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

— English words —

• lens n. An object, usually made of glass, that focuses or defocuses the light that passes through it.
• lens n. A device which focuses or defocuses electron beams.
• lens n. (Geometry) A convex shape bounded by two circular arcs, joined at their endpoints, the corresponding…
• lens n. (Biology) A genus of the legume family; its bean.
• lens n. (Anatomy) The transparent crystalline structure in the eye.
• lens n. (Earth science) A body of rock, ice, or water shaped like a convex lens.
• lens n. (Programming) A construct used in statically-typed functional programming languages to access nested data structures.
• lens n. (By extension, figuratively) A way of looking, literally or figuratively, at something.
• lens v. (Transitive, cinematography) To film, shoot.
• lens v. (Geology) To become thinner towards the edges.
• Lens prop.n. A municipality in Hainaut, Belgium.
• Lens prop.n. A commune in Pas-de-Calais department, Hauts-de-France, France.
• Lens prop.n. A municipality in Valais canton, Switzerland.

— International convention —

• Lens prop.n. A taxonomic genus within the family Fabaceae – the lentils.

— Foreign words, define in English —

• Afrikaans
  • lens n. Lens.
• Danish
  • lens n. Genitive singular indefinite of len.
  • lens n. Genitive plural indefinite of len.
• Latvian
  • lēns adj. Slow (which moves so as to cover relatively small distances in every time interval).
  • lēns adj. (Of events, actions) slow (which does not happen quickly, swiftly).
  • lēns adj. (Of time periods) slow (without much action, without much happening).
  • lēns adj. (Of people) calm, meek, peaceful (who usually does not become angry, worried, who does not react quickly;…
  • lēns adj. (Of people, animals) slow (who does not move, work, or act quickly).
• Luxembourgish
  • Lëns n. Lentil.
  • Lëns n. Lens.
• Turkish
  • lens n. Contact lens.

— English words, defined in Dutch —

• lens n. (Optica) lens.
• lens n. (Fotografie) lens.
• lens n. Lens, contactlens.

— English words, defined in French —

• lens n. (Optique) Lentille.
• lens n. (Géométrie) Lentille.
• lens n. (Botanique) Lentille (plante).
• lens n. (Anatomie) Cristallin.

— English word, defined in Spanish —

• lens s. Lente.

— English word, defined in Portuguese —

• lens s. Lente de contato.

— In Dutch —

• lens n. (Optica) een geslepen stuk transparant materiaal dat lichtstralen breekt.
• lens n. (Fotografie) een stelsel van lenzen(1) of lensdelen dat op…
• lens n. (Optica) een zeer kleine glazen of kunststof lens(1) die…
• lens n. (Verouderd) een langgerekt wapen waarmee walvissen doorstoken werden.
• lens n. (Anatomie) deel van het oog dat de lichtstralen breekt.
• lens n. Pen, spie.
• lens bijv. Lek, lam.
• lens bijv. Leeg.
• lens w. Eerste persoon enkelvoud tegenwoordige tijd van lensen.
• lens w. Gebiedende wijs van lensen.
• lens w. (Bij inversie) tweede persoon enkelvoud tegenwoordige tijd van lensen.
• lens w. Eerste persoon enkelvoud tegenwoordige tijd van lenzen.
• lens w. Gebiedende wijs van lenzen.
• lens w. (Bij inversie) tweede persoon enkelvoud tegenwoordige tijd van lenzen.

— In French —

• Lens n.prop. (Géographie) Commune française, située dans le département…
• Lens n.prop. (Géographie) Commune de la province du Hainaut de la…
• Lens n.prop. (Géographie) Commune du canton du Valais en Suisse.

145 English words from 25 English definitions

access act action actions Anatomy angry animals arcs as␣to beams bean become Belgium Biology body bounded By␣extension Calais calm canton cinematography circular circular␣arcs commune construct Contact Contact␣lens convex convex␣lens corresponding cover crystalline data data␣structures defocuses department device distances does Earth Earth␣science edges electron electron␣beams endpoints events every every␣time extension eye family figuratively film focuses France functional functional␣programming Genitive genus Geology Geometry glass Hainaut happen happening Hauts Hauts-de-France ice indefinite interval its joined languages legume lens Lentil lentils light like literally looking made made␣of meek move moves much municipality nested not object Pas Pas-de-Calais passes peaceful people periods plural programming programming␣languages quickly react relatively rock science shape shaped shoot singular slow small so␣as so␣as␣to something statically statically-typed structure structures swiftly Switzerland taxonomic that the their thinner through time time␣interval time␣periods towards Transitive transparent two typed used usually Valais water way which who within without work worried

