Exceeding a threshold | Extending past limits

ultraviolet, ultramodern, ultrasonic, ultracentrifuge

outr / outr / : comparative form: ulterior / ulterior / : superlative form: ultim / ultim

Latin 'ultra' meaning 'beyond' or 'on the other side'


From Latin 'ulterior', comparative of 'ultra' meaning 'beyond'


ultimate | ultimatum | penultimate | ultima | ultima Thule | ultimo

compare proxim / proxim / : superlative of ultra / ultra

Latin ultimus 'farthest, last', superlative of ulmus 'far off'

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transcending | extremely distant | intense | to the utmost degree | surpassing | overabundant

ultraviolet, ultrasonic, ultramodern, ultrahigh, ultrafast

ultras | ultraist | ultraism | ultrahot | ultralow | ultradry

Attribute intensifier | preposition-like

Latin ultra 'beyond, on the other side of'

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to howl | to wail | to make a rhythmic trilling sound

Latin ululāre 'to howl, wail', of imitative origin


Latin suffix -ulum forming abstract nouns or places from verbs or nouns


derivational suffix affix bound morpheme

Latin -ulus, variant of -culus (diminutive suffix from -culus < -culus < -culus), derived from the diminutive suffix -culus with assimilation or phonetic variation.


ums | smokum | talcum | umbego | umgang | umcast

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


curriculum | forum | maximum | practicum | colloquium | colloquy | refuge

Latin neuter singular ending of the second declension, from Proto-Italic *-om, from Proto-Indo-European *-om


Latin umbrāre 'to shade, darken', from umbra 'shadow'


Latin umbilicalis, from umbilicus 'navel'


umbrella, umbrage, umbral, umbra, penumbra, antumbra

umbraphile | umbraphiles | Disumbrationism


umbrages | umbrageous | umbrageously | umbrageousness

Latin 'invidia' (envy) + '-umbrage' (shadow/cause for complaint)


umbrellas | jumbrella | umbrellaed | exumbrella | subumbrella | exumbrellar

From Latin 'umbra' meaning 'shade' or 'shadow'


From Middle High German umbe 'around' + Laut 'sound, letter'


characterized by | tending to | prone to

Onomatopoeic/Phonetic reduplication of 'yum'


Middle English 'umpire', from 'umpire' (originally 'umpir'), likely from 'umpire' (to umpire/to arbitrate)


absence of | missing | denied | negated | annulled | inverted | negation | absence | undo | remove | opposing | contrary to | invert | strip of | free from | invert | deny | free | negation

12850 e) | unacceptable | unreal | unhappy | unplug | unmask | undamaged | unqualified | unsure | undo | unsettle | unwrap | unnecessary | unequal | undesirable | untie | unexpected | unlock | unstable | unwilling

uns | undo | unto | until | uncap | unlay

representing Old English un- | ... Expressing negation | prefix1 OED | ... Expressing  expressing reversal or deprivation | prefix2 OED

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derivational suffix affix bound morpheme | derivational prefix affix morpheme

a single entity | sole | possessing a single instance | single | gather | concentrate | unite

unilateral, uniform, unison, unify, unit, unite

unisex | Unihan | unipod | uninym | uniski | unibrow

Latin prefix 'un-' derived from 'unus' meaning 'one', later evolving to indicate negation or reversal via Old French 'un-'

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adunation, biunique, coadunate, coadunation, disunite, disunity, malunion, nonuniform, nonuniformity, nonunion, nonunique, nonunity, onion, reunification, reunion, reunite, triune, unanimous, unary, unate, unicorn, unicycle, unific, unification, uniform, uniformity, unify, unilateral, union, unique, unite, unity, universal, universe, university


adunc | aduncity | aduncous | unciform | Uncinaria | uncinate | Uncinia | uncinariasis | uncus unrelated: uncial


uncles | guncle | uncley | auncle | unclely | uncleji

Latin -unculus, diminutive suffix of -culus


apply a greasy substance | soothe with ointment

inunction | unction | unctuous Variant Spellings: unguent | unguent

From Latin 'unctus', past participle of 'unguere' meaning 'to anoint'.


act of anointing | application of ointment | soothing | persuasive influence

Latin unct- 'anointed', past participle stem of ungere 'to anoint'


Latin unctus, past participle of ungere 'to smear, anoint'


abound | abundance | abundant | inundant | inundate | inundation | redound | redundancy | redundant | superabound | superabundance | superabundant | surround | undine | undulant | undulate | undulation | undulatory | undulatus | undulose


undecagon | undecagons | undecaoxide | undecagonal | undecaoxides | undecaborate


dunder | undergo | underdo | underly | dunders | underlie

Old English 'under' (among, between, below)


Latin undulatus, past participle of undulare 'to ripple', from unda 'wave'


talon | horned foot structure | digit tip covering

ungual | unguiferous | unguiform | ungular | ungulate | unguligrade | notoungulate | unguiculate | unguis | ungula | ungulate unrelated: unct / unguent.


uniques | uniquely | ununique | biunique | nonunique | uniqueness


unisons | unisonal | unisonous | unisonally

Latin unus 'one' + suffix -son (variant of -unus or related to consonare 'to sound together')


characterized by | comprising the essence of the initial component | pertaining to

continuous, virtuous, ambiguous, tenuous

montuous | lustuous | tempestuous | tormentuous | contemptuous | tempestuously

From Latin -ōsus, from -ōs + -us, denoting possession or quality.


above | elevated | more significant | superior | completed

Old English 'upp' meaning 'upwards, on high'


dupe, triple, quadruple, quintuple, septuple

Latin -culus, diminutive suffix derived from unus 'one'


anthurium | Anura | brachyurous | colure | cynosure | Diplura | Protura | uroborus | urochord | uroid | uropod | anuran | anurous | coenurus | macruran | uropygium | xiphosuran

urfly | urtext | urform | urword | urtexts | urforms


urea, ureter, urethra, urinal, urinalysis, urology

antidiuretic, cystinuria, diuresis, diuretic, dysuria, enuresis, homocystinuria, lithuresis, polyurea, polyuria, strangury, uraemia/uremia, urea, uremic, uresiesthesia, uresis, ureter, ureteroscopy, urethra, urology

οὐρεῖν (oureîn), οὖρον, οὔρου (oûron, oúrou), οὔρησις (oúrēsis), οὐρητήρ(ourētḗr), οὐρήθρα (ourḗthra)


pertaining to, act of, descriptor or characteristic

Latin -uralis, from ura 'form, shape' (from Greek oura 'tail, form') + -alis


uranium, uranography, uranology, uranometer

uranic | uranite | uranous | uranate | uranates | uranites

From Greek Ouranos (Οὐρανός), the personification of the sky.


uranium, uranium-235, uranium-238, depleted uranium, uranium hexafluoride

Modern Latin uranium, coined by Martin Klaproth in 1789 from Greek Ouranos (Ouranos) meaning 'sky, heaven', in reference to the planet Uranus which had been discovered eight years earlier.


uranology | uranometry | uranoscopy | uranologies | uranometric | uranophobia

οὐρανός, οὐρανοῦ (ouranós, ouranoû), οὐρανόθεν (ouranóthen)


urban, suburb, metropolitan, urbane, periphery


Polite and refined in manner | exhibiting urban sophistication | marked by suave elegance

Derived from French 'urbain', meaning relating to a city.


Old English 'urcein', of Germanic origin; related to Dutch 'urkijn' and German 'Igel' (hedgehog)


derivational | derivational suffix affix bound morpheme

condition | role or position | outcome of an action or process indicated by the initial element | condition of | action | procedure | hierarchy | condition or action

closure | lecture | temperature | culture | literature | rupture | rapture | censure | tenure

ures | inure | enure | inured | inures | enures

From Latin -ura, from the past participle stem of verbs ending in -ere (e.g., claudere -> clausura), denoting the result or action of the verb.


ureas | ureal | urease | isourea | ureases | nonurea


From Greek ouron 'urine' + -emia 'blood condition'


ureterocele | ureterogram | ureterolith | ureteroceles | ureterorenal | ureterostomy

Greek ourēter 'ureter, duct for urine', from ouron 'urine' + -ter (agent noun suffix)


urethrocele | urethropexy | urethrotomy | urethrotome | urethrogram | urethroscope


urgency | urgent | metallurgy | zymurgy | chemurgy | demiurge | liturgy | surgery | thaumaturgy | theurgy | urge

Greek -urgy (from -ourgos), from -ourgos 'worker' (from -ergos 'work')


zymurgy | halurgy | panurgy | chemurgy | micrurgy | siderurgy


anuria | pyuria | dysuria | anurias | lipuria | pyurias

From Greek ouron (urine) + -ia (condition/state)


of or pertaining to urine | relating to uric acid

uricase | pyrouric | uricases | calciuric | glycoluric | uricotelic


Body fluid excreted by the kidneys | waste product containing water and urea | liquid expelled during urination

urines | urined | nonurine | urinelike | urineless


urns | inurn | urnal | urned | inurns | urnful

Latin urna 'large jar, water-pot, measuring vessel'


Latin suffix -urnus, derived from the neuter suffix -um attached to adjectives, often indicating belonging or relation (e.g., from 'diurnus' meaning 'of the day').


Examples: Dasyurus ("hairy tail") | Coelurosauria ("hollow tail lizards") | Uromastyx ("tail scourge") | uropod | uropygium | urostyle

uropod | urology | anurous | urolith | uropods | urogram


containing | derived from | characterized by uronic acid

From Latin 'uron' (urine) + '-ic' (pertaining to), referring to acids found in urine.


the animal | an individual of that animal

Ursa Major | ursine | Ursus | Ursa (Major | Minor) | ursiform | Ursula | Ursuline Variant Spellings: Orson | Orson


of or pertaining to a Ursula | female religious sister | relating to the order of St. Ursula

From Latin ursulina, from ursula 'little bear', diminutive of ursum (bear)


usie | USian | ussie | usies | usward | usself

From Proto-Indo-European *-os, marking masculine nominative singular in second-declension nouns.


employ | beneficial | function | the act of employing

use, usage, useful, useless, utility, utilize


user | used | uses | usee | abuse | reuse

From Latin 'uti' (to use, enjoy) via Old French 'user'


From Latin 'usus', past participle of 'uti' meaning 'to use, enjoy, employ'.


ushers | ushered | usherin | ushering | usherdom | usheress


usuals | unusual | usually | usuality | unusuals | unusually

From Latin 'usuālis', derived from 'ūsus' (past participle of 'ūti' meaning 'to use'), referring to what is commonly done or experienced.


Latin usurpare 'to take possession of, use', from usur- 'taken', past participle of uti 'to use'


usurps | usurped | usurping | usurpings | usurpable | usurpedly

Latin usurpare 'to take possession of, use', from usur- (past participle of uti 'to use') + -pare (causative suffix)


application | beneficial | function | external | beyond | to voice openly

out / out / : outr / outr / : positive form: ut / : comparative form: utter / : superlative form: utmost

Latin 'ūtī' (to use) + '-t' (past participle stem marker)


Latin -ūtus, past participle suffix of verbs in -ūre (from PIE *h₂eu- 'to flow, move')


tool | implement | device for eating or cooking

utensils | cutensil | cutensils | utensiled


uterine, uterus, extrauterine, intrauterine, uterine

uterotomy | uterotonic | uteromania | uterotubal | uterofetal | uterotonics


Latin 'uti' (past participle stem 'ut-') meaning 'to use, to employ'


act of employing something | capable of being of service | inherent value | to employ or apply

Latin utilis 'useful, serviceable', from uti 'to use'


utters | utterly | uttered | utterer | reutter | uttering

Old English ūtterian 'to make known, publish'


inclining toward | disposed toward | prone toward

Latin -uus, -ous, forming adjectives from past participles or stems, indicating possession or tendency


uveovortex | uveoparotid | uveoretinitis

From Latin 'uvae' (grapes), referring to the grape-like appearance of the uvea in the eye.


uvulars | nonuvular | uvularize | uvulatomes | uvularizes | uvularizing


lacking content | articulate | summon | utter

evacuate | vacancy | vacant | vacate | vacation | vacuous | vacuum | vacuole

van1 / van, vast / vast, void / void / : compare plen / plen


vaccary | vaccination | vaccine | vaccinia


vaccines | vaccinee | vaccinees | nonvaccine | prevaccine | autovaccine

Latin vacca 'cow' (from the use of cowpox in the first vaccine)


