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— English words —

• beacon n. A signal fire to notify of the approach of an enemy, or to give any notice, commonly of warning.
• beacon n. (Nautical) A signal or conspicuous mark erected on an eminence near the shore, or moored in shoal water…
• beacon n. A high hill or other easily distinguishable object near the shore which can serve as guidance for seafarers.
• beacon n. (Figurative) That which gives notice of danger, or keeps people on the correct path.
• beacon n. An electronic device that broadcasts a signal to nearby portable devices, enabling smartphones etc…
• beacon n. (Internet) Short for web beacon.
• beacon v. (Intransitive) To act as a beacon.
• beacon v. (Transitive) To give light to, as a beacon; to light up; to illumine.
• beacon v. (Transitive) To furnish with a beacon or beacons.
• Beacon prop.n. A town in Western Australia.
• Beacon prop.n. A city and town in Iowa, United States.
• Beacon prop.n. A city in New York, United States.
• Beacon prop.n. A hamlet in Devon, England.
• Beacon prop.n. A surname.

— English word, defined in Dutch —

• beacon n. (Communicatie): baak, baken.

— English words, defined in French —

• beacon n. (Transport) Gyrophare.
• beacon n. (Aviation, Marine) Balise, fanal, phare.
• beacon n. (Télécommunications) Capteur Bluetooth.
• beacon n. (Sens figuré) Ce qui indique un danger, ou la voie à suivre.

— English words, defined in Spanish —

• beacon s. Faro.
• beacon s. Baliza.
• beacon v. Servir como faro.

— English word, defined in Italian —

• beacon s. (Araldica) faro: segnale luminoso utilizzato per guidare i viaggiatori.

86 English words from 14 English definitions

act and any approach Australia beacon beacons broadcasts can city commonly conspicuous correct danger device devices Devon distinguishable easily electronic eminence enabling enemy England erected etc Figurative fire for furnish give gives gives␣notice guidance hamlet high hill illumine Internet Intransitive Iowa keeps light light␣up mark moored Nautical near nearby New New␣York notice notify object of␣an on␣the other path people portable seafarers serve shoal shore Short Short␣for signal signal␣fire smartphones States surname that the town Transitive United United␣States warning water web web␣beacon Western Western␣Australia which with York

12 English words from 9 foreign definitions

Aviation baken Balise Bluetooth danger fanal faro Marine per phare Sens Transport

21 foreign words from 9 foreign definitions

Araldica à␣suivre baak Baliza Capteur Ce␣qui Communicatie como figuré Gyrophare indique luminoso qui segnale Sens␣figuré Servir suivre Télécommunications utilizzato viaggiatori voie

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

beacons beaconed beaconage beaconing Beaconite beaconages Beacon␣Hill beaconings Beaconites beaconless beaconlike beaconwise beacon␣school Beaconsfield beacon␣schools

11 times in the middle (New words found by adding letters in front and at the end of the word.)

daybeacons unbeaconed web␣beacons aerobeacons radiobeacons radio␣beacons Brecon␣Beacons marker␣beacons Belisha␣beacons floating␣beacons rotating␣beacons

11 prefixes (New words found by adding one or more letters in front of the word.)

daybeacon web␣beacon aerobeacon interbeacon radiobeacon radio␣beacon marker␣beacon Belisha␣beacon floating␣beacon rotating␣beacon personal␣locator␣beacon

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

Bea BEA con Con CON -con con- EAC

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

aeb AEB CAE NOC oca

One anagram (New word found by changing the order of the letters.)

Abonce

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

abiocen Abonces Absecon baconed baconer beacons bobance bolcane cabezon carbone Carbone Cebuano cenobia coebang cowbane Mancebo neocarb

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

Acebo acone bacne bacon Bacon Bance banco beano Bonac bonce canoe coban Coben ocean Ocean

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

Beacom Beamon beam-on bear␣on Beason Beaton Blacon deacon Deacon

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

bacon Bacon

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