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— English words —

• housewife n. (Plural "housewives") A woman whose main employment is homemaking, maintaining the upkeep of her home…
• housewife n. (Plural "housewives") The wife of a householder; the mistress of a family; the female head of a household.
• housewife n. (Plural "housewifes") A little case or bag for materials used in sewing, and for other articles of female work.
• housewife n. (Plural "housewives", obsolete) A worthless woman; a hussy.
• housewife v. Alternative form of housewive.

— English word, defined in German —

• housewife S. Hausfrau.

— English words, defined in French —

• housewife n. Femme au foyer, ménagère.
• housewife n. (Royaume-Uni) (Vieilli) Trousse de couture, boîte à ouvrage.

— English word, defined in Italian —

• housewife s. Casalinga, massaia.

39 English words from 5 English definitions

A␣little Alternative and articles bag case employment family female for form head her home homemaking household householder housewifes housewive housewives hussy little main maintaining materials mistress obsolete of␣a other Plural sewing the upkeep used whose wife woman work worthless

6 English words from 4 foreign definitions

couture Femme foyer Hausfrau Trousse Uni

10 foreign words from 4 foreign definitions

boîte boîte␣à␣ouvrage Casalinga Femme␣au␣foyer massaia ménagère ouvrage Royaume Royaume-Uni Vieilli

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

housewifed housewifes housewifey housewifely housewifery housewifedom housewifeish housewifehood housewifelike housewiferies housewifeship housewifeliness housewife's␣eczema

One time in the middle (New word found by adding letters in front and at the end of the word.)

unhousewifely

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

nonhousewife sailor's␣housewife

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

Hou HOU Hous. house House Ife ous -ous ouse Ouse sew use wif wife

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

EFI ESU Wes w/es we's

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

housewifed housewifes housewifey

One anagram found minus a letter (New word formed with all the letters from the word minus a letter.)

houswife

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

housewide house␣wine housewive

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

houswife

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