Words containing other words? in Off Topic

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Mar 13 2005, 1:02 pm
What would the specific name for them be? Does anybody know of a website that can give me a list? (Ex. I search for "car", and it gives me "CARpet", "niCARagua", etc.)

I'm sure I've seen something like this before.
#1 Mar 13 2005, 1:11 pm
Conjunctive words? Er.
#2 Mar 13 2005, 1:18 pm
Urgh... *Attempts to think back to his English classes*

I dunno... OxyMoron.. nope... Simalee... nope... Uhm... jeez... I'm not sure.

Dictionary.com should have some stuff about it, and if you're still stuck, go through some of the revision on http://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize :)
#3 Mar 13 2005, 5:53 pm
In response to AZA (#2)
Oxymoron is one word. And it means a phrase that contradicts itself (eg, military intelligence).

A [b]simile[/b] is like a metaphor. It's comparing something to something else, but saying they are similar, not the same (hence the name). Eg, "The sun was like a bright hot burny thingy".

Just making sure you know what you're talking about.
#4 Mar 13 2005, 5:58 pm
In response to Jp (#3)
That's why I said nope next to the word? duh?
#5 Mar 14 2005, 1:11 am
Do you mean syllables? I don't think there's a name for a random sequence of letters in a word that happen to form another one. You could invent one, like "subword".

As to your second question, search for an online dictionary that supports wildcard searches. Then you can search for, say, *car*.
#6 Mar 14 2005, 1:16 am
In response to Crispy (#5)
A syllable is a part of a word, like Station, containts two syllables. "Sta" & "Tion".

But I suppose this is the closest thing to it.
#7 Mar 14 2005, 1:34 am
In response to AZA (#6)
I know what a syllable is. I was just asking if that's what he meant. =) It probably isn't, but you never know...
#8 Mar 14 2005, 1:35 am
Is it a form of anagram? I know I'm hot!
#9 Mar 14 2005, 10:24 am
In response to AZA (#8)
AZA wrote:
Is it a form of anagram?
an anagram is a word that can be twisted around to make other words/names
like rain and Iran. In order for it to be an anagram, it must use every letter, so no, this would not be an anagram.