemical element).

34 English words from 13 English definitions

ammunition and archaic aspect character chemical chemical␣element chiefly dialectal element express firearm for happy informal lead Likeness live look material metal now poetic Reluctance remain resemblance shy somewhere species stay surname symbol thoughts timid

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

Blye Blys Blyes blynx blype Blyth blypes blythe Blythe Blyton blynxes Blystone Blystones Blytonian B␣lymphocyte Blytheville Blytonesque B␣lymphocytes

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

Hoblyn Hamblys Tamblyn amblygon amblyope amblyopy oblyrate sublytic Tromblys Twomblys amblyopes amblyopia amblyopic Lyublyana mumbly␣joe mumbly␣Joe Mumbly␣Joe wobbly␣pop amblyceran amblygonal amblyopias amblyopsid amblypygid bubbly-jock doubly␣even gobblygook mumbly␣joes mumbly␣Joes Mumbly␣Joes wobbly␣pops amblycerans amblygnathy amblygonite amblyogenic amblyopsids amblyoscope amblypygids amblystomid assemblyman assemblymen bubbly-jocks doubly␣magic gobblygooks amblycipitid amblygonites amblyopinine amblyoponine amblyoscopes amblystomids assembly␣line +41 words

1061 prefixes (New words found by adding one or more letters in front of the word.)

ably -ably -ibly nobly pebly sably 'umbly babbly bobbly bubbly bumbly burbly cobbly doubly drably drubly dumbly fambly feebly garbly glibly gobbly Hambly hobbly humbly jubbly jumbly marbly mumbly nibbly nimbly nobbly nubbly numbly pebbly probly prob'ly rambly rubbly rumbly stably trebly tumbly unably usably viably wabbly wambly warbly wibbly +1011 words

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

ably -ably Alby bely blay Blay bley Bley Blye Blys byrl -ibly Luby

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

BL B/L by -by b'y by- lb LB ly LY -ly ly- yb YL -yl

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

Aly bay Bay bey Bey BLA BLE blk BLM bln BLQ BLR BLS B.L.S. BLT blu BLV boy buy cly Ely fly Fly Gly ily ILY -ily 'oly ply sly Sly vly

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

BL B/L by -by b'y by- ly LY -ly ly-

5 epenthesis (New words found when adding only one letter.)

bely blay Blay bley Bley

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