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Definition: Pistol |
PistolNoun1. A firearm that is held and fired with one hand. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "pistol" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1550. (references) |
Note: Pistol \Pis"tol\, transitive verb. [imperfect & past participle. Pistoled; Pistoling.]. (references) |
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Computing | Pistol n. [IBM] A tool that makes it all too easy for you to shoot yourself in the foot. "Unix `rm *' makes such a nice pistol!". Source: Jargon File. |
Military & Defense | Firearm with one or more barrels. Source: European Union. (references) |
Dream Interpretation | Seeing a pistol in your dream, denotes bad fortune, generally. If you own one, you will cultivate a low, designing character. If you hear the report of one, you will be made aware of some scheme to ruin your interests. To dream of shooting off your pistol, signifies that you will bear some innocent person envy, and you will go far to revenge the imagined wrong. Source: Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted .... |
Literature | Pistol Falstaff's lieutenant or ancient; a bully, but a coward, a rogue, and always poor. (Shakespeare: 1 and 2 Henry IV.; Merry Wives of Windsor.). Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
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(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
A pistol is a usually small, hand held, projectile weapon, meant for personal use (used by one person) in short-range action. In the 15th century the term was used for small knives and daggers which could be concealed in a person's clothing. By the 18th century the term came to be used exclusively to refer to small firearms, or additionally, and more recently, similar devices designed for the aimed discharge of projectiles by the force of gas pressure stored by other than chemical means ("air pistol").Nowdays there are three main varieties of pistol: "automatic" self-loading pistols, and revolvers, being by far the two most common types, followed distantly by single-shot hunting or target pistols. Pedantically, the chamber wherein a pistol's charge is ignited, is fixed in relationship to its barrel -- thus the term technically excludes revolvers, although in colloquial usage this distinction is commonly ignored, and revolvers are quite commonly, albeit informally, referred to as "pistols".
Revolvers feed ammunition via the rotation of a cartridge-charged cylinder, which incorporates multiple ignition chambers, sequentially brought into alignment with the weapon's barrel by means of the manual manipulation of the weapon's trigger (double-action), or of its hammer (single-action). These nominally cylindrical chambers, most typically numbering six, are situated around the inner circumference of the rotating cylinder in such manner that their axes are parallel to the cylinder's axis of rotation; thus, as the cylinder rotates, the chambers revolve about the cylinder's axis.
"Automatic" pistols use the recoil or gas energy of each round to cycle the action, extract the spent case, and load the next cartridge. Automatic pistols are more accurately semi automatic, in that each pull of the trigger fires a single bullet; however, there are a number of fully-automatic pistols such as the Glock 18 and later models of the Mauser C96. Single-shot pistols are loaded manually via the breech, either from a small magazine or by hand.
The term is derived from the French pistole (or pistolet), which, in turn, comes from the Czech pistala (firearm). This may derive from the city of Pistoia, Italy, where daggers were manufactured.
In the 1780s, Alessandro Volta studied around an experimental electric pistol ([1]) in which an electric contact caused the explosion of a mixture of methane and hydrogen.
See also: weapon, gun, handgun, small arms, machine-pistol, blowback
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Pistol."
