foster | work soil | reside | promote growth | nurture | dwell | occupy | tend | attend to

acculturate | acculturation | agriculture | apiculture | bicultural | colonial | colony | countercultural | counterculture | cult | cultivable | cultivate | cultivation | cultivator | cultural | culturati | culture | deculturate | deculturation | incult | inculturation | inquiline | inquilinity | inquilinous | intercultural | multicultural | postcolonial | precolonial | subcultural | subculture | horticulture | viticulture Variant Spellings: colony unrelated: occult

cults | culty | cultic | cultist | cultism | cultish

Latin 'cultus', past participle of 'colere' meaning 'to till, cultivate, inhabit'


cult, culture, cultivate, acculturate, agriculture, horticulture, subculture


Latin 'cultivus' (tilled) from 'colere' (to till, cultivate)


cultures | coculture | inculture | acculture | unculture | reculture

Latin cultura 'a cultivating, agriculture, culture', from colere 'to till, cultivate'


recline | adopt a recumbent position | stay in a state | the act of reclining

incubation | succuba | accumbent | incumbent | procumbent | recumbent | succumb | incubate

Latin 'cumbere' (to lie down), from Proto-Indo-European *kom-bʰeh₂-


cumbers | cumbered | cumberer | cumbering | discumber | cumberers

Old French encombrer 'to obstruct, impede'


A broad sash, especially one that is pleated and worn as part of formal attire | A type of waistband used in formal clothing


accumulate | cumulative | cumulus | accumulative


a narrow, pointed object | a tapered, sharp-edged tool

coign | coigne | coin | cuneate | cuneiform | cuneus | encoignure | obcuneate | precuneus | quoin | sconcheon | scuncheon | cuneal | cuneiform Variant Spellings: coin


wedge-shaped | written with wedge-shaped marks


a vessel for holding liquids | resembling a cup in form

cup, cupbearer, cupboard, cupcake, cupful, cupel, cupola, teacup

cups | cuppy | uncup | teacup | eggcup | cupped

Latin 'cupa' (vat, cask) via Old French 'cuppe'


Middle English cupbord, from cup (cup) + board (table/shelf)


cupolas | cupolar | cupolaed | bicupola | orthobicupola | orthobicupolas

Latin cupola 'small dome', from cupa 'tub, cask' (referring to the shape)


metallic element | mineral sourced from Cyprus

copper, cupric, cuprous, cuprite, cupric oxide

Low Latin cuprum Latin Cyprium aes : Cyprian brass, brass of Cyprus (copper)


containing copper in the +2 oxidation state

cupric chloride, cupric oxide, cupric sulfate


accuracy | accurate | assecure | assurance | assure | curability | curable | curacy | curate | curative | curator | cure | curettage | curette | curio | curiosity | curious | ensure | inaccuracy | inaccurate | incurable | insecure | insecurity | insurability | insurable | insurance | insure | manicure | pedicure | pococurante | proctor | proctour | proctorage | proctorial | procurable | procuracy | procuration | procurator | procure | procurement | proxy | reassurance | reassure | reinsurance | reinsure | scour | scourage | secure | security | sinecural | sinecure | sure | surety | sinecure Variant Spellings: proctor

curs | curdog | currish | curship | curdogs | currishly

Cognatarium | https://www.ruf.rice.edu/~kemmer/Words04/ | Wikidata


concur | concurrent | corridor | courier | course | currency | current | cursive | cursor | cursory | discourse | excursion | incur | occur | recur | recursion | recursive | succor | curriculum | extracurricular | incursion

cor / cor, cour2 / cour, cours / cours, curs / curs

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curates | curated | cocurate | uncurated | cocurated | cocurates

Latin curare 'to take care of, attend to'


curbs | curbed | curber | uncurb | curbing | curbers

Middle French 'courbe' (a bend/arc) or 'courbe' (to bend)


curds | curdy | curdle | curdled | curdles | curdler


cured | curer | curers | cureth | curest | uncured


restriction | regulation | time-based limit

curfews | curfewed | noncurfew | anticurfew | curfewless | uncurfewed

Middle English curfew, from Old French cuevrechef 'cover head' (from cuevrir 'to cover' + chef 'head'), referring to the signal to cover lamps and go to bed.


judicial assembly | assembly for deliberation

From Latin 'curia' meaning 'assembly of the curiae' or 'court', derived from 'curus' (care, charge) or possibly Etruscan origin.


curie (unit of radioactivity) | radioactive decay

curies | megacurie | nanocurie | picocurie | kilocurie | millicurie

Named after Marie Curie; adopted as a unit of radioactivity in 1910.


Latin curiosus 'careful, curious', from cura 'care'


desiring to know | inquisitive | eager to learn

curiously | curiouser | uncurious | curiousest | noncurious | curiousness

Latin 'curiosus' meaning 'careful, curious', derived from 'cura' meaning 'care, concern'


curls | curly | upcurl | curled | curler | uncurl

Middle English 'curlen', related to 'curl' (to twist)


Middle English curleu, from Old French corlieu, from Vulgar Latin *curriculus, diminutive of Latin currere 'to run', referring to the bird's running gait.


Likely an onomatopoeic formation or a diminutive of 'curl'


concur | concurrent | corridor | courier | course | currency | current | cursive | cursor | cursory | discourse | excursion | incur | occur | recur | recursion | recursive | succor


Old French 'courante' (running/current) or 'raisin de Corinthe'


noncurrency | Eurocurrency | multicurrency | cybercurrency | cryptocurrency

Latin 'cūra' care, concern + '-ency' state of being


current, currency, concurrent, excursion

currents | currently | uncurrent | upcurrent | noncurrent | discurrent


current, cursor, circuit, currant, occur


curryings | currycomb | currylike | currycombs | currycombed | currycombing

From Tamil 'kari' meaning 'sauce' or 'relish for rice'; later adopted into English via Portuguese/Spanish trade routes.


move swiftly | path | the action of running

concur | concurrent | corridor | courier | course | currency | current | cursive | cursor | cursory | discourse | excursion | incur | occur | recur | recursion | recursive | succor | discursive | precursor | recursive Variant Spellings: corsair | corsair

cor / cor, cour2 / cour, cours / cours, cur2 / cur

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to invoke harm | to maledict | an imprecation

cursed | curses | curser | cursee | accurse | curseth

From Old French 'curse' (imprecation), derived from Latin 'maledictum' (curse) via the past participle 'maledictus' of 'maledicere' (to speak ill of).


curtails | curtailed | curtailer | curtailing | curtailers | curtaileth

Middle French 'courtault', from 'courter' (to shorten)


curtseys | curtseyed | curtseying | curtseyings


curved | incurve | recurve | upcurve | incurved | upcurved


origin | underlying intention | justification | purpose | instance | to accuse | legal dispute

accuse | accusation | because | causal | causative | cause | excuse | accusative | inexcusable | recusant

Latin causā 'for the sake of', ablative of causa 'cause, reason'


cushions | cushiony | cushioned | pincushion | pincushions | cushionlike

Middle French cushion, from Old French coussin


bicuspid | bicuspidate | cusp | quadricuspid | tricuspid | cuspid | cuspidate | tricuspid unrelated: cuspidor

cusps | cuspy | cusper | cusped | cuspal | cuspers

Latin cuspem (nominative cuspi) 'point, sharp end', from the root of cernere 'to separate, sift'


bicuspid | bicuspidate | cusp | quadricuspid | tricuspid

bicuspid, bicuspidate, cusp, quadricuspid, tricuspid

cuspids | bicuspid | bicuspids | tricuspid | unicuspid | tricuspids


cussy | cusser | cussed | cusses | cussing | cussers

Latin 'cussus', past participle of 'quassare' (to shake), from 'quassus'


guardianship | care | protection | imprisonment

custodial, custodian, custodial, custodianship

custodee | custodies | custodial | custodees | noncustodial

Latin custos (genitive custodis) 'guardian, keeper'


adapt to | develop a routine around | standard procedure | conventional norm

accustomed | unaccustomed | customarily | customary | customer | customize | accustom | custom | customs Variant Spellings: costume | costume

customs | customly | customize | noncustom | customizes | customized

Latin consuetudo (habit, custom) from consuescere (to accustom), from com- (together) + suetus (past participle of consuescere, to accustom), from suescere (to get into the habit of), from suus (one's own). Note: The English word 'custom' is a free lexical item derived from Latin, not a productive affix.


clean-cut, clear-cut, fresh-cut, low-cut, opencut, rough-cut, uncut, wide-cut

cuts | uncut | cutty | recut | incut | becut


Latin cutaneus 'of the skin', from cutis 'skin'


mentally sharp | perceptive | discerning

cutey | cuten | cutely | uncute | cuteys | noncute


cuticles | epicuticle | procuticle | exocuticle | subcuticle | endocuticle

Latin cuticula, diminutive of cutis 'skin'


Middle English cutlas, from cut + lass (diminutive suffix)


a person who makes or sells cutlery | a tradesperson in the cutlery trade

Derived from Old French 'couteleur' (one who makes knives).


a small piece of meat or vegetable | a breaded slice of meat


cuttles | cuttlefish | cuttlebone | cuttlebones | cuttlefishes

From Middle English 'cutle', derived from Old French 'cotelle' or 'coustele', ultimately from Latin 'costa' meaning 'rib' or 'side', referring to the cuttlefish's internal shell (pen) which resembles a rib bone.


derivational | derivational suffix affix bound morpheme

circumstance | status or position tied to the initial component | activity | function | condition associated with

oracy | lunacy | inmacy | privacy | urgency | infancy

From Latin -cia, -tia, from the suffix -icus (adjective forming) + -ia (noun forming), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *-ti- (abstract noun forming) + *-ko- (adjective forming).


deep blue | bluish | deep bluish-green | bluish-green

cyanotype, cyanosis, cyanide, cyanobacteria

cyans | cyanic | oocyan | cyanate | cyanean | œnocyan

κυάνεος (kuáneos)

from Greek kyanos 'dark blue pigment, lapis lazuli'


cyanosis | cyanogen | cyanotype | cyanopsia | cyanogens | Cyanochen

Greek kyanos 'dark blue stone, lapis lazuli'


cyberspace | cybernation | cybernetics | cyberpunk | cyberspace Variant Spellings: cyborg | cyborg

cybersex | cyberpet | cyberize | cyberwar | cyberlaw | cyberian


steering | governing | control | guidance

Greek kybernetikos 'pertaining to steering/governing'


cyclizine | cyclizines | chlorcyclizine | homochlorcyclizine


Greek 'Kyklades' (the Cyclades islands), from 'kyklos' meaning 'circle' or 'ring', referring to the circular arrangement of the islands in the Aegean Sea.


cycles | cycled | cycler | recycle | cyclers | cocycle


minocycline | demecycline | clomocycline | nitrocycline | etamocycline


closed loop | circular form | multiple loops

bicycle, cyclone, cycloartane, cyclopropane

cycloid | bicyclo | cyclosis | tricyclo | cyclomer | cycloids

κύκλος (kúklos) | κύκλος  OED

κύκλος (kúklos) | κυκλικός (kuklikós) | Combining form of Greek κύκλος circle OED


cyclone, cyclical, cycle, cyclorama, pericycle

cyclones | mesocyclone | anticyclone | cyclonelike | anticyclones | mesocyclones


resembling | pertaining to | characterized by

cyclopean, cyclopean architecture, cyclopean masonry

Greek kyklops 'circle-eyed' + -ean suffix


solid geometric shape | tube-like object

cylinders | cylindered | bicylinder | noncylinder | subcylinder | tricylinder


cylinder, cylindric, cylindroid, cylindroma, pseudocylindric

κυλίνδειν (kulíndein), κύλινδρος (kúlindros)


cyma, cymatium, cyme, cymograph, cymoid, cymophane, cymose


canine | canine or creatures with similar traits

κύων | κυνός (kúōn | kunós) | Greek kyprinos : carp | Greek kyōn : hound


cynics | cynical | Cynical | Cynicism | cynicism | cynically

Greek kynikos 'dog-like', from kyon 'dog'


From Latin Cyprius, from Greek Kyprios, from Kypros (Cyprus)


From Latin 'cyprinus' meaning 'of Cyprus', referring to the carp native to the island of Cyprus.


