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26 short excerpts of Wiktionnary (A collaborative project to produce a free-content dictionary.)

— English words —

• whale n. Any one of numerous large marine mammals comprising an informal group within infraorder Cetacea that…
• whale n. (By extension) Any species of Cetacea.
• whale n. (Figuratively) Something, or someone, that is very large.
• whale n. (Figuratively, as "whale of a ___") Something, or someone, that is excellent.
• whale n. (Gambling) In a casino, a person who routinely bets at the maximum limit allowable.
• whale n. (Finance, informal) An investor who deals with very large amounts of money.
• whale n. (Marketing, by extension) A person who spends large amounts of money on things that are marketed to them.
• whale v. (Intransitive) To hunt for whales.
• whale v. (Slang, transitive) To thrash, to flog, to beat vigorously or soundly.
• Whale prop.n. A surname.
• Whale prop.n. A hamlet in Lowther parish, Eden district, Cumbria, England (OS grid ref NY5221).

— Foreign words, define in English —

• Middle english
  • whale n. A whale or cetacean.
  • whale n. (Rare) An oceanic monster.
  • whale n. (Rare) The meat of the whale.

— English word, defined in German —

• whale S. Zoologie: Wal, umgangssprachlich: der Walfisch.

— English word, defined in Dutch —

• whale n. Walvis.

— English words, defined in French —

• whale n. (Zoologie) Baleine, cétacé.
• whale n. (Sens figuré) Quelque chose d’impressionnant en raison de sa taille. Note : Utilisé principalement dans…
• whale n. (Entreprise) (Familier) Haut placé dans une entreprise.
• whale n. (Jeux vidéo, Jeux d’argent) Personne investissant, dans un casino ou jeu vidéo, beaucoup plus d’argent…
• whale v. (Intransitif) Chasser la baleine.
• whale v. (Transitif) Flageller, battre, rosser.
• whale v. (Intransitif) Dépenser de grandes sommes d’argent dans un casino ou un jeu vidéo.

— English word, defined in Spanish —

• whale s. Zoología. Ballena.

— English word, defined in Portuguese —

• whale s. Baleia (cetáceo).

— English word, defined in Italian —

• whale s. (Zoologia) balena.

75 English words from 14 English definitions

allowable amounts Any are beat bets by␣extension casino Cetacea cetacean comprising Cumbria deals deals␣with district Eden England excellent extension Figuratively Finance flog for Gambling grid group hamlet hunt informal informal␣group infraorder Intransitive investor large limit Lowther mammals marine marine␣mammals marketed Marketing maximum meat money monster numerous oceanic of␣a one parish person Rare ref routinely Slang someone Something soundly species spends surname that that␣is the them things thrash transitive very vigorously whale whales who with within

13 English words from 12 foreign definitions

argent beaucoup casino chose dans der entreprise Haut Note plus Sens taille Wal

42 foreign words from 12 foreign definitions

Baleia baleine balena Ballena battre cétacé cetáceo Chasser d’argent Dépenser en␣raison␣de Familier figuré Flageller grandes Haut␣placé impressionnant Intransitif investissant jeu jeu␣vidéo Jeux Jeux␣vidéo Personne placé principalement Quelque Quelque␣chose raison rosser Sens␣figuré sommes sommes␣d’argent Transitif umgangssprachlich une Utilisé vidéo Walfisch Walvis Zoología Zoologie

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

whaled Whalen whaler Whaler whales Whaley Whalens whale␣on whalers Whalers whalery Whaleys whaledom whaled␣on whaleish whaleman whalemen whale␣oil whaleback whalebird whaleboat whalebone whalefall whale␣fall whalefeed whalefish whalehead whalehood whalekind whaleless whale␣lice whalelike whaleling whalelore whalemeat whale␣oils whale-path whaleries whale-road whaleship whaleshit whale␣shot whalesman whalesmen whalesong whale␣tail whalebacks whalebirds whaleboats whaleboned +50 words

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

fin␣whales narwhales sei␣whales blue␣whales fail␣whales gray␣whales grey␣whales landwhales land␣whales black␣whales minkewhales minke␣whales pilot␣whales right␣whales scrag␣whales sperm␣whales white␣whales baleen␣whales beaked␣whales beluga␣whales bronze␣whaler Bryde's␣whales caaing␣whales killer␣whales social␣whales bowhead␣whales bronze␣whalers megawhaleback pollack␣whales sperm␣whale␣oil toothed␣whales walking␣whales humpback␣whales megawhalebacks whalebone␣whales bottlenose␣whales dwarf␣sperm␣whales pygmy␣sperm␣whales spermaceti␣whales false␣killer␣whales have␣a␣whale␣of␣a␣time melon-headed␣whales sulfur-bottom␣whales sulphur␣bottom␣whales whittle␣the␣whalebone Antarctic␣minke␣whales thick␣as␣a␣whale␣omelette

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

fin␣whale narwhale nonwhale sei␣whale blue␣whale fail␣whale gray␣whale grey␣whale landwhale land␣whale black␣whale minkewhale minke␣whale pilot␣whale right␣whale scrag␣whale sperm␣whale white␣whale baleen␣whale beaked␣whale beluga␣whale Bryde's␣whale caaing␣whale killer␣whale social␣whale beached␣whale bowhead␣whale pollack␣whale toothed␣whale walking␣whale humpback␣whale very␣like␣a␣whale whalebone␣whale belly␣of␣the␣whale Belly␣of␣the␣Whale bottlenose␣whale dwarf␣sperm␣whale pygmy␣sperm␣whale spermaceti␣whale false␣killer␣whale melon-headed␣whale longfin␣pilot␣whale sulfur-bottom␣whale sulphur-bottom␣whale sulphur␣bottom␣whale Antarctic␣minke␣whale

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

ale Ale Hal HAL hale Hale wha WHA Whal

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

Ela ELA E-la lah LAH

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

Elwha wealh wheal

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

ah␣well awheel awhile Hawley Wahlen Wahler wealhs wealth Welham wellah whaled Whalen whaler Whaler whales Whaley wheals Whelan

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

Aleh alew e-law hale Hale Hawe heal Heal Hela lawe Leah Wahl wale weal Whal

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

Chale shale weale Weale whall Whall whame whare while whole whsle. whyle

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

hale Hale wale Whal

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