Latin vacillare 'to stagger, sway', from vacuus 'empty'


evade, invade, pervade, revere, vade mecum


vagabonds | vagabonded | vagabondry | vagabonding | vagabondism | vagabondish

Middle French vagabond, from Italian vagabondus


to roam aimlessly | to move without direction


The external female genitalia | the vulva

vaginal | vaginas | vaginate | vaginaed | vaginally | vaginated

From Latin 'vagina,' meaning sheath or covering.


wandering | roaming | lack of settled home

Latin vagrantia, from vagari 'to wander'


wandering | roaming | without a settled home

Latin vagrāns, present participle of vagārī 'to wander'


vaguen | vagues | vagued | vaguely | vaguery | vagueish


powerful | valuable | to be powerful | to be valuable

available | prevail | countervail | avail

vails | unvail | vailer | unvails | vailers


lacking real value or substance | empty or void | worthless or unsatisfying


ambivalence | avail | equivalent | evaluate | prevail | valence | valiant | valid | valor | value


power | value | to be powerful | to be in good health | thus: goodbye

ambivalence | avail | equivalent | evaluate | prevail | valence | valiant | valid | valor | value | ambivalent | covalent | vale | valediction | valedictorian


bivalent | univalent | trivalent | prevalent | bivalents | ambivalent

From Latin valens, present participle of valēre 'to be strong, be worth'


Latin 'valentinus' meaning 'strong, vigorous, healthy', derived from 'valens' (present participle of 'valere' to be strong)


valiant, validate, prevalence, equivalent


From Latin valetudinarium, from valetudinus 'pertaining to health', from valere 'to be strong, be healthy'


valiants | valiantly | unvaliant | valiantness | unvaliantly

From Old French valiant, from Latin valens 'strong, healthy', present participle of valere 'to be strong'


invalid | validly | unvalid | validate | validity | validify

Latin validus 'strong, powerful', from valere 'to be strong'


French 'valise' (from 'valise' or 'vallis' meaning valley/bag)


valley, valleyland, valleyward, valleywoman

valleys | valleyed | valleyward | valleyless | valleyland | intervalley

From Old English 'dæl' (part, portion, valley) combined with 'weal' (place, enclosure), originally referring to an enclosed piece of land or a hollow.


valors | valorous | valorously | invalorous | valorousness


ambivalence, avail, equivalent, evaluate, prevail, valence, valiant, valid, valor, value


gate | flap | opening | mechanism for controlling flow

valved | valves | valver | bivalve | valvers | univalve

From Latin 'valva' meaning 'leaf of a door' or 'hinge', derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *wel- meaning 'to turn'.


From Latin valvula, diminutive of valva 'leaf of a door, wing of a gate'


to hurry | to leave quickly | to depart hastily


vampire, vampirism, vampire bat, vampire squid

vamps | vampy | vamper | revamp | vamped | vamping

From Serbo-Croatian vampir, from Proto-Slavic *ǫpyrь, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep- 'to cover'


vampire | undead creature | blood-drinker

vampirism, vampiric, vampire bat, vampire squid

vampires | vampirey | vampired | vampiress | nonvampire | vampiredom

From Serbo-Croatian vampir, from Proto-Slavic *ǫpyrь, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep- 'to drink'


invisible, inactive, invalid, immoral, irregular

vans | devan | vanner | vanful | vanward | vanpool

Latin prefix in- (variant of ex- 'out of') used before consonants to mean 'not, without'


one who destroys property | wanton destruction

Vandalic | vandalised | vandalises | vandaliser | vandalists | vandalising

From Latin 'vandalus' (a member of the Germanic Vandal tribe known for sacking Rome in 455 AD), later generalized to mean 'one who deliberately destroys public or private property'.


vanes | vaned | bivane | bivanes | dogvane | paravane

Middle English 'vanen', related to 'vane' (blade/wing)


Latin vanescere 'to disappear, become invisible', from vanus 'empty, void' + escere 'to become'


vanguards | vanguardism | vanguardist | vanguardists | vanguardisms

Old French avant-garde, from avant 'before' + garde 'guard'


vanished | vanisher | vanishing | vanisheth | vanishers | vanishings

Middle English vanisshen, from Old French vaniss-*


vanquisher | vanquished | vanquishing | vanquishers | vanquisheth | unvanquished


vantages | vantaged | vantageless | disvantageous


hot, visible vapor | gaseous form of a substance

evaporate | evaporation | evaporative | evaporator | evaporite | nonevaporative | vapid | vapidity | vapor | vaporescence | vaporescent | vaporific | vaporous | vaporize


vapidly | vapidity | vapidness | vapidities

Latin vapidus 'flat, insipid, stale', from vapare 'to be flat, insipid'


From Latin vapor 'steam, heat, exhalation'


diverse | multiple | curve | shift | change | divergence


variant, variety, various, vary, variance

Latin varius 'various, different' or variare 'to change'


varix | varices | abnormal expansion of a vein or artery | swollen, twisted blood vessel

varicocele | varicosis | varicose | esophageal varices

Latin varix (gen. varicis) 'swollen vein, varix'

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varicoses | varicosed | varicosely | nonvaricose

Latin varicosus 'swollen, knotted', from varix 'knotted vein'


variation, variety, variable, variegated

Latin variegatus, past participle of variegare 'to make variegated', from variegus 'various, spotted'


American English dialectal variant of 'varmit', from 'vermin'


glossy coating | protective layer | to coat with a liquid

varnishy | varnished | varnishes | varnisher | revarnish | varnishing

Latin vernix 'varnish, lacquer' (of uncertain origin, possibly Etruscan)


covary | varying | varyings | unvarying | varyingly | intervary

Latin varius 'diverse, different, changeable'


a channel carrying blood | a container or channel | a plate or bowl | a container or channel | a passage for fluids | a hollow cylindrical structure | a channel for transporting substances

vas_deferens | vasa_efferentia | vascular | vascularity | vascularization | vascularize | vasculitis | vasoconstrictor | vasodilation | vasectomy | cardiovascular | vasculum | vas deferens | vase | vasodilator

vasiform | pravastatin | fluvastatin | intravasate | intravasated | intravasates

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evacuate, invade, vacate, vacillate, vacuous

Latin 'vas' (stem 'vad-') meaning 'to go, go forth'


Latin root 'esse' (to be) or 'vas' (vessel/container), often used in compounds indicating state or container.


vas_deferens, vasa_efferentia, vascular, vascularity, vascularization, vascularize, vasculitis, vasoconstrictor, vasodilation


avascular | vascularly | myovascular | vascularity | vascularize | nonvascular

Latin vasculum, diminutive of vas 'vessel'


vasculogenic | vasculopathy | vasculogenesis | vasculogenetic | neovasculogenic | vasculoprotective

Latin vasculum 'small vessel', diminutive of vas 'vessel'


vassals | vassalic | vassalry | envassal | vassaldom | vassaless

Old French vassel, variant of vasal, from Late Latin vassallus


activate, cultivate, elevate, enervate, renovate, salivate

Latin -ātus, past participle suffix of verbs in -āre (first conjugation)


From Latin vaticus 'inspired by a god, prophetic', from vates 'prophet, bard'


The papal government | the papacy | the Holy See.

Vaticanist | Vaticanism | Vaticanian | Vaticanology | Vaticanologist

From Latin 'Vaticanus', referring to the Vatican Hill in Rome, later associated with the papacy.


A form of multi-act theatrical performance originating in France | a style of entertainment popular in Europe and North America during the late 19th to early 20th centuries | a type of theatrical show featuring various acts and performers.

vaudevilles | vaudevillelike | vaudevillesque

Derived from French, from the provinces of Vaude and Vellave.


secure storage | arched structure | to leap

vaults | vaulty | vaulted | vaulter | envault | vaulting

Latin 'voluta' (a roll, coil) or 'volare' (to fly), via Old French 'vaulter'


vaunts | vaunted | vaunter | vaunting | vaunters | vauntful

Old French vanter, from Latin vanus 'empty, vain'


vealy | veals | vealer | vealers | vealburger | vealburgers


invective | inveigh | vector | vehement | vehicle | advection | convection | evective | vector Variant Spellings: inveigh

Latin vectus, past participle of vehere 'to carry, convey'


vectors | bivector | covector | revector | vectorial | vectorize

From Latin 'vector' meaning 'carrier' or 'one who carries', from the past participle stem of 'vehere' (to carry).


veers | veered | veerer | veering | veerers | veerings

Middle English 'veren', from Old French 'virer'


Latin vegetus 'alive, vigorous, lively', from vehere 'to carry, set in motion'


dietary | lifestyle | avoiding animal products

vegans | veganic | veganism | veganist | nonvegan | veganize


vegetable, vegetal, vegetarian, vegetate, vegetation

Latin vegetus 'lively, vigorous, active'


invective | inveigh | vector | vehement | vehicle | convey | convection

vehere ~to carry~ | vectus | vehere "to carry"


from Latin vehemens (genitive vehementis) meaning 'impetuous, violent, furious', derived from vehere 'to carry'


Latin vehemens (gen. vehementis) 'impetuous, violent', from vehere 'to carry, drive'


vehicles | vehicled | vehiclelike | antivehicle | nanovehicle | multivehicle

Latin vehiculum, diminutive of vehere 'to carry'


veils | veily | unveil | inveil | veiled | beveil


veiny | veins | veined | devein | veinal | veiner

Latin 'vena' meaning 'vein, blood vessel'


Latin 'vellus' meaning 'fleece' or 'skin'


revelation | velate | reveal | revelator


velds | Lowveld | bushveld | Highveld | backveld | veldfire


veloway | veloways | velodrome | velodromes | veloplasty | velopharynx

Latin 'velox' (genitive 'velocis') meaning 'swift, rapid'


French velours, from Old French velu 'hairy', from Vulgar Latin *villosus 'shaggy', from Latin villus 'bristle'


velvety | velvets | velveteen | unvelvety | velvetlike | velveteens

Old French velouté, from velours 'velvet', from Vulgar Latin *vellus 'fleece'


pursue | the act of tracking animals for sport or sustenance

venipuncture | venipunctures | venipunctured | venipuncturist | venipuncturists


venerable, venerate, venereal, venery, venial, Venus

From Latin 'venia' (favor, grace) and 'Venus' (goddess of love), ultimately from the Proto-Indo-European root *wen- meaning 'to desire, strive for'.


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blood vessel | related to veins | blood in veins | vascular network

convention | invent | intravenous | venosity | venule | venospasm | vena cava | venipuncture | venous

convention | invent | venule | venospasm | intravenous | vena cava | venipuncture | venous


corruptible | susceptible to bribery | motivated by greed

venally | unvenal | venality | nonvenal | venalness | venalities

Latin venalis 'for sale, procurable', from venum 'sale' + -alis 'pertaining to'


Latin venator 'hunter', from venari 'to hunt'


dispose of goods | offer for purchase | available for purchase

vend | vendor | vendee | vendition | vendue | venal

vends | vended | vendee | vending | vendees

Latin 'vendere' (to sell), from 'venum dare' (to give for sale)


veneers | veneered | veneerer | veneering | veneerers | unveneered

French 'veneer' (originally meaning a thin layer of wood)


venerable | veneration | venereal | venerate


of or relating to sexual intercourse | sexual

Latin venereus 'of Venus, pertaining to love or sex', from Venus 'goddess of love'


Venetian, Venetian blinds, Venetian glass

From Latin Venetia, from Veneti (the ancient people of the region), possibly from the Proto-Indo-European root *wen- (to strive, desire).


avenger | revenge | revengeful | revengefully | scavenge | scavenger | avenge | vengeance | vengeful Variant Spellings: revanchism | revanchism

venges | venged | vengers | vengeful | vengeance | vengefully

From Old French 'vengeance' or 'vengier', derived from Latin 'vindicare' meaning 'to claim, avenge, or free'.


