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— English words —

• swab n. (Medicine) A small piece of soft, absorbent material, such as gauze, used to clean wounds, apply medicine…
• swab n. A sample taken with a swab (piece of absorbent material).
• swab n. A piece of material used for cleaning or sampling other items like musical instruments or guns.
• swab n. A mop, especially on a ship.
• swab n. (Slang) A sailor; a swabby.
• swab n. (Slang) A naval officer’s epaulet.
• swab v. (Transitive) To use a swab on something, or clean something with a swab.
• Swab prop.n. A surname.

— Foreign word, define in English —

• Egyptian
  • swab rom. Manuel de Codage transliteration of swꜥb.

— English words, defined in French —

• swab n. Tampon, tissu nettoyant.
• swab n. (Médecine) Frottis, prélèvement.
• swab v. Utiliser un tissu nettoyant.

— English word, defined in Portuguese —

• swab s. Suabe.

— English word, defined in Italian —

• swab s. Tampone.

44 English words from 9 English definitions

absorbent apply clean cleaning epaulet especially for gauze guns instruments items like Manuel material medicine mop musical musical␣instruments naval naval␣officer officer other piece sailor sample sampling ship Slang small soft something such such␣as surname swab swabby taken Transitive transliteration use used used␣to with wounds

2 English words from 5 foreign definitions

Tampon Utiliser

1 foreign word from 9 English definitions

Codage

7 foreign words from 5 foreign definitions

Frottis Médecine nettoyant prélèvement Suabe Tampone tissu

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

Swabe swabs Swabs Swaby swabby Swabes Swabey Swabia Swabue Swabys swabbed swabber swabbie Swabeys Swabian Swabish swabbers swabbies swabbing Swabians swabbings swab␣hitch Swabishes swab␣jockey swab␣hitches swab␣jockeys Swabian␣Turkey

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

fire␣swabs New␣Swabia unswabbed preswabbed cotton␣swabs immunoswabs preswabbing Danube␣Swabian Danube␣Swabians Sathmar␣Swabian Sathmar␣Swabians

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

preswab fire␣swab cotton␣swab immunoswab

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

aws AWS

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

AWBs wabs

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

abwes Bawas bawds bawls bawns bawws besaw Besaw Biswa biwas BWADs dawbs HAWBs LBWAs Swabe swabs Swabs Swaby SWBAT WPBSA

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

abs Abs ABs ABS A♭s abs- abs. A.B.s ABW ASB ASW AWB aws AWS bas Bas BAs BAS B.A.s B.A.'s B.A.S. B.␣A.␣S. BSA BWA BWs BWS sab SAB Sab. saw Saw SAW SBA SbW SWB was Was WAs WBA WbS WBS

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

Saab SAAB scab shab slab SOAB SPAB stab STAB swad swag SWAG swai SWAK swam swan Swan swap SWAR swat Swat SWAT S.W.A.T. sway Sway Swaz. sweb swob

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

sab SAB Sab. SWB

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