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— English words —

• pencil n. (Now chiefly historical) A paintbrush.
• pencil n. A writing utensil with a graphite (commonly referred to as lead) shaft, usually blended with clay, clad…
• pencil n. (Optics) An aggregate or collection of rays of light, especially when diverging from, or converging to, a point.
• pencil n. (Geometry) A family of geometric objects with a common property, such as the set of lines that pass…
• pencil n. (Medicine, obsolete, rare) A small medicated bougie.
• pencil n. (Gambling) Ellipsis of power of the pencil.
• pencil v. (Transitive) To write (something) using a pencil.
• pencil v. (Transitive) To mark with, or as if with, a pencil.

— Foreign word, define in English —

• Malay
  • pencil adj. To be isolated, separated.

— English words, defined in German —

• pencil S. Stift.
• pencil S. Bleistift.

— English word, defined in Dutch —

• pencil n. (Gereedschap) potlood.

— English words, defined in French —

• pencil n. Crayon.
• pencil n. (Archaïsme) Pinceau.
• pencil v. Dessiner, écrire avec un crayon.

— English words, defined in Spanish —

• pencil s. Lápiz.
• pencil v. Escribir a lápiz.
• pencil v. Esbozar.

— English word, defined in Portuguese —

• pencil s. Lápis.

— English word, defined in Italian —

• pencil s. Matita.

60 English words from 9 English definitions

aggregate as␣if blended bougie chiefly clad clay collection common commonly converging diverging Ellipsis especially family from Gambling geometric Geometry graphite historical isolated lead light lines mark medicated Medicine Now objects obsolete Optics paintbrush pass pencil point power power␣of␣the␣pencil property rare rays rays␣of␣light referred separated set shaft small something such such␣as that the Transitive using usually utensil when with write writing

1 English word from 11 foreign definitions

crayon

15 foreign words from 11 foreign definitions

a␣lápiz Archaïsme avec Bleistift Dessiner écrire Esbozar Escribir Gereedschap Lápis lápiz Matita Pinceau potlood Stift

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

pencill pencils penciled penciler pencil␣in pencills pencilly pencil␣box pencilers pencilful penciling pencilled penciller pencil␣out pencilbeam pencil-blue pencil␣case pencil␣dick pencilfish pencilings pencillate pencil␣lead pencillers pencilless pencillike pencilling pencilneck pencil-neck pencil␣neck pencil␣pine pencil␣stub pencil␣test pencil-thin pencil␣tree pencil␣whip pencilwork pencilbeams pencil-blues pencil␣boxes pencil␣cases pencil␣dicks pencil␣leads pencilled␣in pencillings pencilmaker pencilnecks pencil-necks pencil␣necks pencil␣pines pencil␣pleat +46 words

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

bepenciled bow␣pencils hot␣pencils pen␣pencils unpenciled wax␣pencils blue-pencils golf␣pencils hair␣pencils kohl␣pencils lead␣pencils time␣pencils unpencilled blue-penciled china␣pencils color␣pencils red-penciling slate␣pencils blue-penciling blue-pencilled colour␣pencils grease␣pencils red-pencilling blue-pencilling caustic␣pencils colored␣pencils eyebrow␣pencils styptic␣pencils coloring␣pencils coloured␣pencils colouring␣pencils carpenters'␣pencils mechanical␣pencils propelling␣pencils blue␣pencil␣doctrine

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

bow␣pencil hot␣pencil pen␣pencil red-pencil wax␣pencil blue-pencil golf␣pencil hair␣pencil kohl␣pencil lead␣pencil time␣pencil china␣pencil color␣pencil slate␣pencil colour␣pencil grease␣pencil caustic␣pencil colored␣pencil eyebrow␣pencil styptic␣pencil coloring␣pencil coloured␣pencil colouring␣pencil carpenter's␣pencil lead␣in␣one's␣pencil mechanical␣pencil power␣of␣the␣pencil propelling␣pencil

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

CIL enc NCI pen Pen PEN

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

ICN lic Lic LIC lic. Lic. nep Nep NEP

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

Calpine capelin capline cleping clupein Copelin in␣place panicle pelican pencill pencils penicil pilonce pinacle pinocle plectin splenic

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

Čepin cline Cline -cline Eplin incel incle Lince Pinel p'lice

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

pencel peucil

2 epenthesis (New words found when adding only one letter.)

pencill penicil

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