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— English words —

• tailspin n. (Aviation) The rapid, uncontrollable descent of an aircraft in a steep spiral.
• tailspin n. (Figuratively) A severe mental or emotional collapse; emotional breakdown.
• tailspin n. (Figuratively) Any sharp, sustained, often uncontrollable descent or decline.
• tailspin v. Of an aircraft: to go into a rapid, uncontrollable descent in a steep spiral.
• tailspin v. (Figurative) To go into a sharp, sustained, often uncontrollable descent or decline.

— English words, defined in French —

• tailspin n. Vrille.
• tailspin n. Chute libre.
• tailspin v. Tomber en vrille, tomber en chute libre.

25 English words from 5 English definitions

aircraft Any a␣sharp Aviation breakdown collapse decline descent emotional Figurative Figuratively go␣into into mental of␣an often rapid severe sharp spiral steep sustained The to␣go uncontrollable

2 English words from 3 foreign definitions

chute libre

4 foreign words from 3 foreign definitions

chute␣libre en␣vrille tomber vrille

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

tailspins tailspinned tailspinning

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

ail ails ILs ILS LSP LSPI pin PIN SPI spin tai Tai TAI tail Tail tails

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

IAT iPS IPs IPS LIA LIAT nip Nip NIP nips Nips NIPs PSL PSl. SLI

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

alpinist antislip anti-slip pintails tailpins

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

alpinists antilipos antispill cisplatin lipstatin oil␣paints Palinista palmitins Paulinist pianolist plaitings planitias plasticin platinise spinetail spit␣nails Sulpitian tailspins Ypsilanti

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

intails lanisti Lipsian Lisanti nailist nails␣it pianist pintail pisatin plaints planist plastin platini- platins ptilina Saintil Silipan tailpin Taplins

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

tailspun

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

tailpin

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