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Morpheme

The smallest meaningful part of a word.

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Allomorph 76% connected

Any one of two or more distinct crystalline forms of the same substance; or the substance having such forms; -- as, carbonate of lime occurs in the a…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Classifier 76% connected

One who classifies.

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Ending 76% connected

of End

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Termination 76% connected

The act of terminating, or of limiting or setting bounds; the act of ending or concluding; as, a voluntary termination of hostilities.

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Acronym noun · 86% connection

a word formed from the initial letters of the several words in the name and pronounced as one word; "‘NATO’ is an initialism for North…

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Affix noun · 86% connection

a linguistic element added to a word to produce an inflected or derived form

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Base noun · 86% connection

(linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed; "thematic vowels are part of the stem"

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Blend noun · 86% connection

the act of blending components together thoroughly

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Blending noun · 86% connection

the act of blending components together thoroughly

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Bound form noun · 86% connection

a morpheme that occurs only as part of a larger construction; e.g. an ‘-s’ at the end of plural nouns

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Bound morpheme noun · 86% connection

a morpheme that occurs only as part of a larger construction; e.g. an ‘-s’ at the end of plural nouns

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Combination noun · 86% connection

the act of combining things to form a new whole

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Combining noun · 86% connection

the act of combining things to form a new whole

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Combining form noun · 86% connection

a bound form used only in compounds; "‘hemato-’ is a combining form in words like ‘hematology’"

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Compound noun · 86% connection

a word (as anthropology, kilocycle, builder) consisting of any of various combinations of words, combining forms, or affixes.; "Also c…

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Compound word noun · 86% connection

a word (as anthropology, kilocycle, builder) consisting of any of various combinations of words, combining forms, or affixes.; "Also c…

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Compounding noun · 86% connection

the act of combining things to form a new whole

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Derivative noun · 86% connection

(linguistics) a word that is derived from another word; "‘electricity’ is a derivative of ‘electric’"

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Free form noun · 86% connection

a morpheme that can occur alone

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Free morpheme noun · 86% connection

a morpheme that can occur alone

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Infix noun · 86% connection

an affix that is inserted inside the word

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Initialism noun · 86% connection

a word formed from the initial letters of the several words in the name and pronounced as one word; "‘NATO’ is an initialism for North…

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Anatomize verb · 78% connection

analyze down to the smallest detail; "This writer anatomized the depth of human behavior"

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Atom noun · 78% connection

The smallest particle of matter that can enter into combination; one of the elementary constituents of a molecule.

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Bacterium noun · 78% connection

A microscopic vegetable organism, belonging to the class Algae, usually in the form of a jointed rodlike filament, and found in putref…

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Brilliant adjective · 78% connection

The smallest size of type used in England printing.

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Capillary noun · 78% connection

A minute, thin-walled vessel; particularly one of the smallest blood vessels connecting arteries and veins, but used also for the smal…

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Cell noun · 78% connection

The smallest structural and functional unit of an organism

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Comma noun · 78% connection

A character or point [,] marking the smallest divisions of a sentence, written or printed.

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Diamond noun · 78% connection

The smallest kind of type in English printing, except that called brilliant, which is seldom seen.

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Dinghy noun · 78% connection

A ship's smallest boat.

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Distinguish verb · 78% connection

To show how two similar ideas are different.

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Drop noun · 78% connection

The quantity of fluid which falls in one small spherical mass; a liquid globule; a minim; hence, also, the smallest easily measured po…

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Element noun · 78% connection

One of the smallest natural divisions of the organism, as a blood corpuscle, a muscular fiber.

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