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7 short excerpts of Wiktionnary (A collaborative project to produce a free-content dictionary.)

— English words —

• portcullis n. A gate in the form of a grating which is lowered into place at the entrance to a castle, fort, etc.
• portcullis n. (Historical) An English coin of the reign of Elizabeth I, struck for the use of the East India Company…
• portcullis v. To obstruct with, or as with, a portcullis; to shut; to bar.

— English words, defined in French —

• portcullis n. Herse (grille ou treillis, qui était ordinairement placée entre le pont-levis et la porte d’une ville…
• portcullis n. (Héraldique) Herse sarrasine.

— English words, defined in Italian —

• portcullis s. (Araldica) saracinesca.
• Portcullis s. (Araldica) ufficiale d’armi istituito da Enrico VII; il nome probabilmente deriva da uno dei badge di questo re.

29 English words from 3 English definitions

bar castle coin Company East Elizabeth English entrance etc for form fort gate grating Historical India into lowered obstruct of␣a place portcullis reign shut struck the use which with

6 English words from 4 foreign definitions

badge Enrico entre grille Herse nome

24 foreign words from 4 foreign definitions

Araldica armi dei deriva était Héraldique Herse␣sarrasine istituito levis ordinairement placée pont pont-levis porte probabilmente questo qui saracinesca sarrasine treillis ufficiale une uno ville

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

portcullised portcullises portcullising portcullisses

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

cull Cull cullis lis LIS ort ORT POR port Port PORT Port. portculli RTC TCU 'ull

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

ctr CTR ctr. Ctr. ill ILL 'ill I'll Ill. LLU Luc. ROP sil Sil SIL sill Sill TRO trop trop- trop. -trop- UCT

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

portculleis portscullis

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

portculis portculli

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

portculles

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

portculis portculli

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

portculleis portscullis

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