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— English words —

• point n. A discrete division of something.
• point n. A sharp extremity.
• point n. (Heraldry) One of the several different parts of the escutcheon.
• point n. (Nautical) A short piece of cordage used in reefing sails.
• point n. (Historical) A string or lace used to tie together certain garments.
• point n. Lace worked by the needle.
• point n. (US, slang, dated) An item of private information; a hint; a tip; a pointer.
• point n. The attitude assumed by a pointer dog when he finds game.
• point n. (Falconry) The perpendicular rising of a hawk over the place where its prey has gone into cover.
• point n. The act of pointing, as of the foot downward in certain dance positions.
• point n. The gesture of extending the index finger in a direction in order to indicate something.
• point n. (Medicine, obsolete) A vaccine point.
• point n. Short for point man.
• point n. In various sports, a position of a certain player, or, by extension, the player occupying that position.
• point v. (Intransitive) To extend the index finger in the direction of something in order to show where it is…
• point v. (Intransitive) To draw attention to something or indicate a direction.
• point v. (Intransitive) To face in a particular direction.
• point v. (Transitive, sometimes figurative) To direct toward an object; to aim.
• point v. To give a point to; to sharpen; to cut, forge, grind, or file to an acute end.
• point v. (Intransitive) To indicate a probability of something.
• point v. (Transitive, intransitive, masonry) To repair mortar.
• point v. (Transitive, masonry) To fill up and finish the joints of (a wall), by introducing additional cement…
• point v. (Stone-cutting) To cut, as a surface, with a pointed tool.
• point v. (Transitive) To direct or encourage (someone) in a particular direction.
• point v. (Transitive, mathematics) To separate an integer from a decimal with a decimal point.
• point v. (Transitive) To mark with diacritics.
• point v. (Dated) To supply with punctuation marks; to punctuate.
• point v. (Transitive, computing) To direct the central processing unit to seek information at a certain location in memory.
• point v. (Transitive, Internet) To direct requests sent to a domain name to the IP address corresponding to that domain name.
• point v. (Intransitive, nautical) To sail close to the wind.
• point v. (Intransitive, hunting) To indicate the presence of game by a fixed and steady look, as certain hunting dogs do.
• point v. (Medicine, of an abscess) To approximate to the surface; to head.
• point v. (Dated) To give point to (something said or done); to give particular prominence or force to.
• point v. (Obsolete) To appoint.
• Point prop.n. (Informal, military) USMA (United States Military Academy) in West Point, New York.
• Point prop.n. A township in Posey County, Indiana, United States, so-named for being the southernmost and westernmost…
• Point prop.n. A township in Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, United States.
• Point prop.n. A surname from French.

— Foreign words, define in English —

• Chinese
  • point n. Point (of an argument); main idea; argument.
  • point n. Levels in the wage scale.
• Danish
  • point n. A point (in a game).
• Manx
  • point v. Appoint.
• Norman
  • point n. (Jersey) full stop, period (punctuation mark).
• Old french
  • point n. A sting; a prick.
  • point n. Moment; time.
  • point n. (On a die) dot.
  • point n. Small amount.
  • point adv. A little.
  • point adv. (With ne) not (indicates negation).
  • point v. Past participle of poindre.
• Polish
  • point n. Genitive plural of pointa.

— English words, defined in German —

• point S. Punkt.
• point S. Spitze (Kinn, Landes-, Messers-).
• point S. Fleck, Ort.
• point S. Einzelheit.

— English word, defined in Dutch —

• point n. Punt.

— English words, defined in French —

• point n. Point.
• point n. Pointe.
• point n. Virgule (d’un décimal). Note : En anglais, on utilise un point comme séparateur décimal.
• point n. But, intérêt, utilité, point.
• point n. Point de vue, avis, opinion.
• point n. (Jeux) Point.
• point n. (Chemin de fer) (Royaume-Uni) (en général au pluriel) Aiguillage.
• point v. Montrer, indiquer, montrer du doigt. Construction : point to something / someone.
• point v. Braquer.
• point v. (Maçonnerie) Jointoyer.

— English words, defined in Spanish —

• point s. Punta, cabo.
• point s. Punto.
• point s. Tipografía. Punto (símbolo).
• point s. Momento.
• point s. Cuestión, asunto.
• point s. Sentido.
• point s. Cualidad.
• point s. Posición.
• point s. Matemáticas. Punto, punto decimal.
• point s. Geometría. Punto.
• point v. Apuntar, indicar, dirigir, señalar con el dedo.
• point v. Encarar.
• point v. Afilar.
• point v. Mampostear.
• point v. Designar.

— English words, defined in Portuguese —

• point s. Ponto.
• point s. Ponta.
• point v. Apontar.

