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Definitions of ravel
v. t. - To separate or undo the texture of; to take apart; to untwist; to unweave or unknit; -- often followed by out; as, to ravel a twist; to ravel out a stocking. ²
v. t. - To undo the intricacies of; to disentangle. ²
v. t. - To pull apart, as the threads of a texture, and let them fall into a tangled mass; hence, to entangle; to make intricate; to involve. ²
v. i. - To become untwisted or unwoven; to be disentangled; to be relieved of intricacy. ²
v. i. - To fall into perplexity and confusion. ²
v. i. - To make investigation or search, as by picking out the threads of a woven pattern. ²

The word "ravel" uses 5 letters: A E L R V.

Direct anagrams of ravel:
  laver   velar

Words formed by adding one letter before or after ravel (in bold), or to aelrv in any order:
a -   larvae   b -   verbal   c -   carvel   claver   e -   laveer   leaver   reveal   vealer   g -   gravel   k -   lekvar   m -   marvel   n -   vernal   s -   lavers   ravels   salver   serval   slaver   velars   versal   t -   travel   varlet   u -   valuer  

Shorter words found within ravel:
ae   al   ale   ar   are   ave   aver   ear   earl   el   er   era   la   lar   lav   lave   lea   lear   lev   leva   rale   rave   re   real   rev   vale   var   veal   vela   vera  

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