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— English words —

• lye n. An alkaline liquid made by leaching ashes (usually wood ashes).
• lye n. Potassium or sodium hydroxide (caustic soda).
• lye v. To treat with lye.
• lye v. Obsolete spelling of lie.
• lye n. Obsolete spelling of lie.
• lye n. (UK, rail transport) A short side line, connected with the main line; a turn-out; a siding.
• Lye prop.n. (With the) A suburban area in the Metropolitan Borough of Dudley, West Midlands, England (OS grid ref SO9284).
• Lye prop.n. (Rare) A diminutive of the female given name Lyanna.

— Foreign words, define in English —

• Middle english
  • -lye suff. Alternative form of -ly (“adjectival suffix”).
  • -lye suff. Alternative form of -ly (“adverbial suffix”).
• Middle french
  • lyé adj. Delighted.
• Norwegian nynorsk
  • lye v. To warm up, give off warmth.
  • lye v. Eye dialect spelling of lyde.
  • lye adj. Inflection of ly…

— English word, defined in Dutch —

• lye n. (Scheikunde) loog.

— English words, defined in French —

• lye n. Lessive (au sens premier du terme). Solution alcaline forte, de sels de potassium ou de sodium, obtenue…
• lye v. (Archaïsme) Variante de lie.

— English words, defined in Italian —

• lye s. (Chimica) liscivia (idrossido di sodio).
• lye s. (Obsoleto) variante obsoleta di lie.

— In French —

• Lye n.prop. (Géographie) Commune française, située dans le département…

69 English words from 14 English definitions

adjectival adverbial alkaline Alternative area ashes Borough caustic caustic␣soda connected Delighted dialect diminutive Dudley England Eye Eye␣dialect female form give given given␣name give␣off grid hydroxide Inflection leaching lie line liquid Lyanna lye made main main␣line Metropolitan Midlands name Obsolete off out Potassium rail rail␣transport Rare ref short side side␣line siding soda sodium sodium␣hydroxide spelling suburban suffix the transport treat turn turn␣out usually warm warmth warm␣up West West␣Midlands with wood

10 English words from 6 foreign definitions

Commune dans département forte lie potassium premier sens sodium Solution

19 foreign words from 6 foreign definitions

alcaline Archaïsme Chimica française Géographie idrossido idrossido␣di␣sodio Lessive liscivia loog obsoleta Obsoleto obtenue Scheikunde sels située sodio terme variante

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

lyed lyes lyege Lyell lyest lyeth lyeges lyeing Lyells Lyerly Lyerlys lyerman Lyellian Lyell's␣swift Lyell's␣swifts lyencephalous Lyell's␣syndrome

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

Alyea Blyes clyer flyer flyes Flyes plyer slyer Slyes Alyeas aplyed Belyea belyed Belyeu Bilyeu clyers Colyer flyers flyest flyeth Galyen Hilyer onlyer plyers polyed Relyea relyed Salyer slyest volyer allyest allyeth applyed Belyeas Belyeus Bilyeus bullyee Collyer Colyers Dalyell flyered Galyean Galyens Hellyer Hillyer Hilyers holyers jollyer McElyea onlyers +262 words

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

Blye flye Flye Slye belye Julye Kolye Vélye Wylye Hollye rallye Seelye spulye tailye kapelye soda␣lye Kokwulye come-all-ye potash␣lye chamber␣lye capercailye

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

Ely ley Ley yel

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

aley Aley ayel ayle bely bley Bley Blye Cely cley cyle Dely DYEL Dyle Ealy eely Eley elmy Eloy Elvy Elzy Emly enyl -enyl fley flye Flye fyle Fyle gley gyle Heyl hyle kyle Kyle laye Laye levy Levy Lewy leyn leys Lyde lyed lyes lyfe lyke Lyke Lyle lyme Lyme +33 words

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

el El EL -el ey -ey le Le LE -le ly Ly LY -ly ly- ye Ye YE yͤ YL -yl

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

aye Aye AYE bye Bye 'bye dye Dye d'ye eye Eye fye Fye hye kye Kye Lae LAE LαE LCE LDE lee Lee l'ee LGE LHe LHE lie Lie LIE -lie LNe LNE Loe LPE LQE LSE LTE lue Lue Ly-α Lyc LyC lyc- lyn Lyn -lyn lyo- LYP lys Lys nye Nye NYE pye Pye rye Rye sye Sye tye Tye t'ye vye wye Wye

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

le Le LE -le ly Ly LY -ly ly- ye Ye YE yͤ

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

laye Laye Lyde lyfe lyke Lyke Lyle lyme Lyme lyne Lyne lyre lyse -lyte lyze

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