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— English words —

• quail v. (Intransitive) To waste away; to fade, to wither.
• quail v. (Transitive, now rare) To daunt or frighten (someone).
• quail v. (Intransitive) To lose heart or courage; to be daunted or fearful.
• quail v. (Intransitive) Of courage, faith, etc.: to slacken, to give way.
• quail n. Any of various small game birds of the genera Coturnix, Anurophasis or Perdicula in the Old World family…
• quail n. (Uncountable) The meat from this bird eaten as food.
• quail n. (Obsolete) A prostitute, so called because the quail was thought to be a very amorous bird.
• quail v. (Obsolete) To curdle or coagulate, as milk does.
• Quail prop.n. A surname from Scottish Gaelic.

— English word, defined in German —

• quail S. Wachtel.

— English words, defined in French —

• quail n. Caille, caille des blés.
• quail v. Dépérir, se consumer.
• quail v. Perdre courage, être effrayé.

61 English words from 9 English definitions

amorous Any away because bird birds called coagulate courage curdle daunt daunted does eaten etc fade faith family fearful food frighten from Gaelic game game␣birds genera give give␣way heart Intransitive lose lose␣heart meat milk now Obsolete Old Old␣World prostitute quail rare Scottish Scottish␣Gaelic slacken small small␣game someone surname the this thought Transitive Uncountable various very was waste waste␣away way wither World

4 English words from 4 foreign definitions

consumer courage des Wachtel

8 foreign words from 4 foreign definitions

blés caille caille␣des␣blés Dépérir effrayé être Perdre se␣consumer

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

Quaile quails quaily quailed quailer quailers quailery quailest quaileth quailies quailing quailish quail-dove quail␣dove Quailgate quail␣hawk quailings quaillike quail-pipe quail␣pipe quailberry quail-doves quail␣doves quailfinch quail␣hawks quailingly quail-pipes quail␣pipes

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

squails squailed squailer sea␣quails squailers squailing unquailed unquailing wood␣quails dying␣quails buttonquails common␣quails unquailingly Gambel's␣quails mountain␣quails pectoral␣quails Montezuma␣quails San␣Quentin␣quails

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

squail sea␣quail wood␣quail dying␣quail buttonquail button-quail common␣quail scaled␣quail Gambel's␣quail mountain␣quail pectoral␣quail Montezuma␣quail California␣quail San␣Quentin␣quail

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

ail qua

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

IAU LIA

One anagram (New word found by changing the order of the letters.)

quali

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

Aquila Liquan Liquea Quaile quails quaily qualia qualie qualis Quiloa squail

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

qila qual Qual QUAL quia quli

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

Quaal Quaid quarl quoil

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

qual Qual QUAL

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