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24 short excerpts of Wiktionnary (A collaborative project to produce a free-content dictionary.)

— English words —

• skeleton n. (Anatomy) The system that provides support to an organism, internal and made up of bones and cartilage…
• skeleton n. An anthropomorphic representation of a skeleton.
• skeleton n. (Figuratively) A very thin person.
• skeleton n. (Figuratively) The central core of something that gives shape to the entire structure.
• skeleton n. (Architecture) A frame that provides support to a building or other construction.
• skeleton n. (Computing, middleware) A client-helper procedure that communicates with a stub.
• skeleton n. (Geometry) The vertices and edges of a polyhedron, taken collectively.
• skeleton n. (Printing) A very thin form of light-faced type.
• skeleton n. (Especially attributive) Reduced to a minimum or bare essentials.
• skeleton n. (Botany) The network of veins in a leaf.
• skeleton v. (Archaic) To reduce to a skeleton; to skin; to skeletonize.
• skeleton v. (Archaic) To minimize.
• skeleton n. (Sports, uncountable) A type of tobogganing in which competitors lie face down, and descend head first.

— Foreign word, define in English —

• Esperanto
  • skeleton n. Accusativesingularof skeleto.

— English word, defined in German —

• skeleton S. Anatomie: Skelett, Knochengerippe.

— English word, defined in Dutch —

• skeleton n. Skelet.

— English words, defined in French —

• skeleton n. (Anatomie) Squelette.
• skeleton n. Ossature (la squelette d’un être vivant).
• skeleton n. (Sens figuré) (Construction) Ossature.
• skeleton n. (Sport) Skeleton.

— English word, defined in Italian —

• skeleton s. Scheletro.

— In German —

• Skeleton S. Niedriger Rennschlitten, auf dem die Athleten auf dem Bauch…
• Skeleton S. Wintersportart, bei der die Athleten auf dem Bauch auf einem…

— In French —

• skeleton n.m. (Sport) Long toboggan qui glisse sur une piste de neige.

81 English words from 14 English definitions

Anatomy and anthropomorphic Archaic Architecture attributive bare bones Botany building cartilage central client collectively communicates competitors Computing construction core descend down edges entire Especially essentials face faced face␣down Figuratively first form frame Geometry gives head head␣first helper internal leaf lie light made made␣up middleware minimize minimum network of␣a organism other person polyhedron Printing procedure provides reduce Reduced representation shape skeleton skeletonize skin something Sports structure stub support system taken that the thin tobogganing to␣the type uncountable veins vertices very which with

14 English words from 10 foreign definitions

auf Construction dem der die Long Ossature piste Sens Skelet Skeleton Sport toboggan vivant

19 foreign words from 10 foreign definitions

Anatomie Athleten Bauch bei einem être être␣vivant figuré glisse neige Niedriger qui Scheletro Sens␣figuré Skelett squelette sur une Wintersportart

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

skeletons skeletoned skeletonic skeletoneer skeletoning skeletonise skeletonize skeleton␣key skeleton␣crew skeletoneers skeletonised skeletoniser skeletonises skeletonized skeletonizer skeletonizes skeleton␣keys skeletonless skeletonlike skeleton␣suit skeletonweed skeleton␣crews skeletonisers skeletonising skeletonizers skeletonizing skeleton␣staff skeleton␣suits skeleton␣watch skeleton␣screen skeleton␣shrimp skeleton␣staffs skeletonisation skeletonization skeleton␣screens skeleton␣shrimps skeleton␣watches skeletonisations skeletonizations skeleton␣at␣the␣feast skeleton␣in␣the␣house skeleton␣in␣the␣closet skeleton␣programming skeletons␣in␣the␣house skeletons␣in␣the␣closet skeleton␣in␣the␣cupboard

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

exoskeletons autoskeletons cytoskeletons ectoskeletons endoskeletons carboskeletons cilioskeletons dermoskeletons hydroskeletons neuroskeletons unskeletonized choanoskeletons nonskeletonized nucleoskeletons scleroskeletons chondroskeletons dermatoskeletons semiexoskeletons walking␣skeletons neurocytoskeletons splanchnoskeletons articulated␣skeletons hydrostatic␣skeletons

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

exoskeleton autoskeleton cytoskeleton ectoskeleton endoskeleton zonoskeleton carboskeleton cilioskeleton cystoskeleton dermoskeleton fibroskeleton hydroskeleton neuroskeleton choanoskeleton nucleoskeleton scleroskeleton chondroskeleton dermatoskeleton semiexoskeleton walking␣skeleton neurocytoskeleton splanchnoskeleton articulated␣skeleton hydrostatic␣skeleton

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

ELE EtO ETO Eton Kel Kele let -let Leto let␣on skel skelet skeleto- ton TON -ton

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

EKs ELE lek Lek leks not NOT not. Not. note Note OTE tel TEL Tel. tele Tele tele-

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

skeletons Stoke␣Lyne stonelike tokenless

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

keelson Kelston Keltons kentles ketoles ketones kneelos Oetkens skeleto- Skelton

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

sceleton

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

skeleto- Skelton

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