From Greek -ōlos, from ὀλέθριος (olethrios) 'destructive, fatal', related to ὀλέθρος (olethros) 'destruction, ruin'. The form -holic is a later English adaptation.


derivational suffix affix bound morpheme

pertaining to | of the nature of | relating to

Greek -oikos (house/relation) or -oikos (pertaining to)


likeness to | comparable form | visual similarity | material composition akin to | an entity resembling the base in structure

Sarcoidosis | humanoid | rheumatoid | tabloid | adenoid | asteroid | steroid | sphereoid

zooid | myoid | pyoid | dioid | Ekoid | Edoid

Greek -oeidēs (from -eides, 'resembling')


Booidea | Apoidea | Batoidea | apoidean | Amioidea | Feloidea

Greek -oideia (resemblance) from -oeidēs (having the form of)


oily | oils | oiled | oiler | deoil | unoil

Old English 'olie', from Latin 'oleum' 'olive oil, olive tree', from Greek 'elaia' 'olive tree'


apply a consecrated substance | apply a healing balm

oints | ointment | ointments | ointmentlike

Latin 'unguentum' (ointment) or 'ungere' (to anoint)


originating from | pertaining to | resident of


acrolein | lanolin | linoleum | oleaginous | oleaster | olein | oleograph | oleomargarine | oleoresin | oleum | petrol | petrolatum | petroleum | olfactory | redolent

diol | thiol | diols | Lysol | triol | benzol


payola | gayola | zipola | crapola | cashola | Ardeola

Latin -ola, diminutive suffix derived from -olus (masc.), -ola (fem.), -olum (neut.), from the adjectival suffix -olus


Arnold, Donald, Gerald, Harold, herald, Reginald, Reynold, Ronald

olds | oldy | olden | oldie | oldly | oldies


From Proto-Germanic *aldaz, from PIE *h₂el- 'to grow, nourish'


Derivational | derivational suffix affix bound morpheme

small | diminutive ending | small or little

arsole | foveole | diazoles | ovariole | stannole | foveoles


ὠλέκρανον (ōlékranon)


aromatic, virulent, indolent, malevolent


oleosity | oleophilic | oleophobic | oleoresin | oleovitamin | oleography

oleoyl | oleoyls | oleogum | dioleoyl | oleogums | oleoresin

From Greek 'elaia' (olive tree) via Latin 'oleum' (oil)


olfactology | olfactometer | olfactometry | olfactomotor | olfactotoxic | olfactometers

Latin olfactus, past participle of olfacere 'to smell', from olere 'to smell' + facere 'to make'


Latin olfact-, past participle stem of olfacere 'to smell', from olere 'to smell'


limited in quantity | sparse in number | minimal | meager | modest in size

oligotrophy | oligarchy | Oligocene | oligopoly | oligosaccharide | oligotrohic | oligotrophic | Oligochaeta | oligoclase | oligophagous | oligopsony | oliguria

oligarchy | Oligocene | oligopoly | oligosaccharide | oligotrohic | Oligochaeta | oligoclase | oligophagous | oligopsony | oliguria

oligarch | oliguria | oliguric | oligarchy | oligarchs | oligurias

Greek ὀλῐ́γος (olígos) | few | ὀλίγος (olígos) | OHG wulf : wolf


olives | olivey | olived | olivewood | olivelike | oliveness

Latin olīva 'olive tree, olive', possibly from Etruscan or Greek ἐλαία (elaía)


derivational | derivational suffix affix bound morpheme

term | rationale | discourse | mental process | academic discipline | systematic examination | structured analysis | field of inquiry | branch of knowledge | theoretical framework | scientific domain | area of study related to the preceding element | field corresponding to the initial component

biology, psychology, geology, sociology, archaeology

From Greek -λογία (-logia), from λόγος (logos) 'word, reason, study'


nadolol | esmolol | atenolol | pindolol | acebutolol | cyanopindolol

Pharmaceutical, Pharmacology, Drug class

From Greek 'olē' (destruction) + 'lō' (agent suffix), adapted in pharmaceutical nomenclature to denote beta-adrenergic receptor antagonists.


mesterolone | clocortolone | fluclorolone | fluocortolone | fluorometholone

Greek -one (suffix used in chemical nomenclature to denote steroids)


Olympiad | Olympic games | period of four years

Greek 'olumpia' referring to the site of the Olympic games


of or relating to the Olympic Games | relating to Mount Olympus


ὦμος (ômos) | ὠμία (ōmía)


pathological proliferation | abnormal mass | localized enlargement | abnormal expansion

melanoma | angioma | carcinoma | fibroma | hematoma | myoma | sarcoma | scleroma | teratoma

myoma | myomas | lipoma | xeroma | xenoma | myxoma

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heron, tyrant, tyrannosaurus, tyrannicide

