Literally, the letters of a word read backwards, but in its usual wider sense, the change or one word or phrase into another by the tr…
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a word invented (usually unwittingly by subtracting an affix) on the assumption that a familiar word derives from it
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A word of opposite meaning; a counterterm; -- used as a correlative of synonym.
Used in the same subject area: Spelling and grammar, Word origins, Sentence structure, Borrowing and loanwords, Historical word formation.Among theatrical performers, the last word of the preceding speaker, which reminds one that he is to speak next; cue.
Used in the same subject area: Spelling and grammar, Word origins, Sentence structure, Borrowing and loanwords, Historical word formation.A verbal or acted enigma based upon a word which has two or more significant syllables or parts, each of which, as well as the word it…
Used in the same subject area: Spelling and grammar, Word origins, Sentence structure, Borrowing and loanwords, Historical word formation.One who classifies.
Used in the same subject area: Spelling and grammar, Word origins, Sentence structure, Borrowing and loanwords, Historical word formation, Word formation.Allied by blood; kindred by birth; specifically (Law), related on the mother's side.
Used in the same subject area: Spelling and grammar, Word origins, Sentence structure, Borrowing and loanwords, Historical word formation.The act or process of converting metal into money.
Used in the same subject area: Spelling and grammar, Word origins, Sentence structure, Borrowing and loanwords, Historical word formation.The act or process of contracting, shortening, or shrinking; the state of being contracted; as, contraction of the heart, of the pupil…
Used in the same subject area: Spelling and grammar, Word origins, Sentence structure, Borrowing and loanwords, Historical word formation.Direct; proving directly; -- applied to reasoning, and opposed to elenchtic or refutative.
Used in the same subject area: Spelling and grammar, Word origins, Sentence structure, Borrowing and loanwords, Historical word formation.Obtained by derivation; derived; not radical, original, or fundamental; originating, deduced, or formed from something else; secondary…
Used in the same subject area: Spelling and grammar, Word origins, Sentence structure, Borrowing and loanwords, Historical word formation.Below the average size; very small; little.
Used in the same subject area: Spelling and grammar, Word origins, Sentence structure, Borrowing and loanwords, Historical word formation.A word of two syllables; as, pa-per.
Used in the same subject area: Spelling and grammar, Word origins, Sentence structure, Borrowing and loanwords, Historical word formation.A suffix used to denote in the form / shape of, resembling, etc.; as, valiform; oviform.
Used in the same subject area: Spelling and grammar, Word origins, Sentence structure, Borrowing and loanwords, Historical word formation.The anterior or superior part of an animal, containing the brain, or chief ganglia of the nervous system, the mouth, and in the higher…
Used in the same subject area: Spelling and grammar, Word origins, Sentence structure, Borrowing and loanwords, Historical word formation.(grammar) the word in a grammatical constituent that plays the same grammatical role as the whole constituent
Used in the same subject area: Spelling and grammar, Word origins, Sentence structure, Borrowing and loanwords, Historical word formation.That which is heteronymous; a thing having a different name or designation from some other thing; -- opposed to homonym.
Used in the same subject area: Spelling and grammar, Word origins, Sentence structure, Borrowing and loanwords, Historical word formation.A word having the same sound as another, but differing from it in meaning; as the noun bear and the verb bear.
Used in the same subject area: Spelling and grammar, Word origins, Sentence structure, Borrowing and loanwords, Historical word formation.The offspring of the union of two distinct species; an animal or plant produced from the mixture of two species. See Mongrel.
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Characterizing that kind of reasoning which derives propositions from the observation of facts, or by generalizations from facts arriv…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: invented, unwittingly, subtracting, affix, assumption.To admit, as a person or thing; to take in.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: invented, unwittingly, subtracting, affix, assumption.A plant growing entirely in the air, and receiving its nourishment from it; an air plant or epiphyte.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: invented, unwittingly, subtracting, affix, assumption.To subjoin, annex, or add at the close or end; to append to; to fix to any part of; as, to affix a syllable to a word; to affix a seal…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: invented, unwittingly, subtracting, affix, assumption.of Affix
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: invented, unwittingly, subtracting, affix, assumption.of Affix
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: invented, unwittingly, subtracting, affix, assumption.of Affix
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: invented, unwittingly, subtracting, affix, assumption.An affix.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: invented, unwittingly, subtracting, affix, assumption.A plant deriving its sustenance from the air alone; an aerophyte.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: invented, unwittingly, subtracting, affix, assumption.The act of assuming, or taking to or upon one's self; the act of taking up or adopting.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: invented, unwittingly, subtracting, affix, assumption.A familiar name for an aunt. In the southern United States a familiar term applied to aged negro women.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: invented, unwittingly, subtracting, affix, assumption.Having frequent or customary intercourse; familiary associated; intimately acquainted.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: invented, unwittingly, subtracting, affix, assumption.A leading or drawing off of water from a stream or source.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: invented, unwittingly, subtracting, affix, assumption.
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