number four | ordinal position of four | grouped in fours | repeated fourfold

quadrangle | quadrennial | quadriceps | quadrifarious | quadrifid | quadrifolium | quadrifrons | quadrilateral | quadrilingual | quadriliteral | quadrillion | quadrimester | quadrinational | quadrinodal | quadrinomial | quadrinominal | quadripara | quadrireme | quadrisection | quadrivalent | quadrivium | quadruped | quadruple | quadruplet | quadruplex | quadruplicate | quatrain | quatre | quatrefoil | inquartation | interquartile | quadroon | quart | quartal | quartan | quartary | quarte | quarter | quartermaster | quartet | quartic | quartile | quartine | quarto | semiquartile | quaternary | quaternion


Latin quattuor 'four' + -ain (diminutive suffix)


quays | quayage | quayman | quayside | quaylike | quayages


bequeath Variant Spellings: bequest | quoth | bequest


queens | queeny | queenly | queened | requeen | queenie

Old French queen, from Old English cwēn 'woman, wife' (cognate with Old High German kuonin, Gothic qēn)


queers | queerly | queered | queerer | queerdo | queermo

From Old English cwēor, meaning 'to confuse' or 'to puzzle'.


quells | queller | quelled | quelling | quellers | quellest

Middle English quell, from Old French quellir


quencher | quenched | unquench | requench | dequench | quenchers

Suppression, Satisfaction, Physical Action

Old French quensher 'to extinguish, subdue'


look for | pursue | in pursuit of | express dissatisfaction | mourn

quest / quest, quir / quir, quisit / quisit


querulously | unquerulous | querulousness | querulousnesses

Latin querulus 'complaint, complaining', from queri 'to complain'


subquery | querying | queryist | queryable | queryings | overquery

From Latin 'quaerere' meaning 'to ask, seek, investigate'


quests | quested | quester | questing | questers | questman


questioner | questioned | requestion | questionee | questioning | questioners

From Latin 'quaestio' (inquiry, search), derived from 'quaerere' (to seek, ask).


Nahuatl 'quetzalli' meaning 'precious feather'


queues | queued | queuer | dequeue | queuers | queueing

Old French 'cue', from 'coier' 'to know/direct'


state of inactivity | tranquility | silence | release from duty

quiet, quietus, quieta, quieter, quietest

quies | quiētus | Spanish  quina | shortened from quinaquina : cinchona bark Quechua

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quicks | quicky | quickly | quicken | quickie | unquick


Latin quid, neuter singular of quis 'who, what'


Plural of 'quid', a slang term for pound sterling, derived from Latin 'quid' (what) via the phrase 'quid pro quo'.


Latin quiescere 'to become quiet, rest', from quies 'quiet, rest'


silent | still | calm | making little noise

quiets | quieten | quietly | quieter | quieted | unquiet

From Old French 'quiet' (resting, at rest), from Latin 'quietus' (calm, still), from 'quies' (rest).


Latin quietus 'at rest, settled', past participle of quiescere 'to become quiet'


quills | quilly | quiller | quilled | quillers | quillman


quilts | quilty | quilter | quilted | quilting | quilters

Middle English 'quilt', related to 'quilt' (fabric)


amodiaquin, quinacrine, quinidine, quinine, quinoline, quinone

From Latin quina 'each of five', referring to the five alkaloids originally isolated from cinchona bark.


ordinal number representing the position of five in a sequence | cardinal number five | distribution of five items per group or individual

biquintile | quint | quinta | quintal | quintan | quintant | quintary | quinte | quintessence | quintessential | quintic | quintile | quintipara | quintus | semiquintile | biquinary | quinarius | quinary | quinate

biquintile, quint, quinta, quintal, quintan, quintant, quintary, quinte, quintessence, quintessential, quintic, quintile, quintipara, quintus, semiquintile, biquinary, quinarius, quinary, quinate

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Latin 'quintus' meaning 'fifth', referring to the fruit's typical ripening period in the fifth month (May) or its five-pointed star shape when cut crosswise.


quinined | quinines | nonquinine | iodoquinine


numerical value five | ordinal position corresponding to five | cardinal number representing five | distribution of five per unit

biquintile | quint | quinta | quintal | quintan | quintant | quintary | quinte | quintessence | quintessential | quintic | quintile | quintipara | quintus | semiquintile | biquinary | quinarius | quinary | quinate | quinquagenarian | Quinquagesima | quinquefoliate | quinquennium | quinquevalent Variant Spellings: quincunx | quincunx


numeral five | cardinal number five | ordinal position after four | five per unit

quintet | quintessence | biquintile | quint | quinta | quintal | quintan | quintant | quintary | quinte | quintessential | quintic | quintile | quintipara | quintus | semiquintile | biquinary | quinarius | quinary | quinate | quintain | quintillion | quintuple | quintuplet unrelated: quintal | quintuplets (5 identical people) | quintessential (top 5) | quintile (1 of 5 parts) | biquintile (2 of 5 parts)

quints | quintillion | quintillions | quintillionth | quintillionths | quintillionfold

Latin 'quintus' meaning 'fifth', derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *penkwe- 'five'.

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Latin 'quintus' meaning 'fifth', derived from 'quinque' (five)


quirky | quirks | quirked | quirkily | unquirky | quirkish


conquistador | inquisitive | exquisite | perquisite | acquisition


quits | acquit | quites | quitted | quitter | acquits


bequivers | quiverers | bequivered | quivertips | subquivers | quiverfuls

Middle English quivren, related to Old English cwiferian


Proper noun from Don Quixote, protagonist of Cervantes' novel


squizz | quizzy | quizzes | quizzer | quizzed | quizzee

From French 'quiz' (18th century), possibly from Latin 'quis' (who) or Irish 'cúis' (cause, matter), originally meaning a 'prompt question' or 'trick question'.


quodlibet, quorum, quod erat demonstrandum

Latin relative pronoun quod, neuter singular of qui, quae, quod


From Old English 'cwēot' meaning a ring or hoop, related to Old Norse 'kvǫt' and Old High German 'guoz'.


Latin adverb quondam 'at some time, formerly', from quondam 'at some time' (from quis 'who' + -dam 'some')


Latin quorum 'of whom', genitive plural of quis 'who'


quantity measure | magnitude extent | denotes numerical value: enumerating | tallying

quota | quotient | subquotient | aliquot | quotation | quote | quotidian | quotient unrelated: queath / quoth. | quorum


Latin quotidianus, from quoties 'how often' + -dianus


quotients | biquotient | biquotients | subquotients

Latin quotiens 'how many times' (from qu- 'how much' + -tiens 'times')


Latin raba 'rabble, mob' or rabies 'rage, madness'


A Jewish religious leader | A qualified individual leading a Jewish congregation | A title for a Jewish scholar or spiritual guide

rabbis | rabbinate | rabbiship | rabbinical | rabbinates | rabbiships

Derived from Hebrew 'rav' meaning 'great' or 'master'.


A runner who sets the pace in a race to tire a rival or aid a teammate | A term used in competitive racing to describe a strategic runner

rabbity | rabbito | rabbited | rabbitry | rabbiter | rabbitos


rabbles | rabbled | rabbler | rabblers | rabblement | rabblements

Middle English rabble, possibly related to rabble/rabblement


characterized by extreme fury | affected by rabies

Latin rabidus 'furious, mad', from rabies 'rabies, fury'


races | raced | racer | racers | torace | enrace

Derived from the verb 'race' (to run quickly), used attributively to denote things related to competitive running or speed.


rachipagus, rachis, rachischisis, rhachiodont, rhachis


racks | racker | racked | unrack | rerack | birack

From Old English 'ræcan' meaning 'to stretch out, extend, reach'.


racketers | racketeers | racketings | racketeered | racketballs | racketiness

From Middle English 'rakette', possibly from Old French 'racasser' (to make noise) or a Germanic base related to 'rack' (to stretch/torment), evolving to mean 'noisy disturbance'.


French 'raconteur', from 'raconter' 'to recount'


racquets | racquetball | racquetless | racquetlike | racquetballs | racquetballer


rads | megarad | gigarad | kilorad | radness | megarads


detection | scanning | radio-based sensing

radargrams | radarscopes | radarkymogram | radarkymograms | radarmeteorology

acronym from RADio Detection And Ranging


narrow column of light/energy | wheel component extending from center | energy emission | line of light/energy | emission of light | emanating from a central point

radiance | radiation | radioactive | radiant | irradiate | radioactivity | radian


origin | base | of an anatomical structure | typically a nerve or vein | root


connected with radio waves or radio communications

related to wireless signals or communication via radio waves

radiotin | radiology | radiohalo | radiogram | radiogold | radiolite

From Latin 'radius' meaning 'ray' or 'beam of light'


rafts | rafter | rafted | rafting | raftage | raftman

From Old English 'ræft' (raft, pile of logs), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch 'raft' and German 'Raff'.


a long, narrow flat piece of timber or other material used in building

rafter, raftered, rafterless, rafterboard

Construction, Architecture, Structural component

From Old English 'ræft' (beam, rafter), related to 'ræfan' (to cover with rafters).


rags | raggy | ragbag | toerag | ragged | ragman

Old English 'ræġ' meaning 'rag, strip of cloth'


a sudden attack | a surprise military incursion

raids | raider | raided | ramraid | raiders | raiding


railer | railed | rerail | inrail | unrail | enrail

Old French 'reille' (bar, strip, or strip of wood)


precipitation | water falling from clouds

rainy | rains | rained | derain | berain | rainer

Old English rægn 'rain, heavy fall of water'


raises | raiser | upraise | raisers | reraise | raiseth


raisins | craisin | raisiny | craisins | raisinate | raisinish


rajahs | rajahship | rajahnate | rajahships


rakes | raked | raker | rakers | rakery | raketh


to gather | to assemble | to call together

rallying | rallyist | rallygoer | antirally | rallyings | rallyists

Old French 'rallier' (to join, to enlist)


ramification | ramus | rammel | ramose | ramous | ramulose | ramulous | biramous | ramate | ramify

rams | ramed | rammy | ramrod | ramjet | rammed

rāmus | Middle English rampen Old French ramper : to climb | to rear | to rise up


derivational suffix affix bound morpheme

georama | georamas | cyclorama | cosmorama | cycloramas | cosmoramas

Greek pan-, 'all' + -orama, 'view/sight'


the ninth month of the Islamic calendar | fasting month

Ramadan, Ramadan Kareem, Ramadan Mubarak

Arabic Ramaḍān, from r-m-ḍ 'to be hot' or 'scorching heat', referring to the intense heat of the month in pre-Islamic Arabia


imitative of the sound of wandering or confused speech


Latin ramosus 'branchy' (from ramus 'branch') + -ficare 'to make'


to stand erect | to adopt a menacing posture

ramp (all senses except leek), rampant, rampage

ramps | ramper | ramped | deramp | rampant | ramping

Middle English rampen 'to climb, to move quickly'


defensive wall | fortification | barrier

ramparts | ramparted | rampartless | rampartlike

Old French 'rempart' from 'remper' 'to fortify'


dilapidated | in disrepair | shaky | rickety

ramshackled | ramshackles | ramshackleness

Compound of 'ram' (from Middle English 'ramme') + 'shackle' (from Old Norse 'skakkli')


Rana | ranid | Ranidae | ranula | ranunculus


ranchy | ranched | rancher | ranches | ranching | ranchers


smelling | tasting | smelling of decay | decomposed

rancidly | rancidity | rancidify | nonrancid | rancidness | rancidities

Latin rancidus 'stinking, rank, offensive to the smell'


rancors | rancorous | rancorless | rancorously | unrancorous

Latin rancor, rancoris 'bitterness, resentment', from rancere 'to be bitter, sour'


random, randomness, randomize, randomization

rands | Randian | randing | Randroid | Randlord | Randianism

Latin 'rāndus' (scattered, distributed) or 'rārius' (rare, scattered), related to 'rāre' (to scatter)


randomness, randomly, randomize, randomised

randoms | randomly | unrandom | randomer | randomise | randomity

Latin 'randomus' (of a soldier's lot), possibly from 'raptus' (seized) or 'rand' (track/path)


sexually excited | lustful | full of sexual desire


arrange systematically | organize in sequence

arrange | derange | range | ranger | rangy Variant Spellings: rank (line | arrangement) | rank (line


ranks | ranked | rankly | ranker | ranken | enrank

Latin 'ranga' meaning 'furrow, row, series'


to cause irritation | to annoy | to disturb

rankles | rankled | rankleth | ranklement

From Old French 'rancule' or 'rancir', derived from 'rancor' (resentment, grudge), ultimately from Latin 'rancere' (to be rotten, to stink, to be bitter).


ransacks | ransacked | ransacker | ransacking | ransackers | unransacked

Middle English ransacken (to search thoroughly)


ransoms | ransomer | ransomed | ransomers | ransometh | ransomless

Old French 'rançon' from 'rancier' (to redeem)


to shout | to cry out | to rave | to speak loudly and excitedly

rants | ranty | ranter | ranted | ranting | ranters

Middle English 'ranten', possibly related to 'rant' (to shout)


sharp tapping | hurried | quick | speedy

rapid, raptor, rapacious, precipitate, erupt

raps | rapper | rapped | rapping | rappers | rapcore

Latin rap- (stem of rapere) 'to seize, snatch, carry off'


a bulbous, edible root | a type of root vegetable


Latin rapax (genitive rapacis) 'greedy, plundering', from rapere 'to seize, snatch'


raped | rapes | raper | rapey | frape | rapee

from Latin 'rapere' meaning to seize or take by force


rapids | rapidly | unrapid | rapidity | nonrapid | rapidness

From Latin rapidus 'swift, impetuous', from rapere 'to seize, snatch'


Old French 'rapier' (from 'rapier' or 'rapière')


rapport, rapporteur, reporter, report, reportage

French 'rapport', from 'rapporter' (to bring back)


re-establishment | reconciliation | bringing together

French rapprochement, from rapprocher 'to bring closer', from re- 'again' + proche 'close'


forcibly taken | secured through force | transported mentally


Examples: Velociraptor ("swift robber"); Utahraptor ("Utah robber"); Raptorex ("thief king")

raptors | raptorish | raptorlike | Utahraptor


rared | rares | rarefy | rarely | rareish | nonrare

From Latin rarus 'scanty, sparse, open, clear'


From rarebit (short for rarebit-welsh), a playful alteration of Welsh rarebit, referring to a dish of melted cheese on toast.


