goosed | gooses | goosery | goosely | goosecap | peagoose

From Proto-Germanic *gūsō, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰū- 'to swarm, crowd'


gored | begore | engore | ungored | begores | engored

Old English 'gor' (clotted, thick, or dung)


vocal passage | vortex | current swirl | chasm | constricted path | airway | cervical region | neck adornment | aesthetic

gorge | gorgeous | gargle | disgorge | engorge | gorge (all senses) | gorgerin | gorget

Latin 'gurg-itus' (whirlpool, gorge) from 'gurges' (whirlpool, abyss)


gorgons | gorgonin | gorgonize | gorgonian | Gorgonean | gorgonized


gorillas | gorillagram | gorillalike | weregorilla | gorillagrams | Chicagorilla

French 'gorille', possibly from Bantu origins


gormands | gormandism | gormandise | gormandised | gormandises | gormandising


From Proto-Germanic *gazō- (goose), from Proto-Indo-European *ghans- (goose).


gossamery | gossamers | gossamered | gossamerlike

Middle English 'gossamer', from 'goose' + 'samer' (summer)


idle talk | rumors | casual conversation

Middle English 'gossip', originally meaning 'godparent'


Verb, Possession, Acquisition, Past Tense

Past tense and past participle of 'get', from Old English 'cēosan' (to choose) or 'gietan' (to obtain).


goths | gothy | Gothic | gothic | gothdom | netgoth

Latin Gothus, from Gothic *Gutōz, from Proto-Germanic *gutōz


Proper noun derived from Gotham, a village in Nottinghamshire, England, later popularized as a fictional city associated with Batman.


godfather, godmother, godchild, godsend, godless

From Proto-Germanic *gudą, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰut- 'to call, invoke'


Middle English gougen, possibly related to Old French gouge


Hungarian 'gulyás' (from 'gulyás' meaning herdsman)


gourds | gourder | gourders | gourdful | gourdlike | gourdworm

From Proto-Germanic *gurđaz, from PIE *gher- 'to grasp, hold'


gourmands | gourmandise | gourmandism | gourmandised | gourmandises | gourmandising


French 'gourmet' (originally 'gourmand')


gouty | gouts | goutily | goutish | goutweed | goutwort


Latin 'gubernare' 'to steer, guide, rule', from Greek 'kybernān' 'to steer'


govern, governess, governance, government, governor

governs | governor | governed | cogovern | governee | governing

Latin 'gubernare' 'to steer, guide, rule'


gowns | gowned | begown | ungown | gownie | bedgown


grab, grabbed, grabbing, grabby, grabber

grabs | grabby | ungrab | grabber | grabass | grabbed

Middle English grabben, of unknown origin, possibly from Old Norse grabba 'to grab'


graces | graced | gracer | gracen | graceth | begrace

Latin grātia 'favor, kindness, thanks', from grātus 'pleasing, agreeable'


grateful, gratitude, gratuitous, gratify

Latin 'gratias' (accusative plural of 'gratia' meaning 'favor, thanks'), from 'gratus' meaning 'pleasing, thankful'


gradient, graduate, degrade, prograde, retrograde

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graduals | gradually | ungradual | gradualist | gradualism | graduality


graduated | graduates | pregraduate | nongraduate | subgraduate | postgraduate


Italian 'graffito', from 'graffiare' 'to scratch'


grafts | grafter | grafted | engraft | regraft | grafting

Latin 'graftare' (to graft), of unknown origin, possibly related to 'crassus' (thick) or a Germanic loanword.


grails | engrail | engrails | engrailment | engrailments


small particle | seed | cereal | texture

grainy | grains | grained | grainer | graining | grainily

Old French 'grain' (seed, grain), from Latin 'granum' (grain, seed)


anagram | anagrammatic | diagram | diagrammatic | engram | epigram | epigrammatic | grammar | grammatic | grammaticist | hologram | lipogram | monogram | pangrammatic | pentagram | program | programmatic | telegram | telegramme | tetragram | tetragrammaton | trigram | cardiogram | cryptogram | electroencephalogram | grammatical | gramophone

grams | bigram | digram | oogram | exagram | anagram


a herbaceous plant with narrow, blade-like leaves | plant resembling grass in structure

Latin grāmen (genitive graminis) 'grass'


anagram | anagrammatic | diagram | diagrammatic | engram | epigram | epigrammatic | grammar | grammatic | grammaticist | hologram | lipogram | monogram | pangrammatic | pentagram | program | programmatic | telegram | telegramme | tetragram | tetragrammaton | trigram

γράφειν (gráphein) | γράμμα | γράμματος (grámma | grámmatos) | γραμματικός (grammatikós) | γράμματος(grámma | γραμματικός(grammatikós)


grammar, grammatical, ungrammatical, grammatically

grammars | grammared | nongrammar | subgrammar | grammarism | grammarese


Greek grammatikos 'pertaining to grammar', from grammata 'letters'


minute particle | plant's reproductive unit

degranulation | engrain | grain | granary | grange | granger | granite | granivore | granivorous | granivory | granola | ingrain | multigrain | graniferous | granular | granulate | granuloma | pomegranate Variant Spellings: filigree | garner | filigree


second-degree familial relation | magnificent | exceptionally large | considerable size | in a magnificent manner | with grandeur | dignified manner | more extensive | existing longer | substantial size

grands | grandpa | grandly | ungrand | grandson | grandkid

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grandeur, grandiose, grandiloquent, aggrandize


granites | graniteware | granitelike | granitewares | microgranite | Graniteville


a coarse-grained rock | a tough, mineral-rich stone

etymology taken from granophyre < Italian granito (originally a participial adjective = 'grained'), < grano grain n.1 OED


grants | grantee | granted | granter | regrant | ungrant

Old French grant, from Latin largus 'abundant, generous'


granules | subgranule | mesogranule | nanogranule | subgranules

Latin granulum, diminutive of granum 'grain'


granulocyte | granulocytic | granuloma | granuloma_inguinale | granulomatous | granulose | granular | granularity | granulate | granulation | granule | granulosis


granulocyte | white blood cell containing granules

Latin granulum 'little grain' + cyte 'cell'


grapes | grapey | graped | grapery | grapeshot | grapevine

Old French grape, from Latin uva 'grape'


create visual | record text | analytical study of form

graph, graphic, graphology, autograph, calligraphy

graphs | digraph | graphed | cograph | bigraph | graphon

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derivational suffix affix bound morpheme

one who writes | one who records | agent of writing

geographer | zoographer | xylographer | demographer | geographers | zoographers

Greek -graphos (writing) + -er (agent suffix)


relating to writing | relating to drawing or depicting | characterized by visual representation

graphics | graphical | graphicly | cographic | graphician | nongraphic

Greek -graphia (writing) from -graphia (writing) + graphein (to write)


pertaining to writing | pertaining to drawing | characterized by visual representation

orthographical | phytographical | angiographical | orthographically | unorthographical | archaeographical

Greek -graphikos (pertaining to writing/drawing)


Greek -graphos (writing) + -ist (agent suffix)


biography, photography, geography, calligraphy, typography

urography | orography | zoography | neography | myography | otography

-γραϕία  OED

Greek -γραφία (-graphía) | written | drawn | graphic interpretation | γράφειν (gráphein) | γραφικός (graphikós) | γραφή (graphḗ) | γραφία (graphía) | γραφεῖον (grapheîon) | repr. Greek -γραϕία in nouns adapted OED


From Old French 'grappe' (cluster, bunch of grapes), likely from a Germanic source meaning 'to grasp'.


grasps | grasped | grasper | engrasp | begrasp | regrasp


grassy | grasses | grassed | grasser | grassing | nutgrass


gratitude, grateful, gratify, ingratiate


Latin gratis 'free, for nothing', from gratus 'pleasing, agreeable'


grave (to clean the hull of a ship), gravel


burdensome | expectant | substantial | deliberate | grave | stately | earnest

aggravate | aggravation | aggravative | aggravator | aggrieve | aggrievement | degravation | gravamen | grave | gravid | gravida | gravidity | gravitas | gravitate | gravitation | gravitational | gravity | grief | grieve | grievance | grievant | grievous | ingravescence | ingravescent | multigravida | multigravidity | nongravitational | nulligravida | primigravida | reaggravate | supergravity | engrave | grave (accent mark) | grave (serious) | grave (slow | as in music) | gravity (force) | gravity (seriousness) | myasthenia gravis Variant Spellings: aggrieve


small loose stones or pebbles | crushed stone

gravely | gravels | gravelly | graveled | regravel | gravelled

Middle English 'grauel', related to 'grind'


burdened | carrying a child | substantial

aggravate, aggravation, aggravative, aggravator, aggrieve, aggrievement, degravation, gravamen, grave, gravid, gravida, gravidity, gravitas, gravitate, gravitation, gravitational, gravity, grief, grieve, grievance, grievant, grievous, ingravescence, ingravescent, multigravida, multigravidity, nongravitational, nulligravida, primigravida, reaggravate, supergravity, engrave

gravidly | nongravid | pregravid | multigravid | ingravidation | multigravidity


Latin gravitas 'heaviness', from gravis 'heavy'


Middle English gravy, from Old French gravé


grays | grayed | grayly | Grayan | ungray | grayish

γλαυκός (glaukós), γλαυκότης, γλαύξ, γλαῦκος


to eat grass | to rub against | to touch lightly

grazes | grazer | grazed | grazers | regraze | grazeth

Middle English 'grasen', related to 'grass'


grease, greaser, greasiness, greasepaint

greaser | greases | greased | greasen | degrease | greasers


a family relation at the third level of kinship | a blood connection through a shared grandparent

great-aunt | great-grandchild | great-gradfather

greats | greatly | greaten | ungreat | greatens | nongreat

Old English grēat 'large, big, important', from Proto-Germanic *grōtai- (cf. Old Saxon grōt, Old High German grōz, Gothic grōts)


From Old English 'grebe', a waterfowl, related to Dutch 'griebe' and German 'Griebe'.


progress, regression, digress, egress, digress

gradi | gressus ~to step~ | from gradus ~step~


From Latin Graecia, from Greek Graikia, the land of the Graeans


intense desire for wealth or gain | avarice | cupidity

greedy | greeds | greedily | ungreedy | greedhead | nongreedy


Greek | of or relating to Greece or the Greeks

greeks | Greeker | Greekly | greeking | Greekess | Greeklish

From Latin 'Graecus', derived from the Greek ethnonym 'Graikos'.


having the color green | fresh | inexperienced

greens | greeny | Greeny | greenie | ungreen | greened


a new beginning | a fresh start | an unexplored area

greenfield project, greenfield site, greenfield development

Compound of 'green' (symbolizing newness or vitality) and 'field' (an open space or domain), coined in the 19th century to denote a new enterprise or untried territory.


From Old Norse 'Grønland' meaning 'Green Land', composed of 'grøn' (green) and 'land' (land).


to welcome | to salute | to acknowledge presence

greets | greetz | greeted | greeter | regreet | begreet


aggregate | aggregation | aggregator | congregant | congregate | congregation | congregational | desegregate | desegregation | disaggregate | disgregate | disgregation | egregious | gregarian | gregarine | gregarious | intercongregational | segregate | segregation

aggregate, aggregation, aggregator, congregant, congregate, congregation, congregational, desegregate, desegregation, disaggregate, disgregate, disgregation, egregious, gregarian, gregarine, gregarious, intercongregational, segregate, segregation


Latin Gregorius, from Greek Gregorios 'watchful, vigilant', from gregorein 'to watch'


explosive device | pomegranate-shaped projectile

French grenade, from Italian granata 'pomegranate'


move on foot | advance step by step | proceed

regress, progress, digress, egress, ingress

gradi, gressus ~to step~, from gradus ~step~


Old English 'growan' (to grow, increase), from Proto-Germanic '*xrawaną', from Proto-Indo-European '*ghreH-' (to grow, become fat)


greyed | greyly | ungrey | greyish | greying | greylag


grids | subgrid | geogrid | gridder | isogrid | gridiron

Middle English gridde, related to Old English grydd (enclosure, lattice)


griddles | griddled | griddlecake | antigriddle | griddlecakes | antigriddles

Middle English griddle, from related to grid


griefs | agrief | griefer | ungrief | griefful | griefers


to feel sorrow | to mourn | to suffer distress

grieved | griever | grieven | grievers | grieveth | engrieve

Old French 'grever' (to weigh down, oppress)


griffins | griffiness | griffinism | griffinish


to cook on a grate | a metal framework for cooking

grills | grilled | griller | grilling | grillers | pregrill


grims | grimly | grimsir | grimful | grimness | grimsirs

Old English grimm 'fierce, cruel, savage', of Germanic origin; related to Dutch grimmig and German Grimm.


facial expression of pain | contortion of the face

grimaces | grimaced | grimacer | grimacers

Middle French grimace (a distorted face)


From Old English 'grīm' meaning 'grim, fierce' or 'grima' meaning 'mask, helmet', later shifting to mean dirt or soot in Middle English.


