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Definition: Airplane |
AirplaneNoun1. An aircraft that has a fixed wing and is powered by propellers or jets; "the flight was delayed due to trouble with the airplane". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "airplane" was first used: 1907. (references) |
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Transportation | A power-driven heavier-than-air aircraft, deriving its lift in flight chiefly from aerodynamic reactions on surfaces which remain fixed under given conditions of flight. Source: European Union. (references) |
| Mechanically propelled aerodyne sustained by wings which, in any one flight regime, remain fixed. Source: European Union. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
A separate article is about the movie Airplane.
An aircraft is any machine capable of atmospheric flight.
An Airbus A340 of SriLankan Airlines. This is a wide-bodied long-haul aircraft, with 24 Business Class seats and 288 Economy Class seats.
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A hot air balloon seen from nearly directly below. The burner flame is firing into the envelope.
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Bell 206B Jet Ranger III helicopter
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Two categories
Aircraft fall into two broad categories:See also: List of aviation, aerospace and aeronautical terms
- Heavier than air aerodynes, including autogyros, helicopters and variants, and conventional fixed-wing aircraft: aeroplanes in Commonwealth English, airplanes in North American English.
Fixed-wing aircraft generally use an internal-combustion engine and propeller or jet engine to provide thrust, which moves the craft forward through the air. The movement of air over the wings produces lift, which allows the aircraft to fly. Exceptions are gliders which have no engines and gain their thrust from gravity. That is, in order to maintain their forward speed they must descend in relation to the air (but not necessarily in relation to the ground). Helicopters and autogyros use a spinning rotor (a rotary wing) to provide both lift and thrust. The abbreviation VTOL is applied to aircraft other than helicopters that can take off or land vertically. Similarly, STOL stands for Short Take Off and Landing.
- Lighter than air aerostats: balloons and airships. Aerostats float in air in the same way that a ship floats in water, by displacing the air around the craft with a lighter gas (helium or hydrogen), or hot air. The distinction between a balloon and an airship is that an airship has some means of controlling forward motion and steering while balloons simply drift with the wind.
There are several ways to classify aircraft. Below, we describe classifications by design, propulsion and usage.
Also see this list of articles on particular aircraft types, and this list of aircraft.
Types of aircraft
By design
A first division by design among aircraft is between lighter-than-air and heavier-than-air aircraft.Examples of lighter-than-air aircraft include non-steerable balloons, such as hot air balloons and gas balloons, and airships (sometimes called dirigible balloons), such as blimps (which have a non-rigid construction) and rigid airships, which have a rigid frame. The best-known type of rigid airship is the Zeppelin.
In heavier-than-air aircraft, we can discern two major ways to produce the lift: aerodynamic lift and engine lift. In the case of aerodynamic lift, the aircraft is kept in the air because of aerodynamics, usually by means of wings of some kind. With engine lift, the aircraft defeats gravity by sheer engine power.
Examples of engine lift aircraft are rockets, and so-called VTOL planes, such as the Hawker Harrier.
Among aerodynamically lifted aircraft, the largest number falls in the category of fixed-wing aircraft, where horizontal surfaces produce lift, by profiting from the Coanda effect (aeroplane or airplane).
In a "conventional" configuration, the lift surfaces are placed in front of a control surface or tailplane. The number of lift surfaces varied greatly in the pre-1950 period, as biplanes (two wings) and triplanes (three wings) were numerous in the early days of aviation. Subsequently most planes are monoplanes.
The reverse configuration is the canard type, where small horizontal control surfaces are placed forward of the wings, near the nose of the aircraft.
Other possibilities include the delta-wing, where lift and horizontal control surfaces are combined, and the flying wing, where there is no separate vertical control surface (e.g. the B-2). A variable geometry ('swing-wing') has also been employed in a few examples of combat aircraft (the F-111, Panavia Tornado, and B-1 Lancer, among others).