From Old English 'rǣran' (to raise, lift up) and 'rǣran' (to desire, seek), related to 'ragan' (to be eager).


to remove by rubbing against a surface | to cut closely with a blade | to make a shallow mark with a sharp object

abrade | abrasion | abrasive | corrade | corrasion | erase | erasure | nonabrasive | radula | radular | raduliform | rase | rash | rasorial | raster | rasure | subradular | razor | erasable | raze | razee | tabula rasa

rādere | rāsus | Latin rāsum | pp. of rādere : to scrape


rascals | rascally | rascalry | rascality | rascaless | rascaldom


rashy | rasher | rashie | rashly | rashies | rashers


to make a harsh grating sound | to scrape or scratch

rasps | rasped | rasper | rasping | raspily | raspers


rational, rationale, ratio, rationalize, irrational

Latin rāta 'feminine past participle of reri 'to think, reckon, calculate'


a mechanism for tightening or adjusting | a device for holding or securing | to tighten or adjust

ratchet, ratcheting, ratcheted, ratchets

ratchets | ratchety | ratcheted | ratcheting | ratchetlike | ratchetings

From Dutch ratel 'rattle', from ratelen 'to rattle', of imitative origin; the mechanical sense developed in the 19th century.


to a certain degree | preferably | instead of

Old English rædere "one who rides" or ræd "counsel/advice"


to confirm | to validate | to make official

Latin ratificare, from ratus (past participle of reri 'to think, consider') + facere 'to make'


ratios | ratioed | ratioless | ratiometry | eigenratio | ratiometric

Latin ratiō (gen. ratiōnis) 'reckoning, calculation, reason'


Latin ratiocinari 'to calculate, reckon, reason', from ratiocinatus, past participle of ratiocinari, from ratio 'reckoning, reason'


rationals | arational | rationally | birational | rationalise | rationality

Latin rationalis, from ratio (reason, calculation)


a type of climbing palm | flexible woody stem


to make a rapid succession of short, sharp sounds | to shake

rattler | brattle | rattled | rattles | rattlers | brattles


Latin 'raucus' meaning 'hoarse, harsh-sounding'


ravish | ravine | ravage | raven (to devour) | ravenous | ravin | ravishing

Latin raptus, past participle of rapere 'to seize, snatch'


to lay waste | to plunder | to devastate

ravages | ravaged | ravager | ravagers | unravaged | ravagement


ravels | unravel | raveled | raveler | ravelly | raveling

From Old French 'raveler' meaning to tangle or confuse, possibly of Germanic origin.


ravens | ravened | ravener | ravenly | nonraven | raveners

From Proto-Germanic *hrafnaz, from Proto-Indo-European *korwos


From Old French 'ravine' meaning 'rapine, plunder', derived from the verb 'ravir' (to seize, carry off), ultimately from Latin 'rapere'.


to seize | to carry away | to delight | to enchant

ravisher | ravished | enravish | ravishing | ravishers | ravishment

From Old French ravir, from Latin rapere 'to seize, carry off'


raws | rawly | nonraw | rawish | rawism | rawist

Old English 'rāw' meaning 'raw, uncooked, natural'


Derived from the proper name Rawson, likely of Norman French origin, with the suffix -son indicating 'son of' or 'descendant of'.


array | disarray Variant Spellings: curry (to brush | to comb) | raiment | curry (to brush

rayed | beray | raying | sunray | berays | outray

Latin 'arare' (to plow) -> 'exarare' (to prepare, make ready)


Latin radix 'rasus', past participle of 'radere' 'to scrape'


razors | razory | razored | razoring | razorbill | razorback

From Old English 'ræser' or 'ræsere', meaning 'one who cuts', derived from the verb 'rǣsan' (to cut, to shave).


Likely imitative or reduplicative formation


From Latin ordinal suffix -rdus, derived from the root of tres (three)


Plurality, Grammatical inflection, Morphology

Old English plural suffix -as/-es, evolved into Modern English -s/-es for plurals and third-person singular present verbs.


returning to a previous position or state | once more | freshly or newly | repeating an action | facing | opposing | the second occurrence | reverting to an original condition | in reverse direction | moving in the opposite direction | opposing | no longer indicating repetition or return | a subject or issue

return, rebuild, rewrite, repeat, recover, reflect, reject, release, relieve, remove

res | redo | rehi | reop | reset | rerun

this list is not exhaustive / : red / red / : extended form: retro / retro

Process reiteration | Direction designator

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reach, reachable, unreachable, outreach, outreaching

areach | reacht | reached | reaches | reacher | atreach

Old English ræcan "to extend, stretch, or reach"


reader, readable, reading, unreadable, re-read

reads | aread | readme | reader | arread | unread

Old English rǣdan "to advise, interpret, read"


prepared | prepared for action | in a state of readiness

already | unready | readying | overready | foreready


El Camino Real, Montreal, real (monetary unit of various countries), realm

reals | unreal | really | reality | realism | realize

Latin 'rēx' (gen. 'rēgis') meaning 'king'


to become aware | to make real | to understand

realization, realize, realistic, unrealize

Latin 'realis' (of a thing) + '-ize' (verb-forming suffix)


Latin regnum 'kingdom, reign' (from rex, reg- 'king')


Latin res (gen. rei) 'thing, matter' + -tās (suffix forming abstract nouns)


reams | reamer | reamed | reaming | reamers | reamings

Latin 'rēma' meaning 'oar' or 'row', extended to mean a row or series, then a large number.


reaps | reaper | reaped | reapers | reaping | reapest


arrears, rear (behind) unrelated: rear (to raise, to rise)

rears | uprear | reared | corear | rearer | rearing

Old French 'arriere' (behind, at the back)


reasoned | reasoner | unreason | reasoners | reasonist | outreason

Latin rāriōnem (nominative rātiō) 'reckoning, calculation, way of thinking', from rāri 'to reckon, calculate'


Latin re- 'back, again' + batus, past participle of ferre 'to bear, carry'


rebel, rebellion, rebellious, rebelliousness

rebels | rebelled | rebeller | rebeldom | nonrebel | rebelling

Latin rebellis 'to fight again', from re- 'again' + bellum 'war'


Latin rebus 'things' (ablative plural of res)


rebuttal | rebuttals | prebuttals | surrebutter | surrebutters | unrebuttable

Latin 're-' (back, again) + 'butare' (to drive back, oppose, from 'but-' stem of 'buttare' to throw)


Latin recalcitrare 'to kick back', from re- 'back' + calcitrare 'to kick', from calcitr- 'kick' (related to calx 'heel')


receipt, receptive, recipient, receptive

receipts | receipted | receiptor | receipting | receiptors | nonreceipt

Latin recipere 'to take back, receive', from re- 'back' + capere 'to take'


recently | nonrecent | recentish | recentism | recentness | semirecent

From Latin recent- 'fresh, fresh-made', present participle stem of recēnēre 'to be fresh'


Latin 're-' (again, back) + 'quaerere' (to seek, ask)


Latin recidivus 'returning to former faults', from re- 'again' + cadere 'to fall'


a series of actions or steps to achieve a result | a set of instructions for cooking

from Latin 'recipere' meaning 'to take, receive, or accept', derived from 're-' (back) + 'capere' (to take)


Latin recipiens, present participle of recipere 'to take back, receive'


mutual exchange | to switch repeatedly | to swap | equal in both directions

Latin reciprocus 'reciprocal, alternating', from re- 'back' + procare 'to move forward'


reckoners | misreckons | unreckoned | outreckons | overreckons | misreckoning

Old English recċan 'to count, reckon, calculate'


recluses | reclused | reclusely | recluseness

Latin reclusus, past participle of recludere 'to shut up, enclose'


recollects | recollected | recollector | recollection | recollecting | misrecollect

Latin re- 'back' + colligere 'to gather, collect'


recommendation, recommendable, recommendatory, recommendee

recommends | recommended | recommender | unrecommend | recommendee | recommending

Latin 'recomendare' meaning 'to entrust, commend', from 're-' (intensive) + 'commendare' (to praise, entrust)


hidden | obscure | difficult to understand

recondites | recondited | reconditely | irrecondite

Latin reconditus, past participle of recondere 'to store away, hide'


a written account of events | a set of data about a person or thing

record, recorder, recording, recordable, records

records | recorded | unrecord | recordee | recording | prerecord

Latin recordum 'memorandum, list', neuter past participle of recordare 'remember'


to tell again | to narrate | to calculate again

recountings | unrecounted | recountments

Latin re- 'again' + Latin computare 'to calculate'


recoups | recouper | recouped | recouping | recoupers | recoupable


to turn to | to resort to | way of relief

recourse, recur, recurrence, recurred, recurring

recourses | recoursed | nonrecourse | recourseful

Latin 'recursus', past participle of 'recurrere' (re- 'back' + currere 'to run')


to regain | to return to a normal state | to retrieve

recovers | recovered | recoverer | recoveree | recoveror | recovering

Latin 'recuperare' (to regain), from 're-' (back) + 'cuperare' (to desire, seize, related to 'copia' abundance)


Latin 'recreans', present participle of 'recreare' meaning 'to restore, refresh, relieve', from 're-' (again) + 'creare' (to create, make)


recreations | recreational | recreationist | recreationally | recreationists | nonrecreational

Latin re- 'again' + creatus, past participle of creāre 'to create, produce'


recruits | recruited | recruiter | recruitee | recruital | recruiting

Latin 'recrudesco' (to break out again), from 're-' (again) + 'crudesco' (to become bloody/cruel), from 'crudus' (raw, bloody)


unbent | straightforward | align | govern | correct | erect | honest

rectify, rectangle, direct, erect, correct, integrity, rector

more at surrect / surrect / : rig1 / rig / : reg / reg, regul / regul / : compare vers / vers

regere ~to direct | lead straight | guide~ | related rectus ~straight | right~ | regere "to direct | guide" | related rectus "straight | right" | Latin red- | re- : back | again | anew


rectors | rectorial | rectorate | rectoress | prorector | subrector

Latin regere 'to rule, guide, straighten'


Latin recumbens, present participle of recumbere 'to lie down', from re- 'back' + cubare 'to lie'


Latin recuperare 'to get back, restore', from re- 'back' + capere 'to take'


recurs | recured | recurred | recuring | recursive | recurring


Latin recūsāre 'to refuse, decline', from re- 'back' + cūsāre 'to ask, inquire' (frequentative of cōnere)


recede | redact | irredentist | redeem | redemption | redintegrate | redivivus | redolent | redound | redundant | reduviid

reds | reddy | redly | hatred | redden | redtop


atypical, amoral, asymmetry, anonymous, apolitical

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


erubescence, erubescent, rubella, Rubio, rubious, rubric, rubricate, rubrication, rubricator, ruby


redacts | redacted | redactor | unredact | redaction | redacting

Latin redigere 'to bring back, reduce, edit', from re- 'back' + agere 'to do, drive'


redeems | redeemed | redeemer | coredeem | unredeem | redeemeth

Latin redimere 'to buy back, ransom', from re- 'back' + emere 'to take, buy'


Latin redimere 'to buy back, recover', from re- 'back' + emere 'to take, buy'


Latin redolēre 'to smell strongly, give off a scent', from re- 'back' + olēre 'to smell'


fortification | stronghold | place of retreat

From Old French 'redoute', from 'redouter' meaning 'to fear', ultimately from Latin 're-' + 'dubitare' (to doubt).


to set right | to remedy | to compensate

redressed | redresses | redresser | redressing | redressers | redressive

Old French 'redresser' (to straighten, to set right)


Latin redundans, present participle of redundare 'to overflow, swell over', from re- 'back' + unda 'wave'


Latin redundare 'to overflow, swell over', from re- 'back' + unda 'wave'


reedy | reeded | reeden | Reedie | reedist | reeding


reefs | reefy | reefer | reefed | reefal | reefing


reeks | reeky | areek | reeker | reeked | reeking


reels | reeler | reeled | unreel | reelin | rereel


local official | magistrate | administrator

reeved | reeves | unreeve | hogreeve | unreeved | unreeves

Old English 'gerefa' (official, steward)


refer, reference, referee, referendum, referent

Latin root 'refere' meaning 'to bring back, report, relate'


to direct attention to something | to mention something | to relate to a subject

refer, referee, reference, referendum, referent, referral

refers | referee | refered | rerefer | referent | referred

Latin referre 'to carry back, report', from re- 'back' + ferre 'to carry'


From Latin 'refinire' meaning 'to finish, complete, or purify', derived from 're-' (again) + 'finire' (to finish, from 'finis' end).


