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— English words —

• straitjacket n. A jacket-like garment with very long sleeves which can be secured in place, thus preventing the wearer…
• straitjacket n. (Figurative) Any situation seen as confining or restricting.
• straitjacket v. (Literally) To put someone into a straitjacket.
• straitjacket v. (By extension) To restrict the freedom of, either physically or psychologically.

— English words, defined in French —

• straitjacket n. (Habillement) (Prison) Camisole de force.
• straitjacket n. (Par extension) Toute situation perçue comme limitative.
• straitjacket v. Mettre une camisole de force à quelqu’un.
• strait-jacket n. (Médecine), (Habillement) Variante orthographique de straitjacket.

34 English words from 4 English definitions

Any By␣extension can confining either extension Figurative freedom garment in␣place into jacket like Literally long physically place preventing psychologically put restrict restricting secured seen situation sleeves someone straitjacket the thus very wearer which with

8 English words from 4 foreign definitions

camisole extension force limitative Par Prison situation straitjacket

12 foreign words from 4 foreign definitions

camisole␣de␣force comme de␣force Habillement Médecine Mettre orthographique Par␣extension perçue Toute une Variante

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

straitjackets straitjacketed straitjacketing

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

ack ACK ait AIT JAC jack Jack jacket ket Ket rai Rai raï str STR str. stra. strait Strait tra TRA trait

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

art Art ART 'art art. arts Arts ARTS arts. EKC IAR rts RTs RTS TEK tia Tia TIA tiar

One anagram found with an extra letter (New word formed with all the letters from the word and an extra letter.)

straitjackets

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