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— English words —

• scruple n. Hesitation to act from the difficulty of determining what is right or expedient; doubt, hesitation or…
• scruple n. (Pharmacy) A weight of ¹⁄₂₈₈ of a pound, that is, twenty grains or one third of a dram, about 1.3 grams…
• scruple n. A Hebrew unit of time equal to ¹⁄₁₀₈₀ hour.
• scruple n. (Obsolete, by extension) A very small quantity; a particle.
• scruple n. (Obsolete) A doubt or uncertainty concerning a matter of fact; intellectual perplexity.
• scruple v. (Intransitive) To hesitate or be reluctant to act due to considerations of conscience or expedience.
• scruple v. (Intransitive) To excite scruples in; to cause to scruple.
• scruple v. (Transitive) To regard with suspicion; to question.
• scruple v. (Intransitive, obsolete) To question the truth of (A fact, etc.); to doubt; to hesitate to believe, to question.

— English word, defined in French —

• scruple n. Scrupule.

65 English words from 9 English definitions

about act a␣matter believe by␣extension cause concerning conscience considerations determining difficulty doubt dram due due␣to equal etc excite expedience expedient extension fact from grains grams Hebrew hesitate hesitation hour intellectual Intransitive is␣right matter matter␣of␣fact obsolete of␣a one one␣third particle perplexity Pharmacy pound quantity question regard reluctant right scruple scruples small suspicion that that␣is the third time Transitive truth twenty uncertainty unit very weight what with

1 foreign word from the foreign definition

Scrupule

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

scrupled scrupler scruples scruplers scruplest scrupleth scrupleless scruple-shop scruplesome scruple-shops scruplelessness

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

unscrupled

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

cru Cru CRU crup -ple RUP Ruple SCR scr. SCr. UPL

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

'elp LPU pur PUR RCs RCS R/Cs

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

curples

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

capsuler carpules clears␣up clear-ups clumpers couplers crumples Lupercus pluckers Purcells resculpt scrumple scrupled scrupler scruples sculpter specular sprucely spur␣cell surplice upscaler

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

cruels cupels curple cusper Lupers peculs pucels pulers pulser purles Pursel recups Ruples spruce Spruce surcle ulcers

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

scrumple

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