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Prenominal

Serving as a prefix in a compound name.

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Attributive 92% connected

Attributing; pertaining to, expressing, or assigning an attribute; of the nature of an attribute.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Accessory adjective · 78% connection

furnishing added support; "an ancillary pump"; "an adjuvant discipline to forms of mysticism"; "The mind and emotions are auxiliary to…

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Adjective adjective · 78% connection

relating to court practice and procedure as opposed to the principles of law; "adjective law"

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Adjunct adjective · 78% connection

furnishing added support; "an ancillary pump"; "an adjuvant discipline to forms of mysticism"; "The mind and emotions are auxiliary to…

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Adjuvant adjective · 78% connection

furnishing added support; "an ancillary pump"; "an adjuvant discipline to forms of mysticism"; "The mind and emotions are auxiliary to…

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Ancillary adjective · 78% connection

furnishing added support; "an ancillary pump"; "an adjuvant discipline to forms of mysticism"; "The mind and emotions are auxiliary to…

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Appurtenant adjective · 78% connection

furnishing added support; "an ancillary pump"; "an adjuvant discipline to forms of mysticism"; "The mind and emotions are auxiliary to…

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Auxiliary adjective · 78% connection

furnishing added support; "an ancillary pump"; "an adjuvant discipline to forms of mysticism"; "The mind and emotions are auxiliary to…

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Auxiliary verb noun · 78% connection

a verb that combines with another verb in a verb phrase to help form tense, mood, voice, or condition of the verb it combines with

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Causal factor noun · 78% connection

a determining or causal element or factor; "education is an important determinant of one's outlook on life"

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Co-ordinator noun · 78% connection

someone whose task is to see that work goes harmoniously

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Common adjective · 78% connection

being or characteristic of or appropriate to everyday language; "common parlance"; "a vernacular term"; "vernacular speakers"; "the vu…

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Common noun noun · 78% connection

a noun that denotes any or all members of a class

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Coordinator noun · 78% connection

someone whose task is to see that work goes harmoniously

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Count noun · 78% connection

the act of counting; reciting numbers in ascending order; "the counting continued for several hours"

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Count noun noun · 78% connection

a noun that forms plurals

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Counting noun · 78% connection

the act of counting; reciting numbers in ascending order; "the counting continued for several hours"

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Demonstrative adjective · 78% connection

given to or marked by the open expression of emotion; "an affectionate and demonstrative family"

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Determinant noun · 78% connection

a determining or causal element or factor; "education is an important determinant of one's outlook on life"

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-ide unknown · 78% connection

A suffix used to denote: (a) The nonmetallic, or negative, element or radical in a binary compound; as, oxide, sulphide, chloride. (b)…

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-ory unknown · 78% connection

An adjective suffix meaning of or pertaining to, serving for; as in auditory, pertaining to or serving for hearing; prohibitory, amend…

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A unknown · 78% connection

The name of the sixth tone in the model major scale (that in C), or the first tone of the minor scale, which is named after it the sca…

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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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Alloy verb · 78% connection

Any combination or compound of metals fused together; a mixture of metals; for example, brass, which is an alloy of copper and zinc. B…

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Angelica noun · 78% connection

any of various tall and stout herbs of the genus Angelica having pinnately compound leaves and small white or greenish flowers in comp…

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Antonomasia noun · 78% connection

The use of some epithet or the name of some office, dignity, or the like, instead of the proper name of the person; as when his majest…

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Appellative noun · 78% connection

A common name, in distinction from a proper name. A common name, or appellative, stands for a whole class, genus, or species of beings…

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Baptize verb · 78% connection

To christen ( because a name is given to infants at their baptism); to give a name to; to name.

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Basyle noun · 78% connection

A positive or nonacid constituent of compound, either elementary, or, if compound, performing the functions of an element.

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Call verb · 78% connection

To give name to; to name; to address, or speak of, by a specifed name.

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Curb noun · 78% connection

An assemblage of three or more pieces of timber, or a metal member, forming a frame around an opening, and serving to maintain the int…

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