Latin venialis 'pardonable', from venia 'favor, grace'


From Italian Venezia, from Latin Venetia, from the Veneti people


venisons | venisonburger | venisonburgers

Old French venaison 'game, meat of game'


Latin 'venenum' meaning 'poison, potion, or venom'


venously | nonvenous | endovenous | perivenous | venovenous | allovenous


vents | vented | venter | ventage | venting | venters


ventilation | ventilator | vent | ventage | ventail | ventifact | ventilate | vent (window) | ventilate (open a window)

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to supply with air | to refresh | to expose to air

ventilates | ventilated | reventilate | unventilated | reventilates | reventilated

Latin ventilare 'to fan, blow on', from ventus 'wind'


lower torso | lower abdominal area | stomach region

ventral | venter | ventricle | ventricose | ventriloquist


Latin ventriculus 'little belly', diminutive of venter 'belly, womb'


ventriculotomy | ventriculogram | ventriculostomy | ventriculograms | ventriculomegaly | ventriculography

From Latin ventriculus, diminutive of venter 'belly, womb'


venture, adventurer, venturer, venturesome

venturers | unventured | coventures | coventurer | coventurers | venturesomely

Old French 'aventure' (chance, luck, adventure)


From Latin 'venire' meaning 'to come', via the past participle stem 'vent-' (as in 'venio' -> 'ventus'), referring to a place where one comes or gathers.


reverse, convert, diverse, version, verdict


verbal | verbatim | verbosity | verbose | adverb | proverbial | verbiage

verbs | verby | verbal | coverb | verbid | preverb


verbatim report, verbatim transcript, verbatim copy

Latin verbum 'word' + -atim (adverbial suffix)


Latin verbena 'sacred branch, laurel, vervain'


the color of grass | the hue of fresh foliage

verdant | biliverdin | Cape Verde | Mesa Verde | paloverde | verdigris | verdure Variant Spellings: Vermont | Vermont


From Latin 'viridis' meaning green, derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *wer- (to grow, bloom).


verdicts | verdictive | nonverdict | verdictives | verdictless | nonverdicts

Latin veredictum 'spoken truth', from verus 'true' + dicere 'to say'


verdigrisy | verdigrises | verdigrised | verdigrising

Middle French 'vert-de-Grèce' (green of Greece)


verdures | verdured | unverdured | verdureless


to experience reverence | to feel deep admiration


verger | verges | verged | vergers | vergeth | unverged

Latin 'verga' meaning 'rod, branch, verge'


From Old French 'verger', from Latin 'virga' meaning 'rod, staff' (referring to the staff carried by the warden).


denaverine | niceverine | pramiverine | dihexyverine | dicycloverine

From Greek 'pharmakon' meaning drug or poison, via Latin 'verina' or directly from Greek 'pharma' related to potions.


creeping invertebrate | subterranean creature

vermiform | vermin | vermicelli | vermicide | vermicular | vermiculate | vermiculite | vermifuge | Vermilingua | vermilion | vermin Variant Spellings: varmint | varmint


vermeils | envermeil | vermeiled | envermeils

From Old French vermeil, from Latin vermiculus 'little worm', originally referring to the dye obtained from the kermes insect.


vermilions | vermilioned | vermilioning | vermilionectomy

Latin 'vermiculus' diminutive of 'vermis' meaning 'worm', referring to the red dye derived from the kermes insect


vermins | verminy | verminly | vermined | verminous | verminously

Latin vermen (accusative of vermis) 'worm, insect'


vermouth, dry vermouth, sweet vermouth, white vermouth, red vermouth


Latin vernaculus 'native, indigenous', from vernus 'of the farm, native'


vernally | vernalin | vernalize | vernality | prevernal | vernalized

Latin vernus 'of spring', from ver (genitive veris) 'spring'


fine adjustment | precise measurement | small increment

From French 'vernier', named after Pierre Vernier, inventor of the vernier scale.


Latin 'vernator' meaning 'governor' or 'ruler', derived from 'verni' (slaves) or related to 'verna' (home-born slave), implying one who has authority over others.


rotate | extent | wholeness | universe | shift | alter

versatile, version, verse, convert, reverse


Versailles (proper noun) | Palace of Versailles

Proper Noun, Place Name, Historical Site

From French Versailles, originally referring to the hunting lodge built by Louis XIV.


versatilely | unversatile | versatileness

From Latin versābilis, from versāre 'to turn', frequentative of vertere 'to turn'


versions | versioned | versional | subversion | versioning | versionist


reverse, convert, diverse, version, verse

Latin vers- (past participle stem of vertere 'to turn')


rotate | extent | entirety | world | act of rotating | summit | critical moment

convert, divert, invert, revert, version, vertex

verts | extrovert | extroverts | extrovertist | extrovertish | extrovertists


vertebra | spinal | related to the spine

vertebroiliac | vertebrogenic | vertebroplasty | vertebropelvic | vertebrocostal | vertebrosacral


convert, reverse, versatile, verdict, vertex


vertexes | covertex | nonvertex | vertexing | vertexless | vertexwise

Latin vertex 'summit, turning point, head' (from vertere 'to turn')


upright | perpendicular | perpendicular to the horizon

Latin verticalis, from verticus 'turning' (from vertere 'to turn') + -alis


vertigos | vertigoes | antivertigo | Vertigoverse

Latin vertigo 'whirling, dizziness', from vertere 'to turn'


aver, veracious, verdict, verify, verisimilar, verisimilitude, verity, very, veracious, verbose, verifiable, verificatory, verifying, vermiculate, vermiculated, vermillion, verrucose


vesicoanal | vesicocele | vesicostomy | vesicocolic | vesicoceles | vesicorenal


Latin vesicula, diminutive of vesica 'bladder, skin bag'


vesperal | vesper | Vespers | vespertilionid | vespertine

Latin vespēr 'evening' (genitive vesperris)


vessels | unvessel | unvessels | neovessel | vesselful | nanovessel

From Latin 'vessel' meaning 'container, ship', derived from 'vas, vasis' (container, vessel).


attire | article of clothing | gown | apparel

vest, vestment, invest, divest, revere, vesture

vests | vested | vestee | vesting | vestees | vestlet

vestire ~to clothe~ | related to vestis ~garment~ | vestire "to clothe" | related to vestis"garment" | Latin Vesta : goddess of the hearth and domestic life


Latin vestalis 'of the Vestal Virgins', from Vesta 'goddess of the hearth'


vestibules | vestibuled | vestibulectomy

Latin vestibulum 'forecourt, entrance hall'


Latin vestigium 'footprint, trace, track'


Latin vestīre 'to clothe', from vestis 'garment'


vestryman | vestrywoman | vestryperson | vestrypersons | vestrymanship

Latin ecclesia 'church' (via Old French 'vestiaire')


vetchy | vetchling | deervetch | vetchlings | sweetvetch


inveterate | veteran | veteran unrelated: veterinary


veterans | nonveteran | veteranize | nonveterans | veteranized | veteranizes

Latin veterānus 'old, veteran', from vetus 'old'


from Latin veterinarius 'pertaining to draft animals', from vetulus 'old' (diminutive of vetus 'old')


vetos | vetoer | vetoes | vetoed | vetoing | vetoers

Latin veto 'I forbid', from ve 'away' + o 'I say'


vexed | vexer | vexing | vexers | vexest | vexeth

Latin vexare 'to shake, disturb, annoy', frequentative of vehere 'to carry'


Latin 'vexare' meaning 'to shake, trouble, or distress'


vexillophile | vexillolatry | vexillophiles | vexillographer | vexillographers


convey | conveyor | convoy | envoy | voyage Variant Spellings: invoice

Latin 'via' (road, way) + suffix '-ey' (agentive or instrumental, often from Latin '-arius' or French '-ier')


deviate | obviate | obvious | via | viaduct


Latin 'vīvābilis' (enduring, lasting), from 'vīvus' (alive) + '-ābilis' (able to be)


Latin vitrum 'glass' (via Medieval Latin vitialis/vitellus)


Shortening of 'vibration', first attested in the 1960s counterculture slang referring to a person's aura or atmosphere


vibration, vibrant, invigorate, convulse

Latin 'vibrare' 'to shake, brandish, or quiver'


Latin vibratus, past participle of vibrare 'to shake, tremble'


vicar | vicarious | vice versa | vicissitude | vice (evil) | vicious Variant Spellings: vitiate | vitiate

Latin vicis (genitive of via) 'change, turn, place'


Latin vinc-/vincere 'to conquer, defeat'


vicars | unvicar | vicarly | vicarage | unvicars | vicaress


experienced in the imagination through the feelings or actions of another

Latin vicarius 'substitute, deputy', from vicis 'change, turn'


assistant or subordinate in authority | assistant

vice-chairman | vice-chancellor | vice-president | vice-principal | vice-admiral

vices | viced | viceman | vicelike | viceless | antivice

Latin 'vice' meaning 'in the place of' or 'substitution'

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person living nearby | adjacent individual

Latin vicinus 'neighboring', from vicus 'village, neighborhood'


Latin vicinitas (state of being near), from vicinus (neighbor, near)


Latin 'viciosus' meaning 'faulty, depraved', from 'vitium' meaning 'fault, vice'


Latin vicissitūdine(m) 'change, alternation', from vicissim 'in turn, alternately'


Proper Noun, Place Name, Historical Event

Named after Vicksburg, Mississippi, derived from the Choctaw word 'wika' (town) or possibly a corruption of 'Wick's burg'.


convict | conviction | convince | evict | evince | invincible | province | vanquish | vanquishment | victor | victorious | victory | victim | victimize | Victoria | victory unrelated: victim | victorous


victims | victimy | victimry | victimize | nonvictim | victimist

Latin victima 'sacrificial animal, victim'


Latin victor (genitive victoris) 'conqueror, winner', from vincere 'to conquer, overcome'


victuals | victualed | revictual | victualler | victualing | victualled

Latin victus 'living, food', past participle of vivere 'to live'


vids | fanvid | vidder | kidvid | vidlet | vidkid


vital, vitality, vitalize, revitalize, vitalism


videos | videotex | nonvideo | videofit | videotape | videodisc


vital, vitality, inviolate, survive, revitalize

vier | vies | vied | envie | viers | revie

Latin 'vita' meaning 'life', from the Proto-Indo-European root *gwei- 'to live'


Vietnam | related to the nation of Vietnam

Vietnamese | Vietnameseness | Vietnamization

From Vietnamese 'Việt Nam', derived from 'Việt' (ancient name for the region/people) and 'Nam' (south).


Latin 'vetus' (genitive 'vetus') meaning 'old'


interview | preview | purview | review | view | viewpoint Variant Spellings: déjà vu | revue | déjà vu

views | viewy | viewer | viewed | viewly | viewing


energetic | vitality | keenly observant | on guard

invigilate | reveille | surveillance | vigil | vigilance | vigilant | vigilante

vigils | vigilant | vigilous | vigilantly | hypervigilant | pharmacovigilant

veill / veill / : veget / veget, vigor / vigor


vigintillion | vigintillions | vigintillionth | vigintillionths | octovigintillion


vignettes | vignetted | vignetter | vignetters

French vignette, diminutive of vigne 'vine' (from Latin vinea)


strength | power | vitality | prosper | bloom

invigorate | vigor | vigoroso | vigorous Variant Spellings: ravigote | vigorous | vigorish | ravigote

vigorously | unvigorous | vigorousness | unvigorously | overvigorously

veget / veget, veill / veill, vigil / vigil


viking, vikings, viking age, viking ship, viking raid


morally corrupt | inferior in quality or status | deserving disdain

Latin root vilis meaning 'cheap' or 'despicable'


From Latin 'villus' meaning 'shaggy hair' or 'bristle', evolving to denote something coarse or unpleasant.


to speak ill of | to slander | to defame

vilification, vilified, vilifying, vilifies

Latin 'vilus' (past participle of 'valere' meaning 'to be worth') + '-ficare' (frequentative of 'facere' meaning 'to make')


villa | village | villain | villainy | villein | -ville (suffix for town names)


fine hair | clustered fibers | soft wool | velvety texture

intervillous | velour | velvet | villiform | villose | villosity | villous | villus | microvillus


villager | villages | villagey | villagers | villagery | envillaged

From Old French 'village' (meaning hamlet or farmstead), derived from Late Latin 'villaticum', from Latin 'villa' (country house or estate).


villainy | villains | villainry | villainous | villainess | villainies

Latin 'villanus' meaning 'farmhand, peasant', derived from 'villa' (country house)


fictional location symbolizing a particular trait | a fictional location defined by the meaning of its initial component | a name for a town or city

Gayville | Sexville | Nashville | Hurtville | Titusville | dullsville


a fermented grape beverage | alcoholic drink derived from grapes

vigneron | vignette | vinaceous | vinaigrette | vine | vineal | vinegar | viniculture | vinosity | vinous


convict | conviction | convince | evict | evince | invincible | province | vanquish | vanquishment | victor | victorious | victory | in hoc signo vinces | Vincent | vincible Variant Spellings: vanquish | "veni | vidi | vici" | veni | vici

Latin vinc- (past participle stem of vincō 'to conquer, win'), from Proto-Italic *wink- 'to conquer', from Proto-Indo-European *wey- 'to fight, conquer'.