Adjective, Emotion, Appearance, Germanic

From Old English 'grima' (mask, visor) or Proto-Germanic '*grimaz', related to Old Norse 'grímr' (mask, hood).


grins | agrin | agrins | grinned | grinner | outgrin

Middle English grin (to show teeth, to sneer)


grinds | grindy | grinder | regrind | grinded | togrind


grips | gript | begrip | grippy | regrip | gripper

Middle English grip, from Old English gripan 'to seize'


ambergris, éminence grise, grisaille, griseous, grisette, grizzled, grizzly unrelated: grisly, grist, gristle, verdigris


grists | gristle | gristly | gristles | gristmill | gristmills


small hard particles | courage | determination

grits | gritty | gritted | gritter | peagrit | gritten


grizzled | grizzles | grizzler | grizzlers | ungrizzled

imitative of the sound of whining or whimpering


groans | groaned | groaner | begroan | groaning | groaneth


grocers | groceress | greengrocer | greengrocers | greengrocery | greengroceries

Middle French grocier "to buy provisions"


groined | groinal | groining | groinward


grooms | groomer | groomed | groomee | grooming | groomers

Old French 'gromper' or 'grume' (related to cleaning/tending)


a long narrow depression | a furrow | a rhythmic pattern

grooves | grooved | groover | groovers | regroove | ingroove


to feel around blindly | to search by touch

groped | groper | gropes | agrope | gropest | gropeth


the total amount | the collective body | the quantity

grossly | grosses | grossed | grossen | grossing | outgross

Derived from Latin 'grossus' meaning thick or large, via Old French.


a small cave or natural hollow in rocky terrain


grotesques | grotesquely | grotesquery | grotesqueness | grotesquenesses

Italian 'grottesco', from 'grotta' (cave)


From Old English 'groþu' or 'grōwan' (to grow), related to German 'Wuchs' and Dutch 'groei'.


grottos | grottoed | grottoes | grottolike | grottowork | grottoworks


grouchy | grouched | grouches | groucher | begrouch | grouching


grounds | aground | grounder | grounded | reground | unground

Old English 'grund' meaning 'bottom, floor, foundation'


groundsel, common groundsel, ragwort groundsel

From Old English 'grundeslāh', a compound of 'grund' (ground) and 'slāh' (plant, weed).


groupo | groupy | grouper | regroup | groupie | grouped

Old French 'groupe' (a cluster, a troop)


grouses | grouser | groused | grousers | sandgrouse | grouselike

Middle English 'groussen', of imitative origin, perhaps related to Old French 'groussir' (to swell, become angry)


groves | Grover | groved | Groveland | undergrove | undergroves

Old English grāf 'grove, copse', from Proto-Germanic *grōfō 'hollow, pit', from PIE *gʷer- 'to dig'


to crouch | to act in a servile manner | to show excessive deference

Middle English grovelen, related to growl


grows | growth | upgrow | regrow | grower | growed

Old English growan 'to increase, develop'


low guttural sound | to utter a deep sound

growls | growly | growlf | growler | growled | growlers


full-grown, fully_grown, homegrown, ingrown, moss-grown, overgrown

ygrown | ingrown | ungrown | pregrown | grownish | overgrown

Old English 'growen', past participle of 'growan'


grubs | grubby | grubber | grubbed | grubble | grubbily

Middle English grubbe, related to grub (to dig)


grumbled | grumbler | grumbles | grumblers | grumbleth | grumblest


grumpy | grumps | grumpily | grumpity | grumpish | ungrumpy

Middle English grumpen, perhaps of Scandinavian origin


low guttural sound | short-spoken remark

grunts | grunty | grunted | grunter | gruntle | gruntled


arthrogryposis | Grypoceras | Gryposaurus

γρυπός (grupós) | γρυπότης | γρύπωσις (grupótēs | grúpōsis) | γρύπωσις(grupótēs


From Quechua 'wanu' via Spanish 'guano', referring to the nitrogen-rich bird droppings used as fertilizer.


Latin 'garantire' (to warrant, protect), of Germanic origin (cf. Old Frankish *warrandīre), from 'warrandus' (warranty, protection)


guard | guardant | guardhouse | guardian | vanguard Variant Spellings: avant-garde | avant-garde

guards | guarded | guarder | guardee | unguard | enguard

Old French guider Italian guida : leader, guide Goth


Latin gubernātor 'helmsman, pilot', from gubernāre 'to steer, guide'


small-scale war | irregular warfare | insurgent

Spanish 'guerrilla' diminutive of 'guerra' 'war'


Spanish guerra, French guerre, or Italian guerra : war Frank


irregular warfare | small group combatant


to estimate | to conjecture | to suppose

guessed | guesses | guesser | outguess | guessing | guessers


guests | guestly | nonguest | guestish | guestage | nonguests

Old English giest 'guest, stranger, visitor', from Proto-Germanic *gastiz, from Proto-Indo-European *ghos-ti- 'stranger, host'


guffaws | guffawed | guffawing | guffawings | guffawingly

From Middle English 'guffawen', likely of imitative origin, related to the sound of laughing.


Guyana, Guiana, French Guiana, British Guiana, Spanish Guiana

From Tupi 'guayana' meaning 'land of high trees' or 'wild land', via Portuguese 'Guiana'.


guided | guides | guider | guidee | guiders | guideth


association | group | society | fraternity

guilds | guildie | guildies | guildhall | guildmate | guildless

Old French guild (gilde), from Frankish *gildą


guiles | guiled | guiler | beguile | guilers | beguiled


blame | responsibility for wrongdoing | remorse

guilty | guilts | guilter | beguilt | unguilt | guiltily

Old English 'gylt' (sin, debt, or penalty)


From Spanish 'guinea' (referring to Guinea, Africa), originally misapplied to the animal imported via Guinea.


acquire, require, procure, procure, procure

Latin -guire, from gerere 'to bear, carry, bring about'


guiser | aguise | guises | aguises | aguised | guisers

Old French guise : manner, appearance, way OHG wisa


guitary | guitars | guitarist | guitarists | guitarfish | guitarlike

From Old French 'guitre', ultimately from Arabic 'qīthārah'


From English dialectal 'gulch' meaning a narrow ravine, possibly of unknown origin or related to 'gully'.


Persian Gulf, Gulf of Mexico, Gulf Stream

gulfy | engulf | engulfed | gulflike | gulfweed | engulfing

From Arabic 'ghulf' (غَلْف) meaning 'bay' or 'inlet', likely via Persian 'khalij' or direct loan into European languages via trade routes.


gull, kittiwake, herring gull, black-legged kittiwake

gulls | gulled | guller | seagull | gulling | gullish

Old English 'gull' meaning 'seagull', of uncertain origin, possibly related to 'gula' (throat) or a prehistoric root.


a narrow channel | a small ravine | a water-worn trench

Middle English guleye, from Old French goule (throat, gullet), from Latin guttur (throat)


derived from verb 'gull' (to cheat) + suffix '-ible'


Proper noun from Lemuel Gulliver in Swift's 'Gulliver's Travels'


deep channel | water-worn ravine | trench

From Old English 'gyllan' meaning 'to roar' or 'to gush', related to the sound of rushing water.


to swallow noisily or in large amounts | to take a deep breath

gulps | gulpy | gulper | gulped | gulpers | gulping


gum arabic, chewing gum, gum tree, dammar gum

begum | degum | gummy | ungum | gummer | gummed


a weapon used for shooting | the act of discharging a projectile | a person who uses a weapon

guns | gunman | gunshy | gunned | outgun | gunner


From 'gunny' (a coarse cloth), likely from Hindi 'gunnī' or Persian 'gūnī', referring to the fabric used for sacks.


Middle English gunwale, from Old English gunu 'gun' (later 'side of ship') + wale 'rib, ridge'


Latin gurg- 'whirlpool, gorge', from gurgulio 'throat'


gurus | guruji | gurudom | gurujis | guruship | gurulike


gushy | agush | upgush | gusher | gushed | gushes

imitative of the sound of flowing liquid


a reinforcing strip | a structural support | a flap

gussets | gusseted | gussetless | ungusseted | nongusseted

From Middle French gousset, diminutive of goussse 'pod, pod-like structure', ultimately from Latin cauda 'tail'.


flavor perception | sudden intense feeling

disgust | gustatory | gusto | gustoso | de gustibus non est disputandum | gusto (taste) | disgusting (bad-tasting)

gusts | gusty | gustful | gustless | gustfully | gustfulness

Latin gustus 'taste, sense of taste', from gustare 'to taste'

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guts | gutsy | gutty | degut | ungut | gutted

From Proto-Germanic *gutą (intestine, guts), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷedʰ- (to gush, flow, or to gut), related to Old English 'guttian' (to gush) and Latin 'intestinum'.


gout | gutta | guttate | guttifer | guttiform | gutter | guttersnipe


gutters | guttery | guttered | guttering | gutterwork | gutterings


produced in the throat | harsh | rasping

gutturals | gutturally | nonguttural | gutturalize | gutturality | gutturalism


guys | guyed | guyish | guying | merguy | guydom

Middle English 'guy', from Old French 'guey' (meaning 'companion' or 'person')


to drink greedily | to consume voraciously

guzzler | guzzled | guzzles | guzzlers | cumguzzler | cumguzzlers

Middle English 'guzzelen', likely imitative/onomatopoeic


Gwenllian, Gwenllian, Gwendolen, Gwendolyn, Gwendolyn


gyms | gymgoer | aquagym | gymlike | gymslip | gymless

Greek gymnos 'naked', from the practice of athletes exercising nude


gymnasium | gymnast | gymnastics | gymnophobia | gymnoplast | gymnosophist | gymnosperm | gymnospore

γυμνός (gumnós) | Greek gynē (stem gynaiko-) : woman


gymnasium | gymnast | gymnastics | gymnophobia | gymnoplast | gymnosophist | gymnosperm | gymnospore | gymnobranchiate

gymnogen | Gymnocrex | gymnocyte | gymnogens | gymnodont | gymnocyst

γυμνός (gumnós) | comb. form of Greek γυμνός naked | bare OED


gynecology | misogyny | androgynous | epigynous | gynarchy | hypogynous | misogynist | perigynous | polygyny | polygamy (many wives) | OB-GYN (woman's doctor) | androgyn (hermaphrodite) | androgyny (condition of being a hermaphrodite)


acrogynous, androgyne, androgynous, androgyny, epigyne, epigynous, epigynum, gymnogynous, gynaeceum, gynaecocracy, gynarchy, gyne, gynecocracy, gynecology, gynocentric, gynecomastia, gynodioecious, gynoecium, gynoid, gynophobia, heterogynous, hypogynous, misogynist, monogyny, oligogyny, philogyny, polygynist, polygyny, gynaecological, misogynous, misogyny


acrogynous | androgyne | androgynous | androgyny | epigyne | epigynous | epigynum | gymnogynous | gynaeceum | gynaecocracy | gynarchy | gyne | gynecocracy | gynecology | gynocentric | gynecomastia | gynodioecious | gynoecium | gynoid | gynophobia | heterogynous | hypogynous | misogynist | monogyny | oligogyny | philogyny | polygynist | polygyny | gynaecological | misogynous | misogyny

gynecocracy | gynecogenic | gynecomania | gynecophile | gynecophilia | gynecocracies


acrogynous | androgyne | androgynous | androgyny | epigyne | epigynous | epigynum | gymnogynous | gynaeceum | gynaecocracy | gynarchy | gyne | gynecocracy | gynecology | gynocentric | gynecomastia | gynodioecious | gynoecium | gynoid | gynophobia | heterogynous | hypogynous | misogynist | monogyny | oligogyny | philogyny | polygynist | polygyny | gynaecological | misogynous | misogyny | polygynous


acrogynous | androgyne | androgynous | androgyny | epigyne | epigynous | epigynum | gymnogynous | gynaeceum | gynaecocracy | gynarchy | gyne | gynecocracy | gynecology | gynocentric | gynecomastia | gynodioecious | gynoecium | gynoid | gynophobia | heterogynous | hypogynous | misogynist | monogyny | oligogyny | philogyny | polygynist | polygyny | gynaecological | misogynous | misogyny

polygyny | misogyny | monogyny | androgyny | philogyny | protogyny

γυνή | γυναικός | (gunḗ | gunaikós) | etymology taken from 'misogyny' | < Greek ... γυνή  woman OED


gypseous, gypsiferous, gypsophila, gypsum unrelated: Gypsy


to move in a circle | spinning | rotating

gyrated | gyrates | levogyrate | multigyrate | circumgyrate | dextrogyrate

From Latin gyrus 'circle, ring' (of uncertain origin, possibly Greek gyrós 'wheel') + -ate verb suffix


rotation around a central axis | circular form | circular motion | pertaining to rotation

gyrocopter | gyroscope | gyrosphere | agyria | autogyro | gyre | gyrectomy | gyrencephalic | gyrodyne | gyroid | gyromagnetic | gyromancy | gyrostat | gyrostatic | gyrus | microgyrus | micropolygyria | pachygyria | polygyria | polymicrogyria | ulegyria | gyroscopes | gyrocompass

agyria | autogyro | gyre | gyrectomy | gyrencephalic | gyrodyne | gyroid | gyromagnetic | gyromancy | gyroscope | gyrosphere | gyrostat | gyrostatic | gyrus | microgyrus | micropolygyria | pachygyria | polygyria | polymicrogyria | ulegyria | gyroscopes | gyrocompass

gyros | gyroid | gyroma | gyroids | gyrocar | gyrotop

γῦρος (gûros) | γυρός (gurós) | comb. form repr. Greek γῦρος in sense of 'ring | circle | spiral' OED

