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— English words —

• ferule n. A ruler-shaped instrument, generally used to slap naughty children on the hand.
• ferule v. (Transitive) To punish with a ferule.

— In French —

• férule n.f. (Botanique) Plante de la famille des apiacées qui croissent…
• férule n.f. (Familier) Palette de bois ou de cuir dont on se servait…
• férule n.f. (Religion) Bâton pastoral liturgique, marque de dignité…
• férule n.f. (Sens figuré) Le pouvoir d’exercer son autorité, son leadership.

16 English words from 2 English definitions

children ferule generally hand instrument naughty on␣the punish ruler shaped slap the Transitive used used␣to with

12 English words from 4 foreign definitions

Bâton bois des dont leadership marque Palette pastoral Plante Religion Sens son

16 foreign words from 4 foreign definitions

apiacées autorité Botanique croissent cuir de␣la dignité exercer Familier famille figuré liturgique pouvoir qui Sens␣figuré servait

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

feruled ferules

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

ERU fer FER f***er rule Rule ule -ule

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

Elu lur Lur lure ref Ref REF Ref. ure Ure -ure

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

fueler refuel

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

beerful ewerful ferrule ferulae feruled ferules fleuret flexure fuelers fueller keerful refuels treeful

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

e-fuel Euler fleer Fleer fleur Fleur Freel refel Reuel reule

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

cerule ferula Herule perule

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

ferrule ferulae

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