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Partitive

Denoting a part; as, a partitive genitive.

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Disjunctive 84% connected

Tending to disjoin; separating; disjoining.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Disjunctive 84% connected

Tending to disjoin; separating; disjoining.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Word 76% connected

The spoken sign of a conception or an idea; an articulate or vocal sound, or a combination of articulate and vocal sounds, uttered by the human voice…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Divide 74% connected

To part asunder (a whole); to sever into two or more parts or pieces; to sunder; to separate into parts.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Divide 74% connected

To part asunder (a whole); to sever into two or more parts or pieces; to sunder; to separate into parts.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Component 66% connected

Serving, or helping, to form; composing; constituting; constituent.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Partition 66% connected

The act of parting or dividing; the state of being parted; separation; division; distribution; as, the partition of a kingdom.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Separative 92% connected

Causing, or being to cause, separation.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Anagram noun · 86% connection

a word or phrase spelled by rearranging the letters of another word or phrase

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Antonym noun · 86% connection

a word that expresses a meaning opposed to the meaning of another word, in which case the two words are antonyms of each other; "to hi…

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Back-formation noun · 86% connection

a word invented (usually unwittingly by subtracting an affix) on the assumption that a familiar word derives from it

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Catchword noun · 86% connection

a word printed at the top of the page of a dictionary or other reference book to indicate the first or last item on that page

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Charade noun · 86% connection

a word acted out in an episode of the game of charades

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Classifier noun · 86% connection

a word or morpheme used in some languages in certain contexts (such as counting) to indicate the semantic class to which the counted i…

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Cognate noun · 86% connection

a word is cognate with another if both derive from the same word in an ancestral language

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Coinage noun · 86% connection

a newly invented word or phrase

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Contraction noun · 86% connection

a word formed from two or more words by omitting or combining some sounds; "‘won't’ is a contraction of ‘will not’"; "‘o'clock’ is a c…

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Deictic noun · 86% connection

a word specifying identity or spatial or temporal location from the perspective of a speaker or hearer in the context in which the com…

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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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Diminutive noun · 86% connection

a word that is formed with a suffix (such as ‘-let’ or ‘-kin’) to indicate smallness

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Dissyllable noun · 86% connection

a word having two syllables

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form noun · 86% connection

the phonological or orthographic sound or appearance of a word that can be used to describe or identify something; "the inflected form…

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Head noun · 86% connection

(grammar) the word in a grammatical constituent that plays the same grammatical role as the whole constituent

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Head word noun · 86% connection

(grammar) the word in a grammatical constituent that plays the same grammatical role as the whole constituent

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Heteronym noun · 86% connection

two words are heteronyms if they are spelled the same way but differ in pronunciation; "the word ‘bow’ is an example of a heteronym"

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Homonym noun · 86% connection

two words are homonyms if they are pronounced and spelled the same way but have different meanings

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-dom unknown · 78% connection

A suffix denoting

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-er unknown · 78% connection

The termination of many English words, denoting the agent; -- applied either to men or things; as in hater, farmer, heater, grater. At…

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-s unknown · 78% connection

An adverbial suffix; as in towards, needs, always, -- originally the genitive, possesive, ending. See -'s.

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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…

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After preposition · 78% connection

Denoting the aim or object; concerning; in relation to; as, to look after workmen; to inquire after a friend; to thirst after righteou…

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Ana- unknown · 78% connection

A prefix in words from the Greek, denoting up, upward, throughout, backward, back, again, anew.

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As adv. & conj. · 78% connection

Denoting equality or likeness in kind, degree, or manner; like; similar to; in the same manner with or in which; in accordance with; i…

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Bogus adjective · 78% connection

Spurious; fictitious; sham; -- a cant term originally applied to counterfeit coin, and hence denoting anything counterfeit.

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Built adjective · 78% connection

Formed; shaped; constructed; made; -- often used in composition and preceded by the word denoting the form; as, frigate-built, clipper…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: denoting, part, genitive.
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Cephalo unknown · 78% connection

A combining form denoting the head, of the head, connected with the head; as, cephalosome, cephalopod.

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Check noun · 78% connection

A word of warning denoting that the king is in danger; such a menace of a player's king by an adversary's move as would, if it were an…

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Chloro- unknown · 78% connection

A prefix denoting that chlorine is an ingredient in the substance named.

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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…

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