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— English words —

• descant n. A lengthy discourse on a subject.
• descant n. (Music) A counterpoint melody sung or played above the theme.
• descant v. (Intransitive) To discuss at length.
• descant v. (Intransitive, music) To sing or play a descant.

— Foreign word, define in English —

• Romanian
  • descânt n. Disenchantment.

— English words, defined in Italian —

• descant s. Discanto.
• descant s. Discantare.

19 English words from 5 English definitions

above at␣length counterpoint descant discourse discuss Disenchantment Intransitive length lengthy melody music play played sing subject sung the theme

2 foreign words from 2 foreign definitions

Discantare Discanto

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

descants descanted descanter descanters descanting descant␣recorder descant␣recorders

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

tradescantia tradescantias

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

ant Ant ANT -ant an't ant- ant. Ant. a'n't can Can CAN Can. cant Cant can't Cant. ca'n't des dEs Des DEs DES des- descan Esc ESC esca ESCA SCA scan scant

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

acs ACs ACS a/cs A/Cs CSE NAC NACS sed SED TNA

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

cedants dancest decants scanted stanced

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

cantreds chasten'd Cutsdean danciest descants distance endocast pandects scandate scandent scantled scent␣pad snatched stanched tacnodes tendracs uncasted

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

ascend ascent atends cadent cadets Cadets canest canted Cantes casted casten cedant ctDNAs dacent dances Dances Dantes Dasent decans decant desant descan enacts natsec scante secant stance

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

descent discant

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

decant desant descan

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