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— English words —

• sextans n. (Historical, Roman antiquity) A Roman coin worth one sixth of an as.
• Sextans prop.n. (Astronomy) A dim spring constellation of the northern sky, said to resemble a sextant. It lies south…

— In French —

• sextans n.m. (Métrologie) (Désuet).

— In Portuguese —

• Sextans s. (Constelação) constelação equatorial.

21 English words from 2 English definitions

antiquity Astronomy coin constellation dim Historical lies northern of␣an one one␣sixth resemble Roman said sextant sixth sky south spring the worth

1 English word from 2 foreign definitions

equatorial

3 foreign words from 2 foreign definitions

constelação Désuet Métrologie

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

ans Ans ANS ans. ext ext. sex sex- sext sextan tan Tan TAN tans Tans

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

ATX nat Nat NAT Nat. SNA TXes Xes

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

astexins insta-sex sextains sextants sin␣taxes syntaxes transsex

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

antses assent sanest sextan snaste stanes steans Texans Texass Tex-ass

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

seitans septans sextant Sextant sextons

One lipogram (New word found when removing only one letter.)

sextan

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

sextains sextants

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