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— English words —

• specious adj. Seemingly well-reasoned, plausible or true, but actually fallacious.
• specious adj. Employing fallacious but deceptively plausible arguments; deceitful.
• specious adj. Having an attractive appearance intended to generate a favorable response; deceptively attractive.
• specious adj. (Obsolete) Beautiful, pleasing to look at.
• specious adj. Alternative form of speciose (“rich in species”).

— English word, defined in French —

• specious adj. Spécieux.

— English word, defined in Italian —

• specious agg. Specioso.

29 English words from 5 English definitions

actually Alternative appearance arguments attractive Beautiful but deceitful deceptively Employing fallacious favorable form generate Having intended look look␣at Obsolete plausible pleasing reasoned response rich Seemingly species speciose true well

2 foreign words from 2 foreign definitions

Spécieux Specioso

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

speciously speciousness speciousnesses specious␣present

One prefix (New word found by adding one or more letters in front of the word.)

unspecious

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

CIO IOU IOUs -ious ous -ous pec PEC SPE spec SPEC spec. SPECI

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

cep CEP ceps CEPs eps Eps EPs EPS ice Ice ICE -ice Ice. oic OIC -oic OIc.

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

cosies␣up Pociuses

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

cespitous prescious sinuscope spiculose

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

copuses co-spies piceous piscose psicose scopies Scopies Soucies spicose spicous μscopes μ-scopes

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

spacious

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