User:Wavelength/About English/Kangaroo words
A kangaroo word is a word that contains letters of another word, in order, with the same meaning.
Nouns
[edit]- act(ion)
- (ca)l(umn)ies
- cave(rn)
- fort(ress)
- fount(ain)
- (hi)story
- (hu)mankind
- intent(ion)
- jo(cularit)y
- limit(ation)
- mat(ch)es
- mead(ow)
- mount(ain)
- pane(l)
- ra(mpa)ge
- ra(p)scal(lion)
- res(pi)t(e)
- sign(al)
- (transgres)si(o)n
Verbs
[edit]- (ab)err(ate)
- chat(ter)
- cu(r)t(ail)
- (enco)ur(a)ge
- (e)vac(u)ate
- (ex)is(ts)
- (ob)se(rv)e
- prat(tl)e
- ra(mpa)ge
- r(eg)ul(at)es
- (se)par(a)t(e)
- set(tle)
- sli(there)d
- u(tili)se
- wag(gle)
- ye(ar)n
Verbs or participial adjectives
[edit]- sat(iat)ed
- sat(isfi)ed
- sit(uat)ed
Adjectives
[edit]- d(ec)ea(se)d
- fra(n)gi(b)le
- gi(g)ant(ic)
- intens(iv)e
- ma(scu)l(in)e
- (re)strict(ive)
- ro(t)und
- shad(ow)y
- s(t)olid
Adverbs
[edit]- backward(s)
- forward(s)
- part(ial)ly
Prepositions
[edit]- in(side)
- out(side)
- toward(s)
- (up)on
- (with)in
- Russian
- wikt:дар, wikt:подарок (= gift)