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-ably
unknown · 78% connection
A suffix composed of -able and the adverbial suffix -ly; as, favorably.
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-ate
unknown · 78% connection
In chemistry it is used to denote the salts formed from those acids whose names end -ic (excepting binary or halogen acids); as, sulph…
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-er
unknown · 78% connection
The termination of many English words, denoting the agent; -- applied either to men or things; as in hater, farmer, heater, grater. At…
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-ics
unknown · 78% connection
A suffix used in forming the names of certain sciences, systems, etc., as acoustics, mathematics, dynamics, statistics, politics, athl…
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-ide
unknown · 78% connection
A suffix used to denote: (a) The nonmetallic, or negative, element or radical in a binary compound; as, oxide, sulphide, chloride. (b)…
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-ine
unknown · 78% connection
A suffix, indicating that those substances of whose names it is a part are basic, and alkaloidal in their nature.
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-ite
unknown · 78% connection
A suffix used to denote the salts formed from those acids whose names end in -ous; as, sulphite, from sulphurous; nitrite, from nitrou…
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-itis
unknown · 78% connection
A suffix used in medical terms to denote an inflammatory disease of; as, arthritis; bronchitis, phrenitis.
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-mo
unknown · 78% connection
A suffix added to the names of certain numerals or to the numerals themselves, to indicate the number of leaves made by folding a shee…
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-oma
unknown · 78% connection
A suffix used in medical terms to denote a morbid condition of some part, usually some kind of tumor; as in fibroma, glaucoma.
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Anecdotage
noun · 78% connection
Anecdotes collectively; a collection of anecdotes.
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Anecdotal
adjective · 78% connection
Pertaining to, or abounding with, anecdotes; as, anecdotal conversation.
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Anecdotical
adjective · 78% connection
Pertaining to, consisting of, or addicted to, anecdotes.
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Anecdotist
noun · 78% connection
One who relates or collects anecdotes.
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Anthology
noun · 78% connection
A collection of flowers of literature, that is, beautiful passages from authors; a collection of poems or epigrams; -- particularly ap…
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Apothegmatize
verb · 78% connection
To utter apothegms, or short and sententious sayings.
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Array
noun · 78% connection
The whole body of persons thus placed in order; an orderly collection; hence, a body of soldiers.
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Binomial
adjective · 78% connection
Having two names; -- used of the system by which every animal and plant receives two names, the one indicating the genus, the other th…
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