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— English words —

• turnback n. (Attributive) Part of a garment that is turned back.
• turnback n. The act of turning back a boat containing immigrants.
• turnback n. The strap from the hames to the hip-strap, on a horse.
• turn␣back v. (Intransitive) To reverse direction and retrace one’s steps.
• turn␣back v. (Transitive) To cause to reverse direction and retrace one’s steps.
• turn␣back v. To return to a previous state of being.
• turn␣back v. (Transitive) To prevent or refuse to allow passage or progress.
• turn␣back v. (Transitive) To adjust to a previous setting.
• turn␣back v. (Transitive) To fold something back; to fold down.
• turn␣back v. (Obsolete, transitive) To give back; to return.

50 English words from 10 English definitions

act adjust allow and Attributive back being boat cause containing direction down fold fold␣down from garment give give␣back hames hip horse immigrants Intransitive Obsolete of␣a one Part passage prevent previous progress refuse retrace return reverse setting something state state␣of␣being steps strap that that␣is the to␣the transitive turned turned␣back turning turning␣back

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

turnbacks turn␣back␣the␣clock

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

ack ACK bac BAC -bac- back Back back- NBA RnB R'n'B tur Tur turn urn URN

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

ABN cab Cab CAB rut

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

trunkback turnbacks turns␣back unbracket

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

backrun cutbank Cut␣Bank runback run␣back untrack

One epenthesis (New word found when adding only one letter.)

turns␣back

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