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Definitions: Threshold |
ThresholdNoun1. The starting point for a new state or experience; "on the threshold of manhood". 2. The smallest detectable sensation. 3. The entrance (the space in a wall) through which you enter or leave a room or building; the space that a door can close; "he stuck his head in the doorway". 4. The sill of a door; a horizontal piece of wood or stone that forms the bottom of a doorway and offer support when passing through a doorway. 5. A region marking a boundary. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "threshold" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references) |
| Domain | Definitions |
Aerospace | Generally, the minimum value of a signal that can be detected by the system or sensor under consideration. (references) |
Agriculture | The lowest non-zero dose of a chemical at which a specified measurable effect occurs. Sometimes used to refer to the income level above which an applicant for food stamp benefits would be ineligible. (references) |
Bible | Threshold (1.) Heb. miphtan, probably a projecting beam at a higher point than the threshold proper (1 Sam. 5:4,5; Ezek. 9:3; 10:4,18; 46:2; 47:1); also rendered "door" and "door-post." (2.) 'Asuppim, pl. (Neh. 12:25), rendered correctly "storehouses" in the Revised Version. In 1 Chr. 26:15, 17 the Authorized Version retains the word as a proper name, while in the Revised Version it is translated "storehouses." Source: Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary. |
Computing | A value specified to control the output from a threshold element. Source: European Union. (references) |
Electrical Engineering | In modulation systems, the smallest value of carrier-to-noise ratio at the input to the demodulator for all values above which a small percentage change in the input carrier-to-noise ratio produces a substantially equal or a smaller percentage change in the output signal-to-noise ratio. Source: European Union. (references) |
| The level of a signal, or of a number of separate digital signals, at which a significant response is produced in a given circuit or system. Source: European Union. (references) | |
Environment | The lowest dose of a chemical at which a specified measurable effect is observed and below which it is not observed. (references) |
| The dose or exposure level below which a significant adverse effect is not expected. (references) | |
| The level of pressure on a living organism which cannot be exceded without the danger of damaging the organism. Source: European Union. (references) | |
Health | For a specified sensory modality (e. g. light, sound, vibration), the lowest level (absolute threshold) or smallest difference (difference threshold, difference limen) or intensity of the stimulus discernible in prescribed conditions of stimulation. (references) |
Mechanical Engineering | The change of input signal required to produce a reversal in valve output at null expressed as a percentage or rated signal. Source: European Union. (references) |
Medicine | For a specified sensory modality(e. g. light, sound, vibration), the lowest level(absolute threshold)or smallest difference(difference threshold, difference limen)or intensity of the stimulus discernible in prescribed conditions of stimulation. Source: European Union. (references) |
Mining | A. In geochemical prospecting, the limiting anomalous value below which variations represent only normal background effects and above which they have significance in terms of possible mineral deposits b. In analytical chemistry, the limiting sensitivity of an analyticalmethod, the detection limit. (references) |
Transportation | The beginning of that portion of the runway usable for landing. Source: European Union. (references) |
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(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
In telecommunication, the term threshold has the following meanings:
1. The minimum value of a signal that can be detected by the system or sensor under consideration.
2. A value used to denote predetermined levels, such as those pertaining to volume of message storage, i.e., in-transit storage or queue storage, used in a message switching center.
3. The minimum value of the parameter used to activate a device.
4. The minimum value a stimulus may have to create a desired effect.
Source: from Federal Standard 1037C and from MIL-STD-188
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Threshold."
