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— English words —

• elk n. Any of various large species of deer such as the red deer, moose or wapiti (see usage notes).
• elk n. (Obsolete) Alternative form of elke (the common swan (Cygnus cygnus, syn. Cygnus ferus)).
• Elk n. A member of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, an American fraternal order.
• Elk n. (Informal) An Acorn Electron computer.
• Elk prop.n. (Canadian football) A team member of the Canadian Football League’s Edmonton Elks (formerly known as the Eskimos).
• Elk prop.n. A surname from Dutch.

— Foreign words, define in English —

• Afrikaans
  • elk pron. (Rather rare, literary) everyone; everybody.
  • elk det. (In expressions only) Alternative form of elke (“every”).
• East central german
  • Elk prop.n. (Erzgebirgisch) a diminutive of the female given name Adelheid.
• Low german
  • elk pron. (In the singular) each, every.
  • elk pron. (In the plural) some, many.
• Middle english
  • elk n. (Late ME, rare) elk, moose (Alces alces).
• Polish
  • Ełk prop.n. A city in Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, Poland.
• Saterland frisian
  • -elk suff. Used to form adjectives denoting a state of having the nature of the suffixed noun; -ly.
  • -elk suff. Used to form adjectives denoting a state of having the appearance of the suffixed noun; -ly.

— English word, defined in German —

• elk S. Elch.

— English words, defined in Dutch —

• elk n. (Evenhoevigen) (Brits) eland Alces alces.
• elk n. (Evenhoevigen) wapiti, Cervus canadensis.

— English words, defined in French —

• elk n. Élan (Alces alces).
• elk n. Wapiti (Cervus canadensis).

— English words, defined in Spanish —

• elk s. Alce (británico): Alces alces.
• elk s. Wapiti (americano): Cervus canadensis.

— English word, defined in Portuguese —

• elk s. Alce.

— English word, defined in Italian —

• elk s. (Zoologia) alce.

— In German —

• Elk S. Veraltet: Elch.

— In Dutch —

• elk voorn. Alle afzonderlijk.
• elk voorn. Ieder mens afzonderlijk.
• elk voorn. Geeft aan dat een telwoord als verdelingsgetal bedoeld is.

83 English words from 15 English definitions

Acorn adjectives Alternative American and Any appearance A␣team Benevolent Canadian Canadian␣football city common computer Cygnus deer denoting diminutive Dutch each Edmonton Electron elk elke Elks Eskimos every everybody everyone expressions female football form formerly fraternal from given given␣name having Informal known large Late League literary many Masurian member moose name nature notes noun Obsolete only order plural Poland Protective rare Rather red red␣deer see singular some species state such such␣as suffixed surname swan syn team the usage Used Used␣to various Voivodeship wapiti Warmian

9 English words from 13 foreign definitions

als americano Brits dat een Élan eland mens wapiti

5 foreign words from 15 English definitions

Adelheid alces cygnus Erzgebirgisch ferus

17 foreign words from 13 foreign definitions

aan afzonderlijk alce alces Alle bedoeld británico Cervus Elch Evenhoevigen Geeft Geeft␣aan Ieder telwoord Veraltet verdelingsgetal Zoologia

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

elke Elko elks Elks elkes Elkin El␣Kala Elkdom Elkind Elkins Elkton Elkader Elkanah Elkhart elkhorn Elkhorn Elkinds elklike elkskin elk␣test elkweed elkwood Elk␣Creek elkerite Elkesley Elk␣Grove Elkhatib elkhorns elkhound Elkhoury Elk␣Point Elk␣River elkskins elk␣tests Elkasaite elkburger Elk␣County elkerites Elkesaite Elkhatibs elkhounds Elkhourys Elkinsias Elkoshite Elkasaites elkburgers Elkesaites Elko␣County Elkoshites Elkhart␣Lake Elkhart␣County

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

Belka belks Delks kelks Pelka Selke Selks Welke welks Welks yelks Belkas belked Belkin Belkot Delkic Felker Felkin kelked Mielke Opelka Pelkas Pelkey Selkes selkie Selkup spelks welked Welker Welkes welkin whelks whelky Zielke Belkadi belking Belkins Belknap Engelke Felkers Felkins Felkirk gorelka Havelka kelking Kudelka Melkart Melkite Mielkes Oelkers +137 words

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

belk Belk Delk kelk Kelk Melk Selk welk Welk yelk spelk whelk Cape␣elk forwelk Black␣Elk dogwhelk dog␣whelk giant␣elk Irish␣elk anijsmelk chin␣whelk Nelson's␣elk Roosevelt␣elk

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

Kel lek Lek

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

Akel Alek belk Belk Delk elke Elko elks Elks kale Kale keel Kehl keld Kele kelk Kelk kell Kell Kelm kelp Kels kelt Kelt kerl Kerl kewl khel Kiel kile Kile Klem klet koel Kole kyle Kyle lake Lake leak Leak leek Leek lekë Lekh leks leku lesk Leuk leuk- +16 words

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

EK el El EL -el Ke KE KL kl. le Le LE -le

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

alk ALK alk- alk. blk Blk BLK blk. CLK ebk Eck EDK eek Eek EIK EJK Ela ELA E-la eld 'eld ELE elf ELF ElG ELG Eli ell Ell ELL 'e'll elm Elm elo Elo 'elp els Els ELs elt ELT Elu ELV Ely EPK erk Esk FLK ilk Mlk MLK m*lk M.L.K. M.␣L.␣K. Olk Slk. tlk

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

EK el El EL -el

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