Latin refrānare 'to curb, restrain', from re- 'back' + frēnum 'bridle, rein'


the state of being refracted | refraction

Latin refringentia, from refringere 'to break up, shatter'


refuges | refuged | refugeless | microrefuge | microrefuges

Latin refugium 'a place to retreat to', from refugere 'to flee back'


to prove wrong | to deny | to contradict

refuted | refutes | refuter | refuters | refuteth | refutest

Latin refutare 'to destroy, refute', from re- 'back' + farre 'to speak'


regere ~to direct | lead straight | guide~ | related rectus ~straight | right~


to look at | to consider | to have attention to

regards | regarder | regarded | regarding | disregard | regarders

Latin 'res' (thing, matter) + 'gardir' (to watch, keep) via Vulgar Latin *regardare


correct | to straighten | to govern | monarch | guide

rectify, correct, direct, regulate, erect

Latin regere 'to rule, guide, straighten'


Likely from the English word 'regular' (via Jamaican Patois pronunciation shifts), or potentially from the Akan word 'nyágyá' meaning 'to dance', though the 'regular' etymology is more widely cited in linguistic literature regarding the music genre's name origin.


regimen | regimes | regimens | cryoregime | antiregime | nanoregime


rule | direction | guidance | regulation


a body of troops | a military unit | a group of people organized in a specific way

regiments | regimented | regimental | enregiment | regimenting | regimentals

Latin regere 'to rule, guide' (from PIE *h₄reg-)


Latin regina 'queen, female ruler', feminine of rex 'king'


regions | regional | regionals | subregion | bioregion | regionist

From Latin 'regio' (line, boundary, region), derived from 'regere' (to straighten, guide, rule).


register, registered, registering, registers

registered | enregister | inregister | unregister | reregister | deregister

Latin 'regula' meaning 'straight stick, rule, standard'


Latin regnum 'kingdom, reign', from rex (gen. regis) 'king'


regret, regrettable, regretful, regretfully

Latin 're-' (back) + 'gratus' (pleasing, thankful) -> 'regretari' (to be sorry)


regular | regulate | regulation | deregulate | irregular | regulus

Latin 'regula' meaning 'straight stick, ruler, pattern'


Latin regulus "little king", diminutive of rex "king"


Latin regurgitare 'to vomit up', from re- 'back' + guttur 'throat'


to practice | to repeat | to perform again

rehearsers | unrehearsed | misrehearsed | misrehearses | overrehearsed | underrehearsed

Middle French 'réhercer' (to harrow again)


Reichism | Reichian | reichtard | reichtards

Old High German rīhhi, from Proto-Germanic *rīkijaz (cf. Old English rīce, Gothic reiks), from PIE *h₃rǵ- 'straight, right' (related to ruling/kingdom) or *reik- 'powerful'


to make concrete | to treat an abstraction as a real thing


reigns | reigned | reigner | rereign | reigning | reigneth

Latin regnare 'to rule', from rex 'king'


reined | unrein | reining | unreins | reineth | reinest


rewrite, return, rebuild, review, repeat

Latin prefix re- 'again, back', from PIE *wer- 'to turn'


rejoiced | rejoices | rejoicer | rejoiceth | rejoicest | rejoicers

Old French rejoyir, from Latin red- 'back' + jocari 'to joke, jest'


rejoins | rejoined | rejoiner | rejoining | surrejoin | rejoiners


relative, relation, correlate, interrelate

bedrel | mongrel | wastrel | gangrel | bedrels | cockerel

Latin -relis, from relatus, past participle of referre 'to carry back, bring back'


relation, relative, relationship, interrelated

related | relates | irrelate | relatest | relateth | unrelate

From Latin 'relatus', past participle of 'referre' meaning 'to carry back, bring back, relate', composed of 're-' (back) + 'ferre' (to carry).


correlate, relation, correlation, relationship

Latin 'relatio' (nominative of 'relatus'), past participle stem of 'referre' meaning 'to carry back, bring back', composed of 're-' (back) + 'ferre' (to carry)


to make loose | to release | to free from tension

relaxed | relaxer | relaxes | relaxin | relaxing | relaxers

Latin relaxare 'to loosen, loosen up', from re- 'again' + laxare 'to make loose', from laxus 'loose'


relays | relayed | relayer | relaying | relayers | nanorelay

Old French 'relaier' 'to stop, to dismount'


release, relinquish, relapse, relativity

releases | released | releaser | releasest | corelease | unreleased

Latin 'relinquere' (to leave behind, let go), from 're-' (back) + 'linquere' (to leave)


Latin relegatus, past participle of relegare 'to send away, banish'


relents | relented | relenter | relenting | relenters | relentest

Latin relents, present participle stem of relēnīre 'to soften, relax'


relevant, relevance, relevancy, irrelevant, irrelevance

Latin relevans, present participle of relevare 'to raise up, lighten'


object from the past | remnant | vestige

relics | relicly | relical | reliclike | relicmonger | relicmongers


Latin relictus, past participle of relinquere 'to leave behind'


ease | alleviation | reduction of pressure

relieve, relieving, relieved, reliefless

reliefs | reliefful | epirelief | relieflike | reliefless | demirelief

From Latin 'relaxare' meaning 'to loosen, untie', from 're-' (back) + 'laxus' (loose).


relieved | reliever | relievers | relievest | relieveth | unrelieved

From Latin relevare 'to lift up, lighten', from re- 'again' + levare 'to lighten', from levis 'light'


Latin religio 'reverence, scrupulousness' (origin uncertain, possibly from religare 'to bind back' or relegere 'to reread')


religiophobe | religiophobes | religiomilitary | religiocultural | religiopolitical | religiophilosophy

Latin religio 'religion, reverence for the gods'


relinquished | relinquisher | relinquishing | relinquishers | relinquisheth | relinquishest

Latin relinquere 'to leave behind, give up', from re- 'back' + linquere 'to leave'


container | repository | place for keeping sacred objects

Latin reliquiae 'relics, remains' (plural of reliquus 'remaining, left over') + -ary suffix denoting place or container


to enjoy | to appreciate | to take pleasure in

relisht | relishes | relished | relisher | relishing | disrelish

Old French 'relichier' (to leave behind/remain)


unwillingness | hesitation | disinclination

Latin reluctance- 'resistance', from reluctari 'to resist, struggle against', from re- 'back' + luctari 'to strive'


reluctantly | unreluctant | unreluctantly

Latin reluctans, present participle of reluctari 'to struggle against, resist', from re- 'back' + luctari 'to strive'


Latin 're-' (back, again) + 'lari' (passive of 'reor', to think, suppose)


remain, remaining, remainder, permanent, permanent

remains | cremains | remained | remaining | remainest | Remainiac


remands | remanded | remanding | remandeth | remandest | remandment

Latin re- 'back, again' + mandare 'to commit, entrust' (from mandus, past participle of manere 'to remain')


remarks | remarked | remarker | remarking | remarkers | remarkable

Latin remarcāre 'to mark again, note down'


to recall | to keep in mind | to retain in memory

remembrance, memorial, memorable, memorabilia

remembers | remembered | rememberer | reremember | misremember | remembering

Latin 'memor' (mindful) + '-ere' (verb suffix); from PIE '*mer-' (to rub, wear away, hence remember)


to recall | to remember | to look back on

Latin reminisci 'to remember', from re- 'again' + meminisse 'to remember'


Latin remissus, past participle of remittere 'to loosen, slacken'


remits | remitted | remitter | remittal | remittee | remitting

Latin remittere 'send back, loosen, release', from re- 'back' + mittere 'send'


Latin remanere 'to remain', from re- 'back' + manere 'to stay'


remorsed | remorses | remorseful | remorseless | unremorseful | remorsefully

Latin remorsus, past participle of remordere 'to gnaw at, torment'


remotes | remoted | remotely | preremote | nonremote | remoteness

From Latin 'remotus', past participle of 'removere' meaning 'to remove, move away', composed of 're-' (back/away) + 'movere' (to move).


Latin 'remus' meaning 'man' or 'human being', possibly related to 'homo' or Indo-European *rem- 'man'.


renal | adrenal gland | adrenalin | reniform | renin

rens | eyren | kidren | children | childrens | childrenless


rens | eyren | kidren | children | childrens | childrenless

From Old English -en, plural suffix derived from Proto-Germanic *-ōn, related to the plural marker in words like 'children' (child + ren)


Renaissance, renaissance man, renaissance fair, renaissance art, renaissance period

French 'renaissance', from 're-' (again) + 'naître' (to be born)


renally | prerenal | nonrenal | subrenal | renalase | prorenal


Latin re- 'again' + nascentem (present participle of nasci 'to be born')


relinquish | transfer | return | reciprocate

render | surrender | rendezvous | rendevous | rendition | surrender Variant Spellings: rent | rental | rent

rends | render | torend | berend | rending | rendeth

Latin reddere 'to give back, restore' (red- + dare)


to split into fragments | to break apart forcefully

Latin renderé 'to tear apart, undo', from re- 'apart' + dēre 'to tear'


renders | rendered | renderer | rerender | derender | rendering

Latin rendere 'to give back, restore, pay', from re- 'back' + dare 'to give'


act of rendering | interpretation | performance

Latin 'renditio' (a giving back, surrender), from 'rendere' (to give back, deliver), from 're-' (back) + 'dare' (to give)


to go back on | to repudiate | to fail to honor

French renier 'to deny, disown', from Medieval Latin renegare 'to deny, apostatize', from Latin re- 'back' + negare 'to deny'


return, review, rebuild, rewrite, recover

renos | renogram | renopathy | renograms | renometry | renogenic


renounces | renounced | renouncer | renouncers | renounceth | renouncest

Latin renuntiare 'to announce, declare, give up', from re- 'back' + nuntiare 'to announce'


renovates | renovated | unrenovated | nonrenovated

Latin renovatus, past participle of renovare 'to make new', from re- 'again' + novus 'new'


renowns | renowner | unrenown | renowners | renownful | renownless

Old French 'renom', from 're-' + 'nom' (name)


rents | rental | rented | renter | rerent | rentor


from Latin renuntiare 'to announce back, declare, renounce', from re- 'back' + nuntiare 'to announce', from nuntius 'messenger'


Latin 'repastum', past participle of 'repascere' meaning 'to feed again' or 'to eat up', from 're-' (again) + 'pascere' (to feed)


repeals | repealed | repealer | repealing | repealers | repealeth

Latin 're-' (back, again) + 'pellere' (to drive, push)


repeated | repeater | rerepeat | repeating | repeaters | repeateth

Latin 're-' (back, again) + 'petere' (to seek, aim at)


repels | repelled | repeller | repellent | repelling | repellers

From Latin repellere, from re- 'back' + pellere 'to push'


feel regret | remorse | change one's mind

repents | repented | repenter | repentant | repenting | repenteth

Latin paenitentia 'regret, repentance', from paenitere 'to regret, make one regret'


repertoires | subrepertoire | subrepertoires | immunorepertoires

French 'repertoire' (list of items), from Medieval Latin 'repertorium' (list of things found), from Latin 'reperire' 'to find'