Latin 'vincere' meaning 'to conquer, win'


Latin vincibilis, from vincire 'to bind'


exact retribution | assert a right | retaliate

vindicate | vindictive Variant Spellings: vendetta | vindictive | vendetta


to clear of blame | to justify | to prove right

Latin vindicare 'to claim, free, assert', from vindic- 'free, claim'


vengeful | showing a desire to cause pain or suffering to someone in return for an injury or insult

vindictively | unvindictive | vindictiveness | unvindictiveness

from Latin vindictivus, from vindicta 'vengeance'


vines | viner | vined | vinery | viners | vinedom

Latin 'vinea' (vineyard) from 'vinum' (wine)


vinegary | vinegars | vinegared | vinegarish | vinegarless | vinegarlike


vintages | vintaged | vintagey | vintager | vintagers | nonvintage

Latin 'veteranus' (veteran) or 'vetus' (old)


synthetic plastic polymer | related to polyvinyl chloride

divinyl | vinylic | nonvinyl | polyvinyl | vinylogue | vinylated


viol, viola, violin, violoncello (hence: cello), violone unrelated: violet

From Latin vitis 'vine' via Old French vile


violate, violation, violator, inviolable, inviolate


violets | violety | violetish | nonviolet | violetear | violetness


Italian 'violino', diminutive of 'viola'


A deceitful or malicious person | A type of snake (metaphorical use)

vipers | vipery | viperish | viperous | viperoid | viperlike

Derived from Latin 'vipera', originally referring to the snake, later metaphorically applied to a person.


verdure | virid | viridescent | viridian | viridity | vireo | virescence

loviride | tuvirumab | sevirumab | foravirumab | exbivirumab | libivirumab


adult male human | of or relating to males | qualities associated with being a man | value or significance

virile | triumvirate | virtual | virtuoso | virago | decemvir | decemvirate | duumvirate | quadrumvirate | septemvir | septemvirate | triumvir | vigintivirate | virilescence | virility | virilocal | virilocality | virtuality | virtue | virtuosity | virtuous


retroviral | retrovirus | rotavirus | togavirus | viral | virality | viricidal | viricide | virucidal | virucide | virulence | virulent | virus

retroviral, retrovirus, rotavirus, togavirus, viral, virality, viricidal, viricide, virucidal, virucide, virulence, virulent, virus


virgins | virginal | virginly | virginals | nonvirgin | disvirgin

Derived from Latin 'virgo' meaning 'maiden'


Latin virgula 'small rod, twig', diminutive of virga 'rod, wand'


virids | viridity | viridness | viridities

From Latin viridis "green, fresh, blooming"


invirile | unvirile | nonvirile | virilescent | supervirile


Latin 'virāre' (to turn) + '-ōnem' (noun suffix)


not real | simulated | existing in essence but not in physical form

From Latin virtualis, from virtus 'power, efficacy'


virtue | moral excellence | goodness | merit

virtue, virtuous, virtuousness, virtuously

virtues | virtued | unvirtue | unvirtues | virtueless | virtuecrat

Latin virtus 'manliness, courage, excellence', from virtus 'man', from vir 'man'


From Latin virtuosus, from virtus 'virtue, excellence'


toxic substance | harmful secretion | poisonous compound

retroviral | retrovirus | rotavirus | togavirus | viral | virality | viricidal | viricide | virucidal | virucide | virulence | virulent | virus


From Latin 'virulentus', derived from 'virus' meaning poison or slime.


perceive visually | observe | visual perception | representation | portrayal

visible, vision, visual, visualize, invisible, visualise

Latin visus, past participle of videre 'to see'


From Latin 'visus' (past participle of 'videre' meaning 'to see') + '-aged' (suffix forming adjectives denoting appearance). The form 'visaged' is an archaic or poetic variant of 'visaged' derived from the Latin root for sight/face.


internal organs | body's internal organs | entrails

eviscerate | visceral | viscera | visceromotor


inviscid | viscidly | viscidity | subviscid | nonviscid | viscidness

Latin viscidus "sticky, glutinous", from viscus "intestine, inner part" (referring to the sticky nature of entrails)


dense | resistant to flow | the quality of being viscous

viscosity | viscoelastic | viscose | viscometer | viscometry

viscometer | viscometry | viscometers | viscometric | viscoplastic | viscosurgical

From Latin 'viscosus' meaning 'sticky' or 'viscous', derived from 'viscum' (mistletoe, known for its sticky berries).

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Old French visconte, from Latin vice- 'in place of' + comes 'count'


From Latin Visigothi, from Gothic *Wisigothi, composed of *wisi- (chosen) + *gōthaz (Goths)


visits | visitor | visited | visitee | visitors | visiting

Latin 'visitum', past participle of 'visere' meaning 'to go to, inspect'


vision, visible, visual, visualize, visional

visors | visored | visorless | unvisored

From Latin 'visus', past participle of 'videre' meaning 'to see'.


Latin 'videre' (to see) with the suffix '-ista' or derived from 'visus' (seen), ultimately from the Proto-Indo-European root *weid- (to see).


visuomotor | visuohaptic | visuoverbal | visuospatial | visuosensory | visuographic


vital | vitality | vitamin | curriculum vitae | La Dolce Vita | revitalize | vitamin Variant Spellings: victual | victual


vitals | vitally | unvital | vitalic | vitality | vitalism

Latin 'vitalis' meaning 'of or pertaining to life', derived from 'vita' (life)


nutrient essential for normal growth and metabolism | organic compound required in small quantities

vitamins | vitaminic | vitaminize | provitamin | nonvitamin | vitaminise


nutrient-rich core | central portion of an egg

vitellogenesis | vitellin | vitelline | vitellus


viticulture | grape growing | wine production

from Latin vitis 'vine' + cultura 'cultivation'


transparent, hard material | glass-like in texture

vitreous | vitriol | vitrectomy | vitrification | vitrescent | vitrify | vitriolic | in vitro


vitreolysis | vitreopathy | vitreofoveal | vitreoretinal | vitreomacular | vitreopapillary

Latin vitreus 'glassy' (from vitrum 'glass') + -o (combining form vowel)


to convert into glass | to turn into glass

Latin vitrum 'glass' + -ify (from Latin -ificare, from facere 'to make')


vitriols | vitriolic | vitrioled | vitrioling | vitriolate | vitriolous

Latin vitriolum 'glass, vitriol', diminutive of vitrum 'glass'


to blame harshly | to revile | to censure

from Latin vituperatus, past participle of vituperare 'to blame, find fault with', composed of vitium 'fault, defect' + parere 'to produce, bring forth'


vivid, revive, survive, vivacious, vivisection

vivere ~to live~, related to vita ~life~


Latin vivax 'lively, vigorous', from vivere 'to live'


Latin vivus 'alive, living', from verb vivō 'I live'


Arabic wazīr 'vizier, minister', from wazara 'to bear a burden'


call | vocal sound | to address | to summon

advocacy | advocate | advocation | advocator | advocatory | advoke | advowson | avocation | avouch | avow | avowal | avowry | convocate | convocation | convocator | convoke | disavow | disavowal | equivocal | equivocate | equivocation | evocable | evocation | evocative | evocator | evoke | invocable | invocate | invocation | invocative | invocator | invoke | prevocational | provocate | provocateur | provocation | provocative | provocator | provoke | reavow | reinvoke | revocable | revocation | revoke | vocabulary | vocal | vocation | vocational | vocative | vociferous | voice | vouch | vouchee | voucher | vouchsafe | agent provocateur | irrevocable | sotto voce | vocable | vociferous Variant Spellings: voice | vowel | vocal (of voice) | invoke (use your voice) | invocation (using your voice for prayer) | vocation (one's calling) | vocabulary (words)

Latin vocare 'to call', from PIE *wekw- 'to speak'

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sound produced by the vocal cords | spoken expression

vocals | vocally | bivocal | unvocal | vocalist | vocalize


vocation, convocation, vocative, advocate

Latin vocare 'to call', from PIE *wekw- 'to call out'


vocation, vocational, vocationally, invocate, evocation, vocationally

vocations | vocational | vocationally | nonvocational | prevocational | vocationalism

Latin vocatio (noun of action from vocare 'to call'), from past participle stem vocatus


Latin vociferari 'to shout, cry out', from vox 'voice' + ferre 'to carry'


vodkaless | vodkalike | vodkaholic | vodkaholics

From Old East Slavic *voda* 'water', derived from Proto-Slavic *voda* 'water', ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *wódr̥ 'water'. The term originally referred to 'water' or 'water drink' before specializing in the distilled spirit.


vogues | voguer | vogued | voguey | voguers | Voguette

Middle French 'vogue' (motion, course, or fashion)


vocal cord vibration during sound production | grammatical aspect indicating subject's role in an action

voices | voiced | voicer | devoice | revoice | bevoice


voids | voider | voided | voiden | voidly | voidage


advocacy | advocate | advocation | advocator | advocatory | advoke | advowson | avocation | avouch | avow | avowal | avowry | convocate | convocation | convocator | convoke | disavow | disavowal | equivocal | equivocate | equivocation | evocable | evocation | evocative | evocator | evoke | invocable | invocate | invocation | invocative | invocator | invoke | prevocational | provocate | provocateur | provocation | provocative | provocator | provoke | reavow | reinvoke | revocable | revocation | revoke | vocabulary | vocal | vocation | vocational | vocative | vociferous | voice | vouch | vouchee | voucher | vouchsafe

Latin vocare 'to call', past participle stem voc-


avolation | circumvolant | circumvolation | nonvolatile | volatile | volatility | volitant | volitation | volant | Volare | vole (card games) | volley | volleyball

volant, Volare, volatile, vole (card games), volitation, volley, volleyball


intention | the act of deciding | desire | readiness | firm resolve

benevolence | benevolent | involuntary | malevolence | malevolent | omnibenevolence | velleity | volitient | volition | volitional | volitive | voluntary | Voluntaryism | volunteer | voluptuary | voluptuous | Deo Volente

Latin vol- (stem of velle 'to wish, to will')


From Latin 'volatilis' meaning 'flying, fleeting', derived from 'volare' (to fly).


a mountainous landform with a vent for magma | pertaining to volcanoes or their activity

volcano | vulcanize | Vulcan | volcanic | volcanology | vulcanian | vulcanism | vulcanology

Alessandro Volta (1745-1827), Italian physicist who worked with electricity


Volkswagen, Volkswagen Beetle, Volkswagen Jetta, Volkswagen Golf, Volkswagen Passat

German 'Volk' (people) + 'Wagen' (car/vehicle)


a series of blows | a return of a ball | a burst of gunfire

volleyers | volleyings | volleyballs | volleyballer | volleyballers | volleyballene

Old French 'volée' from 'voler' 'to fly'


unit for measuring electric potential | named in honor of Alessandro Volta

photovoltaic, volt, voltage, voltaic, voltmeter

abvolt | voltage | abvolts | megavolt | voltages | picovolt

Proper noun derived from Alessandro Volta


revolve, evolution, involute, devolution

Voltan | voltas | voltaic | Voltaic | voltaism | betavoltaic


benevolence | benevolent | involuntary | malevolence | malevolent | omnibenevolence | velleity | volitient | volition | volitional | volitive | voluntary | Voluntaryism | volunteer | voluptuary | voluptuous


flowing | rolling | moving | speaking easily

revolve, evolution, involute, convoluted

From Latin 'volubilis' (rolling, turning), derived from the verb 'volvere' meaning 'to roll' or 'to turn'.


volumes | volumed | volumer | envolume | volumers | volumeter

From Latin 'volumen' meaning 'roll, scroll, or mass', derived from the verb 'volvere' (to roll).


a rolled-up sheet | a flat sheet of parchment

Latin volumen 'a scroll, that which is rolled', from volvere 'to roll'


voluntary, volunteer, volition, volitional

from Latin voluntas 'will, wish', from velle 'to wish, want'


pleasure | sensual enjoyment | voluptuousness

From Latin 'voluptuosus', derived from 'voluptas' (pleasure, delight)


Latin voluta 'a coil, roll', from volvere 'to roll'


To expel stomach contents through the mouth | To puke | To regurgitate

vomits | vomity | vomited | vomiter | bevomit | vomiting

Derived from Latin 'vomitus', meaning 'to throw up'


Old English 'of' (from, away from), from Proto-Germanic '*ab' (away, off), from Proto-Indo-European '*apo' (off, away)


voodoos | voodooed | voodooism | voodooing | voodooish | voodooist


Latin vorax (genitive voracis) 'gluttonous, greedy', from vorare 'to devour, gulp down'


carnivore | carnivorous | devoration | devoré | devour | herbivore | herbivorous | locavore | omnivore | detritivore | granivore | omnivorous | voracious | voracity | voraginous | insectivorous | mellivorous | nucivorous | panivorous | piscivorous

vores | vored | avivore | infovore | locavore | avivores


ovivorous | univorous | avivorous | omnivorous | xylivorous | fumivorous


whirlpool | spinning motion | swirling mass

vortexes | vortexed | vortexer | vortexon | vortexing | nonvortex

From Latin 'vortex' meaning 'whirlpool' or 'whirlwind', derived from 'vertere' (to turn).


