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— English words —

• defense␣mechanism n. (Psychology) A psychological strategy used unconsciously by people to cope with harmful or stressful situations.
• defense␣mechanism n. (Evolutionary theory) An automatic reaction of the body against foreign antibodies.

22 English words from 2 English definitions

against antibodies automatic body cope cope␣with Evolutionary Evolutionary␣theory foreign harmful people psychological Psychology reaction situations strategy stressful the theory unconsciously used with

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

defense␣mechanisms

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

ani Ani ANI anis Anis cha Cha CHA -cha chan Chan -chan def DEF Def. defense ECH EFE Efé eme Eme EME -eme ens ENS Ens. fen fens Fens han Han ism ISM -ism mec MEC mech Mech mech. Mech. mecha mechanism nis NIS Niš sem Sem SEM seme semé

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

cem CEM EFE Efé e-fed eme Eme EME -eme emes ESN esne fed Fed FED Fed. f***ed Ina INA mes MEs MES mes- mesne MSI nah NAH Nah. nef sin Sin SIN Sina SNe

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

defence␣mechanisms defense␣mechanisms

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

defence␣mechanism

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