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— English words —

• plumb adj. Truly vertical, as indicated by a plumb line.
• plumb adj. (Cricket) Describing an LBW where the batsman is hit on the pads directly in front of their wicket and…
• plumb adv. In a vertical direction; perpendicularly.
• plumb adv. (Informal) Squarely, directly; deeply, completely.
• plumb n. A little mass of lead, or the like, attached to a line, and used by builders, etc., to indicate a vertical direction.
• plumb n. (Nautical) A weight on the end of a long line, used by sailors to determine the depth of water.
• plumb n. The perpendicular direction or position.
• plumb v. To determine the depth, generally of a liquid; to sound.
• plumb v. To attach to a water supply and drain.
• plumb v. (Transitive, figurative) To think about or explore in depth, to get to the bottom of, especially to…
• plumb v. To use a plumb bob as a measuring or aligning tool.
• plumb v. To accurately align vertically or horizontally.
• plumb v. (Dated) To seal something with lead.
• plumb v. (Intransitive) To work as a plumber.
• plumb v. (Rare) To fall or sink like a plummet.
• plumb v. (US, colloquial, figuratively, obsolete) To trace a road or track; to follow it to its end.
• plumb v. (Nautical) To position vertically above or below.
• plumb n. Obsolete form of plum (“the fruit”).
• Plumb prop.n. A surname.
• plumb- pref. (Chemistry) Alternative form of plumbo-; used before a vowel.

— Foreign words, define in English —

• Albanian
  • plumb n. Bullet.
• Albanian - Romanian
  • plumb n. Lead (metal).
• Romanian
  • plumb n. Lead (chemical element).
  • plumb n. Bullet, projectile.
  • plumb n. (Dated, chiefly Moldavia) pencil.
  • Plumb prop.n. A surname.

— English words, defined in French —

• plumb adj. Vertical.
• plumb adv. Verticalement.
• plumb n. Fil à plomb.
• plumb v. Sonder.

121 English words from 26 English definitions

about above accurately align aligning A␣little Alternative and attach attached batsman before below bob bottom builders Bullet chemical chemical␣element Chemistry chiefly colloquial completely Cricket Dated deeply depth Describing determine direction directly drain element end end␣of especially etc explore fall figurative figuratively follow form front fruit generally get get␣to get␣to␣the␣bottom␣of hit hit␣on horizontally in␣depth indicate indicated Informal in␣front in␣front␣of Intransitive its LBW lead like line liquid little long long␣line mass measuring metal Moldavia Nautical obsolete of␣a on␣the pads pencil perpendicular perpendicularly plum plumb plumb␣bob plumber plumb␣line plumbo- plummet position projectile Rare road sailors seal sink something sound Squarely supply surname the their think think␣about tool to␣the trace track Transitive Truly use used vertical vertically vowel water water␣supply weight where wicket with work

3 English words from 4 foreign definitions

Fil Sonder Vertical

1 foreign word from 26 English definitions

plumbo

4 foreign words from 4 foreign definitions

à␣plomb Fil␣à␣plomb plomb Verticalement

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

plumbo- plumbs Plumbs plumbed plumber plumbic plumbage plumbago plumbane plumbata plumbate plumb-bob plumb␣bob plumbean plumbers plumbery plumbian plumbing plumbism plumbite plumboan Plum␣Book plumbous plumbable plumbages plumbagin plumbagos plumbatae plumbates plumb-bobs plumb␣bobs plumbeous plumbings plumbites Plumbland plumbless plumbline plumb␣line plumb␣rule plumbagoes plumb␣crazy plumberies plumblines plumb␣lines plum␣brandy plumb␣rules plumbylene plumbaceous plumberless plumber's␣box +46 words

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

replumbs unplumbs replumbed unplumbed diplumbene nonplumber replumbing unplumbing diplumbenes nonplumbers nonplumbing unplumbable magnetoplumbite inspect␣the␣plumbing inspects␣the␣plumbing inspected␣the␣plumbing inspecting␣the␣plumbing

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

replumb unplumb out␣of␣plumb

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

lum Lum lumb Lumb PLU plum Plum umb UMB umb-

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

Mul -mul- ulp ULP

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

pablum Pablum plumbo- plumbs Plumbs

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

Blum BLUP bump Bump BUMP lumb Lumb lump plum Plum pmbl. Pub.␣L.

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

clumb Klumb pluma plume plump Plump plums Plums plumy

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

lumb Lumb plum Plum

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