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— English words —

• spindle n. (Spinning) A rod used for spinning and then winding natural fibres (especially wool), usually consisting…
• spindle n. A rod which turns, or on which something turns.
• spindle n. A rotary axis of a machine tool or power tool.
• spindle n. Certain of the species of the genus Euonymus, originally used for making the spindles used for spinning wool.
• spindle n. An upright spike for holding paper documents by skewering.
• spindle n. The fusee of a watch.
• spindle n. A long and slender stalk resembling a spindle.
• spindle n. A yarn measure containing, in cotton yarn, 15,120 yards; in linen yarn, 14,400 yards.
• spindle n. (Geometry) A solid generated by the revolution of a curved line about its base or double ordinate or chord.
• spindle n. Any marine univalve shell of the genus Tibia; a spindle stromb.
• spindle n. Any marine gastropod with a spindle-shaped shell formerly in one of the three invalid genera called Fusus.
• spindle n. (Biology) A cytoskeletal structure formed during mitosis.
• spindle n. (Coastal New Jersey) a dragonfly, calque of Swedish slända (dragonfly/spindle), introduced by New Sweden settlers.
• spindle n. (Computing) A plastic container for packaging optical discs. Bulk blank CDs, DVDs, and BDs are often…
• spindle n. A muscle spindle.
• spindle n. A sleep spindle.
• spindle v. (Transitive) To make into a long tapered shape.
• spindle v. (Intransitive) To take on a long tapered shape.
• spindle v. (Transitive) To impale on a device for holding paper documents.

— Foreign word, define in English —

• Middle english
  • spindle n. Alternative form of spyndel.

— English word, defined in Dutch —

• spindle n. Spindel m.

— English words, defined in French —

• spindle n. (Tissage) (Vieilli) Fuseau (pour dérouler le chanvre, la laine, ou le lin, lors du tissage).
• spindle n. Pivot.
• spindle n. Axe, essieu.
• spindle n. (Usinage) Broche.
• spindle n. (Botanique) Justicia, Rostellaria.
• spindle v. Embrocher, empaler sur un fuseau.

— English words, defined in Spanish —

• spindle s. Huso.
• spindle s. Perno, eje.

128 English words from 20 English definitions

about Alternative and Any are axis base BDs Biology blank Bulk called calque CDs Certain chord Coastal Computing consisting container containing cotton curved cytoskeletal device discs documents double dragonfly during DVDs especially Euonymus fibres for form formed formerly fusee gastropod genera generated genus Geometry holding impale in␣one into Intransitive introduced invalid its Jersey line linen long machine machine␣tool make make␣into making marine measure mitosis muscle muscle␣spindle natural New New␣Jersey New␣Sweden of␣a often one optical optical␣discs ordinate originally packaging paper plastic power power␣tool resembling revolution rod rotary settlers shape shaped shell skewering sleep sleep␣spindle slender solid something species spike spindle spindles spindle-shaped spinning stalk stromb structure Sweden Swedish take take␣on tapered the then three Tibia tool Transitive turns univalve upright used usually watch which winding with wool yards yarn

9 English words from 9 foreign definitions

Axe Broche empaler Huso laine lin Pivot pour Spindel

14 foreign words from 9 foreign definitions

Botanique chanvre dérouler eje Embrocher essieu fuseau Justicia lors Perno sur tissage Usinage Vieilli

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

spindled Spindler spindles Spindlers spindleful Spindleman spindle␣cell spindlefuls spindlelegs spindlelike spindletail spindle␣tree spindlewise spindlework spindleworm spindle␣cells spindletails spindle␣toxin spindle␣trees spindleworms spindle␣neuron spindle␣poison spindleshanks spindle-shaped spindle␣toxins spindle␣diagram spindle␣neurons spindle␣poisons spindle-shanked

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

hemispindles minispindles sleep␣spindles mitotic␣spindles Japanese␣spindles

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

antispindle hemispindle minispindle perispindle multispindle sleep␣spindle muscle␣spindle mitotic␣spindle Japanese␣spindle

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

DLE Ind IND ind. Ind. in␣d. ndl pin PIN pind SPI spin

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

DNI eld 'eld iPS IPs IPS nip Nip NIP nips Nips NIPs

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

spindel splined

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

Delpinos enoplids NOP␣slide Pindells plaidens Prindles sandpile spelding speldrin spindled Spindler spindles splained splendid splenoid splinted split␣end

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

depins despin de-spin diples dispel disple Edlins Eplins Esplin indels Ledins Lindes lisped L-spine Neilds nepids Nields piends Pilsen pinsel pleids sniped Spidle spiled spined spinel spline

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

shindle Shindle Spinale spindly spinule swindle Swindle

One lipogram (New word found when removing only one letter.)

Spidle

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