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— English words —

• tack n. A small nail with a flat head.
• tack n. A thumbtack.
• tack n. (Sewing) A loose seam used to temporarily fasten pieces of cloth.
• tack n. (Nautical) The lower corner on the leading edge of a sail relative to the direction of the wind.
• tack n. (Nautical) A course or heading that enables a sailing vessel to head upwind.
• tack n. (Figurative) A direction or course of action, especially a new one.
• tack n. (Nautical) The maneuver by which a sailing vessel turns its bow through the wind so that the wind changes…
• tack n. (Nautical) The distance a sailing vessel runs between these maneuvers when working to windward; a board.
• tack n. (Nautical) A rope used to hold in place the foremost lower corners of the courses when the vessel is…
• tack n. Any of the various equipment and accessories worn by horses in the course of their use as domesticated animals.
• tack n. (Manufacturing, construction, chemistry) The stickiness of a compound, related to its cohesive and adhesive…
• tack n. Food generally; fare, especially of the bread kind.
• tack n. That which is attached; a supplement; an appendix.
• tack n. (Obsolete) Confidence; reliance.
• tack v. To nail with a tack (small nail with a flat head).
• tack v. To sew/stitch with a tack (loose seam used to temporarily fasten pieces of cloth).
• tack v. (Nautical) To maneuver a sailing vessel so that its bow turns through the wind, i.e. the wind changes…
• tack v. To add something as an extra item.
• tack v. To place the tack on a horse; often paired with "up".
• tack n. A stain; a tache.
• tack n. (Obsolete) A peculiar flavour or taint.
• tack n. (Colloquial) That which is tacky; something cheap and gaudy.
• tack n. (Law, Scotland and Northern England) A contract by which the use of a thing is set, or let, for hire; a lease.
• Tack prop.n. A surname.

— Foreign words, define in English —

• Scots
  • tack n. Lease, tenancy.
  • tack n. The period of such a contract.
  • tack n. A leasehold; especially, the tenure of a land or a farm.
• Swedish
  • tack interj. Thanks, please.
  • tack n. A thank; a word which shows gratitude.
  • täck adj. (Dated) pretty, beautiful.
  • täck v. Imperative of täcka.

— English word, defined in Dutch —

• tack w. (Scheepvaart): kruisen, laveren, naar een punt zeilen waar de wind vandaan komt.

— English words, defined in French —

• tack n. (États-Unis) Punaise.
• tack n. (Marine) Amure.
• tack v. (Intransitif) (Marine) Louvoyer.
• tack v. (Transitif) Punaiser.
• tack v. (Intransitif) (Couture) Se faufiler, bâtir.

— In German —

• tack V. 2. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs tacken.
• Tack S. Familienname, Nachname.

— In French —

• tack n.m. (Collage industriel) Capacité d’une colle, d’un adhésif…
• Tack n.prop. Nom de famille néerlandais.

148 English words from 31 English definitions

accessories action add adhesive a␣flat and animals Any appendix attached beautiful between board bow bread changes cheap chemistry cloth cohesive Colloquial compound Confidence construction contract corner corners course course␣of␣action courses Dated direction distance domesticated edge enables England equipment especially extra fare farm fasten Figurative flat flavour Food for foremost gaudy generally gratitude head heading hire hold hold␣in horse horses Imperative in␣place item its kind land Law leading leading␣edge lease leasehold let loose lower maneuver maneuvers Manufacturing nail Nautical new Northern Obsolete of␣a often one on␣the paired peculiar period pieces place please pretty related relative reliance rope runs sail sailing sailing␣vessel Scotland seam set sew Sewing shows small something so␣that stain stickiness stitch such supplement surname tache tack tacky taint temporarily tenancy tenure thank Thanks that the their these thing thing␣is through thumbtack to␣the turns upwind use used used␣to various vessel when which wind windward with word working worn

12 English words from 10 foreign definitions

Collage Couture des een Marine Nom Person punt Singular Unis Verbs wind

33 foreign words from 10 foreign definitions

adhésif Aktiv Amure bâtir Capacité colle États États-Unis Familienname famille faufiler Imperativ industriel Intransitif komt kruisen laveren Louvoyer naar Nachname néerlandais Nom␣de␣famille Präsens Punaise Punaiser Scheepvaart Se␣faufiler tacken Transitif une vandaan waar zeilen

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

tacks Tacks tackt tacky tacked tacker tacket tackey tackie tackle tack-up tack␣up tackers tackets Tackett tackety tackeys tackier tackies tackify tackily tacking Tackitt tackled tacklee tackler tackles Tackley tacklin' tacks␣up tack-ups tack␣claw tack␣down tacked␣up Tacketts tackiest tackings Tackitts tacklees tacklers tackless tackling tackroom tack␣room tacksman tacksmen tack␣weld tackboard tack␣claws tackified +37 words

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

stacks stacky attacks attackt detacks retacks stacked stacker Stacker stacket stackie stack␣it stackup stack␣up stack␣z's untacks untacky attacked attackee attacker bartacks Blu-Tacks detacked restacks retacked retackle stackage stackers Stackers stacketh stackets stackful stacking stack␣off stacks␣on stacks␣up stackups subtacks tie␣tacks tintacks unstacks untacked untackle upstacks attack␣dog attackees attackers attackest attacketh attacking +340 words

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

stack Stack attack detack retack untack bartack Blu-Tack Cuttack destack restack subtack tie␣tack tintack unstack upstack chittack down␣tack drystack foretack gypstack hardtack hard␣tack haystack hold␣tack prestack reattack sea-stack sea␣stack soft␣tack substack ticktack tick-tack tick␣tack bioattack bio-attack bookstack callstack call␣stack datastack deep␣stack downstack false␣tack font␣stack full-stack full␣stack half␣stack ministack nonattack on␣the␣tack +115 words

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

ack ACK tac TAC

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

cat Cat CAT

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

ATCK Tkac

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

ATCKs lackt sackt stack Stack tacks Tacks tackt tacky Takac Takic T-back tečka thack track Tyack

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

ack ACK act Act ACT act. Act. A.C.T. A.␣C.␣T. AKC ATC ATK cak cat Cat CAT ckt CTA kat Kat KAT KCT tac TAC tak Tak TCA tck TCK TKA

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

back Back back- cack dack Dack fack gack hack jack Jack kack lack mack Mack nack pack rack RACK sack tace tach taco TACO TACS tact Tacy talk tank task tawk Tayk Teck tick tock tuck Tuck wack Wack yack zack Zack

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

ack ACK tac TAC tak Tak tck TCK

4 epenthesis (New words found when adding only one letter.)

T-back thack track Tyack

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