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-wards
verb · 78% connection
Suffixes denoting course or direction to; motion or tendency toward; as in backward, or backwards; toward, or towards, etc.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: prefix, words, greek, denoting, upward.
A-
unknown · 78% connection
A, as a prefix to English words, is derived from various sources. (1) It frequently signifies on or in (from an, a forms of AS. on), d…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: prefix, words, greek, denoting, upward.
Amphi-
unknown · 78% connection
A prefix in words of Greek origin, signifying both, of both kinds, on both sides, about, around.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: prefix, words, greek, denoting, upward.
Amphipoda
n. pl. · 78% connection
A numerous group of fourteen -- footed Crustacea, inhabiting both fresh and salt water. The body is usually compressed laterally, and…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: prefix, words, greek, denoting, upward.
Anew
adverb · 78% connection
Over again; another time; in a new form; afresh; as, to arm anew; to create anew.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: prefix, words, greek, denoting, upward.
Antelope
noun · 78% connection
graceful Old World ruminant with long legs and horns directed upward and backward; includes gazelles, springboks, impalas, addax, gere…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: prefix, words, greek, denoting, upward.
Ascent
unknown · 78% connection
The act of rising; motion upward; rise; a mounting upward; as, he made a tedious ascent; the ascent of vapors from the earth.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: prefix, words, greek, denoting, upward.
Aversely
adverb · 78% connection
Backward; in a backward direction; as, emitted aversely.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: prefix, words, greek, denoting, upward.
Backing
noun · 78% connection
The act of moving backward, or of putting or moving anything backward.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: prefix, words, greek, denoting, upward.
Camber
noun · 78% connection
An upward concavity in the under side of a beam, girder, or lintel; also, a slight upward concavity in a straight arch. See Hogback.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: prefix, words, greek, denoting, upward.
Chasuble
noun · 78% connection
The outer vestment worn by the priest in saying Mass, consisting, in the Roman Catholic Church, of a broad, flat, back piece, and a na…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: prefix, words, greek, denoting, upward.
Chloro-
unknown · 78% connection
A prefix denoting that chlorine is an ingredient in the substance named.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: prefix, words, greek, denoting, upward.
Circumflex
noun · 78% connection
A character, or accent, denoting in Greek a rise and of the voice on the same long syllable, marked thus [~ or /]; and in Latin and so…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: prefix, words, greek, denoting, upward.
Deca-
unknown · 78% connection
A prefix, from Gr. de`ka, signifying ten; specifically (Metric System), a prefix signifying the weight or measure that is ten times th…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: prefix, words, greek, denoting, upward.
Di-
unknown · 78% connection
A prefix denoting through; also, between, apart, asunder, across. Before a vowel dia-becomes di-; as, diactinic; dielectric, etc.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: prefix, words, greek, denoting, upward.
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: prefix, words, greek, denoting, upward.
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: prefix, words, greek, denoting, upward.
Extra-
unknown · 78% connection
A Latin preposition, denoting beyond, outside of; -- often used in composition as a prefix signifying outside of, beyond, besides, or…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: prefix, words, greek, denoting, upward.