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he | hence | her | here | hers | him | his | hither ●compare th- | wh-

he, hence, her, here, hers, him, his, hither ●compare th-, wh-

From Proto-Indo-European *so, *seh₂ (demonstrative pronoun stem)


habit | habitable | habitance | habitant | habitat | habitation | habitator | habitual | habituate | habituation | habitude | habitudinal | inhabit | inhabitable | inhabitant | inhabitation | nonhabitual | rehabilitate | ability | able | debenture | debile | debilitate | debility | debit | debitor | debt | debtor | devoir | disability | disable | disenable | disinhibit | disinhibition | due | duty | enable | enablement | endeavor | exhibit | exhibition | exhibitor | habeas corpus | habendum | habenula | habile | habilitate | hability | inability | indubitable | inhabile | inhibit | inhibition | inhibitory | prebend | prebendary | prohibit | prohibition | prohibitive | prohibitory | provender | rehabilitant | rehabilitation | rehabilitative | rehabilitator

habere | habitus | habere "to have" | habitus"habit" | habitare "to live (reside)"


a dealer in small items for clothing | a person who sells hats and accessories

Middle English haberdash (to dress, to prepare)


From Latin 'habilitare', frequentative of 'habere' meaning 'to have, hold'.


have | dwell | live | abide | hold | keep

habit | habitable | habitance | habitant | habitat | habitation | habitator | habitual | habituate | habituation | habitude | habitudinal | inhabit | inhabitable | inhabitant | inhabitation | nonhabitual | rehabilitate | cohabit | habit (all senses) | habitué | inhabit ●Ger. haben ●same as hibit- ●see also habil-

habits | habited | habitual | habiting | habituals | habitings

habere | habitus | From L habēre (pp. habitum) : to have | to hold To habilis : easily managed | handy | habilitās : aptitude | suitability | habitātio : dwelling | habitation | habitare : to inhabit | habitus : condition | habit | bearing

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to cut | to chop | to strike | to damage

hacky | hacks | hacker | hackle | hacked | hackly

Middle English 'hakken', related to Old English 'haccian'


hackneys | hackneyed | hackneyman | unhackneyed | hackneyedness

From 'hackney' (a common horse), via the verb 'to hackney' meaning to make common or trite.


From Proto-Germanic *haidą, from Proto-Indo-European *kayd- "to go, move" (source also of English 'chase', 'ride').


Hadrian | Roman Emperor | boundary | wall

Proper Noun, Historical Figure, Geography, Architecture

From the Latin name Hadrianus, derived from Hadria, an ancient town in Picenum, Italy.


hadrodynamic | hadrogenesis | hadronuclear | hadrodynamics | hadrochemistry | hadroproduction


the fluid in the body that transports oxygen | bodily liquid responsible for carrying nutrients

anaemia | haematemesis | haematopoiesis | haematuria | haemochromatosis | haemophilia | haemophobia | haemoptysis | haemorrhage | haemorrhoid | haemosiderosis | haemostatic | hyperaemia | hyphaema | polycythaemia | haematology | haematothermia

haematoin | haematology | haematocele | haematometer | haematoblast | haematocryal

αἱματο-  OED

αἷμα | αἵματος (haîma | haímatos) | combining form of αἷμα | αἱματ- blood OED


anaemia | haematemesis | haematopoiesis | haematuria | haemochromatosis | haemophilia | haemophobia | haemoptysis | haemorrhage | haemorrhoid | haemosiderosis | haemostatic | hyperaemia | hyphaema | polycythaemia | haemoglobin | hemorrhage

haemoid | haemostat | haemocyte | haemocoel | haemogram | haemogenic

αἷμα | αἵματος (haîma | haímatos) | repr. Greek αἱμο- | shortened form of αἱματο- haemato- comb. Form OED


aphaeresis | diaeresis | heresiarch | heresy | heretic | plasmapheresis | synaeresis | syneresis

αἱρεῖν (haireîn) | αἱρεῖσθαι (haireîsthai) | αἱρετός (hairetós) | αἱρετικός (hairetikós) | αἵρεσις (haíresis)


hags | hagged | hagship | hagseed | hagfish | hagride

Old English hægtesse 'fury, witch', from Proto-Germanic *hagatusjō, possibly related to Proto-Germanic *hagan- 'to enclose'


a savoury pudding containing sheep's pluck | traditional Scottish dish

Scots haggis, possibly from Old Norse haggja 'to hack' or Middle English hagge 'a piece cut off'


Old French 'hagler' meaning 'to dispute or bargain', possibly of Germanic origin.


divine | saintly | sanctified | therefore

hagiographer | hagiography | hagiolatry | hagiology | saint}: hagiarchy | hagiocracy | Hagiographa | hagiolotry | hagioscope ●Agnes | Agnes

hagiology | hagioscope | hagiolatry | hagiocracy | hagiomania | hagioscopes

combining forms of Greek ἅγιος holy | saintly OED | From Gr hagios : holy


From Japanese 俳句 (haiku), composed of 俳 (ha, 'comic' or 'humorous') and 句 (ku, 'verse' or 'phrase').


frozen precipitation | to acclaim | to greet

hails | haily | hailed | hailer | hailing | hailest

Old English hǣlan 'to heal, make well' (from Proto-Germanic *hailijaną), later extended to 'to greet' (via the notion of wishing well-being) and 'frozen water' (via the notion of 'whole' or 'unbroken' ice, from Proto-Germanic *hailaz 'whole, healthy')


hairy | hairs | hairdo | haired | unhair | hairen

From Proto-Germanic *hērō, *hērą, from Proto-Indo-European *ker- 'to grow, horn'


halibut, halidom, hallow, Halloween ●Ger. heilig


halide, halieutic, halite, halochromic, halochromism, halogen, halomancy, halophile, halophyte, oxohalide, thermohaline


haler | haled | hales | unhale | halers | forhale

Old English hāl 'whole, sound, healthy', from Proto-Germanic *hailaz (cf. Old Saxon hāl, Old Frisian hāl, Dutch heel, Old High German hāl, German heil), from Proto-Indo-European *kail- 'whole, well'


one of two equal parts | partial | incomplete

behalf | halfer | halfro | halfie | halfway | halfgod


Latin halitōsus 'breathy, exhaling', from halitus 'breath, exhalation'


halls | hallway | hallage | hallmark | hallways | hallmate


Hebrew hallĕlū (imperative of hallēl) "praise" + Yah (shortened form of Yahweh)


halloos | hallooed | hallooing | hallooings


hallows | hallowed | hallowly | hallower | Hallowmas | hallowing

From Old English 'hāligian' (to make holy), derived from the root 'hālig' meaning holy or sacred.


hallucination, hallucinatory, hallucinogen, hallucinogenic

Latin 'hallucinari' meaning 'to wander in mind, to dream, to be deluded', from 'hallux' (big toe) or 'halari' (to wander)


halos | enhalo | haloes | haloid | subhalo | haloids


halogens | halogenic | dihalogen | halogenate | halogenous | nonhalogen


halts | halted | halter | halting | halteth | haltest


hams | hammy | hames | hamfat | hammed | Hamite

From Old English 'ham' meaning home, dwelling, or village, derived from Proto-Germanic *hamaz.


hamburger | Hamburger | hamburgers | shamburger | shamburgers | hamburgerlike

From German Hamburger, literally 'from Hamburg', referring to the style of minced beef associated with the city.


hamlets | hamleted | Hamletian | hamletted | Hamletism

Old French 'hamelet', diminutive of 'ham' (village)


tool for striking | to strike with a heavy object

hammer, hammerhead, hammerlock, hammerstone, hammerhead shark

rehammers | hammerers | hammertoes | hammerings | banhammers | unhammered

From Proto-Germanic *hamaraz (stone, hammer), from PIE *kʷm̥-ár- (stone, rock)


hampers | hampered | hampering | hampereth | unhampered | hamperless

Middle English hamperen, from Old French hamper 'to put in a hamper', from hampe 'handle, shaft'


the limb used for grasping and manipulating objects | relating to physical labor or dexterity

['handicap', 'handicraft', 'handwriting', 'handheld']

handy | hander | handed | handle | uphand | unhand


Middle English 'hand icapp' (hand in cap/handicap)


part to hold | device for grasping | control

handler | axhandle | handlebar | panhandle | mishandle | jughandle

Old English 'handl' (handle, part of a tool)


hanger | hanged | uphang | rehang | behang | unhang


large building for housing aircraft | storage space

hangars | hangarage | hangarlike | hangarless

French hangar (originally related to 'hang' or 'shelter')


Old English 'hanc' meaning 'hand' or 'bundle', related to 'hand' via the notion of holding or grasping.


to long for | to yearn | to desire strongly

hankers | hankered | hankerer | hankering | hankerers | hankerings

From Middle Dutch hanken 'to hang', from Old Dutch hangjan, related to Old English hangan 'to hang'. The semantic shift from 'hanging' (as in hanging on to something or hanging in suspense) to 'longing' likely occurred via the notion of being suspended in anticipation.


haphazard | mishap | hapless | happen | hap | haply | happenstance | happy | mayhap | perhaps

haps | happy | haply | behap | happen | mishap


monopoly, monologue, monochrome, monolith, monotonous


haplochromine | haplodiploid | haplodiploidy | haplography | haploid | haplology | haplont | haplontic | haplophase | haplopia | haplosis | haplotype

ἁπλοῦς (haploûs) | ἅπλωσις (háplōsis) | ἅπλωμα (háplōma)


feeling | showing | experiencing | pleasure | contentment | satisfaction


harbinger, harbor, harness, Harold, harry, Harvey ●same as her-3


to lecture | to address lengthily | to declaim

harangues | harangued | haranguer | haranguers


harassed | harasser | harassing | harassers | harassive | harassful

Middle French 'harasser' (to weary, to beset)


Old English 'herebeorg' (shelter, refuge)


harbors | harbored | unharbor | harboring | outharbor | harborage

Middle English 'herbure' (shelter, refuge)


foolhardy, hardback, hardbacked, hardbound, hardcover, hardfisted, hardheaded, hardhearted, hardscrabble, hardworking

hardy | hards | hardly | harder | harden | harders


Old English heard 'firm, solid, severe', from Proto-Germanic *harduz, from Proto-Indo-European *khardho- 'hard'


hared | harelip | forhare | harebell | harelike | harefoot


A group of women | a large number of women | a bevy

Derived from Arabic, originally referring to a sacred or forbidden place, later applied to a group of women.


harks | harken | harked | harkee | harking | harkens

Middle English 'harken', from Old English 'heorcian'


Harlem, Harlem Shake, Harlem Globetrotters

Named after Haarlem, a city in the Netherlands; entered English via Dutch colonial history.


harlequin, harlequinade, harlequinade, harlequinism

Italian 'arlecchino' (name of a stock character in commedia dell'arte), possibly from a pre-Latin or Germanic source related to 'Hellequin' (leader of the wild hunt)


Middle English 'harlot' (originally meaning rogue or vagabond)


balance | consensus | unison | coherence

harmonic | harmonica | harmonious | harmonium | harmonize | harmony

From L harmonia : harmony, agreement From Gr harmos : a fitting


musical instrument | agreement | concord


harmonic, harmonious, dissonance, consonance

From Greek harmonia 'agreement, harmony', from harmos 'joint'


to control | to utilize | to equip with gear

unharness | harnessed | harnesses | harnesser | harnessing | harnessers

Middle English harnisch (armor, equipment)


harps | harper | harped | harpist | harping | harpers


a pointed weapon with a barbed head attached to a rope or line, used for fishing or hunting whales

harpoons | harpooned | harpooner | harpooners | harpooning | harpooneer

Middle English harpun, from Old French harpon


harpsichords | harpsichordist | harpsichordists | harpsichordlike

French 'clavecin' via 'harpsichord' (related to 'harp' and 'chord')


Greek harpē 'hook' or harpazō 'to snatch'


harrows | harrowed | harrower | harrowers | harroweth | harrowest

Old English 'hergian' (to ravage, plunder)


harshly | harshen | harshens | harshness | harshened | overharsh

Old English 'hearsc' meaning severe or harsh


harts | hartwort | hartshorn | hartworts | hartshorns | Hartfordian


to gather | to reap | collection of crops

harvests | harvested | harvester | harvestry | harvesters | harvestman


hashy | rehash | hashed | hashes | unhash | hasher

From French 'hache' (axe) or 'has' (hash), originally referring to a mark or cut, later adopted in computing for a specific character.