From Greek Kypros, the name of the island, possibly of pre-Greek origin.


enclosed structure | expandable compartment | membrane-bound cavity | reservoir | abnormal growth

cysteine | cystic | cysticercus | cystine | cystolith | cystoma | oocyst | polycystic | blastocyst | nematocyst | otocyst | pyocyst | statocyst | cystinuria | cystitis | cystocarp | cystocele | cystoid | cyst | cystectomy | cystoscope | cystotomy | encyst | pneumocystis | sporocyst

cysts | cystic | encyst | oocyst | cysted | decyst

κύστις (kústis) | Greek kystis : sac | bladder


cysteine | cystic | cysticercus | cystine | cystolith | cystoma | oocyst | polycystic | blastocyst | nematocyst | otocyst | pyocyst | statocyst | cystinuria | cystitis | cystocarp | cystocele | cystoid | cystotomy | cystometry | cystoscopy | cystopyelitis

cystoma | cystocele | cystotomy | cystotome | cystolith | cystocarp

κύστις (kústis) | Greek κύστις (kústis) | bladder | cyst | combining form of Greek κύστη = κύστις bladder | cyst OED


cyton | cytons | cytoma | cytosol | cytosis | cytomas


czars | czaric | czarist | czarate | czarish | czarship

From Old Church Slavonic 'kŭnezi' (prince), derived from Proto-Slavic 'kъnędzь', ultimately from Proto-Germanic 'kuningaz' (king), cognate with English 'king'.


of or relating to the Czech people, language, or country

Czechic | Czechish | Czechian | Czechlish | Czechness | Czechland


autodidact | Didache | didact | didactic | didacticism


to touch lightly | to tap | to strike briefly

dabs | dabble | dabber | dabbed | dabster | dabbled

Middle English dabben, of imitative origin


Russian dacha (from dacha, originally from dacha/dacha)


dacoits | dacoity | dacoities | dacoitage

Hindi/Sanskrit origin (via English adoption)


dacryolith | dacryocyst | dacryocele | dacryoliths | dacryoceles | dacryocystitis


anisodactyly | antidactylus | arachnodactyly | artiodactyl | brachydactyly | clinodactyly | dactyl | dactylic | dactylology | dactylomancy | dactylomegaly | dactylus | dactyly | date | didactyly | ectrodactyly | heterodactylous | heterodactyly | leptodactylous | monodactyly | oligodactyly | pamprodactyly | pentadactyl | pentadactylous | pentadactyly | perissodactyl | polydactyly | pterodactyl | schizodactyly | syndactylous | syndactyly | tetradactylous | tetradactyly | tridactyly | zygodactyly | adactylous | dactylogram | dactylography | syndactyl | zygodactyl Variant Spellings: date (fruit) | date (fruit)

dactyly | didactyl | dactylic | dactylar | adactyly | dactylics

δάκτυλος (dáktulos) | Greek daktylos : finger


dads | daddy | dadly | biodad | dadbod | stepdad

Middle English 'dad', likely imitative of infant speech


Latin 'dado' (variant of 'datum'), from 'edere' meaning 'to give' or 'to throw' (as in dice)


spirit | divine power | supernatural being


a type of spring-flowering bulbous plant


dafty | daftly | daftie | daften | dafties | daftness


a short pointed weapon for stabbing or thrusting

daggers | daggerman | daggerlike | daggerless | daggerboard | daggerpoint


related to photography | daguerreotype process


Japanese dai (大) meaning 'big, great', derived from Chinese 大 (dà)


decent, decorate, dignity, dainty, disdain, dignitary, indignant


dales | daled | daleds | rundale | dalesman | Airedale


to linger | to waste time | to act slowly

Middle English dallyen, possibly related to dally (to play/frolic)


of or relating to Dalmatia | Dalmatian dog


cause deprivation | deprivation | injury | subdue | impairment

damnum, damn, damnation, damnatory, condemn, damnify

dams | undam | dammer | dammed | undams | daming

Latin 'damnum' meaning loss, damage, or harm

https://www.ruf.rice.edu/~kemmer/Words04/ | Cognatarium | Wikidata


undamaged, undamaged, damaging, damageable

damaged | damages | damager | damagers | damageth | redamage

Old French damage, from dam (see damnum)


of or relating to Damascus | made in Damascus | having a patterned surface


Proper noun referring to the city of Damascus


dames | stepdame | damehood | damewort | dameship | damehoods

Latin 'dama' meaning 'lady' or 'mistress', often used in titles of respect.


To curse | To condemn | To impose a curse

damns | damnit | damned | damner | bedamn | goddamn

Derived from Latin 'damnare' meaning to condemn.


dampy | damps | dampen | damper | damped | damply


damsels | damselfly | damselfish | riverdamsel | riverdamsels


move rhythmically to music | rhythmic movement

dancer | adance | danced | dances | dancen | dancers


Middle English 'dandelen', likely imitative of rhythmic motion


dandruffy | dandruffs | dandruffed | dandrufflike | antidandruff

From Old English 'dandorf' (dand 'dust, dirt' + dorf 'head'), originally referring to the scaly skin of the head.


dandyism | dandyish | dandyize | jimdandy | dandydom | dandyisms

Middle French dandy, likely from dandyism or related to dandy (a person of fashion)


Latin 'periculum' (danger) via French 'dangier' (power, control, danger)


Past participle of 'dang', an euphemistic alteration of 'damn'.


dangers | endanger | indanger | dangerous | endangers | dangerman

Old French dangier 'power, authority, control' (from Vulgar Latin *dominiacum 'lordship', from Latin dominus 'lord')


to hang loosely | to swing | to move with a loose, flexible motion

adangle | dangled | dangler | dangles | danglers | bedangle

From Old French dangler, from Vulgar Latin *dangulare, possibly of Germanic origin.


danks | danken | dankly | dankish | dankens | dankness

Middle Dutch 'danc' or Middle High German 'tanc' meaning 'dampness'


Greek 'daphne' referring to the laurel tree


dappers | dapperly | dapperness | dapperling | dapperlings


dared | dares | darer | darers | darest | dareth

Old French 'darier' (to dare, to challenge)


darks | darken | darkly | darkey | endark | darkie

Proto-Germanic *deukraz, from PIE *deuk- 'to lead' (originally 'leading away' or 'hidden'), cognate with Old English deorc, Gothic dags (day, originally 'light'), Latin dux 'leader'.


Old English 'deorc' (dark) + '-ling' (suffix denoting person or thing)


darns | darned | darner | darning | darners | darneth


to move rapidly | to pierce | small pointed object

darts | darter | darted | endart | indart | dartle

Old English 'deart' or 'dart' (to pierce/run)


a short line used to indicate a break in thought, a range, or a connection

dashy | dasher | dashed | dashes | bedash | todash

From Old English 'dæsh' meaning 'a stroke, blow, or dash', related to the verb 'dæscan' (to dash, strike).


credit | audit | mandate | edition | perdition | tradition | redition | data | datary | date (all senses except the fruit) | dative | datum | mandate (→mand / mand.)

dition / dition / : don1 / don, dor / dor, dos2 / dos, dote / dote, dow / dow


datahub | biodata | geodata | databox | datalog | datapad

Latin 'datus', past participle of 'dare' meaning 'to give'


dater | dated | dates | update | daters | redate

Latin 'dies' (day) + '-atus' (suffix forming adjectives/past participles)


daubs | dauby | dauber | bedaub | daubed | bedaubs


daughters | daughterly | daughtered | goddaughter | daughtering | merdaughter

From Proto-Germanic *dōhtēr, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰugh₂tḗr


to intimidate | to discourage | to dismay

daunts | daunted | daunter | daunting | daunters | undaunted

Old French 'desauter' (to dismount/unhorse)


Greek 'daiō' meaning 'to carry, bear, or move'


to move slowly | to waste time | to loiter

From Old English 'dwellan' meaning 'to deceive, mislead, or wander', related to 'dole' (portion) and 'deal'.


dawns | dawned | predawn | dawning | dawneth | dawnest

Old English dæg 'day' + dawn (imitative/related to daybreak)


days | dayer | Monday | midday | payday | daybed


dazed | dazes | bedaze | dazens | dazedly | bedazed

Middle English 'dazen', related to 'dais' (to stun)


nitroimidazole derivative | antiprotozoal agent

From Latin nitrum 'nitre' + Greek imidazole, referring to the chemical structure of the drug class.


arthrodesis, asyndeton, desmid, desmitis, desmoid, desmoplasia, desmosome, diadem, plasmodesma, polysyndeton, syndesis, syndesmosis, syndetic, syndeton

ded | deop | degum | codec | debag | debug

δεῖν (deîn), δετός, δέσις (detós, désis), δέμα(déma), δεσμός (desmós), δέσμα (désma)


away | down | from | reversal | absence | negation | complete removal | undoing | departure | negative direction | total | without | lacking | deprived of | reversal of action | removal from base | directional away/down | complete | negative/neutral direction | away from | removing

deconstruct, depart, descend, depress, deduct, deport, depress, deprive

Latin de 'down, down from, away from, off'

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deacons | deaconry | deaconly | deaconess | subdeacon | archdeacon


No longer alive | No longer functional | Lacking vitality

deads | undead | deadly | deaden | deader | deadpan

From Old English 'deād', meaning 'not alive'


deafo | deafen | deafly | deafie | undeaf | deafos


deals | dealy | dealer | ordeal | dealie | redeal

Old French 'deale' (to divide, distribute)


deans | deanery | deaness | subdean | deanship | archdean

Old English 'dēan' (head of a monastery), from Late Latin 'decanus' (leader of ten)


dears | deary | dearth | endear | dearly | dearie


debit | debt | debenture | debtor | indebted

Latin debere 'to owe, be under obligation' (from de- 'down' + habere 'to have')


debater | debates | debated | debaters | debateth | undebated

Latin 'debattre' (to beat back, dispute), from 'de-' (down, away) + 'battre' (to beat)


debauched | debauches | debaucher | debauchery | debauching | debauchers


to impair strength | to diminish capability

Latin debilitare 'to make weak', from debilis 'weak' (de- 'down' + bilis 'strength')


debilitated | debilitates | undebilitated | immunodebilitated

From Latin debilitare 'to make weak', derived from debilis 'weak' (de- 'down' + bilis 'strength, vigor')


Latin debilitas 'weakness', from debilis 'weak, feeble' (de- 'down' + habilis 'easy to handle, flexible')


to be in debt | to have a debt to someone

debits | debited | debiting | debitable | debitings

Latin debitum 'that which is owed', neuter past participle of debere 'to owe'


French 'de bon aire' meaning 'of good air/disposition'


French 'débris' from 'défaire' 'to undo'


debts | debtor | debtee | debtors | nondebt | debtees


first appearance | first performance | beginning

debuts | debuted | debutant | debuting | debutants

French 'début', from 'débuter' 'to begin'


a young woman making her formal entrance into society

debutantes | subdebutante | subdebutantes

French 'débutante', from 'débuter' 'to begin'


number ten | ordinal denoting one of ten equal parts | articulate verbally | direct attention

decade, decimal, decade, decagon, decimeter, decade

Number format | quantity | Anomalous form

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From Latin decor- 'beauty, grace', from decere 'to be fitting'


appropriate | deserving | correct | attractive | graceful

decent | decorate | dignity | dainty | disdain | dignitary | indignant | decency | décor | decoration | decorum | indecorous

Latin decus (genitive decoris) 'beauty, honor, dignity'


decagon, decade, decimal, decathlon, decimeter, decibel, decagram, decaliter, decalogue, decalogue


decays | decayed | decayer | decaying | decayeth | decayers

Entropy, Destruction, Biological process

Latin 'decidere' (to cut off, fall away) < 'de-' (down, away) + 'caedere' (to cut, strike)


deceased | deceases | deceaser | deceasers | deceaseth | predecease

Latin decesse, past participle of decedere 'to go away, depart, die', from de- 'away' + cedere 'to go'


Latin 'decessus' (descent, departure), from 'decidere' 'to cut off, fall down'


deceits | deceitful | deceitless | deceitfully | undeceitful | nondeceitful


the numeral ten | the ordinal for ten | to express verbally | to indicate direction

december | decad | decade | decagon | decagram | decahedron | Decalogue | decamer | decamerous | decameter | decapod | decathlon | deciliter | decimal | decimate | decimation | decimator | decuman | dime

decimus, tenth; from decem, ten, δέκα (déka) ~ten~, δεκάς, δεκάδος (dekás, dekádos), δεκάκις (dekákis) ~ten times~, δεκαπλάσιος (dekaplásios) ~ten-fold~


Decembery | Decemberly | Decemberist | Decemberish

Latin December, from decem 'ten' + mensis 'month' (originally the tenth month of the Roman calendar)


