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— English words —

• tortuous adj. (Often figurative) Twisted; having many turns; convoluted.
• tortuous adj. (Astrology) Oblique; applied to the six signs of the zodiac (from Capricorn to Gemini) that ascend most…
• tortuous adj. (Obsolete) Injurious; tortious.

— English word, defined in French —

• tortuous adj. Tortueux.

25 English words from 3 English definitions

applied ascend Astrology Capricorn convoluted figurative from Gemini having Injurious many most Oblique Obsolete Often signs signs␣of␣the␣zodiac six that the tortious to␣the turns Twisted zodiac

1 foreign word from the foreign definition

Tortueux

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

tortuously tortuousity tortuousness tortuousnesses

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

untortuous nontortuous

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

ort ORT ous -ous RTU tor Tor TOR tort -tort -uous

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

out out- outro rot ROT TRO trot Trot UTR

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

outcourts tortulous torturous Tourtouse

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

routous rust␣out sort␣out surtout tou-tous tutours

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

tortious

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

tortulous torturous

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