Latin repertorium 'place where things are found', from reperire 'to find, discover'


Latin repetitus, past participle of repetere 'to go back to, attack again'


Latin repletus, past participle of replere 'to fill up' (re- 'again' + plere 'to fill')


replyed | replyer | replying | nonreply | replyers | nonreplying

Latin 'rēspondēre' (past participle 'rēspōnsus'), from 're-' (back) + 'spondēre' (to pledge, promise)


represents | represented | representing | misrepresent | representers | representees

Latin repraesentare 'to bring before, show, depict', from re- 'again' + praesentare 'to present'


reprieves | reprieved | reprieveth | unreprieved

Latin 'repromittere' (to promise back, delay) from 're-' (back) + 'promittere' (to promise)


reprimands | reprimanded | reprimander | reprimanding | reprimanders | reprimandeth

Latin reprimandare 'to reprove, reprimand', from re- 'again' + prae- 'before' + mandare 'to entrust, command'


to take up again | to repeat | to resume

Latin re- 'again' + praesumere 'to take before, assume'


To censure or scold someone | To express disapproval towards someone | To reprimand someone

reproached | reproaches | reproacher | reproachful | reproaching | reproacheth

From Latin repropiāre, meaning 'to blame or accuse'


reprobates | reprobated | reprobater | reprobaters | reprobateness

Latin reprobatus, past participle of reprobare 'to disapprove, reject', from re- 'against' + probare 'to test, approve'


reproves | reproveth | reprovest | reprovers | unreproved | reproveable

Latin 're-' (again) + 'probari' (to prove/test)


reptile | surreptitious | reptant | reptilian | subreption

Latin 'reptus', past participle of 'repere' meaning 'to creep, crawl'


reptiles | nonreptile | reptiledom | nonreptiles | reptilelike | reptilehood

Latin 'reptilis' meaning 'crawling', from 'repere' 'to creep'


republics | republican | republicans | nonrepublic | republicize | republicism

Latin res 'thing, matter' + -publicus 'of the people'


Latin repudiare 'to reject, disown', from re- 'back' + puius 'dear' (related to putare 'to think, prune')


repugns | repugned | repugner | repugning | repugners | repugnable

Latin repugnare 'to fight against', from re- 'against' + pugnare 'to fight'


to consider | to believe | to hold an opinion

reputed | reputes | reputee | reputeth | reputest | reputees

Latin reputare 'to think over, consider', from re- 'again' + putare 'to reckon, think'


Latin requies (genitive requietis) 'rest, sleep', from requiescere 'to rest'


Latin requiritus, past participle of requirere 'to seek again, demand, repay'


rescinds | rescinded | rescinder | rescinding | rescinders | rescindeth

Latin rescindere 'to cut down, cancel', from re- 'back' + scindere 'to split, cut'


Latin rescindere 'to cut off, annul', from re- 'back' + scindere 'to split, cut'


rescued | rescuer | rescues | rescuee | rescuers | rescuees

From Latin rescindere 'to cut down, destroy', from re- 'back' + caedere 'to cut, strike'


feel bitterness | indignation | displeasure

resents | resented | resenter | resentful | resentive | resenting

Latin 'resentīrī' (to feel again, to feel anew), from re- 'again' + sentīre 'to feel'


reserved | reserves | reserver | reservee | unreserve | reservers

From Latin reservare, composed of re- 'back' + servare 'to keep, save'


a large supply | a storage area | a source

reservoirs | reservoirful | reservoirfuls

French reservoir, from Old French resservoir


reside | residence | resident | residual | residue

residere ~remain behind~ (see also sedere) | residere "remain behind" (see also sedere)


intraresidue | interresidue | multiresidue | multiresidues | phosphoresidue | phosphoresidues

From Latin residuum, neuter past participle of residēre 'to remain, stay behind', from re- 'back' + sīdere 'to sit'.


to step down | to relinquish | to give up

resign, resignation, resigning, resigned

resigns | resigned | resigner | resignee | resigning | resigners

Latin resignare 'to unseal, cancel, revoke', from re- 'back' + signare 'to mark, seal', from signum 'sign, mark'


Latin resilire 'to leap back, recoil', from re- 'back' + salire 'to jump'


resiny | resins | resinic | resinous | resinify | resinate

Latin 'resina' or 'resinā', meaning resin or pine gum, possibly of Etruscan origin.


Latin resolūtus, past participle of resolvere 'loosen, dissolve' (re- 'back' + solvere 'to loosen')


to turn to | to fall back on | to use as a final option

resorts | resorted | resorter | resorting | resorters | resorteth

Latin re- 'back, again' + sortīrī 'to obtain by lot'


resources | resourced | resourceful | bioresource | subresource | unresourced

Latin 'res' (thing, matter) + '-sors' (lot, fate)


respects | respecter | unrespect | respective | respectful | disrespect

Latin 'respectus', past participle of 'respicere' meaning 'to look back at, regard'


Latin 'respirare' meaning 'to breathe again, take a breath'


resplends | resplended | resplendent | resplending | resplendently | unresplendent

Latin resplendere 'to shine forth', from re- 'back, again' + splendere 'to shine'


responds | responded | responder | respondee | responding | responders

Latin respondēre 'to answer back', from re- 'back' + spondēre 'to pledge, promise'


responses | nonresponse | surresponse | bioresponse | isoresponse | responseless


From Latin 'responsus', past participle of 'respondere' meaning 'to answer' (re- 'back' + respondere 'to answer').


rests | arrest | rested | unrest | rester | armrest

Latin 'rester' or 'remanere' meaning 'to remain'


to bring back | to return to a previous state

restorer | restored | restores | restoreth | restorers | restorest

From Latin restaurare, from re- 'again' + stare 'to stand'


results | resulted | resulting | resultant | resultful | resultive

From Latin 'resulta' (leap back, recoil), from 'resilire' (to leap back), composed of 're-' (back) + 'salire' (to leap).


resurged | resurges | resurgence | resurgences | miniresurgence | miniresurgences

Latin resurgere 'to rise again', from re- 'again' + surgere 'to rise'


Latin resuscitare 'to revive', from re- 'again' + suscitare 'to raise up', from sus- (variant of sub-) 'up' + citare 'to set in motion'


reticle | retina | reticulocyte | reticulosis | reticulum | rete | retiary | reticular | reticulated | reticule | retiform

rets | retted | dewret | rettery | retting | dewrets


to return | to avenge | to respond in kind

Latin retaliatus, past participle of retaliare 'to return in kind', from retia 'nets' + -alere 'to nourish'


retches | retched | retching | retchings | wretchless | wretchlessly

Middle English retchen, related to dialectal forms of gagging


reticle, retina, reticulocyte, reticulosis, reticulum


reticle | retina | reticulocyte | reticulosis | reticulum

Latin reticulum 'net, netting', diminutive of rete 'net'


retinas | retinal | retinals | retinally | nonretinal | subretinal


retinology | retinopexy | retinogram | retinoscope | retinoscopy | retinopathy

From Latin 'retina' (net, netting), originally referring to the reticular structure of the choroid layer of the eye.


retreat, retreating, retreated, retrench

retreats | retreated | retreater | retreating | retreatant | retreatful

Latin retreatus, past participle of retrahere 'to draw back'


Latin retributio, from retributus, past participle of retribuere 'to give back, repay'


retriever | retrieved | retrieves | retrievers | retrieveth | retrievest

Latin re- 'back' + Latin trahere 'to draw'


toward the rear | in a posterior position | movement away from the front | prior in temporal sequence | spatially posterior

retrograde, retroactive, retrofit, retrovision, retroflex

retros | retronym | retrofit | retrojet | retroact | retrocue

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From Latin retroflexus, past participle of retroflectere 'to bend back', composed of retro- 'backward' and flectere 'to bend'.


French 'retrousser' (to roll up, to turn back)


resinated wine | wine flavored with resin

Greek retsina (ρητσίνα) referring to resin


returns | returnee | returned | returner | rereturn | returning

Latin 'retornare' (to turn back), from 're-' (back) + 'tornare' (to turn)


reverse, irreversible, reversion, review

revvy | revved | revver | revving | revhead | overrev

Latin 'rev' < 're-' (back, again) + 'versus' (past participle of 'verto' to turn)


to make known | to uncover | to disclose

reveal, revelation, revealing, unrevealed

reveals | revealed | revealer | revealing | revealeth | revealers

Latin re- 'again, back' + velare 'to cover'


to enjoy greatly | to take great pleasure

revels | revelry | reveled | reveller | revelled | reveling

Latin 'revelare' meaning 'to uncover, reveal', from 're-' (intensive) + 'velare' (to cover)


revenues | revenuer | revenued | revenuers | nonrevenue | unrevenued

Latin 'revenire' meaning 'to return, come back'


admiration | fearful reverence | worship

revere | reverence | reverend | irreverent | reverent unrelated: reverie


Latin reverberatus, past participle of reverberare 'to beat back, rebound', from re- 'back' + verberare 'to strike, beat'


Middle French reverie, from rever (to dream)


to speak abusively or insultingly of | to revile

reviled | reviles | reviler | revilers | revileth | revilest

Latin revillare 'to abuse, revile', from re- (intensive) + villare 'to abuse'


revoked | revokes | revoker | revokers | unrevoked | revokement

Latin revocare 'call back', from re- 'back' + vocare 'call'


to turn back | to rise up against | to rebel

revolt, revolting, revolutionary, revoltment

revolts | revolted | revolter | revolting | revolteth | revoltest

Latin rebellitus, past participle of rebellāre 'to renew war,' from re- 'again' + bellum 'war'


French 'revue', from 'revoir' (to see again)


Latin revulsus, past participle of revellere 'to tear away, pull back', from re- 'back' + vellere 'to pluck, pull'


to give back | recompense | payment for service

rewarded | rewarder | rewarders | rewardeth | rewardest | rewardful

Old French 'rewarder' from 're-' 'again' + 'warder' 'to watch/guard'


monarch | frequently applied to denote large or striking animals

regal | regency | regicide | Regis | regulation | reign | rex | royal | Examples: Raptorex ("thief king") | Dracorex ("dragon king") | Tyrannosaurus rex ("tyrant lizard king")


regal, reign, regicide, sovereign, empire

Latin 'rex' (genitive 'regis') meaning 'king'


rhamnohexose | rhamnomannan | rhamnohexoses | rhamnomannans | rhamnopyranose | rhamnopyranoses

Greek rhamnos (ῥάμνος) referring to the nettle plant


extravagant expression | ecstatic song | poetic enthusiasm

Greek rhapsōidos 'reciter of epic poetry'


antiarrhythmic, arrhythmia, arrhythmic, diarrhoea, dysrhythmia, endorheic, eurhythmia, eurhythmic, eurhythmy, gonorrhoea, hemorrhea, logorrhea, polyrhythm, rheology, rheometer, rheostat, rheum, rheumatic, rheumatism, rheumatoid, rheumatology, rhythm, rhythmic, rhyton

ῥεῖν (rheîn), ῥυτός (rhutós), ῥύσις (rhúsis), ῥεῦμα (rheûma), ῥοία (rhoía), ῥυθμός (rhuthmós)


Rhenish | rhenium Variant Spellings: Rhine river (Ger. sp. Rhein) | rhinestone | Rhine river


of or relating to the Rhine River or the region of Rhenish Germany

from Latin Rhenus (the Rhine river) + -ish


movement of liquid or fluid | stream or continuous movement | ongoing motion | flowing movement | natural watercourse

rheology | rheometer | rheostat | rheopectic | rheopecty | rheopexy | rheotaxis | rheoplankton | rheophile

rheostat | rheotome | rheopexy | rheobase | rheocrat | rheometer

ῥεῖν (rheîn) | ῥυτός (rhutós) | ῥύσις (rhúsis) | ῥεῦμα (rheûma) | ῥοία (rhoía) | ῥυθμός (rhuthmós) | < ancient Greek ῥέος stream | current OED | Greek rheos : current rheein : to flow

