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— English words —

• whiteknight v. Alternative form of white knight.
• white-knight n. Alternative form of white knight.
• white-knight v. Alternative form of white knight.
• white␣knight n. (Business) An individual or corporation that intends to acquire another company in order to avert a hostile takeover.
• white␣knight n. (Fiction) A hero, savior, or righteous individual.
• white␣knight n. (Figurative, derogatory) Someone who unnecessarily defends someone else.
• white␣knight n. A mushroom of species Tricholoma album.
• white␣knight v. (Figurative, derogatory) To unnecessarily defend someone, especially in an attempt to gain favour.

40 English words from 8 English definitions

acquire album Alternative another attempt avert Business company corporation defend defends derogatory else especially favour Fiction Figurative form gain hero hostile hostile␣takeover individual in␣order in␣order␣to intends knight mushroom order righteous savior someone someone␣else species takeover that unnecessarily white white␣knight who

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

white␣knights white␣knighted white␣knighting

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

hit HIT Hite IGH 'igh ight ITE -ite knight Knight nig nigh Nigh night Night TEK tekn- whit Whit white White

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

ETI gin Gin gink ink inke ket Ket THG

One anagram found with an extra letter (New word formed with all the letters from the word and an extra letter.)

white␣knights

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

Whitenight white␣night

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

Whitenight white␣night

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