Latin vortex (gen. vorticis) 'whirlpool, whirlwind', from vertere 'to turn'


solemn promise | desire | serious declaration | pledge | commitment | choice

devote | devotee | devotion | devotional | devout | devove | devow | votary | vote | votive | vow | votive Variant Spellings: devout

Latin votum 'vow, promise' (neuter past participle of voveo 'to vow')


Latin votivus, from votum 'vow, promise'


devote | devotee | devotion | devotional | devout | devove | devow | votary | vote | votive | vow


vows | vowed | vower | vowing | vowers | voweth


Audiovox™ | Magnavox™ | vox populi | vocal | vocalise | voice

Latin vox, voc- 'voice, sound, utterance'


voyager | voyages | voyaged | voyagers | voyageth | voyagest

Old French 'voiage', from 'via' (way/road)


voyeurs | voyeurism | voyeurist | voyeurisms | voyeurists | voyeuristic


Vulcanic | vulcanoid | Vulcanism | Vulcanian | vulcanoids


assembly | widespread | typical | general

Latin vulgus 'the common people, the multitude'


the general populace | the unruly masses

vulgars | vulgarly | unvulgar | invulgar | vulgarism | vulgarity


vulgate, vulgar, vulgarity, convulse, divulge

From Latin vulgatus, past participle of vulgare 'to make common', from vulgus 'the common people'


Latin vulner- 'wound', past participle stem of vulnus 'wound'


From Latin vulnerabilis, from vulnus 'wound'


Latin vulpinus 'of a fox', from vulpes 'fox'


convulsion | revulsion | vulture | convulse | avulse | evulsion

Latin 'vulsus', past participle of 'vellere' meaning 'to pluck, tear'


vultures | vultured | vulturelike | vultureling | vulturelings


to walk with short unsteady steps | to move with a swaying motion

From Middle Dutch 'waddelen' or 'wadel', likely of imitative origin referring to the side-to-side motion of walking.


to walk through water | to move with difficulty

wader | waded | wades | waders | wadest | wadeth


to float or drift lightly through the air

wafts | wafty | wafted | wafter | upwaft | wafting

Middle Dutch waften 'to float, drift', of imitative origin


move rapidly side to side | swing | flutter

wags | awag | waggy | bewag | waggle | wigwag

imitative of the sound or motion of swinging


wager | wages | waged | wagers | wagerer | unwaged


to move with small, rapid, side-to-side motions

From Old English 'wæglan' meaning 'to move to and fro', related to 'wigle' (magic/divination) and 'wægl' (track/path).


wagoners | wagonways | wagonfuls | wagonages | asswagons | wagonloads

Middle English wagen, from Old English wægn


waifs | waify | WAIFs | waifish | waiflike | waifishly

From Old English 'wif' meaning 'woman, female', originally a general term for woman, later specialized to 'wife'.


wails | wailer | bewail | wailed | wailing | wailers


a type of cart | a vehicle for hauling goods

wains | wainage | wainable | wainages | wainrope | bridewain

Proto-Germanic *wagną, from Proto-Indo-European *wóǵn̥ (cf. Latin vehiculum, Greek ὄχος)


wainscots | wainscotted | wainscotting | wainscottings

Middle English wainscot (paneling), from wain (wagon) + scot (shield/covering)


middle part of the body | area between ribs and hips

waists | waisted | waister | waisting | waisters | waistcoat


waits | waiter | waited | waitee | waiting | waiters


to relinquish | to forgo | to refrain from enforcing

Old French waivier 'to abandon, relinquish'


to stop sleeping | to become alert | to stir

awake | waked | waken | wakes | wakey | waker

From Old English 'wacan' meaning 'to become awake, stir, move, grow', of Germanic origin.


Oswald Variant Spellings: Walter | Walter

Old English weard : keeper, guard --> weardian : to protect, to guard


From Welsh 'Cymru' (companion-land) or Latin 'Wallia', referring to the country and its people.


walks | walker | walked | walkup | rewalk | bywalk


barrier | vertical structure | enclosure

wall, wallow, wallow, wallflower, wallaby

walls | walled | waller | inwall | enwall | unwall

Old English weall, from Latin vallum 'rampart, palisade'


a guy or bloke | a seller of something | a person associated with something

wallahs | boxwallah | chaiwallah | tentwallah | boxwallahs | autowallah

from Sanskrit 'vālā' (belonging to), used in English as a suffix denoting a seller or person associated with something


wallets | walleteer | walletful | walletless | walletlike | walleteers

Middle English 'walet', likely from Old French 'walet'


to strike heavily | to defeat decisively | to hit with force

wallops | walloper | walloped | walloping | wallopers | kerwallop

Origin uncertain, possibly from Middle English 'walopen' (to roll, tumble) or dialectal 'wallop' (to strike), first attested in the 16th century as a verb meaning 'to strike' or 'to defeat'.


to indulge in | to roll about | to linger

wallows | wallowed | wallower | bewallow | wallowing | wallowish

From Old English 'wullian' meaning 'to roll, writhe, or wallow', related to the Proto-Germanic *wullōną.


From Old Norse 'valrús', from 'valr' (corpse, slain animal) + 'rús' (pig, swine), referring to the walrus's habit of lying on land like a pig.


From Old French 'walter' or 'galtier', meaning 'to lead' or 'to dance', ultimately from Germanic roots related to 'walk' or 'lead'.


waltzy | waltzer | waltzes | waltzed | waltzers | waltzing

French valse, from Italian valzer, from valzare 'to dance', from Latin volutare 'to roll'


From Narragansett wampum, from Proto-Algonquian *wa·p·p·e·kwa·wa· (beads), from *wa·p· (to make beads) + *-kwa· (noun suffix)


wanly | wanton | wanned | wanhope | wanness | wantons


wands | wandy | ellwand | wandlike | yardwand | ellwands

Middle English wand, from Old English wand (a stick, rod)


Middle English 'wanderen', related to 'wend' (to direct one's way)


Old English wānan "to decrease, diminish"


wants | wanty | wanted | wanter | wantum | wanting

From Proto-Germanic *wantan- 'to lack, be without', from PIE *wont- 'to be accustomed, be willing'


aware, beware, ware [to beware of], wary

wars | iWar | warly | waragi | warred | nonwar

Old English wær : to be watchful, to be aware


war-ridden | war-torn | war-worn | warlike | warty

war-ridden, war-torn, war-worn, warlike, warty

Old English 'wer' (man) + 'guma' (man) or related to 'wer' (man/warrior)


moving in the direction denoted by the first eleme

movement toward the direction indicated by the initial component | heading in the direction of | toward the thing indicated by the first element | toward the direction of the preceding element

homeward, homewards, homewardly, homewardness

wards | Edward | toward | upward | onward | warden

Old English -weard | primarily forming adjs. | with the sense 'having a specified direction' OED


in the direction of | To the direction of {prev}

homewards, homeward, homewards, homeward, homewards, homeward, homewards, homeward, homewards, homeward

upwards | inwards | onwards | seawards | skywards | sunwards


sorcerer | magic-user | practitioner of dark magic


having a color in the red-orange-yellow part of the visible spectrum | characterized by a warm hue | associated with colors that are not cool

warms | warmy | warmth | warmer | warmly | warmed


From Old English 'wermth', derived from the adjective 'wearm' (warm) + the abstract noun suffix '-th' (equivalent to modern '-th' or '-hood').


awarn | warns | warned | warner | awarns | warning

Old English warnian "to caution, to advise"


From Old English 'warnian' (to warn, caution) + agentive suffix '-er'


warps | warper | warped | upwarp | unwarp | warple


to justify | to guarantee | to authorize

warrants | warranted | warrantee | warrantor | warranter | warranting


burrow | rabbit hole | network of tunnels

warrens | warrener | warrened | warreners | warrenlike

From Old English 'waru' meaning 'burrow, hole, den', of Germanic origin.


From Polish 'Warszawa', derived from the name Warsaw (Wars), a legendary fisherman.


a small growth on the skin | a protrusion

warts | warty | warted | warthog | wartily | wartpox


wast | wasts | iswas | tiswas | wasbian | wasband

Old English wæs, past tense of bēon 'to be', from Proto-Germanic *waz (cf. Old Saxon wās, Old High German wās, Gothic was), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁es- 'to be'


to clean with liquid | to rinse | to cleanse

awash | washy | washer | washes | inwash | rewash


Washington (US state) | Washington (city)

Proper Noun, Geopolitical Entity, Person Name

Proper noun derived from George Washington, first President of the United States


wasps | waspy | WASPy | waspie | waspish | waspdom


to drink heartily | to celebrate with good cheer

wassails | wassailed | wassailer | wassailry | wassailing | wassailers

Middle English wassail, from Old French vaisseau (vessel)


to use up | to squander | to discard | to ruin

body_waste | high-level_radioactive_waste | human_waste | laying_waste | low-level_radioactive_waste | radioactive_waste | toxic_waste | wastage | waste | waste_of_effort | waste_of_material | waste_of_money | waste_of_time | waste_paper | wasted | wasteful

waster | wasted | wastes | wasten | wastey | wasters

Old French 'gaster' 'to devastate, consume'


water, watery, underwater, watershed, waterway

Old English wæter, from Proto-Germanic *watōr, from Proto-Indo-European *wódr̥


watcht | awatch | watcher | watched | watches | unwatch

Old English weaxcan 'to remain awake, to be vigilant'


watery | waters | watered | dewater | waterer | rewater

From Old English 'wæter', from Proto-Germanic '*watōr', from Proto-Indo-European '*wódr̥'


watts | abwatt | wattage | kilowatt | megawatt | picowatt


wattled | wattles | wattlebird | wattleseed | wattlebirds | wattleseeds

Old English 'wætl' meaning neck or throat, related to Old Norse 'vatl' (skin, hide).


to move unsteadily | to be undecided | to fluctuate

wavers | wavery | waverer | wavered | wavering | waverers

Middle English waveren, from Old English wafian 'to move to and fro'


waxy | waxed | waxes | waxen | waxer | dewax


away | ways | noway | alway | wayed | beway


sunways | edgeways | needways | fessways | frontways | slantways


wed | weds | unwed | rewed | weism | bewed

Old English 'wē', first-person plural personal pronoun


lacking strength | low intensity | vulnerable

weaken | weakly | weakens | nonweak | weakish | weakness

Old English 'wāc' meaning 'faint, feeble, or vigilant'


weals | wealy | wealth | wealthy | wealful | wealths

From Proto-Germanic *wailaz, from PIE *wel- 'to wish, be well'. Cognate with Old Norse vǣill, Old High German wēl.


