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

— English words —

• bugbear n. An ongoing problem; a recurring obstacle or adversity.
• bugbear n. A source of dread; resentment; or irritation.
• bugbear n. (Archaic) An imaginary creature meant to inspire fear in children.
• bugbear v. (Transitive) To alarm with idle phantoms.
• bug-bear n. (Chiefly Britain) Alternative spelling of bugbear.

— English words, defined in French —

• bugbear n. Problème permanent, obstacle récurent (bête noire), adversité.
• bugbear n. Source de crainte, de ressentiment, ou d’irritation.
• bugbear n. Croque-mitaine.

27 English words from 5 English definitions

adversity alarm Alternative Archaic Britain bugbear Chiefly children creature dread fear idle imaginary inspire irritation meant meant␣to obstacle ongoing phantoms problem recurring resentment source spelling Transitive with

7 English words from 3 foreign definitions

bête␣noire Croque irritation obstacle permanent ressentiment Source

8 foreign words from 3 foreign definitions

adversité bête crainte Croque␣mitaine mitaine noire Problème récurent

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

bugbears bug-bears bugbeared bugbearing bugbearish

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

Bea BEA bear Bear bug Bug ear EAR 'ear Gbe GBE

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

aeb AEB gub Rae raeb

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

Burbage rubbage

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

bugbears bug-bears Burbages rubbages

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

gabber gubber

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