The lifting body configuration where the body itself produce lift has been tested. So far the only significant practical application of the lifting body was in the Space Shuttle.
A second large category of aerodynamically lifted aircraft are the rotary-wing aircraft. Here, the lift is provided by rotating rotors. The best-known examples of this category are the helicopter, the earlier autogyro, and the tiltrotor aircraft (such as the V-22 Osprey).
A further category might encompass the wing-in-ground-effect types, for example the Russian ekranoplan, also nicknamed the "Caspian Sea Monster" and hovercraft, most of the latter employing a skirt and achieving limited ground or water clearance to reduce friction and achieve speeds above those achieved by boats of similar weight.
And finally, the flapping-wing ornithopter is a category of its own. These designs may have considerable potential but are not yet practical.
By propulsion
Some types of aircraft, such as the balloon or glider, do not have any propulsion. Balloons drift with the wind. For gliders, takeoff takes place from a high location, or the aircraft is pulled into the air by a ground-based winch or vehicle, or towed aloft by a powered "tug" aircraft.
Most early aircraft used a piston-engine with propeller as propulsion. Although the configuration of the engine can vary (rotary, radial, inline), they all work according to the same principles.
Just prior to World War II, the first jet engines emerged. Different types exist, such as the ramjet, pulse jet, turbojet, and the turboprop, the latter of which still uses a propeller.
By usage
Three major uses for aircraft may be seen: recreational, military, and commercial.
For recreation, almost any type of aircraft can be used, although they are usually small ones. Gliders and balloons are used almost exclusively for recreational purposes although they have been used in times of war in the past. For instance, balloons were used for observation in the American Civil War and World War I. Gliders were used to deliver troops into occupied territory during World War II.
The first widespread use of military aircraft was for reconnaissance and surveillance in World War I. Soon they were adapted for attacking the ground or enemy vehicles/ships/guns/aircraft as well, and the first bombers were born. In order to prevent the enemy from bombing, fighter aircraft were developed to intercept and shoot down enemy aircraft.
Eventually, two-seat trainers were developed for the purpose of instructing new pilots. The use of transport aircraft enabled the rapid movement of supplies, ammunition, cargo, troops and also casualty evacuation; transport aircraft were also used to drop paratroopers. Tankers are used to refuel planes in mid-air, thus increasing their operational range.
Commercial aviation can be divided in passenger transport and cargo transport. For the former, large planes have been developed that can transport up to 500 passengers over large distances. Commercial cargo aircraft are often similar to military transport aircraft, or might be adapted from the passenger fleets of an earlier era.
Other uses include search-and-rescue operations (especially by helicopters), border protection and water-bombing (fire-fighting). Further divisions can be drawn between aircraft designs having a conventional (wheeled) undercarriage, and amphibious floatplanes or flying boats.
Related topics
- Aerial refueling
- Aeronautics
- Aircraft carrier
- Aircraft manufacturers
- Aircraft spotting
- Airline call signs
- Airliner
- Aviation
- Bomber
- Contrail
- Fighter aircraft
- Jet engine
- Karl Jatho
- Lifting body
- Military aircraft
- Model aircraft
- Sir George Cayley
- Spacecraft propulsion
- Spacecraft
- Successful aircraft types
- Undercarriage
- Wright brothers
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Aircraft."
