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— English words —

• handwaving adj. (Not comparable) Waving the hands.
• handwaving adj. Pertaining to empty gesturing, with little substance behind it; vague; not supported by data.
• handwaving n. (Chiefly figuratively) Alternative spelling of hand waving (“empty gesturing”).
• handwaving v. Present participle of handwave.
• hand-waving n. Alternative spelling of hand waving.
• hand-waving adj. Alternative spelling of handwaving.
• hand-waving v. Present participle of hand-wave.
• hand␣waving n. (Idiomatic) Discussion or argumentation involving approximation, vagueness, educated guessing, or the…

— English word, defined in German —

• handwaving V. 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs handwave.

— English word, defined in French —

• handwaving v. Troisième personne du singulier du présent de handwave.

34 English words from 8 English definitions

Alternative approximation argumentation behind Chiefly comparable data Discussion educated empty figuratively gesturing guessing hand hands handwave hand␣waving Idiomatic involving little not participle Pertaining Present Present␣participle spelling substance supported the vague vagueness wave waving with

5 English words from 2 foreign definitions

des handwave Person Singular Verbs

8 foreign words from 2 foreign definitions

Aktiv Indikativ personne Präsens présent singulier Troisième Troisième␣personne

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

handwavings hand␣wavings

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

and AND -and and- avi Avi AVI avi- 'avin' han Han hand Hand HAND ing -ing -ïng Vin VIN vin- WAV waving

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

AWD dna DNA GNI Iva IVA nah NAH Nah. NIV vaw VAW

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

handwavings hand␣wavings handweaving

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

handweaving

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