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— English words —

• explain v. To make plain, manifest, or intelligible; to clear of obscurity; to illustrate the meaning of.
• explain v. To give a valid excuse for past behavior.
• explain v. (Obsolete) To make flat, smooth out.
• explain v. (Obsolete) To unfold or make visible.
• explain v. (Intransitive) To make something plain or intelligible.

— English word, defined in Dutch —

• explain w. Uitleggen.

— English words, defined in French —

• explain v. Expliquer.
• explain v. Justifier.

— English word, defined in Spanish —

• explain v. Explicar.

— English word, defined in Portuguese —

• explain v. Explanar; explicar.

24 English words from 5 English definitions

behavior clear excuse flat for give illustrate intelligible Intransitive make manifest meaning obscurity Obsolete out past plain smooth smooth␣out something the unfold valid visible

1 English word from 5 foreign definitions

Justifier

4 foreign words from 5 foreign definitions

Explanar explicar Expliquer Uitleggen

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

explain'd explains explaint explained explainee explainer explainin' explainees explainers explainest explaineth explainify explaining explainable explain␣away explainings explaination explainified explainifies explainingly explains␣away explainations explained␣away explainifying explainability explaining␣away explainabilities explainification explainifications

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

re-explains misexplains re-explained unexplained misexplained overexplains reexplaining re-explaining unexplaining inexplainable inexplainably misexplaining overexplained overexplainer underexplains unexplainable unexplainably unexplainedly aforeexplained afore-explained nonexplainable overexplainers overexplaining please␣explains underexplained underexplaining unexplainedness unexplainability unexplainableness Irving␣the␣Explainer Morris␣the␣Explainer

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

reexplain re-explain misexplain overexplain underexplain please␣explain retain␣and␣explain

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

Ain AIN ain' EXP exp. Exp. lai Lai lain Lain Pla PLA plain Plain

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

alp ALP IAL -ial nia Nia NIA PXE

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

explain'd explains explaint leupaxin loxapine maplexin

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

alexin alpine Alpine apelin Épinal exinal Lapine Nepali penial pineal Pinela pixane plaine plexin xenial X-plane

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