Synonyms: ThresholdSynonyms: brink (n), door (n), doorsill (n), doorstep (n), doorway (n), limen (n), room access (n), verge (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Beginning | Entrance, entry; inlet, orifice, mouth, chops, lips, porch, portal, portico, propylon, door; gate, gateway; postern, wicket, threshold, vestibule; propylaeum; skirts, border; (edge). |
Edge | Threshold, door, porch; portal; (opening); coast, shore. |
Inquiry | Question, query, problem, desideratum, point to be solved, porism; subject of inquiry, field of inquiry, subject of controversy; point in dispute, matter in dispute; moot point; issue, question at issue; bone of contention; (discord); plain question, fair question, open question; enigma; (secret); knotty point; (difficulty); quodlibet; threshold of an inquiry. |
Nearness | Within hearing, within earshot; within an ace of; but a step, not far from, at no great distance; on the verge of, on the brink of, on the skirts of; in the environs; Noun: at one's door, at one's feet, at one's elbow, at one's finger's end, at one's side; on the tip of one's tongue; under one's nose; within a stone's throw; Noun: in sight of, in presence of; at close quarters; cheek by jole, cheek by jowl; beside, alongside, side by side, tete-a-tete; in juxtaposition; (touching); yardarm to yardarm, at the heels of; on the confines of, at the threshold, bordering upon, verging to; in the way. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Threshold |
| English words defined with "threshold": absolute threshold ♦ difference threshold, differential threshold, Doorstone ♦ majority operation ♦ pain threshold ♦ sone, subliminal ♦ Thresh-fold, threshold element, threshold function, threshold gate, threshold level, threshold operation, Threshwold ♦ Weather strip. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "threshold": contrast threshold ♦ flux-density threshold ♦ level above threshold ♦ Odor Threshold ♦ permanent threshold shift ♦ temperature coefficient of the Geiger-Mueller threshold, temporary threshold shift, threshold contrast, threshold illuminance, threshold of audibility, threshold of detectability, threshold of pain. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "threshold": subliminal ♦ Thresh-fold. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | You are at the threshold of your next trillion years. (Orientation: A Scientology Information Film; writing credit: L. Ron Hubbard) | |
Movie/TV Titles | On the Threshold of Space (1956) At the Threshold of Life (1911) Threshold (2003) Behind the Threshold (1996) Threshold of Fear (1993) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | Upon the threshold she stopped.Credit: Library of Congress. |  | The keeper of the threshold.Credit: Library of Congress. |
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Thomas Fuller | Know most of the rooms of thy native country before thou goest over the threshold thereof. |
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Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. | 1963 | But there is something that I must say to my people who stand on the warm threshold which leads into the palace of justice. (Delivered on the steps at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington D.C. on August 28, 1896) |
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A Christmas Carol | Dickens, Charles | The boy must have read them out, as he and the Spirit crossed the threshold. |
Scarlet Letter | Hawthorne, Nathaniel | Her shadow had faded across the threshold. |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | A strange, fierce group appeared on the threshold. |
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man | Joyce, James | He waited still at the threshold as at the entrance to some dark cave. |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Individual laboratories should be consulted as to their test threshold levels. (references) | |
The temporary threshold shift largely disappears within 16 hours after exposure to loud noise. (references) | ||
After this threshold is reached, additional treatment can produce further progress toward recovery. (references) | ||
Business | Contracts that are below the threshold values are also formally announced. (references) | |
For contracts valued above EC threshold levels, foreign and domestic suppliers are to be treated equally. (references) | ||
Under certain circumstances, public orders exceeding specified threshold values must be published internationally. (references) | ||
Civil Liberties | Canada | The Supreme Court has set a high threshold for such cases by specifying that these acts must be proven to be willful and public. (references) |
Morocco | Authorities may use the licensing process to prevent the publication of materials that they believe crosses the threshold of tolerable dissent. (references) | |