Synonyms: PistolSynonyms: handgun (n), shooting iron (n), side arm (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Arms | Small arms; musket, musketry, firelock, fowling piece, rifle, fusil, caliver, carbine, blunderbuss, musketoon, Brown Bess, matchlock, harquebuss, arquebus, haguebut; pistol, postolet; petronel; small bore; breach-loader, muzzle-loader; revolver, repeater; Minis rifle, Enfield rifle, Flobert rifle, Westley Richards rifle, Snider rifle, Martini-Henry rifle, Lee-Metford rifle, Lee-Enfield rifle, Mauser rifle, magazine rifle; needle gun, chassepot; wind gun, air gun; automatic gun, automatic pistol; escopet, escopette, gunflint, gun-lock; hackbut, shooter, shooting iron , six-shooter, shotgun; Uzzi, assault rifle, KalashnikoVerb: |
Blusterer | Noun: blusterer, swaggerer, vaporer, roisterer, brawler; fanfaron; braggart; (boaster); bully, terrorist, rough; bulldozer, hoodlum, hooligan, larrikin, roarer; Mohock, Mohawk; drawcansir, swashbuckler, Captain Bobadil, Sir Lucius O'Trigger, Thraso, Pistol, Parolles, Bombastes Furioso, Hector, Chrononhotonthologos; jingo; desperado, dare-devil, fire eater; fury; (violent person); rowdy; slang-whanger, tough. |
Nearness | Short distance, short step, short cut; earshot, close quarters, stone's throw; bow shot, gun shot, pistol shot; hair's breadth, span. |
Receptacle | Cistern; (store); vat, caldron, barrel, cask, drum, puncheon, keg, rundlet, tun, butt, cag, firkin, kilderkin, carboy, amphora, bottle, jar, decanter, ewer, cruse, caraffe, crock, kit, canteen, flagon; demijohn; flask, flasket; stoup, noggin, vial, phial, cruet, caster; urn, epergne, salver, patella, tazza, patera; pig gin, big gin; tyg, nipperkin, pocket pistol; tub, bucket, pail, skeel, pot, tankard, jug, pitcher, mug, pipkin; galipot, gallipot; matrass, receiver, retort, alembic, bolthead, capsule, can, kettle; bowl, basin, jorum, punch bowl, cup, goblet, chalice, tumbler, glass, rummer, horn, saucepan, skillet, posnet, tureen. |
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Screenplays | It was my intention of getting Epstein in here, and putting this pistol to his ear, and blowing a tunnel through his head (Biloxi Blues; writing credit: Neil Simon) Hmm, pistol whip (The Simpsons; writing credit: Artur Brauner; Paul Hengge) For me, salvation is a clean pistol and a good horse (Stranger at My Door; writing credit: Barry Shipman) I've got a pistol. (Doctor Who; writing credit: Basil Caplan; Martin Defalco) I suppose a smaller-caliber pistol would have to fire baby teeth (eXistenZ; writing credit: David Cronenberg) | |
Lyrics | He pulled a pistol from his bag (One Voice; performing artist: Billy Gilman) As they group I see myself in the pistol smoke, fool (Gangsta's Paradise; performing artist: Coolio) Keep your Kristal and your pistol (Video; performing artist: India.Arie) A baby gigolo, a sex pistol (Son Of A Gun (I Betcha Think This Song Is About You); performing artist: Janet Jackson) Let's not pretend, they wanna pack pistol by they waist men (Doo Wop (That Thing); performing artist: Lauryn Hill) | |
Clever | The pistol of a flower is its only protections against insects. (references; author: unknown) | |
Movie/TV Titles | The Pistol Shot (1968) Pistol Packin' Woodpecker (1960) He Popped His Pistol (1953) Pistol Harvest (1951) The Pecos Pistol (1949) | |
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 | A C&GS crew ashore with natives Note pistol on hip - still a few insurgents around. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |  | Technical Sgt. Frank Lubas, 2nd Security Forces Squadron, Barksdale Air Force Base, La., observes the skill of an Air Force Special Operations Command competitor from his perch in the range safety tower during the pistol phase of Defender Challenge 2000 h. |
