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— English words —

• davit n. (Nautical) A spar formerly used on board of ships, as a crane to hoist the flukes of the anchor to the…
• davit n. (Nautical, construction) A crane, often working in pairs and usually made of steel, used to lower things…

— Foreign words, define in English —

• Czech
  • dávit v. (Intransitive) to vomit, to throw up.
  • dávit v. (Transitive) to strangle, to throttle.

— English word, defined in French —

• davit n. (Marine) Bossoir, porte-manteau.

— In German —

• Davit S. Drehbarer, schwenkbarer Schiffskran.

— In Dutch —

• davit n. (Scheepvaart) draagstang voor reddingsboot.

33 English words from 4 English definitions

anchor and board construction crane flukes formerly hoist in␣pairs Intransitive lower made made␣of Nautical often on␣board pairs ships spar steel strangle the things throttle throw throw␣up to␣the Transitive used used␣to usually vomit working

2 English words from 3 foreign definitions

manteau Marine

8 foreign words from 3 foreign definitions

Bossoir Drehbarer porte porte-manteau reddingsboot Scheepvaart schwenkbarer voor

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

davits Davitt

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

moldavite affadavits affidavits moldavites rivadavite affidavit␣man affidavit␣men

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

affadavit affidavit

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

avi Avi AVI avi- VIT vit.

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

Iva IVA Tiv VAD

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

dative Daviot davits Davitt DeVita divast DiVita V␣triad

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

adit Adiv advt AIVD avid dati DITA diva iDTV IDVA vadi Vaid Vida vita Vita vit.␣D VTID

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

Dalit David Davie davil Davin Davis gavit

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

Daviot Davitt

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