Austria | Many religious groups and independent congregations do not meet the 300-member threshold for registration as a confessional community, and only Jehovah's Witnesses meet the higher membership requirement for recognition under the law. (references) | |
Economic History | The Netherlands | There is no threshold for small-party representation. (references) |
Canada | The current review threshold for direct acquisitions is C$209 million. (references) | |
Uzbekistan | The threshold for the maximum income tax rate of 40% is 245,000 soum ($363) per year. (references) | |
Minorities | Romania | These provisions met with resistance in some areas; for example, in Cluj, the mayor, Gheorghe Funar, resisted implementation of provisions to allow bilingual street signs in the town, claiming that the population of ethnic Hungarians in the town falls below the 20 percent threshold required by law. (references) |
Political Economy | ITALY | Italian antitrust law gives the Antitrust Authority the right to review mergers and acquisitions over a certain threshold value. (references) |
Philippines | The incidence of poverty (measured as the ratio of those below the official poverty threshold to the total population) worsened during the year and approached 40 percent. (references) | |
Political Rights | Belarus | Voter turnout in many constituencies fell below the required 50 percent threshold, but electoral authorities falsified and amended voter lists to raise turnout to the required minimum. (references) |
Kazakhstan | The OSCE mission sent to observe the elections concluded that the elections were "a tentative step" toward democracy but "fell short of (Kazakhstan's) OSCE commitments." The lower house (Majilis), consisting of 77 members, was elected directly in October 1999. Under amendments to the Constitution passed in 1998, membership in the Majilis elected in 1999 included 10 new seats assigned proportionally to political parties based on the percentage of votes they received nationally (with a minimum vote threshold of 7 percent). (references) | |
Trade | India | It is also applicable to all capital goods without any threshold limits, on payment of 5 percent custom duty. (references) |
Worker Rights | Israel and the occupied territories | They may join, vote for, and be elected to shop-level workers' committees if their numbers in individual establishments exceed a minimum threshold. (references) |
United Kingdom | Effective in April, the Government increased the threshold of total personal assets to allow more low-income pensioners to avail themselves of this benefit. (references) | |
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| Speaker | Term | Phrase(s) |
Rutherford Hayes | 1877-1881 | Difficult and embarrassing questions meet us at the threshold of this subject. |
Richard Nixon | 1969-1974 | As we meet here today, we stand on the threshold of a new era of peace in the world. |
Gerald Ford | 1974-1977 | I see America today crossing a threshold, not just because it is our Bicentennial but because we have been tested in adversity. |
Jimmy Carter | 1977-1981 | Neighborhood based organizations are the threshold of the American community. |
Ronald Reagan | 1981-1989 | We stand on the threshold of a great ability to produce more, do more, be more. |
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| "Threshold" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 99.27% of the time. "Threshold" is used about 953 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) | 99.27% | 946 | 7,672 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 0.42% | 4 | 175,879 |
| Noun (proper) | 0.31% | 3 | 202,518 |
| Total | 100.00% | 953 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes names derived from the word "threshold". | |||
| Name | Gender | Language | Meaning |
| Sippai | N/A | Biblical | Threshold |
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Expressions using "threshold": absolute threshold ♦ Anaerobic Threshold ♦ ascending threshold ♦ at the threshold of ♦ auditory threshold ♦ be on the threshold of a new life ♦ binary threshold unit ♦ biological threshold limit value ♦ damage threshold ♦ difference threshold ♦ Differential Threshold ♦ displaced threshold ♦ economic threshold ♦ effective threshold of audibility in noise ♦ Geiger threshold ♦ Kidney Threshold ♦ Life at the Edge, Stresses and Threshold ♦ masked threshold ♦ maximum threshold speed ♦ minimum demonstrated threshold speed ♦ minimum threshold speed ♦ nuclear threshold ♦ pain threshold ♦ permanent threshold shift ♦ runway threshold light ♦ runway threshold marking ♦ Speech Reception Threshold Test ♦ switching threshold ♦ Taste Threshold ♦ temporary threshold shift ♦ threshold agreement ♦ threshold audiogramm ♦ threshold company ♦ threshold element ♦ threshold function ♦ threshold gate ♦ threshold level ♦ threshold limit value at place of work ♦ Threshold Limit Values ♦ threshold logic unit ♦ threshold of an inquiry ♦ threshold of feeling ♦ threshold of pain ♦ threshold of tickle ♦ threshold operation ♦ threshold population ♦ threshold value ♦ tolerance threshold ♦ visual threshold of illumination ♦ visual threshold of luminance contrast. Additional references. | |
