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— English words —

• sheepshank n. (Nautical) A type of knot which is useful for shortening a rope or taking up slack without cutting it.
• sheepshank v. (Transitive) To shorten (a rope) using a sheepshank knot.

— English word, defined in French —

• sheepshank n. Nœud de jambe de chien.

18 English words from 2 English definitions

cutting cutting␣it for knot Nautical rope sheepshank shorten shortening slack taking taking␣up Transitive type useful using which without

1 English word from the foreign definition

jambe

2 foreign words from the foreign definition

chien Nœud

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

sheepshanks sheepshanked sheepshanking

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

eep eeps eps Eps EPs EPS han Han hank Hank hee Hee heep Heep heeps Heeps psha sha SHA shan Shan shank Shank she She SHE s/he she- (s)he shee sheep sheeps

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

ahs Ahs AHS ehs EHS EH&S HSP nah NAH Nah. pee Pee p'ee SPE

One anagram found with an extra letter (New word formed with all the letters from the word and an extra letter.)

sheepshanks

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