Latin decens (present participle of decēre 'to be fitting, proper') + -ency


indecent | decently | undecent | decentish | decentness | indecently

Latin 'decens' (present participle of 'decere' meaning 'to be fitting, proper'), from 'de-' (down, from) + 'cernere' (to sift, distinguish)


combination of 'deci-' (tenth) and 'bel' (from Bell, the physicist)


decided | decides | decider | deciders | redecide | undecide

Latin 'decidere' (to cut off, settle), from 'de-' (down, away) + 'caedere' (to cut)


Latin deciduus 'falling off', from decidere 'to cut off, fall off'


ten | tenth | speak | point | tenth part

decad | decade | decagon | decagram | decahedron | Decalogue | decamer | decamerous | decameter | decapod | decathlon | deciliter | decimal | decimate | decimation | decimator | decuman | dime

decimus | tenth | from decem | ten | δέκα (déka) ~ten~ | δεκάς | δεκάδος (dekás | dekádos) | δεκάκις (dekákis) ~ten times~ | δεκαπλάσιος (dekaplásios) ~ten-fold~


decks | bedeck | decked | redeck | undeck | bedecks


derivational suffix affix bound morpheme

one who does | one who is characterized by

From the suffix -er combined with a noun or verb stem, forming agent nouns or descriptive adjectives in modern English.


declared | declares | declarer | declarers | declareth | undeclare

Latin dēclārāre 'to make clear, explain', from dē- 'down, completely' + clārāre 'to make clear', from clārus 'clear, bright'


Latin preposition/deprefix 'de' meaning 'down, down from, away from'


to extract by boiling | to concentrate | to boil down

decocts | decocted | decocting | decoctive | decoctible

Latin decoctus, past participle of decoquere 'to boil down', from de- 'down' + coquere 'to cook, boil'


decor, décor, decorament, decorate, decoration, decorative, decorator, decorous, decorum, redecorate

decors | decorin | decorate | decorins | decorator | decorated

decorus ~fit, proper~ and decorare ~to decorate~, from decor ~beauty, ornament~ and decus ~ornament~


Latin decorus 'fitting, proper', from decus 'beauty, honor'


decoys | decoyed | decoyer | decoying | decoyers | decoyman

from Middle English decoi, from decoie (to lure)


decrees | decreed | decreer | decreeth | decreest | decreers

Latin 'decernere' meaning 'to decide, determine, decree'


Latin decrepitus, past participle of decrepescere 'to grow old, decay', from de- 'down' + crepescere 'to begin to crack/sound' (from crepare 'to crack')


Latin decrepitus, past participle of decrepescere 'to grow old', from de- 'down' + crepescere 'to begin' (from crepare 'to crack, creak')


dedication, dedicated, dedicates, dedicatory

dedicates | dedicateth | dedicatest | rededicated | rededicates

Latin dedicare "to proclaim, consecrate"


deems | addeem | deemed | deemer | bedeem | deemes


extending far down from top to bottom | having great depth | intense | profound

deeps | deepen | deeply | deepie | deepens | deepish


deers | deerie | deerdom | deergut | roedeer | deerfly

From Proto-Germanic *dēraz, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁rós ('deer, hind'), from the root *dʰeh₁- ('to put, place, set').


to embezzle | to misappropriate | to deduct

Latin defalcare 'to deduct, subtract', from de- 'down, away' + falx 'sickle' (referring to cutting off a portion)


defeats | defeated | defeater | redefeat | defeatism | defeating


To purify | To remove impurities | To clean away dregs

From Latin 'defecare', meaning 'to purify'


defend, defendant, defensible, defenseless

defends | defended | defendee | redefend | defendant | defending

Latin 'defendere' (to ward off, protect), from 'de-' (down, away) + 'fendere' (to strike, hit)


defenses | biodefense | misdefense | nondefense | ecodefense | defenseless

Latin defensio, from defendere 'to ward off, protect'


defers | deferred | deferral | deferrer | deference | deferrals

Latin deferre 'to carry down, submit, delay', from de- 'down' + ferre 'to carry'


Latin deferre 'to carry down, yield, submit', from de- 'down' + ferre 'to carry'


Latin deficientia, from deficient- 'failing, lacking', past participle stem of deficere 'to fail, be lacking', from de- 'away' + facere 'to do, make'


deficiently | indeficient | undeficient | bideficient | biodeficient | nondeficient

Latin 'deficiens', present participle of 'deficere' (to fail, lack), from 'de-' (down, away) + 'facere' (to make, do)


Latin deficit 'he/she/it falls short, is lacking', from deficiō 'fall away, fail', from de- 'down, away' + facere 'to do, make'


to make unclean | to pollute | to desecrate

Latin de- 'down, away' + filum 'thread' (originally 'to undo the thread', hence to ruin or pollute)


define, definition, indefinite, undefined

defined | defines | definer | redefine | definers | undefine

Latin 'definire' (to limit, mark out boundaries), from 'de-' (down, completely) + 'finire' (to end, bound), from 'finis' (end, boundary)


to provide money for | to pay for | to defray costs

defrays | defrayal | defrayed | defrayer | defrayals | defraying


deftly | deftness | defthanded | defthandedly | defthandedness


dead | deceased | finished | no longer existing

Latin defunctus, past participle of defunctus 'passed away'


Latin 'defiare' (to exhaust, wear out), from 'de-' (down, away) + 'fari' (to speak)


to lower in quality | to decline | to step down

degraders | undegraded | degradedly | biodegraded | biodegrades | nondegraded


degrees | degreed | indegree | bidegree | outdegree | indegrees


divinity | divine | deity | divination | deify

divinity, divine, deity, divination, deify

From Latin 'deus' meaning 'god', derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *deywós ('divine').


decad, decade, decagon, decagram, decahedron, Decalogue, decamer, decamerous, decameter, decapod, decathlon, deciliter, decimal, decimate, decimation, decimator, decuman, dime

decimus, tenth; from decem, ten, δέκα (déka) ~ten~, δεκάς, δεκάδος (dekás, dekádos), δεκάκις (dekákis) ~ten times~, δεκαπλάσιος (dekaplásios) ~ten-fold~


Latin deus 'god' + -ficare 'to make' (from facere 'to make')


Examples: dinosaur ("terrible lizard"), Dinofelis ("terrible cat"), Dinornis ("terrible bird"); Deinonychus ("terrible claw"), Deinocheirus ("terrible hand"); Dinodocus ("terrible beam"); Deinosuchus ("terrible crocodile"), Dinohippus ("terrible horse"), Dinosorex ("terrible shrew") Deinococcus ("terrible grannule")

δεινός (deinós)

Greek δεινός (deinos) 'terrible, fierce'


deipnosophy | deipnophobia | deipnosophistry


deitylike | demideity | deityhood | deityless | deityship | multideity


number ten | ordinal for ten | communicate verbally | indicate direction

decad | decade | decagon | decagram | decahedron | Decalogue | decamer | decamerous | decameter | decapod | decathlon | deciliter | decimal | decimate | decimation | decimator | decuman | dime | dekaliter (10 liters) | dekagram (10 grams)

decimus | tenth | from decem | ten | δέκα (déka) ~ten~ | δεκάς | δεκάδος (dekás | dekádos) | δεκάκις (dekákis) ~ten times~ | δεκαπλάσιος (dekaplásios) ~ten-fold~ | Greek


delete | deletion | indelible | deleterious | dele


Latin delectare 'to please, charm', from de- (intensive) + legere 'to gather, choose'


Latin delegare 'to send away, assign, appoint', from de- 'away' + legare 'to send, commission'


deleted | deletes | deleter | deletee | undelete | deleters


Latin dēlētō, past participle stem of dēlērē 'to destroy, wipe out'


Latin deliberare 'to weigh, consider', from de- 'down, thoroughly' + liberare 'to free' (from liber 'free')


Latin deliberare 'to weigh thoroughly, consider', from de- 'down, completely' + liberare 'to free'


Latin 'edibilis' (eatable), from 'edere' (to eat) + '-ibilis' (able to be)


Latin delicatus 'indulgent, luxurious, tender', from delere 'to destroy, spoil'


Greek 'deliktos' from 'delekhein' 'to squeeze'


highly pleasing to the sense of taste | tasty

deliciously | undelicious | deliciousness | superdelicious | deliciousnesses

Latin dēliciosus 'pleasing, delightful', from dēliciae 'pleasures, delights'


delights | delighted | delighter | undelight | delightly | delightful

From Old French delit, from Latin delectare 'to please'


delinquently | nondelinquent | predelinquent | nondelinquents

Latin delinquere 'to fall away, sin', from de- 'away' + linquere 'to leave'


to become liquid | to melt | to dissolve

Latin deliquescere 'to melt away', from de- 'down, away' + liquefacere 'to make liquid'


to wander | to stray | to be out of one's mind

From Latin dē- 'away' + līra 'furrow' (originally 'to plow out of the furrow', metaphorically 'to lose one's mind').


delivers | delivered | deliverer | redeliver | deliverly | codeliver

Latin dēlivāre 'to free, release' (from dē- 'down, away' + livāre 'to loosen')


Greek Delphi, referring to the Oracle of Delphi


Greek delphinion 'dolphin-like' (referring to the shape of the seed pod)


D | the fourth letter of the Greek alphabet, symbolized by Δ

Δ | δέλτα (délta) | Greek delta | of Semitic origin | as in Hebrew dāleth (ד) | fourth letter of the alphabet


Latin dēlūdere 'to play away, mock, deceive', from dē- 'down, away' + lūdere 'to play'


Latin diluvium, from diluere 'to wash away'


delver | delved | delvers | indelve | delveth | delvest


apodeme, monodomy, opisthodomos, polydomy

δέμειν (démein), δῶμα, δῶματος, δομή, δόμος(dómos), δέμας (démas)


to fasten | a headpiece for securing hair

Greek diadema 'band around the head', from dia- 'through' + dedeme 'that which is bound'


leader | orator | person who appeals to prejudices

Greek dēmagōgos (dēmos 'people' + agōgos 'leading')


demagogues | demagogued | demagoguery | demagogueries


Latin dēmens (gen. dementis) 'mad, insane', from de- 'away from' + mens (gen. mentis) 'mind'


one of two equal parts | incomplete | partial | numerical equivalent of one-half | partially associated with | diminished by half in a derogatory manner | a state of partial completion

demisemiquaver | demigod | demi-God | demi-lion | demimondaine | demimonde | demitasse | demivolt unrelated: dam2 / demijohn. | dem1 / demiurge.

demigod | demirep | demiman | demibra | demicup | demiwig

Latin 'dimidius' meaning 'half' or 'divided in two'

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demises | demised | redemise | redemises | redemised


democracy, epidemic, demography, demagogue

demonym | demonyms | demonymy | democracy | demogrant | megademos


demoiselle d'honneur, demoiselle de compagnie

Old French 'demoiselle', diminutive of 'dame'


to pull down | to destroy | to dismantle

demolished | demolisher | undemolish | demolishing | demolishers | demolishment

Latin demolere 'to pull down' (de- 'down' + moliri 'to build/construct')


A malevolent supernatural being | A devilish entity | A spirit associated with Hell

demons | demonic | demonry | demonly | bedemon | demoness

From Greek daimon, meaning a spirit or supernatural being


the populace | the citizenry | the public


to raise doubts | to object | to hesitate

Middle French 'demorer' (to delay, stay)


denar | denarian | denarius | denary | denier | dinar | dinero | dinheiro


dental component | masticatory organ | oral structure for biting


Latin denarius 'of ten', from decem 'ten'


a woody perennial plant with a single trunk | branching structure

dendric | dendrite | dendrochronology | dendrogram | dendromancy | rhododendron | dendrology | epidendron | philodendron | epidendrum | dendroid

dendrite | dendroid | dendrimer | dendritic | dendrites | dendroids

δένδρον (déndron) | akin to δρύς (drús) ~tree~ | Greek dendron dendreon : tree


dendric, dendrite, dendrochronology, dendrogram, dendromancy, rhododendron, dendrite, dendrology, epidendron, philodendron, rhododendron