| Hypenated Usage | |
Ending with "threshold": near-threshold. | |
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| 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 |
threshold | 199 | floor threshold | 6 |
door threshold | 68 | pemko threshold | 6 |
garage door threshold | 24 | threshold limit values | 6 |
lactate threshold | 20 | enterprise threshold | 5 |
marble threshold | 17 | rpg threshold | 5 |
threshold ramp | 16 | early threshold tx | 5 |
anaerobic threshold | 13 | inc threshold | 5 |
brass door threshold | 13 | threshold aluminum | 5 |
era threshold | 13 | threshold tile | 5 |
door threshold wooden | 12 | absolute threshold | 5 |
poverty threshold | 9 | rts threshold | 5 |
sports threshold | 8 | pharmaceutical threshold | 5 |
entertainment threshold | 8 | on the threshold of a dream | 4 |
odor threshold | 7 | threshold voltage | 4 |
pain threshold | 7 | record threshold | 4 |
garage threshold | 7 | threshold audio | 4 |
foundation threshold | 7 | services threshold | 4 |
limit threshold value | 7 | low threshold | 4 |
threshold wood | 6 | chicago threshold | 4 |
dweller at the threshold | 6 | over threshold | 4 |
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| Language | Translations for "threshold"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | prag (eve, groundsel, sill, verge), portë (door, entry, exit, gate, gateway, lock, portal, water gate). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | عتبة (sill), بداية (beginning, commencement, conception, inception, onset, opening, origination, outbreak, outset, start, starter, starting). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | праг (doorstep, drop, groundsel, shoot, sill, step). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 閾 , 閫 (door to women's room), 门限, 坎 (pit), 柣 , 檻 (bar, door sill, railing), 戶限 . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | práh (sill). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | treshold, taerskel, tærskelværdi (limit), tærskel (sill), understykke, underkarm, frit beloeb (exemption), doertaerskel, dørtrin (sill). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | drempel (sill), dorpel (sill). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Esperanto | sojlo (sill). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Faeroese | gátt (sill). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | استانه مانند, استانه ای (Preliminary), استانه . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | kynnys (sill). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | seuil. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Schwelle (barrier, ramp, sill, sleeper, tie, treshold), Schwellwert (threshhold). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | κατώφλι (door step, threshhold). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | מפתן (sill), גבול (border, bound, boundary, end, extremity, frontier, limit, line, margin, mete, pale), סקופה, סף (brink, sill). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | küszöb (doorsill, doorstep, door-step, ground-sill, sill). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | ambang pintu, ambang (railroad tie). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | soglia (sill). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 閾値 , 敷居置 , 敷居 . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | しきいち, しきい. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 문턱. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | sole y dorrys (doorstep). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Papiamen | drèmpi (sill). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | esholdthray limiar (groundsel, groundsill, mud sill, sill), soleira (doorkeeper, groundsel, groundsill, hearth, mud sill, sill). (various references) prag (apron, crest, limit, rapid, sill, step, verge). (various references) порог (doorstep, door-step, lip, rapids, riffle, rift, sill). (various references) stairsneach. (various references) prag (doorstep, groundsill, prague, sill), početak (beginning, commencement, exordium, go off, inception, incipience, induction, morning, onset, outbreak, outset, set out, start, starter). (various references) umbral (sill). (various references) tröskel (doorstep, sill, treshhold). (various references) eşik (brink, door, door stone, doorstep, limen, sill, verge), eğik (bevel, drooping, droopy, inclined, leaning, oblique, on the slope, skewed, slanting, sloping). (various references) bosaga. (various references) поріг (altar, apron, cataract, door step, riffle, sill, sole), переддень (eve). (various references) ngưỡng cửa bước đầu. (various references) trothwy, rhiniog, hiniog (doorframe), amhiniog (architrave, borderer, doorpost). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Sumerian | 3100 BCE-2500 BCE | zag-du. (various references) |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | limen, limen limina, limen, limina, limina, limine, liminibus, liminis, marginem, mari. (various references) |
