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Definition: Bloodsucker |
BloodsuckerNoun1. Carnivorous or bloodsucking aquatic or terrestrial worms typically having a sucker at each end. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Note: Bloodsucker \Blood"suck`er\, noun. 1. (Zo["o]l.) Any animal that sucks blood; esp., the leech ( Hirudo medicinalis), and related species. 2. One who sheds blood; a cruel, bloodthirsty man; one guilty of bloodshed; a murderer. [Obsolete]. (references) |
Synonyms: BloodsuckerSynonyms: hirudinean (n), leech (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Evil doer | Cannibal; anthropophagus, anthropophagist; bloodsucker, vampire, ogre, ghoul, gorilla, vulture; gyrfalcon, gerfalcon. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Bloodsucker |
| English words defined with "bloodsucker": Sanguisuge. (references) |
| 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 |
bloodsucker | 3 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "bloodsucker"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | shushunjë (caterpillar, leech), gjakpirës (caterpillar, leech, sanguinary, sanguineous, sanguivorous, vampire). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | кръвопиец (vampire), пиявица (extortionist, leech). (various references) | |
Czech | pijavice (leech). (various references) | |
Farsi | هرجانوری که خون می مکد, کسی که ازدیگری پول بیرون میکشد, زالو (Leech). (various references) | |
Finnish | verenimijä. (various references) | |
German | blutsauger (leech, vampire, vampire bat). (various references) | |
Greek | βδέλλα (leech). (various references) | |
Hebrew | ערפד (extortionist, leech, vampire). (various references) | |
Hungarian | vérszívó (blood-sucker). (various references) | |
Indonesian | pengisap darah, lintah darat (money lender, usurer). (various references) | |
Italian | sanguisuga (leech). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 吸血鬼 (vampire), 吸血鬼 (vampire), 吸血動物 . (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | きゅうけつどうぶつ, きゅうけつき (vampire). (various references) | |
Manx | carthan folley. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | oodsuckerblay.(various references) | |
Russian | кровопийца (caterpillar, leech), пиявка (leech). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | pijavica (cow-leech, leech), krvopija (horseleech, leech), gulikoža. (various references) | |
Spanish | sanguijuela (leech). (various references) | |
Swedish | blodsugare (blood sucker, blood-suckers, leech, vampire). (various references) | |
Turkish | sülük (cirrus, leech), kan emici, asalak (parasite, sponger). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "bloodsucker": bloodsuckers. (additional references) | |
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"Bloodsucker" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: bloodsuckled. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "bloodsucker" (pronounced 'Blood"suck`er'): Acetifier, Acidifier, Aletaster, Almsgiver, Amplifier, Ant-eater, Anywhither, Armor-bearer, Backbiter, Backhander, Bagpiper, Ball-flower, Barkeeper, Barnburner, Barnstormer, Bartender, Base-burner, Basifier, Batfowler, Beaucatcher, Beautifier, Bedmaker, Bedswerver, Bee-eater, Beefeater, Bellwether, Benefiter, Birdcatcher, Blackmailer, Blacksalter, Bloodflower, Bogsucker, Bondholder, Bookbinder, Bookholder, Bookkeeper, Bookmaker, Bookseller, Bootmaker, Bottleholder, Boxkeeper, Boycotter, Breechloader, Brickfielder, Bricklayer, Brickmaker, Bull-roarer, Bushfighter, Bushwhacker, Bystander. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "b-c-d-e-k-l-o-o-r-s-u" | |
-2 letters: buckeroos, decolours, subcooled. | |
-3 letters: beclouds, bedrocks, blockers, boodlers, boulders, buckeroo, bucklers, burdocks, closured, coloreds, coloured, decolors, decolour, decorous, doublers, obscured, roebucks, subclerk. | |
-4 letters: becloud, bedrock, bescour, blocked, blocker, bloused, boleros, boodler, boodles, bookers, bordels, boucles, boulder, brooked, buckers, buckled, buckler, buckles, buckoes, burdock, burlesk, closure, cloured, colobus, colored, colours, colures, cookers, coolers, corbels. | |
| Words containing the letters "b-c-d-e-k-l-o-o-r-s-u" | |
+1 letter: bloodsuckers. | |
+5 letters: counterblockades. | |
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