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— English words —

• circus n. A traveling company of performers that may include acrobats, clowns, trained animals, and other novelty…
• circus n. A round open space in a town or city where multiple streets meet.
• circus n. (Figurative) A spectacle; a noisy fuss; a chaotic and/or crowded place.
• circus n. (Historical) In the ancient Roman Empire, a building for chariot racing.
• circus n. (Military, World War II) A code name for bomber attacks with fighter escorts in the day time. The attacks…
• circus n. (Obsolete) Circuit; space; enclosure.
• circus v. To take part in a circus; or to be displayed as if in a circus.

— International convention —

• Circus prop.n. A taxonomic genus within the family Accipitridae – the harriers.

— English word, defined in German —

• circus S. Zirkus.

— English words, defined in French —

• circus n. Cirque.
• circus n. Vaste rond-point.

— English words, defined in Portuguese —

• circus s. Circo.
• circus s. Anfiteatro.
• circus s. Hipódromo.

— English words, defined in Italian —

• circus s. Circo.
• circus s. Parapiglia, caos, babele, babilonia.
• circus s. Confusione.
• circus s. Il luogo: circo.
• circus s. (Storia): circo.
• circus s. (Biologia) il genere (confronta con Circus): circo, Circo.

— In German —

• Circus S. Zirkus.
• Circus S. Antike: langgestreckte Pferderennbahn.
• Circus S. Fahrendes Unternehmen, das Akrobatik und Tierdressuren vorführt.
• Circus S. Zoologisch-taxonomisch: Gattung der Weihen, Aus der Familie Accipitridae.

— In Dutch —

• circus n. Attractie in een circustent waar artiesten van allerlei aard…
• circus n. (Figuurlijk) een drukke lawaaierige en kleurrijke vertoning.

— In French —

• circus n.m. (Ornithologie) Nom scientifique des oiseaux du genre busard.

74 English words from 8 English definitions

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15 English words from 19 foreign definitions

Aus Circo Circus Cirque con das der des een genre Nom point rond und van

41 foreign words from 19 foreign definitions

aard Akrobatik allerlei Anfiteatro Antike artiesten Attractie babele babilonia Biologia busard caos circo circustent confronta Confusione Fahrendes Familie Figuurlijk Gattung genere Hipódromo langgestreckte luogo Nom␣scientifique oiseaux Ornithologie Parapiglia Pferderennbahn rond-point scientifique Storia taxonomisch Unternehmen Vaste vertoning vorführt waar Weihen Zirkus Zoologisch

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

circusy circuses circussy circus␣act circusses circus␣acts circusgoer circus-goer circusiana circusless circuslike circus␣ring circus␣freak circusgoers circus-goers circus␣rings circus␣freaks circus␣peanut circus␣peanuts

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

flea␣circuses media␣circuses flying␣circuses bread␣and␣circuses three-ring␣circuses three␣ring␣circuses psychedelic␣circuses

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

noncircus anticircus flea␣circus media␣circus flying␣circus Kaffir␣Circus three-ring␣circus three␣ring␣circus Piccadilly␣Circus psychedelic␣circus

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

CIR cir. Cir. -cir- circ cus CUs IRC

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

cric Ric RIC -ric sucr-

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

Curcis Ruccis

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

circusy crustic Curcios Rauccis

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

CICUs circs crics Crius Curci cursi Cusic Rucci succi

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

carcus cercus circum- cirrus

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

CICUs circs

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