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— English words —

• penumbra n. A partially shaded area around the edges of a shadow, especially an eclipse.
• penumbra n. (Astronomy) A region around the edge of a sunspot, darker than the sun’s surface but lighter than the…
• penumbra n. (Figuratively) An area of uncertainty or intermediacy between two mutually exclusive states or categories.
• penumbra n. (Figuratively) An area that lies on the edge of something; a fringe.
• penumbra n. Something related to, connected to, and implied by, the existence of something else that is necessary…
• penumbra n. (Medicine, preceded by "ischaemic", after a stroke) A region of the brain that has lost only some of…

— Foreign words, define in English —

• Finnish
  • penumbra n. Penumbra.
• Romanian
  • penumbra n. Definite nominative/accusative singular of penumbră.
  • penumbră n. Penumbra.

— English word, defined in French —

• penumbra n. Pénombre.

— In German —

• Penumbra S. Astronomie: der die dunkle Umbra umgebende hellere Randbereich…
• Penumbra S. Medizin, bei einem Schlaganfall: an das ischämische Kerngebiet…

— In Spanish —

• penumbra s. Sombra que no genera oscuridad total, ubicada entre una área…
• penumbra s. Astronomía. En los eclipses, sombra parcial que hay entre…

— In Portuguese —

• penumbra s. Sombra parcial.
• penumbra s. Num eclipse, parte periférica da sombra, em oposição à parte…

60 English words from 9 English definitions

accusative after and area around Astronomy between brain but categories connected darker Definite eclipse edge edges else especially exclusive existence Figuratively fringe has implied intermediacy ischaemic lies lighter lost Medicine mutually mutually␣exclusive necessary nominative of␣a only on␣the on␣the␣edge partially penumbra preceded region related shaded shadow singular some something something␣else states stroke sun sunspot surface than that that␣is the two uncertainty

13 English words from 7 foreign definitions

das der die eclipse eclipses entre genera hay Num parte que total Umbra

22 foreign words from 7 foreign definitions

à␣parte área Astronomía Astronomie bei dunkle einem hellere ischämische Kerngebiet los Medizin oposição oscuridad parcial Pénombre periférica Schlaganfall sombra ubicada umgebende una

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

penumbrae penumbral penumbras

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

nonpenumbral extrapenumbral

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

bra enum MBR num num. Num. numb pen Pen PEN umb UMB umb- umbra

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

arb ARB Arb. mun Mun MUN Mun. mune MUNE nep Nep NEP RBM UNEP

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

pænumbra penumbrae penumbral penumbras

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

Meaburn menubar menu␣bar per␣anum

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

pænumbra

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