— English words, defined in Italian —

• point s. (Matematica) (geometria) punto.
• point s. (Matematica) virgola (come separatore decimale).
• point s. Regolare.
• point s. Punta.
• point s. (Araldica) punto che indica una posizione sullo scudo araldico.
• point s. (Araldica) punta.

— In Dutch —

• point n. Punt.

— In French —

• point n.m. (Couture) Action de piquer dans un tissu avec une aiguille…
• point n.m. (Dentelle) Sorte de dentelle de fil, faite à l’aiguille…
• point n.m. (Menuiserie) Parquet en point de Hongrie, parquet dont…
• point n.m. Petit trou qu’on fait à des courroies, à des étrivières…
• point n.m. Douleur piquante.
• point n.m. (Géométrie) La plus petite portion d’étendue qu’il soit…
• point n.m. Endroit fixe et déterminé.
• point n.m. (Marine) Latitude et longitude du lieu où un navire se trouve en mer.
• point n.m. (Spécialement) (Chimie, Physique) Réunion des conditions…
• point n.m. (Typographie) Petite marque ronde que l’on emploie à différents…
• point n.m. (Musique) Signe que l’on met après une note et qui augmente…
• point n.m. (Sculpture) Marques que l’on fait sur toutes les parties…
• point n.m. (Finance, Jeux) Unité arbitraire définie selon les règles…
• point n.m. (Argot) (Vieilli) Unité monétaire, en général : franc.
• point n.m. (Jeux) Nombre qu’on attribue à chaque joueur, et qui varie…
• point n.m. (Éducation) Marques, notation qui servent à noter la bonne…
• point n.m. (Vieilli) Douzième partie d’une ligne.
• point n.m. (Métrologie) Mesure qui sert à déterminer la force du corps…
• point n.m. (Sens figuré) Parties qui forment la division de certains…
• point n.m. Question, difficulté particulière en quelque genre de connaissance…
• point n.m. Ce qu’il y a d’important, de principal dans une affaire…
• point n.m. État ; situation.
• point n.m. Degré, période.
• point n.m. Instant, moment, temps précis dans lequel on fait quelque chose.
• point n.m. Action de poindre.
• point n.m. Point de pourcentage. — Note d’usage : Il est alors utilisé…
• point n.m. Signe de ponctuation indiquant la fin d’une phrase.
• point n.m. Signe diacritique placé au dessus de certaines lettres.
• point n.m. (Construction, Électrotechnique) Site d’acquisition de…
• point n.m. Point barre.
• point n.m. (Cartographie) Élément graphique minimal, correspondant…
• point n.m. (Navigation) Position géographique d’un navire ou d’un…
• point n.m. Valeur d’un ticket détachable d’une carte de rationnement…
• point n.m. Élément de calcul de la retraite.
• point adv. (Littéraire) ou (Régionalisme) Pas. — Note : Adverbe de…
• point v. Participe passé masculin singulier de poindre.
• point v. Troisième personne du singulier du présent de poindre.

248 English words from 51 English definitions

abscess Academy act acute additional address aim A␣little amount and appoint approximate argument A␣sharp as␣of assumed attention attitude being by␣extension cement central central␣processing␣unit certain close close␣to close␣to␣the␣wind computing cordage corresponding County cover cut cutting dance dated decimal decimal␣point diacritics die different direct direction discrete division dog dogs domain domain␣name done dot downward draw draw␣attention encourage end escutcheon extend extending extension extremity face Falconry figurative file fill fill␣up finds finger finish fixed foot for force forge French from full full␣stop game garments Genitive gesture give gone grind has hawk head Heraldry hint Historical hunting hunting␣dogs idea index index␣finger Indiana indicate indicates Informal information in␣order in␣order␣to integer Internet into intransitive introducing IP␣address item its Jersey joints lace Levels little location look main man mark marks masonry mathematics Medicine memory military Moment mortar name named nautical needle negation New New␣York Northumberland Northumberland␣County not object obsolete occupying of␣a of␣a␣certain of␣an One order over participle particular parts Past Past␣participle Pennsylvania period perpendicular piece place player plural point pointed pointer pointing point␣man Posey Posey␣County position positions presence prey prick private probability processing prominence punctuate punctuation punctuation␣mark punctuation␣marks reefing repair requests rising said sail sail␣close␣to␣the␣wind sails scale seek sent separate several sharp sharpen short Short␣for show slang Small someone something sometimes southernmost sports States steady sting Stone stop string supply surface surname that the tie time tip together tool to␣the toward township Transitive unit United United␣States up␣and used used␣to USMA vaccine vaccine␣point various wage wage␣scale wall West westernmost West␣Point when where wind with worked York

