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— English words —

• barney n. (Obsolete, UK, slang) A lark, a romp, some fun.
• barney n. (Obsolete, UK, slang) A hoax, a humbug, something that is not genuine, a rigged or unfair sporting contest.
• barney n. (Obsolete, Harvard University slang) A poor recitation.
• barney n. (UK, Australia, slang) A noisy argument.
• barney n. (UK, Australia, slang) A minor physical fight.
• barney n. (US dialect, Boston) A student at Harvard University.
• barney n. (Film, television) Synonym of blimp (“soundproof cover for a video camera”).
• barney adj. (Obsolete, UK, slang) insane crazy, loony.
• barney v. (Obsolete, Harvard University slang) To recite badly; to fail.
• barney v. (UK, Australia) To argue, to quarrel.
• barney n. (US, pejorative slang) A police officer, usually one who is inferior or overzealous.
• Barney prop.n. A male given name transferred from the surname, and a diminutive of Barnabas, Barnaby, Bernard, or Barnett.
• Barney prop.n. A diminutive of the male given names Barnabas, Bernard, or Barnett.
• Barney prop.n. A surname from Old English based on the given names, or from the place name Barney, Old English "barn/barley island".
• Barney prop.n. A city and village in North Dakota.
• Barney prop.n. A village in Norfolk, England.

— International convention —

• Barney prop.n. A botanical plant name author abbreviation for botanist E.E. Barney (fl. 1877-79).

— English words, defined in French —

• Barney prén.m. Prénom masculin anglais.
• Barney prén.m. Diminutif de Barnabas, Bernard and Barnett.
• Barney n.fam. Nom de famille anglais.
• Barney n.prop. (États-Unis) Ville et village du Dakota.
• Barney n.prop. Village du Norfolk en Angleterre.
• Barney n.prop. (Geordie) Surnom de Barnard Castle.

98 English words from 17 English definitions

abbreviation A␣minor and argue argument Australia author badly barley barn Barnabas Barnaby Barnett Barney based based␣on Bernard blimp Boston botanical botanist camera city contest cover crazy Dakota dialect diminutive England English fail fight Film for from fun genuine given given␣name given␣names Harvard hoax humbug inferior insane island lark loony male minor name names noisy Norfolk North North␣Dakota not Obsolete officer Old Old␣English one on␣the overzealous pejorative physical place place␣name plant police police␣officer poor quarrel recitation recite rigged romp slang some something soundproof sporting student surname Synonym television that that␣is the transferred unfair University usually video video␣camera village who

14 English words from 6 foreign definitions

and Barnabas Barnard Barnard␣Castle Barnett Bernard Castle Dakota Geordie masculin Nom Norfolk Unis village

10 foreign words from 6 foreign definitions

anglais Angleterre Diminutif États États-Unis famille Nom␣de␣famille Prénom Surnom Ville

6 suffixes (New words found by adding one or more letters at the end of the word.)

barneys barneyed barneying Barney-style Barney␣style barneymugging

12 words-in-word (Words found as is inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

Arn Arne Arney bar Bar BAR bar- Bar. barn ney Ney RNE

6 words-in-word RTL (Words found written from right to left, inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

ENR NRA NRAB Rab yen Yen

2 anagrams (New words found by changing the order of the letters.)

brayne nearby

22 anagrams found with an extra letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word and an extra letter.)

abhenry anberry bantery Bardney barneys beanery Bernays Berytan beyearn blarney Blarney Braelyn Brayden Braylen braynes carbyne de␣Bryan drybean Dynbaer myrbane nearbys renably

44 anagrams found minus a letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word minus a letter.)

Abner Abney Aeryn Arneb Arney aryne Baney baren Baren barny barye bayer Bayer Bayne beany Béarn beary Beary benar Beran beray brane Bryan Bryen by␣ear Bynea Byrne Earby Naber Narby NBAer Neary Neyra ran␣by Raney rayne Rayne reban renay Yaren yarne yearn Yebra yerba

22 cousins (New words found by changing only one letter.)

Barkey barley Barley barned Barner Barnes barnet Barnet Berney Birney Burney carney Carney Earney Farney Garney Harney Karney Larney Marney sarney Varney

3 lipograms (New words found when removing only one letter.)

Arney Baney barny

3 epenthesis (New words found when adding only one letter.)

Bardney blarney Blarney

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