From Proto-Germanic *waldaz, from Proto-Indo-European *wel- 'to turn, bend'


wealth | prosperity | abundance | riches

Old English 'weal' (well-being) + '-th' (suffix forming abstract nouns)


weans | weaned | weaner | weaning | forwean | weaneth

Middle English 'wenen' (to accustom) or 'wennen' (to suppose), related to 'wont'


a foolish or contemptible person | an inept individual | a tool or oaf

weapons | weaponry | weaponed | beweapon | bioweapon | weaponize


wears | wearer | weared | wearing | fanwear | outwear

Old English werian "to clothe, to dress"


unwearying | wearyingly | unwearyingly | overwearying | unwearyingness


small carnivorous mammal | deceitful person

weasels | weasely | weaselly | weasellike | shitweasel | fuckweasel

From Old English 'wǣsel', of Germanic origin, related to Dutch 'wazal' and German 'Wiesel'.


atmospheric conditions | state of the atmosphere

aweather | weathers | weathery | weatherly | weathered | unweather


weaver | weaves | weaved | weavers | reweave | unweave

From Old English 'wefan' meaning 'to weave', derived from Proto-Germanic '*webaną'.


network | interconnected structure | spun thread

webby | weblog | webbed | webmag | cobweb | webcam

Old English webb 'woven fabric, cloth, net'


From Old English 'webb' meaning 'web, fabric, cloth', related to the verb 'weave'.


one who works with or is associated with

From the noun 'web' + the agentive suffix '-er'


to split | to separate | a tool for splitting

wedges | wedged | wedger | wedgers | unwedged | wedgelet

Old English wecg "a tool for splitting, a lever"


wees | weeny | weest | weeing | weests | weebill

Middle English 'wei' or 'we', related to 'small'


weedy | weeded | weeder | unweed | seaweed | weeding


weeks | weekly | weeker | weekend | weekday | midweek

From Proto-Germanic *wikōr, *wikō, from PIE *wek- 'to observe, watch' (related to week's original sense of a 'turn' or 'cycle' of observation).


weens | misween | overween | misweens | underween | overweens

From Old English 'wēn' meaning 'young animal' or 'offspring', related to 'wæpnen' (weapon) and 'wif' (woman), originally denoting a young creature.


weeps | weepy | beweep | weeper | weepie | weeped


From Old English 'wǣl' (corpse, slaughter) + 'wifel' (female animal), originally referring to a beetle that infested stored grain or meat.


to measure mass | to consider | to have importance

aweigh | weighs | weighed | reweigh | weigher | beweigh

Old English wēgan 'to move, carry, or weigh'


weighty | weights | weighted | reweight | unweight | deweight

Old English 'wīht' (thing, creature, weight) from Proto-Germanic '*wichtam'


Old High German 'wīl' (time, occasion), from Proto-Germanic '*wīlaz', from PIE '*wey-' (to flow, turn)


weirs | weired | weirlike | fishweir | wasteweir | fishweirs

Structure, Water management, Obstruction

From Old English wǣr, meaning 'barrier' or 'dam', related to Old Norse ver.


weirdo | weirds | weirdy | weirdly | weirdos | weirdie

Middle English 'werre' or 'wyrd' (fate, destiny)


From Old High German wîz, from Proto-Germanic *wītsaz, from Proto-Indo-European *weid- 'to see' (related to 'white' via the concept of brightness/visibility).


whatever, whichever, whatsoever, whichever

From Old English 'hwelc' (who, which), from 'hwā' (who) + 'līc' (like, form). Cognate with German 'welch'.


welds | welder | welded | reweld | welders | arcweld

Old English 'wealdan' (to wield, rule, or control) or related to 'wel' (well) + 'd' (suffix)


well-being, well-known, well-behaved, well-to-do

wells | unwell | welled | upwell | weller | bewell

Old English 'wel', adverbial form of 'wael' (good, suitable)


Wellington | Duke of Wellington | victory at Waterloo

Wellington boots, Wellington cake, Duke of Wellington

Proper Noun, Historical Figure, Military, Place Name

Proper noun derived from the town of Wellington in Somerset, England, named after the Duke of Wellington.


welts | welter | welted | welters | welting | weltings

Middle English welte, from Old English weal 'swelling, wound', from Proto-Germanic *walhaz


to tumble | to roll | to struggle | confusion

Middle English welteren, from Old English wealtherian 'to roll, toss', of Germanic origin; related to Dutch welen and German wühlen.


wends | wended | Wendic | bewend | Wendish | miswend

From Proto-Germanic *wendaną (to turn, wind), from Proto-Indo-European *wendʰ- (to turn, wind). Cognates include Old English wendan, Old High German wenden, and Gothic witan (to know, originally 'to turn one's mind').


wents | wentest | forwent | wenteth | forewent

Old English 'went' (past tense of 'gan')


past tense of be | past subjunctive of be

weren | weres | wererat | werefox | weredog | werecat

From Old English wǣron, past tense plural of bēon 'to be', from Proto-Germanic *wērun


worth, worthwhile, worthlessness, worthiness, worthily

From Old English weorð, from Proto-Germanic *werþaz, from Proto-Indo-European *wert- 'to turn, to value'


wests | wester | Westie | westly | Westlaw | westers

From Old English 'west' (also West Saxon 'west'), from Proto-Germanic '*westra', from Proto-Indo-European '*wes-' meaning 'to go, move'.


Westminster (specific district in London)

Westminster Abbey, Westminster Cathedral, City of Westminster

From Old English 'west' + 'mynster' (monastery), referring to the Abbey of St Peter at Westminster.


Westport, Westport Island, Westport Harbor

Compound of 'west' (direction) and 'port' (harbor/town)


wets | wetly | bewet | dewet | unwet | rewet

From Proto-Germanic *wettaz, from PIE *wed- 'water'


question words | elements that introduce inquiries


whaler | whaled | whalers | whaleman | nonwhale | whaleboat


wharfie | wharfed | wharfage | wharfies | wharfman | wharfing

Old English 'whærfe' (a landing place, pier)


whats | whath | whatth | nowhat | whatnot | whatsay


wheats | wheaty | wheaten | wheatear | nonwheat | notwheat

From Old English hwǣte, from Proto-Germanic *hwaitaz (white), from Proto-Indo-European *kweyd- (to shine, white)


to persuade | to cajole | to use flattery

wheedled | wheedler | wheedles | wheedlers | wheedlesome

From Middle English 'weden' (to strive, contend), possibly from Old Norse 'veðja' (to bet, wager), related to 'wedge' or 'wrestle'.


wheels | awheel | wheely | wheelie | wheeled | wheeler

PIE *kʷékʷlos (from *kʷékʷlo- "round, circle")


overpower | submerge | submerge in liquid

whelms | whelmed | whelming | overwhelm | whelmings | overwhelms

Old English 'whelmen' 'to overturn, capsize'


whelps | whelped | whelping | whelpeth | whelpling | unwhelped


whens | whence | nowhen | whenas | whenwe | anywhen


wheres | whereas | whereby | nowhere | wherein | whereof

From Old English 'hwǣr', interrogative adverb meaning 'where', derived from Proto-Germanic '*hwar'


Middle English wheri, from Old English werie


whets | whetted | whetter | whetten | whetting | whetters

Old English hwettan, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch wetten and German wetzen.


expressing doubt | expressing a choice between alternatives


the watery part of milk | liquid byproduct of curdling

wheys | wheyey | wheyish | wheylike | wheyface | wheyfaces


during the time that | at the same time as

whiles | whiled | umwhile | nowhile | whilere | whilest

From Old English 'hwīl' meaning 'a period of time, moment'.


whims | whimsy | whimmy | whimsies | whimling | whimsome


to make a high-pitched, prolonged, whining sound | to complain in a petulant or whining manner

whines | whiner | whiney | whined | whiners | whineth


From Old French 'quiner' or 'quiner', of imitative origin, related to Middle Dutch 'kwijnen' and German 'quieken'.


whips | whipt | whippy | whipped | whipsaw | whipper

Old English 'cwippan' (to move quickly, to lash)


the sound of a rapidly rotating object | to make a continuous humming or buzzing sound

From Old English 'hwirrian' meaning 'to whirl, turn', of imitative origin.


whirls | whirly | awhirl | whirled | whirlin | whirler

Middle English whirlen, related to imitative sound


whisks | whisker | whisked | whisking | whiskery | flywhisk

Middle English whisken, of imitative origin


a type of distilled alcoholic beverage made from fermented grain mash | the letter 'W' in the ICAO spelling alphabet

whiskeys | whiskeyed | nonwhiskey | whiskeyana | whiskeyful | whiskeyless


whispers | whispery | whispered | whisperer | bewhisper | whispering


to make a clear, high-pitched sound | to blow air through pursed lips

whistler | whistled | whistles | whistlers | unwhistled | whistlestop


the smallest possible part or particle | a minute amount or particle | equivalent to an iota in significance

From Old English 'wīt', meaning a small particle or part


white | having the color of snow or milk

white-collar, white-haired, white-hot, white-lipped, white-livered, white-pink, white-tie, whitened, whitewashed

whiten | whitey | whites | whited | whitens | whitely


to reduce in size or amount by cutting away | to whittle down

whittled, whittling, whittler, whittle-down

From Old English 'hwittlian' meaning 'to cut off', related to 'hwitel' (white) via the notion of cutting away to the white wood.


To produce a whirring or hissing sound, often associated with fast-moving objects | To make a sharp, high-pitched sound

whizzed | whizzle | whizzing | whizbang | whizzles | whizbangs


whos | whois | NuWho | anywho | Whovian | whoever


whole, wholesome, wholehearted, wholemeal, wholecloth

wholes | wholely | unwhole | nonwhole | wholesale | wholeness

From Old English 'hāl' meaning 'whole, sound, healthy', from Proto-Germanic '*hailaz', ultimately from Proto-Indo-European '*kail-' (to be whole, well).


objective case of who | person being acted upon

Old English hwām (dative/accusative of hwā)


to strike or hit someone as a form of punishment | to deliver a blow | to administer a physical punishment


whorls | whorly | whorled | pseudowhorl | pseudowhorls


Old English hwā'ses, genitive of hwā 'who'


whys | nowhy | forwhy | whyever | whyness | somewhy

Old English hwī (adverb), from hwæt (what) + ī (ablative case marker)


bailiwick | Brunswick | Greenwich | Ipswich | Norwich | Sandwich

bailiwick, Brunswick, Greenwich, Ipswich, Norwich, Sandwich

Old English -wic (dwelling, village, or trading center)


wicks | Gatwick | wickies | wickless | wicklike | wickmaker

Old English -wic "dwelling, village, or bay"


From Old English 'wǣcc' (awake, vigilant) via Proto-Germanic '*wakaz', originally implying 'watchful' or 'vigilant', later shifting to 'evil' or 'harmful' in Middle English.


wickerworks | wickerwares | wickerworker | wickerworked | wickerworkers

Old English 'wicce' or 'wecan' related to weaving


a barrier | a gate | a structure for cricket

midwickets | wicketkeeper | wicketkeeping | wicketkeepers

Middle English 'wiket', diminutive of 'wicket' (gate)


wide | broad | extending throughout the specified area or scope

wide-awake | wide-cut | wide-eyed | wide-open | wide-ranging | wideband | citywide | countrywide | countywide | nationwide | statewide | worldwide

widen | wides | widely | widens | unwide | widened


widows | widowy | widower | widowed | widowly | widowers

From Old English 'widuwe', meaning 'widow', of Germanic origin.


to hold and use | to exercise | to handle

wields | wieldy | wielded | wielder | bewield | unwieldy

Old English wealdan "to rule, possess, or have power over"


From German 'Wiener' (from Vienna), referring to the Viennese sausage.


wifes | wifey | wifely | wifeys | alewife | huswife


wigs | wiggy | bewig | unwig | wigger | bigwig

Middle English wigge, from Old English wigge 'battle, war'


to move with short, quick, irregular movements | to tremble or quiver

wiggled | wiggles | wiggler | awiggle | wigglers

Middle English wigelen, of imitative origin, possibly related to Old High German wigilōn 'to tremble'


Old English wight (creature, being, person)


not domesticated or tamed | lacking control or restraint | growing uncultivated in nature

wilds | wildly | wilden | rewild | unwild | wildcat

Middle English wille Old English willa : will


bewilders | bewildered | bewilderer | bewildering | bewilderers | wilderments

Old English 'wilde' (wild) + comparative suffix '-er'


wiles | wiled | bewile | wileful | outwile | bewiled


Wilhelm, William, Guillermo, Guilherme, Vilhelm, Villem

From the Germanic personal name Wilhelm, derived from Proto-Germanic *wiljamaz (desire + helmet), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *wel- (to wish, will) and *helma- (helmet, protection).


will, willing, willingness, willful, willfully

From Old English willan 'to wish, be willing', from Proto-Germanic *wiljaną, from Proto-Indo-European *wel- 'to wish, want'.


