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— English words —

• tern n. Any of various seabirds of the subfamily Sternidae (of the family Laridae) that are similar to gulls…
• tern n. (Dated or obsolete) A thing with three components; a set of three things.
• tern adj. (Chiefly botany, rare) Consisting of three components; ternate, threefold, triple.
• Tern prop.n. The River Tern, a river in Shropshire, England, which joins the Severn at Atcham.

— Foreign words, define in English —

• Catalan
  • tern n. Set of three, trio.
  • tern n. Matching three-piece suit.
• Middle english
  • tern v. Alternative form of teren.
• Romanian
  • tern adj. (Literary) matte, lackluster, dull (lacking gloss).
  • tern adj. (Figurative) colorless, pale (lacking color or contrast).

— English word, defined in Dutch —

• tern n. (Vogels) stern.

— English word, defined in French —

• tern n. (Ornithologie) Sterne, hirondelle de mer.

52 English words from 9 English definitions

Alternative Any are Atcham botany Chiefly color colorless components Consisting Consisting␣of contrast Dated dull England family Figurative form gloss gulls joins lacking lackluster Literary Matching matte obsolete pale piece rare river seabirds set Severn Shropshire similar subfamily suit Tern ternate that the thing things three threefold three-piece␣suit trio triple various which with

4 English words from 2 foreign definitions

mer stern Sterne Vogels

1 foreign word from 9 English definitions

teren

3 foreign words from 2 foreign definitions

hirondelle hirondelle␣de␣mer Ornithologie

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

terne Terni terns ternal ternes ternary ternate Ternate ternery ternion ternions Ternivka Ternopil Ternopol ternaries ternarily ternarize Ternatean ternately Ternatese terneries ternesite Terneuzen ternovite ternarized terneplate ternary␣code ternary␣form ternary␣name terneplates ternidazole ternary␣alloy ternary␣codes ternary␣logic ternary␣names ternary␣alloys ternary␣complex ternary␣compound ternary␣computer ternary␣operator ternary␣complexes ternary␣compounds ternary␣computers ternary␣logarithm ternary␣operators ternary␣logarithms ternstroemiaceous

2039 times in the middle (New words found by adding letters in front and at the end of the word.)

eterne sterna sterne Sterne Sterno sterno- sterns æterne eternal externe externs interne interns materno- Materns Paterno sternal sterned Sterner Sternes sternid sternly sternum æternal alaterns alternan alternat anternet asternal astern␣of bettern't Bitterne bitterns cisterna cisterns citterns eternall eternals eternify eternise eternity eternize external externat externes gitterns internal interned internee internes +1989 words

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

stern Stern stern- ætern altern astern attern extern intern Matern alatern better'n bittern cistern cittern eastern Eastern gittern hestern lantern lectern leftern lettern martern Mattern pastern pattern postern quatern Saetern saltern sistern testern Tintern Vättern wartern western Western yestern zittern capstern Chiltern flittern ghittern quartern quintern reintern rightern rosy␣tern skintern +189 words

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

ern Ern -ern ter TER ter-

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

NRE ret Ret.

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

rent Rent tren

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

antre arent Arent aren't atren brent Brent earnt enter Enter enter- Enter. entr'd entre entry Ernst inert inter Inter inter- lernt nater NCERT nerts nertz Nertz Netra niter nitre Norte noter NREMT N.␣Terr. n-tier pernt Renta rente rents 'rents Rentz retan -retin -retin- riten. Runet Runte snert Snert stern Stern stern- +25 words

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

ENR ent ENT -ent ent- ern Ern -ern ert ERT ETR ner NER -ner- net Net NET .NET NRE NRT NTR ntr. ren REN -ren ret Ret. RNE RTÉ Rte. RTN ten TEN ter TER ter- TNR TRN

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

Bern CERN dern Dern fern Fern gern hern Hern her'n kern Kern lern Mern MERN pern tarn Tarn Tean tecn- teen -teen tein tekn- Tenn. Tera tera- terf TERF Teri term terp Terp 'terp terr Terr. TERs tert- torn turn Vern wern yern

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

ern Ern -ern ten TEN ter TER ter- TRN

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

Teran terin

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