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

— English words —

• mothball n. (Usually in the plural) A small ball of chemical pesticide (typically naphthalene) and deodorant placed…
• mothball v. (Transitive) To store or shelve something no longer used.
• mothball v. (Transitive, figuratively) To stop using (something), but keep it in good condition.
• moth-ball n. Alternative spelling of mothball.
• moth␣ball n. Alternative spelling of mothball.

30 English words from 5 English definitions

Alternative and ball but chemical condition deodorant figuratively good keep longer mothball naphthalene no␣longer pesticide placed plural shelve small small␣ball something spelling stop store the Transitive typically used using Usually

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

mothballs moth-balls moth␣balls mothbally mothballed mothballer mothballers mothballing mothballings

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

demothballs unmothballs demothballed unmothballed demothballing unmothballing

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

demothball unmothball

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

all ALL -all all- BAL Baʻl ball Ball HBA mot Mot MOT moth oth OTH -oth o'th' OTH-B

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

ABH BHT lab Lab LAB LαB Lab. tom Tom TOM

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

mothballs moth-balls moth␣balls mothbally

One cousin (New word found by changing only one letter.)

motoball

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