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

— English words —

• flare n. A sudden bright light.
• flare n. A source of brightly burning light or intense heat.
• flare n. (Figuratively) A sudden eruption or outbreak; a flare-up.
• flare n. A widening of an object with an otherwise roughly constant width.
• flare n. (In the plural) Bell-bottom trousers.
• flare n. (Aviation) The transition from downward flight to level flight just before landing.
• flare n. (Baseball) A low fly ball that is hit in the region between the infielders and the outfielders.
• flare n. (American football) A route run by the running back, releasing toward the sideline and then slightly…
• flare n. (Photography) Short for lens flare.
• flare n. An inflammation such as of tendons (tendonitis) or joints (osteoarthritis).
• flare n. A breakdance move of someone helicoptering his torso on alternating arms.
• flare v. (Transitive) To cause to burn; in particular, to burn off excess gas (flare gas).
• flare v. (Transitive) To cause inflammation; to inflame.
• flare v. (Transitive, intransitive) To open outward in shape.
• flare v. (Transitive, intransitive, aviation) To (operate an aircraft to) transition from downward flight to…
• flare v. (Intransitive) To blaze brightly.
• flare v. (Intransitive) To shine out with a sudden and unsteady light; to emit a dazzling or painfully bright light.
• flare v. (Intransitive, figuratively) To shine out with gaudy colours; to be offensively bright or showy.
• flare v. (Intransitive, figuratively) To suddenly happen or intensify.
• flare v. (Intransitive, figuratively) To suddenly erupt in anger.
• flare v. (Intransitive, obsolete) To be exposed to too much light.

— Foreign word, define in English —

• Finnish
  • flare n. (Astronomy) solar flare.

— English words, defined in French —

• flare n. Fusée lumineuse, signal lumineux.
• flare n. Lueur, flamboiement.
• flare n. Érythème.
• flare n. Évasement, dilatation.
• flare n. Atterrissage.
• flare n. (Pluriel) flares : pantalon à pattes d’éléphant.
• flare v. Ondoyer, scintiller, vaciller.
• flare v. (Intransitif) brûler, flamboyer.
• flare v. (Intransitif) se dilater, s’évaser.

— In German —

• Flare S. Astronomie: Eruption aus der Chromosphäre der Sonne oder…
• Flare S. Fotografie: Lichterscheinung, die durch Reflexion und Streuung…

— In French —

• flare n.m. (Anglicisme) (Photographie) Sur une photographie, reflet…

128 English words from 22 English definitions

aircraft alternating American American␣football and anger arms as␣of Astronomy aviation back ball Baseball before Bell Bell-bottom Bell-bottom␣trousers between blaze bottom breakdance bright brightly burn burning burn␣off cause colours constant dazzling downward emit erupt eruption excess exposed figuratively flare flare␣up flight fly fly␣ball football for from gas gaudy happen heat helicoptering his hit infielders inflame inflammation in␣particular in␣shape intense intensify intransitive joints just landing lens lens␣flare level light low move much object obsolete of␣an off offensively open operate osteoarthritis otherwise out outbreak outfielders outward painfully particular Photography plural region releasing roughly route run run␣by running running␣back shape shine Short Short␣for showy sideline slightly solar solar␣flare someone source such such␣as sudden suddenly tendonitis tendons that that␣is the then to␣burn too too␣much torso toward transition Transitive trousers unsteady widening width with

13 English words from 12 foreign definitions

der die dilatation dilater Eruption flamboyer flares pattes reflet Reflexion signal Sonne und

30 foreign words from 12 foreign definitions

Anglicisme à␣pattes Astronomie Atterrissage aus brûler Chromosphäre durch éléphant Érythème Évasement évaser flamboiement Fotografie Fusée Intransitif Lueur lumineuse lumineux oder Ondoyer pantalon photographie Pluriel scintiller se␣dilater Streuung Sur une vaciller

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

flared flarer flares flarers flarest flareth flareup flare-up flare␣up flared␣up flaregun flare␣gun flare␣nut flare␣out flares␣up flareups flare-ups flareback flareguns flare␣guns flareless flare␣nuts flarepath flare␣path flare␣angel flarebacks flarepaths flare␣paths flare␣stack flare␣tower flare␣angels flare␣stacks flare␣towers flare-nut␣wrench flare␣nut␣wrench

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

unflared unflares upflared upflares airflares earflares nonflared outflared outflares subflares autoflares lens␣flares megaflares nanoflares tripflares hyperflares matchflares microflares solar␣flares superflares parachute␣flares

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

aflare unflare upflare airflare earflare outflare preflare autoflare lens␣flare megaflare nanoflare postflare tripflare hyperflare matchflare microflare solar␣flare superflare parachute␣flare

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

are Are ARE Åre A.R.E. Fla FLA Fla. lar LAr LAR lare Lare

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

Alf ALF 'alf era ERA RAL

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

Faler feral

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

aflare Alfred Alfrey A-lifer earful fabler failer falcer Falder Falero Falers faller Faller Falmer falser falter fardel fardle farfel farled Farler Farley farlie Farrel fellar ferals ferial ferula Fjaler flaker flamer Flamer flared flarer flares flaser Flater flayer Fleras florae floræ Florea Frable fraile frakel Fraley Fravel frayle frenal halfer +15 words

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

alef Arel earl Earl Elar faer fare farl feal fear Fear Fera FERA flea Lafe lare Lare larf leaf Leaf lear Lear LERF Rael Raël Rafe rale reaf real Real refl refl.

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

blare Clare 'clare feare flake Flake flame Flarf flary glare

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

fare lare Lare

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