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— English words —

• main adj. Of chief or leading importance; prime, principal.
• main adj. Chief, most important, or principal in extent, size, or strength; consisting of the largest part.
• main adj. (Archaic, of force, strength, etc.) Full, sheer, undivided.
• main adj. (Dialectal) Big; angry.
• main adj. (Nautical) Belonging to or connected with the principal mast in a vessel.
• main adj. (Obsolete) Great in size or degree; important, powerful, strong, vast.
• main adv. (Britain, dialectal) Exceedingly, extremely, greatly, mightily, very, very much.
• main v. (Transitive, slang) Short for mainline (“to inject (a drug) directly into a vein”).
• main v. (Transitive, gaming) To mainly play a specific character or side, or with specific equipment, during a game.
• main v. (Obsolete) To convert (a road) into a main or primary road.
• main n. That which is chief or principal; the chief or main portion; the bulk, the greater part, gross.
• main n. A large cable or pipe providing utility service to an area or a building, such as a water main or electric main.
• main n. (Informal) Short for main course (“the principal dish of a meal”).
• main n. (Now poetic) The high seas.
• main n. (Now archaic, US dialectal) The mainland.
• main n. (Nautical) Short for mainsail.
• main n. (Obsolete, except in might and main) Force, power, strength, violent effort.
• main n. (Obsolete, gaming) A hand or match in a game of dice.
• main n. (Obsolete, gaming) The largest throw in a match at dice; in the game of hazard, a number from one to…
• main n. (Obsolete, gaming) A stake played for at dice.
• main n. (Obsolete, gaming, sports) A sporting contest or match, especially a cockfighting match.
• main n. A banker’s shovel for coins.
• main n. (Obsolete, rare) A basket for gathering grapes.
• Main prop.n. A river in southern Germany, flowing from Bavaria to the Rhine.
• Main prop.n. A river in Northern Ireland, flowing into Lough Neagh.
• Main prop.n. A surname.

— Foreign words, define in English —

• Cimbrian
  • main det. (Attributive) my.
  • main det. (Predicative) mine.
• Dalmatian
  • main pron. (First-person singular pronoun, oblique case) me.
• Finnish
  • main n. Instructive plural of maa.
  • mäin n. Instructive plural of mäki.
• Indonesian - Malay - Tok pisin
  • main v. To play.
• Javanese
  • main v. To gamble.
• Kaiep
  • main n. Woman.
• Luxembourgish
  • mäin det. My, mine.
• Middle english
  • main n. Alternative form of mayn.
  • main adj. Alternative form of mayn.
• Middle french - Old french
  • main n. (Anatomy) hand.
• Norman
  • main n. (Jersey, anatomy) hand.
• Northern sami
  • main pron. Locative plural of mii.
• Old irish
  • main n. Alternative spelling of mainn.
• Romansch
  • -main suff. (Grischun, Sursilvan) Used to form adverbs from adjectives; -wise, -ly, -ally.
• Tagalog
  • ma-␣-in circ. Having a certain quality to a high degree.
• Welsh
  • main adj. Slender, thin.
  • main adj. Fine.
• Westrobothnian
  • mäin v. (Intransitive) to intend; hold; suggest.

— English word, defined in German —

• main Adj. Hauptsächlich, maßgeblich.

— English word, defined in Dutch —

• main bijv. Belangrijkst, voornaamst.

— English word, defined in French —

• main adj. Principal.

— English word, defined in Spanish —

• main adj. Dicho de algo que se considera lo más importante; principal.

— English words, defined in Portuguese —

• main adj. Principal.
• main s. Duto.

