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— English words —

• devolution n. A rolling down.
• devolution n. A descent, especially one that passes through a series of revolutions, or by succession.
• devolution n. The transference of a right to a successor, or of a power from one body to another.
• devolution n. (Derogatory) Degeneration (as opposed to evolution).
• devolution n. (Government) The transfer of some powers and the delegation of some functions from a central government…

— English words, defined in French —

• devolution n. Dévolution (transfert de propriété).
• devolution n. (Royaume-Uni) Transfert de souveraineté.

— English word, defined in Italian —

• devolution s. (Storia) (politica) decentramento.

— In French —

• dévolution n.f. (Droit) Transfert, transmission d’un bien, d’une succession…
• dévolution n.f. (Didactique) Acte par lequel un enseignant fait accepter…

35 English words from 5 English definitions

and another as␣opposed␣to body central central␣government Degeneration delegation Derogatory descent down especially evolution from functions government of␣a one opposed passes power powers revolutions right rolling rolling␣down series some succession successor that the through transfer transference

7 English words from 5 foreign definitions

accepter Droit fait par succession transmission Uni

15 foreign words from 5 foreign definitions

Acte bien decentramento Dévolution Didactique enseignant lequel politica propriété Royaume Royaume-Uni souveraineté Storia transfert une

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

devolutions devolutional devolutionary devolutionist devolutionists

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

antidevolutionist anti-devolutionist antidevolutionists anti-devolutionists

One prefix (New word found by adding one or more letters in front of the word.)

antidevolution

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

dev Dev dev. Dev. devo evolution e-volution ion Ion -ion Lut LUT tio Tio tion -tion UTI vol Vol vol. volution

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

ITU I-tu love Love LoVe loved lovèd NOI noit OIt OIT VED

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

devolutions

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

evolution e-volution involuted

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

eevolution Eevolution revolution

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

evolution e-volution

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