δένδρον (déndron); akin to δρύς (drús) ~tree~


Examples: Rhododendron ("rose tree") | Liriodendron ("lily tree") | Dendrocnide ("tree nettle") | Epidendrum ("above tree") Lepidodendron (¨scaled tree¨) | dendric | dendrite | dendrochronology | dendrogram | dendromancy | rhododendron | dendrology | epidendron | philodendron | dendrography | dendriform

dendrology | dendrogram | dendrocyte | dendrolite | dendrodate | dendromass

δένδρον (déndron) | δένδρον  OED

δένδρον (déndron) | akin to δρύς (drús) ~tree~ | combining form of Greek δένδρον tree OED


dendrons | didendron | didendrons | monodendron | monodendrons


Latin denegare 'to deny, refuse', from de- 'completely' + negare 'to say no'


to criticize so as to damage reputation | to defame | to disparage

From Latin 'denigrare', meaning to stain or make dark, evolving to mean to defame.


denims | denimy | denimed | denimwear | denimlike


denizens | endenizen | endenizens | denizenship | denizenation | denizenships

Latin 'denizens' (plural of 'denizens'), from 'denizens' meaning 'inhabitants', from 'de-' (down, in) + 'incola' (inhabitant)


condemn | declare to be wrong | publicly denounce

denounced | denouncer | denounces | denouncers | denounceth | denouncest

Latin 'denuntiare' (to proclaim, announce), from 'de-' (down, completely) + 'nuntiare' (to announce, from 'nuntius' messenger)


solid in structure | having considerable thickness | without looseness

condensable | condensate | condensation | condensational | condensative | condense | dense | density | nondense | superdense | densimeter

Latin 'dens' (genitive 'dentis') meaning 'tooth'


a hard, pointed oral structure | to grasp with teeth

bident | bidental | dandelion | dental | dentary | dentate | dentation | dentelle | denticity | denticle | denticulate | dentiferous | dentiform | dentifrice | dentigerous | dentil | dentin | dentinal | dentine | dentition | denture | indent | indentation | indenture | interdental | interdentil | intradental | multidentate | quadridentate | trident | tridentate | dentist | Dentyne™ | edentate | trident unrelated: irredentist | odontoid | odontology

dents | indent | dented | dedent | denting | indents


to denounce | to condemn | to declare openly

Latin dēnuntiāre 'to proclaim, announce', from dē- 'down, away' + nuntiāre 'to announce'


Latin dēnuntiare 'to announce, proclaim', from dē- 'down, away' + nuntiare 'to announce', from nuntius 'messenger'


Latin denegare 'to deny, refuse', from de- 'down, away' + negare 'to say no, deny'


Latin deorsum 'downwards', from deorsus, past participle of deoriri 'to go down', from de 'down' + oriri 'to rise'


Greek prefix a- (not) + eui (well) or related to de- (away/from) + oxy (acid/sharp)


departs | departed | departer | departing | departeth | departers

Latin 'departire' (to divide, measure out), from 'de-' (down, away) + 'partire' (to divide), from 'pars' (part)


departments | departmental | subdepartment | departmentally | departmentwide | subdepartments

Latin 'departimentum' (a division, portion), from 'departir' (to divide, separate), from 'de-' (apart) + 'partire' (to share, from 'pars' part)


Latin depilatus, past participle of depilare 'to pluck hair off', from de- 'down, away' + pilare 'to pluck hair', from pilus 'hair'


depleted | depletes | depleter | depleters | undepleted | nondepleted

Latin de- 'down, away' + plere 'to fill'


to move into position | to utilize | to spread out

deploys | deployed | redeploy | deployer | deploying | redeploys


Sediment or rock not native to its current location | material deposited by natural processes | ore or gem deposits

deposits | depositee | depositor | redeposit | depositing | depositees

From Latin 'deponere' meaning to put down


depots | subdepot | nondepot | subdepots

French dépot 'deposit, lodging', from depose 'to deposit, place down', from Latin deponere 'to put down'


Latin de- 'down, away' + pravus 'crooked, wrong'


depraved | depraves | depraver | depravers | undepraved | depravedly

Latin depravatus, past participle of depravare 'to make bad', from de- 'down, away' + pravus 'crooked, wrong'.


to express disapproval | to belittle | to take away

deprecated | deprecates | undeprecated | nondeprecated

Latin de- 'down, away' + prex 'prayer, entreaty'


deprived | deprives | depriver | deprivers | deprivedly | deprivement

Latin deprivare 'to strip, plunder', from de- 'down, away' + privare 'to deprive, make private'


distance from top to bottom | profoundness


Latin deputare 'to consider, reckon, assign'


substitute | assistant | second-in-command

Latin 'deputare' meaning 'to reckon, consider, assign'


Dermaptera, dermatology, dermis, ectoderm, endoderm, epidermis, hypodermic, mesoderm, scleroderma, taxidermy, xeroderma

δέρειν (dérein), δέρμα, δέρματος (dérma, dérmatos)


disturb | throw into disorder | unsettle

deranged | deranges | deranger | derangers | underanged | derangedly

Latin de- 'down, away' + rangia 'fence, enclosure' (via Old French deranger)


a horse race | a contest | a chaotic situation

derby, derby hat, derby race, horse derby

From Derby, the town in England, home to the Epsom Derby horse race, which became a metonym for any horse race or, by extension, any chaotic contest.


derelicts | dereliction | derelictions | semiderelict | derelictness

Latin derelictus, past participle of derelinquere 'to abandon, leave behind', from de- 'down, away' + relinquere 'to leave'


Greek δέρσ- (ders-) related to binding or neck-related structures


derider | derided | derides | deriders | underided

Latin deridēre 'to laugh at, mock', from de- 'down, away' + ridēre 'to laugh'


derision, derisive, derisively, derisorily, derisory

Latin deridere 'to mock, laugh at', from de- 'down, completely' + ridere 'to laugh'


derived | derives | deriver | derivers | rederive | deriveth

Latin dē- 'down, away' + radere 'to scrape, scratch'


dermatology, dermis, ectoderm, endoderm, epidermis, hypodermic, mesoderm, scleroderma, taxidermy, bromoderma, erythroderma, keratoderma, leukoderma, melanoderma, scleroderma, staphyloderma, xeroderma

derms | dermal | diderm | dermad | exoderm | dermoid


dermatology | dermis | ectoderm | endoderm | epidermis | hypodermic | mesoderm | scleroderma | taxidermy | bromoderma | erythroderma | keratoderma | leukoderma | melanoderma | staphyloderma | xeroderma


pertaining to | characterized by | full of skin


dermises | epidermis | neodermis | subdermis | hypodermis | endodermis


desoxalic | desmethyl | desflurane | desipramine | desipramines | desthiobiotin

From Latin 'dē' meaning 'down, down from, off, away'


to move downward | to fall | to originate from

redescends | descenders | undescended | descendings | descendences | descendingly

Latin 'descendere' (to climb down), from 'de-' (down) + 'scandere' (to climb)


deserts | deserty | deserter | deserted | desertic | indesert

Latin 'desertum' (neuter past participle of 'deserere' meaning 'to abandon, forsake'), from 'de-' (down, away) + 'serere' (to join, connect).


Latin desiccare 'to dry up', from de- 'down, away' + siccus 'dry'


to dehydrate entirely | to thoroughly remove moisture

Latin desiccare 'to dry up', from de- 'completely' + siccare 'to dry', from siccus 'dry'


desired object | thing longed for | ideal

Latin desideratum, neuter of desideratus, past participle of desiderare 'to miss, long for'


designy | designer | designed | redesign | codesign | designers

Latin designare 'to mark out, indicate, plan' (de- 'out' + signare 'to mark', from signum 'sign')


Intense longing or craving, especially in romantic or sexual contexts | A strong emotional pull towards someone or something | A deep yearning for a person or object

desirer | desired | desires | desireth | desirest | desirers

From Latin 'desiderare', meaning 'to miss' or 'to long for', evolving into the modern sense of strong attraction.


syndesis | iridesis | arthrodesis | pleurodesis | acrosyndesis | spondylodesis


desmocyte | caldesmon | desmocytes | desmopathy | desmotubule | desmoteplase


desolater | desolates | desolated | desolately | desolaters | desolateness

Latin desolatus, past participle of desolare 'to lay waste, abandon', from de- 'down, away' + solus 'alone'


desperates | desperately | undesperate | nondesperate | overdesperate

Latin desperatus, past participle of desperare 'to lose hope', from des- 'completely' + sperare 'to hope'


deserving contempt | worthless | contemptible

Latin despicabilis, from despici 'to look down on' (de- 'down' + specere 'to look')


to feel contempt | to hate | to look down upon

despises | despised | despiser | despisest | despisers | despisement

Latin despicere 'to look down upon', from de- 'down' + specere 'to look'


in spite of | contrary to | regardless of

despited | despites | despiteful | despitefully | despitefulness

Old French 'despit' from Latin 'despectus' 'a looking down upon'


loss of courage | low spirits | depression

desponds | desponder | desponded | desponding | desponders | despondeth

Latin de- 'down, away' + sperare 'to hope'


despots | despotic | despotry | despotism | despotate | adespotic

δεσπότης, δεσπότου, δεσποτικός, δεσποτεία, δεσποτίσκος


desserts | desserty | nondessert | predessert | dessertful | dessertlike

Middle French 'desservir' 'to clear the table'


destined | destineth | destinest | foredestine | foredestined

From Latin destinare 'to establish, fix, determine', from de- 'completely' +stinare 'to make firm' (related to stare 'to stand')


to put down (as in ending the life of an animal) or to euthanize | to destroy completely

destroys | destroyed | destroyer | redestroy | destroyal | destroying

From Latin destruere via Old French desruire.


Latin desuetudo (gen. desuetudinis) 'disuse, neglect', from desuescere 'to become unused', from de- 'down, away' + suetus 'accustomed'


lacking | jumping | disconnected | erratic

Latin desultorius 'of a leaper', from desilire 'to leap down, dismount', from de- 'down' + salire 'to jump'


detached | detacher | redetach | detaching | detachers | detacheth


detectable, detection, detective, undetectable

detects | detector | detected | redetect | detecter | detection

Latin dē- 'down, away' + tegere 'to cover'


easing | relaxation | lessening of tension

French détente, from détendre 'to relax, loosen', from Latin detendere 'to stretch out, extend'


deters | deterred | deterrer | determent | deterring | deterreth

Latin deterre 'to frighten away, discourage', from de- 'away' + terrere 'to frighten'


Latin deterior (comparative of bonus 'good') + -are (verbal suffix)


to establish boundaries originating from | to define limits based on

Latin determinare 'to set bounds, limit, define', from determinare, from determin- 'to limit' (determinare), from de- 'down, completely' + terminare 'to bound' (from terminus 'boundary')


determiner | determined | determines | determiners | codetermine | redetermine

Latin 'determinare' meaning 'to limit, bound, or fix'


detests | detested | detester | detesting | detesteth | detestest

Latin detestari 'to invoke evil upon', from de- 'down, away' + testari 'to call as witness'


to explode | to cause to explode | to set off

Latin detonare 'to thunder down', from de- 'down' + tonare 'to thunder'


detracts | detractor | detracted | detraction | detractors | detracteth

Latin dētrahere 'to pull down, take away', from dē- 'down, away' + trahere 'to pull, draw'


detriments | detrimental | detrimentally | nondetrimental | detrimentalness

Latin detrimentum, from detrimere 'to pull away, remove'


Latin detritus 'worn away', past participle of detere 'to wear away'


From Latin 'duo' meaning 'two', via Old French 'deus' or 'deuce'.


From Latin deus 'god', likely from Proto-Indo-European *deywós 'divine', from *dyew- 'to shine'.


subordinate | more distant in position | the next in order | the next in order or subordinate

deuteronomy | deuteragonist | deuteranomaly | deuteranopia | deuteride | deuterium | deuterogamist | deuterogamy | Deuteromycota | deuteron | deuterostome | deuterogenesis

deuterogamy | deuteroxide | deuterocone | deuterosome | deuterotheme | deuterozooid

du | δεύτερο-  OED

δεύτερος (deúteros) | < Greek δεύτερο- combining form of δεύτερος second OED

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deuce, duet, duetist, duetist, duetistic, duetists, duetless, duetlike, duetmaster, duetmaster's, duetmasters, duetmaster's, duetmaster's, duetmaster's, duetmaster's, duetmaster's, duetmaster's, duetmaster's, duetmaster's, duetmaster's, duetmaster's


Latin devastare, from devastare 'to lay waste', from devastus 'laid waste', from devastare = de- 'completely' + vastare 'to lay waste'


development, developing, developer, underdeveloped

Old French developper 'to unwrap, unfold'


Latin de- 'down, away' + via 'way, road'


devices | iDevice | biodevice | deviceful | subdevice | nanodevice

Latin 'dis-' (apart) + 'facere' (to make)


An endurance competition where trailing riders are periodically eliminated | a contest involving elimination of lagging participants | a race with periodic elimination of those behind.

devils | bedevil | devilry | deviled | devilet | undevil


devised | devisee | devises | deviser | devisees | devisers

Latin 'dis-' (apart) + 'videre' (to see), literally 'to see apart' -> to examine, plan, or invent.


