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— English words —

• deus␣ex␣machina n. (Authorship) Any resolution to a story that does not pay due regard to the story’s internal logic and…
• deus␣ex␣machina n. (By extension) A contrived solution to a problem, relying on an agent external to the situation.
• deus␣ex␣machina n. (Historical, literary) A deity in Greek and Roman drama who was brought in by stage machinery to intervene…
• deus␣ex␣machina n. (Historical) A machine used to bring an actor playing a god onto the stage, either up through a trapdoor…

— Foreign words, define in English —

• Polish
  • deus␣ex␣machina adv. (Literary) deus ex machina (suddenly, unexpectedly, and without prior indications).
  • deus␣ex␣machina n. (Ancient Greece, Ancient Rome, drama, historical, literary) deus ex machina (plot resolution in ancient…
  • deus␣ex␣machina n. (Ancient Greece, Ancient Rome, drama, historical, literary) deus ex machina (deity in Greek and Roman…
  • deus␣ex␣machina n. (Literary) deus ex machina (unexpected saviour).
  • deus␣ex␣machina n. (Literary, narratology) deus ex machina (contrived plot resolution).

— English word, defined in French —

• deus␣ex␣machina n. (Soutenu) Deus ex machina.

— English words, defined in Portuguese —

• deus␣ex␣machina s. (Teatro) deus ex machina.
• deus␣ex␣machina s. Alguém ou algo que aparece do nada e resolve um problema aparentemente sem solução.

— In German —

• Deus␣ex␣Machina S. Bildungssprachlich, Plural selten: unerwarteter, plötzlich…

— In French —

• deus␣ex␣machina n.m. (Soutenu) Ce qui ou celui qui, arrive par surprise et qui…

— In Portuguese —

• deus␣ex␣machina s. (Estrangeirismo e Teatro) recurso inverossímil utilizado…

63 English words from 9 English definitions

actor agent ancient Ancient␣Greece Ancient␣Rome and Any Authorship bring brought brought␣in By␣extension contrived deity deus␣ex␣machina does drama due either extension external god Greece Greek historical indications internal intervene literary logic machine machinery narratology not onto pay playing plot prior problem regard relying resolution Roman Rome saviour situation solution stage story suddenly that the through to␣the trapdoor unexpected unexpectedly used used␣to was who without

11 English words from 6 foreign definitions

algo arrive deus␣ex␣machina nada par Plural problema que resolve sem surprise

3 foreign words from 9 English definitions

bring␣an deus machina

20 foreign words from 6 foreign definitions

Alguém aparece aparentemente Bildungssprachlich celui Ce␣qui deus do␣nada Estrangeirismo inverossímil machina plötzlich qui recurso selten solução Soutenu Teatro unerwarteter utilizado

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

deus␣ex␣machinas

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

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

ani Ani ANI cam Cam CAM ESU HCA IHC NIH sue Sue sued Xes

One anagram found with an extra letter (New word formed with all the letters from the word and an extra letter.)

deus␣ex␣machinas

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