Proto-Germanic *hazjaną, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵeh₁- 'to take, seize'


hats | hatty | rehat | behat | unhat | hatter


hatched | hatches | hatcher | nuthatch | hatchery | hatching

Middle English hacchen, from Old English haccan 'to cut'


hatchets | hatchetation | hatchetfaced | hatchetations

Middle English 'hatchet', diminutive of 'axe'


proudly disdainful | arrogant | conceited


hauls | hauled | hauler | inhaul | uphaul | haulee


to visit frequently | to inhabit | to disturb

haunts | haunted | haunter | hauntee | dehaunt | haunting


exhaust, exhaustible, exhaustion, exhaustive, hauriant, haurient, haustellate, haustellum, haustorium, haustrum, inexhaustible, nonexhaustive


pull | deplete | extract gradually | exhaust

exhaust | exhaustible | exhaustion | exhaustive | hauriant | haurient | haustellate | haustellum | haustorium | haustrum | inexhaustible | nonexhaustive

haurire | haustus | From L haustum | pp of haurire : to draw up | to draw out | to draw fluid | to drain


haute couture | haughty | hautboy | haute cuisine | hauteur | Terre Haute ●haughty ●see also alt-

From Fr haut : high, grand, haughty From OFr From L altus : high


haver | haves | behave | havest | behaved | behaves

From Proto-Germanic *habjaną 'to have, hold', from Proto-Indo-European *kap- 'to grasp'


havens | havener | havenage | haveners | havenless | havenward


widespread destruction | disorder | chaos


haws | hawed | hawing | mayhaw | hawings | mayhaws

Old English hwa, hwæþer 'who, which', from Proto-Germanic *hwaz


Proper noun, Geographical location, Culture

Proper noun derived from the Hawaiian archipelago name


hawky | hawker | hawked | hawkish | hawking | flyhawk


a wild rose bush with red fruit | the thorny plant itself


hays | hayed | hayey | hayer | haymow | haycap


From PIE *h₁es- 'to be', via Germanic *hais- or similar, cognate with English 'is' and 'has'.


hazer | hazed | hazes | hazee | hazen | hazers

Middle English 'haze', related to 'mist'


hazels | hazelly | hazelnut | hazelnuts | hazelwort | hazelwood


etymology taken from 'he', pron. definition 8(a-d) OED


upper part of the body | leader or chief | main component of something | beginning of a word

headstrong, headlight, headmaster, headlong

ahead | heads | heady | behead | header | headed


to make healthy | to restore to health | to cure

heals | healer | healed | healee | reheal | healing

Old English hǣlan 'to make whole, cure', from Proto-Germanic *hailijaną, from PIE *kail- 'whole, unharmed'


state of being well | physical vigor | vitality

Old English hǣlth, from hāl 'whole' + -th (abstract noun suffix)


heaps | heapy | aheap | heaped | upheap | heaper


hears | hearer | rehear | hearie | behear | heared

Proto-Germanic *hēraną, from Proto-Indo-European *kṛ- 'to hear'


Old English 'hēard' (though 'heard' as a participle derives from 'hīeran')


From Old English 'hǣrst' meaning 'hearsay, rumor', derived from the verb 'hǣran' (to hear).


hearts | hearty | hearten | hearted | beheart | oxheart


having the qualities of | characterized by

kindhearted, ill-tempered, lighthearted, good-natured, hardhearted


hearths | hearthrug | hearthrugs | hearthside | hearthless | hearthlike


high temperature | thermal energy | intense feeling

heats | heaty | heater | heated | reheat | deheat


uncultivated land | shrubland | open wasteland

heaths | heathy | heathen | heathens | heathery | heathland

Old English hæth 'heath, uncultivated land'


Old English hæthen, from heathen (pagan) + -en (suffix)


to lift | to throw | to move with effort

heaver | heaved | heaves | upheave | heavers | heaveth


sky | abode of a deity | celestial realm


having | possessing | great | large | weight


pertaining to youth | a young individual | relating to the state of being young

hebes | hebephile | hebephilia | hebephiles | hebephilic | hebephobia


hebephrenia | adolescent psychosis | disorganized schizophrenia


Hebrew | Hebrew language | Hebrew culture


hecatomb | hectare | hectogram | hectograph | hectoliter | hectometer


hecks | heckfire | heckhound | heckhounds

Profanity, Verbal action, Negative evaluation

Middle English 'hechen', from Old English 'hēcan' meaning 'to curse, swear'


to jeer | to mock | to interrupt with derisive comments

From Dutch 'heckelen' meaning 'to comb' or 'to card wool', metaphorically extended to 'to harass' or 'to pick at'.


hectare | hectogram | hectograph | hectoliter | hectometer

hectare, hectogram, hectograph, hectoliter, hectometer


hectares | gigahectare | multihectare | gigahectares

Greek 'hekaton' 'hundred' + 'are' 'unit of area'


Greek hektikos "active, vigorous" from hekhein "to hold"


hectors | hectored | hectorly | hectorer | hectoring | hectorers


anhedonia | anhedonic | hedonics | hedonism | hedonist | hedonistic | hedonology | hyphedonia

ἥδεσθαι | ἡδόμενον | ἡδύς (hēdómenon | hēdús) | ἡδύτης | σϝηδύς | ἡδονή (hēdonḗ)


hedger | hedges | hedged | hedgers | enhedge | behedge


a feeling of enjoyment | a state of gratification


hedonists | hedonistic | antihedonist | unhedonistic | nonhedonistic | antihedonists


having the form of | relating to | shaped like

octohedral | tetrahedral | octahedron | polyhedron | cathedral | icosahedral | polyhedral | rhombohedral | decahedron | heptahedron | hexahedron | icosahedron

anhedral | dihedral | euhedral | dihedrals | subhedral | anhedrals

< Latin -ālis; adjectival suffix, 'of the kind of, relating to'. suffix1, definition 1 OED


location for sitting | foundation | face | geometric solid with face count determined by the initial component

octahedron | polyhedron | cathedral | icosahedral | polyhedral | rhombohedral | decahedron | heptahedron | hexahedron | icosahedron | octohedra | tetrahedra | octohedron | tetrahedron | dodecahedron | hendecahedron | rhombohedron | tetrahedron ●part of hedr-

dihedron | trihedron | dihedrons | nonahedron | decahedron | trihedrons

< ancient Greek -εδρον ...  < ancient Greek ἕδρα  seat OED | From Gr hedra : side | base | seat To L sedēre : to sit


heeds | heedy | heeded | unheed | heeder | heedful

Old English hēdan "to guard, take care of"


the back part of the foot | the rear part of something

heeler | heeled | reheel | heelie | heeling | reheels

From Old English 'hēel', from Proto-Germanic '*hailaz', from Proto-Indo-European '*kail-' (to be whole, unharmed)


posthegemony | antihegemony | counterhegemony


Latin haesus, past participle of haerere 'to stick'


heir | heiress | hereditary | heredity | heritage | inherit | inheritance

heirs | coheir | heiress | coheirs | heirdom | disheir

Latin heres (genitive heredis) 'heir, inheritor'


anhelation, anhele, anhelous, exhalable, exhalant, exhalation, exhale, halitus, inhalable, inhalant, inhalation, inhale, halitosis, exhalation


Old English 'healdan' 'to hold, keep, possess'


From Greek Ἑλένη (Helénē), the name of the mythological figure Helen of Troy.


helena, heliograph, heliometer, heliotrope, heliophobia

Greek helēnē (Ἑλένη) 'torch' or 'bright'


aphelion | heliocentric | heliocentrism | heliodor | heliograph | heliolatry | heliomania | heliometer | heliopause | Heliophila | heliophobia | heliophyte | Helios | helioscope | heliosphere | heliostat | heliotherapy | heliotrope | heliotropic | heliotropism | helium | parhelion | perihelion

helipad | helibus | helijet | helipads | helideck | helijets


anthelix | antihelix | helicine | helicograph | helicoid | helicopter | helicospore | helix | helical | helicopter ●helix

ϝελίσσω | ἑλίσσειν (helíssein) | ἕλιξ | ἕλικος (hélix | hélikos) | ἕλιξις | ἕλιγμα (hélixis | héligma) | (helikoeidḗs) | ἑλίσσειν(helíssein) | ἕλικος(hélix | From Gr helikos | gen of helix : spiral From helissein : to turn around


aphelion | heliocentric | heliocentrism | heliodor | heliograph | heliolatry | heliomania | heliometer | heliopause | Heliophila | heliophobia | heliophyte | Helios | helioscope | heliosphere | heliostat | heliotherapy | heliotrope | heliotropic | heliotropism | helium | parhelion | perihelion | helicentric | heliarc | Heliopolis

heliosis | heliogram | heliolite | heliology | heliotail | heliotype

ἥλιος (hḗlios) | combining form of Greek ἥλιος sun OED | From Gr hēlios : the sun

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helium, helium-3, helium-4, helium-neon, helium-filled

heliums | dihelium | nonhelium | heliumide | parahelium | antihelium


anthelix | antihelix | helicine | helicograph | helicoid | helicopter | helicospore | helix

helixes | trihelix | helixing | antihelix | minihelix | helixlike

ϝελίσσω, ἑλίσσειν (helíssein), ἕλιξ, ἕλικος (hélix, hélikos), ἕλιξις, ἕλιγμα (hélixis, héligma), (helikoeidḗs)


hells | helly | behell | hellish | hellcat | hellman


Northern California slang, likely a contraction of 'hell of a'


Greek | Hellenic | relating to Greece or its people

Hellenic, Hellenism, Hellenistic, Hellenize


Greek | Hellenistic period | relating to the culture of Greeks after Alexander the Great

hellenistic, hellenistically, hellenization, hellenize

Greek Hellenistikos (from Hellen, meaning Greek)


Middle English hellew, from Old English hāl 'whole, healthy' + wēgan 'to greet'


nautical steering device | means of steering | to direct course

helm (tiller) | helmsman ●Anselm | Anselm

helms | helmet | helmer | helmed | uphelm | behelm

From ME helme From OE helma; akin to Ger helm : handle


a worm | a worm that lives as a parasite

anthelmintic | antihelminthic | helminth | helminthic | helminthoid | aschelminth | helminthiasis | helminthology | nemathelminth | platyhelminth | trochelminth

helminths | helminthic | helminthoid | helminthics | helminthite | geohelminth

ἕλμινς | ἕλμινθος (hélmins | hélminthos) | From Gr helminthos | gen. of helmins : worm | parasitic worm From IE *welminth- From *wel- : to turn | to roll | curved | enclosed object


a state of serfdom | a class of serfs | subjugated population

Εἵλως, Εἵλωτος, Εἱλώτης


helps | helper | helped | helply | helpee | behelp


Greek αἷμα, (grc), blood, + ἀγγεῖον (angeîon), vessel, urn


unit of time with daylight | 24-hour cycle

Decameron | ephemeral | ephemeris | ephemeron | ephemerous | hemeralopia | ephemerid | Ephemeroptera | hemeralopia ●compare nyct-

ephemeral, ephemerid, ephemeris, ephemeron, Ephemeroptera, hemeralopia ●compare nyct-

ἡμέρα (hēméra) | From Gr hēmera : day | daytime


Examples: Hemicyon ("half-dog") | hemichordate ("half-chordate") | Hemiptera ("half-wing") | cerebral hemisphere | hemisphere | hemicycle | hemifacial | hemimorphic | anhemitonic | hemiballismus | hemicryptophyte | hemicube | hemidesmosome | hemimelia | hemimetabolic | hemimetabolism | hemimetaboly | hemiparesis | hemiplegia | hemipolyhedron | hemitonic | hemidemisemiquaver | Hemiptera | hemistich | hemitrope ●see also semi-

Examples: Hemicyon ("half-dog") | hemichordate ("half-chordate") | Hemiptera ("half-wing") | hemisphere | hemicycle | hemifacial | hemimorphic | anhemitonic | hemiballismus | hemicryptophyte | hemicube | hemidesmosome | hemimelia | hemimetabolic | hemimetabolism | hemimetaboly | hemiparesis | hemiplegia | hemipolyhedron | hemitonic | hemidemisemiquaver | Hemiptera | hemistich | hemitrope ●see also semi-

hemiopia | hemicube | hemipore | hemiface | hemiarch | hemiloop

Medical and Scientific | Quantity | Amount

Greek ἡμι- (hēmi-) | half | < Greek ἡμι- | comb. Form OED | ἥμισυς (hḗmisus) | From Gr hēmi- : half

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fluid in the circulatory system | bodily liquid

hemochromatosis | ichthyohemotoxin | ichthyohemotoxins

haimo | From Gr haima (gen. haimatos) (comb. form -aimia) : flowing blood From †

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hemorrhaged | hemorrhages | microhemorrhage | microhemorrhages

Greek haima 'blood' + rhegnynai 'to burst'


hemps | hempy | hempen | hempie | hempies | hempish


A hard clam, a bivalve shellfish | a bird (as in peahen) | a term used in compound words to denote specific types of birds or clams

hens | henny | peahen | mudhen | gorhen | hennery

From Old English 'henn', ultimately from Proto-Germanic *hainnaz.


henced | herehence | hencefrom | henceforth | henceforward | henceforwards

Old English hēan, from hēan (high) + from


From Old English 'hencen' meaning 'to prepare' or 'to fit', related to 'hence' and 'hinder'.


