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— English words —

• lief adj. (Archaic) Beloved, dear, agreeable.
• lief adj. (Archaic) Ready, willing.
• lief adv. (Archaic) Readily, willingly, rather.
• lief n. Alternative form of lif.

— Foreign words, define in English —

• Low german
  • Lief n. Body.
  • Lief n. (Rare) life.
• Luxembourgish
  • lief v. Second-person singular imperative of liewen.
• Middle dutch
  • lief adj. Loved, dear.
  • lief adj. Sweet, nice.
• Norman
  • lief n. (Jersey) roof.
• Old frisian
  • lief adj. Old West Frisian form of liāf.
• Old spanish
  • lief adj. Apocopic form of lieue; light, effortless.
• Scots
  • lief adj. Dear, beloved.
• Yola
  • lief n. Life.
• Zealandic
  • lief adj. Body.

— In German —

• lief V. 1. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs laufen.
• lief V. 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs laufen.

— In Dutch —

• lief bijv. Vriendelijk, zachtaardig.
• lief bijv. Mooi, fijngebouwd.
• lief n. De vrouwelijke persoon met wie je verkering hebt.

— In French —

• lief n.m. Vieux mot qui signifie l’action de lever, la levée d’une chose.

34 English words from 15 English definitions

agreeable Alternative Apocopic Archaic beloved Body dear effortless form Frisian imperative Jersey lif life light Loved nice Old Old␣West person Rare rather Readily Ready roof Second Second␣person Second-person␣singular singular Sweet West West␣Frisian willing willingly

10 English words from 6 foreign definitions

action chose des levée lever met mot Person Singular Verbs

2 foreign words from 15 English definitions

lia lieue

16 foreign words from 6 foreign definitions

Aktiv fijngebouwd hebt Indikativ laufen Mooi persoon Präteritum qui signifie une verkering Vieux Vriendelijk wie zachtaardig

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

liefer liefly liefest lieftel liefling liefsome lieflings Liefeldian

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

aliefs Ilieff beliefe beliefs reliefe reliefs beliefes beliefful reliefful relief␣map unbeliefs Woodliefs basreliefs bas-reliefs bas␣reliefs beliefless belieflike disbeliefs low␣reliefs misbeliefs nonbeliefs reliefless relieflike relief␣maps relief␣tube basoreliefs bass-reliefs demireliefs forebeliefs high␣reliefs metabeliefs relief␣tubes relief␣valve alderliefest alder-liefest belief␣system microreliefs photoreliefs relief␣agency Relief␣Church relief␣valves relief␣worker belieffulness belief␣systems relief␣pitcher relief␣teacher relief␣workers belieflessness Charlie␣Foxtrot relief␣agencies +9 words

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

alief belief relief unbelief Woodlief basrelief bas-relief bas␣relief disbelief epirelief low␣relief misbelief nonbelief outrelief out-relief tax␣relief antirelief basorelief bass-relief debt␣relief demirelief forebelief high␣relief hyporelief make␣belief metabelief pain␣relief self-belief comic␣relief microrelief paleorelief photorelief beggar␣belief beyond␣belief indoor␣relief sigh␣of␣relief that's␣a␣relief beggars␣belief outdoor␣relief sighs␣of␣relief judicial␣relief ancillary␣relief corollary␣relief prayer␣for␣relief prayers␣for␣relief breathe␣a␣sigh␣of␣relief suspend␣one's␣disbelief suspends␣one's␣disbelief suspension␣of␣disbelief

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

IEF lie Lie LIE -lie

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

EIL Fei

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

Fiel file File filé flie life Life

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

Alfie alief alife aLife Alife ALife a-life A-life A-Life BFILE e-file Eifel elfin exfil faile Faile Feild felid Felix FELIX Fidel field Field Fiels Fiely filed filer Filer files Files filet Filey Fleig flexi flexi- FLICE flied flier flies flipe flite Friel lifed lifen lifer lifes Lifes lifey LIFFE lifie +6 words

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

EFI EFL EIL elf ELF Eli Fei fie fil FIL Fil- FLE IEF Ife ile Ile %ile -ile ile- lei Lei Lei. lie Lie LIE -lie lif LIF

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

fief kief Kief leef Lieb lied Lieg liek Liem lien lier Lier lies lieu Lieu Liew nief rief tief

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

IEF lie Lie LIE -lie lif LIF

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