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verbal expression | spoken communication

rhetor, rhetoric, rhetorical, rhetorician

Greek rheuma : a flow, moist discharge; akin to rheein : to flow


art of persuasion | discourse | effective communication

Greek rhetor "speaker" from rhein "to flow"


rheum, rheumatic, rheumatism, rheumatoid, rheumy

rheumy | rheums | rheumic | enrheum | enrheums | rheumily


bronchorrhagia, hemorrhage, menorrhagia, regma, rhagades, rhegma, rhegmatogenous, rhexis, anarrhexis

karyorrhexis | capsulorhexis | keratorrhexis

ῥηγνύναι (rhēgnúnai), ῥαγίζω, ῥῆξις (rhêxis), ῥῆγμα (rhêgma)


nose | the nose | snout | nasal | relating to the nose

rhinolith | rhinology | rhinotomy | rhinotopy | rhinorrhea | rhinoscopy

Medical and Scientific | Body Parts and Substances

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organ for smelling | central facial feature


ectomycorrhiza, rhizoid, rhizomatous, rhizome, rhizomorph, rhizomorphous, rhizophagous, rhizophagy, Rhizopogon, Rhizopus, rhizosphere

ῥίζα (rhíza), ῥιζοῦν (rhizoûn), ῥίζωμα (rhízōma)


Greek rhizoma 'mass of roots', from rhizos 'root'


flower | crimson | rose-like red | pinkish

rhododendron | rhodophyte | rhodopsin | rhodophobia | Rhoda | rhodium | rhodolite | rhodora

ῥόδον (rhódon) | Greek rhombos : an object that can be turned | akin to rhembein : to turn | to whirl


Greek 'rhōgē' or 'rhōgos' meaning 'island' or 'shore'


Greek rhombus (rhombos) "spinning top, whirling motion"


From Middle English 'rubarbe', derived from Latin 'rheubarbarum', which comes from Greek 'rheon barbaron' meaning 'barbarian rhubarb' or 'foreign rhubarb'.


repetition of similar sounds | correspondence of sound

rhymer | rhymed | rhymey | rhymers | berhyme | rhymery


rhynchosaur | rhyncholite | rhyncholites | rhynchosaurs | rhynchostome | rhynchokinetic


rhythms | rhythmic | rhythmer | rhythmed | biorhythm | rhythmite


deride, derision, ridicule, ridiculous, risible, riantly

ridere ~to laugh~ (past participle risus)


bone | lateral part of the thoracic cage

ribby | midrib | ribbed | ribber | riblet | Dogrib


rude or offensive in a humorous way | coarse | vulgar

ribalds | ribaldry | ribaldly | ribaldish | ribaldries


ribbons | ribbony | beribbon | ribboned | ribbonry | beribbons

Old French 'ruban' from 'ruban' (a strip of fabric)


deoxyribonucleic acid | riboflavin | ribonucleic acid | ribose | ribosome

deoxyribonucleic acid, riboflavin, ribonucleic acid, ribose, ribosome

ribosome | ribozyme | ribobase | ribozymes | riboprobe | ribophagy


Modern Latin, coined from 'ribo-' (from ribose) + 'flavin' (from flavus, yellow)


regal, regime, reign, regicide, sovereign

kingric | bishopric | bishoprics | archbishopric | archbishoprics

Latin 'rex' (gen. 'regis') meaning 'king'


Latin 'riccus' meaning 'curly' or 'twisted'


ricer | riced | rices | ricers | nonrice | ricemeal


riches | richly | richer | richen | unrich | richens

Old English rīce "powerful, wealthy, important"


ricked | ricker | hayrick | ricking | rickers | rickroll

From Old English '-ric' or '-ricc', a diminutive suffix derived from 'rīce' (kingdom/power) or simply a diminutive agent suffix, often found in names like 'Wick' or 'Rick' (short for Richard).


genus of Gram-negative bacteria | infectious agent

eponym derived from Howard Taylor Ricketts


two-wheeled passenger vehicle | human-powered carriage

rickshaws | rickshawman | autorickshaw | rickshawlike | autorickshaws

Japanese rikusha (人力車), from riki 'human power' + sha 'vehicle'


Latin 'dives' (rich) + '-icus' (adjective-forming suffix)


ricochets | ricocheted | ricochetal | ricocheting | ricochetting

French 'ricochet' (a stone skipping on water)


to emit a loud, sudden sound from amusement | the act or sound of expressing amusement | the action of vocalizing amusement

deride | derision | ridicule | ridiculous | risible | riantly

ridere ~to laugh~ (past participle risus) | ridere "to laugh" (past participle risus)


subordinated to | limited to the first element's meaning

crimeridden | unoverridden | nonoverridden

etymology taken from bedridden, adj. definition 3(b) OED


riddled | riddler | unriddle | unriddlers


Latin rīsus (past participle of rīdēre 'to laugh')


long narrow elevated strip | crest | edge

ridged | enridge | upridge | upridged | ridgetop | enridged


ridiculed | ridicules | ridiculer | ridiculers | ridiculeth | ridiculest

Latin ridiculus 'laughable, mockable', from rīdēre 'to laugh'


to sit on | to be carried by | to travel on

Old English ridan "to ride, travel on horseback"


Middle English rife (meaning 'ready' or 'prepared')


to play a musical instrument (especially guitar) rapidly or skillfully | to engage in rapid, skilled activity

riffy | riffed | midriff | riffage | riffing | midriffs

Origin uncertain; possibly from 'riff-raff' or onomatopoeic for musical repetition, first attested as a verb in the 1930s jazz context.


characterized by | having the qualities of

From the suffix -ic combined with the slang prefix riff- (meaning excellent or cool), popularized in late 20th-century American English.


to move quickly | to shuffle | to stir up

riffler | riffled | riffles | rifflers | unriffled

Middle English riflen, from Old French rifler 'to ruffle, stir up', of Germanic origin; related to Dutch rifelen and German riefeln.


disreputable people | low-class individuals | rabble

Likely reduplication of 'riff' (slang for person/fragment)


rifled | rifler | rifles | riflery | riflers | riflemen


linear | unmediated | align | govern | rectify | guide | rigid

rigs | unrig | rerig | rigger | rigged | oilrig

Latin 'rigidus' (stiff, rigid), from 'rigere' (to make straight, to be stiff)


rigids | rigidly | unrigid | rigidity | nonrigid | rigidify

Latin rigidus 'stiff, rigid', from rigere 'to stand stiff'


rigors | rigored | rigorous | rigorize | rigorism | rigorise

From Latin rigor 'stiffness, rigidity, strictness'


riled | riles | riley | unriled | rilesome

From Old French 'ire' meaning anger, from Latin 'ira'


Middle English rill, from Old English rille


rims | rimmer | rimmed | rimfire | rimming | rimless


rinds | rindy | rinded | millrind | rindless | millrinds


rings | ringy | ringer | coring | ringed | unring

From Old English 'ring' (a ring, circle), from Proto-Germanic '*hringaz', from Proto-Indo-European '*ker- (to turn, bend).


rink, ice rink, roller rink, skating rink

rinks | rinker | rinkers | rinking | rinkside | rinksides

Old English 'rync' meaning 'ice' or 'frozen surface'


rinses | rinsed | rinser | rinsers | rerinse | unrinsed

Middle English rinsen, from Old English rincian


Latin 'rius' meaning 'of a river' or 'pertaining to a river', derived from 'rius' (stream, brook).


to rise up in rebellion | to engage in violent disorder

riots | ariot | rioted | rioter | riotry | riotous

Old French rioter 'to riot, rebel', from riot 'tumult, uproar'


rips | riped | unrip | ripper | ripple | ripped


Latin riparius 'of the bank', from ripa 'bank, shore'


from Latin ripa 'bank of a river' + -arian


small wave | undulation | concentric disturbance on a surface

ripplers | unrippled | nanoripples | megaripples

imitative of the sound or movement of water


arise | risen | rises | riser | rised | arisen


ridere ~to laugh~ (past participle risus)


Latin rīsus (past participle of rīdēre 'to laugh') + -ibilis (suffix forming adjectives meaning 'capable of being')


risky | risks | risked | risker | derisk | risking

From Old French 'risque', likely from Italian 'rischio' or Medieval Latin 'risicum', ultimately from Arabic 'rīsh' meaning 'to shake' or 'to tremble'.


Italian risotto, from riso 'rice' + -otto (diminutive suffix)


French 'risqué' from 'risquer' 'to risk'


small fried patty | breaded meat or vegetable


rites | ritely | bedrite | riteless | ritelessness


Ritter, Rittertum, Ritterlichkeit, Rittergut, Ritterorden

From Old High German ritter, from Proto-Germanic *ridara- (rider), from the root *red- (to ride, to lead)


ceremony | religious rite | prescribed procedure

ritually | ritualism | ritualize | ritualist | rituality | nonritual


Latin suffix -rium derived from neuter singular of -ius, denoting a place associated with or intended for something


derive | derivation | rival | rivulet | arrival | arrive | derivative | rivalry | river | riverine | Riviera | rivulet Variant Spellings: riparian | riparian

Latin 'rivus' meaning 'stream' or 'brook'


rivals | rivalry | rivaled | corival | rivalled | rivaling

Latin rivalis 'one who uses the same stream as another', from rivus 'stream'


Latin rivalis 'one who uses the same stream as another', from rivalere 'to vie'


riverbank, riverbed, riverboat, riverine, riverway

rivers | rivery | upriver | riveret | riverbed | riverine


riveted | riveter | unrivet | riveting | riveters | unrivets

Middle English rivet, from Old French rivette


Riviera, French Riviera, Italian Riviera

From Ligurian 'riviera' meaning 'coastline', derived from Latin 'ripa' (bank/shore)


mentrix | executrix | narratrix | ancestrix | objectrix | ministrix


Robert | robin | Robyn | Roderick | Roger | Roland | Rolf Variant Spellings: Rudolph | Rupert | Rudolph

Derived from elements meaning 'fame' or 'glory'


a species of fish (Rutilus rutilus) | resembling a roach | part of compound terms

roaches | roached | roachlike | roboroach

from Latin rutilus, the name of the fish


roads | roadie | byroad | roaded | roader | onroad

Old English rād (riding, journey, course)


wander | move aimlessly | travel without destination

roamed | roamer | roaming | roamers | roameth | roamest

Middle English romen, from Old French romer


Latin 'rūfus' meaning 'red, reddish, yellowish'


roars | aroar | roared | roarer | roaring | roareth

Middle English roren, from Old English rōrian


imitative of the sound of a lion or wind


to cook with dry heat | to criticize severely

roasts | roasty | broast | roasted | roaster | reroast

Middle English rosten, from Old English hrōtan


corroborate, Paso Robles, roble, roborant, robust

robs | torob | berob | robber | robbed | berobs


robed | enrobe | unrobe | enrobed | enrobes | unrobes


From Old English 'rōbyn', of unknown origin, possibly related to Old French 'rouget' (red) referring to the bird's breast.


robopet | robodoc | robocar | robodog | robocat | robocop


corroborant | corroborate | corroboration | corroborative | corroborator | robust

rōborāre ~to strengthen~ | from rōbur | rōbus ~strength~ | rōborāre "to strengthen" | rōbus "strength"


biorobots | robotizes | robotized | robotised | robotises | roboteers

Czech 'robota' meaning 'forced labor' or 'drudgery'


robustly | unrobust | robustify | nonrobust | robustize | robustity

Latin robustus 'made of robus (elderberry wood, hence hard/tough)', from robur 'oak, hardness'


rocky | rocks | wrock | rocker | rocked | bedrock

Old English 'rocc' or 'rocc' (related to stone/hard mass)


projectile | propulsion | rapid movement

rocket, rocketry, rocketship, rocketman, rocketed

rockets | rocketry | rocketed | rocketer | rocketeer | skyrocket

From French 'roquette', diminutive of 'roque' (rock), referring to the projectile's shape or trajectory.


