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Definition: Bed Bug |
Bed BugNoun1. Bug of temperate regions that infests especially beds and feeds on human blood. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Synonyms: Bed BugSynonyms: bedbug (n), chinch (n). (additional references) |
| Domain | Title |
Consumer Goods | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
bed bug | 843 |
bed bug bite | 94 |
bed bug picture | 31 |
bed bug treatment | 9 |
bed bug get rid | 9 |
bed bug kill | 9 |
bed bug medicine | 6 |
bed bug photo | 6 |
bed bug symptom | 6 |
bed bug insect | 5 |
bed bug rid | 5 |
bed bug control | 5 |
bed bug info | 4 |
bed bug control pest | 4 |
bed bug lady spread | 4 |
bed bug spray | 4 |
bed bug controlling | 3 |
bed bug killing | 3 |
bed bug reaction | 3 |
bed bug insecticide | 3 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "bed bug"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||
Danish | vaeggelus (bedbug, cimex, clinophilus). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Dutch | weegluis, wandluis (bedbug, bug), gewone bedwants, echte bedwants. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Finnish | lutikka (bug). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
French | punaise des lits. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
German | gemeine Bettwanze. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Greek | κόρις ο κοινός, κορηός ο κοινός. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Italian | cimice del letto, cimice (bedbug, bug). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | edbay ugbay piojo (human flea, lice, louse), chinche de cama, chinche cormin de las camas. (various references) vägglus (bedbug, bug, chinch). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | Cimex lectularius. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: bedbug. | |
| Words within the letters "b-b-d-e-g-u" | |
-1 letter: budge, debug. | |
-2 letters: bedu, gude. | |
-3 letters: bed, beg, bub, bud, bug, deb, dub, due, dug, ebb, ged. | |
-4 letters: be, de, ed. | |
| Words containing the letters "b-b-d-e-g-u" | |
+1 letter: bedbugs, grubbed. | |
+3 letters: bedaubing, bedumbing, redubbing. | |
+5 letters: overdubbing, unbudgeable, unbudgeably. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)42 65 64 42 75 67 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000010 01100101 01100100 00100000 01000010 01110101 01100111 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)B e d   B u g |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0042 0065 0064 0042 0075 0067 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)3671702368773 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Usage: Commercial 4. Expressions: Internet | 5. Translations: Modern 6. Translations: Ancient 7. Anagrams 8. Orthography | 9. Bibliography |
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