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9 short excerpts of Wiktionnary (A collaborative project to produce a free-content dictionary.)

— English words —

• interceptor n. Anything that intercepts something else.
• interceptor n. A fast, maneuverable fighter aircraft designed to intercept and destroy enemy aircraft before they can attack.
• interceptor n. A guided missile designed to intercept and destroy enemy missiles.
• interceptor n. (Architecture, engineering) A device to trap, remove, or separate hazardous or undesirable matter (such…
• interceptor n. (Computing, programming) A hook routine that intercepts normal program flow to carry out a task.
• interceptor n. A sewer that intercepts sewerage destined for an outfall (e.g. into a river) and redirects it to a treatment plant.

— Foreign word, define in English —

• Romanian
  • interceptor n. Interceptor.

— English word, defined in French —

• interceptor n. Intercepteur.

— English word, defined in Italian —

• interceptor s. Perlustratore.

56 English words from 7 English definitions

aircraft and Anything Architecture attack before can carry carry␣out Computing designed destined destroy device else enemy engineering fast fighter fighter␣aircraft flow for guided guided␣missile hazardous hook intercept Interceptor intercepts into maneuverable matter missile missiles normal out outfall plant program programming redirects remove river routine separate sewer sewerage something something␣else such task that they trap treatment undesirable

2 foreign words from 2 foreign definitions

Intercepteur Perlustratore

One suffix (New word found by adding one or more letters at the end of the word.)

interceptors

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

cep CEP CEPT 'cept ceptor ept EPT Erc ERC int INT in't int. i'n't inter Inter inter- intercept PTO RCE RCEP ter TER ter- terce tor Tor TOR

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

CRE OTP pec PEC ret Ret. rot ROT TPE

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

enterotropic in␣retrospect interceptors interoceptor interproject portoenteric profit␣center profit␣centre reprotecting reprotection triterpenoic

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

citroptene

One cousin (New word found by changing only one letter.)

intercepter

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

interoceptor

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