French rocaille 'rockwork, shellwork', from roc 'rock'


corrode | corrosion | erode | erosion | rodent

rods | roddy | ramrod | rodman | flyrod | rodlet

Latin 'rodere' meaning 'to gnaw, bite, eat away'


rodents | rodenty | nonrodent | rodential | rodentlike | nonrodents


unit of ionizing radiation | radiation dose

roentgenized | roentgenologist | roentgenological | roentgenologists | gynoroentgenology


inquire | command | remove | suggest | implore | solicit

interrogate, prerogative, derogation, abrogate

Latin root rog- from verb rogare 'to ask, propose, request'


dishonest | trickster | dishonest person

rogues | rogued | roguery | comrogue | roguedom | roguelike

Middle English 'rogue' (vagabond, rascal)


to revel | to behave boisterously | to carouse

roisters | roisterer | roistered | roisterly | roisterers | roistering

From Middle French roister, from Old French roisier 'to make noise, revel', possibly from Frankish *hrosjan 'to roar' or related to Old French rois 'king' (implying kingly revelry).


roles | roled | subrole | roleplay | roleless | subroles

From Old French 'role' (list, record, part), from Vulgar Latin 'rotulus' (little roll), diminutive of Latin 'rota' (wheel).


circular object for movement | to move by rotating

enroll, roll, rollaway, rollback, roller, rollway, rollout, rollover, rollmops

rolls | rolly | unroll | roller | rollie | reroll

Old French 'rolle' (a strip of parchment, a cylinder)


to behave in a lively and playful manner | to frolic

rollicks | rollicky | rollicked | rollicker | rollicking | rollicksome

Middle English rollyken, likely imitative


romances | romancer | romanced | bromance | romancers | bromances

Latin 'romantia' (story of adventure) or 'romance' (poetic composition), derived from Old French 'romanz', ultimately from Vulgar Latin 'Romanicus' (of Rome/Roman)


Roman Empire, Roman numerals, Roman Catholic, Romanesco

From Latin 'Romanus', derived from 'Roma' (the city of Rome)


of or relating to romance | characterized by idealized love or passion

from Latin 'romanticus', derived from 'Roma' (Rome) + '-antikos' (suffix forming adjectives), originally meaning 'of or pertaining to the romance languages or literature'


From Latin 'Roma', the name of the city and its inhabitants.


romps | rompy | romper | romped | romping | rompish

From Old French 'rompre' (to break, break up), from Latin 'rumpere' (to break). The English verb 'romp' likely derives from the notion of breaking through or breaking loose in play.


atypical, anonymous, amoral, asymmetrical, apolitical

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


Latin 'rotundus' meaning 'round', from 'rota' (wheel)


panopticon, optic, dioptrics, macroscopic, microscopic

Greek 'ōps' (genitive 'ōpos') meaning 'eye' or 'face'


top covering | upper part of a structure

roofs | roofy | roofed | unroof | reroof | deroof


rook (chess piece) | rook (bird) | to pilfer

rooky | rooks | rookie | rooked | rooker | rookery

Old French roc 'chess piece', from Persian rukh 'chariot'


roomy | rooms | roomie | roomer | roomed | Roomba

Old English rūm "space, extent, or unoccupied area"


roosts | aroost | rooster | roosted | unroost | roosting

Middle English roost, from Old French restre


roped | ropes | roper | ropery | ropers | unrope


corrode | corrosion | erode | erosion | rodent | corrosive | erose

Latin rosus (past participle of rodere) 'gnawed'


a rose-colored hue | a light red shade | a vivid crimson tone

Barbarossa, rosarian, rosary, rose, roseate, rosette, Rosicrucian, rosy, Testarossa, vin rosé unrelated: rosemary


a circular object used for motion | to move by rotating | circular in shape

rots | rotes | roted | rotten | rotgut | rotted

Latin 'rot-' stem of 'rota' meaning 'wheel'


rotate | a rotating disc | having rotated

Latin rotare 'to turn' (frequentative of root *reta- 'wheel')


From Latin 'rotarius' (of a wheel), derived from 'rota' meaning 'wheel'.


rotates | rotated | birotate | corotate | derotate | unrotated

Latin rotare 'to roll, turn in a circle', from rota 'wheel'


rototom | rotodome | rototoms | rotodomes | rotograph | rotomolded


rotors | rotored | quadrotor | tiltrotor | proprotor | rotorless

Latin 'rotare' meaning 'to roll' or 'to turn', derived from 'rota' (wheel)


rotundly | obrotund | rotundity | subrotund | rotundness | rotundities

Latin rotundus 'round', from rotundus (diminutive of rota 'wheel')


Russian rubl' (рубль), from rubit' (рубить) 'to chop/cut'


roughs | roughly | roughen | roughed | roughie | roughing

From Old English 'rūh' meaning 'rough, uneven, harsh', likely from Proto-Germanic '*hrewaz'.


French 'roulette', diminutive of 'roule' (rolls)


round-arm | round-backed | round-bottom | round-bottomed | round-eyed | round-faced | round-shouldered | round-the-clock | round_the_bend | roundabout | roundheaded | roundish | around | round | roundel | roundelay | rounder | Roundhead | roundhouse | roundup | roundworm

around | rounds | obround | rounded | roundly | rounder

Middle English rowsen : to rouse, to roust


rouser | arouse | aroused | arouses | rousers | arouser

From Old French 'rousir' (to blush, become red), likely from Frankish *hrūsjan or similar Germanic roots meaning 'to redden' or 'to stir up', originally referring to the physical act of blushing or stirring up dust/ash.


rout (retreat) | route | routine unrelated: rout2 / rout. (to dig) | root (to dig)

routs | router | routed | atrout | routing | routish

Old French 'route' (a path, a crowd, a defeat)


rout (to dig), router Variant Spellings: root (to dig)

Old French rout, variant of roote, from Vulgar Latin *radicare 'to root', from Latin radix 'root'


regular | habitual | established pattern

routines | routined | routiner | routinely | coroutine | goroutine

From Latin 'routinier' (practicing routine) or 'routine' (track, path), derived from Old French 'routine' (path, track), ultimately from Vulgar Latin '*rotina' (wheel, track), from Latin 'rota' (wheel).


Middle English 'roven', related to 'reave'


Middle English 'rover', from 'rove' (to wander)


rows | arow | rown | rowed | rower | rowing

Latin 'rōta' meaning 'wheel' or 'circle', later extended to 'row' or 'line' in medieval Latin.


From Old Norse 'raun' (test, proof) via Old English 'rawan', referring to the tree's wood used for testing or its reddish color.


rowdyism | rowdyish | rowdyisms | rowdyishly

Origin unknown, possibly from Low German 'ruden' (to make noise) or Dutch 'ruwen' (to roughen); first attested in the 18th century.


From Old English 'loc' (lock) + 'hloc' (bar/bolt), compounded to mean a locking mechanism.


royalty | viceroy | pomeroy | corduroy | Roy | royal

From Old French roi, from Latin rex, reg- 'king'


flow | discharge | burst forth | rapid flow (of blood | usually)

diarrhea | hemorrhage | catarrh | bronchorrhagia | menorrhagia | metrorrhagia | haemorrhagic | gonorrhea

Greek -ραγία (-ragía), to break, to burst


outflow | emission | abnormal outflow or emission associated with the preceding term

otorrhagia | menorrhagia | menorrhagias | rhinorrhagia | rectorrhagia | metrorrhagia

Greek -rrhagia (ῥαγία) from rhēgnynai (ῥήγνυναι) 'to break, burst, or rupture'


myorrhaphy | tenorrhaphy | venorrhaphy | renorrhaphy | neurorrhaphy | colporrhaphy


diarrhea, diarrhea, rhinorrhea, otorrhea

pyorrhea | otorrhea | logorrhea | menorrhea | otorrheas | pyorrheal


karyorrhexis | bronchorrhagia | hemorrhage | menorrhagia | regma | rhagades | rhegma | rhegmatogenous | rhexis | anarrhexis

bronchorrhagia, hemorrhage, menorrhagia, regma, rhagades, rhegma, rhegmatogenous, rhexis, anarrhexis

myorrhexis | amniorrhexis | angiorrhexis | colporrhexis | onychorrhexis | tubulorrhexis

Greek ῥῆξῐς (rhêxis) | breaking | bursting | discharge | ῥηγνύναι (rhēgnúnai) | ῥαγίζω | ῥῆξις (rhêxis) | ῥῆγμα (rhêgma)


Greek haima 'blood' + eidos 'form, appearance'


erubescence | erubescent | rubella | Rubio | rubious | rubric | rubricate | rubrication | rubricator | ruby | bilirubin | rubefacient | rubeola | rubescent | rubicund | rubidium

rubs | rerub | rubber | rubbed | rubout | rerubs


rubbishy | rubbisher | rubbishes | rubbished | rubbishly | rubbishers

Middle English 'rubbish', likely related to 'rubble'


rubbles | rubbled | rubblework | rubblestone

Middle English rubel, related to rubble/rubbish


erubescence | erubescent | rubella | Rubio | rubious | rubric | rubricate | rubrication | rubricator | ruby


erubescence, erubescent, rubella, Rubio, rubious, rubric, rubricate, rubrication, rubricator, ruby


rubrics | rubrical | rubricity | rubrician | rubricist | irrubrical


nonruby | rubylike | rubywood | rubytail | rubytails | rubythroat


rucks | rucked | rucking | ruckman | ruckmen | ruckwoman

German 'Ruck' meaning 'heap' or 'pile', often used in compound words to denote a collection or mass of something.


erudite | erudition | rude | rudiment | rudimentary | rudity | ruderal

ruds | ruddy | ruddle | rudden | ruddled | ruddles


rudders | ruddered | rudderless | rudderfish | rudderhole | rudderpost


ruden | rudely | unrude | rudery | rudesby | rudeboy

From Old French 'rud(e)' meaning 'rough, coarse, harsh', possibly of Germanic origin.


rudiments | rudimental | rudimentary | rudimentarily | rudimentariness

From Latin rudimentum 'beginning, first principle', from rudis 'rough, unformed'


ruffs | ruffed | ruffer | ruffing | ruffers | overruff

From Old English 'rugh' meaning rough, harsh, or uneven.


Middle English ruffian, possibly related to 'rough'


ruffled | ruffles | ruffler | toruffle | unruffle | rufflers


corrugant, corrugate, corrugation, erugate, rugose

rugs | unrug | rugged | rugrat | rugburn | rugrats


From the sport of rugby, often used in British slang to mean 'rugby' or 'rough play'.


ruined | ruiner | unruin | ruinous | ruining | ruiners

From Latin 'ruina' meaning 'collapse, downfall', derived from the verb 'ruere' meaning 'to fall, rush, or collapse'.


ruler | rules | ruled | rulez | rulers | rulest

Latin 'regula' meaning 'straight stick, ruler, pattern'


From Latin Romania, from Romanus (Roman) + -ia (land of)


rumen, rumenic acid, ruminal, ruminant, ruminate, rumination, ruminator


rumen | rumenic acid | ruminal | ruminant | ruminate | rumination | ruminator | ruminate Variant Spellings: rumen

Latin ruminari 'to chew the cud', from ruma 'rumen, paunch'


rummaged | rummages | rummager | rummagers

From Middle Dutch rommelen 'to rumble, clatter', related to Old Norse rumba 'to rumble'.


report | hearsay | unverified information

rumored | rumorer | rumoring | rumorers | rumoredly | rumortism

Latin 'rumor' meaning 'report, talk, gossip'


to deceive | to swindle | to act dishonestly

frump | rumps | rumpy | frumps | rumped | Rumper


to crush | to wrinkle | to fold irregularly

imitative of the sound or action of crushing


Middle English rumpusen 'to make a noise', of unknown origin, possibly related to rumble


runs | rerun | runny | inrun | unrun | uprun

From Old English 'rinnan' or 'runnan', meaning to flow or move swiftly.


runty | runts | runted | runtish | runting | runtling

Middle English 'runt', likely related to 'run' (to grow/flow)


a hard, natural mineral formation | a solid, rocky substance

From Latin rup- (stem of rupes) meaning 'rock' or 'cliff'


rupture, interrupt, abrupt, disrupt, erupt


nonrural | roister | roisterous | rural | rustic | rusticate | rustication | rusticity


rurals | rurally | rurality | ruralite | ruralize | nonrural


Latin rūs (genitive ruris) 'country, open land'


to move with great speed | to surge | sudden movement

rushy | rushes | rushed | inrush | onrush | rusher

Middle English ruschen, from Old English rīsan 'to rise'


From Old English 'rusc' meaning 'rush, reed, husk', related to the texture or material of the outer layer.


russets | russety | russeting | russetish | russetings | russetness


Walrussia | Russiagate | Russiagater | Russiaphobia

From Rus', referring to the land of the Rus' people


corrosion | reddish-brown color | oxidation

rust-brown, rust-free, rust-red, rusted, rustless, rustling, rustproof, rustproofed

rusty | rusts | rusted | rusting | rustful | rustily


rustic | rusticate | rusticity Variant Spellings: rural | rural

Latin rūs (genitive rūs) 'country, farm'


rustics | rusticly | rusticate | rusticity | nonrustic | rusticism

Latin rusticus 'of the country, rural', from rus, rur- 'country'


to make a soft, crackling sound | to move with a soft rustling sound

rustler | rustled | rustles | rustlers | rustleth

From Old French 'rusler' or 'resler', of imitative origin, related to the sound it describes.


