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23 short excerpts of Wiktionnary (A collaborative project to produce a free-content dictionary.)

— English words —

• bristle n. A stiff or coarse hair, usually and especially on a nonhuman mammal.
• bristle n. A chaeta: an analogous filament on arthropods, annelids, or other animals.
• bristle n. The hairs or other filaments that make up a brush, broom, or similar item, typically made from plant…
• bristle v. To rise or stand erect, like bristles.
• bristle v. To abound, to have an abundance of something.
• bristle v. (With at) To be on one’s guard or raise one’s defenses; to react with fear, suspicion, or distance.
• bristle v. To fix a bristle to.
• Bristle prop.n. (Slang, humorous) Bristol, England (in imitation of the local dialect).

— English words, defined in French —

• bristle n. Soie d’un animal.
• bristle n. Poil d’un balai.
• bristle v. Se hérisser.

— English words, defined in Spanish —

• bristle s. Cerda.
• bristle s. Pelo.
• bristle s. Púa.
• bristle v. Erizarse.
• bristle v. Enfurecerse.
• bristle v. Encresparse.
• bristle v. Resentirse.

— English words, defined in Portuguese —

• bristle s. Cerda (de escova ou vassoura).
• bristle s. (Zoologia) cerda, pelo duro.
• bristle v. Eriçar, arrepiar, deixar em pé.
• bristle v. Eriçar-se, ficar ereto.
• bristle v. Indignar-se, revoltar-se, reagir com revolta ou indignação.

56 English words from 8 English definitions

abound abundance analogous and animals annelids arthropods bristle bristles Bristol broom brush chaeta coarse defenses dialect distance England erect especially fear filament filaments fix from guard hair hairs have humorous imitation item like local made make make␣up mammal nonhuman one other plant raise react rise similar Slang something stand stiff suspicion that the typically usually with

3 English words from 15 foreign definitions

animal Cerda com

26 foreign words from 15 foreign definitions

arrepiar balai cerda deixar duro em␣pé Encresparse Enfurecerse ereto Eriçar escova ficar hérisser indignação Indignar pelo Poil Púa reagir Resentirse revolta revoltar Se␣hérisser Soie vassoura Zoologia

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

bristled bristler bristles bristlet bristlers Bristlers bristlets bristlebill bristlebird bristlecone bristlehead bristleless bristlelike bristletail bristle-tail bristleworm bristle␣worm bristlebills bristlebirds bristlecones bristlegrass bristleheads bristlemouth bristletails bristle-tails bristleworms bristle␣worms bristlemouths bristlegrasses bristlecone␣pine bristlecone␣pines

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

rebristled rebristles unbristled nanobristles basal␣bristles set␣up␣one's␣bristles slaty␣bristlefront slaty␣bristlefronts yellow␣bristle␣grass yellow␣bristle␣grasses

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

abristle rebristle nanobristle basal␣bristle

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

Bri BRI bris Brist ist Ist IST -ist is't istle RIs RIS R.I.S. R.␣I.␣S. Rist STL TLE

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

elt ELT elts ELTs IRB LTs LTS sir Sir SIR Sir. TSI

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

Bitlers blister B-lister Liberts reblits riblets

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

abristle Albiters altbiers balister Beitlers best␣girl Billster birdlets bit␣roles blipster blisters B-listers blistery blithers blitters blitzers bluiters bridlest bristled bristler bristles bristlet Bristole brittles Brittles burliest driblets filberts Filberts gilberts Libertas Libertis Libertos Libertys librates Lieberts stibbler streblid strobile subtiler tabliers timbrels tribbles Tribbles triblets trilbies Trimbles Wilberts

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

belirt Bertis bestir birles bister bistre biters Bitler bitser blirts blites Breits Ilbert libers Libert libres lister Lister liters litres rebits reblit relist riblet selbri Sibert Sitler Sliter tilers Tilers tribes Tribes triels

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

bristly brittle Brittle brustle gristle

One epenthesis (New word found when adding only one letter.)

Bristole

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