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— English words —

• necessity n. The quality or state of being necessary, unavoidable, or absolutely requisite.
• necessity n. The condition of being needy; desperate need; lack.
• necessity n. Something necessary; a requisite; something indispensable.
• necessity n. Something which makes an act or an event unavoidable; an irresistible force; overruling power.
• necessity n. The negation of freedom in voluntary action; the subjection of all phenomena, whether material or spiritual…
• necessity n. (Law) Greater utilitarian good; used in justification of a criminal act.
• necessity n. (Law, in the plural) Indispensable requirements (of life).

— English word, defined in French —

• necessity n. Nécessité.

— English word, defined in Spanish —

• necessity s. Necesidad.

— English word, defined in Portuguese —

• necessity s. Necessidade.

— English word, defined in Italian —

• necessity s. Necessità.

47 English words from 7 English definitions

absolutely act action all being condition criminal desperate event force freedom good Greater indispensable irresistible justification lack Law life makes material necessary need needy negation of␣a of␣all overruling phenomena plural power quality requirements requisite something spiritual state state␣of␣being subjection the The␣quality unavoidable used utilitarian voluntary whether which

4 foreign words from 4 foreign definitions

Necesidad Necessidade Necessità Nécessité

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

necessity␣money necessity␣moneys necessity␣knows␣no␣law

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

unnecessity nonnecessity work␣of␣necessity money␣of␣necessity works␣of␣necessity moneys␣of␣necessity doctrine␣of␣necessity

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

ces CEs CES cess ECE ess ESS -ess Ess. -ity NEC n.e.c. sit Sit SIT SSI S.S.I.

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

Cen CEN cen- ECE ISS Isse sec SEC sec- sec. Sec. S.E.C. S.␣E.␣C. SSE tis TIs TIS 'tis t'is

One anagram (New word found by changing the order of the letters.)

cysteines

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

eschynites syncretise

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

centesis -centesis cityness cysteine cysteins cystines Ness␣City syenites

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