From the Mailbag: Are there search engines that allow partial word searches?

About Web Search reader Jaime writes in with a great question:

I have not had luck finding a search engine that will allow partial word searches, like anthropo* to search for words like anthropology,anthropophagi, etc., or *cycle for bicycle or tricycle. Is there any search engine that has this capability?

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