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42 short excerpts of Wiktionnary (A collaborative project to produce a free-content dictionary.)

— English words —

• fault n. A defect; something that detracts from perfection.
• fault n. A mistake or error.
• fault n. A weakness of character; a failing.
• fault n. A characteristic, positive or negative or both, which subjects a person or thing to increased risk of danger.
• fault n. A minor offense.
• fault n. Blame; the responsibility for a mistake.
• fault n. (Seismology) A fracture in a rock formation causing a discontinuity.
• fault n. (Mining) In coal seams, coal rendered worthless by impurities in the seam.
• fault n. (Tennis) An illegal serve.
• fault n. (Electrical) An abnormal connection in a circuit.
• fault n. (Obsolete) want; lack.
• fault n. (Hunting) A lost scent; act of losing the scent.
• fault v. (Transitive) To criticize, blame or find fault with something or someone.
• fault v. (Intransitive, geology) To fracture.
• fault v. (Intransitive) To commit a mistake or error.
• fault v. (Intransitive, computing) To undergo a page fault.

— Foreign word, define in English —

• Romanian
  • fault n. (Sports) fault.

— English words, defined in German —

• fault S. Ein falsches Verhalten, eine schlechte Eigenschaft.
• fault S. Die Verantwortung dafür.
• fault S. Geologie: ein Bruch oder Sprung mit Versatz.

— English words, defined in Dutch —

• fault n. Fout, gebrek.
• fault n. Schuld.
• fault n. (Geologie) afschuiving, afschuivingsbreuk.

— English words, defined in French —

• fault n. Faute, erreur.
• fault n. (Technologie) Défaut.
• fault n. (Géologie) Faille, ride.
• fault v. Blâmer, reprocher une faute.
• fault v. Commettre une faute.

— English words, defined in Spanish —

• fault s. Defecto, imperfección.
• fault s. Falla.
• fault s. Falta.
• fault s. Culpa, (responsabilidad de una falla, falta, omisión, etc).
• fault v. Cometer una falta o error.
• fault v. Encontrar una falta, acusar, censurar.

— English words, defined in Portuguese —

• fault s. Culpa.
• fault s. Defeito; falha.
• fault s. (Geologia) falha.
• fault s. (Tênis) falta.
• fault v. Criticar alguém.

— In German —

• fault V. 2. Person Plural Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs faulen.
• fault V. 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs faulen.
• fault V. 2. Person Plural Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs faulen.

74 English words from 17 English definitions

abnormal act A␣minor blame both causing character characteristic circuit coal coal␣seams commit computing connection criticize danger defect detracts discontinuity Electrical error failing fault find find␣fault for formation fracture from geology Hunting illegal impurities increased Intransitive lack losing lost Mining minor mistake negative Obsolete offense page page␣fault perfection person positive rendered responsibility risk rock rock␣formation scent seam seams Seismology serve someone something Sports subjects Tennis that the thing Transitive undergo want weakness which with worthless

15 English words from 25 foreign definitions

Culpa des Die error etc Faille Falla Falta Person Plural ride Schuld Singular Sprung Verbs

46 foreign words from 25 foreign definitions

acusar afschuiving Aktiv alguém Blâmer Bruch censurar Cometer Commettre Criticar dafür Défaut Defecto Defeito Eigenschaft ein eine Encontrar erreur falha falla falsches falta faulen faute Fout gebrek Geologia Géologie Imperativ imperfección Indikativ mit oder omisión Präsens reprocher responsabilidad schlechte Technologie Tênis una une Verantwortung Verhalten Versatz

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

faults faulty faulted faulter faulters faultful faultier faultily faulting faultable faultered faultfind fault-find fault-free faultiest faultings faultless faultline fault-line fault␣line fault␣tree faultering faultfinds faultfully fault␣gouge faultiness faultlines fault-lines fault␣lines fault␣plane fault-prone fault␣scarp fault␣trace fault␣trees faulterings faultfinder fault␣gouges faultlessly fault␣planes fault␣scarps fault␣traces faultworthy faulteringly faultfinders faultfinding fault-finding faultinesses faultfindings faultlessness fault-tolerant fault␣injection fault␣tolerance fault␣tolerances

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

defaults Dufaults unfaulty upfaults arc␣faults defaulted defaulter defaultly nonfaulty segfaults subfaults upfaulted defaultant defaulters defaulting defaultism defaultist downfaults findfaults footfaults foot␣faults page␣faults pick-faults redefaults segfaulted upfaulting defaultable defaultants defaultings defaultists defaultless downfaulted footfaulted forfaulture microfaults segfaulting undefaulted unfaultable active␣faults double␣faults downfaulting footfaulting locked␣faults normal␣faults pseudofaults thrust␣faults triple␣faults undefaulting unfaultering dextral␣faults +21 words

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

at-fault at␣fault default Dufault no-fault no␣fault upfault arc␣fault segfault subfault to␣a␣fault by␣default downfault findfault find␣fault footfault foot␣fault page␣fault pick-fault pick␣fault postfault redefault finds␣fault found␣fault interfault microfault nondefault active␣fault double-fault double␣fault locked␣fault make␣default normal␣fault pseudofault thrust␣fault triple␣fault dextral␣fault finding␣fault reverse␣fault it's␣not␣my␣fault sinistral␣fault transform␣fault San␣Andreas␣fault San␣Andreas␣Fault strike-slip␣fault blind␣thrust␣fault segmentation␣fault

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

aul Aul Ault Faul ult ult.

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

Lua LUA UAF

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

artful batful faults faulty flatus flaunt flauta fluate Futral futsal hatful ustalf vatful

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

Ault falt Faul flat Fula futa FUTA Latu luft Taul tufa Tula UFTA

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

fauld faule Faulk Fauls Faulx Faust gault Gault hault Nault sault vault

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

Ault falt Faul

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