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

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  • 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

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  • (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

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  • sat(iat)ed
  • sat(isfi)ed
  • sit(uat)ed

Adjectives

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  • 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

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  • backward(s)
  • forward(s)
  • part(ial)ly

Prepositions

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  • in(side)
  • out(side)
  • toward(s)
  • (up)on
  • (with)in