 | Two Soviet Navy officers talking with a member of the boat group from USS Talladega (APA-208) on the beach at Yokohama, 2 September 1945. Talladega was then landing troops from the U.S. Army's First Cavalry Division for occupation duty in Japan. Note pistol holster worn by Soviet officer at left. Credit: NAVY. |  | Signalmen of the ship's Landing Force, before going ashore at Vera Cruz, Mexico, in April 1914. These men are identified as: Windrell, Repp, C.M.M., Green and Bishop (only five listed). Note their military pistol belts with suspenders, canteens and other field gear. Several men are wearing their "flat hats" beret-style, without grommets. Credit: NAVY. |
 | Men brandishing sticks over fallen man and confronting man by stairs with pistol. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Old man and girl in Slav costume pointing pistol at man. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | The pistol packing picket. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Pistol packin' mama. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Pirate holding pistol and cutlass. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Daniel Field, Georgia. Air Service Command. Learning to handle a pistol. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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| "Pistol Replica" by Luis Alves Commentary: "An antique pistol replica. --------------------------- Notice: You can use this image, but please send me an e-mail if you use it, I really like to know when and where it's used, thanks :-)." |
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| Author | Quotation |
Charles Lamb | A pun is not bound by the laws which limit nicer wit. It is a pistol let off at the ear; not a feather to tickle the intellect. |
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John Locke | 1690 | Nor does it at all alter the case to say, I gave my promise, no more than it excuses the force, and passes the right, when I put my hand in my pocket, and deliver my purse myself to a thief, who demands it with a pistol at my breast. (Second Treatise of Government) |
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Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | Marius was tormenting the trigger of his pistol. |
Grapes of Wrath | Steinbeck, John | On a Sam Browne belt a pistol holster hung, and a big silver star was pinned to his shirt at the left breast |
Walden | Thoreau, Henry David | Sometimes, when at leisure, he amused himself all day in the woods with a pocket pistol, firing salutes to himself at regular intervals as he walked |
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Civil Liberties | Mexico | The police reportedly fired two warning shots to detain the group and then held a pistol to one individual's head. (references) |
Human Rights | Guyana | However, eyewitnesses stated that the police forced the men out of the car at gunpoint and shot them execution-style after officers found a pistol while body-searching one of the suspects. (references) |
Cote d'Ivoire | On April 26, police Chief Sergeant Siaka shot and killed Sy Savane Aboubacar Junior, a student traveling in a car through the Abidjan suburb of Marcory; the policeman reportedly shot at the car when one of the passengers waved a pistol. (references) | |
Minorities | Czech Republic | The skinheads stabbed one of the injured four times, while the other was struck in the head by a projectile fired from an air pistol. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Pistol" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 95.73% of the time. "Pistol" is used about 514 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 95.73% | 492 | 12,185 |
| Noun (proper) | 2.52% | 13 | 97,576 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 1.36% | 7 | 133,076 |