Synonyms: AirplaneSynonyms: aeroplane (n), plane (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Journey | Vehicle; automobile, train, bus, airplane, plane, autobus, omnibus, subway, motorbike, dirt bike, off-road vehicle, van, minivan, motor scooter',trolley, locomotive; legs, feet, pegs, pins, trotters. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Airplane |
| English words defined with "airplane": airplane ticket. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "airplane": AIRPLANE COVERER, airplane navigator, airplane pilot, chief, AIRPLANE PILOT, COMMERCIAL, airplane pilot, crop dusting, AIRPLANE PILOT, PHOTOGRAMMETRY, airplane rule, axes of an airplane ♦ jet airplane ♦ rocket airplane ♦ TUBE BUILDER, AIRPLANE. (references) |
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Screenplays | You wanna hear something really nutty? I heard of a couple guys who wanna build something called an airplane, you know you get people to go in, and fly around like birds, it's ridiculous, right (Contact; writing credit: Carl Sagan;) I fell out of an airplane without a parachute (Moonraker; writing credit: Christopher Wood) You can't say bomb on an airplane. (Meet the Parents; writing credit: Greg Glienna; Mary Ruth Clarke) Oh, nothing makes me sadder than the agent lost his bladder on the airplane. (Con Air; writing credit: Scott Rosenberg) Some get high on airplane glue detergents fancy gimmicks (Diva; writing credit: Jean-Jacques Beineix; Daniel Odier) | |
Lyrics | Awake on my airplane (Take A Picture; performing artist: Filter) | |
Clever | Two wrongs don't make a right, but two Wrights made an airplane. (references; author: unknown) | |
Movie/TV Titles | How to Steal an Airplane (1972) Uncrating and Assembly of the P-47 Thunderbolt Airplane (1943) How to Fly the B24-D Airplane (1942) The Magic of David Copperfield IV: The Vanishing Airplane (1981) Airplane! (1980) | |
Song Titles | Comin' Back To Me (performing artist: Jefferson Airplane) Embryonic Journey (performing artist: Jefferson Airplane) How Do You Feel (performing artist: Jefferson Airplane) My Best Friend (performing artist: Jefferson Airplane) She Has Funny Cars (performing artist: Jefferson Airplane) | |
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 | "Airplane" by Staffan Björkenstam. This graph illustrates the Doppler effect. Use the scrollbar to vary A (time) and B (Mach speed). From inside DPGraph, click on Edit for more information. |  | Mars Airplane. Credit: NASA. |
 | World Record Breaking Paper Airplane. Credit: NASA. |  | The One-Inch Model Airplane. Credit: NASA. |
 | Amphibious airplane used by Army Photogrammetry project on Florida's West Coast. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |  | Shoran station in Liberia Combined operations party of George Morris Shoran used to control airplane conducting photogrammetric operations. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |
 | Sand Island Lighthouse as photographed from a U. S. Navy airplane. Credit: America's Coastlines. |  | A Norseman airplane delivering the mail. All mail was airmail in the Arctic field camps. Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth. |
 | An airplane view of the camp at Pitt Point in midsummer. Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth. |  | Grond crew directing airplane (4-prop) as it taxis on runway at Roswell Air Tanker Base, New Mexico. Credit: H. Parman. |
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| "Airplane propellor" by Steven Kuijs Commentary: "Airplane propellor." | "Airplane above white clouds" by Visnja Zeljeznjak Commentary: "Take a look from the inside of an airplane. You can see part of the motor and beautiful, cotton-like white clouds on a blue sky. ." |
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 | Jet flying by; airplane flying by. | | Jet take off; jet engine; airplane take off; the afterburn of a jet after takeoff. |
| Air travel at high speed as heard from the cockpit of an airplane. | ||
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Health | A recent study indicates that toluene, a solvent found in many commonly abused inhalants including airplane glue, paint sprays, and paint and nail polish removers, activates the brain's dopamine system. (references) | |