22 English words from 26 foreign definitions

canton Commune dans dat deel département die een glazen Hainaut het lam Lek lens Lente Optique Pen province spie Valais van zeer

3 foreign words from 25 English definitions

Fabaceae Pas␣de Pas␣de␣Calais

49 foreign words from 26 foreign definitions

Anatomie Bij Botanique breekt contactlens contato Cristallin de␣la doorstoken Eerste Eerste␣persoon enkelvoud en␣Suisse Fotografie française Gebiedende Gebiedende␣wijs Géographie Géométrie inversie kleine kunststof langgerekt Leeg lensen Lente␣de␣contato Lentille lenzen lichtstralen materiaal oog Optica persoon plante située stelsel stuk Suisse tegenwoordige␣tijd tijd transparant tweede tweede␣persoon Verouderd waarmee walvissen wapen werden wijs

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

lense lensed lenser lenses lens␣cap lensers lensing Lensing lenslet lensman lensmen lensoid lensatic lens␣caps lensfree lensings Lensings lensless lenslets lens␣lice lenslike lensoids lensatics lens␣blank lensboard lens␣board lens␣brush lenseless lens␣flare lenshound lens␣louse lensmaker lensmeter lensoidal lenswoman lenswomen lens␣blanks lensboards lens␣boards lensectomy lens␣flares lenshounds lensmakers lensmaking lensmeters lensometer lensometry lens␣brushes lensometers lensectomies lenslessness

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

flense Colenso flensed flenser flenses Klensch declense delensed filensin flensers flensing Glenshee Smolensk unlensed Walenski Walensky Wilenski Wilensky Zalenski Zelenska Zelenski Zelensky barlenses Callenses declensed declenses delensing Faulensee Flensburg flensings Smolenski sublenses Walenskis Walenskys Wilenskis Wilenskys Willensky Yalensian Zalenskis Zelenskis Zelenskiy Zelenskyi Zelenskyy Allen␣screw Allen's␣rule declensing declension Ellensburg Hullensian long␣lenses +101 words

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

blens glens Glens ablens Allens Bolens Colens Dalens delens Eblens Ehlens Galens Helens Holens Hulens Jelens palens Palens Rolens solens Tolens Valens volens Walens Wilens barlens Bollens Bowlens Boylens Callens Carlens Collens coolens Coplens Cullens cyclens Dahlens Dowlens dullens Edelens Enslens eye␣lens fullens Fullens Gillens Hellens Hillens Hollens Karlens Killens +114 words

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

ens ENS Ens. Len

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

SNe

One anagram (New word found by changing the order of the letters.)

NLEs

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

Ansel ANSEL blens elans ELANs Elons Elsan elsen Elsen elsin Elson enals enols enyls gen'ls glens Glens HNELs lanes L'Anse leans Leans Leens Lehns lends lenes lenis Lenis lenns lenos Lenos lense Lents less'n leyns liens lines Lines LINEs Linse lisne lunes lynes Lynes Lysne Nales neals Neals Neels Nehls +26 words

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

els Els ELs ENL ens ENS Ens. ESL ESN Len les Les LES -les- LNe LNE LNs LSE NES NLE NLS NSL SEL sen Sen SEN Sen. SLE Sln. SNe SNL

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

bens Bens Cens dens eens fens Fens gens Gens GENs hens kens Kens LANs leas LEAs Lebs LECs LEDs lees Lees l'ees legs Lehs leis Leis leks Lems LEMs LEMS L.E.M.s Lena lend lene leng leno Leno lent Lent Lenz leos Leos LEOs leps LEPs less LESs 'less -less lets LETS let's LEUs levs LEVs lews leys LFNs lins LPNs LTNs LTNS luns LUNs lyns mens men's Nens pens rens sens Sens Sens. tens TENS wens yens Zens

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

ens ENS Ens. Len les Les LES -les- LNs

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

leans Leans Leens Lehns lends lenes lenis Lenis lenns lenos Lenos Lents leyns liens

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