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— English words —

• handwave n. (Literally) The wave of a hand.
• handwave n. A glib statement or explanation that glosses over important details.
• handwave v. (Rhetoric, academia) To explain something superficially, skipping over important details, perhaps appealing…
• hand-wave v. Alternative form of handwave.

25 English words from 4 English definitions

academia Alternative appealing details explain explanation form glib glosses glosses␣over hand handwave important Literally of␣a over perhaps Rhetoric skipping something statement superficially that The wave

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

handwaved hand-waved handwaves hand-waves handwavey

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

and AND -and and- ave 'ave ave. Ave. han Han hand Hand HAND WAV wave WAVE -wave

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

AWD dna DNA eva Eva EVA eva' nah NAH Nah. vaw VAW

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

handwaved hand-waved handwaves hand-waves handwavey handweave havenward

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

handwavy hand-wavy hand␣wavy sandwave sand␣wave

One epenthesis (New word found when adding only one letter.)

handweave

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