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— English words —

• gauntlet n. Protective armor for the hands, formerly thrown down as a challenge to combat.
• gauntlet n. A long glove covering the wrist.
• gauntlet n. (Nautical) A rope on which hammocks or clothes are hung for drying.
• gauntlet n. (Archaic) Two parallel rows of attackers who strike at a criminal as punishment.
• gauntlet n. A simultaneous attack from two or more sides.
• gauntlet n. (Figuratively) Any challenging, difficult, or painful ordeal, often one performed for atonement or punishment.
• gauntlet n. (Rail transport) A temporary convergence of two parallel railroad tracks allowing passage through a…

— English words, defined in French —

• gauntlet n. Gantelet.
• gauntlet n. (Archaïsme) Deux rangées d’assaillants qui frappent un criminel en tant que punition (disposition similaire…
• gauntlet n. Attaque simultanée de plusieurs côtés.

— English words, defined in Spanish —

• gauntlet s. Manopla, guantelete.
• gauntlet s. Castigo principalmente militar, que consistia en obligar al condenado a pasar entre dos filas de hombres…
• gauntlet s. Las dos filas de hombres que atacaban al castigado.
• gauntlet s. Un ataque en dos o más lados.
• gauntlet s. Una experiencia dura una prueba.

58 English words from 7 English definitions

allowing Any Archaic are armor atonement attack attackers challenge challenging clothes combat convergence covering criminal difficult down drying Figuratively for formerly from glove hammocks hands hung long more Nautical often one ordeal painful parallel passage performed Protective punishment Rail railroad railroad␣tracks Rail␣transport rope rows sides simultaneous strike temporary the through thrown thrown␣down tracks transport two which who wrist

10 English words from 8 foreign definitions

disposition dos dura entre hombres Las militar punition que Una

31 foreign words from 8 foreign definitions

Archaïsme assaillants atacaban ataque Attaque castigado Castigo condenado côtés criminel Deux en␣tant␣que experiencia filas frappent Gantelet lados Manopla más obligar pasar plusieurs principalmente prueba qui rangées similaire simultanée tant tant␣que una

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

gauntlets gauntleted gauntletted

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

ungauntlets ungauntleted demigauntlets ungauntleting

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

ungauntlet demigauntlet run␣the␣gauntlet take␣up␣the␣gauntlet took␣up␣the␣gauntlet running␣the␣gauntlet taken␣up␣the␣gauntlet takes␣up␣the␣gauntlet taking␣up␣the␣gauntlet throw␣down␣the␣gauntlet

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

aunt gau Gau gaunt Gaunt let -let NTL TLE

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

elt ELT LTN tel TEL Tel. telt

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

gauntlets glutinate gunbattle languette tau␣tangle

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

elutant gantlet languet Lunetta Tungate tutenag

One lipogram (New word found when removing only one letter.)

gantlet

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