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— English words —

• leaven n. Any agent used to make dough rise or to have a similar effect on baked goods.
• leaven n. (Figurative) Anything that induces change, especially a corrupting or vitiating change.
• leaven v. (Transitive) To add a leavening agent.
• leaven v. (Transitive) To cause to rise by fermentation.
• leaven v. (Transitive, figuratively) To temper an action or decision.
• leaven v. (Transitive, figuratively) To imbue; to infect; to vitiate.
• leaven v. To rise or become larger. (Can we add an example for this sense?)

— Foreign word, define in English —

• West frisian
  • leaven n. Plural of leaf.

— English words, defined in German —

• leaven S. Backtriebmittel, Triebmittel.
• leaven S. Übertragen: vorwärtstreibendes, beschleunigendes, gärendes Element; Ferment.
• leaven S. Auflockerung.
• leaven S. Sauerteig.

— English words, defined in French —

• leaven n. (Boulangerie) Levain.
• leaven v. Ajouter du levain.

— English words, defined in Spanish —

• leaven s. Levadura, fermento.
• leaven s. Influencia o causa, generalmente sutil o gradual.

43 English words from 8 English definitions

action add agent Any Anything baked baked␣goods become Can cause change corrupting decision dough effect especially example fermentation Figurative figuratively for goods have imbue induces infect larger leaf leavening leavening␣agent make Plural rise sense similar temper that this Transitive used used␣to vitiate vitiating

5 English words from 8 foreign definitions

Boulangerie Element Ferment gradual levain

12 foreign words from 8 foreign definitions

Ajouter Backtriebmittel beschleunigendes causa fermento gärendes generalmente Influencia Levadura Sauerteig sutil Übertragen

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

leavens leavened leavener leaveners leavenest leaveneth leavening leavenous leavenings leavenless Leavenworth leave␣no␣trace leave␣no␣crumbs leavening␣agent leavening␣agents Leavenworth␣County leave␣no␣stone␣unturned leave␣nothing␣in␣the␣tank

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

Cleavenger unleavened Cleavengers overleavens overleavened unleavenable overleavening unleavened␣bread unleavened␣breads eat␣and␣leave␣no␣crumbs

One prefix (New word found by adding one or more letters in front of the word.)

overleaven

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

ave 'ave ave. Ave. aven Aven EAV eave lea Lea LEA leave ven ven- Ven.

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

ael eva Eva EVA eva' neV Nev NEV Nev. neva Neva vae VAE

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

enclave enslave evangel Eveland Evelina lave␣net Laveren Laverne La␣Verne leave-in leavens leave␣on naveled Novalee ovalene Ravenel unleave valence Valence Vanleer Van␣Peel velamen Venable veneral venulae

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

Alven anele Elean Elena elvan elven Laven leane leave levan Levan leven Leven naeve næve navel Neale Neave Nevel veale Veale veena venae venal

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

Beaven heaven Heaven leaden leafen leaved leavee leaver Leaver leaves leavin' Leuven seaven

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

Laven leave leven Leven

2 epenthesis (New words found when adding only one letter.)

leave-in leave␣on

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