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— English words —

• lossy adj. (Telecommunications) Of a communication channel, subject to loss of signal strength.
• lossy adj. (Power systems) Of an electricity transmission line, subject to various forms of power loss.
• lossy adj. (Computing, of an algorithm for converting or compressing data) Reducing the amount of information in data.

— English words, defined in French —

• lossy adj. (Informatique) Qualifie un algorithme de compression avec pertes de données, par exemple en réduisant…
• lossy adj. (Télécommunications) Qualifie un canal de communication entraînant une perte d’intensité du signal.

28 English words from 3 English definitions

algorithm amount channel communication compressing Computing converting data electricity for forms information line loss Of␣a of␣an power Reducing signal signal␣strength strength subject systems Telecommunications the transmission transmission␣line various

7 English words from 2 foreign definitions

canal communication compression données exemple par signal

12 foreign words from 2 foreign definitions

algorithme avec entraînant Informatique intensité par␣exemple perte pertes Qualifie réduisant Télécommunications une

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

flossy␣pork glossy␣ibis glossy␣ibises glossy␣antshrike glossy␣antshrikes Ehlers-Danlos␣syndrome Ehlers-Danlos␣syndromes

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

flossy Flossy glossy unlossy unflossy unglossy nonglossy polyglossy semiglossy xenoglossy ultraglossy

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

LOs LOS los' loss oss OSs OSS 'oss

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

sol Sol SOL -sol Sol. S.O.L. SSO

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

bossly flossy Flossy glossy Loseys Lysons nosyls Osleys sloshy sloyds Soleys Soltys soyles stylos tosyls

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

loss loys LSOs lyso- OLSs SLOs sols Sols SOLs soly soyl soys Soys YSOs

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

bossy fossy lassy Lissy Losey lousy mossy tossy

One lipogram (New word found when removing only one letter.)

loss

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