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— English words —

• law n. (Usually with "the") The body of binding rules and regulations, customs, and standards established in…
• law n. A binding regulation or custom established in a community in this way.
• law n. (More generally) A rule, such as…
• law n. The control and order brought about by the observance of such rules.
• law n. (Informal) A person or group that act(s) with authority to uphold such rules and order (for example…
• law n. The profession that deals with such rules (as lawyers, judges, police officers, etc).
• law n. Jurisprudence, the field of knowledge which encompasses these rules.
• law n. Litigation; legal action (as a means of maintaining or restoring order, redressing wrongs, etc).
• law n. (Now uncommon) An allowance of distance or time (a head start) given to a weaker (human or animal) competitor…
• law n. (Aviation) A mode of operation of the flight controls of a fly-by-wire aircraft.
• law n. (Fantasy) One of two metaphysical forces ruling the world in some fantasy settings, also called order…
• law n. (Law, chiefly historical) An oath sworn before a court, especially disclaiming a debt. (Chiefly in the…
• law v. (Obsolete) To work as a lawyer; to practice law.
• law v. (Transitive, intransitive, chiefly dialectal) To prosecute or sue (someone), to litigate.
• law v. (Nonstandard) To rule over (with a certain effect) by law; to govern.
• law v. (Informal) To enforce the law.
• law v. To subject to legal restrictions.
• law n. (Obsolete) A tumulus of stones.
• law n. (Northern England, Scotland, archaic) A hill.
• law n. (Dialectal or obsolete) A score; share of expense; legal charge.
• law interj. (Dated) An exclamation of mild surprise; lawks.
• Law prop.n. A surname originating as a patronymic.
• Law prop.n. A male given name Diminutive of Lawrence.
• Law prop.n. A topographic surname from Old English, perhaps originally meaning someone who lives near a burial mound.
• Law prop.n. (Scotland) a conical hill.
• Law prop.n. A village in South Lanarkshire council area, Scotland, United Kingdom (OS grid ref NS8252).
• Law prop.n. (Judaism) the five Books of Moses, particularly the commandments in it, as well as their specification…
• Law prop.n. (Christianity, biblical) the commandments in the Books of Moses, seen as transcended by Christ.
• Law prop.n. (Christianity, less often) the commandments and moral principles that are binding for Christians, such…
• LAW n. (Military) Acronym of light anti-tank weapon.

— Foreign words, define in English —

• Fula
  • law adv. Early.
• Khumi chin
  • law n. Moon.
  • law n. Month.
• Lower sorbian - Upper sorbian
  • law n. Lion (Panthera leo).
• Middle english
  • law n. Alternative form of lawe.
• Polish
  • ław n. Genitive plural of ława.
• Scots
  • law n. Law.
  • law n. Rounded hill (usually conical, frequently isolated or conspicuous).
• Sranan tongo
  • law v. To be crazy.
  • law v. To drive somebody crazy.
• Welsh
  • law n. Soft mutation of glaw (“rain”).
  • law n. Soft mutation of llaw (“hand”).

— English word, defined in German —

• law S. Gesetz.

— English word, defined in Dutch —

• law n. Wet.

— English words, defined in Latin —

• law n.subs. Lex (-gis, f.) ||.
• law n.subs. Fas (N., indecl.) ||.
• law n.subs. Ius (-ris, n.) ||.

— English words, defined in French —

• law n. Loi.
• law n. (Mathématiques) Loi , théorème.
• law n. (Droit) Droit.
• Law n.prop. (Géographie) Village d’Écosse situé dans le district de South Lanarkshire.

— English words, defined in Spanish —

• law s. Ley_1-9.
• law s. Derecho₆.
• law s. Túmulo de piedra.
• law s. Colina.

— English word, defined in Portuguese —

• law s. Lei.

— English words, defined in Italian —

• law s. (Corpo di regole) legge, leggi, diritto.
• law s. (Diritto) legge.
• law s. (Giurisdizione) giustizia.
• law s. (Disciplina accademica) diritto, giurisprudenza.
• law s. (Principio) legge.

— In French —

• Law n.prop. (Géographie) Village d’Écosse situé dans le district…

234 English words from 42 English definitions

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17 English words from 20 foreign definitions

dans Derecho district Droit Fas gis Lanarkshire legge Lei Lex Ley Loi piedra South South␣Lanarkshire Village Wet

20 foreign words from 20 foreign definitions

accademica Colina Corpo diritto Disciplina Écosse Géographie Gesetz Giurisdizione giurisprudenza giustizia Ius leggi Mathématiques Principio regole ris situé théorème Túmulo

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

Lawd lawe lawk lawl lawn Lawn laws Laws LAWs LAWS Lawal Lawdy lawed lawer lawes Lawgi lawks lawly lawnd lawns lawny Lawro Lawry lawaan Lawals lawbot law␣day Lawdee lawers lawful Lawhon lawine lawing Lawing Lawler Lawley Lawlor lawman Lawman lawmen lawnds lawned lawner Lawrie Lawrys Lawses LAWSes lawson Lawson Lawter +271 words

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

Alawa Alawi blawg claws clawy flawn flaws flawy Glawe plaws slaws Alawis blawgs bulawa bylaws by-laws clawed clawer flawed flawns Glawes halawa Halawa Halawi inlaws in-laws Malawi Malaŵi Pilawa pilaws relawn rilawa Splawn tilawa unlaws Alawism Alawite baklawa birlaws blawged blawger blawort burlaws byelaws bye-laws byrlaws Calaway clawbed clawers clawest +507 words

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

claw e-law flaw J-Law plaw slaw bylaw by-law inlaw in-law -in-law IT␣law pelaw Pelaw pilaw unlaw beclaw BigLaw birlaw burlaw byelaw bye-law byrlaw Chilaw con␣law declaw gas␣law Kinlaw Loblaw mob␣law nonlaw outlaw Outlaw -out-law pellaw Poolaw prelaw samlaw sonlaw sublaw sus␣law tax␣law Teclaw Tow␣Law blue␣law bourlaw Braslaw caselaw case␣law catclaw +444 words

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

Wal WAL Wal.

7 anagrams (New words found by changing the order of the letters.)

awl AWL lwa Wal WAL Wal. WLA

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

AFLW AFWL ALBW alew alow awdl awls awol AWOL bawl cawl claw e-law flaw J-Law Lawd lawe lawk lawl lawn Lawn laws Laws LAWs LAWS LBWA Liaw lwas nawl pawl plaw Rawl slaw Ulwa Waal WAFL Wahl wail wald wale wali Wali wāli walk Walk WalK wall Wall walm Waln +20 words

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

al Al AL Ål -al al- a.l. &␣al. aw Aw la La LA lä Lα La- La. L.A. L.␣A. LW L&W wa Wa WA Wa. W.A. W.␣A. WL

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

AAW caw CAW daw Daw DAW d'aw eaw EAW faw Faw gaw Gaw haw Haw Haw. IAW jaw kaw Kaw lab Lab LAB LαB Lab. lac Lac LAc LAC lad LAD Lae LAE LαE lag LAG lah LAH lai Lai lak Lak LAK Lal LAL Lal. lam Lam LAM Lam. Lan LAN Lan. Lao lap lar LAr LAR las LAs lat LAT lat. Lat. lau Lau lav LAV lax Lax LAX lay Lay Laz lbw LBW LDW lew Lew low Low LOW 'low low% ltw LVW LZW maw Maw MAW naw paw PAW raw Raw RAW R&AW saw Saw SAW (+10 words)

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

aw Aw la La LA lä Lα La- La. L.A. L.␣A. LW L&W

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

Liaw

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