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-ably
unknown · 78% connection
A suffix composed of -able and the adverbial suffix -ly; as, favorably.
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-ana
unknown · 78% connection
A suffix to names of persons or places, used to denote a collection of notable sayings, literary gossip, anecdotes, etc. Thus, Scalige…
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-ate
unknown · 78% connection
As an ending of participles or participial adjectives it is equivalent to -ed; as, situate or situated; animate or animated.
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-gram
unknown · 78% connection
A suffix indicating something drawn or written, a drawing, writing; -- as, monogram, telegram, chronogram.
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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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-ism
unknown · 78% connection
A suffix indicating an act, a process, the result of an act or a process, a state; also, a characteristic (as a theory, doctrine, idio…
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-ite
unknown · 78% connection
A suffix denoting one of a party, a sympathizer with or adherent of, and the like, and frequently used in ridicule; as, a Millerite; a…
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-ive
unknown · 78% connection
An adjective suffix signifying relating or belonging to, of the nature of, tending to; as affirmative, active, conclusive, corrective,…
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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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-one
unknown · 78% connection
A suffix indicating that the substance, in the name of which it appears, is a ketone; as, acetone.
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-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…
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-some
unknown · 78% connection
A combining form or suffix from Gr. sw^ma (gen. sw`matos) the body; as in merosome, a body segment; cephalosome, etc.
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Alkalamide
noun · 78% connection
One of a series of compounds that may be regarded as ammonia in which a part of the hydrogen has been replaced by basic, and another p…
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Alkaloid
adjective · 78% connection
Alt. of Alkaloidal
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Amine
noun · 78% connection
One of a class of strongly basic substances derived from ammonia by replacement of one or more hydrogen atoms by a basic atom or radic…
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Basylous
adjective · 78% connection
Pertaining to, or having the nature of, a basyle; electro-positive; basic; -- opposed to chlorous.
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Belladonna
noun · 78% connection
An herbaceous European plant (Atropa belladonna) with reddish bell-shaped flowers and shining black berries. The whole plant and its f…
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Binomial
noun · 78% connection
An expression consisting of two terms connected by the sign plus (+) or minus (-); as, a + b, or 7 - 3.
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