| Noun (common) | 0.39% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Total | 100.00% | 514 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "pistol": aim a pistol at ♦ at pistol point ♦ automatic pistol ♦ blank pistol ♦ Browning pistol ♦ Colt pistol ♦ hold a pistol to smb.'s head ♦ horse pistol ♦ machine pistol ♦ mauser pistol ♦ pistol butt ♦ pistol carbine ♦ pistol case ♦ pistol grip ♦ pistol pipe ♦ pistol point ♦ Pistol River ♦ pistol shot ♦ pistol shrimp ♦ pocket pistol ♦ repeater pistol ♦ semiautomatic pistol ♦ service pistol ♦ signal pistol ♦ verey pistol ♦ very pistol ♦ water pistol ♦ within a pistol shot. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "pistol": pistol-butt, pistol-grip, pistol-holster, pistol-like, pistol-packin', pistol-packing, pistol-shaped, pistol-shot, pistol-whip, pistol-whipped. | |
Ending with "pistol": air-pistol, cap-pistol, flare-pistol, horse-pistol, machine-pistol, needle-pistol, pocket-pistol, saloon-pistol, water-pistol. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
sex pistol | 1,686 | pistol crossbow | 94 |
pistol | 1,616 | luger pistol | 88 |
air pistol | 377 | target pistol | 87 |
paintball pistol | 214 | pistol for sale | 87 |
glock pistol | 204 | taurus pistol | 86 |
pistol grip | 199 | pellet pistol | 83 |
airsoft pistol | 186 | pistol magazine | 73 |
pistol safe | 160 | smith wesson pistol | 69 |
sex pistol lyrics | 141 | 22lr pistol | 68 |
colt pistol | 132 | sex pistol picture | 64 |
9mm pistol | 126 | pistol scope | 63 |
beretta pistol | 118 | co2 pistol | 58 |
pistol holsters | 114 | bb pistol | 58 |
desert eagle pistol | 113 | pistol case | 56 |
ruger pistol | 111 | pistol sauer sig | 54 |
kimber pistol | 103 | pistol pete maravich | 54 |
pistol pete | 103 | cz pistol | 53 |
22 pistol | 102 | pistol silencer | 53 |
black powder pistol | 100 | pistol accessory | 53 |
walther pistol | 99 | browning pistol | 50 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "pistol"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | pistoletë, revole (gun, revolver, rod, shooter). (various references) | |
Arabic | مسدس (colt, gun, hexagon, revolver, rod, shooter), طبنجة, ضرب بمسدس, المسدس, أطلق نار المسدس. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | стрелям с пистолет, револвер (heater, repeater, repeating rifle, revolver, rod), застрелвам с пистолет, пистолетен, пистолет (air brush, equalizer, gun, shooting iron), пищов (dag, horse, iron). (various references) | |
Chinese | 手枪 (handgun), 手槍 . (various references) | |
Czech | pistole (gun, handgun), střílet pistolí, revolver (gun, handgun, revolver). (various references) | |
Danish | pistol (spray gun). (various references) | |
Dutch | pistool (spray gun). (various references) | |
Esperanto | pistolo (spray gun). (various references) | |
Farsi | هفت تیر (Revolver), تپانچه درکردن , تپانچه . (various references) | |
Finnish | pistooli, ruisku (fire-engine, sprayer, syringe). (various references) | |
French | pistolet (spray pistol). (various references) | |
Frisian | pistoal (spray gun). (various references) | |
German | Pistole (gun, handgun, spray gun). (various references) | |
Greek | πιστόλι (gun, rod). (various references) | |
Hebrew | אקדח (firearm, gun). (various references) | |
Hungarian | pisztoly (colt, firecracker, gun, popper, roscoe). (various references) | |
Indonesian | pistol (revelover). (various references) | |
Italian | pistola (gun, handgun). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 拳銃. (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | たんづつ (revolver), たんじゅう (bile, gall, revolver), ピストル , けんじゅう. (various references) | |
Korean | 권총. (various references) | |
Manx | pistol, gunn laue (rifle). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | istolpay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | pistola (gun, pistole, spray gun). (various references) | |
Romanian | pistol (gat, rod), revolver (Barker, gat, gun, revolver), împuşca (bag, execute, fire, gun, pip, pop, pot, rifle, shoot). (various references) | |
Russian | пистолет (gun). (various references) | |
Scottish | dag (a pistol). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | pištolj (handgun, shooter). (various references) | |
Spanish | pistola (Barker, blowgun, gun, handgun, paint spray, pistole). (various references) | |
Swedish | pistol (bulldog, gun, pistole, spray gun). (various references) | |
