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-ably
unknown · 78% connection
A suffix composed of -able and the adverbial suffix -ly; as, favorably.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: noun, suffix, signifying, relates, emergence.
-ance
unknown · 78% connection
A suffix signifying action; also, quality or state; as, assistance, resistance, appearance, elegance. See -ancy.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: noun, suffix, signifying, relates, emergence.
-ancy
unknown · 78% connection
A suffix expressing more strongly than -ance the idea of quality or state; as, constancy, buoyancy, infancy.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: noun, suffix, signifying, relates, emergence.
-ate
unknown · 78% connection
As a noun suffix, it marks the agent; as, curate, delegate. It also sometimes marks the office or dignity; as, tribunate.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: noun, suffix, signifying, relates, emergence.
-blast
unknown · 78% connection
A suffix or terminal formative, used principally in biological terms, and signifying growth, formation; as, bioblast, epiblast, mesobl…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: noun, suffix, signifying, relates, emergence.
-derm
noun · 78% connection
A suffix or terminal formative, much used in anatomical terms, and signifying skin, integument, covering; as, blastoderm, ectoderm, et…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: noun, suffix, signifying, relates, emergence.
-en
unknown · 78% connection
A suffix signifying to make, to cause, used to form verbs from nouns and adjectives; as in strengthen, quicken, frighten. This must no…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: noun, suffix, signifying, relates, emergence.
-ency
unknown · 78% connection
A noun suffix having much the same meaning as -ence, but more commonly signifying the quality or state; as, emergency, efficiency. See…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: noun, suffix, signifying, relates, emergence.
-ent
unknown · 78% connection
An adjective suffix signifying action or being; as, corrodent, excellent, emergent, continent, quiescent. See -ant.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: noun, suffix, signifying, relates, emergence.
-escent
unknown · 78% connection
A suffix signifying beginning, beginning to be; as, adolescent, effervescent, etc.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: noun, suffix, signifying, relates, emergence.
-et
unknown · 78% connection
A noun suffix with a diminutive force; as in baronet, pocket, facet, floweret, latchet.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: noun, suffix, signifying, relates, emergence.
-ferous
unknown · 78% connection
A suffix signifying bearing, producing, yielding; as, auriferous, yielding gold; chyliferous, producing chyle.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: noun, suffix, signifying, relates, emergence.
-ful
adjective · 78% connection
A suffix signifying full of, abounding with; as, boastful, harmful, woeful.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: noun, suffix, signifying, relates, emergence.
-ion
unknown · 78% connection
A noun suffix denoting act, process, result of an act or a process, thing acted upon, state, or condition; as, revolution, the act or…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: noun, suffix, signifying, relates, emergence.
-ist
unknown · 78% connection
A noun suffix denoting an agent, or doer, one who practices, a believer in; as, theorist, one who theorizes; socialist, one who holds…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: noun, suffix, signifying, relates, emergence.
-let
unknown · 78% connection
A noun suffix having a diminutive force; as in streamlet, wavelet, armlet.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: noun, suffix, signifying, relates, emergence.
-ling
unknown · 78% connection
A noun suffix, commonly having a diminutive or a depreciatory force; as in duckling, gosling, hireling, fosterling, firstling, underli…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: noun, suffix, signifying, relates, emergence.
-or
unknown · 78% connection
A noun suffix denoting an act; a state or quality; as in error, fervor, pallor, candor, etc.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: noun, suffix, signifying, relates, emergence.
