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— English words —

• snake␣oil n. (Idiomatic) A fraudulent, ineffective potion or nostrum; panacea.
• snake␣oil n. A traditional Chinese medicine used to treat joint pain.
• snake␣oil n. A type of 19th-century patent medicine sold in the United States that claimed to contain snake fat…
• snake␣oil n. (Idiomatic) Any product with exaggerated marketing but questionable or unverifiable quality.
• snake␣oil v. (Slang) To dupe or con.

— English word, defined in French —

• snake␣oil n. (Sens figuré) Poudre de perlimpinpin.

41 English words from 5 English definitions

Any but century Chinese Chinese␣medicine claimed con contain dupe exaggerated fat fraudulent Idiomatic ineffective joint marketing medicine nostrum pain panacea patent patent␣medicine potion product quality questionable Slang snake sold States that the traditional treat type United United␣States unverifiable used used␣to with

1 English word from the foreign definition

Sens

5 foreign words from the foreign definition

figuré perlimpinpin Poudre Poudre␣de␣perlimpinpin Sens␣figuré

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

ake Ake EOI Keo nak NAK nake oil SNA snake Snake

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

ans Ans ANS ans. eka- IoE IOE kan Kan Kan. kans Kans.

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

eikonals kaolines

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

Asian␣koel isoalkane kalsomine kaolinise Lefkosian Leskovian salonlike sonarlike Valisenko

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

alkines aloesin alosine anisole eikonal Eliason inleaks Kaelins kaoline kaolins Kilnsea konseal læsion Lesniak Lokeans Nikolas sea␣link sealion sea-lion sea␣lion Selonia Sloanie Solanki sonlike

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