Third, increased travel by airplane provides the ideal mechanism for transporting dengue viruses between population centers of the tropics, resulting in a constant exchange of dengue viruses and other pathogens. (references) | ||
Business | The total number of airplane movements over the Czech Republic has risen 70 percent since 1993. These movements totaled 230,741 in 1997. In 1993, a new radar system EUROCAT 200 from French Thomson was implemented. (references) | |
So far, some 2,000 Boeing aircraft have been fitted with Chinese-made parts including the vertical stabilizer on Boeing 737s. Airplane manufacturing companies in Shanghai, Shenyang and Xian will increase their output of Boeing parts. (references) | ||
With the French economy showing increasing signs of strength, it is likely that the demand for fractional ownership will grow, further expanding the market for aircraft, parts and services, including from the United States, which is already a major supplier of aircraft parts and services to French airplane manufacturers of all types and sizes. (references) | ||
Civil Liberties | Gabon | For example, on August 2, in collaboration with the Republic of the Congo, 64 refugees were repatriated voluntarily by airplane. (references) |
Taiwan | In 2000 the authorities began allowing some detained illegal aliens from mainland China to return to the mainland by airplane via Hong Kong at their own expense. (references) | |
Economic History | Luxembourg | Paris, Lyons, Frankfurt, Milan, Barcelona, Brussels, and London can be reached directly by highway, railroad, or airplane. (references) |
Human Rights | Angola | On June 5, a World Food Program (WFP) airplane was hit by ground fire but landed safely; it was unknown who shot the plane by year's end. (references) |
Political Economy | GERMANY | Repayment is contingent on future sales of the airplane. (references) |
Sudan | On May 9, an ICRC airplane was shot at, and the Danish pilot was killed. (references) | |
Travel | New Zealand | Airplane service is available between Wellington and Auckland on an hourly basis with less frequent services to smaller towns. (references) |
Worker Rights | Italy | Italy also is a transit point for traffickers, who arrive primarily by boat or airplane, with ultimate destinations in other Western or Northern European countries. (references) |
Brazil | This system involves labor contractors who promise well-paying jobs and arrange transportation for workers, sometimes by small airplane due to the remoteness of the worksites. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
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Dennis Miller | Come down too heavily on the side of security, and you risk adding eight to ten minutes to my wait to get onto an airplane. |
Julie Andrews | Used to have to go into either the subway or I used to have to go out in our garden with a pair of binoculars. Because I could tell the difference between the hum of a rocket and a real airplane. |
Tom Ridge | Exactly. Their own iris scan, fingerprint scan, facial recognition, so that it might ease their pass through the gate and onto the airplane. Again, strictly talking to them on a voluntary capacity, but it does make some sense. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| "Airplane" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 93.15% of the time. "Airplane" is used about 73 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) | 93.15% | 68 | 40,606 |
| Noun (proper) | 6.85% | 5 | 157,705 |
| Total | 100.00% | 73 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "airplane": airplane carrier ♦ airplane hangar ♦ airplane landing ♦ airplane maneuver ♦ airplane mechanics ♦ airplane modelling ♦ airplane observation ♦ airplane observer ♦ airplane pilot ♦ airplane propeller ♦ airplane rule ♦ airplane ticket ♦ axes of an airplane ♦ jet airplane ♦ multiengine airplane ♦ navigate airplane ♦ tractor airplane ♦ winterized airplane. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "airplane": airplane-like. | |
Ending with "airplane": hydro-airplane. | |
| 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 |
airplane | 6,665 | airplane photo | 167 |
airplane ticket | 3,828 | airplane game | 151 |
paper airplane | 1,855 | airplane part | 139 |
model airplane | 1,649 | airplane fare | 135 |
rc airplane | 1,231 | airplane flight | 133 |
