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— English words —

• gloss n. A surface shine or luster.
• gloss n. (Figuratively) A superficially or deceptively attractive appearance.
• gloss v. (Transitive) To give a gloss or sheen to.
• gloss v. (Transitive) To make (something) attractive by deception.
• gloss v. (Intransitive) To become shiny.
• gloss v. (Transitive, idiomatic) Used in a phrasal verb: gloss over (“to cover up a mistake or crime, to treat…
• gloss n. (Countable) A brief explanatory note or translation of a foreign, archaic, technical, difficult, complex…
• gloss n. (Countable) A glossary; a collection of such notes.
• gloss n. (Countable, obsolete) An expression requiring such explanatory treatment.
• gloss n. (Countable) An extensive commentary on some text.
• gloss n. (Countable, law, US) An interpretation by a court of specific point within a statute or case law.
• gloss v. (Transitive) To add a gloss to (a text).
• gloss- pref. Alternative form of glosso-, used before a vowel.

— English words, defined in French —

• gloss n. Surface brillante.
• gloss n. (Linguistique) Glose.
• gloss v. (Linguistique) Gloser.

— English words, defined in Portuguese —

• gloss s. Glosa.
• gloss s. Glossário.
• gloss s. Comentário.
• gloss s. Embuste, logro.

— English word, defined in Italian —

• gloss s. Lucentezza.

— In French —

• gloss n.m. (Anglicisme) (Cosmétologie) Produit cosmétique liquide…

68 English words from 13 English definitions

add Alternative appearance archaic attractive become before brief case case␣law collection commentary complex Countable court cover cover␣up crime deception deceptively difficult explanatory expression extensive Figuratively foreign form give gloss glossary glosso- gloss␣over idiomatic interpretation Intransitive law luster make mistake note notes obsolete of␣a over phrasal phrasal␣verb point requiring sheen shine shiny some something specific statute such superficially surface technical text Transitive translation treat treatment used verb vowel within

3 English words from 9 foreign definitions

Glosa Gloser Surface

1 foreign word from 13 English definitions

glosso

13 foreign words from 9 foreign definitions

Anglicisme brillante Comentário cosmétique Cosmétologie Embuste Glose Glossário Linguistique liquide logro Lucentezza Produit

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

glossa glosso- glossy glossae glossal glossas glossed glossen glosser Glosser glosses -glossia glossic Glossic glossid Glosson Glossop glossary glosseme glossens glossers Glossers glossids glossier glossies glossily glossina glossing glossism glossist Glossons glossator Glossator glossemes glossened glossiest glossings glossinid glossists glossitic glossitis glossless glossonym gloss␣over glossalgia glossarial glossarian glossaries glossarist glossarize +104 words

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

aglossal aglossia unglossy beglossed buglosses deglossed deglosser deglosses diglossia diglossic hyoglossi nonglossy reglossed reglosses unglossed unglosses deglossers deglossing euglossine exoglossic hyoglossal hyoglossus isoglossal isoglosses isoglossic lipglossed lipglosses lip␣glosses misglossed misglosses paraglossa polyglossy reglossing semiglossy sooglossid subglossal triglossia triglossic unglossily unglossing xenoglossy basiglossal cynoglossid docoglossan endoglossic entoglossal euglossines genioglossi homoglossia homoglossic +143 words

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

bugloss degloss regloss ungloss isogloss lipgloss lip␣gloss misgloss nongloss semigloss dictogloss hearing␣loss operating␣loss net␣operating␣loss

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

GLO Glo. Glos GLOs Glos. LOs LOS los' loss oss OSs OSS 'oss

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

sol Sol SOL -sol Sol. S.O.L. SSO

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

slogs

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

glossa glosso- glossy lessgo long␣s's segols siglos slogos splogs

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

Glos GLOs Glos. GLSs gols göls goss Goss GSLs GSOs logs -logs loss LSOs OLSs slog SLOs sogs sols Sols SOLs

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

Closs floss FLOSS glass Glass gliss globs gloms glops Glosa glost glows gross Gross Kloss Ploss

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

Glos GLOs Glos. GLSs goss Goss loss

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