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

— English words —

• flex n. (Uncountable) Flexibility, pliancy.
• flex n. (Countable) An act of flexing.
• flex n. (Uncountable, chiefly Britain) Any flexible insulated electrical wiring.
• flex n. (Uncountable) Flexible ductwork, typically flexible plastic over a metal wire coil to shape a tube.
• flex n. (Countable, geometry) A point of inflection.
• flex n. (Countable, slang) The act of flaunting something; something one considers impressive.
• flex v. (Transitive, chiefly physics or biomechanics) To bend something.
• flex v. (Transitive) To repeatedly bend one of one’s joints.
• flex v. (Transitive) To move part of the body using one’s muscles.
• flex v. (Intransitive) To tighten the muscles for display of size or strength.
• flex v. (Intransitive, slang, by extension) To flaunt one’s superiority.

— Foreign word, define in English —

• Middle english
  • flex n. Alternative form of flax.

— English words, defined in Dutch —

• flex w. Buigen.
• flex w. Aanspannen.
• flex w. Pronken.

— English words, defined in French —

• flex n. (Indénombrable) Flexibilité.
• flex n. (Dénombrable) Flexion.
• flex n. (Dénombrable) Flexion individuelle du coude par un culturiste, permettant de démontrer la taille de son biceps.
• flex v. Fléchir.

— In German —

• flex V. 2. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs flexen.

— In Dutch —

• flex n. (Gereedschap) toestel om harde materialen te gladder te maken…
• flex bijv. Heel mooi, heel goed.
• flex bijv. Afkorting van flexibel.
• flex w. Eerste persoon enkelvoud tegenwoordige tijd van flexen.
• flex w. Gebiedende wijs van flexen.
• flex w. (Bij inversie) tweede persoon enkelvoud tegenwoordige tijd van flexen.

— In French —

• flex adj. (Populaire) Qui fait preuve de flexibilité.
• flex n.m. Flexibilité.

— In Portuguese —

• flex adj. Bicombustível.
• flex adj. Multicombustível.
• flex adj. (Coloquial) bissexual.

57 English words from 12 English definitions

act Alternative Any bend biomechanics body Britain by␣extension chiefly coil considers Countable display ductwork electrical extension flaunt flaunting flax Flexibility flexible flexing for form geometry impressive inflection insulated Intransitive joints metal move muscles one over part physics plastic pliancy point point␣of␣inflection repeatedly shape size slang something strength superiority the tighten Transitive tube typically Uncountable using wire wiring

15 English words from 19 foreign definitions

biceps des fait Flexion gladder goed heel maken par Person Singular son taille van Verbs

42 foreign words from 19 foreign definitions

Aanspannen Afkorting Aktiv Bij bissexual Buigen Coloquial coude culturiste démontrer Dénombrable Eerste Eerste␣persoon enkelvoud Fléchir flexen flexibel flexibilité Gebiedende Gebiedende␣wijs Gereedschap harde Imperativ Indénombrable individuelle inversie materialen mooi permettant persoon Populaire Präsens preuve Pronken Qui taille␣de tegenwoordige␣tijd tijd toestel tweede tweede␣persoon wijs

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

flexi flexi- flexo flexo- flexy flexed flexer Flexer flexes flexid flexis flexon flexor flexus flexbox flexers Flexers flexids flexile flexing flexion Flexner flexons flexors flexure flexable flexagon flexbone flexible flexibly flexings flexions flextime flexuose flexuous flexural flexured flexures flexwing flexagons flexatone flexatube flexbones flexboxes flexiback flexibles flexicity flexidisc Flexi␣disc flexility +89 words

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

deflexed deflexes inflexed inflexes reflexed reflexes reflexly unflexed unflexes areflexia areflexic deflexing deflexion deflexure inflexing inflexion inflexive inflexure reflex␣arc reflexing reflexion reflexity reflexive unflexing anteflexed Arriflexes deflexions deflexures downflexed downflexes ectoflexid ectoflexus entoflexid genuflexed genuflexes hypoflexia hypoflexid hypoflexus inflexible inflexibly inflexions inflexures mesoflexid mesoflexus metaflexid metaflexus overflexed paraflexus preflexion reflex␣arcs +242 words

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

deflex inflex reflex unflex Arriflex baroflex downflex genuflex semiflex dorsiflex gag␣reflex hyperflex multiflex ninjaflex nonreflex retroflex anteroflex baroreflex bass␣reflex circumflex ergoreflex semireflex ventroflex chemoreflex neuroreflex plantarflex unkenreflex Unkenreflex unken␣reflex excitoreflex metaboreflex nonretroflex Cushing␣reflex Lombard␣reflex mechanoreflex rooting␣reflex Babinski␣reflex Ferguson␣reflex patellar␣reflex abdominal␣reflex pilomotor␣reflex single-lens␣reflex conditioned␣reflex inverted␣circumflex photic␣sneeze␣reflex abdominocardiac␣reflex

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

FLE lex Lex

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

elf ELF

One anagram (New word found by changing the order of the letters.)

XFEL

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

exfil Felix FELIX flexi flexi- flexo flexo- flexy XFELs

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

EFL elf ELF FLE lex Lex XFL

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

Alex Clex elex faex flax Flax flea fled flee fleg Flem Flen FLES flet flew fley flix flox Flox FLOX flux -flux frex ilex plex -plex

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

FLE lex Lex

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