Latin 'prehendere' (to seize, grasp); 'hend' is a truncated form of the root 'prehend-'.


denoting the number eleven | relating to or characterized by having eleven

hendecad | hendecads | hendecagon | hendecagons | hendecagram | hendecahedron

combining form of Greek ἕνδεκα eleven OED


Used in forming taxonomic genus names | related to 'ingle' (a hearth or fireplace)


Old English heort 'feast, celebration', from Proto-Germanic *harjōną


heparin, hepatic, hepatitis, hepatocyte, hepatology, hepatomancy, hepatoscopy, hepatotoxic, hepatotoxin, hepatotropic

ἧπαρ, ἥπατος (hêpar, hḗpatos), ἡπατικός (hēpatikós)


organ | pertaining to the liver | the organ

hepatoma | hepatoid | hepatomas | hepatosis | hepatocyte | hepatology

ἧπαρ | ἥπατος (hêpar | hḗpatos) | ἡπατικός (hēpatikós) | comb. form of Greek ἧπαρ | ἡπατ- liver OED


the numeral seven | the cardinal number seven | the ordinal number seventh

heptachord | heptagon | heptagram | heptagraph | heptahedron | heptamer | heptameric | heptameter | Heptateuch | heptathlete | heptathlon | heptatonic | heptode | heptad | heptamerous | heptane | heptavalent | heptose ●hebdomad ●see also sept-1 | hebdomad | heptagon (7-sided shape)

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Greek hepta- 'seven' + -akis (diminutive/suffixal element)


herald, Herbert, heriot, Herman, Luther, Walther (Walter) ●same as har-

hers | herself | herness | herstory | whatshername


successor | adhere | grasp | cling | group of thinkers | faction | remain | stay put | cling together | fasten

heir | heiress | hereditary | heredity | heritage | inherit | inheritance | disinherit | hereditament | inherit ●heir | adhere | cohere | coherent | incoherent | inherent ●same as hes- | heretic | heresy | coherence | adhesive | cohesive | adherent | inherent

Latin heres (genitive heredis) 'heir', possibly from PIE *ser- 'to protect'


Heraclitus | philosopher | flux | change

Proper Name, Philosophy, History, Person

Proper name of the pre-Socratic Greek philosopher Heraclitus (Hērakleitos), derived from 'Hera' (Hera) and 'kleos' (glory/fame).


heralds | heraldry | heralded | coherald | heralder | heraldric


herbaceous, herbage, herbal, herbalist, herbicide, herbivore


possessing great strength | heroic | mighty

derived from the name Hercules (Herakles)


group of animals | collection | gathering

herds | herder | oxherd | hogherd | herding | cowherd


heir, heiress, hereditary, heredity, heritage, inherit, inheritance

Latin heres (genitive heredis) 'heir, inheritor'


heir | heiress | hereditary | heredity | heritage | inherit | inheritance

Latin heres (genitive heredis) 'heir', from Proto-Indo-European *koi- 'to leave, bequeath'


herm | hermaphrodite | hermeneutic | hermeneutics | hermetic

Ἑρμῆς (Hermês) | ἑρμηνεύς (hermēneús) | ἑρμηνεύω (hermēneúō) | ἑρμηνευτικός (hermēneutikós) | ἑρμήνευσις | ἑρμήνευμα


human, humanity, humane, humanitarian, hominid

Latin 'homo' meaning 'man' or 'human being'


Greek hermaphroditos 'of Hermaphroditus'


interpretation | explanation | theory of interpretation


From Greek hermetikos 'of Hermes Trismegistus', from Hermes (the god associated with secrecy and alchemy)


hermits | hermitic | hermitry | hermitize | hermitess | hermitism

Greek 'eremites' from 'eremos' 'desert, solitary'


heros | shero | heroic | heroes | heroine | heroics

ἥρως, ἥρωος (hḗrōs, hḗrōos), ἡρωίνη (hērōínē), ἡρωϊκός (hērōïkós), ἡρωϊσμός (hērōïsmós)


Greek 'basileus' meaning king or sovereign


having | possessing | exhibiting the qualities of a hero


A potent and addictive opioid derived from opium, known for causing intense euphoria and classified as an illegal narcotic | A substance associated with severe addiction and legal restrictions in most countries | A term used in medical and legal contexts to denote a highly addictive drug

heroins | heroinism | heroinist | heroinlike | heroinware | antiheroin

Derived from the German word 'Heroin,' coined by Bayer in the late 19th century as a marketing term.


move stealthily | cold-blooded vertebrate | the act of moving stealthily | snake-like creature

ἕρπειν (hérpein) | ἕρπης | ἕρπητος (hérpēs | hérpētos) | From Gr herpein : to creep To herpeton : reptile


ἕρπειν (hérpein), ἕρπης, ἕρπητος (hérpēs, hérpētos)


Greek herpeton 'creeping thing' + -logia 'study of'


Old English 'heres' (army, host) + '-weard' (guardian, keeper); literally 'army-guardian' or 'chieftain'.


herring, pickled herring, herring fillet


exahertz | subhertz | megahertz | gigahertz | kilohertz | terahertz


cling | adhere | impede progress | attach | hold fast

adhere | adherence | adherend | adherent | adhesion | adhesive | cohere | coherence | coherent | cohesion | cohesive | decoherence | hesitancy | hesitant | hesitate | hesitation | hesitator | incoherent | inhere | inherency | inherent | inhesion | nonadherence | nonadherent | nonadhesive | hesitate ●same as her-2

Latin hes- (variant of haerere 'to stick')

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From Latin hesitatus, past participle of hesitare 'to hesitate', possibly from haeus- 'stuck' (related to haerere 'to stick') or onomatopoeic of a faltering sound.


From German 'Hesse', referring to the region of Hesse in central Germany.


heteronym | heterosis | heterotic | azahetero | heterosex | heterodont


hetmans | hetmanate | hetmanates | hetmanship | hetmanships

Hungarian 'hetér' (army) + '-man' (person/man)


heuristics | metaheuristic | semiheuristic | hyperheuristic | hyperheuristics


hews | hewed | hewer | tohew | behew | rehew

Old English hewian 'to chop, strike, or cut'


Old English heawen, past participle of heawian 'to hew'


numeric value six | cardinal number six | ordinal number sixth

hexachord | hexad | hexadic | hexagon | hexagram | hexahedron | hexamer | hexamerous | hexameter | hexapod | hexastyle | hexasyllabic | Hexateuch | hexatonic | hexode | tetrahemihexahedron | hexachlorophene | hexadecimal | hexaemeron | hexane | hexastich | hexavalent ●unrelated: hex ●see also sex-2 | hexagon (6-sided shape)

hexed | hexes | hexyl | unhex | dehex | dihex

ἕξ (héx) | ἑξάς | ἑξάδος (hexás | hexádos) | From Gr hex : six

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the number six or something with six components | the numeral for six | the ordinal form of six

hexagon | hexasyllable | hexahedron | hexachord | hexad | hexadic | hexagram | hexamer | hexamerous | hexameter | hexapod | hexastyle | hexasyllabic | Hexateuch | hexatonic | hexode | tetrahemihexahedron

hexagon | hexamer | hexapod | hexanol | hexaene | hexagram

hexa-: combining form of Greek ἕξ six OED | ἕξ (héx) | ἑξάς | ἑξάδος (hexás | hexádos)

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Greek hexēkonta (sixty) via hexakosioi (six hundred) + -osi (suffix variation)


Greek hex (six) + -akis (suffix denoting a group or related quantity)


hexapod, hexagon, hexameter, hexagram, hexathlon


Greeting, Interjection, Discourse marker

From Old English 'hēg' or 'hǣg', an interjection of greeting, possibly related to 'hā' (hail).


peak period | time of greatest success | prime

golden heyday, heyday of the empire, heyday of the band

Compound of 'hey' (interjection of attention or joy) + 'day' (24-hour period), first attested in the 19th century to denote a time of high spirits or prosperity.


dehisce | dehiscence | dehiscent | hiatal | hiatus | indehiscence | indehiscent | inhiation


Latin hiatus 'gap, opening' (from hiantem, present participle of hiare 'to gape')


hibernacle | hibernaculum | hibernal | hibernate | hibernation | hibernator | hibernate ●unrelated: Hibernia ●compare estiv- | vern-

hibernus | From L hībernus : of winter | wintry To hībernare : to spend the winter


Latin hibernus 'of winter' (from hiems 'winter') + -ate verb suffix


adhibit, exhibit, inhibit, prohibit ●same as habit- ●see also habil-

From L -hibitum, pp. of -hibēre (comb. form) From habēre : to have, to hold


involuntary contraction of the diaphragm | spasm

Middle English hiccup, likely imitative of the sound produced


amoral, atypical, anonymous, asymmetrical, apolitical

hicks | hickock | hickish | hickster | hickocks | hicksters

Greek prefix a- (before a vowel) or an- (before a consonant), from an- 'not, without'


to conceal | to cover | to keep out of sight

hides | hider | hided | hiders | unhide | oxhide


Latin 'hideosus' (abhorrent, odious), from 'horrere' (to bristle, shudder)


hieroglyphics | hierarch | hierarchy | hieratic | hierocracy | hierodeacon | hieroglyph | hierogram | hierolatry | hieromonk | hierurgy | hieroglyphic | Hieronymus | hierophant

ἱερός (hierós) | From Gr hieros : sacred | holy


great | elevated | lofty | large in amount

highs | ahigh | highly | highth | highen | highway


pretentious | elaborate | affectedly refined

1840s American English, likely a humorous alteration of 'high-falutin'' or 'high-flown', possibly influenced by 'falutin' (a dialectal variant of 'flown' or 'fallen')


highclass, highhanded, highlevel, highrise, highly-strung


hiker | hikes | hiked | hikers | unhiked | outhike

From Old English 'hīcian' meaning 'to go, travel, or journey', related to Old Norse 'hika' (to hesitate) and Old High German 'hīhan' (to hasten).


exhilarate | hilarious | hilarity | Hilary

From L hilarus, hilaris From Gr hilaros : cheerful, merry


Brunhilde, Clothilde, Hilda, Hildegarde, Mathilda


hills | hilly | uphill | unhill | hilled | hiller


hilts | hilted | uphilt | uphilts | hiltless | unhilted

Old English heilt, from Proto-Germanic *hailaz (whole, safe)


Latin hilum 'a small weight, a trifle' (from Greek elatton 'less')


behind, hind, hinder, hindmost, hindquarters, hindrance, hindsight ●hinterland

hinds | ahind | behind | oxhind | behinds | hindgut


hinderers | unhindered | hinderling | hinderances | hinderingly | hinderlings

Middle English hinderen 'to delay, obstruct'


member of the Hindu religion | relating to India or its people


of or relating to the Indus River | of or relating to Hinduism

Hinduism | Hindudom | Hinduize | Hinduist | Hinduish | Hinduness

from Sanskrit Hindu, referring to the Indus River


Persian hind (India) + stan (place/land)


a joint or pivot point | a place of turning or connection

hinged | hinges | hinger | unhinge | rehinge | hingers


hints | hinter | hinted | hinting | hinters | unhinted

Old English 'hȳnt' (a signal, sign, or clue)


hips | unhip | hiply | hipped | nonhip | hipdom


counterculture | unconventional | bohemian

hippies | hippiedom | nonhippie | ecohippie | neohippie | hippieism

short for hippy, from hippy (variant of hippie), possibly from hippy-dippy or influenced by hippy (carefree)


Examples: Eohippus ("dawn horse") | Hippodraco ("horse dragon") | Hippopotamus ("river horse") | ephippium | hippeis | hippocampus | hippodrome | hippology | Hippolyte | hippomancy | hippophagy | hippophile | hippophobia | hippopotamus | parahippocampus | hippocastanum

hippolith | hippology | hippotomy | hippodrome | hippomancy | hippoliths

ἵππος (híppos) | combining form of Greek ἵππος horse OED

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Proper name of the physician Hippocrates