Turkish | tabanca (colt, equalizer, gat, gun, heater, peashooter, persuader, pop, revolver, rod), nişancı (gunner, marksman, shooter), atıcı (battery, brag, braggart, four-flusher, good shoot, marksman, pitcher, projectile, shooter, swaggerer, swashbuckler, thrower). (various references) | |
Turkmen | pistolet (r). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | стріляти з пістолета, ракетниця, пістолет (pop, popper). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | súng ngắn (fire-arm, shot-gun), súng lục (six-shooter). (various references) | |
Welsh | llawddryll (revolver). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Middle French | 1400-1600 | pistole. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | 1 Thessalonians Chapter 5, Verse 27 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Orkizw umaV ton kurion anagnwsqhnai thn epistolhn pasin toiV agioiV adelfoiV |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Adiuro vos per Dominum ut legatur epistula omnibus sanctis fratribus |
| Old English | 990 | West Saxon | Ic manie eow beforan Drihtne þæt ge þisne pistol rædað æt eallum broðrum. |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | Y coniure you bi the Lord, that this pistle be red to alle hooli britheren. |
| Renaissance English | 1526 | Tyndale | I charge you in the Lorde that this pistle be reed vnto all the holy brethren. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | I charge you by the Lord that this epistle be read unto all the holy brethren. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | I charge you by the Lord that this epistle be read to all the holy brethren. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | I give orders in the name of the Lord that all the brothers are to be present at the reading of this letter. |
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| Language | 1 Thessalonians Chapter 5, Verse 27 |
| Cebuano | Magatugon ako kaninyo, tungod sa Ginoo, nga kining sulata kinahanglan basahon ngadto sa tanang kaigsoonan. |
| Chinese | 我 指 著 主 囑 咐 你 們 、 要 把 這 信 念 給 眾 弟 兄 聽 。 |
| Croatian | Zaklinjem vas u Gospodinu: neka se ova poslanica proèita svoj braæi. |
| Danish | Jeg besværger eder ved Herren, at dette Brev må blive oplæst for alle de hellige Brødre. |
| Dutch | Ik bezweer ulieden bij den Heere, dat deze zendbrief al den heiligen broederen gelezen worde. |
| Finnish | Minä vannotan teitä Herran kautta, että luetatte tämän kirjeen kaikille veljille. |
| French | Je vous en conjure par le Seigneur, que cette lettre soit lue à tous les frères. |
| German | Ich beschwöre euch bei dem HERRN, daß ihr diesen Brief lesen lasset vor allen heiligen Brüdern. |
| Haitian Creole | Tanpri souple, nan non Seyè a, li lèt sa a bay tout frè yo. |
| Hungarian | Kényszerítlek titeket az Úrra, hogy olvastassék fel e levél minden szent atyafi elõtt. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Atas kuasa Tuhan, saya minta dengan sangat supaya kalian membacakan surat ini kepada semua saudara yang seiman. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Aku mintalah kamu dengan seboleh-bolehnya dengan nama Tuhan, supaya surat ini dibacakan kepada saudara-saudara sekalian. |
| Italian | Vi scongiuro, per il Signore, che si legga questa lettera a tutti i fratelli. |
| Latvian | Dieva vârdâ es jums piekodinu, lai ðî vçstule tiktu lasîta visiem svçtajiem brâïiem. |
| Maori | He tohe atu tenei naku ki a koutou i runga i te Ariki, kia korerotia tenei pukapuka ki nga teina tapu katoa. |
| Norwegian | Jeg besverger eder ved Herren at I lar brevet bli lest for alle brødrene. |
| Portuguese | Pelo Senhor vos conjuro que esta epístola seja lida a todos os irmãos. |
| Rumanian | Kn Domnul vq rog fierbinte ca epistola aceasta sq fie cititq tuturor frayilor. |
| Russian | ъБЛМЙОБА ЧБУ зПУРПДПН РТПЮЙФБФШ УЙЕ РПУМБОЙЕ ЧУЕН УЧСФЩН ВТБФЙСН. |
| Shuar | Winia Uuntru Jesukrístu chichamejai juna Tájarme. Ju Papí Ashí Yus-shuar antukarti tusarum Ashí iruntramunam áujsatarum. |