Old English rūth (sorrow, grief, or pity)


Latin ruthenus 'of Ruthenia' (modern-day Ukraine/Russia) + -ium (elemental suffix)


residence or dwelling | location where an activity occurs | assemblage or grouping | attribute or condition associated with the initial element | activity or customary behavior | site designated for a purpose | profession or role

bakery | fishery | shrubbery | chemistry | dentistry | bigotry | citizenry | heraldry | tannery | vinery | jewelry

Jewry | pastry | winery | riotry | rudery | masonry

Location, State, Quality, Collection, Profession

From Latin -ria (neuter plural of -rius), denoting a place, collection, or state, often via Old French -rie.


inflectional | derivational suffix affix bound morpheme | inflectional suffix affix bound morpheme

third-person singular present tense marker | indicates the subject (third-person singular) is currently carrying out the action of the preceding verb | denotes plurality of the preceding noun

From Proto-Indo-European *-s (nominal) and *-ti (verbal), often merged or confused in early Indo-European dialects; specifically the PIE nominal suffix *-s marking nominative singular, and the verbal suffix *-ti marking 3rd person singular present active.


sabbaths | Sabbathly | Sabbathless | Sabbatharian


leave of absence | period of rest | sabbatical leave

From Latin sabbaticus, from Greek sabbatikon, from Hebrew shabbat 'rest, Sabbath'


Latin 'sable' meaning black or dark-colored, originally referring to the black fur of the sable animal.


sabotage, sabotaged, sabotaging, saboteur

sabotaged | sabotages | sabotager | sabotagers | unsabotaged | antisabotage

French saboter (to clog/make noise with sabots)


one who undermines | agent of destruction | subverter

saboteur, sabotage, sabotaging, sabotage

saboteurs | cybersaboteur | cybersaboteurs

French 'saboteur' (one who uses a sabot to make noise/disrupt)


sabres | sabred | sabrecat | sabrelike | sabrebill | sabrecats


cul-de-sac | sac | sacculate | saccule | sachet | sack (bag) | sack (to plunder) | sackcloth Variant Spellings: satchel | satchel

sacs | saclike | sacless | sacbrood | sporosac | pseudosac

Latin saccus 'bag, sack', of uncertain origin, possibly from Greek sakkos.


σάκκος (sákkos)


sweet substance | carbohydrate component

σάκχαρ | σάκχαρον(sákkharon) | Latin saccharum : sugar Greek sakcharon Sans śarkarā : pebble | sugar


From Greek 'sakcharon' meaning sugar, derived from Sanskrit 'sharkara' meaning gravel or grain.


Latin sacculus "small bag, pouch", diminutive of saccus "bag, sack"


consecrate, desecrate, sacrament, sacred, sacrosanct

From Latin sacer 'sacred, holy', possibly from PIE *sak- 'to sanctify' or related to sacerdos 'priest'.


priestly | of or pertaining to priests | sacred

From Latin sacerdotālis, from sacerdos 'priest' (sacer 'sacred' + -dōs 'doer')


sacks | sacker | sacked | sacking | sackful | sackers

Middle English 'sak', from Old English 'sac'


consecrate | desecrate | sacrament | sacred | sacrosanct | sacerdotal | Sacramento | sacrifice | sacrilege | sacrilegious | sacristy | sacroiliac | sacrum Variant Spellings: sexton (from sacristan) | sexton


sacred | sacrament | desecrate | consecrate | sanctify

Latin sacrāre 'to consecrate', frequentative of sacer 'holy'


sacroiliac | sacrocaudal | sacrolumbar | sacrospinal | sacroiliacs | sacrocostal

Latin sacr- (stem of sacer) 'sacred, holy'


sads | saddo | sadly | unsad | sadden | saddos

Old English sæd 'weary, heavy, depressed'


seat for a rider | part of a horse's anatomy | shaped like a saddle

saddled | saddler | saddles | saddlers | unsaddle | saddlery


Achieving sexual pleasure through causing pain or humiliation to others | Observing others being subjected to pain or humiliation for sexual satisfaction | The practice of deriving sexual gratification from inflicting or witnessing suffering and degradation on others

Derived from the name of the Marquis de Sade, a French nobleman known for his violent and sexually explicit works.


a person who takes pleasure in inflicting pain or cruelty on others | someone who derives enjoyment from others' suffering

sadists | sadistic | nonsadist | nonsadists | necrosadist | nonsadistic

Derived from the name of the Marquis de Sade, a French writer associated with sadistic themes.


safes | safen | safely | unsafe | ensafe | safens


saffrons | saffrony | saffroned | saffronize | saffronlike | saffronizes


saggy | sages | saged | sagger | sagged | sagging


sagaman | minisaga | minisagas | supersaga | supersagas


Latin sagax (gen. sagacis) 'quick-scented, keen-sighted', from PIE *sag- 'to find by scent'


a piece of fabric used to catch the wind for propelling a boat | to travel by boat

sails | saily | asail | sailor | sailed | sailer


holy | sacred | person of exceptional holiness

saints | saintly | sainted | unsaint | besaint | sainting

Latin sanctus 'holy, sacred', past participle of sancire 'to make sacred, ratify'


sakes | atsake | unsake | forsake | atsakes | forsaken

Old English sacu "lawsuit, quarrel, cause"


a mineral used for seasoning | a sudden upward movement | to spring forcefully | an enclosed space | a long corridor

sals | mersalyl | fendosal | salantel | salirasib | thiomersal

sault / sault | sil1 / sil | sult / sult | hal2 / hal | sauc / sauc

Latin 'sal' (nom. 'salis') meaning 'salt'

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Latin salax, salacis 'lustful, horny', from salere 'to leap, jump'


From Latin 'salamandra', borrowed from Greek 'salamandra', likely of Semitic origin.


Latin salarium 'money given to soldiers for salt'


sale, sales, salesman, saleswoman, salesperson, salesclerk, saleslady, salesgirl, salesboy, salesroom, sales pitch, saleable, salable

sales | resale | upsale | salesy | presale | resaler

From Latin 'salire' meaning 'to jump', via Old French 'vendre' (to sell) and past participle 'sale' (sold). The root 'sal-' relates to jumping or leaping, metaphorically extending to the 'jump' of ownership or transaction.


Latin 'salem' (accusative of 'salus') meaning 'health, safety, welfare', often used in place names like Salem, Massachusetts.


salix | salicis | Greek Hebrew shalom : peace


salients | saliently | nonsalient | isosalient | hypersalient | countersalient

Latin saliens, present participle of salire 'to leap, jump'


salines | salinely | nonsaline | subsaline | isosaline | salineness


salival | salivate | salivant | salivated | salivates | salivants


sallows | sallowy | sallowly | sallowed | sallowish | sallowing

From Old English 'sallu' meaning yellow or yellowish, related to Middle Dutch 'sael' and Old Norse 'sallr'.


tranquility | tranquility in Hebrew-origin names

Absalom | Salome Variant Spellings: Solomon | Solomon


salons | salonful | salonlike | salonfuls | cybersalon | cybersalons

French 'salon' from 'salone' (large hall), from 'sala' (hall/room)


saloons | saloonist | saloonlike | antisaloon | saloonists | saloonkeeper

French salon "a large room, drawing room"


of or pertaining to tubes | e.g. Fallopian tubes | fallopian tubes | uterine tubes

salpingectomy | salpingopharyngeus muscle

salpingotomy | salpingostomy | salpingovariectomy

From Greek salpinx (genitive salpingos) meaning 'trumpet' or 'tube'


salty | salts | desalt | salted | salten | salter


greet someone | express good wishes | rescue | cure

salubrious | salubrity | salutary | salute | salvage | salvation | salve | salutation | salutatorian

Latin salvus 'safe, sound' or salutare 'to greet, wish health'


healthy | wholesome | conducive to health

insalubrious | salubriously | unsalubrious | salubriousness

Latin salubris 'healthy, wholesome', from salus 'health, safety'


From Proto-Italic *salwōs, from Proto-Indo-European *sel- 'to be healthy, safe'


salubrious, salubrity, salutary, salute, salvage, salvation, salve


salutary, salute, salutation, salubrious, salus

Latin salutaris 'healthful, wholesome', from salus 'health, safety'


deliverance from harm | protection from danger | wellness | to rescue

salubrious | salubrity | salutary | salute | salvage | salvation | salve | El Salvador | salver | salvo | salvor Variant Spellings: save | savior | save


rescue from danger or peril | preserve or protect from loss or damage


Samaritan | person from Samaria | merciful helper

Greek Samaritan (referring to the Samaritans)


Likely from Bantu origins via Portuguese


asparagus, sperm, spermatozoon, spermatophyte, spermatogenesis

Latin 'samen' (seed) from 'serere' (to sow, to join)


insane | insanity | sanatorium | sane | sanitarian | sanitarium | sanitary | sanitation | sanity | cordon sanitaire | mens sana in corpore sano | sanative | sanitize


sanatorium | health resort | place of healing

From Latin sanātorium, neuter of sanātorius 'pertaining to healing', from sanāre 'to heal'


From Latin 'sanatorium', from 'sanare' meaning 'to heal, make healthy'.


sacrosanct, saint, sanctify, sanction, sanctuary


sacrosanct | saint | sanctify | sanction | sanctuary | sanctimonious | inner sanctum | sanctity | sanctum sanctorum Variant Spellings: saint | Santa

Latin sanctus, past participle of sancire 'to make sacred, ratify'


Latin sanctus 'holy, sacred', past participle of sancire 'to make sacred, ratify'


fine particles of rock | granular substance

sandy | sands | sanded | sander | desand | resand


sandals | sandaled | sandalled | besandaled | sandalless | sandalwoods


From French 'sandwich', named after John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich, who allegedly popularized the food item.


Latin 'sanus' meaning 'healthy, sound, whole'


consanguineous, exsanguinate, sang-froid, Sangre de Cristo, sangria, sanguinary, sanguine, sanguineous


sanguines | sanguined | ensanguine | sanguinely | unsanguine | exsanguine

Latin sanguineus, from sanguin- 'blood' (stem of sanguis)


From Latin sanitas (health, soundness), derived from sanus (healthy, whole).


Latin sanitas 'health, soundness', from sanus 'healthy, sound'


Latin preposition/suffix sans 'without, apart from'


Sanskritic | Sanskritist | Sanskritism | sanskritist | Sanskritise | Sanskritize

From Sanskrit saṃskṛta- 'refined, perfected', past participle of saṃ- 'together' + kṛ- 'to make'


saint, sanctify, sanctuary, consecrate, desecrate


saps | sappy | sapper | sapped | sapful | sapling

Latin 'sapere' meaning 'to be wise, have taste'


wise | intelligent | possessing consciousness

sapient, sapience, sapiential, sapiently

Latin sapiens, present participle of sapere 'to be wise, taste'


saponification | saponaceous | saponify | saponated | saponite

saponin | saponins | soyasaponins | phytosaponin | phytosaponins

From Latin sapon- 'soap', from sapon 'soap' (possibly of Celtic origin).


to perceive flavor | to experience taste


relating to women or female homosexuality | of or relating to the poet Sappho

Proper noun derived from Sappho, the Greek lyric poet


From Latin sapphirus, from Greek sappheiros, from Sanskrit sanipaya 'blue stone'


saprozoic | saprolite | saprotroph | saprophyte | saprogenic | saprophagy

σήπειν, σαπρός (saprós), σαπρότης


From Latin Sarracenus, from Greek Sarakenos, from Arabic Sārqiyyah 'of the desert'


perisarc | sarcasm | sarcastic | sarcocele | sarcoid | sarcoidosis | sarcoma | sarcophagus | Sarcopterygii | sarcosine | sarcosinemia | sarcosome | consarcination | sarcodinian | sarcolemma | sarcolemmal | sarcolemmic | sarcolemnous | sarcomere | sarcophagy | sarcoplasm | sarcosomal | sarcosporidian | anasarca | ectosarc

Greek sarkō (σάρκω) 'to flesh' or 'to tear'

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Greek sarkasmos 'mockery', from sarkein 'to tear flesh'


Greek sarka 'flesh', from sfera 'to cut'


Greek sardonios 'Sardinian', from sardonic laughter


sergeant | military officer | police officer

From Old French 'sergent', from Latin 'serviens' (present participle of 'servire' meaning 'to serve'), originally denoting a servant or attendant in a military or administrative context.


a large tube of cloth wrapped around the waist

Malay 'sarung' 'sheath, case, or covering'


From Latin 'sartus', past participle of 'sarcire' meaning 'to mend, repair, or patch up', referring to the pharmacological action of blocking or 'mending' the receptor pathway.