Old French devoie 'departure, deviation'


Devonshire | county in South West England

Devonshire, Devonshire cream, Devonshire cider

From Old English 'Deawon' (people) + 'scire' (shire/county)


devoted | devotee | devotes | devoter | devotees | devoters

Latin dēvōtāre 'to consecrate, devote', from dē- 'down, away' + vōvere 'to vow'


devours | devoured | devourer | devourers | devoureth | devourable

Latin devorare 'to swallow up', from de- 'down, completely' + vorare 'to devour'


devouts | devoutly | undevout | indevout | devoutful | devoutness

Latin devotus, past participle of devovere 'to vow away, consecrate'


dews | dewy | bedew | sundew | bedews | dewily


dewlaps | dewlapt | dewlapped | dewlapping


dexketoprofen | dexpramipexole | dexpropranolol

Latin dexter 'right, on the right hand side'


ambidexterity | ambidextrous | dexterity | dexterous | dextral | dextrality | dextrin | dextrorse | dextrose | dextrous | dexter


correct | the side to the right | the hand on the right


cosmic law | righteousness | duty | truth


divide, digress, dilute, dilate, dilapidate

diol | dimer | diode | diene | diols | digon

Latin 'di-' (variant of 'dis-') meaning 'apart, asunder, in different directions'


apart | separation | away | away from | not | to the opposite | negative sense | reversal

dilation | distal | dilute | differ | difficulty | diffident | diffuse | digression | disability | disambiguate | disappear | discharge | disconnect | dishonor | dislike | disown | disqualify | dissect | dissuade

From Latin dis- (variant of dis- 'apart, asunder'), from PIE *dwi- 'two, twice'.


a 24-hour period | the entire day's duration


Diana, dianthus, divine, divinity, prie-dieu

Latin dius 'divine', from dius 'of the sky' (related to dies 'day'), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *deywós 'god, divine'


deuter / deuter, dicho / dicho, didym / didym, diplo / diplo, divid / divid, dodec / dodec, du2 / du, dy / dy, tw / tw

Greek δι- | δι- (di-) | Greek di- dis- : twice | Greek

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undoing | action reversal | removal | absence | division | separation | apartness | distance | negation | opposition | inverse | disassociation

dissolve, divide, disconnect, disperse, disband, disfigure, displace, disprove

From Latin dis- (apart, asunder, away, in different directions), a variant of the PIE root *dwi- (two) or *dis- (apart), often used to indicate reversal, removal, or negation.


two | comprising | possessing two | doubled or repeated | two times

diatomic | dioxide | diphthong | diandrous | 664 e)

disbar | disown | disbud | disfix | disorb | disman


diary (daily journal)|dial (a circle (as the sun circles the earth))

dialysis | diaphone | diatreme | diatopic | diascopy | diascope


passing through | spanning from one side to another | separated | among | throughout the duration of | in the process of experiencing | over

diameter, diagnosis, diaphragm, dialogue, dialysis

Greek dia- 'through, across, between', from dia 'through, across'

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Greek 'diabainein' 'to pass through, go across'


diabetes, diabetes mellitus, diabetes insipidus

Greek 'diabatikos' 'passable' from 'dia' 'through' + 'bainein' 'to go'


accusing | slandering | accusing through malice


diaphragm, diaphoresis, diastole, diathesis, diatribe

Greek diairesis 'division', from dia- 'apart' + hairein 'to take'


drawing | writing | written representation

diagrams | diagramed | diagraming | diagrammed | subdiagram | diagrammer

Greek diagramma "a drawing, figure, or sketch"


dials | dialed | redial | dialer | sundial | dialing

Latin 'dial-' from 'dies' meaning 'day', originally referring to the face of a sundial or the surface of the sky.


Greek dialysis 'a loosening, dissolution', from dialyein 'to loosen up, dissolve', from dia- 'through' + lyein 'to loosen, release'.


Greek di- 'two' + amide (from amide/amide group)


precious stone | hard substance | rhomboid shape

diamonds | diamondoid | nondiamond | diamondize | diamondback | diamondoids

Old French diamant, from Latin diamas (genitive diamantis) 'hard stone', from Greek diamas 'diamond'


diapers | bediaper | rediaper | undiaper | diaperish | rediapers

Middle English diaper, from Old French diaper


adiaphanous | diaphanously | diaphanousness | semidiaphanous

Greek diaphanēs 'transparent', from dia- 'through' + phainein 'to show'


muscular partition | separating thoracic and abdominal cavities

diaphragms | diaphragmic | diaphragmal | hemidiaphragm | diaphragmless | hemidiaphragms

Greek phren 'diaphragm' (partition) from phren 'mind, diaphragm'


Greek diakospein (dia- "through" + skopein "to look")


dicast, Eurydice, syndic, syndicalism, syndicate, theodicy

Greek dikazein : to pass judgment dikē : right, law, justice


benediction, condition, contradict, dictate, dictation, dictator, diction, dictionary, dictum, edict, indictment, interdiction, malediction, predict, prediction, valediction, verdict


Latin dicare 'to proclaim, consecrate', from dicere 'to say, speak'


dicey | dices | diced | dicer | dicers | dicebox

Latin 'dens' (tooth) -> 'dens, dentis' (tooth) -> 'dice' (plural of 'datum' meaning 'thing given', but historically associated with 'dice' as gaming pieces; however, the word 'dice' comes from Old French 'des' (plural of 'dé'), from Latin 'datum' (a thing given, i.e., a die). The root 'datum' comes from 'dare' (to give). Wait, let's re-evaluate. The word 'dice' is the plural of 'die'. 'Die' comes from Old French 'dé', from Latin 'datum' (neuter past participle of 'dare' meaning 'to give'). The connection to 'tooth' is a folk etymology or separate homonym. The primary etymology for the gaming object is 'datum'.


dictate, dictionary, dictate, verdict, predict


divided into two | split into two sections | matched | separated

dichogamy | dichotomy | dichotic | dichasium

combining form of δίχα  (adverb) in two | asunder | apart OED | Greek dicho- dicha : in two

MorphoQuantics | Cognatarium | Stein | Wiktionary


express verbally | articulate | announce formally | indicate direction | state clearly

dictate, dictate, dictate, dictate, dictate, dictate, dictate, dictate, dictate, dictate

Latin 'dictus', past participle of 'dicere' meaning 'to say, speak, assert'

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diddest | goddidit | FSMdidit | flooddidit


autodidact, Didache, didact, didactic, didacticism


autodidact | Didache | didact | didactic | didacticism


intended to teach | instructive | educational

didactics | didactical | undidactic | didacticist | didacticism | nondidactic

From Greek didaktikos 'fit for teaching', from didaskein 'to teach'


In percussion, a pair of consecutive notes played by the same hand (RR or LL) | a rhythmic pattern similar to a drag but synchronized with the surrounding rhythm | a musical technique in drumming involving same-handed note pairs


To be incapacitated by intense emotion or laughter | To be overcome by strong feelings leading to inability to function | To be rendered helpless due to laughter or emotion

dies | dier | died | dieth | redie | diers


Greek 'di-' (two) + '-ene' (alkene suffix)


diesel, dieselize, dieselization, dieselization, dieselization

diesels | diesely | dieseled | biodiesel | dieselize | dieseldom

Named after Rudolf Diesel, the inventor of the diesel engine


diets | dieted | dieter | dietic | dietary | dieting


From Proto-Germanic *þiudiskaz, from *þeudō 'people, nation' (cognate with Old English þēod, Old Norse þjóð, Gothic þiuda).


difference, differentiate, differential, diffeomorphism

Latin 'differe' (to differ, be apart), from 'dis-' (apart) + 'ferre' (to bear, carry)


to separate | to distinguish | to be different

different, differentiate, differentiation, differential

differs | differed | differing | differeth | differest | difference

Latin differre 'to put apart, delay', from dis- 'apart' + ferre 'to carry, bear'


Latin diffidentia, from diffidere 'to distrust', composed of dis- 'not' + fidere 'to trust'


diffidently | undiffident | diffidentness | undiffidently

Latin diffidens, present participle of diffidere 'to distrust', from dis- 'apart, away' + fidere 'to trust'


difficult to perform | challenging to accomplish

Latin diffidere 'to distrust' (dis- 'apart' + fidere 'to trust')


digs | undig | digger | undigs | misdig | digging

From Old English 'diggan', of unknown origin, possibly related to Old Norse 'diggja' or Proto-Germanic '*dig-'


to separate | to break down | to consume

digests | digested | redigest | digester | digestor | codigest

Latin 'digestus', past participle of 'digere' meaning 'to separate, arrange, or dissolve'


digital | related to numbers | electronic

digipak | digipaks | digislate | digislates | digisphere | digisexual

From Latin digitus 'finger' (via Medieval Latin digito-), referring to the counting of fingers or numerical digits.


of or pertaining to the finger [rare as a root] | finger | toe

digit | bidigitate | digital | digitate | digitiform | digitigrade | multidigit | multidigitate

bidigitate, digit, digital, digitate, digitiform, digitigrade, multidigit, multidigitate

digits | digitize | repdigit | digitized | digitizes | repdigits


Latin 'digitus' meaning 'finger' or 'toe'


appropriate | deserving | to regard as deserving | to contemplate

decent | decorate | dignity | dainty | disdain | dignitary | indignant | condign | dignify | indignation Variant Spellings: deign | infra dig | deign


An obstacle, barrier, or hindrance | A difficulty or challenge | A structural barrier

dikes | diker | diked | dikers | dikelet | dikelets


Latin dilapidatus, past participle of dilapidare 'to waste, squander', from dis- 'apart' + lapis 'stone'


dilates | dilated | dilater | dilateth | dilaters | dilatest

Latin dilatus, past participle of dilatare 'to spread out', from dis- 'apart' + latus 'wide'


problem | difficulty | choice between alternatives


a person who cultivates an area of interest, without real commitment or knowledge

Italian 'dilettante' from 'dilettare' 'to delight'


Latin diligere 'to value, love, or choose'


Latin diligere 'to esteem, love, value' (from dis- 'apart' + legere 'to gather, choose')


showing careful and persistent effort | working hard with focus | characterized by thoroughness and dedication

diligently | undiligent | diligentness | overdiligent

Derived from Latin 'diligere' meaning to choose carefully, evolving into the sense of industriousness.


