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Definition: FIRE BUG |
FIRE BUG1. An incendiary; one who, from malice or through mania, persistently sets fire to property; a pyromaniac. [U.S.] |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Bad Man | Incendiary, arsonist, fire bug. |
Evil doer | Firebrand, incendiary, fire bug, pyromaniac; anarchist, communist, terrorist. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
| Language | Translations for "FIRE BUG"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||
Albanian | piroman (arsonist). (various references) | ||||||||||
Greek | εμπρηστήσ (arsonist, incendiary). (various references) | ||||||||||
Pig Latin | irefay ugbay светляк (fire fly, glowworm). (various references) | ||||||||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: firebug. | |
| Words within the letters "b-e-f-g-i-r-u" | |
-1 letter: figure. | |
-2 letters: brief, fiber, fibre, giber, grief. | |
-3 letters: berg, bier, brie, brig, burg, fire, frig, frug, gibe, grub, grue, reif, rife, rube, urge. | |
-4 letters: beg, big, bug, bur, erg, fer, feu, fib, fie, fig, fir, fub, fug, fur, gib, gie, ire, reb, ref, reg, rei, rib, rif, rig, rub, rue, rug, urb. | |
-5 letters: be, bi. | |
| Words containing the letters "b-e-f-g-i-r-u" | |
+1 letter: firebugs. | |
+2 letters: buffering, febrifuge, rebuffing. | |
+3 letters: febrifuges. | |
+4 letters: bullfighter, furbelowing, subfreezing. | |
+5 letters: bourgeoisify, bullfighters, butterflying, refurbishing, unforgivable. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)46 49 52 45 42 55 47 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000110 01001001 01010010 01000101 00100000 01000010 01010101 01000111 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)F I R E   B U G |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0046 0049 0052 0045 0042 0055 0047 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)404352392365541 |
| 1. Definition 2. Translations: Modern 3. Anagrams 4. Orthography | 5. Bibliography |
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