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— English words —

• retentive adj. Having power to retain.
• retentive adj. (Slang, apocope) anal-retentive.
• retentive n. (Obsolete) That which retains or confines; a restraint.

— In French —

• rétentive adj. Féminin singulier de rétentif.

14 English words from 3 English definitions

anal anal␣retentive apocope confines Having Obsolete power restraint retain retains retentive Slang That which

3 foreign words from the foreign definition

Féminin rétentif singulier

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

retentives retentively retentiveness

One time in the middle (New word found by adding letters in front and at the end of the word.)

irretentiveness

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

irretentive unretentive nonretentive anal-retentive anal␣retentive gastroretentive stereoretentive

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

ent ENT -ent ent- ive Ive -ive I've ret Ret. rete retent ten TEN tent tent. Tiv -tive

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

ITN net Net NET .NET ter TER ter- VIT vit.

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

entreative Everettian interevent inveterate retentives

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

reinette ventrite vinetree vine-tree

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

resentive

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