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Subject: finding a word which includes the letters PLUS
Category: Reference, Education and News > General Reference
Asked by: mhollwich-ga
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Posted: 15 Jun 2002 12:11 PDT
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Question ID: 27202
a word in english or german - that includ the letters P L U S in a row
 - but has nothing to do with the typlical meaning of plus (for
example in german: plustern, english: surplus)
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Subject: Re: finding a word which includes the letters PLUS
Answered By: j_philipp-ga on 15 Jun 2002 12:32 PDT
 
Hello Mhollwich,

Here's an english word containing the letters P L U S in a row (which
is not containing the typical meaning of "plus"):

- plush

Dictionary.com defines plush as:
http://www.dictionary.com/search?q=plush&r=2
"A fabric of silk, rayon, cotton, or other material, having a thick
deep pile."

Hope this helps!
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Subject: Re: finding a word which includes the letters PLUS
From: st3ph3n-ga on 15 Jun 2002 12:41 PDT
 
This is a list of english words with PLUS in them - 

nonplus overplus peplus pepluses plus pluses plush 
plusher plushes plushest plushier plushily plushly plushy 
plussage plusses surplus
Subject: Re: finding a word which includes the letters PLUS
From: mantaco-ga on 15 Jun 2002 12:59 PDT
 
> grep 'plus' /usr/share/dict/words
aplustre
Melanoplus
nonplus
nonplusation
nonplushed
overplus
peplus
periplus
plus
plush
plushed
plushette
plushily
plushiness
plushlike
plushy
plusquamperfect
plussage
superplus
surplus
surplusage
---- nearly all of which do not have anything to do with the
traditional meaning of "plus"
Subject: Re: finding a word which includes the letters PLUS
From: aditya2k-ga on 15 Jun 2002 13:14 PDT
 
Additional words

elevenplus 
pluses 
plush 
plusher 
plushest 
Aplustre 
Nonplus 
Nonplused 
Nonplusing 
Nonplussed 
Nonplussing 
Overplus 
Peplus 
superplusage 
periplus 
Melanoplus 
Yellowplush 
aiolopeplus 
amplus 
triplus
Subject: Re: finding a word which includes the letters PLUS
From: mvguy-ga on 15 Jun 2002 14:00 PDT
 
For what it's worth, the "plus" in "surplus" does have something to do
with the traditional meaning of "plus." Both words come from the same
root; etymologically speaking, "surplus" means "super plus."

Etymologies of the two words:
http://www.bartleby.com/61/77/S0917700.html
http://www.bartleby.com/61/50/P0385000.html
Subject: Re: finding a word which includes the letters PLUS
From: hailstorm-ga on 16 Jun 2002 16:40 PDT
 
The Moby lexicon project, providing the most complete word lists in
several languages, is now available in the public domain.  You can
access the word lists from
http://www.dcs.shef.ac.uk/research/ilash/Moby/

(found by doing Google search on 'public domain word list')

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