— In German —

• Main S. Ein bedeutender rechtsrheinischer Nebenfluss, welcher im…

— In French —

• main n.f. (Anatomie) Partie du corps humain située au bout du bras…
• main n.f. (Par extension) Habileté manuelle.
• main n.f. (Par analogie) (Zoologie) Partie correspondante chez les…
• main n.f. (Par analogie) (Fauconnerie) Doigts des pattes postérieures des rapaces.
• main n.f. (Par analogie) Filaments permettant à la vigne de s’accrocher…
• main n.f. (Football) (Par métonymie) Fait de toucher un ballon avec…
• main n.f. (Sens figuré) Travailleur.
• main n.f. (Sens figuré) Écriture, caractère d’écriture d’une personne.
• main n.f. Pelle de tôle, à manche de bois très court, dont on se…
• main n.f. Ustensile de bois ou de métal, lequel remplace la main…
• main n.f. Sorte d’anneau de fer à ressort, qui est au bout de la…
• main n.f. Sorte d’anneau qui est au-devant d’un tiroir et qui sert à le tirer.
• main n.f. (Automobile) Morceau de galon plat attaché au-dedans d’une…
• main n.f. (Architecture) Partie d’une rampe d’escalier sur laquelle…
• main n.f. Assemblage de vingt-cinq feuilles de papier → voir main de papier.
• main n.f. (Technique) Volume massique du papier.
• main n.f. (Technique) Façon dont un tissu tombe ou glisse.
• main n.f. (Sens figuré) (Littéraire) — Le ciel était taché seulement…
• main n.f. (Cartes à jouer, Poker) Ensemble des cartes tenues par un joueur.
• main n.f. (Cartes à jouer, Poker) (Guérande) Levée.
• main n.f. (Sens figuré) Action ; puissance ; influence ; pression.
• main n.f. (Sens figuré) Aide ; soutien ; secours.
• main n.f. Symbole du mariage.
• main n.f. (Métrologie) (Canada) (États-Unis) (Commonwealth) Unité…
• main n.f. (Héraldique) Meuble représentant une main (droite par défaut)…
• main n.f. (Par analogie) Ce qui a la forme d’une main humaine.
• main n.m. (Anglicisme informatique) (Programmation) Première fonction…
• Main n.prop.m. (Géographie) Affluent du Rhin.
• Main n.prop.f. (Géographie) Surnom du boulevard Saint-Laurent de Montréal.

185 English words from 46 English definitions

adjectives adverbs ally Alternative anatomy and angry archaic area Attributive banker basket Bavaria Belonging Big Britain building bulk cable case certain character chief cockfighting coins connected consisting consisting␣of contest convert course degree dialectal dice directly dish drug during effort electric equipment especially etc Exceedingly except extent extremely Fine First First␣person First-person␣singular flowing for force form from Full gamble game gaming gathering Germany grapes Great greater greatly gross hand Having hazard high high␣seas hold importance important Informal inject Instructive intend in␣the␣game into Intransitive Ireland Jersey large largest leading Locative Lough Lough␣Neagh maa main main␣course mainland mainline mainly mainsail mast match meal might might␣and␣main mightily mine most much Nautical Neagh Northern Northern␣Ireland Now number oblique oblique␣case Obsolete of␣a one part person pipe play played plural poetic portion power powerful Predicative primary prime principal pronoun providing quality rare Rhine river road seas service sheer Short Short␣for shovel side singular size slang Slender southern specific spelling sporting sports stake strength strong such such␣as suggest surname Sursilvan That the thin throw throw␣in to␣the Transitive undivided Used Used␣to utility vast vein very very␣much vessel violent water water␣main which wise with Woman

59 English words from 36 foreign definitions

Action Affluent Aide à␣la algo Architecture Assemblage attaché Automobile ballon bois boulevard bout bras Canada cartes chez ciel cinq Commonwealth corps court dedans des dont Ensemble est extension Fait fer Filaments Football forme influence les Levée main manche Montréal Morceau par pattes plat Poker Première pression principal puissance que Saint Sens Sorte Symbole Technique tenues toucher Unis Volume welcher