cheap airplane ticket | 1,209 | airplane toy | 129 |
airplane for sale | 1,046 | airplane movie | 117 |
remote control airplane | 809 | airplane charter | 115 |
airplane picture | 621 | remote controlled airplane | 112 |
radio control airplane | 436 | airplane missing | 107 |
airplane magazine | 418 | airplane clipart | 100 |
jefferson airplane | 408 | model airplane kit | 100 |
airplane crash | 311 | paper airplane design | 100 |
r c airplane | 296 | airplane wallpaper | 98 |
radio controlled airplane | 289 | airplane history | 90 |
make paper airplane | 284 | model airplane engine | 88 |
world war 2 airplane | 193 | electric rc airplane | 80 |
airplane kit | 178 | airplane clip art | 79 |
used airplane | 178 | military airplane | 79 |
ultralight airplane | 171 | airplane pic | 77 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "airplane"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Afrikaans | vliegtuig (aeroplane, aircraft, air-plane, plane). (various references) | |
Albanian | aeroplan (aeroplane, aircraft, plane). (various references) | |
Arabic | طائرة (aeroplane, craft, glider, interceptor, plane). (various references) | |
Asturian | avión. (various references) | |
Basque | hegazkina. (various references) | |
Bemba | indeke. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | самолет (aeroplane, aircraft, bus, craft, plane, ship). (various references) | |
Cebuano | eroplano. (various references) | |
Chamorro | plasan batkon aire. (various references) | |
Chinese | 飞机 (aeroplane, Plane), 飛機 , 班機 (airliner, plane). (various references) | |
Cornish | ayrplen. (various references) | |
Czech | letoun (aeroplane, craft), letadlo (aeroplane, aircraft, clipper, hydro-aeroplane, liner, plane, vessel). (various references) | |
Danish | flyvemaskine (aeroplane, aircraft, air-plane, plane). (various references) | |
Dutch | vliegtuig (aeroplane, aircraft, air-plane, plane), vliegmachine (aeroplane, aircraft, air-plane, plane). (various references) | |
Ecuadorian Quechua | antanca. (various references) | |
Esperanto | aeroplano (aeroplane, plane). (various references) | |
Faeroese | flogfar (aircraft). (various references) | |
Farsi | هواپیما (Aeroplane, Aircraft, Plane, Ship). (various references) | |
Finnish | lentokone (aeroplane, aircraft, plane). (various references) | |
French | avion (air plane, aircraft, air-plane). (various references) | |
Frisian | fleantúch (aeroplane, aircraft, plane). (various references) | |
German | Flugzeug (aeroplane, aircraft, plane). (various references) | |
Greek | πτητική συσκευή (aeroplane, aircraft), αεροσκάφος (aircraft), αεροπλάνο (aeroplane, plane). (various references) | |
Hawaiian | aeroplan (aeroplane, aircraft, plane). (various references) | |
Hebrew | מטוס (aeroplane, air plane, aircraft, plane), אוירון (aircraft). (various references) | |
Hungarian | repülőgép (aeroplane, aircraft, can, flying machine, plane). (various references) | |
Icelandic | flugvél (aeroplane, aircraft, plane). (various references) | |
Indonesian | kapal terbang. (various references) | |
Inuktitut | tingmisuuq. (various references) | |
Irish | eitleán. (various references) | |
Italian | aeroplano (aeroplane, aircraft, air-plane, plane), aereo (aerial, aeroplane, air, aircraft, freighter, kite, overhead, plane). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 複座機 (two-seater airplane), 飛行機の翼 (the wings of the airplane), 発艦 (airplane taking off from a warship), 搭乗 (boarding an airplane, embarkation), 機影 (sightof an airplane), 機上 (aboard an airplane), 日航機 (JAL airplane), 射爆場 (place for an airplane to take target practice), 専用機 (a personal airplane), 多発機 (multi-engine airplane), 主翼 (main planes of an airplane). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | たはつき (multi-engine airplane), しゃばくじょう (place for an airplane to take target practice), きじょう (a rail, aboard an airplane, firm, mount, on horseback, on the desk, stout-hearted, theoretical), きえい (energetic, returning to military duty, sightof an airplane, spirited), ふくざき (two-seater airplane), にっこうき (JAL airplane), せんようき (a personal airplane), はっかん (airplane taking off from a warship, perspiration, publish, startpublication, sweating). (various references) | |
Korean | 비행기 (Plane). (various references) | |
Lombard | areo (aeroplane, plane). (various references) | |
