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— English words —

• wail v. (Intransitive) To cry out, as in sorrow or anguish.
• wail v. (Intransitive) To weep, lament persistently or bitterly.
• wail v. (Intransitive) To make a noise like mourning or crying.
• wail v. (Transitive) To lament; to bewail; to grieve over.
• wail v. (Slang, music) To perform with great liveliness and force.
• wail n. A prolonged cry, usually high-pitched, especially as of grief or anguish.
• wail n. Any similar sound as of lamentation; a howl.
• wail n. A sound made by emergency vehicle sirens, contrasted with "yelp" which is higher-pitched and faster.
• wail v. (Obsolete) Synonym of wale (“to choose; to select”).

— Foreign words, define in English —

• Asilulu
  • wail n. Water.
• Cebuano
  • wail n. An insignificant person.
  • wail n. An unknown person or thing.
  • wail n. An unknown celebrity or politician.
• Saterland frisian
  • Wäil n. Spinning wheel.

— English words, defined in French —

• wail v. Pleurer à chaudes larmes, se lamenter.
• wail n. Cri, gémissement, pleurs, plainte.

— English words, defined in Spanish —

• wail s. Gemido, llanto, lamento.
• wail v. Gemir, llorar.

— In French —

• Wail n.prop. (Géographie) Commune française, située dans le département…
• Wail prén.m. Prénom masculin arabe.
• Wail prén.m. Prénom masculin.

67 English words from 14 English definitions

and anguish Any as␣in as␣of bewail bitterly celebrity choose contrasted cry crying cry␣out emergency emergency␣vehicle especially faster force great grief grieve high higher higher-pitched high-pitched howl insignificant Intransitive lament lamentation like liveliness made make mourning music noise Obsolete out over perform persistently person pitched politician prolonged select similar sirens Slang sorrow sound Spinning Spinning␣wheel Synonym thing Transitive unknown usually vehicle wale Water weep wheel which with yelp

5 English words from 7 foreign definitions

Commune dans département lamenter masculin

19 foreign words from 7 foreign definitions

arabe chaudes Cri française Gemido Gemir gémissement Géographie lamento larmes llanto llorar plainte Pleurer Pleurer␣à␣chaudes␣larmes pleurs Prénom se␣lamenter située

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

waile wails waily Wailea wailed wailer wailes Wailes wailin' wail␣on Wailaki wailers wailest waileth wailful wailier wailing Wailuku Wailakis wailiest wailings wailment wailsome waileress wailfully wailingly wailments waileresses Wailing␣Wall

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

gwailo kwailo bewails gwailos kwailos bewailed bewailer unwailed bewailers bewailest bewaileth bewailing bewailable bewailings bewailment unbewailed bewailingly bewailments unbewailing

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

aswail bewail Daily␣Wail widow-wail

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

ail wai WAI

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

IAW LIA Liaw

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

Liaw wali Wali wāli wila

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

Alawi Alwin Aweil inlaw in-law -in-law IT␣law Lawgi liwan pilaw Sliwa Tawil Twila vilwa waile wails waily wakil walia Walia walis Walis walri Wanli Warli Wigal wilga wilja Willa Wilma Wilna winal WIWAL

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

ail Ali ali- awl AWL IAL -ial IAW iwa lai Lai law Law LAW LIA lwa wai WAI Wal WAL Wal. WIA wil Wil. WLA

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

bail Bail Cail Dail fail Fail Gail hail Hail jail kail Kail Lail mail nail Nail Oail pail rail sail SAIL tail Tail vail Vail Waal WAFL Wahl waid Waid waie waif WAIF wain Wain wair wais WAIS wait Wait wall Wall WASL waul wawl Weil zail

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

ail wai WAI Wal WAL Wal. wil Wil.

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

wakil

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