108 foreign words from 36 foreign definitions

accrocher analogie Anatomie Anglicisme anneau au␣bout␣de au-dedans au-devant avec bedeutender caractère Cartes␣à␣jouer Ce␣qui considera corps␣humain correspondante défaut de␣fer de␣la de␣papier devant Dicho Doigts droite Duto écriture Ein escalier était États États-Unis Façon Fauconnerie feuilles feuilles␣de␣papier figuré fonction galon Géographie glisse Guérande Habileté Hauptsächlich Héraldique humain humaine importante informatique jouer joueur laquelle Laurent lequel Littéraire maßgeblich main␣de␣papier manuelle mariage más massique métal métonymie Métrologie Meuble Nebenfluss papier par␣défaut Par␣extension Partie Pelle permettant personne postérieures Programmation qui rampe rapaces rechtsrheinischer remplace représentant ressort Rhin Saint-Laurent secours Sens␣figuré sert seulement située soutien sur Surnom taché tirer tiroir tissu tôle tombe Travailleur très une Unité Ustensile vigne vingt vingt-cinq voir Volume␣massique Zoologie

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

Maina maine Maine mains Maint. Mainz Mainah Mainas Maindy mained mainer Mainer mainly mainor Mainor Mainahs mainato Maindee Mainely mainers Mainers mainest mainfer mainful Mainiac maining ma-in-law main␣man main␣men mainors Mainors mainour mainpin main␣pot main␣rag maintop Mainzer Mainalos mainatos main␣belt Main␣Belt mainboom maincrop maindeck main-deck main␣deck main␣dish maindrag main␣drag Maine-iac +253 words

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

amaine almains Almains amained demains domaine domains komainu McMains remain'd remaine remains romaine Romaine Tomaino amaining Balmains Bremains commaing cremains domainal domained domainer domaines gas␣mains Germaine Jermaine Newmains ptomaine ptomains remained remainee remainer Remainer romaines Romaines Tomainos Tremaine Tremains Bremained Bremainer Charmaine codomains didomains domainers domaining domainome fire␣mains left␣mains legumains +194 words

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

amain almain Almain demain domain on␣main remain Romain Somain u̠t-Ma'in Balmain Bremain gas␣main germain Germain Jermain midmain nonmain ptomain Redmain Tremain Balimain Balumain bidomain codomain didomain Eastmain fire␣main left␣main legumain Mackmain mortmain pearmain Pearmain Stromain biodomain ecodomain exodomain in␣the␣main nondomain pandemain Percy␣Main prodomain subdomain watermain water␣main antidomain coup␣de␣main cytodomain ectodomain +66 words

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

Ain AIN ain' mai Mai MAI

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

IAM I␣am nia Nia NIA

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

amin Amin iman Iman mani Mani Mian mina Mina Naim NAMI NIMA

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

admin admin. Admin. aimin' amain Amina amind amine -amine Aming Amini amino amino- amins amnia amnio amnio- anima anime animé animu Armin aumin Damin danim gamin gmina Imani imans Imans I␣mean Imran Inman lamin liman Liman Linam macin Magin magni- Maina maine Maine mains Maint. Mainz makin Makin makin' Malin +69 words

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

aim AIM Ain AIN ain' AMI AMN ani Ani ANI IAM I␣am Ian -ian ima Ima IMA i'ma I'ma Ima' i'm'a I'm'a I'm-a I'm␣a I'm␣a' Ina INA INM mai Mai MAI man Man MAN -man man. Man. mia Mia MIA min Min MIN min. mna MNA nai Nam NAM 'nam 'Nam N.␣Am. nia Nia NIA nim NMA NMI

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

bain Bain cain Cain -cain- Dain fain Fain gain Gain gain- hain Iain Jain kain Kain lain Lain Maia MAIB maid MAID mail maim Maio mair Mair Mais Mann maon maun mawn Mein Nain pain Pain PAIN rain Rain sain Sain tain Tain vain VAIN wain Wain zain Zain

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

Ain AIN ain' mai Mai MAI man Man MAN -man man. Man. min Min MIN min.

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

macin Magin makin Makin makin' Malin Marin matin Matin mavin

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