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— English word —

• cailleach n. (Scotland) An old woman.

— Foreign words, define in English —

• Irish
  • cailleach n. (Historical) nun.
  • cailleach n. Old woman, hag; midwife.
  • cailleach n. Precocious girl.
  • cailleach n. (Informal, offensive, derogatory) bag, bat, bitch, cat, cow, dog, jade, shrew.
  • cailleach n. (Of man)…
  • cailleach n. Spent, shrivelled, thing.
  • cailleach n. Stump; obstructing object.
  • cailleach n. (Of straw, wrack) truss, bundle.
  • cailleach n. Stone weight (on rope, net).
  • cailleach n. Recess for bed; alcove; (familiar) snuggery.
  • cailleach n. Rainmaker.
  • cailleach n. Scold.
  • cailleach n. (Architecture) outshot; return.
  • cailleach n. Hagfish, borer.
• Scots
  • cailleach n. Old woman, crone.
• Scottish gaelic
  • cailleach n. Old woman.
  • cailleach n. Woman, wife.
  • cailleach n. Hag, crone.
  • cailleach n. Cowl (on a chimney).

53 English words from 20 English definitions

alcove Architecture bag bat bed bitch borer bundle cat chimney cow Cowl crone derogatory dog familiar for girl hag Hagfish Historical Informal jade man midwife net nun object obstructing offensive old old␣woman outshot Precocious Rainmaker Recess return rope Scold Scotland shrew shrivelled snuggery Spent Stone straw Stump thing truss weight wife woman wrack

One suffix (New word found by adding one or more letters at the end of the word.)

cailleachs

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

ach ACH ail Cai CAI Cài Cai. Cail EAC each ill ILL 'ill I'll Ill. Ille lea Lea LEA leach Leach

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

ael CAE Cael ell Ell ELL 'e'll HCA IaC IAC LIA

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

alchemical cailleachs Lac␣La␣Biche

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

achillea caillach caliceal Callaeci heliacal

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

cailliach

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

caillach

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