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— English words —

• palimpsest n. A manuscript or document that has been erased or scraped clean, for reuse of the paper, parchment, vellum…
• palimpsest n. (Archaic) Monumental brasses that have been reused by engraving of the blank back side.
• palimpsest n. (Astronomy) Circular features believed to be lunar craters that have been obliterated by later volcanic activity.
• palimpsest n. (Geology) Geological features thought to be related to features or effects below the surface.
• palimpsest n. (Computing) Memory that has been erased and re-written.
• palimpsest n. (Cultural studies) The partial erasure of or superimposition on an older society or culture by a newer one.
• palimpsest n. Something bearing the traces of an earlier, erased form.
• palimpsest v. To scrape clean, as in parchment, for reuse.
• palimpsest v. On paper: to reuse, often by erasure or change of pen direction or color. Especially fueled by Earth Day.

— Foreign word, define in English —

• Czech - Danish - Polish - Romanian - Serbo-croatian - Slovene
  • palimpsest n. Palimpsest.

— English word, defined in French —

• palimpsest n. Palimpseste.

— In German —

• Palimpsest S. Paläographie: beschriebenes Pergament oder anderer Schriftträger…
• Palimpsest S. Geologie, Geographie: Struktur, in der sich Merkmale aus…
• Palimpsest S. Figurativ, in sehr unterschiedlichen Zusammenhängen: etwas…

— In Dutch —

• palimpsest n. Stuk perkament dat na afkrabbing van de tekst opnieuw gebruikt…

77 English words from 10 English definitions

activity and Archaic as␣in Astronomy back bearing been believed below below␣the␣surface blank brasses change Circular clean color Computing craters Cultural Cultural␣studies culture Day direction document earlier Earth Earth␣Day effects engraving erased erasure Especially features for form fueled Geological Geology has have later lunar manuscript Memory Monumental newer obliterated of␣an often older one On␣paper Palimpsest paper parchment partial pen related reuse reused re-written scrape scraped side society Something studies superimposition surface that the thought traces vellum volcanic written

4 English words from 5 foreign definitions

dat der sich van

1 foreign word from 10 English definitions

has␣been

22 foreign words from 5 foreign definitions

anderer aus beschriebenes etwas Figurativ gebruikt Geographie Geologie Merkmale oder opnieuw Paläographie Palimpseste Pergament perkament Schriftträger sehr Struktur Stuk tekst unterschiedlichen Zusammenhängen

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

palimpsests palimpsested palimpsestic palimpsesting

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

Ali ali- alim Alim est Est EST -est est. Est. imp IMP imp. Imp. imps imps. Lim -lim- limp limps MPs MPS pal Pal PAL pali Pali pali- PSE P&Ses ses SEs SES -ses

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

esp ESP esp. lap mil Mil MIL mil. Mila PMI ses SEs SES -ses SPM tse Tse TSE tses Tses TSes TSEs

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

past␣simple simple␣past

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

palimpsests past␣simples pET␣plasmids simple␣pasts

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

misplates petalisms slappiest split␣peas

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