From Greek 'lithos' (stone) via 'lithium', with the combining form '-io' indicating a chemical compound or derivative.


an aromatic herb | a plant of the Apiaceae family

dilly | dills | dillseed | dillweed | dillseeds | dillwater


to make thin | to weaken | to reduce concentration

diluted | dilutes | diluter | diluters | undilute | dilutees

Latin dilutus, past participle of diluere 'to wash away, dissolve', from dis- 'apart' + luere 'to wash'


Latin diluvium "flood" from dis- "apart" + luere "to wash"


codimension | dimensional | dimensioned | dimensioner | redimension | dimensioning

Latin 'dimension-' (stem of 'dimensio'), from 'dimetiri' meaning 'to measure off', composed of 'dis-' (apart) + 'metiri' (to measure)


to make smaller | to decrease | to lessen

Latin dīminuere 'to make smaller', from dī- (intensive) + minuere 'to lessen'


gradually getting smaller | decreasing | diminishing

Latin diminutus, past participle of diminuere 'to make smaller', from minus 'less' + -uere 'to make'


Latin diminutio(n-) 'a lessening', from diminuere 'to make smaller', from minus 'less'


From Latin diminutivus, from diminutus, past participle of diminuere 'to make smaller'


Middle English dimple, from diminutive of dimple (dimple/dent)


dins | dinned | dindle | dinful | outdin | dinning

δεινός (deinós)


Arabic dīnār, from Greek dēnárion, from Latin dēnārius (a coin worth 10 asses)


diner | dined | dines | diners | dinest | dineth

Latin 'edere' (to eat) + '-dine' (suffix forming nouns of action/result)


Derived from Dindori (an Indo-Aryan language) or potentially via Yolngu Matha


Greek dis- 'apart' + neuter plural of dois 'two'


dinners | dinnery | bedinner | dinnerly | predinner | dinnertime


dinosaur | dinotherium | dinocerate | dinoflagellate | dinothere | dinosaur unrelated: dinoflagellate

dinospore | dinospores | dinophiles | dinomaniacs

δεινός (deinós)


amoral, atypical, anonymous, asymmetry, apathy

Greek prefix a- (before vowels) or an- (before consonants) meaning 'not, without'


diocese | ecclesiastical district | administrative division

Latin dioecesan- 'of a diocese', from dioecesis 'administrative district', from Greek dioikesis 'administration', from dioikein 'to manage, administer'


district | jurisdiction | administrative division

dioceses | undiocesed | archdiocese | archdioceses

Greek 'dioikēsis' 'administration, management'


atypical, amoral, anonymous, asymmetry, apathy

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


relating to Dionysus | characterized by wild ecstasy | irrational | passionate


dips | dippy | bedip | redip | updip | undip


bacterial infection | membrane formation


double | twofold | having two parts or origins

from Greek 'di-' (two) + 'physis' (nature), indicating double origin


twice as much | two-part | duplicated | pair | matching

Examples: Diplodocus ("double beam") | Diplopoda ("double feet") | Diplomonad ("double unit") | Diplovertebron ("double vertebra") | diploid | diplosis | diplegia | diploblasty | diploidy | diploma | diplomacy | diplomat | diplomatic | diplomatics | diplonema | diplophase | diplopia | diplotene | haplodiploid | haplodiploidy | anadiplosis | diplococcus | diplodocus

Examples: Diplodocus ("double beam") | Diplopoda ("double feet") | Diplomonad ("double unit") | Diplovertebron ("double vertebra") | diplegia | diploblasty | diploid | diploidy | diploma | diplomacy | diplomat | diplomatic | diplomatics | diplonema | diplophase | diplopia | diplosis | diplotene | haplodiploid | haplodiploidy | anadiplosis | diplococcus | diplodocus

diploid | diplopia | diploidy | diploids | diplogen | diplopias

Medical and Scientific | Quantity | Amount

διπλόος, διπλοῦς (diplóos, diploûs)

Greek διπλόος (diplóos) | διπλόος (diplóos) | δίπλωσις (díplōsis) | δίπλωμα (díplōma) | Greek diploos : double --> diploun : to double | to fold in two


Greek diploma 'folded paper', from diplous 'double'


dipsomania | hydroadipsia | oligodipsia | polydipsia

dipsomania, hydroadipsia, oligodipsia, polydipsia

adipsia | adipsias | polydipsia | hypodipsia | hyperdipsia | polydipsias


dipsosis | dipsogen | dipsogens | dipsomania | dipsogenic | dipsopathy

Addiction, Substance, Physical sensation


direly | direful | direness | diresome | direfully | direfulness


bidirectional, direct, direction, directive, director, directory, directrix, indirect

directs | redirect | directly | directed | undirect | codirect

comb of dia / dia + rect / rect / : dress / dress, droit / droit

Latin 'directus', past participle of 'dirigere' meaning 'to set straight, guide, direct', composed of 'dis-' (apart) + 'regere' (to lead, straighten)


Latin dirge 'lamentation, mourning song', from dirgere 'to stretch out, extend' (in the sense of prolonging a lament)


dirty, dirtiness, dirtbag, dirtbike, dirtroad

dirty | dirts | bedirt | dirten | dirtbag | dirtily


opposition | separation | distance | division | negation

disagree | dislike | dissatisfaction | discern | dismiss | distil | differ | difficulty | diffident | diffuse | digression | disability | disambiguate | disappear | discharge | disconnect | dishonor | disown | disqualify | dissect | dissuade

disbar | disown | disbud | disfix | disorb | disman

dis-' | prefix | definitions 1(d-e) and 2(a | b | c and e) OED | definitions 1(a | b and c) OED


disasters | disasterly | disasterous | nondisaster | ecodisaster | predisaster

Latin 'disaster' (bad star), from 'dis-' (badly) + 'astrum' (star)


discerns | discerned | discerner | discerning | discerneth | discerners

Latin discernere 'to separate, distinguish', from dis- 'apart' +cernere 'to sift, decide'


disciples | discipled | discipler | discipless | disciplers | condisciple

Latin discipulus 'learner, pupil', from discere 'to learn'


training | instruction | control | order

disciplined | disciplines | discipliners | undisciplined | subdiscipline | nondiscipline

Latin disciplina 'instruction, learning', from discipulus 'pupil', from discere 'to learn'


discography | discoid | discoidal | discophile | discotheque

discography, discoid, discoidal, discophile, discotheque

discoed | discoer | discoey | predisco | discoing | discoish


discomfits | discomfiting | discomfiteth | discomfitingly

Old French desconfire, from des- (undoing) + confire (to defeat, from Latin conficere)


Latin dis- 'not, away' + consolare 'to comfort'


French 'discothèque', from 'disque' (disk) + 'thèque' (case/repository)


Latin 'discursus' (running about, discourse), from 'discurrere' (to run to and fro), from 'dis-' (apart) + 'currere' (to run)


discovers | rediscover | discovered | discoverer | discoveree | codiscover

Latin 'disco' (to learn) + '-ere' (infinitive suffix); from PIE *deik- (to show, point out)


indiscreet | discreetly | undiscreet | discreetness | indiscreetly | ultradiscreet

Latin discretus, past participle of dīscernere 'to separate, distinguish', from dis- 'apart' + cernere 'to sift, distinguish'


difference | lack of agreement | inconsistency

Latin discrepant- 'disagreeing', from dis- 'apart' + crepare 'to rattle, crack'


Latin discrepans, present participle of discrepare 'to differ, disagree', from dis- 'apart' + crepare 'to rattle, crack'


discretely | bidiscrete | nondiscrete | prodiscrete | discreteness | semidiscrete

Latin discretus, past participle of dīscernere 'to separate, distinguish'


discuss, discussion, discursive, discusive

discussed | discusses | rediscuss | discusser | discussion | discussing

Latin 'discutere' meaning 'to shake apart, investigate', from 'dis-' (apart) + 'quatere' (to shake)


disdains | disdained | disdainer | disdainful | disdaining | disdaineth

Old French desdain, from des- (dis-) + dain (see disdain)


Middle English disgruntelen (to grumble, complain)


disgusts | disgustful | disgustfully | disgustfulness

Latin 'dis-' (apart, away) + 'gustus' (taste)


a container for food | a portion of food

dishy | dishes | dished | tundish | dishing | dishpan


dismals | dismally | undismal | dismality | dismalness

Latin 'dismalis' (unlucky, ill-omened), from 'dis-' (not) + 'maestus' (sad, gloomy)


cause loss of courage | upset | distress

dismayed | dismayer | dismayful | dismayers | undismayed | dismayfully

Old French desfaire 'to undo' + mais 'disorder'


belittle | undervalue | speak slightingly of

disparaged | disparages | disparager | disparagers | disparageth | disparagest

Latin dispar 'unlike, unequal' (dis- 'not' + par 'equal') + -age


disparates | disparately | disparateness

Latin dispar "unequal, different", from dis- "apart" + par "equal"


to drive apart | to scatter | to remove | to dispel

dispels | dispelled | dispeller | dispelling | dispellers | dispelleth


to give out | to distribute | to provide

dispensed | dispenses | dispenseth | dispensest | undispensed | misdispense

Latin 'dispensare' (to weigh out, distribute), frequentative of 'dispendere' (to weigh apart), from 'dis-' (apart) + 'pendere' (to hang, weigh).


displays | displayed | redisplay | codisplay | displayer | redisplays

Latin 'displere' (to displease) < 'dis-' (away) + 'plere' (to fill); the modern English sense 'to show' derives from the noun 'display' (a showing), which is of uncertain origin but likely related to Old French 'desplier' (to unfold) or 'desplaye' (a display).


disputed | disputes | disputer | disputers | redispute | disputeth

Latin disputare 'to examine, discuss, argue', from dis- 'apart' + putare 'to reckon, consider'


dissents | dissenter | dissented | dissental | dissention | dissenting

Latin dissentiens, present participle of dissentire 'to disagree', from dis- 'apart' + sentire 'to feel, think'


a long essay on a particular subject | a formal treatise

dissertations | dissertational | dissertationist | predissertation | dissertationists

Latin dissertus 'settled, decided', past participle of disserere 'to set out, examine, discuss'


to sit apart | to disagree | to be at variance

Latin 'dissidēre' (to sit apart, disagree), from 'dis-' (apart) + 'sedēre' (to sit)


dissipater | dissipaters | dissipateth | dissipatest | undissipated | dissipatedly


lacking harmony | clashing | disagreeable

Latin dissonant- 'disagreeing, discordant', from dissonare 'to sound discordantly', from dis- 'apart' + sonare 'to sound'


dissuaded | dissuades | dissuader | dissuaders | undissuaded

Latin dissuadere, from dis- 'away' + suadere 'to advise, urge'


Old English distaff 'stick holding flax for spinning', from dist (flax) + staff (stick)


Latin 'distāre' meaning 'to stand apart' (from 'dis-' (apart) + 'stāre' (to stand))


distances | distanced | distancer | distancers | outdistance | undistanced

Latin distans, present participle of distare 'to stand apart' (dis- 'apart' + stare 'to stand')


far | remote | separated by space or time

distally | nondistal | distality | subdistal | distalmost | distalward

Latin 'distant-' (present participle stem of 'dis- + stare' meaning 'to stand apart')


distills | distiller | redistill | distillery | distillers | redistills

From Latin 'distillare' meaning 'to drip down' or 'to trickle', derived from 'dis-' (down) + 'stilla' (drop).


distinctly | undistinct | distinctor | distinctive | distinction | nondistinct

Latin distinctus, past participle of distinguere 'to separate, divide'


to perceive a difference | to differentiate | to separate

distinguished | distinguisher | distinguishing | distinguishers | misdistinguish | distinguishest

Latin distinguere 'to separate, divide, differentiate', from dis- 'apart' + tingere 'to dye, touch'


distomolar | distobuccal | distofacial | distopalmar | distodorsal | distomesial

Latin 'distare' (to stand apart, be distant), from 'dis-' (apart) + 'stare' (to stand)


to seize | to take by legal authority | to press or squeeze

distrains | distrained | distrainor | distrainee | distraining | distrainors

Latin distringere 'to press down, seize', from dis- 'apart' + stringere 'to tighten'


distracted | absent-minded | preoccupied

Latin 'distractus', past participle of 'distrahere' meaning 'to pull apart, distract', from 'dis-' (apart) + 'trahere' (to pull)


Latin 'distractus', past participle of 'distrahere' meaning 'to pull apart, distract'


distresses | distresser | distressing | distressful | distresseth | distressest

Latin 'distressus', past participle of 'distressare' (to torment, afflict), from 'dis-' (intensive) + 'stare' (to stand)


districts | redistrict | districted | redistricts | districting | subdistrict

Latin districtus, past participle of districtus 'distrain, separate', from dis- 'apart' + trahere 'to draw'


disturbance, disturbed, disturbing, undisturbed, disturbance

disturbs | disturbed | disturber | disturbing | disturbers | disturbeth

Latin disturbare (dis- "apart" + turbare "to confuse/disturb")


credit | audit | mandate | edition | perdition | tradition | redition


a narrow channel | a trench | to abandon

ditchy | ditches | ditched | ditcher | inditch | ditching

Middle English 'dich' (trench), from Old English 'dīc'


to hesitate | to be indecisive | to tremble

dithers | dithery | adither | dithered | ditherer | dithering

Middle English ditheren 'to tremble, quiver'


addition (→add / add.) | edition (→edit / edit.) | extradition | perdition | rendition (→rend / rend.) | tradition | vendition Variant Spellings: perdu unrelated: dict / condition. | perdu

dat / dat / : don1 / don, dor / dor, dos2 / dos, dote / dote, dow / dow

Latin -dītiō, -dītiōnem, noun of action from past participle stem of dīcere 'to say, speak'


Latin diurnus 'of the day', from dies 'day'


diurnals | diurnally | terdiurnal | nondiurnal | diurnalist | semidiurnal


divinity | divine | deity | divination | deify

Latin divus 'divine, deified' or deus 'god'


Latin 'diversus', past participle of 'divertere' meaning 'to turn aside, separate'


A renowned female performer, typically a singer or actress | A term for a famous woman in the entertainment industry | A celebrated female figure in the arts

Derived from Italian, denoting a female singer or actress.


an action of jumping or plunging into water | a sudden movement downward into water | the act of submerging oneself in water

dived | diver | dives | divey | updive | divers


diversity, diversify, divers, diversiform

diversely | undiverse | biodiverse | nondiverse | geodiverse | diverseness


division, divisible, individual, dividend

dividers | undivided | redivider | redivided | redivides | dividedly

Latin 'dividere' (to divide), from 'dis-' (apart) + 'videre' (to see)


of or pertaining to a god | sacred | holy

diviner | divined | divines | divinely | undivine | diviners


divide | divided | dividend | individual | individuality | subdivide | undivided | divisible | division | divisive


divorced | divorces | divorcer | divorceth | divorcers | undivorce

Latin dīvortium 'a turning apart', from dīvertere 'to turn aside, separate', from dis- 'apart' + vertere 'to turn'


Middle English divot, from Old English dīfot 'turf, sod', from dī 'turf' + fot 'foot'


divulge, divulged, divulging, divulgence

divulged | divulges | divulger | divulgeth | divulgest | divulgers

Latin dīvolgāre 'to make public', from dī- (intensive) + volgāre 'to make common', from vulgus 'the crowd'


A large iron pot used by soldiers | A type of military cooking vessel | A container used in army contexts


feeling | sensation of | spinning | lightheaded

dizzying | dizzyish | dizzyness | dizzyingly

From Old English 'dysig' (foolish, mad), derived from 'dys' (madness) + '-ig' (adjective suffix).


