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

— English words —

• crux n. The basic, central, or essential point or feature.
• crux n. The critical or transitional moment or issue, a turning point.
• crux n. A puzzle or difficulty.
• crux n. (Climbing) The hardest point of a climb.
• crux n. (Heraldry) A cross on a coat of arms.
• Crux prop.n. (Astronomy) A distinctive winter constellation of the southern sky, shaped like a cross. It appears…

— English words, defined in French —

• crux n. (Littérature) Passage difficile.
• crux n. Croix, supplice.
• crux n. Croix, point central.

— English words, defined in Portuguese —

• crux s. Característica ou ponto básico ou crítico.
• crux s. O ponto mais difícil de uma escalada.

— In German —

• Crux S. Krux.
• Crux S. Seelischer Schmerz, großes Problem.
• Crux S. Besondere Schwierigkeit einer Sache, Knackpunkt.

— In Dutch —

• crux n. Een onoplosbaar of moeilijk oplosbaar probleem.

— In Latin —

• crux n.subs. √ Instrumentum e duplici ligno, recto et transverso…

— In French —

• crux n.m. (Alpinisme) Séquence de mouvements la plus difficile ou…

— In Portuguese —

• Crux s. (Constelação) constelação austral.

32 English words from 6 English definitions

appears arms Astronomy basic central climb Climbing coat coat␣of␣arms constellation critical cross difficulty distinctive essential feature hardest Heraldry issue like moment of␣a point puzzle shaped sky southern the transitional turning turning␣point winter

10 English words from 12 foreign definitions

austral central difficile Een Passage plus point ponto Problem recto

31 foreign words from 12 foreign definitions

Alpinisme básico Besondere Característica constelação crítico Croix difícil duplici einer escalada großes Instrumentum Knackpunkt Krux Littérature mais moeilijk mouvements onoplosbaar oplosbaar point␣central probleem Sache Schmerz Schwierigkeit Seelischer Séquence supplice transverso uma

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

cruxy cruxes crux␣ansata crux␣gammata crux␣simplex crux␣decussata crux␣ordinaria

One time in the middle (New word found by adding letters in front and at the end of the word.)

horcruxes

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

Acrux Becrux Gacrux horcrux

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

cru Cru CRU rux

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

Acrux cruxy excur

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

cru Cru CRU cur CXR ruc RUC rux

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

brux crud CRUD crue crug crum Crum crup crus Crus CRUs crut Cruz

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

cru Cru CRU rux

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