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A-
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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, dexter, meaning, pertaining, toward.
Ambi-
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A prefix meaning about, around; -- used in words derived from the Latin.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: prefix, dexter, meaning, pertaining, toward.
Anti
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A prefix meaning against, opposite or opposed to, contrary, or in place of; -- used in composition in many English words. It is often…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: prefix, dexter, meaning, pertaining, toward.
Bend
verb · 78% connection
To strain or move out of a straight line; to crook by straining; to make crooked; to curve; to make ready for use by drawing into a cu…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: prefix, dexter, meaning, pertaining, toward.
Canton
noun · 78% connection
A song or canto
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: prefix, dexter, meaning, pertaining, toward.
Chevron
noun · 78% connection
One of the nine honorable ordinaries, consisting of two broad bands of the width of the bar, issuing, respectively from the dexter and…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: prefix, dexter, meaning, pertaining, toward.
Chief
noun · 78% connection
The head or leader of any body of men; a commander, as of an army; a head man, as of a tribe, clan, or family; a person in authority w…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: prefix, dexter, meaning, pertaining, toward.
Contourne'
adjective · 78% connection
Turned in a direction which is not the usual one; -- said of an animal turned to the sinister which is usually turned to the dexter, o…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: prefix, dexter, meaning, pertaining, toward.
Counter
adverb · 78% connection
A prefix meaning contrary, opposite, in opposition; as, counteract, counterbalance, countercheck. See Counter, adv. & a.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: prefix, dexter, meaning, pertaining, toward.
Deca-
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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, dexter, meaning, pertaining, toward.
Dextrorotatory
adjective · 78% connection
Turning, or causing to turn, toward the right hand; esp., turning the plane of polarization of luminous rays toward the right hand; as…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: prefix, dexter, meaning, pertaining, toward.
E-
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A Latin prefix meaning out, out of, from; also, without. See Ex-.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: prefix, dexter, meaning, pertaining, toward.
East
noun · 78% connection
The point in the heavens where the sun is seen to rise at the equinox, or the corresponding point on the earth; that one of the four c…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: prefix, dexter, meaning, pertaining, toward.
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, dexter, meaning, pertaining, toward.
Epi-
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A prefix, meaning upon, beside, among, on the outside, above, over. It becomes ep-before a vowel, as in epoch, and eph-before a Greek…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: prefix, dexter, meaning, pertaining, toward.
Equatorial
adjective · 78% connection
Of or pertaining to the equator; as, equatorial climates; also, pertaining to an equatorial instrument.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: prefix, dexter, meaning, pertaining, toward.
Equi-
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A prefix, meaning equally; as, equidistant; equiangular.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: prefix, dexter, meaning, pertaining, toward.
Escutcheon
noun · 78% connection
The surface, usually a shield, upon which bearings are marshaled and displayed. The surface of the escutcheon is called the field, the…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: prefix, dexter, meaning, pertaining, toward.
