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— English words —

• phosphorous adj. (Chemistry) Of or pertaining to phosphorus.
• phosphorous adj. Resembling phosphorus.
• phosphorous adj. (Chemistry) Of relating to or containing trivalent phosphorus.
• phosphorous n. (Proscribed) Misspelling of phosphorus.

— English words, defined in Dutch —

• phosphorous bijv. (Scheikunde) betrekking hebbend op het element fosfor.
• phosphorous bijv. (Scheikunde) fosforig- het element fosfor bevattend in de oxidatietoestand +3.

— English word, defined in French —

• phosphorous adj. (Chimie) Phosphoreux.

9 English words from 4 English definitions

Chemistry containing Misspelling pertaining phosphorus Proscribed relating Resembling trivalent

2 English words from 3 foreign definitions

element het

7 foreign words from 3 foreign definitions

betrekking bevattend Chimie fosfor hebbend Phosphoreux Scheikunde

One suffix (New word found by adding one or more letters at the end of the word.)

phosphorous␣acid

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

hypophosphorous␣acid hypophosphorous␣acids

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

nonphosphorous hypophosphorous organophosphorous sulphophosphorous

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

hor horo horo- hos HOS Hos. hosp Hosp. Oro oro- ous -ous pho Pho PHO phở -phor phos PHOs phosph- phospho- phosphor Phosphor phosphoro- ROU SPH

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

HPs H&Ps OHP OHPs Oro oro- PSO Roh ROH soh Soh UoR UOR

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

phosphoreous phosphourous

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

phosphorus Phosphorus

One cousin (New word found by changing only one letter.)

phosphonous

2 lipograms (New words found when removing only one letter.)

phosphorus Phosphorus

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

phosphoreous phosphourous

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