Named after William III of England; originally a settlement in Virginia, now a historic district.


willows | willowy | willowed | willowish | willowherb | willowlike


wilts | wilty | wilted | wilter | wilting | wilters

Old English wyltan 'to suffer, to be weary'


From Old French 'wimple' (head covering), of Germanic origin; cognate with Middle Dutch 'wimpel'.


winced | winces | wincer | wincers | wincest | winceworthy

From Old English 'wincan' meaning 'to turn aside, shrink back, or flinch', of Germanic origin.


to pull | to haul | mechanical device for pulling

winches | winched | wincher | unwinch | winching | winchman

Middle English winch, from Old English wince (to recoil/pull)


windmill, windward, windbreak, windlass, windbag

windy | winds | rewind | unwind | window | windle

From Old English 'wind', from Proto-Germanic '*windaz', from Proto-Indo-European '*weyd-' (to blow).


wineglass, winery, winemaker, winepress, winegrower

wines | wined | winery | winecup | winebag | nonwine

From Old English 'wīn', borrowed from Latin 'vinum', ultimately from Proto-Indo-European '*wóinós'.


wing | part of a bird's body | lateral projection

awing | wings | wingy | winger | winged | bewing


to close and open the eye quickly | a signal via eye movement

winks | winky | winker | winked | winking | winketh


to separate | to sift | to remove impurities

winnows | winnowed | winnower | winnowing | winnowers | winnoweth

Old English winnian 'to strive, struggle' + winnan 'to labor'


Old English wīn (pleasure) + -sum (suffix meaning 'characterized by')


the coldest season of the year | characterized by snow and cold

winters | twinter | wintered | winterly | winterer | bewinter

from Old English 'winter' (stem 'wint-'), of Germanic origin, related to Dutch 'winter' and German 'Winter', ultimately from Proto-Indo-European 'wend-' meaning 'to turn, rotate' (referring to the turning of the year).


wiped | wipes | wiper | wipers | wipeth | rewipe


thin metallic strand | flexible thread | connection

wired | wirer | wirers | rewire | unwire | dewire


having knowledge | intelligent | sagacious

wisen | wised | wises | unwise | nowise | wisely

From Old English 'wīs' meaning 'wise, intelligent', of Germanic origin.


unwish | wished | wishes | wisher | bewish | wishful

From Old English 'wyscan' (to wish, desire), from Proto-Germanic '*wōskijaną', from PIE '*weh₂-' (to wish, want).


wispy | wisps | wispen | wispily | wispish | wisplike

Middle English 'wispe' (a small amount, a tuft)


From Old English 'wyscan' (to wish, desire), related to 'will'.


mental capacity for logical thought | cognitive abilities | to be aware | to possess information | to exhibit wisdom

nitwit | outwit | slow-witted | wit (at wit&apos | s end | keep one&apos | s wits) | witticism | witty | unwitting | wit (...to wit) | witan | witenagomet | witness

wits | witty | inwit | unwit | bewit | outwit

Old English witan : to know | Old English weorthan : worth | value


A woman considered unattractive or unpleasant | A practitioner of witchcraft (historically)

witchy | bewitch | witches | witched | witcher | unwitch

From Old English 'wicce,' related to witchcraft.


accompanied by | in the company of | using

together, together with, withal, withstand

withs | within | withal | withgo | bewith | outwith


From Old English 'hwīt' meaning white, derived from Proto-Germanic '*hwitaz'.


to dry up | to shrivel | to decline in vitality

witherwin | witherers | withername | witherling | unwithered | withersake


Old English witnes 'evidence, testimony' from witan 'to know'


characterized by | possessing the quality of

derived from the adjective 'wit' + suffix '-ed'


woes | woeful | woefare | woeless | woesome | woefully


woken | woked | unwoke | unwoken | outwoke | wokeness


From Old English wold, from Proto-Germanic *wulda- (open land), from Proto-Indo-European *wel- (to turn, roll).


wolfy | wolfed | wolfly | wolfie | wolfer | wolfish

Proto-Germanic *wulfaz, from Proto-Indo-European *wĺ̥kʷos


Old English wulf, from Proto-Germanic *wulfaz, from Proto-Indo-European *wĺ̥kʷos


wolframic | wolframian | wolframate | wolframates | wolframatian

German 'Wolfram', from Middle High German 'wolfrahm' (wolf's foam), referring to the appearance of wolframite ore which resembles tin slag and was thought to steal tin from the ore.


womans | womanly | adwoman | enwoman | unwoman | womance


Old English wīfman (wīf "woman" + mann "person")


one, once, only, uniform, unicorn, unilateral


wonders | wondered | bewonder | wonderly | wonderer | unwonder


unstable | crooked | irregular | eccentric

Scottish dialectal variant of 'wanky', from 'wank' (to sway or swing), originally meaning 'swaying' or 'unsteady'.


wonts | unwont | wontly | diswont | wontish | wontless

Old English 'gewunian' 'to become accustomed'


woos | wooer | wooing | wooers | outwoo | wooish

From Old English 'wōwan' meaning 'to rejoice, be glad', related to 'wēn' (hope, expectation).


woods | woody | wooden | wooded | woodie | woodsy


woodland, woodpecker, woodworking, woodchuck

From Old English 'wudu' meaning wood or forest.


Old English wudu 'wood' + ruffe 'rue' (a plant name)


From Old English 'wudu' meaning 'wood, forest', from Proto-Germanic '*widuz'.


wooly | wools | woolen | woolly | wooled | woolens

From Proto-Germanic *wullōną, from PIE *wĺ̥h₁neh₂ (wolf), originally referring to the material associated with wolves or wild sheep, later specialized to domestic sheep wool.


Pitjantjatjara/Yankunytjatjara word for a spear-thrower, likely derived from the verb 'woomera' (to throw with a spear-thrower). Not borrowed from another language.


From Proto-Germanic *werþaz 'worth, value', from PIE *wert- 'to turn, to wind'


a county in England | a type of savory sauce

Toponymic origin: Worcester (Wigorn's fort) + shire (shire/district)


word, wording, wordless, wordy, crossword

wordy | words | byword | worded | reword | wordes

Old English 'word', from Proto-Germanic '*wurdam', from PIE '*werdho- 'to weave, speak'


made of a specified material, made in a particular way

awork | works | worky | worker | rework | worked

Old English 'weorc' (action, deed, labor)


worlds | worldy | eWorld | worldly | McWorld | inworld


earthworm, millipede, centipede, caterpillar, slug

worms | wormy | wormed | deworm | wormer | wormly

Old English 'wyrm' meaning dragon, serpent, or worm


careworn, shopworn, sworn, timeworn, travel-worn, unsworn, war-worn, waterworn, weatherworn, well-worn

unworn | inworn | forworn | wayworn | warworn | seaworn


beworry | worrying | worryful | worrywart | worryguts | worryment

Middle English worig, related to 'weary'


worsen | worser | worsed | worsens | worsened | worsening

Old English wiersa, comparative of wyll 'bad, evil'


worsts | worsted | worstly | worstest | worsteds | worsting


worts | awlwort | ragwort | madwort | hipwort | ribwort

From Proto-Germanic *wurdą, from Proto-Indo-European *werdʰ- (to speak, say). Cognate with Old English weord, Old High German wort, Gothic waurd.


worthy | worths | worthen | unworth | worthly | unworthy

Old English weorð 'worth, value', from Proto-Germanic *werþaz, from PIE *wert- 'to turn, to value'


meriting | appropriate | capable of | prepared | acceptable | or justified in relation to the initial element

airworthy | blameworthy | creditworthy | newsworthy | noteworthy | praiseworthy | seaworthy | trustworthy | unairworthy | unseaworthy | untrustworthy | unworthy | roadworthy

unworthy | airworthy | seaworthy | bedworthy | gagworthy | skyworthy


woulds | woulder | woulders | woulding | wouldings

Old English wuldan "to wish, to be able"


wounds | wounded | wounder | bewound | wounding | wounders


woven | wovens | unwoven | nonwoven | wirewove | handwoven


wracks | wracked | wracking | wrackful | tidewrack | hornwrack

Old English 'wræc' (destruction, exile, or vengeance)


wraiths | wraithy | ringwraith | Ringwraith | wraithlike | ringwraiths


wraps | unwrap | enwrap | rewrap | bewrap | wraple

Old English 'wrappian' (to wrap, roll, or fold)


From Old English wræth 'wrath, anger', from Proto-Germanic *wrahtiz, from PIE *wer- 'to turn, twist'


to cause destruction | to inflict harm | to execute vengeance

wreaks | awreak | wreaked | bewreak | wreaker | wreakes

From Old English wrecan 'to avenge, punish, drive', of Germanic origin; related to Dutch wraak 'vengeance' and German Rache 'vengeance'.


wreaths | wreathy | upwreath | wreathen | wreather | upwreaths


wrecks | wrecked | wrecker | bewreck | unwreck | wreckage

From Old French 'wrecque' (wreck, ruin), of uncertain origin, possibly from a Germanic source like Old English 'wreccan' (to drive, expel).


wrens | wrenlet | wrenlike | wrenning | gnatwren | scrubwren


wrenchy | wrenched | wrenches | wrencher | upwrench | wrenching

Middle English wrenchen, related to twist


to pull or twist away | to take by force

wrests | wrestle | wrested | wrester | wrestler | wrestled


wretched | wretches | wretchful | unwretched | wretchedness


one who crafts | constructs | or creates items related to the initial component | laborer | worker

cartwrights | playwright | shipwright | cartwright | wainwright | wheelwright | wright Variant Spellings: wrought | wrought

wrights | Wrighty | arkwright | gemwright | ginwright | playwright


wrinkled | wrinkler | unwrinkle | bewrinkle | wrinklers | dewrinkle

Middle English wrinkle, from wring + -kle


to mark symbols | to compose text | to scribe

writer, rewrite, handwriting, typewriter

writer | writes | writed | writee | rewrite | writers

From Old English 'wrītan' meaning 'to scratch, carve, or inscribe', derived from Proto-Germanic '*wrītaną'.


writhes | writhed | writher | writhers | midwrithe


awrong | wrongs | wrongly | wronged | wronger | unwrong

Old English wrang "bent, crooked, wrong"


unwrought | enwrought | bewrought | upwrought | miswrought | forwrought

Old English 'worht' (past participle of 'wyrcan' 'to work')


awry | wryly | wryneck | wryness | wrybill | wrybills


a seasoned meat product | a cylindrical meat preparation

Middle High German wurtz, from Old High German wurtz, from Proto-Germanic *wurstaz, from Proto-Indo-European *wer- 'to boil, cook'


From Old English 'wīfmann' (woman) and 'wer'/'wīf' related terms, ultimately from Proto-Germanic '*wībamą' and '*mannaz', meaning 'human being' or 'person'. In modern English, it functions as a free root meaning 'man' or 'male person'.


From Old English 'wynn' meaning joy, pleasure, or delight; often associated with the concept of wind or breath in poetic contexts (e.g., 'wind' and 'wynn' share Germanic roots related to movement/air).


Old English 'wynn' meaning joy, pleasure, or delight


Middle English wyvern, related to Old French viure


xanthoma | xanthosis | Xanthotis | xanthomous | xanthoderm | Xanthomyza

< ancient Greek ξανθο- | comb. form of ξανθός yellow OED | Greek ξᾰνθός (xanthós) | yellow | ξανθός (xanthós) | ξανθότης (xanthótēs) ~yellowness~


ξεῖν/ξέειν (xéein) | ξέσις (xésis) | ξέσμα (xésma) | ξέσις(xésis)


xenophobia, xenograft, xenobiology, xenomorphic

xenograft | Examples: Xenosmilus ("strange knife") | Xenotarsosaurus ("strange ankled lizard") | Xenopsitta ("strange parrot") | Xenocyon ("strange dog") | Xenokeryx ("strange horn") | Xenostega ("strange roof") | Xenohyla ("strange hynadae") | Xenozancla ("strange animal") | Xenodermus ("strange skin") | axenic | Xenarthra | xenia | xenic | xenobiotic | xenoblast | xenogamy | xenolith | xenology | xenon | xenophobia | xenodiagnosis | xenophilia | xenial

xenoma | xenogamy | xenocide | xenolith | xenology | xenofree

Greek ξένος (xénos) | foreign | stranger | ξένϝος | ξένος (xénos) | ξενικός | ξενία (xenía) | repr. Greek ξενο- | ξεν- | combining form of ξένος a guest | foreigner OED

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xenophobia, xenon, xenophile, xenoglossy

xenons | dixenon | nonxenon | xenonide | radioxenon | tetraxenon


arid | desiccation-based procedure | reminiscent of arid environments

xerothermic | xerography | xerostomia | xeroderma | elixir | xerasia | xerochilia | xeromorph | xerophagy | xerophile | xerophthalmia | xerophyte | xerosis

xerogel | xerosis | xerosol | xerogels | xeronate | xerogram

ξηρο-, ξηρ- OED

repr. Greek ξηρο- | ξηρ- | combining form of ξηρός dry OED | Greek ξηρός (xērós) | dry | ξηρός (xērós) | ξηρότης (xērótēs)


xeroxed | xeroxer | xeroxing | xeroxers | xeroxable | xeroxcopy

Proper noun (trademark) used as a verb/common noun


xiphisternum | xiphoid | xiphopagus | xiphophyllous | xiphosuran


metaxylem, protoxylem, xylem, xylene, xylitol, xylocarp, Xylocarpus, xyloid, xylophagous, xylophobia, xylophone, xylostroma

xylyl | xylene | xylite | xylenyl | xylenes | xylenol

ξύλον (xúlon)


Derivational | derivational suffix affix bound morpheme

noun | verb | adjective | interjection | 4.98677986570834e-05

noun | adjective | interjection | adjective/adverb

state/condition | small/endearing version | informal/familiar variant | associated with the first element | characterized by the first element's quality | inclined toward the first element's action | instance/result of the first element's action | covered with/possessing the first element's attribute | affectionate term for someone/something defined by the first element

sunny, happy, cloudy, rainy, salty, funny, lovely, friendly, muddy, salty

-i | -é OED | assimilative -y | -ig  OED | -ie / -ῑa OED | y

From Latin -ius, -ia, -ium (neuter of adjectives in -ius), via Old French -ie/-e and Old English -ig/-y, originally forming adjectives and nouns denoting state, quality, or possession.

