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— English words —

• pterygoid adj. (Anatomy) Of, pertaining to or lying in the region of the inferior part of the sphenoid bone of the vertebrate skull.
• pterygoid n. (Anatomy) A pterygoid part (such as a bone, muscle, or nerve).

18 English words from 2 English definitions

Anatomy bone inferior in␣the␣region␣of lying muscle nerve part pertaining pterygoid region skull sphenoid sphenoid␣bone such such␣as the vertebrate

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

pterygoids pterygoidal pterygoidei pterygoideus pterygoid␣canal pterygoid␣nerve pterygoid␣plate pterygoid␣muscle pterygoid␣process

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

epipterygoids basipterygoids calopterygoids ectopterygoids endopterygoids entopterygoids metapterygoids vomeropterygoids medial␣pterygoid␣nerve medial␣pterygoid␣plate lateral␣pterygoid␣nerve lateral␣pterygoid␣plate medial␣pterygoid␣muscle

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

epipterygoid basipterygoid calopterygoid ectopterygoid endopterygoid entopterygoid mesopterygoid metapterygoid interpterygoid enteropterygoid palatopterygoid pseudopterygoid vomeropterygoid

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

-ery e'ry goi Goi GoI OID -oid Pte PTE -pter pteryg- pterygo- ter TER ter- ygo

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

DIO ETP Gyr gyre ret Ret. yre

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

pterygoids pterygotid

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

pyrgotid ridgetop

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

pterygotid

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