Derived from Sanskrit 'jakarta' meaning 'completely' or 'entirely'


anecdote | antidoron | antidote | apodosis | dose

διδόναι (didónai) | δοτός | (dotós | ) | δόσις (dósis) | δόμα | δόματος (dóma | dómatos) δῶρον | διδόμενον


a breed of large short-haired working dog

From German Dobermann, named after Friedrich Louis Dobermann, a tax collector who bred the dog; the name 'Dobermann' likely derives from the Old High German 'tobin' or 'toban' meaning 'to steal' or 'robber', referring to the breed's original use as a guard dog for tax collectors.


instruct | viewpoint | principle | commend | educate

docs | Javadoc | robodoc | robodocs | docblock | docstring

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Latin docilis 'easily taught, tractable', from docere 'to teach'


docks | docky | docker | docked | undock | drydock

Middle English 'dokken' (to cut, to prune)


docosanol | docosanes | docosanoid | docosanoyl | docosanoids | docosatriene


docile | doctor | doctrine | indoctrinate | indoctrination | dogma | dogmatic | dogmatism | doxology | heterodox | orthodox | paradox | doctor (teacher | scholar)

From Latin 'doctus', past participle of 'docere' meaning 'to teach'.


doctors | doctored | doctorer | doctorly | bedoctor | undoctor

Latin doctor 'teacher, expert', from docēre 'to teach'


Latin documentum 'lesson, proof, example', from docere 'to teach'


document, documentation, docility, indoctrinate

documents | documental | documented | documenter | documentor | undocument

Latin documentum "lesson, example, proof," from docere "to teach"


dodders | doddery | dodderer | doddered | dodderers | dodderiness

imitative of the sound or motion of trembling


dodecastyle | dodecaphony | dodecagon | dodecahedron | dodecasyllabic | hemidodecahedron

dodecad | dodecads | dodecagon | dodecamer | dodecamers | dodecarchy

Greek δώδεκα twelve OED | δώδεκα (dṓdeka)


dodger | dodged | dodges | dodgers | dodgery | outdodge

Middle English 'doggen' (to move quickly, to shake)


a small electric car driven by people in an amusement park

from the verb 'dodge' + '-em' (diminutive suffix), referring to the action of dodging other cars


do, does, did, done, doing, doer, undo, redo

doeskin | doeling | doelike | doeskins | doelings

Latin 'facere' (to do, to make) via past participle stem 'fact-'. The form '-doe-' is a rare or erroneous representation; standard English derivatives use '-fact-' (e.g., factory) or '-fect-' (e.g., perfect). However, in the context of 'do', it is a free root. If strictly interpreting 'doe' as the English word for a female deer, the etymology is Old English 'dēo'. Given the affix_form '-doe-', this is likely a typo for '-do-' (from 'do') or a specific constructed form. Assuming the root is 'do' (verb):


Middle English dofven, from Old English dūfan 'to dip, plunge', related to Dutch doven 'to extinguish'


docile, doctor, doctrine, indoctrinate, indoctrination, dogma, dogmatic, dogmatism, doxology, heterodox, orthodox, paradox

dogs | doga | doggy | dogly | undog | bedog

docere, doctus, δοκεῖν (dokeîn) ~to appear, seem, think~, δόξα (dóxa) ~opinion~, δόγμα (dógma)


dog | Shiba Inu | internet meme character

doges | dogedom | dogeless | dogecoin | dogeship | dogedoms

Intentional misspelling of 'dog' originating from the 'Doge' internet meme featuring a Shiba Inu named Kabosu.


expressing annoyance | emphasizing | used as an intensifier

doggone it, doggone good, doggone nuisance

From 'dog' + '-gone' (past participle of 'go'), originally meaning 'damned' or 'cursed', used as a minced oath for 'damned'.


Greek dogma 'opinion, doctrine' from dokein 'to seem'


Middle English doily, from do (as in 'to do' or 'to make') + -ly


physical or emotional discomfort | endure hardship | experience pain | mourn loss | feel sorrow

condolence | dol | doleful | dolorous | indolence | dolorous. indolent | dolor | Dolores (Delores) | dolorimetry | doloroso | indolent | Via Dolorosa

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dolichocephalic | dolichocephaly | dolichocranial | dolichocranic | dolichol

dolichocephalic, dolichocephaly, dolichocranial, dolichocranic, dolichol

dolichocolon | dolichofacial | dolichopelvic | dolichophallic | dolichocephaly | Dolichovespula


a small figure of a human being, typically a girl, used as a child's toy

dolly | dolls | dollies | dollish | dolldom | fuckdoll


dollars | dollared | nondollar | dollarize | Eurodollar | Pokédollar

Spanish peso, from Spanish 'dólar' (derived from Spanish 'peso' or via 'thaler')


pain | suffer | sorrowfully | plaintively

condolence | dol | doleful | dolorous | indolence | doloroso

dolere ~to grieve~, also dolus ~grief~ and dolor ~pain~


indolent, indolence, condolence, condolent


dolphins | dolphinet | dolphinets | dolphining | dolphinfish | dolphinlike


dolts | doltish | dolthood | doltishly | doltishness

Middle English 'dolt', likely related to 'dull'


state, condition, or quality | rank | territory or group linked to the initial element | realm | domain | location or existence | similarity | place | existence

freedom, kingdom, wisdom, martyrdom, christendom

doms | wisdom | nerdom | fandom | apedom | mandom

< Old English -dóm statute, judgement, jurisdiction < stem dô- of do v.   + abstract suffix -moz, Old English -m OED


domains | codomain | domainer | didomain | bidomain | domained

Latin 'dominus' (master, lord) < 'domus' (house)


dome (semi-spherical home)|domecile (home)|domestic (of the home)

domes | domed | endome | radomes | skydome | endomed


Old English 'dom' (judgment) + 'dæg' (day)


From Latin 'domus' meaning 'house' or 'home'


domiciled | domiciles | redomicile | dedomicile | nondomicile | undomiciled


dominant, domination, dominate, domain, domino


dominos | dominoes | Dominoid | dominolike

From Latin 'dominus' (master, lord) via Italian 'domino' (mask/cloak), referring to the domino mask or the game named after the mask-like appearance of the tiles.


domesticity | domesticate | domicile | dome (semi-spherical home) | domecile (home) | domestic (of the home)

From Proto-Italic *domos, from Proto-Indo-European *dem- 'to build'


condonation | condone | donate | donation | donative | donator | donatory | donor | pardon | pardonable | donee

dons | redon | donned | redons | donship | donning

dat / dat, dition / dition, dor / dor, dos2 / dos, dote / dote, dow / dow

Latin 'dōnare' meaning 'to give as a gift, bestow'


condonation, condone, donate, donation, donative, donator, donatory, donor, pardon, pardonable


Vietnam's currency unit | equivalent to 100 xus | symbol: ₫


Latin donna, from Latin domina 'mistress, lady'


denticity | denticle | denticulate | dentiferous | dentiform | dentifrice | dentigerous | dentil | dentin | dentinal | dentine | dentist | dentistry | dentition | orthodontist | odontoid | odontology

From Greek 'odous' (genitive 'odont-') meaning 'tooth'.


doodled | doodler | doodles | doodlers | doodlebug | doodlebugs

Unknown origin; possibly an onomatopoeic formation or related to 'dud' (meaning useless/empty)


dooms | doomy | doomed | addoom | doomer | addooms

from Old English 'dōm' meaning judgment or death


end of the world | final destruction | ultimate catastrophe

doomsday clock, doomsday book, doomsday scenario, doomsday prophecy

Old English 'dom' (judgment) + 'day' (day)


doors | indoor | doored | outdoor | doorway | doorman

Proto-Germanic *durą, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰwer- 'to open, pass through'


to use drugs, particularly prohibited performance-enhancing drugs in sports | to consume illicit substances for enhancement purposes | to engage in drug use that violates regulations

doper | dopes | doped | dopey | dopers | undoped


German 'doppelt' (double), from Middle High German 'doppelt', from 'dopp' (double) + '-elt' (suffix forming adjectives), ultimately from Proto-Germanic '*twalbaz' (two-fold), from PIE '*dwo-' (two)


frequency shift | change in perceived frequency

Named after Austrian physicist Christian Doppler; not a native Germanic morpheme but a proper noun loanword


Dora, Doris, Dorothea, Dorothy, Eudora, Isadora, Isidore, Pandora, Theodore, Thermidor

dors | dumbledor | dorbeetle | dumbledore | dumbledors | dorbeetles

dat / dat, dition / dition, don1 / don, dos2 / dos, dote / dote, dow / dow


Japanese 'inu' (dog) with phonetic shift or loanword adaptation


dorado, dorada, dorado, dorados, doradas


Doric | of or relating to the Dorians or their dialect

Doric column, Doric order, Doric dialect

Ethnicity, Geography, Linguistics, Adjectival

From Greek Dorikos, from Doros (the Dorian tribe)


dormant | dormitory | dormer | dormouse | dormitory (sleeping room) | dormant (sleeping)

dorms | dormer | dormlike | dormmate | dormmates | interdorm

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dorsals | dorsally | bidorsal | nondorsal | predorsal | dorsalize


dorsal, dos-à-dos (do-si-do), dossier, endorse, extrados, parados, tournedos


doses | dosed | doser | predose | isodose | megadose

Latin 'dosis' from Greek 'dosis' meaning 'a giving, gift'


From Russian друг (drug) meaning 'friend', derived from Proto-Slavic *drugъ.


dotty | dotcom | dottle | dotted | dotter | biodot

Middle English doten to be foolish or feeble-minded


to bestow a quality or valuable item upon someone | to provide with necessary resources or capabilities


doter | dotes | doted | dotel | doteth | doters

dat / dat, dition / dition, don1 / don, dor / dor, dos2 / dos, dow / dow

Greek dōron 'gift' (from the root *deh₃- 'to give')


doubled | doubles | doubler | redouble | doublers | undouble


doublets | bidoublet | doubleted | isodoublet | bidoublets | doubletted

Latin 'duplus' (double) from 'duo' (two)


uncertainty | lack of conviction | hesitation

doubted | redoubt | doubter | bedoubt | doubtful | doubting

Latin dubitare 'to hesitate, doubt', from dubius 'doubtful'


douches | douched | douchey | douchery | douchebag | douchefag


unbaked mixture of flour and liquid | mass of malleable substance

doughy | doughs | dougher | doughnut | doughboy | doughily


Middle English dour/dure, related to Old French dour


Middle English dousen, related to douse (to drench)


doves | dovely | dovecot | dovekie | dovelet | dovecote


dat / dat, dition / dition, don1 / don, dor / dor, dos2 / dos, dote / dote

Old French dower/dowier, from Vulgar Latin *dutare, from Latin dos (genitive dotis) 'dowry, property brought by a bride to her husband'


dowager, dowager countess, dowager queen

dowagers | dowagerly | dowagerism | dowagerish | dowagerlike

Old French 'dowagère' from 'douaire' (dowry)


unfashionable | unfashionable | lacking style

From Old English dōdige 'having a manner or disposition', from dōd 'deed, manner' + -ig 'having the quality of'.