Greek hippopotamos (hippo- 'horse' + potamos 'river')


Latin hirsutus 'shaggy, rough', past participle of hirsēre 'to be shaggy'


possessive pronoun | genitive case marker

hiss | hissy | hisser | hisses | hissed | Hislam

Old English his, from Proto-Germanic *hizaz, from Proto-Indo-European *syo-


Hispanic | relating to Spain or Spanish-speaking countries

Hispanicize | Hispanicism | prehispanic | Hispanicness | Paleohispanic | Hispanicization


Greek histos "tissue" + amine "ammonia-like"


histoid | histosol | histowax | histology | histosols | histogeny

Greek histōria "inquiry, knowledge acquired by investigation"


biological material | tissue present in animals or plants

histology | histochemistry | histologist | histiocyte | histiocytosis | histogram | histogenesis | antihistamine | histamine | histidine | histogen | histolysis | histopathology

Greek ἱστός (histós) | web | tissue | < ancient Greek ἱστός  mast | (upright) beam of a loom | (woven) web OED | From Gr histos : loom


pertaining to history | relating to the past

From Latin 'historicus' (historical), derived from 'historia' (history/inquiry)


chronological account of past events | record of past occurrences

historiosophy | historiometry | historiography | historiometric | historiosophic | historiographer

ἱστοριο-  OED


record of past events | chronicle | account of the past

prehistory | nonhistory | subhistory | geohistory | ecohistory | historyless

Greek historia 'inquiry, knowledge acquired by investigation'


Greek histriones 'actor' from histrio 'actor'


From Latin 'histrionicus' meaning 'of an actor', derived from 'hister' (actor), which is likely of Etruscan origin.


hits | hitz | unhit | hitman | hitter | hitjob

Old English 'hittan' (to hit, strike, reach), of uncertain origin, possibly from Proto-Germanic *kittaną


hitch, hitchhiker, hitchhike, hitching post, hitch up

hitchy | hitched | hitches | hitcher | unhitch | hitchers

Middle English hichen, from Old English hīcian 'to rise, climb'


A person who is excessively authoritarian | someone characterized by dictatorial behavior | an individual who exercises power in an oppressive manner

Shitler | Hitlerish | Hitlerian | Hitlerite | Bushitler | Hitlerlike


collection of insects | dwelling of bees

hives | hiver | hived | hivers | unhive | inhive

From Old English 'hifu' (nest, hive), from Proto-Germanic '*hibą' (hive, nest), from Proto-Indo-European '*kēb-' (to cover, hide).


hoary | hoars | hoared | hoarily | hoarhead | hoarfrost


hoards | uphoard | hoarder | hoarded | unhoard | hoarding


hoarsen | hoarsely | hoarsens | hoarseness | hoarsenesses

Old English 'hars' meaning rough or harsh


hoaxes | hoaxer | hoaxed | hoaxee | hoaxers | hoaxees

From Middle Dutch 'hoxen' or 'hoken', meaning 'to deceive' or 'to trick', possibly related to 'hok' (pen/cage) implying entrapment.


to walk with difficulty | to limp | to move clumsily

hobbles | hobbled | unhobble | unhobbles | hobblebush | hobblerope


hobbyist | hobbyism | hobbyists | hobbyisms | hobbyless | hobbyistic

Middle English hobby, possibly related to 'hob' (a small person/fellow) or a diminutive of 'horse'


a homeless person who travels by rail illegally | a penniless, unemployed person | someone without a permanent home

hobos | hoboes | hoboism | hobodom | hoboish | hobolike


Latin demonstrative pronoun 'hic' (this)


hocks | hocked | hocker | hocking | hockers | hockshop

From Old English 'hoc' meaning hook, related to Old Norse 'hokkr'.


a game played on ice with sticks and a puck

hockeys | hockeyist | nonhockey | unihockey | hockeyists | hockeylike


hods | hodman | hoddie | hodder | hoddies | coalhod


hogs | hoggy | hogger | hogged | hogleg | hogsty


From Old English 'hogga' (swine), of Germanic origin; cognate with Dutch 'hok' and German 'Hogge'.


hoists | hoisted | uphoist | hoister | hoisting | hoistway


From Dutch 'Holland', the name of a province in the Netherlands, historically associated with the Dutch Republic and its maritime trade dominance.


An opening or passage, specifically the anus; when combined with 'shut,' refers to the mouth.

holey | holed | holer | uphole | holers | dihole

Derived from Old English 'hōl' meaning a hollow or opening.


wikiholic | aquaholic | infoholic | rageholic | sodaholic | netaholic


Middle English holren, from Old English holian 'to make a hole' (related to hole)


hollowings | unhollowed | hollowwares | hollownesses | hollowhearted | hollowheartedly


Hollyweird | Hollywoodish | Hollywoodian | Hollywoodize | Hollywoodese | Hollywooding

Old English holm, from Proto-Germanic *holmaz, related to Old Norse holmr 'islet, small island' (referring to the plant's habitat or leaf shape)


film industry | motion picture production | celebrity culture

Proper noun referring to the district in Los Angeles


holon | holons | holonym | holovid | holonic | hologram


burning sacrifice | destruction | total devastation

holocausts | holocaustic | holocaustal | postholocaust

From Greek holokaustos, from holos 'whole' + kaustos 'burnt', referring to a burnt offering.


From Middle Low German Holstien, from Old Saxon hol 'forest' + stem 'land, territory'


holsters | unholster | reholster | unholsters | reholsters

Middle English holster, from Old French holster


Old English halig, from hal 'whole' + -ig (adjective suffix)


similar | identical | Earth's inhabitant | person

homogeneous, homonym, homophone, homograph, homology


homey | homer | homes | homed | homely | homeys

Proto-Germanic *haima- 'house, home', from PIE *koi- 'to settle, remain'


homeobox | homeopath | homeopathy | homeopaths | homeotherm | homeoboxes

ὁμαλός (homalós) ~even~, from ὁμός (homós) ~same~


one who commits a specific act | one who is characterized by a specific state

From Greek -ōn, -ōnos, agent noun suffix derived from verb stems


From Latin 'homin-' (stem of 'homo') meaning 'man' or 'human being'.


homœophony | homœopathy | homœopathist | homœopathize | homœopathists

From Greek homos meaning 'same' or 'together'


homogeneous, homogenize, homology, homonym, homophony


honed | hones | honer | honers | rehone | unhoned


honests | honestly | honester | unhonest | dishonest | honestness

From Old French 'honeste', derived from Latin 'honestus' meaning 'honorable, respected', from 'honor' (honor, respect).


sweet liquid produced by bees | nectar | viscous sweet substance

honeys | honeyed | behoney | enhoney | honeybee | honeydew

From Old English 'honey', meaning nectar.


Imitation of a car horn sound used to signal or clear a path | The action of making a loud, short sound resembling a car horn | A vocal imitation of a horn's sound for attention

honks | honked | honker | honking | honkers | honkings


dishonor, dishonorable, honorable, honorand, honorarium, honorary, honoree, honorific

honors | honoree | honorer | unhonor | rehonor | honorary


From Old Japanese hon (true, original) + shima (island)


strong alcoholic liquor | illicit liquor


derivational | derivational suffix affix bound morpheme

state or condition | inherent quality | collective defined by the initial term | structured arrangement | similarity | specific state | group

childhood, widowhood, brotherhood, manhood, womanhood, falsehood, knighthood, likelihood, neighborhood, adulthood

falsehood | motherhood | womanhood | manhood | adulthood | boyhood | childhood | priesthood

hoods | hoody | Ihood | hooded | hooden | manhood

< Old English -hád ... Orig. a distinct n., meaning 'person, personality, sex, condition, quality, rank' OED


a person who behaves in a violent or criminal way | a thug

hoodlums | hoodlumry | hoodlumism | hoodlumish | hoodlumisms

Middle English 'holum' or 'hulume', possibly related to 'hollow' or 'hull'


hoodoos | hoodooed | hoodooism | hoodooisms

From Kongo 'ndu' (witchcraft) via Gullah 'hoodoo', referring to folk magic or conjure.


hoofs | hoofy | hoofed | hoofer | hoofing | hoofers


a ship's anchor | a curved object used for securing | a nautical tool for holding a vessel in place

hooks | hooky | hooker | hooked | unhook | dehook

from Old English 'hōc', meaning a hook or crook


characterized by | resembling | inclined to

Derived from the noun 'hookey' (meaning absence or truancy), with the adjectival suffix '-y' added to form 'hooky' (meaning absent/truant), later generalized to mean 'lazy' or 'shirking work'.


rowdy person | troublemaker | unruly person

From Russian 'huligan' (хулиган), meaning hooligan, of uncertain origin, possibly from the surname Huligan or Romani 'hul' (to steal).


hoops | hoopy | hooper | hooped | inhoop | unhoop

Middle English hoop, from Old English hōp


Derived from the name of the Hoosier tribe, a Native American people historically associated with the region that became Indiana.


to vacuum | to clean with a vacuum cleaner

hoovers | hoovered | hoovering | Hooverian | Hoovercrat | Hoovernomics


hops | hopt | hoppy | hopper | hopped | barhop

Old English 'hopian' (to hope/jump) or 'hoppian'


desire for something with expectation of fulfillment | wish | want

hoped | hoper | hopeth | unhope | hopers | behope

From Old English 'hopa' meaning 'expectation, confidence', of Germanic origin.


hoplology | hoplophobe | hoplolatry | hoplophobia | hoplophobes | hoplophobic

Greek hoplon 'shield' or hoplite 'infantryman'


a large group | a collection of valuables

Old English 'hord' (treasure, hoard) or 'horde' (group/multitude)


horizons | subhorizon | horizonless | unhorizoned | horizonward | antihorizon


Latin horizontalis, from horizont- 'horizon' (from Greek horizein 'to limit') + -alis '-al'


to excite | to set in motion | to stimulate

hormone, hormonal, homeostasis, homeostatic

hormones | hormoned | prohormone | nonhormone | prehormone | prohormones

Greek hormon 'to excite, to set in motion'


A spiral or coiled shape, specifically the Ionic volute | a curved, spiral structure

horny | horned | dehorn | hornen | behorn | horner


Middle English herne, from Old English horn, from Proto-Germanic *hurnon


dreadful | causing horror | extremely bad

Latin horrendus, from horrere 'to bristle, shudder'


horrors | nonhorror | ecohorror | horrorcore | enhorrored | horrorsome

Latin horror 'shuddering, horror', from horere 'to bristle, stand on end'


horsey | horses | ahorse | horsed | horsen | horseys

From Old English 'hors', from Proto-Germanic '*hursa-', of unknown ultimate origin, possibly from Proto-Indo-European '*kʷer-' (to move, go).


to encourage | from 'ex-' (out) and 'hortari' (to encourage)

exhort | hortative | hortatory | exortation

From L hortari : to exhort, incite, encourage To hortātio : exhortation, encouragement


a flexible tube used for conveying water or other fluids

garden hose, fire hose, hose pipe, hose reel

hoser | hoses | hosed | hosers | hosebag | unhosed

From Old French 'hoze' or 'hose', likely from Frankish *hōsi or similar Germanic roots meaning 'covering' or 'garment', later extended to the tube meaning via the shape similarity.


one who welcomes guests | individual providing lodging

hospital, hospice, hospitable, hospitality, hostage

hospes | hospitis | From L hospitālis : of a guest or host From hospes : host | guest


Latin hospes (gen. hospitis) 'host, guest'


hospital, hospitable, hospitality, hospice, hospodar


place for medical care | institution for healing

hospitable, hospitality, hospice, hospodar

hospitals | hospitalize | hospitalist | hospitaller | nonhospital | hospitalism

Latin 'hospitālis' (pertaining to a guest/host), from 'hospes' (host/guest)


adversary | outsider | non-native individual

hosts | hosted | hoster | hostee | cohost | rehost

hostis | From ML hostis : army | hostile force From earlier meaning: stranger


one who welcomes visitors | person who accommodates guests

hostel, hostage, hospital, hospice, hospitable, hospitality, hospodar, hostelry, hostess, hostler

hospes | hospitis | From OFr From L hospes (gen hospitis) : guest


A person forced into a situation by threat or coercion | someone deprived of freedom to act independently | an individual held under duress

from Latin hospes via French, originally meaning guest, later extended to mean someone held against their will


hostels | hosteller | hostelite | hostelling | hostellers

Latin 'hospes' (host, guest) + '-el' (diminutive suffix)


feeling or showing dislike or antagonism | unfriendly | aggressive

hostiles | hostilely | unhostile | nonhostile | hostileness

from Latin 'hostilis' (of an enemy), from 'hostis' (enemy, stranger)


hots | hotly | unhot | hotty | hotbed | hotbox

Proto-Germanic *haitaz, from PIE *kayt- "to call, name" (cf. Latin catulus, Greek kynos)


hotels | nonhotel | ecohotel | hotelman | hoteldom | hotelward

French hôtel, from Old French ostel 'house, dwelling', from Latin hospitale 'guest quarters'


hounds | houndy | hounded | houndly | hounder | foxhound


hours | hourly | manhour | midhour | hourful | jobhour

Old English 'ūre' (genitive of 'īe'), from Proto-Germanic '*ōwrōn', from Proto-Indo-European '*h₂ews-' (dawn, day)


houses | housed | houser | housey | rehouse | unhouse


Proper Noun, Geographical Name, Anthroponym

Named after Sam Houston, second president of the Republic of Texas; derived from the Cherokee word 'hustwa' meaning 'town' or 'village'.


hows | nohow | howso | anyhow | forhow | nohows

Old English hū, from Proto-Germanic *hwaþa, from Proto-Indo-European *kwo- (interrogative root)


howls | howler | howled | behowl | howling | howlers

Old English hāl, related to imitative sounds


hubs | hubby | hubcap | hubbed | hubcaps | datahub

Old English 'hebban' (to lift, hold) via sense of a central point or spindle


From Middle English hubbub, of imitative origin, possibly influenced by Old French huber 'to make a noise'.