| Spanish | Solemnemente os insto por el Señor que se lea esta carta a todos los hermanos. |
| Swahili | Nawahimizeni kwa jina la Bwana muwasomee ndugu zetu wote barua hii. |
| Swedish | Jag besvär eder vid Herren att låta uppläsa detta brev för alla bröderna. |
| Uma | Hante kuasa to nawai' -ka Pue', kuperapi' bona sura toi nibasa hi nyanyoa hawe'ea ompi' hampepangalaa' to hi retu-ra. |
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Derivations | |
Words beginning with "pistol": pistole, pistoled, pistoleer, pistoleers, pistoles, pistoling, pistolled, pistolling, pistols. (additional references) | |
Words containing "pistol": epistolaries, epistolary, epistoler, epistolers. (additional references) | |
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"Pistol" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: apisto, Bistol, Bistolfi, isto, Istok, Pasvol, Pesola, pestal, picol, Picpoul, pistal, Pistel, Pistia, pistill, pistola, Pistolet, pistoli, pistolier, pistoll, pistou, pitol, pitstop, Pitzl, pitztal, posol, postdoc, posto, pyttyll. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "pistol" (pronounced pi"stul) |
| 6 | p i" s t u l | Pistil. |
| 5 | -i" s t u l | Bristol, crystal, distal. |
| 4 | -s t u l | bicoastal, coastal, crustal, hostel, hostile, pedestal, postal, vestal. |
| 3 | -t u l | infantile, infertile, accidental, acquittal, anecdotal, artiodactyl, battle, beetle, belittle, betel, bottle, brattle, brittle, brutal, butyl, Cantle, capital, Capitol, cattle, chattel, chortle, coincidental, committal, compartmental, congenital, consonantal, continental, dental, detrimental, developmental, digital, disgruntle, dismantle, ductile, elemental, embattle, entitle, environmental, experimental, extramarital, fatal, fertile, fetal, fractal, frontal, fundamental, futile, genital, gentle, glottal, governmental, horizontal, hospital, hurtle, immortal, immotile, incidental, incremental, spittle, startle, subtitle, subtle, supplemental, tactile, tattle, temperamental, instrumental, intercontinental, intergovernmental, judgmental, kettle, Kittel, Kittle, lentil, lintel, little, mantel, mantle, marital, mental, metal, mettle, monumental, mortal, motile, Myrtle, Natal, neonatal, nettle, noncommittal, nonfatal, nongovernmental, nonvolatile, occidental, occipital, orbital, oriental, ornamental, parental, parietal, periodontal, petal, pivotal, portal, postnatal, Pottle, prattle, prefrontal, premarital, prenatal, projectile, quintal, rattle, rebuttal, recital, rectal, regimental, rental, resettle, scuttle, sentimental, settle, shuttle, skeletal, skittle, societal, throttle, title, tittle, tootle, total, transcendental, transcontinental, transmittal, turtle, unsentimental, unsettle, unsubtle, varietal, vegetal, versatile, vital, vittle, volatile, Whittle, Wintle. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: pilots, spoilt. | |
| Words within the letters "i-l-o-p-s-t" | |
-1 letter: pilot, plots, polis, posit, slipt, spilt, split, spoil, toils, topis. | |
-2 letters: lips, lisp, list, lits, lops, lost, loti, lots, oils, opts, piso, pits, plot, pois, pols, post, pots, silo, silt, slip, slit, slop, slot, soil, soli, spit, spot, stop, tils, tips, toil, topi, tops. | |
-3 letters: its, lip, lis, lit, lop, lot, oil, ops. | |
| Words containing the letters "i-l-o-p-s-t" | |
+1 letter: apostil, piolets, pistole, pistols, pollist, poloist, pontils, slipout, spotlit, topsail, topsoil. | |
+2 letters: apostils, capitols, coalpits, colpitis, copilots, diplonts, exploits, galipots, helistop, hilltops, hoplites, hospital, isopleth, loopiest, loppiest, lopstick, milepost, petioles, pilosity, pinitols, pisolite, pistoled, pistoles, plotties, poitrels, polemist, politest, politics, polities, pollists, poloists, populist, potboils, potlines, psilotic, shoplift, slipknot, slipouts, spoliate, sportily, spottily, talipots, toplines, topsails, topsoils, tripolis, unspoilt. | |
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