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— English words —

• nylon n. Originally, the DuPont company trade name for polyamide, a copolymer whose molecules consist of alternating…
• nylon n. (In the plural) A stocking originally fabricated from nylon; also used generically for any long, sheer…
• nylon n. (Perjoratively, by comparison to silk) A Queen’s Counsel, King’s Counsel or Senior Counsel who was appointed…
• NyLon n. Alternative letter-case form of NYLON.
• NYLON prop.n. (Often attributively) New York-London, a reference to transatlantic life, people who spend time in both…

— Foreign words, define in English —

• Czech
  • nylon n. Nylon (copolymer consisting of alternating diamine and dicarboxylic acid monomers).
• Finnish
  • nylon n. Alternative form of nailon (“nylon”).
• Polish
  • nylon n. Nylon (substance).

— English words, defined in French —

• nylon n. Nylon.
• nylon n. Bas-culotte ou bas de nylon.

— English word, defined in Portuguese —

• nylon s. Náilon.

— English words, defined in Italian —

• nylon s. (Chimica) nylon.
• nylon s. (Abbigliamento) (soprattutto al plurale) tessuto o indumento fatto di nylon, in particolare il termine…

— In German —

• Nylon S. Ohne Plural, Textilien: glänzende, reißfeste Chemiefaser…
• Nylon S. Nur im Plural, umgangssprachlich, veraltend: Damenstrumpf aus [1].

— In Dutch —

• nylon n. (Scheikunde) tot de polyamiden behorende synthetische thermoplastische…
• nylon bijv. Gemaakt van nylon.

— In French —

• nylon n.m. (Chimie) Matière plastique de type polyamide inventée par…
• nylon n.m. (Par métonymie) (Textile) Fibre textile de cette matière.
• nylon n.m. (Par ellipse) Chemisier nylon.

— In Spanish —

• nylon s. Fibra sintética de poliamida, empleada en la confección de…

— In Portuguese —

• nylon s. (Estrangeirismo) náilon.

— In Italian —

• nylon s. (Forestierismo) (chimica) (tecnologia) poliammide sintetico…
• nylon s. (Per estensione) prodotto ottenuto utilizzando l’omonimo…

67 English words from 8 English definitions

acid also alternating Alternative and any appointed attributively both by␣comparison case company comparison consist consisting consisting␣of consist␣of copolymer Counsel diamine dicarboxylic dicarboxylic␣acid DuPont fabricated for form from generically King letter letter␣case life London long molecules monomers name name␣for New New␣York nylon Often originally people plural polyamide Queen reference Senior Senior␣Counsel sheer silk spend spend␣time stocking substance the time time␣in trade trade␣name transatlantic used was who whose York

16 English words from 16 foreign definitions

bas culotte ellipse Fibre Nur nylon par Per plastique Plural polyamide termine textile tot type van

1 foreign word from 8 English definitions

nailon

45 foreign words from 16 foreign definitions

Abbigliamento aus Bas-culotte behorende cette Chemiefaser Chemisier chimica Chimie Damenstrumpf empleada estensione Estrangeirismo fatto Fibra Forestierismo Gemaakt glänzende indumento inventée matière Matière␣plastique métonymie náilon Ohne omonimo ottenuto particolare Per␣estensione plurale poliammide polyamiden prodotto reißfeste Scheikunde sintética sintetico soprattutto synthetische tecnologia tessuto Textilien umgangssprachlich utilizzando veraltend

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

nylons nyloned nylonase Nylonkong nylon-string␣guitar nylon-string␣guitars

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

any␣longer jenny-longlegs piperonylonitrile piperonylonitriles

One prefix (New word found by adding one or more letters in front of the word.)

vinylon

One word in word (Word found as is inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

Lon

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

lyn Lyn -lyn 'oly

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

nonyl

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

Lanyon Lyndon Lynton Neylon nonyls noonly nylons O'Flynn

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

Lynn lyon Lyon noyl Nyon only ynol Ynon

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

Nelon pylon xylon zylon

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

Nyon

One epenthesis (New word found when adding only one letter.)

Neylon

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