Compound of 'hub' (center of a wheel) + 'cap' (a cover)


excessive self-confidence | overblown arrogance


hucks | huckle | hucker | huckles | huckers | hucklebuck

From Old English 'hucian' meaning 'to throw, cast, or toss'.


hues | hued | huer | behue | unhued | hueful

From Old English hȳw 'form, shape, appearance', related to hēawan 'to cut, shape'


huffy | huffed | huffer | huffily | huffing | huffers

imitative of the sound of heavy breathing


hugs | huggy | unhug | hugged | hugger | huggle

Old English huggian 'to embrace, to hold'


hulks | hulky | hulked | hulkes | hulking | hulkings

Middle English hulk (large ship, heavy object)


hull | outer covering | protective layer

ahull | hully | huller | hulled | dehull | hulling

From Old English 'hul' meaning 'cover, skin, rind', related to 'hēlan' (to heal, cover).


Reduplicative formation from 'hullaballoo' (17th c.), possibly influenced by 'hullo' or 'baloo', with no clear foreign etymon.


surface | the planet Earth | soil | human being

disinhume | exhumation | exhume | humate | humation | humble | humic | humicolous | humiliate | humiliation | humility | humus | inhumation | inhume | posthumous | transhumance | dehumanize | human | humane | humanity ●see also hom-

hums | hummy | hummer | humbug | humble | hummed


aqueous humor, humectant, humid, humidify, humidor, humor, humorous, vitreous humor

From L ūmor, hūmor : moisture, fluid From ūmēre, hūmēre : to be wet, to moisten, to water


individual person | all humans collectively | member of the Homo sapiens species

humane | humanify | humanity | humane (of humans | human-like) | inhuman (not of humans | unlike humans) | humanity (all humans | collectively)

humans | inhuman | humanly | unhuman | abhuman | humanoid

Latin 'hūmānus' meaning 'of the earth, earthly, human', derived from 'hūmus' (earth/ground)

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inhumanely | humanenesses | inhumaneness

Latin humanus 'of man, human', derived from homo 'man'


humbled | humbler | humbles | humbleth | humblers | unhumbled

Latin humilis 'low, on the ground', from humus 'earth'


of or pertaining to the shoulder (or [rarely] the upper arm) | shoulder

humeroulnar | humeroradial | humerocubital | humerofemoral | humeroscapular | humerothoracic


render wet, make damp | produce moisture, induce dampness

humidex | humidly | humidity | humidify | subhumid | humidness

Latin umidus 'moist, wet', from umere 'to be moist'


Latin humilis 'lowly, humble', from humus 'earth, ground'


Latin humilitas, from humilis 'low, lowly'


small hill | mound | mound-like elevation

hummocks | hummocky | hummocked | hummocking

Middle English humok, likely related to 'humus' (earth/ground)


a rounded protuberance | to raise or swell

humpy | humps | humped | humper | humpily | humpity

Middle English hump, likely imitative of the shape


A type of grey partridge native to Europe | a common species of European game bird


hundreds | hundredth | hundreder | hundredal | hundredths | hundreders

From Proto-Germanic *hundrathą, from *huntehundaz (ten tens), related to Old English hund, Old High German hundert, Old Norse hundrath.


From Old English 'hangian' meaning 'to hang'.


From the name of the country Hungary, derived from the ethnonym 'Hungar' or 'Magyar'.


hungers | hungered | hungerly | hungerer | enhunger | hungering


to settle | to crouch | to stay in a place

hunkers | hunkered | hunkerer | hunkering | hunkerism | hunkerers

Middle English hunkeren, possibly related to hunk (a large piece)


hunts | hunter | hunted | huntee | hunting | hunters

Old English 'huntian' (to chase, pursue)


hurdler | hurdles | hurdled | hurdlers | hurdlework | hurdleworks


hurls | hurler | hurled | uphurl | hurling | hurlers

Middle English 'hurlen', possibly related to 'whirl'


From the adjective 'hurley' (archaic/dialectal for stormy or turbulent), likely related to 'hurl' or 'hurly-burly'.


hurryed | hurrying | hurryings | unhurrying | hurryingly

Middle English hurren, likely of imitative origin


hurts | hurty | hurtle | hurted | unhurt | hurter


Old English hūsbonda "master of the house"


husht | hushy | hushed | hushes | husher | hushaby


husky | husked | unhusk | dehusk | husking | huskily

From Old English 'husc' meaning 'covering, shell, husk', of Germanic origin.


platform for public speaking | place of election

Middle English 'hustyng' (to bustle/crowd)


to move rapidly | to work energetically | to swindle

hustler | hustled | hustles | hustlers | outhustle | outhustled

Middle English 'hustlen' (to push, shove, or bustle)


From Proto-Germanic *hūtō, from Proto-Indo-European *kūd- 'to cover'


Middle English 'hutche' (a box or chest)


hyacinths | hyacinthine | Hyacinthian | hyacinthlike


clear material | resembling glass | allowing light to pass through

hyaline | hyaloid | hyalin | hyalite | hyalogen | hyaloplasm | hyaluronidase

ὕαλος (húalos) | hyalos | From Gr hyalos : glass


product of crossbreeding different lineages | result of mixed parentage

hybrids | dihybrid | hybridal | hybridity | hybridism | hybridize

From Gr hybrida : offspring of mixed parentage


clepsydra, dehydrate, hydathode, hydatid, hydatidosis, hydra, hydrant, hydrate, hydraulic, hydraulics, hydrochloric, hydrodynamics, hydroelectric, hydrogen, hydrologist, hydrology, hydrolysis, hydromancy, hydrophile, hydrophilic, hydrophily, hydrophobia, hydrophobic, hydroponic, hydrosphere, hydrostat, hydrostatic, hydrothermic, hydrous, hydrozoa, polyhydric

ὕδωρ | ὕδατος (húdōr | húdatos) | ὕδρα (húdra) | Greek


hydrated | hydrates | dehydrate | rehydrate | dihydrate | dehydrated

ὕδωρ, ὕδατος (húdōr, húdatos), ὕδρα (húdra)


hydraulics | nonhydraulic | hydraulician | hydraulicity | sterhydraulic | hydraulicians


hydroelectricity | hydrant | clepsydra | dehydrate | hydathode | hydatid | hydatidosis | hydra | hydrate | hydraulic | hydraulics | hydrochloric | hydrodynamics | hydroelectric | hydrogen | hydrologist | hydrology | hydrolysis | hydromancy | hydrophile | hydrophilic | hydrophily | hydrophobia | hydrophobic | hydroponic | hydrosphere | hydrostat | hydrostatic | hydrothermic | hydrous | hydrozoa | polyhydric | hydroxide | hydrophobe

hydros | hydroid | dihydro | hydrogen | hydroids | hydronym

ὕδωρ | ὕδατος (húdōr | húdatos) | ὕδρα (húdra) | Greek ὑδρ(ο)- | combining form of ὕδωρ water OED | Greek ὕδωρ (húdōr) | water


containing | having | characterized by the presence of hydroxyl groups

hydroxyurea | hydroxyethyl | hydroxyureas | hydroxymethyl | hydroxyethane | hydroxybenzene


hyenas | werehyena | hyenalike | werehyenas


hyetology | hyetogram | hyetograph | hyetograms | hyetography | hyetographs


Hygieia | hygiene | hygienic | hygienics | hygienist

Hygieia, hygiene, hygienic, hygienics, hygienist

ὑγιής (hugiḗs) | ὑγίεια (hugíeia) | ὑγιεινός (hugieinós) | ὑγιάζειν | ὑγίεια(hugíeia) | ὑγιεινός(hugieinós)


Greek hygieinos 'health-giving', from hygieinos 'healthy', from hugiein 'to be healthy'


euryhygric, hygrometer, hygroscope, stenohygric


hygrology | hygrostat | hygroscope | hygrometer | hygrograph | hygrophyte


hylomorphism | hylophagous | hylopsychism | hylotheism | hylozoism

hylomorphism, hylophagous, hylopsychism, hylotheism, hylozoism

hyloism | hylopathy | hylomania | hylotheism | hylophobia | hylogenesis


marriage | a membrane in the female reproductive tract | a type of tissue

hymens | hymenal | hymenless | hymenlike | hymenitis | hymenotomy


hymns | hymnal | hymnic | hymned | hymnist | hymnals

From LL(Ec) : hymnus From Gr hymnos : hymn, festive song, ode


hyomental | hyolarynx | hyosternal | hyolingual | hyomorphic | hyoplastron


lower in position | situated beneath | underneath | subordinate

hypodermic, hypothesis, hypertension, hypothermia

hypos | hyponym | hypoxia | hypopnea | hyponymy | hypomere

Greek ὑπό | ὑπο- (hupó) | below | under | From Gr hypo : under | less than | repr. Greek ὑπο- | ὑπ- ( < ὑπό prep. and adv. 'under') OED | ὑπό (hupó) | Greek

Cognatarium | Wikipedia | http://www.palosverdes.com/jesse/pvphs/www—freecollege—com—vocab.htm | MorphoQuantics | https://www.ruf.rice.edu/~kemmer/Words04/


exceeding normal limits | surpassing typical amounts | transcending usual boundaries | intense or extreme in degree

hyperactive, hyperbole, hypertension, hypersensitive, hypermarket

hypernym | hypertax | hypermap | hyperarc | hyperweb | hypernet

Attribute intensifier | preposition-like

repr. Greek ὑπερ- (ὑπέρ prep. and adv. | 'over | beyond | over much | above measure') OED | Greek ὑπέρ (hupér) | over | above | to the extreme | ὑπέρ (hupér) | From Gr hyper : over

Cognatarium | Wikipedia | http://www.palosverdes.com/jesse/pvphs/www—freecollege—com—vocab.htm | MorphoQuantics | Stein


ὑφαίνειν (huphaínein) | ὕφασμα | ὑφή (huphḗ) ~web~ | ὑφή (huphḗ) "web"


hypnagogia, hypnagogic, hypnolepsy, hypnophobia, hypnopompia, hypnopompic, hypnosis, hypnotherapy, hypnotic, hypnotist, hypnotize


hypnagogia | hypnagogic | hypnolepsy | hypnophobia | hypnopompia | hypnopompic | hypnosis | hypnotherapy | hypnotic | hypnotist | hypnotize | hypnotoxin

hypnoid | hypnocyst | hypnology | hypnorape | hypnogram | hypnocysts


Greek hypo- "under" + krinein "to separate/decide"


the longest side of a right-angled triangle

Greek hupoteinousa (hē) 'the side subtending', from hupo- 'under' + teinein 'to stretch'


Greek hypo- 'under' + thalamos 'inner chamber'


hypsography | hypsometer | hypsophobia | hypsometry

hypsodont | hypsometer | hypsometry | hypsophyll | hypsodonts | hypsometers

ὕψι | ὕψιστος | ὕψος (húpsos) | ὑψοῦ | ὑψόθεν | From Gr hypsos : height


hysteroid | hysteroids | hysterology | hysterotomy | hysterotome | hysterogram

comb form1 of Greek ὑστέρα womb. OED | Greek ὑστέρα (hustéra) | womb


hysteresis | hysteretic | hysteron | hysterocatalepsy | hysteroepilepsy | hysteroscopy | hysterotomy

hysteresis, hysteretic, hysteron, hysterocatalepsy, hysteroepilepsy, hysteroscopy, hysterotomy

ὑστερεῖν (hustereîn), ὕστερος (hústeros), ὑστέρησις (hustérēsis), ὑστέρημα (hustérēma)


anion | anionic | cation | cationic | ion | ionic | ionize | polyanion | polycation

ἰέναι (iénai) | ἴμμεναι | ἰόν | ἰών (ímmenai | ión | iṓn)


derivational suffix affix bound morpheme | derivational

territory | condition | health issue | respectful term for a person or place | deed | status

bacteria, phobia, euphoria, mania, insomnia

acopia | Usania | anotia | Tunisia | Georgia | Lemuria

From Greek -ία (-ia), from the feminine suffix -ía, used to form abstract nouns denoting a state, condition, or action.

