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— English words —

• ostrichism n. The act of hiding, often unsuccessfully, by ducking one’s head out of view.
• ostrichism n. (Derogatory) A policy of burying one’s head in the sand, that is, ignoring the reality of a situation.

23 English words from 2 English definitions

act burying Derogatory ducking head head␣in␣the␣sand hiding ignoring of␣a often one out out␣of out␣of␣view policy reality sand situation that that␣is the unsuccessfully view

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

chi Chi CHI Ch'i Chi. chis Chis CHIS Chism his His HIS ich Ich ICH ism ISM -ism ost OST ostrich Ric RIC -ric rich Rich str STR str. strich tri Tri TRI tri- trich

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

CIR cir. Cir. -cir- HCI IHC Irt IRT MSI rts RTs RTS Tso TSO

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

rhoticisms

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

chorismites historicism

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

christoms chromists historics historism hit-or-miss rhoticism sitcomish trichosis trisomics

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