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— English words —

• cresset n. A metal cup, suspended from a pole and filled with burning pitch etc; once used as portable illumination.
• cresset n. (Coopering) A small furnace or iron cage to hold fire for charring the inside of a cask, and making…
• Cresset prop.n. A surname.

— Foreign word, define in English —

• Middle english
  • cresset n. Cresset (metal cup filled with pitch).

34 English words from 4 English definitions

and burning cage cask charring Coopering Cresset cup etc filled fire for from furnace hold hold␣fire illumination inside inside␣of iron iron␣cage making metal of␣a once pitch pole portable small surname suspended the used with

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

cressets

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

CRE Cres CRES cres. cress ess ESS -ess Ess. esse res RES Res. -ress set Set SET seṭ SSE

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

Erc ERC ess ESS -ess Ess. esse Esser ser SER ser. SSE tes TEs Tess TESS

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

resects Secrest secrets

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

cateress cerastes Cestares Chesters coresets Corteses cosseter cressets cresteds cresties Criteses lectress rectress respects scenters scepters sceptres Sechrest Secrests secretes securest sesterce setscrew set␣screw specters spectres Stechers

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

certes cesser crests Cretes erects esters estres recess Recess reests resect resets Resets screes secret serest sester Sester seters Setser steers Steers steres terces treses

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

cresses Cressey

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