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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: latin, plural, combining, suffix, foot.
-en
unknown · 78% connection
A suffix from AS. -an, formerly used to form the plural of many nouns, as in ashen, eyen, oxen, all obs. except oxen. In some cases, s…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: latin, plural, combining, suffix, foot.
-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…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: latin, plural, combining, suffix, foot.
-oid
unknown · 78% connection
A suffix or combining form meaning like, resembling, in the form of; as in anthropoid, asteroid, spheroid.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: latin, plural, combining, suffix, foot.
-or
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A noun suffix denoting an agent or doer; as in auditor, one who hears; donor, one who gives; obligor, elevator. It is correlative to -…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: latin, plural, combining, suffix, foot.
-pod
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A combining form or suffix from Gr. poy`s, podo`s, foot; as, decapod, an animal having ten feet; phyllopod, an animal having leaflike…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: latin, plural, combining, suffix, foot.
-some
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A combining form or suffix from Gr. sw^ma (gen. sw`matos) the body; as in merosome, a body segment; cephalosome, etc.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: latin, plural, combining, suffix, foot.
Ae
unknown · 78% connection
A diphthong in the Latin language; used also by the Saxon writers. It answers to the Gr. ai. The Anglo-Saxon short ae was generally re…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: latin, plural, combining, suffix, foot.
Ante-
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A Latin preposition and prefix; akin to Gr. 'anti`, Skr. anti, Goth. and-, anda- (only in comp.), AS. and-, ond-, (only in comp.: cf.…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: latin, plural, combining, suffix, foot.
Byzantine
noun · 78% connection
A native or inhabitant of Byzantium, now Constantinople; sometimes, applied to an inhabitant of the modern city of Constantinople. C (…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: latin, plural, combining, suffix, foot.
Caesura
noun · 78% connection
A metrical break in a verse, occurring in the middle of a foot and commonly near the middle of the verse; a sense pause in the middle…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: latin, plural, combining, suffix, foot.
Centiped
noun · 78% connection
A species of the Myriapoda; esp. the large, flattened, venomous kinds of the order Chilopoda, found in tropical climates. they are man…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: latin, plural, combining, suffix, foot.
De-
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A prefix from Latin de down, from, away; as in debark, decline, decease, deduct, decamp. In words from the French it is equivalent to…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: latin, plural, combining, suffix, foot.
Dis-
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A prefix from the Latin, whence F. des, or sometimes de-, dis-. The Latin dis-appears as di-before b, d, g, l, m, n, r, v, becomes dif…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: latin, plural, combining, suffix, foot.
Eysell
noun · 78% connection
Same as Eisel. F () F is the sixth letter of the English alphabet, and a nonvocal consonant. Its form and sound are from the Latin. Th…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: latin, plural, combining, suffix, foot.
Flat foot
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A foot in which the arch of the instep is flattened so that the entire sole of the foot rests upon the ground; also, the deformity, us…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: latin, plural, combining, suffix, foot.
Foot
noun · 78% connection
The lowest part or base; the ground part; the bottom, as of a mountain or column; also, the last of a row or series; the end or extrem…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: latin, plural, combining, suffix, foot.
Hexapod
noun · 78% connection
An animal having six feet; one of the Hexapoda.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: latin, plural, combining, suffix, foot.
