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— English words —

• onset n. (Archaic) An attack; an assault especially of an army.
• onset n. (Medicine) The initial phase of a disease or condition, in which symptoms first become apparent.
• onset n. (Phonology) The initial portion of a syllable, preceding the syllable nucleus.
• onset n. (Acoustics) The beginning of a musical note or other sound, in which the amplitude rises from zero to an initial peak.
• onset n. A setting about; a beginning.
• onset n. (Obsolete) Anything added, such as an ornament or as a useful appendage.
• onset v. (Obsolete) To assault; to set upon.
• onset v. (Obsolete) To set about; to begin.

— Foreign word, define in English —

• Aragonese
  • onset n. Bear cub, bearlet.

— English word, defined in French —

• onset n. Commencement, début, inauguration.

— English words, defined in Italian —

• onset s. Assalto.
• onset s. Inizio.
• onset s. Approssimarsi.

54 English words from 9 English definitions

about Acoustics added amplitude Anything apparent appendage Archaic army assault attack Bear Bear␣cub bearlet become begin beginning condition cub disease especially first from initial Medicine musical note nucleus Obsolete of␣a of␣an ornament other peak phase Phonology portion preceding rises set set␣about setting setting␣about set␣upon sound such such␣as syllable symptoms the upon useful which zero

3 English words from 4 foreign definitions

Commencement début inauguration

2 foreign words from 4 foreign definitions

Assalto Inizio

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

onsets onsetter onsetters onsetting onsettings

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

Consett moonsets quonsets Quonsets nonsetter nonsetters nonsetting nonsettled Quonset␣hut fons␣et␣origo nonsettling Quonset␣huts Gordon␣setter nonsettlable Quonset␣Point response␣time companion␣sets Gordon␣setters nonsettleable nonsettlement response␣times television␣sets voice␣onset␣time compression␣sets instruction␣sets voice␣onset␣times quick␣response␣team crisis␣response␣team crisis␣response␣teams fractal␣response␣time fractal␣response␣times

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

moonset quonset Quonset Sconset 'Sconset preonset postonset interonset Siasconset companion␣set Islington␣set singleton␣set television␣set compression␣set instruction␣set

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

ons ONS set Set SET seṭ

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

ESN tes TEs

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

Eston ETNOs Etons notes NOTES onest 'onest seton Seton set␣on SONET steno steno- stone Stone tones

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

astone atones bentos Bonets centos c-notes c␣notes Contés costen d-notes doesnt doesn't Donets dosen't Dotens Easton Ectons Elston eonist eotens ethnos Fontes gets␣on G-notes gonest Heston honest jetons jetson Keston lentos Lentos Leston Letson mentos Mentos monest Monets montes Montes Motens Neoist Neston nestor Nestor netops Nietos Nolets Noltes non␣est +71 words

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

Enos ENSO ento- ents ENTs eons ETNO Eton ETOs neos NEOs Neso nest Nest NEST nets NETs noes nose note Note nots NOTs ones one's onst ONTs sent sent. Seto snet snot sone Sone SONE SOTN Sten Ston Teno teno- tens TENS Teos TEOS TNOs toes Toes TOEs tone Tone tons tose

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

enset inset oncet onsen Osset unset

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

onst

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