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pertaining to | associated with | {target person} gains {prev} trait | individual defined by {prev}


{target person} gains {prev} trait | {subject} obtains {earlier} characteristic


pertaining to | characteristic of | exhibiting features of

199 e) | causal | evidential | alphabetical | continual | confessional | tutorial | periodical | individual | commercial | dictatorial | differential | partial | remedial | denial | trial | colonial | cardiac

racial | facial | jovial | adagial | spatial | spacial

< Latin -ālis | adjectival suffix | 'of the kind of | relating to'. suffix1 | definition 1 OED | nouns converted from adjectives | or with a clearly implied adjective use | suffix1


pertaining to | characterized by | having the nature of

From Latin -ialis, from -ius (adjective suffix) + -alis (adjective suffix), used to form adjectives from nouns.


of or belonging to | relating to | characterized by | agent of

musician, historian, technician, Italian

octogenarian | Darwinian | civilian | Parisian | comedian | Iranian | beautician | dietician | mathematician | African | riparian

Arian | USian | EUian | Indian | Jovian | endian

repr. Latin -iānus | i.e. an original or connecting vowel -i- | with suffix -ānus: ... 'of or belonging to'. OED variant of -an2 | with suffix -ānus: ... 'of or belonging to'. OED variant of -an1


compilation of proverbs or stories associated with the entity named by the initial component | assemblage | location linked to the preceding term

Johnsoniana | Shakespeareana | apadana | asana | ayapana | banana | cabana | dulciana | gitana | liana

golfiana | fistiana | Bondiana | Freudiana | Canuckiana | circusiana

From Latin -anus (adjectival suffix) + -a (feminine singular ending), forming nouns denoting a collection of works or things associated with the base.


From Latin -antia, from the present participle stem of verbs ending in -are (e.g., dependere -> dependens), via Old French -ance.


condition of|disease of|pathological state

mydriasis | psoriasis | elephantiasis | acariasis | amebiasis | ascariasis | candidiasis | costiasis | enterobiasis | filariasis

acariasis | trichiasis | amoebiasis | ascariasis | odontiasis | scleriasis

Greek -iasis, from -osis (process/condition) + -ia (state)


Greek -iasmos, from -iasis, from iasthai 'to treat'


appropriation, association, aviation, differentiation, expiation, intermediation, mediation, radiation

From Latin -ationem (nominative -atio), a noun-forming suffix derived from the past participle stem of verbs ending in -are, -ere, -i, or -i, meaning 'the act or process of'.


ἰᾶσθαι (iâsthai) | ἰατρός (iatrós) | ἰατρικός (iatrikós) | ἰατρεύειν (iatreúein) | ἰατρεία(iatreía) | ἴασις | ἴαμα | ἰατρεία (iatreía)


expert in medical care | related to medical treatment

pediatric | otiatrics | pediatrics | phoniatrics | phreniatric | pediatrician

Greek -iatrikos (pertaining to medical treatment), from iatros (physician)


geriatrics | iatrogenic | pediatric | physiatry | podiatrist | podiatry | psychiatrist | psychiatry | pediatrics

ἰᾶσθαι (iâsthai), ἰατρός (iatrós), ἰατρικός (iatrikós), ἰατρεύειν (iatreúein), ἰατρεία (iatreía), ἴασις, ἴαμα


pediatrics, psychiatry, geriatrics, podiatry

podiatry | psychiatry | geriatrics | iatrogenic | pediatric | physiatry | podiatrist | psychiatrist

podiatry | atmiatry | paediatry | chemiatry | hippiatry | psychiatry

-ιατρεία  OED

Greek ἰατρός (iatrós) | healer | physician | ἰᾶσθαι (iâsthai) | ἰατρός (iatrós) | ἰατρικός (iatrikós) | ἰατρεύειν (iatreúein) | ἰατρεία (iatreía) | ἴασις | ἴαμα | < French -iatrie ... < combining form ... of ancient Greek ἰατρεία  healing | medical treatment OED


From Latin 'Iberia', referring to the region east of the Pyrenees, derived from the Greek 'Iberia'.


Latin 'ibidem' meaning 'in the same place'


The attribute or trait resulting from the root morpheme | an occurrence of that quality

['possibility', 'flexibility', 'visibility', 'responsibility', 'availability']

From Latin -ibilitas, from -ibilis (capable of being) + -tas (state/condition)


capable of being verb-ed | causing/indicating/appropriate for the base noun/verb | entity that is required/capable of being | entity that causes/demonstrates the base | competent to | suited for | possessing the quality of | able to undergo | deserving | eligible

collectibles | convertibles | possibles | credible | fallible | permissible | edible | reversible | terrible | visible | incredible | audible | susceptible | flexible

fusible | addible | mixible | flexible | gullible | sensible

From Latin -ibilis, from -ere (infinitive suffix) + -bilis (capable of), ultimately from the root *bheh₂- (to be, become).

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the way in which | the manner dictated by the preceding element

forcibly | ostensibly | terribly | cheerfully | considerably | horizontally | numerically

represents Old English -líce | -ly suffix1 OED


relating to | marked by | possessing the qualities of

classic, poetic, tragic, specific, electric

problematic | symptomatic | cosmetic | heretic | synthetic | atomic | apologetic | public | tactic | topic | carcinogenic | pathogenic | photogenic | historic | parasitic | atomistic | artistic | epileptic | chloroplastic | protoplastic | phonotactic | phototactic | rheotactic | psychological | hypocritical | methodical | nonsensical | musical | metallic | acidic | bucolic | simplistic | psychologically | hypocritically | methodically | nonsensically | musically | ascetic | prosaic | endemic | anthropomorphic | dramatic

oxic | odic | music | magic | cubic | manic

Greek -ικός (-ikós) | representing French -ique | < Latin -ic-us | of Latin origin | ... or < Greek -ικ-ός | definition 1(a-b) and 3 OED | nouns probably converted from adjectives | or with a clearly implied adjective use | suffix definition 1(a-b) and 3 OED


pertaining to | characterized by | belonging to


pertaining to | marked by | belonging to the type of

681 e) | causal | evidential | alphabetical | continual | confessional | tutorial | periodical | individual | hypothetical | paradoxical | chemical | radical | psychological | hypocritical | methodical | nonsensical | musical | metallic | acidic | bucolic | simplistic | psychologically | hypocritically | methodically | nonsensically | musically | political | angelical

sinical | domical | nodical | egoical | biblical | Adamical

< Latin -ālis | adjectival suffix | 'of the kind of | relating to'. suffix1 | definition 1 OED | nouns converted from adjectives | or with a clearly implied adjective use | suffix1


characterized by | as defined by the preceding component | essence of | resembling | possessing the attributes of | related to

basically, specifically, dramatically, historically, magically


iced | ices | icen | icer | deice | icens

From Old English 'is' (noun) and 'īsc' (adjective), derived from Proto-Germanic '*īsaz', ultimately from Proto-Indo-European '*h₁eyHs- meaning 'to flow'.


the quality or fact of being what is denoted by th

the inherent nature or characteristic of something | a temporary situation | a particular circumstance | an essential attribute | the essence of existence

cowardice | justice | service | malice | avarice

From Latin -īcia (feminine suffix forming abstract nouns from adjectives), derived from -icius, itself from -icus.


ichnogram | ichnosite | ichnologic | ichnogenus | ichnograms | ichnofauna


ichthyology | Ichthyophaga | ichthyophobia | ichthyoplankton | ichthyosis | Chondrichthyes | ichthyic | ichthyoid | ichthyolite | ichthyophagous | ichthyornis | ichthyosaur

ichthyic | ichthyootoxin | ichthyootoxins


individual or entity associated with | originating from | related to | adherent to the initial component | occupation | individual connected to | professional practitioner of the root action

comedian | Iranian | Parisian | beautician | dietician | mathematician | academician | clinician | cosmetician | technician | diagnostician | electrician | esthetician | physician | musician

logician | logicians | Hebrician | beautician | beauticians | obstetrician

From Greek -ikos (adjectival suffix) via Latin -icianus, denoting a person connected with or skilled in a specific field.


From Old English īs 'ice' + cīce 'sprout, shoot, twig'


fratricide | homicide | incision | circumcision | parricide | germicidal | ecocide | suicide | genocide | regicide | insecticide | decide | bactericidal | fungicidal | homicidal | ovicidal | parasiticidal | patricidal | spermicidal | suicidal | viricidal | virucide | herbicides | pesticide

viricide | viricides | slimicide | sporicide | lousicide | weedicide

< classical Latin -cīda cutter, killer, slayer = comb. form1 ... -cīdium  cutting, killing = comb. form2 OED


the state or quality of being as denoted by the preceding element | a specific occurrence or manifestation of that state or quality

authenticity, complicity, publicity, specificity

facticity | urbanicity | prolaticity | robusticity | sigmoidicity | patternicity

From Latin -icitas, from the suffix -itas combined with adjectival stems ending in -icus/-icus


a small example of the category named by the preceding element | a diminutive suffix denoting smallness

article | icicles | particle | cubicle | cuticle | canticle | chicle | chronicle | clavicle | conventicle | cornicle

-(i)cle / -(i)culus, -(i)cula, -(i)culum OED

From Latin -iculus, diminutive suffix derived from -icus + -olus


icons | iconic | iconize | iconify | assicon | iconism


icosagon | icosagons | icosahedron | icosasphere | icosahedral | icosahedrons


study of | science of | collection of principles related to

obstetrics | economics | linguistics | robotics | acoustics | acrobatics | aerobics | aerodynamics | aeromechanics | aeronautics | aesthetics | alphanumerics | animatronics | apologetics | architectonics | astrodynamics | astrophysics | patronymics

optics | osmics | Ebonics | phonics | silvics | dynamics


yellowing of the skin and eyes caused by high bilirubin levels

ἴκτερος  OED

combining form of Greek ἴκτερος jaundice. OED


outline | structure | depiction | visual impression [concrete or abstract]

eidetic | eidolon | eidos | idol | idolater | idolatry | idyll | idyllic | idyllist | pareidolia | idea | ideal | idealistic | ideally | ideate | idée fixe | ideo / ideo. | idolize

ooid | oöid | IDer | virid | ooids | Lyrid

εἶδειν (eîdein) | εἶδος (eîdos) | Greek eidos : what is seen | shape | form --> idea : appearance | form | idea


atypical, amoral, anonymous, asymmetrical, apolitical

Ixodida | Apodida | Sciurida | Enoplida | Ascarida | Sabellida

Greek a- (alpha privativus) 'without, not'


Suidae | Boidae | Apidae | Otidae | Zeidae | Enidae

Greek -idae (suffix used in zoological nomenclature)


in chemistry | a binary compound where the first element is named first | associated with | of a type that belongs to | related to

ides | amide | halide | iodide | auride | amides

From Greek -ides, from -is (genitive suffix) + -es, originally forming patronymics or nouns of origin, later adopted into Latin and French chemistry terminology to denote binary compounds.


a conceptual thought | a mental construct

ideas | ideate | ideaed | ideates | ideated | nonidea


ideals | ideally | unideal | coideal | idealize | idealism


ibidem, idem, identical, identify, identity

idempotent | idempotence | idempotents | idempotently | nonidempotent


visual representation | concept | cognitive process | notion | internal visualization

ideograph | ideology | ideogram | ideologue | idealistic | ideomotor | ideophone

ideogram | ideogeny | ideotype | ideologue | ideograph | ideograms

ἰδεῖν (ideîn) | ἰδέα (idéa) | < French idéo- < ancient Greek ἰδέα idea n. OED

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Greek -ides (suffix denoting lineage/descendant)


chemical compound | nitrogen-containing heterocycle

clonidine | aceclidine | clonidines | procyclidine | eticyclidine

from Greek -idion "diminutive suffix" applied to nitrogen-containing structures


self | belonging to oneself | distinct entity | individual-specific | unparalleled | inherent | distinctive trait | clearly different | apart from others

idiolect | idiotype | idiogram | idiosoma | idiosome | idiopath

Greek ἴδιος (ídios) | one's own | ϝίδιος | ἴδιος (ídios) | ~private | personal | ones own~ | < ancient Greek ἰδιο- | combining form ... of ἴδιος  own | private | peculiar | separate | distinct OED

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From Greek 'mania' (madness, frenzy) + suffix '-ia' (state, condition)


a person of low general intelligence | someone lacking in mental ability

idiots | vidiot | idiotic | vidiots | idioted | idiotry

from Greek 'idiotēs', originally meaning a private person, later extended to mean someone lacking intelligence