| Old French | 900-1400 | lintel. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | Ezekiel Chapter 10, Verse 18 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Kai exhlqen doxa kuriou apo tou oikou kai epebh epi ta ceroubin |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Et egressa est gloria Domini a limine templi et stetit super cherubin |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | And the glorie of the Lord wente out fro the threshfold of the temple, and stoode vpon cherubyn. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | Then the glory of the LORD departed from off the threshold of the house, and stood over the cherubims. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | Then the glory of the LORD departed from off the threshhold of the house, and stood over the cherubim. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | Then the glory of the Lord went out from the doorstep of the house, and came to rest over the winged ones. |
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| Language | Ezekiel Chapter 10, Verse 18 |
| Cebuano | Ug ang himaya ni Jehova mipahawa gikan sa pultahan sa balay, ug mipaibabaw sa mga querubin. |
| Croatian | Uto se Slava Jahvina vinu s praga Doma i stade nad kerubinima. |
| Danish | Så forlod HERRENs Herlighed Templets Tærskel og stillede sig over Keruberne. |
| Dutch | Toen ging de heerlijkheid des HEEREN van boven den dorpel des huizes weg, en stond boven de cherubs. |
| Finnish | Sitten Herran kirkkaus lähti temppelin kynnykseltä ja asettui kerubien ylle. |
| French | La gloire de l`Éternel se retira du seuil de la maison, et se plaça sur les chérubins. |
| German | Und die Herrlichkeit des HERRN ging wieder aus von der Schwelle am Hause des HERRN und stellt sich über die Cherubim. |
| Hungarian | És elvonula az Úrnak dicsõsége a ház küszöbétõl, és álla a Kérubok fölé. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Lalu cahaya kemilau yang menandakan kehadiran TUHAN meninggalkan pintu masuk Rumah TUHAN dan pindah ke atas kerub-kerub itu. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Maka keluarlah kemuliaan Tuhan dari atas ambang rumah itu, lalu berhenti di atas kerubiun itu; |
| Maori | Na kua riro atu te kororia o Ihowa i runga i te paepae o te whare, tau ana ki runga ki nga kerupima. |
| Norwegian | Og Herrens herlighet flyttet sig bort fra husets dørtreskel og blev stående over kjerubene. |
| Rumanian | Slava Domului a plecat din pragul Templului, wi s`a awezat pe heruvimi. |
| Swedish | Och HERRENS härlighet flyttade I sig bort ifrån husets tröskel och stannadc över keruberna. |
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Derivations | |
Words beginning with "threshold": thresholds. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "threshold": subthreshold. (additional references) | |
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"Threshold" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: thershold, threhold, threshhold, thresold, threswold, Treholt, treshold. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "threshold" (pronounced thre"shō'ld) |
| 3 | -ō' l d | bankrolled, billfold, blindfold, buttonholed, centerfold, chokehold, eightfold, fivefold, foothold, fourfold, freehold, handhold, household, leasehold, Mangold, manifold, marigold, ninefold, pigeonholed, potholed, sevenfold, sixfold, stranglehold, stronghold, tenfold, threefold, toehold. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "d-e-h-h-l-o-r-s-t" | |
-2 letters: dehorts, holders, holster, hostler, oldster, shorted. | |
-3 letters: dehort, dholes, dorsel, doters, helots, holder, hordes, horsed, horste, hosted, hostel, hotels, oldest, ostler, others, reshod, reshot, resold, retold, shored, solder, sorted, sterol, stoled, stored, strode, tholed, tholes, thresh, throes. | |
-4 letters: delts, dhole, doers, doest, doeth, doles, dolts, doser, doter, dotes, drest, ethos, helos, helot, herds. | |
| Words containing the letters "d-e-h-h-l-o-r-s-t" | |
+1 letter: thresholds. | |
+2 letters: withholders. | |
+3 letters: subthreshold. | |
+4 letters: overwithholds, throttleholds. | |
+5 letters: phosphorylated, shortsightedly. | |
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