Old English dowrian 'to be worthy, to endure'


downward | below | towards a lower position

downy | downs | downer | downed | Downie | lowdown


Old English 'dūnian' (to depress, humble) from 'dūn' (hill)


property | goods | payment brought by a bride to her husband


instruct | viewpoint | principle | commend | consider | hold a belief | conviction

docile | doctor | doctrine | indoctrinate | indoctrination | dogma | dogmatic | dogmatism | doxology | heterodox | orthodox | paradox | paradox unrelated: doxy | heterodoxy

docere | doctus | δοκεῖν (dokeîn) ~to appear | seem | think~ | δόξα (dóxa) ~opinion~ | δόγμα (dógma) | Greek doxa : opinion | praise dokein : to seem | to think


dozens | dozenth | dozenal | dozenals | dozenths | dozenalism


to bring near | to tug | to pull forcefully

bedraggled, draft, drag, draggle, dragnet, draw, drawer, drawers, drawl, dray

Proto-Germanic *draganą "to draw, drag" < Proto-Indo-European *der- "to run, rush, draw"


drabs | drably | drabby | drabber | drabbed | drabness

From Old English 'dræge' meaning dull, dreary, or gloomy.


Examples: Dracophyllum ("dragon race"); Dracocephalum ("dragon head"); Dracaena ("female dragon")

δράκος (drákos)


drafts | drafty | draftee | drafter | drafted | updraft


drags | draggy | redrag | updrag | dragged | dragnet

Middle English draggen, from Old English dragan 'to draw, pull'


mythical serpent | large reptilian creature

dragons | dragonet | dragonfly | dragoness | dragonish | dragonets


dragon-like | mythical creature | cavalryman

dragoons | dragooned | dragooner | dragooning | dragooners


drains | drainer | drained | drainage | draining | drainers

Middle English drainen, from Old French drainier


drakes | icedrake | firedrake | icedrakes | firedrakes | earthdrake

Old English draca, from Latin draco 'dragon, serpent'


aerodrome, anadromous, antidromic, catadromous, diadromous, dromaeosaurid, heterodromous, hippodrome, loxodrome, monodromy, palindrome, syndrome

drams | dramshop | fluidram | dramming | dramless | fluidrams


dramas | nondrama | biodrama | metadrama | dramatize | minidrama


From Proto-Germanic *drankaz (past tense of *drunkaną), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰerǵʰ- 'to hold, grasp'.


draped | drapes | drapey | undrape | bedrape | drapeth

Old French 'draper' (to clothe, to dress)


Greek drastikos 'active, energetic' from dran 'to do, to act'


act of pulling | current of air | portion of liquid


drawl | draws | adraw | drawer | updraw | drawee

Old English dragan "to pull, drag, or draw"


dreads | adread | dreaded | dreader | dreadly | undread


vision during sleep | state of being unreal | aspiration

dreamt | dreams | dreamy | dreamed | dreamer | undream

Proto-Germanic *drēam- 'joy, merriment' (originally 'joyous noise'), from Proto-Indo-European *drem- 'to sing, chant'


dreary | drearily | drearing | drearsome | dreariness | drearisome


to clear | to scoop | to extract from bottom

dredger | dredged | dredges | dredgers | dredgerman


From Old French 'dregue' or 'dreg', meaning dregs or sediment, likely of Germanic origin.


to soak | to wet thoroughly | to saturate

drenched | drencher | bedrench | indrench | drenching | drenchers


address (all senses), dress (all senses), dressage, dresser, redress

dressy | undress | redress | dresser | dressed | dresses

Old French 'dresser' (to arrange, prepare, or direct)


French 'dressage' from 'dresser' 'to train/to set up'


slow movement | gradual change | wandering


to pierce | to bore | repetitive practice

drills | drilled | driller | redrill | drilling | drillers

Middle English drille, related to the idea of a boring tool


to consume a liquid | to ingest by swallowing

drinks | drinker | drinked | bedrink | drinkle | undrink


drips | adrip | drippy | bedrip | dripped | dripper

imitative of the sound of falling liquid


driven | driver | drives | drived | drivee | drivers

Proto-Germanic *drībaną 'to drive, drive out', from PIE *dʰreibʰ- 'to pull, drag'


Middle English drivelen 'to flow, trickle'


motivated by | controlled by | propelled by


drizzles | drizzled | drizzler | bedrizzle | drizzlers | bedrizzled


adroit, droit, droit du seigneur, maladroit

Latin dritus, past participle of dirigere 'to set straight, direct'


drolly | drolls | droller | drollery | drollers | drollist

Middle English droll, from drol, meaning trickster or buffoon


dromes | anadrome | isodrome | seadrome | aerodrome | velodrome


aerodrome | anadromous | antidromic | catadromous | diadromous | dromaeosaurid | heterodromous | hippodrome | loxodrome | monodromy | palindrome | syndrome

diadromous | antidromous | homodromous | amphidromous | cladodromous | heterodromous


continuous low humming sound | worker bee | mindless follower

drones | droned | droney | droner | droners | dronefly


drools | drooly | drooler | drooled | droolers | drooling

Middle English drool (droul), related to Old English drūgian (to dry)


to hang or bend downward | to sag | to decline

droops | droopy | adroop | drooped | drooper | drooping

Middle English droop, likely imitative of the action


to fall | to let fall | to cease | to decrease

bedrop | gumdrop | droplet | airdrop | dropped | dropout


swelling | edema | accumulation of fluid

Greek 'drops* (drip) + '-osis' (condition)


a fine moisture formed on surfaces during cool conditions | liquid condensation from atmospheric humidity

δρόσος | δρόσου (drósos | drósou) | Greek drosos : dew


rubbish | waste | refuse | worthless matter

drossy | drosses | Windross | undrossy | drossless | drossiness

Middle English 'dros', likely related to 'dregs'


to propel | to operate a vehicle | to force movement

drover | droves | droved | drovers | drovest | droveway

Old English drīfan 'to drive, impel, or force'


to submerge | to die by water | to overwhelm

drowns | drowned | drowner | drowning | drowners | drowneth


Middle English dwrosen, related to drowsy


drubs | drubly | drubber | drubbed | drubbing | drubbers

From Old English 'drufian' meaning 'to beat, strike, or defeat'.


drudges | drudged | drudger | drudgery | endrudge | drudgers


A short form of 'drugstore'; a place where medicines and other goods are sold

druggy | bedrug | codrug | druggo | druggie | drugged


druids | druidic | Druidry | Druidic | druidism | druidess


percussion instrument | rhythmic sound | beat

drums | redrum | bedrum | eardrum | drummer | drummed

Middle English drumme, of uncertain origin, possibly related to Old French tambour


a person who drinks frequently | someone often under the influence of alcohol | an individual prone to intoxication

drunks | drunky | undrunk | drunkie | drunkly | drunkard


a woody plant | a perennial plant with a trunk

dryad | dryadic | hamadryad | dryopithecine

adry | drys | dryer | dryth | dryly | redry


nymph | oak tree nymph | spirit of the forest

Greek drus (oak) + -ad (suffix denoting belonging to)


the second cardinal number | the term for two entities

duet | dual | deuce | doubt | duality | duo | duplex | duplicity | duumvirate | duumviri | nonduality | duad | duodecimal | duodenum | duologue | duplicate | duplicity Variant Spellings: deuce | double unrelated: bell2 / duel. | double

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duals | dualie | dually | bidual | duality | dualism


doubt | doubtful | dubiety | dubious | indubitable

dubs | redub | dubby | dubber | dubbed | fandub


From Old Norse Dyflin, likely from Dublin meaning 'dark pool'.


carry | guide | attract | drag | direct | cause

abduce | abduct | adduce | adduct | conduce | deduce | induce | introduce | produce | reduce | seduce | traduce | aqueduct | conducive | induct | seductive | conduct | abducent | ducat | duchess | duchy | educate | educe | reproduce | transducer Variant Spellings: duke | subduce | subdue | duke


Latin ducissa, from dux 'leader' (gen. ducis)


ducks | ducky | ducker | ducked | duckie | beduck


carry | guide | attract | drag | the act of leading

abduce | abduct | adduce | adduct | conduce | deduce | induce | introduce | produce | reduce | seduce | traduce | aqueduct | conducive | induct | seductive | conduct | conductor | deduct | duct | ductile | inductance | induction | introduction | product | production | reduction | reproduction | seduction | viaduct

ducts | ductal | ductway | ductless | ductwork | aeroduct


dues | undue | dueful | overdue | duebill | dueness


duels | dueler | dueled | duelist | duelers | dueling

Latin duellum 'war, combat', variant of bellum 'war', from PIE *dwel- 'to fight'


From Dutch 'duffel' (a coarse woolen cloth), from Middle Dutch 'duvel' or 'duvelen', possibly related to Old French 'duvel' or Germanic roots for 'thick cloth'.


dukes | duked | unduke | beduke | dukedom | undukes

Latin dux 'leader' (genitive ducis), from ducere 'to lead'


billet-doux | dolce | dolcetto | douce | doux | dulcet | dulcian | dulcify | dulcimer | edulcorant | edulcorate | subdulcid | dulciana | Dulcinea Variant Spellings: dolce | La Dolce Vita


not sharp | lacking brightness | boring | blunt

dully | dulls | dulled | duller | undull | dullen

Middle English 'dul', from Old English 'dol'


to represent as lacking intelligence | to depict as foolish | to signify stupidity

dumbo | dumbs | dumbos | dumbly | dumben | bedumb

From Old English 'dumb' meaning 'silent,' later extended to 'stupid.'


to fall silent | to be heavy | to be dejected

dumps | dumper | dumpee | dumping | dumpers | dumpees

Middle English dumpen 'to fall silent, be heavy, or be dejected'


a person or thing that is clumsy, foolish, or prone to breaking

From Lewis Carroll's 'Humpty Dumpty' (1871), originally a nursery rhyme character; later generalized in English to denote a fragile or foolish entity.


duns | dunny | dunner | dunned | dunning | dunnish

Negation, Greek origin, Scientific terminology

Greek prefix 'dun-' (variant of 'an-' or 'a-') meaning 'not' or 'without', often found in scientific or technical terms derived from Greek roots.


dunces | duncery | duncely | duncedom | dunceish | duncelike

Middle English 'dunce', possibly related to 'do' or 'dunce' as a person of low intelligence


dungs | dungy | dunged | bedung | dunging | bedungs


underground prison | dark chamber | subterranean fortification

dungeons | endungeon | indungeon | dungeoner | dungeoneer | dungeonous


dunks | dunker | dunked | dunking | dunkers | dunkings

Middle English dunken, related to dunk (to dip)


From the French city name Dunkirk, derived from Dutch Duinkerke 'little church'.


Greek prefix doun- (variant of an-) meaning 'not, without'


pair | pertaining to two | concerning two

duet | duplicate | duopoly | duodrama | duotone

duotype | duotone | duolocal | duologue | duotones | duograph


duodecad | duodecade | duodecads | duodecades


Latin duodēnum (from duodēnus 'twelve each', from duō 'two' + dē 'down, from') + -um (neuter singular ending)


duper | duped | dupes | dupery | dupers | dedupe

Latin 'duplus' meaning 'double', derived from 'duo' (two)


duplexes | duplexed | duplexer | duplexing | nonduplex | duplexity

Latin duplex (genitive duplexis) 'double, twofold', from du- 'two' + -plex 'fold'


firm | persist | sustain | withstand | solidify

dour | dura | durability | durable | durain | dural | duramen | durance | durancy | duration | durative | dure | duress | durity | durous | durum | endurable | endurance | endurant | endure | indurate | induration | nondurable | obduracy | obdurate | obduration | perdurable | perdurance | perdure | subdural | dura mater | epidural | subdural Variant Spellings: dour | durance vile | during

compare pia / pia / : dur2 / dur | dur1 / dur

Latin durus 'hard, tough' or durare 'to harden, last'


durables | undurable | nondurable | nondurables | semidurable | durableness


Latin durare 'to last, endure', from durus 'hard'


Physiological state, Hunger/Thirst, Germanic

From Old English 'durst' (past tense of 'drincan'), from Proto-Germanic '*þurstaz', from Proto-Indo-European '*dʰers-' (to thirst).


dusky | dusks | dusked | dusken | duskly | dusking


dusty | dusts | dustup | duster | dusted | bedust