Old French OED | Old English OED | Old French from Latin OED | Greek | ...

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positive constructive conception of {prev}

favorable interpretation of the preceding element | beneficial perspective on the prior context

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yachty | yachts | yachter | yachted | yachting | yachters


yahoos | yahooism | yahooish | yahoodom | yahooisms

Onomatopoeic interjection originating in American English, popularized by the 1990s TV show 'Mighty Morphin Power Rangers'


amoral, atypical, anonymous, asymmetrical, apolitical

yaks | yakky | yakalo | yakked | yakker | yakman

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


yamlike | yamless | yamstick | cocoyams | yamsticks | yamogenin

From English 'yam', derived from Portuguese 'inhame', which likely originates from West African languages (e.g., Wolof 'nyam' or Kikongo 'nyama') referring to the plant.


to talk loudly | to chatter | to grumble

yammers | yammerer | yammered | yammering | yammerers | yammerings

From Middle English yammeren, of imitative origin, likely related to the sound of continuous talking or grumbling.


light | bright | sun | masculine | positive

Old Chinese *laŋ (to shine, bright), from a root meaning 'to shine' or 'to illuminate'.


yanks | yanked | yanker | yanking | yankers | Yankspeak

From Old English 'ianca' or 'yencan', meaning to jerk or pull suddenly, possibly of imitative origin.


yaps | yappy | yapped | Yapese | yapper | yapping

Middle English yapen, of imitative origin


yards | yarder | Yardie | yardarm | yardman | yardage

Old English 'gyrd' 'stick, rod' or 'geard' 'enclosure'


yarns | yarny | yarned | yarner | yarnes | yarning


yaws | yawed | yawing | yawingly | yawmeter | yawmeters

From Old English 'geogan' meaning 'to gape, open wide', related to Old Norse 'geiga'.


a long, narrow boat with a high prow and stern, used for fishing or transport

From Malay 'jaul' or 'jaul-jaul', referring to a type of boat, borrowed into English in the 17th century.


to open the mouth wide and inhale deeply | involuntary reflex of tiredness

yawns | yawny | yawner | yawned | yawning | yawners


Affirmation, Interjection, Discourse marker

From Old English 'gēa' or 'gē', an interjection expressing affirmation or agreement.


first-year, fourth-year, one-year, second-year, third-year, two-year

years | yearly | toyear | yeared | midyear | yearful

From Proto-Germanic *jērą, from Proto-Indo-European *yeh₁r- 'year'


yearns | yearny | yearned | yearner | beyearn | yearning


a substance containing yeast cells | a dough or batter containing yeast

yeasty | yeasts | yeasted | yeastily | yeastful | yeastlike

From Old English 'gēast' (ferment, leaven), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch 'gist' and German 'Gäst'.


yells | yelled | yeller | yelling | yellers | outyell

Middle English yellen, related to yell/yell


having the color of ripe lemons or butter

yellowy | yellows | yellowed | yellowly | unyellow | yellowen


Japanese yen (円) meaning 'circle' or 'round object', originally referring to silver dollars.


yers | lawyer | bowyer | sawyer | mowyer | tawyer


yeses | yessir | yesman | yesish | yesable | yeswoman

Latin 'yes' (from 'ita' or 'sic'), often used in English as a loanword or interjection, occasionally as a bound morpheme in compound words like 'yes-man'.


yesterday | yestereve | yestergay | yestersol | yesteryear | yesterdays


mythical snow creature | abominable snowman


yields | ayield | yieldy | yielded | yielder | upyield

Old English gieldan "to pay, render, or surrender"


From Chinese yīn (陰/阴) meaning 'shady side of a hill' or 'hidden', later associated with the passive, dark, and feminine principle in Taoist cosmology.


enyl | oxyl | butyl | xylyl | lysyl | nonyl

Greek prefix a- (before vowels) or an- (before consonants) meaning 'not' or 'without', often used to form privative adjectives and nouns.


diyne | butyne | octyne | triyne | diynes | alkynes

From Greek 'yne' (feminine suffix of adjectives), derived from 'hyein' (to flow), referring to the fluidity or 'flowing' nature of unsaturated hydrocarbons compared to saturated ones.


a foolish or aggressive young man | a hooligan

British slang, likely related to 'yob' (derived from 'boy')


yogasm | nonyoga | yogasms | yogalike | Acroyoga | yogawear


yoghurts | yoghurted | yoghurtlike | yoghurtless


yokes | yoked | unyoke | yoketh | yokest | unyokes


Origin uncertain; possibly related to 'yoke' or dialectal variations of 'yoke-el'


yolks | yolky | yolked | deyolk | yolker | deyolks


Old English 'geond' 'through, across, beyond'


yorks | Yorkie | Yorkist | Yorkish | Yorkshire | Yorkstone

From Old English 'geoc' or 'wīc' (dwelling, village), often found in English place names like York (Eboracum) and Norwich.


Yorkshire, West Yorkshire, South Yorkshire, East Riding of Yorkshire

Old English 'York' (Eboracum) + 'scir' (shire/district)


Proper noun derived from the town of York in England + the suffix -town


Yosemite National Park | Yosemite Valley

Proper noun derived from the name of a Native American tribe (Yosemite people) and the valley they inhabited; not a morphological affix in standard linguistics.


yottaton | yottabit | yottagram | yottabyte | yottatons | yottabits

Greek 'yotta' (from 'yotta' meaning 'great' or derived from the SI system convention)


second person pronoun | person addressed

yous | youz | allyou | YouTube | YouPube | youness

Old English 'ēow' (dative/accusative of 'þū')


not old | youthful | in early stage of life

youngs | unyoung | youngly | youngth | youngen | youngish


belonging to or associated with the person addressed

From Old English 'geower' (possessive pronoun), derived from the Proto-Germanic demonstrative stem *ge- combined with the genitive case ending.


yowls | yowly | yowler | yowled | yowling | yowlers

From Old English 'geowlan' meaning 'to howl, bellow, or roar', of imitative origin.


yuletide | Yulefest | yuletides | Yulemonth


Russian женщина (zhenshchina) or Yuri (name), often associated with femininity in modern contexts


unzany | zanyism | outzany | zanyish | zanyisms

From Italian 'zannare' (to bite) or 'zanna' (fang), possibly via Spanish 'zany' or French 'sain', originally referring to a madman or someone acting wildly.


ζεῖν (zeîn) | ζεστός (zestós) | ζέσις | ζέμα | ζέματος (zéma | zématos) | Greek ζέω (zéō) | to boil | seethe | bubble


zeals | zealed | zealous | zealful | zealless | overzeal


From the proper noun 'New Zealand', referring to the country.


zebras | zebrass | zebraic | zebrafish | zebrawood | zebralike

From Xhosa 'zebra', likely via Afrikaans 'zebra', referring to the animal's striped coat.


English inflectional suffix derived from Old English -ede, marking the past tense of weak verbs.


spirit of the times | intellectual climate of a particular period

From German Zeit 'time' + Geist 'spirit, mind'


ζῆλος (zêlos) | ζηλωτής | ζηλωτοῦ (zēlōtḗs) | ζηλωτοῦ(zēlōtḗs)


meditation | state of focus | mindfulness

zen master, zen garden, zen Buddhism, koan, satori

From Middle Japanese zen (禅), from Chinese chán, from Sanskrit dhyāna 'meditation'


zeniths | zenithal | zenithally | circumzenith | circumzenithal

Arabic samt (path, direction) + Arabic -an (superlative suffix)


zephyrs | zephyry | zephyrous | zephyrless | zephyrlike


zeptogram | zeptobarn | zeptomole | zeptometre | zeptograms | zeptomoles

Greek zeugma "joining, yoking" (via the concept of smallness/division in metric scaling)


zeros | zeroth | zeroed | zeroes | zeroid | zeroing

Arabic zero (ṣifr) from Classical Arabic ṣifr 'empty, void', derived from the root ṣ-f-r meaning 'to be empty'. The concept of zero as a number was transmitted to Europe via Arabic mathematics, but the specific morpheme 'zero' in English is a later borrowing from Italian 'zero' (via Spanish 'cero'), ultimately from Arabic. However, as a root meaning 'nothing' in Arabic, it is native.


zesty | zests | zester | zested | zestful | zesters


ζητεῖν (zēteîn) | ζητητός (zētētós) | ζητητικός (zētētikós)


zettaton | zettagram | zettabyte | zettatons | zettaflop | zettametre

Greek zēta (ζῆτα), the sixth letter of the Greek alphabet


Fedzilla | promzilla | wimpzilla | bridezilla | groomzilla | bitchzilla


zincs | zincy | zinced | zincic | dezinc | zincin

German Zink, from Latin zincum, from Persian sang-i-jang (stone of Jing)


sound of a small sharp noise | action of moving quickly


Zionazi | Zionistic | Zionistan | dezionize | NaZionism | Nazionist

Hebrew Tsiyyon (a point, landmark, or citadel)


zips | zippy | unzip | zippo | rezip | zipper

From the brand name 'Zip' (a brand of instant coffee) or the onomatopoeic verb 'zip' meaning to move quickly or close with a zipper, metaphorically extended to mean 'zero' or 'nothing' in slang (e.g., 'zip code' originally referring to a postal zone, but 'zip' itself meaning nothing). In the context of affixes like 'zip-code' or slang 'zip', it derives from the English word for zero or nothingness.


zirconium-based mineral | silicate mineral

zircons | zirconic | zirconoid | zirconate | zirconite | zirconates

From Latin zirconium, from Persian zargun 'gold-colored', via German Zirkon


zithers | zitherist | zitherists | zitherlike

From German Zither, from Middle High German zītere, from Late Latin cithara, from Greek kithara.


ζῶ | ζῷον (zôion) | Greek zōion : animal | Italian zucca : gourd

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animal. Used for broad categories of animals, or in certain names of animals.

Examples: Metazoa ("encompassing animals"); Parazoa ("near animals"); Ecdysozoa ("moulting animals"); Yunnanozoon ("animal from Yunnan"); Yuyuanozoon ("animal from Yu Yuan")

Greek ζῷον (zōion), neuter of ζῷος (zōos) 'living being, animal'


zodiacs | zodiacal | exozodiacal | nonzodiacal | ultrazodiacal

Greek zōdiakos kyklos 'circle of animals'


archaeozoic | archeozoic | azoic | benzoic | endozoic | entozoic | eozoic | epizoic | holozoic | mesozoic | phanerozoic | proterozoic | protozoic | saprozoic

archaeozoic, archeozoic, azoic, benzoic, endozoic, entozoic, eozoic, epizoic, holozoic, mesozoic, phanerozoic, proterozoic, protozoic, saprozoic

azoic | epizoic | Neozoic | Cenozoic | Mesozoic | holozoic

Greek -zoikos, from zōion 'living thing'


undead person | reanimated corpse | mindless creature

Kimbundu/Kongo 'nzambi' (god/spirit) via Haitian Creole 'zombi'


zones | zoned | zoner | zoners | rezone | upzone


animals | an individual animal | existence of animals | any living creature

zoos | zooid | zooey | zootic | zooids | zoonym

repr. Greek ζῳο- | combining form of ζῷον animal OED | Greek ζῷον (zôion) | ζῶ | ζῷον (zôion)


zoons | zoonal | zoonic | zoonule | zoonite | epizoon

Greek zoon (ζῷον) 'living thing, animal'


zoögeny | zoögamy | zoöphyte | zoölatry | zoöphagy | zoöphytes