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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: suffix, certain, words, french, italian.
-ation
unknown · 78% connection
A suffix forming nouns of action, and often equivalent to the verbal substantive in -ing. It sometimes has the further meanings of sta…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: suffix, certain, words, french, italian.
-ish
unknown · 78% connection
A suffix used to from adjectives from nouns and from adjectives. It denotes relation, resemblance, similarity, and sometimes has a dim…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: suffix, certain, words, french, italian.
-ose
unknown · 78% connection
A suffix denoting full of, containing, having the qualities of, like; as in verbose, full of words; pilose, hairy; globose, like a glo…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: suffix, certain, words, french, italian.
Alhambresque
adjective · 78% connection
Made or decorated after the fanciful style of the ornamentation in the Alhambra, which affords an unusually fine exhibition of Saracen…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: suffix, certain, words, french, italian.
Arabesque
adjective · 78% connection
Relating to, or exhibiting, the style of ornament called arabesque; as, arabesque frescoes.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: suffix, certain, words, french, italian.
Auxiliary
sing. · 78% connection
A verb which helps to form the voices, modes, and tenses of other verbs; -- called, also, an auxiliary verb; as, have, be, may, can, d…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: suffix, certain, words, french, italian.
Be
verb · 78% connection
To exist in a certain manner or relation, -- whether as a reality or as a product of thought; to exist as the subject of a certain pre…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: suffix, certain, words, french, italian.
Bond
noun · 78% connection
A writing under seal, by which a person binds himself, his heirs, executors, and administrators, to pay a certain sum on or before a f…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: suffix, certain, words, french, italian.
Cid
noun · 78% connection
Chief or commander; in Spanish literature, a title of Ruy Diaz, Count of Bivar, a champion of Christianity and of the old Spanish roya…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: suffix, certain, words, french, italian.
Cinquecento
n. & a. · 78% connection
The sixteenth century, when applied to Italian art or literature; as, the sculpture of the Cinquecento; Cinquecento style.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: suffix, certain, words, french, italian.
Close
verb · 78% connection
Uttered with a relatively contracted opening of the mouth, as certain sounds of e and o in French, Italian, and German; -- opposed to…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: suffix, certain, words, french, italian.
Creole
noun · 78% connection
One born of European parents in the American colonies of France or Spain or in the States which were once such colonies, esp. a person…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: suffix, certain, words, french, italian.
Dago
noun · 78% connection
A nickname given to a person of Spanish (or, by extension, Portuguese or Italian) descent.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: suffix, certain, words, french, italian.
En-
unknown · 78% connection
A prefix signifying in or into, used in many English words, chiefly those borrowed from the French. Some English words are written ind…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: suffix, certain, words, french, italian.
Energy
noun · 78% connection
an imaginative lively style (especially style of writing); "his writing conveys great energy"; "a remarkable muscularity of style"
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: suffix, certain, words, french, italian.
Ex-
unknown · 78% connection
A prefix from the latin preposition, ex, akin to Gr. 'ex or 'ek signifying out of, out, proceeding from. Hence, in composition, it sig…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: suffix, certain, words, french, italian.
Filigree
noun · 78% connection
Ornamental work, formerly with grains or breads, but now composed of fine wire and used chiefly in decorating gold and silver to which…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: suffix, certain, words, french, italian.