Macedonian | avion. (various references) | |
Malay | pesawat terbang (aeroplane, plane). (various references) | |
Manx | greie etlee (aeroplane). (various references) | |
Maori | waka-rererangi. (various references) | |
Mohawk | tekatens. (various references) | |
Norwegian | fly (aeroplane, aircraft, plane). (various references) | |
Papago | uhg tha'atham. (various references) | |
Papiamen | avion (aeroplane, aircraft, plane), airoplano (aeroplane, plane). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | airplaneay.(various references) | |
Polish | samolot (aeroplane, aircraft, plane). (various references) | |
Portuguese | avião (aeroplane, aircraft, air-plane, plane, ship), aeroplano (plane). (various references) | |
Portuguese Brazilian | avião (plane). (various references) | |
Provencal | avion. (various references) | |
Romanian | avion (aeroplane, air plane, aircraft, crate, flyer, plane). (various references) | |
Romansch | aviun. (various references) | |
Romany | aeroplànoos. (various references) | |
Russian | самолет (acft aircraft, aeroplane, air liner, aircraft, crate, flying machine, plane, skywriter, vessel), аэроплан (aeroplane, aircraft, avion). (various references) | |
Samoan | vaalele. (various references) | |
Sepedi | sefofane. (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | avion (aeroplane, aircraft, plane). (various references) | |
Sicilian | ariuplanu. (various references) | |
Spanish | avión (aeroplane, aircraft, air-plane, machine, Martin, plane, ship), aeroplano (aeroplane, air-plane, plane). (various references) | |
Sranan | opolangi (aeroplane, aircraft, plane). (various references) | |
Swazi | ín-dizá. (various references) | |
Swedish | flygplan (aeroplane, aircraft, craft, flyer, plane). (various references) | |
Tagalog | eroplano (aeroplane, aircraft, plane). (various references) | |
Turkish | uçak (aero, aeroplane, aircraft, airship, craft, kite, plane). (various references) | |
Turkmen | uзar. (various references) | |
Ukrainian | аероплан (aeroplane), літак (aeroplane, aircraft). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | tàu bay (aeroplane). (various references) | |
Welsh | awyren (aeroplane, aircraft, balloon, plane). (various references) | |
Zulu | indiza (aeroplane, aircraft, plane). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Greek | 700 BCE-300 CE | aero-. (various references) |
| German | 100 BCE-Modern | Luftschiff. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "airplane": airplanes. (additional references) | |
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"Airplane" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: aireplane, airoplane, airpane, airplain, airplaine, airplene, amitrypline, areplane, Aripand, ariplane. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "airplane" (pronounced e"rplā'n) |
| 5 | -r p l ā' n | warplane. |
| 4 | -p l ā' n | biplane, floodplain, monoplane. |
| 3 | -l ā' n | overlain. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-e-i-l-n-p-r" | |
-1 letter: plainer, praline, preanal. | |
-2 letters: aerial, aliner, alpine, apneal, earlap, larine, linear, nailer, narial, palier, panier, parian, penial, pineal, pirana, planar, planer, rapine, realia, renail, replan. | |
-3 letters: alane, alien, aline, anear, anile, apian, apnea, areal, arena, ariel, arpen, elain, laari, lanai, lapin, learn, liana, liane, liner, naira, paean, palea, paler, panel, parae, parle, pearl. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-e-i-l-n-p-r" | |
+1 letter: airplanes, perinatal. | |
+2 letters: appareling, biparental, intraplate, palavering, parliament, penetralia, planetaria, sailplaner. | |
+3 letters: apparelling, inseparable, inseparably, operational, panegyrical, paralleling, parliaments, paternalism, paternalist, patrilineal, pericranial, perinatally, planarities, planetarium, plantigrade, preprandial, proletarian, sailplaners, transalpine, uniparental. | |
+4 letters: alphanumeric, antiparallel, antiparticle, antipleasure, appendicular, biparentally, inapparently, incomparable, inseparables, parallelling, paternalisms, paternalists, perorational, planetariums, plantigrades, pleasantries, preinaugural, prelapsarian, premalignant, proletarians, replantation, reputational, wallpapering. | |
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