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— English words —

• snail n. Any of very many animals (either hermaphroditic or nonhermaphroditic), of the class Gastropoda, having a coiled shell.
• snail n. (Informal, by extension) A slow person; a sluggard.
• snail n. (Engineering) A spiral cam, or a flat piece of metal of spirally curved outline, used for giving motion…
• snail n. (Military, historical) A tortoise or testudo; a movable roof or shed to protect besiegers.
• snail n. The pod of the snail clover.
• snail n. (Rail transport) A locomotive with a prime mover but no traction motors, used to provide extra electrical…
• snail v. To move or travel very slowly.

— English words, defined in German —

• snail S. Zoologie: die Gehäuseschnecke.
• snail S. Übertragen sehr langsame Person.

— English word, defined in Dutch —

• snail n. (Buikpotigen) slak.

— English words, defined in French —

• snail n. Escargot.
• snail n. (Moins courant) bigorneau.

— English word, defined in Spanish —

• snail s. Zoología. Caracol.

— English words, defined in Italian —

• snail s. (Zoologia) chiocciola.
• snail s. (Senso figurato) una persona lenta, una lumaca.

63 English words from 7 English definitions

a␣flat animals Any besiegers but by␣extension cam class clover coiled curved either electrical Engineering extension extra flat for giving having hermaphroditic historical Informal locomotive many metal Military motion motors movable move mover outline person piece pod prime prime␣mover protect provide Rail Rail␣transport roof shed shell slow slowly sluggard snail snail␣clover spiral spirally testudo the tortoise traction traction␣motors transport travel used used␣to very with

6 English words from 8 foreign definitions

Caracol courant die Escargot Person persona

16 foreign words from 8 foreign definitions

bigorneau Buikpotigen chiocciola figurato langsame lenta lumaca Moins sehr Senso Senso␣figurato slak Übertragen una Zoología Zoologie

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

snails 'snails snaily snailed snailase snailery snailier snailing snailish snailfish snailiest snail␣king snail␣kite snailless snaillike snailmail snail-mail snail␣mail snail␣pace Snailwell Snailbeach snailborne snaileries snail␣fever snailicide snailishly snail␣kings snail␣kites snail-paced snail␣paces snailshell snail's␣pace snail␣syrup snail␣trail snail-wheel snail␣butter snail␣clover snail␣darter snailfishes snailflower snailicides snailshells snail-wheels snail␣clovers snail␣darters snailflowers snail␣trefoil snail␣trefoils

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

misnails misnailed mudsnails seasnails sea␣snails brass␣nails cone␣snails door␣snails harp␣snails landsnails land␣snails misnailing moonsnails moon␣snails pond␣snails rocksnails ambersnails apple␣snails dumb␣as␣nails glass␣snails grove␣snails hard␣as␣nails microsnails river␣snails tulip␣snails water␣snails bonnet␣snails helmet␣snails pebblesnails springsnails tough␣as␣nails mystery␣snails achatine␣snails mountainsnails racks␣and␣snails ramshorn␣snails decollate␣snails domed␣land␣snails Mariana␣snailfish purple␣storm␣snails white-lipped␣snails emerald␣green␣snails Utah␣roundmouth␣snails

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

misnail mudsnail seasnail sea␣snail brass␣nail cone␣snail door␣snail harp␣snail landsnail land␣snail moonsnail moon␣snail pond␣snail rocksnail ambersnail apple␣snail glass␣snail grove␣snail microsnail river␣snail tulip␣snail water␣snail bonnet␣snail helmet␣snail pebblesnail springsnail turban␣snail mystery␣snail rack␣and␣snail slow␣as␣a␣snail achatine␣snail mountainsnail ramshorn␣snail decollate␣snail domed␣land␣snail strawberry␣snail purple␣storm␣snail white-lipped␣snail emerald␣green␣snail Lister's␣river␣snail Polynesian␣tree␣snail Utah␣roundmouth␣snail

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

ail nai nail Nail SNA

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

ans Ans ANS ans. Ian -ian LIA Lian Lians

12 anagrams (New words found by changing the order of the letters.)

anils Aslin lains Lains Lians nails Nails nilas Nilas salin Sinla slain

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

Aislyn Alanis alfins algins aliens aligns alines A-lines Alison all-ins all␣ins aloins altins anisol anisyl anoils anvils Aplins Aslian Aslins blains Blains Falins Filans finals ilands Ilians inlaws in-laws inlays instal insula inulas island Island Kalins Ladins laines Laings Lainos lakins Lakins lamins lanais Landis Lanius Lannis lapins larins Larins +60 words

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

ails Alis anil anis Anis ANSI ASIN as␣in Ilan I-lan Ilsa INLA Isan Isla ISNA lain Lain lais Lais Lani LANs Lasi Lian lias Lias LIAs Lina lins Lisa LISA LISN LNAI LNAs nail Nail nais nasi nasi' nias Nias Nila nils sail SAIL sain Sain Sani sial SiAl Sian Sina slan s.l.a.n.

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

shail skail smail Smail snarl stail

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

nail Nail sail SAIL

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