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— English words —

• windlass n. Any of various forms of winch, in which a rope or cable is wound around a cylinder, used for lifting heavy weights.
• windlass n. A winding and circuitous way; a roundabout course.
• windlass n. An apparatus resembling a winch or windlass, for bending the bow of an arblast, or crossbow.
• windlass v. To raise with, or as if with, a windlass; to use a windlass.
• windlass v. To take a roundabout course; to work warily or by indirect means.

— English words, defined in French —

• windlass n. Treuil.
• windlass n. (Marine) Guindeau, cabestan.
• windlass n. (Armement) Crémaillère (pour une arbalète).

39 English words from 5 English definitions

and Any apparatus arblast around as␣if bending bow cable circuitous course crossbow cylinder for forms heavy indirect lifting means of␣an raise resembling rope roundabout take the use used various warily way weights which winch winding windlass with work wound

3 English words from 3 foreign definitions

Crémaillère Marine pour

6 foreign words from 3 foreign definitions

arbalète Armement cabestan Guindeau Treuil une

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

windlassed windlasser windlasses windlassers windlassing

One time in the middle (New word found by adding letters in front and at the end of the word.)

Spanish␣windlasses

One prefix (New word found by adding one or more letters in front of the word.)

Spanish␣windlass

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

ass ASS @$$ -ass DLA Ind IND ind. Ind. in␣d. las LAs lass ndl win Win WIN w/in wind Wind

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

DNI sal Sal SAL -sal sal- -sal- SSA

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

Swindalls Swissland wh-islands Wildasins windsails

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

islands wild-ass wild␣ass

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

windless

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