108 English words from 77 foreign definitions

acquisition Action affaire aiguille après Argot avis barre bonne But carte che Chemin␣de␣fer chose come con conditions Construction corps Couture dans decimal dedo dentelle des division dont est étendue fait fer fil fin Finance fixe Fleck force forment franc genre important indica Instant Landes Latitude les lettres lieu longitude Marine marque Marques masculin mer Messers met minimal moment Momento Musique Navigation notation note noter opinion Ort parquet parties Pas passé Petit petite phrase Physique piquante piquer plus point Pointe Ponto portion Position précis principal Punt punta punto que Question Réunion ronde scudo Sculpture Sens servent Signe Site situation someone something Sorte temps ticket trou Uni usage utilise Virgule

2 foreign words from 51 English definitions

poindre pointa

160 foreign words from 77 foreign definitions

Adverbe Afilar Aiguillage alors anglais Apontar Apuntar Araldica araldico arbitraire asunto attribue augmente avec Braquer cabo calcul Cartographie certaines certains chaque Chemin Chimie comme connaissance correspondant courroies Cualidad Cuestión décimal decimale de␣connaissance de␣fer définie Degré de␣la Designar dessus détachable déterminé déterminer diacritique différents difficulté dirigir doigt Douleur Douzième d’usage Éducation Einzelheit Électrotechnique Élément Élément␣graphique emploie Encarar Endroit en␣général État étrivières faite figuré général géographique geometria Géométrie graphique Hongrie Il␣est il␣y␣a indicar indiquant indiquer intérêt Jeux Jointoyer joueur Kinn lequel ligne Littéraire l’on Maçonnerie Mampostear Matematica Matemáticas Menuiserie Mesure Métrologie monétaire montrer montrer␣du␣doigt navire Nombre Participe Participe␣passé particulière partie période personne placé pluriel poindre Point␣barre point␣de␣Hongrie Point␣de␣pourcentage Point␣de␣vue ponctuation Ponta Posición posizione pourcentage présent Punkt punto␣decimal quelque quelque␣chose qui rationnement Régionalisme règles Regolare retraite Royaume Royaume-Uni selon señalar Sens␣figuré Sentido séparateur séparateur␣décimal separatore sert Signe␣de␣ponctuation Signe␣diacritique símbolo singulier soit Spécialement Spitze sur Tipografía tissu toutes Troisième Troisième␣personne trouve Typographie una une Unité Unité␣arbitraire Unité␣monétaire utilisé utilité Valeur varie Vieilli virgola vue

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

pointe points Points pointy pointal pointed pointee pointel pointen pointer Pointer pointes pointin' Pointon point␣up pointals point␣bar pointcut pointees pointels pointers Pointers pointest pointeth pointful pointier pointies pointily pointing pointism pointlet pointman point␣man Point␣May pointmen point␣men point␣net point␣out pointrel pointset points␣up pointable pointball point␣bars pointcast pointcuts point␣duty pointedly pointed␣up pointelle +234 words

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

K-points appoints bipoints copoints en␣pointe inpoints Lapointe Lapoints repoints unpoints XPointer acupoints aimpoints all-points appointed appointee appointer appointor bipointed cutpoints dewpoints dew␣points dot␣points drypoints dry␣points endpoints end␣points eyepoints far␣points fixpoints hitpoints hit␣points ice␣points in␣point␣of keypoints logpoints midpoints mid-points mispoints nip␣points nonpoints nul␣points outpoints paypoints penpoints pinpoints pin-points redpoints red␣points repointed +571 words

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

K-point appoint bipoint copoint inpoint in␣point Lapoint on-point on␣point repoint unpoint acupoint aimpoint Bay␣Point cutpoint dewpoint dew␣point dot␣point drypoint dry␣point Elk␣Point endpoint end␣point eyepoint far␣point fixpoint gunpoint hitpoint hit␣point ice␣point keypoint logpoint midpoint mid-point mispoint nip␣point nonpoint nul␣point outpoint paypoint penpoint pinpoint pin-point redpoint red␣point Sea␣Point setpoint set␣point subpoint tax␣point +412 words

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

int INT in't int. i'n't oint poi POI P.O.I.

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

IOP NIO

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

opt-in opt␣in pinot pinto Pinto piton potin

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

Bipont inkpot ink-pot ink␣pot instop K-point Lipton nip-out opting option opts␣in Patino Petion Picton pi␣font Pilton pinots pinout Pintor pintos Pintos pintxo Pirton piston Piston pitons Pixton pointe points Points pointy pontic Pontic pontil pontin Pontin Pootin posnit postin poting potins potion Potvin Ripton spinto tinpot tin-pot Tipson Tipton top␣bin +7 words

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

INOP into INTO INTP nipt NIPT noit NOTP oint on␣it Pino pint Pint p'int pion piot Piot pito Poti tion -tion -toin Toni topi

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

joint noint paint Paint poind poynt print

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

oint pint Pint p'int

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