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— English words —

• ruff n. A circular frill or ruffle on a garment, especially a starched, fluted frill at the neck in Elizabethan…
• ruff n. Anything formed with plaits or flutings like a frill.
• ruff n. Senses relating to animals.
• ruff n. (Engineering) A collar on a shaft or other piece to prevent endwise motion.
• ruff n. (Obsolete) An exhibition of haughtiness or pride.
• ruff n. (Obsolete) Tumultuous or wanton conduct or procedure.
• ruff v. (Transitive) To shape (Fabric, etc.) into a ruff; to adorn (A garment, etc.) with a ruff.
• ruff v. (Transitive, falconry) Of a falcon, hawk, etc.: to hit (the prey) without fixing or grabbing hold of it.
• ruff v. (Rare, transitive) To ruffle; to disorder.
• ruff v. (Obsolete, transitive) Of a bird: to ruffle its feathers.
• ruff v. (Obsolete, transitive) To boast, to brag.
• ruff v. (Obsolete, intransitive) To speak in a loud and domineering manner; to bluster, to swagger.
• ruff n. Alternative spelling of ruffe: a small freshwater fish of the genus Gymnocephalus; specifically the…
• ruff n. Arripis georgianus, a fish found in cool waters off the southern coast of Australia; the Australian…
• ruff n. (Obsolete) A bottom-dwelling carnivorous fish of the family Sparidae found in temperate and tropical…
• ruff v. (Transitive, intransitive) To play a trump card to a trick when unable to follow suit (that is, when…
• ruff v. (Transitive) Especially in the form ruff out: to defeat (A card, etc.) by ruffing, thus establishing…
• ruff n. An instance of ruffing, or an opportunity to ruff, when unable to follow suit.
• ruff n. (Obsolete) A game similar to whist and its predecessor.
• ruff n. (Music, often military) A low, vibrating beat of a drum, quieter than a roll; a ruffle.
• ruff v. (Transitive) To beat a ruff or ruffle, as on a drum.
• ruff v. (Intransitive) Of a drum, etc.: to have a ruff or ruffle beaten on it.
• ruff interj. The bark of a dog; arf, woof.
• ruff adj. (Colloquial) Alternative spelling of rough.

— Foreign word, define in English —

• Luxembourgish
  • Ruff n. Reputation.

— English words, defined in French —

• ruff interj. Ouaf (cri de chien).
• ruff n. Fraise (costume).
• ruff n. (Ornithologie) Combattant varié.
• ruff n. (Ornithologie) (En particulier) Combattant varié mâle.

135 English words from 25 English definitions

adorn A␣game Alternative and animals Anything arf Australia Australian bark beat beaten bird bluster boast bottom bottom-dwelling brag card carnivorous circular coast collar Colloquial conduct cool defeat disorder dog domineering drum dwelling Elizabethan endwise Engineering especially establishing etc exhibition Fabric falcon falconry family feathers fish fixing fluted flutings follow follow␣suit form formed found freshwater frill game garment genus grabbing haughtiness have hawk hit hold instance into intransitive its like loud low manner military motion Music neck Obsolete of␣a off often on␣it opportunity other out piece plaits play predecessor prevent prey pride procedure quieter Rare relating Reputation roll rough ruff ruffe ruffing ruffle Senses shaft shape similar small southern speak specifically spelling starched suit swagger temperate than that that␣is the thus transitive trick tropical trump trump␣card Tumultuous unable vibrating wanton waters when whist with without woof

3 English words from 4 foreign definitions

Combattant costume Fraise

9 foreign words from 4 foreign definitions

chien Combattant␣varié cri En␣particulier mâle Ornithologie Ouaf particulier varié

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

ruffe Ruffo ruffs Ruffy ruffed ruffer ruffes ruffin Ruffin ruffle ruffly Ruffos ruffage Ruffalo Ruffell ruffers ruffest ruffian ruffing Ruffing Ruffino Ruffins ruffled ruffler ruffles Ruffner Ruffolo Rufford ruffable ruffages Ruffalos ruffians Ruffings Ruffinos rufflers ruffless ruffle␣up rufflier rufflike ruffling ruffmans Ruffners Ruffolos Ruffords Rufforth ruffemans ruffianed ruffianly ruffliest rufflings +30 words

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

Bruffs gruffs gruffy truffs Boruffs bruffin cruffin gruffed gruffer gruffly scruffs scruffy Scruffy skruffs truffle truffly bruffins cruffins gruffest gruffier gruffily gruffing gruffish rruffite scruffed scruffle searuffe sea␣ruffe sea-ruffs toruffle truffled truffles truffley unruffed unruffle dandruffs dandruffy gruffiest gruffness mumruffin overruffs scruffbag scruffier scruffies scruffily scruffing scruffled scruffles searuffes sea␣ruffes +70 words

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

Bruff gruff truff Boruff scruff shruff skruff sea-ruff ungruff dandruff overruff woodruff Woodruff beardruff crossruff cross-ruff tommy␣ruff underruff Apple␣scruff antidandruff sweet␣woodruff devil's␣dandruff

One word in word (Word found as is inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

UFF

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

fur Fur fur.

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

Bruff gruff Murff Rueff ruffe Ruffo ruffs Ruffy Ruoff truff

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

FFR Frf. fur Fur fur. UFF urf

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

buff Buff BUFF cuff Cuff duff Duff DUFF fuff guff huff Huff kuff luff Luff muff Muff nuff 'nuff puff raff Raff Reff riff RIFF Roff Rufo rufo- ruft tuff Tuff wuff

One lipogram (New word found when removing only one letter.)

UFF

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

Rueff Ruoff

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