Latin sartor 'tailor', from sarire 'to mend, patch'


sartorial | relating to tailoring or tailors

Latin sartorius 'of or belonging to a tailor', from sarta 'patches' (past participle of sarrire 'to mend')


sashes | sashed | unsash | sashery | sashless | unsashed

Middle English sash, possibly related to 'sash' (a strip of cloth)


to walk with an exaggeratedly swaying motion | to strut

From French sashayer, from Old French eschayer 'to try, test', from es- 'out' + chayer 'to fall'.


Japanese, from sa (to cut) + shimi (slice)


Shortening of 'sarcasm', from Greek 'sarkazein' meaning 'to tear flesh'


asset, sate, satiate, satiety, satisfy, saturate, insatiable, unsatisfactory, satisfaction

sats | subsat | sattest | subsats | satphone | smallsat


Taxonomic genus in the family Ictaluridae | Proper noun referring to the widemouth blindcat | Term used in biological classification

satans | satanic | Satanic | Satanism | Satanist | Satanity


satchels | satchelful | satchelled | besatcheled | satchelfuls

Middle English 'satchel', likely from Old French 'sachel'


small body orbiting a planet | subordinate | accompanying

satellites | satellited | subsatellite | biosatellite | myosatellite | subsatellites

Latin 'satelles, satellitis' (attendant, guard) + '-ite' (suffix denoting origin or association)


satiny | satins | satinash | satinpod | satinette | satinwood

From Old French 'satin', likely derived from the Chinese city name 'Zaitun' (Quanzhou) via Persian 'satīn', referring to the fabric originally produced there.


Latin satira (satura lanx 'full dish') or satura (satura poesis 'mixed poem')


adequate | sufficient quantity | to complete | completely filled

asset | sate | satiate | satiety | satisfy | saturate | insatiable | unsatisfactory | satisfaction | sated


Japanese satsuma (柑橘) + -ma (nominalizer/suffix)


saturation, saturated, unsaturated, supersaturate

saturated | saturates | unsaturate | desaturate | saturateth | unsaturated

from Latin saturatus, past participle of saturare 'to fill, make full', from satur 'full'


the sixth planet in the solar system | the Roman deity of agriculture

saturns | Saturnian | saturnine | Saturnist | saturninity | saturninely

Latin Saturnus, the god of agriculture and harvest


mythological creature | half-man half-goat

satyr, satyric, satyriasis, satyriasis, satyric play

satyrs | satyress | satyrism | satyrlike | satyrical | satyresque


a liquid used to enhance flavor in cooking | a bold or impertinent manner

sauce | saucepan | saucer | saucy Variant Spellings: sausage | sausage

The form 'sauc' is not a standard Latin morpheme; it appears to be an erroneous truncation or conflation of the English word 'sauce' (from Old French 'sauce', ultimately from Latin 'salsus') and potentially 'sausage' (from Old French 'saucisse', from Latin 'salsicia'). As a root, it has no valid Latin etymology.


Middle High German suoder, from Old High German suotar, from Proto-Germanic *sautraz, from Proto-Indo-European *saud- 'sour'


violent aggression | offensive strike | forcible intrusion

assault | somersault | Sault St. Marie | somersault Variant Spellings: sauté | sauté

sal1 / sal, salt / salt, sil1 / sil, sult / sult

Old French savoir : to know, to have wisdom Latin sapere : to have taste, to discern, to be wise


saunas | saunalike | cryosauna | cryosaunas


saunters | sauntered | saunterer | sauntering | saunterers | saunterings

From Old French sautier 'to jump, leap', from saut 'jump', of Germanic origin; the modern sense of 'walk leisurely' developed in the 19th century.


scaled reptile | cold-blooded vertebrate | prehistoric reptile

dinosaur | sauropod | allosaur | carnosaur | megalosaur | pterosaur | saurian | saurischian | stegosaur | Tyrannosaurus Rex

mesosaur | phytosaur | mesosaurs | plesiosaur | phytosaurs | megalosaur

σαύρα (saúra) | σαῦρος (saûros) | Greek sauros : lizard


lizard. Used for dinosaurs and other extinct reptiles.

Examples: Dinosaur ("terrible lizard") Mosasaur ("Meuse lizard") | Tyrannosaurus ("tyrant lizard") | Allosaurus ("different lizard") | Sauroposeidon ("Poseidon lizard")

Examples: Dinosaur ("terrible lizard") Mosasaur ("Meuse lizard"), Tyrannosaurus ("tyrant lizard"), Allosaurus ("different lizard"), Sauroposeidon ("Poseidon lizard")

σαῦρος (saûros)


snorasaurus | Nigersaurus | Romeosaurus | Suchosaurus | Qantassaurus | Jeholosaurus


savages | savaged | savagely | unsavage | savagess | savagedom

Old French 'sauvage' from 'sauvage' (wild, rustic)


Latin 'savant' (learned, expert), from past participle of 'savoir' (to know), from Latin 'sapere' (to be wise)


saved | saves | saver | savers | saveth | savest

From Old French 'save' (modern 'sauver'), derived from Latin 'salvāre' meaning 'to save, keep safe, heal'.


savors | savored | savorer | savorly | savoring | savorous

From Old French 'savourer', derived from Vulgar Latin 'sapurare', based on Latin 'sapere' meaning 'to taste' or 'to be wise'.


knowledgeable | experienced | perceptive

unsavvy | savvying | nonsavvy | cybersavvy

Middle English 'savy', from Old French 'savoir' 'to know'


to perceive with the eyes | past tense of see

saws | sawer | sawed | resaw | sawfly | sawing

From Old English 'saw' (past tense of 'seon') and 'sēon' (to see), from Proto-Germanic '*sehwaną'.


saxatile | saxicavous | saxicoline | saxifrage | saxifragous | saxicolous | saxifrage unrelated: saxophone


Old English Saxon, from Latin Saxones, possibly from Proto-Germanic *sahsaz (knife)


From Middle High German 'Saxonia', derived from the Latin 'Saxones' referring to the Germanic tribe.


says | sayer | unsay | sayth | resay | besay

Latin 'assayare' (to assay) and 'essai' (trial), from Vulgar Latin *exsagium (to weigh out), from Latin ex- 'out' + sagum 'weight'. The form '-say-' is not a distinct morpheme but a phonological remnant of the root 'sag-' or 'sai-' in derived forms.


scabs | scabby | scabland | scabbily | scablike | scabwort


scabbards | scabbarded | scabbardfish | scabbardless | unscabbarded

Middle English scabard, from Old French escabinet


Latin scabiosus 'rough, scabby', from scabies 'scab, itch'


rough | scabby | having a rough, uneven surface


Middle English scade, from Old Norse skadi 'harm, damage'


temporary structure | support | framework

scaffolds | scaffolded | scaffolder | scaffoldin | scaffolding | scaffoldage

Middle English scaffold, from Old French eschafaud, from eschaf 'wooden frame' + oud 'foot, base'


a structure with rungs for ascending | to measure or climb | a series of steps for climbing | individual platforms for ascending | to move upward

scalar | scale | escalade | escalate | scale (to climb) | scale (units of measurement) unrelated: scale (weighing device) | scales (fish skin)

Latin scala 'ladder, scale' (feminine noun) derived from scalare 'to climb'


to burn with hot liquid or steam | to cause pain or suffering

scalds | scalded | scalder | scalding | sunscald | forscald


scalene, scalene muscles, scalene triangle, scalenohedron

σκαληνός (skalēnós)


scallop (shellfish) | scalloped (having a wavy edge)

scalloped | scalloper | scalloping | scallopers | scallopings | unscalloped

From Old French escalope, meaning 'shell' or 'slice', derived from Vulgar Latin *scapula (shoulder blade) due to the shape resemblance.


scalps | scalpy | scalped | scalper | scalpal | scalping

Middle English scalp, likely related to 'scallop'


small | sharp | cutting | surgical instrument

scalpels | microscalpel | scalpelliform | microscalpels

From Latin scalpellum, diminutive of scalprum 'chisel, knife'


scamps | scampy | scamper | scamped | scampish | scamping

Middle English 'scamp', possibly related to 'scamp' (to run away/scurry)


scampers | scampered | scampering | scamperingly


scan, scandent, scansion, scansorial, scantling

scans | scanno | rescan | descan | scanner | scanned


ascend | ascendency | ascendent | ascension | ascent | condescend | condescendence | condescension | descend | descendent | descension | descent | scansion | transcend | transcendence | transcendent | transcendental


scandalizes | scandalized | scandalizer | nonscandals | scandalously | scandalizing

σκάνδαλον (skándalon), σκανδαλίζω (skandalízō)


Latin 'Scandinavia', from Proto-Germanic *Skadino- (shade/shadow) + -avia (land)


insufficient | meager | small in quantity

scanty | scants | scantly | scanted | scantle | scantily


escapade, escape, escapement, escapism, scapegoat, scapegrace unrelated: landscape

Latin ex- 'out' + capere 'to take, seize'


landscape, seascape, cityscape, dreamscape

scapes | scaped | atscape | seascape | manscape | skyscape


scapholunar | scapholunars | scapholunate | scaphocephaly | Scaphophyllum | scaphognathite

σκάφη, σκάφος


scapulothoracic | facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy

scapulothoracic, facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy

scapulocostal | scapulocoracoid | scapulothoracic | scapulocoracoids


scars | scarry | scarring | scarlike | scarface | scarless


scarabs | scaraboid | scarablike | scaraboids

From Greek 'skarabaios', derived from 'skarabos' (scarab beetle), likely of Egyptian origin.


scarcen | scarcely | scarcens | nonscarce | scarceness | scarcement

From Old French 'escarse', derived from Late Latin 'excarsum', past participle of 'excarpere' meaning 'to pluck out' or 'to pick out'.


scarfed | scarfie | scarfer | enscarf | scarfing | scarfpin

From Old French escarfe, from Late Latin scarpa, from Greek skarpis 'rag, strip of cloth'


scarlets | scarleteer | scarletwork | scarleteers

Latin 'scāleō' (to be red) or 'scāla' (scale/flake), referring to the red dye from the kermes insect scales


scarpland | backscarps | scarplands | counterscarp | counterscarps


Proper noun derived from the village of Scarsdale in New York, USA.


scathed | scathes | scathel | scathely | unscathed | scatheful


scatemia | scatology | scatoma | scatomancy | scatophagy | scatoscopy | scatophagous

scatomancy | scatophile | scatophagy | scatoscopy | scatophilic | scatophilia

σκῶρ | σκατός (skôr | skatós) | etymology taken from 'scatology' < Greek σκατ- | σκῶρ dung OED


disperse | spread | throw in various directions

scattered, scattering, scatterbrained, scattergun

scatters | scattery | scattered | scatterer | upscatter | rescatter

From Old English 'scattrian' meaning 'to scatter, disperse', of Germanic origin.


to collect food or other items from discarded waste | to search for and gather usable items from refuse

Middle English scavenge, related to scavenge (to clean)


senior, senator, senile, senescence, evanescent


setting | situation | sequence of events

Latin 'scenarium' (neuter of 'scenarius'), from 'scena' meaning 'stage' or 'scene', derived from Greek 'skēnē'


transcend | ascend | descend | ascendency | ascendent | ascension | ascent | condescend | condescendence | condescension | descendent | descension | descent | scansion | transcendence | transcendent | transcendental

scandere | Greek skeptikos : thoughtful | inquiring skeptesthai : to consider


scenes | scener | scened | sceners | midscene | sceneful


ascend, ascendency, ascendent, ascension, ascent, condescend, condescendence, condescension, descend, descendent, descension, descent, scansion, transcend, transcendence, transcendent, transcendental


sceptics | nonsceptic | scepticist | Eurosceptic | antisceptic | nonsceptics


sceptre | staff of office | symbol of sovereignty

sceptres | sceptred | unsceptred | sceptreless

From Latin 'sceptrum', from Greek 'skeptron' meaning 'staff, rod', derived from 'skeptesthai' (to lean on).


Middle High German schaffner, from schaffen 'to manage, create'


scheduled | schedules | scheduler | reschedule | schedulers | enschedule

Latin schedula 'little note', diminutive of schedos 'sheet of paper'


subschema | schemaless | schemalike | multischema | superschema | superschemas


From Middle High German schilling, from Old High German skilling, from Proto-Germanic *skillingaz, from Proto-Indo-European *skel- 'to cut, divide'


myeloschisis | gastroschisis | retinoschisis | cranioschisis | cheiloschisis | palatoschisis

Greek schisis (splitting) from schizein (to split)


schisms | preschism | schismless | postschism | schismogenesis

Greek schisma 'division' from schizein 'to split'


schists | schistic | schistose | schistous | blueschist | grayschist