Omanize | Omaniness | Omanosaura | Omanization

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


autonomous, autobiography, autograph, automate, autocracy


ombrogenous | ombrology | ombrometer | Ombrophila | ombrophilous | ombrophobe | ombrotrophic

ombrogenous, ombrology, ombrometer, Ombrophila, ombrophilous, ombrophobe, ombrotrophic

ombrometer | ombrophile | ombrophily | ombrotrophy | ombrometers | ombrophobic

ὄμβρος (ómbros)


Swedish 'ombud' (deputy, agent), from Middle Dutch 'ombuden' (entrusted)


biome | exome | genome | biomes | kinome | virome

Greek -ōma, -ōmat- 'result of an action, thing produced'


omega, omega-3, omega point, omega particle

Greek ℧ (Omega), the 24th and final letter of the Greek alphabet


a dish of beaten eggs cooked in a frying pan


a sign indicating an adverse outcome | an ill-omened event


a tool used to measure a specified quantity | apparatus for quantifying a preceding element

ammeter | flowmeter | telemeter | accelerometer | speedometer | thermometer

fadometer | acidometer | fadometers | acidometers | methanometer | cringeometer

French -mètre ... < ancient Greek -μέτρον ... measure; -meter comb. form2 OED


the practice | method | discipline of measuring the aspect defined by the preceding component

-μετρία  OED


uncanny | portent | perceive as a bad omen | malevolent omen

abominable | ominous | abominate | ominous Variant Spellings: omen | omen

Latin omin- 'omen, ill omen', from omen 'omen'


Latin ominosus, from omen 'portent, omen'


atypical, anonymous, amoral, asymmetry, atheist

omits | omitted | omitter | omitting | omitters | omittance

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


total | all things | every location | completely | all-encompassing

omniscient | omnivorous | omnipresent | omnibus | omnicompetent | omnipotent | omnivore | omnipotence | omnidirectional | omnifarious | omnium-gatherum | omnipotent (all-powerful) | omnipresent (all-present) | omnivore (all-eater | one who eats meat and vegitables)

omnify | omnist | omniana | omnibox | omnicide | omniarch

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omophagy | omohyoid | omohyoids | omophagous | omophagist | omophagists


of or pertaining to the navel | the umbilicus | navel

omphaloid | omphalocele | omphalotomy | omphalomancy | omphaloceles | omphaloscopy


progression or direction | direct contact or closeness | indicating position

English verbs prefixed with on- (1 e) | 35 e) | English nouns prefixed with on- (1 e) | oncoming | on-screen | onslaught | onset | onlook | ongoing

Old English 'on' (preposition/adverb), from Proto-Germanic '*ana' (upon, on), from Proto-Indo-European '*h₂en' (in, at).

Wiktionary | MorphoQuantics | Wikipedia | Stein


Oncinocalyx | Oncorhynchus | onchocerciasis | oncidium

ὄγκος | ὄγκινος (ónkinos) | Greek onkos : mass


Old English 'ān' (one) + 'sīce' (time/instance)


oncosis | oncogen | oncogene | oncocyte | oncotomy | oncogens

< Byzantine Greek ὀγκο-, combining form ...of ancient Greek ὄγκος mass, bulk OED


monologue, monolith, monogamy, monochrome, monotonous

ones | oner | oned | alone | atone | oneth


oneiroid | oneirogen | oneirology | oneironaut | oneirogens | oneiromancy

ὄνειρος (óneiros), ὀνειρώσσω, ὀνείρωξις (oneírōxis)


characterized by | full of | having the nature of

From Greek -oneutos, from onein 'to sound'


exonerate | exoneration | onerous | onus


Latin onerosus 'burdensome', from onus 'burden'


shortened version of 'electronic,' functioning as a combining element

From Greek -ōnikos, from -ōn (genitive of -ōn 'having') + -ikos, originally forming adjectives meaning 'pertaining to' or 'connected with', later adopted into English as a suffix for nouns denoting a field or system (e.g., avionics, bionics).


onions | oniony | onioned | onionskin | onionless | onionlike


toponium | gluonium | tauonium | helonium | toponiums | stoponium

From Greek -ōn, -ōnos, masculine agent noun suffix (e.g., tyrannos), later adapted in scientific Latin to form names of chemical elements.


onomatoid | onomatoids | onomatology | onomatomania | onomatophore | onomatophores


Greek onomatopoiia 'imitation of sound', from onoma 'name' + poiein 'to make'


study of | system of laws | management of

Greek -nomos 'law, custom' + -ikos 'pertaining to'


Greek -nomia (management, arrangement) from nomos (law)


ontogeny | ontonomy | ontogram | ontogenic | ontosophy | ontograms

ὄντος | ὀντότης (óntos | ontótēs) | οὐσία (ousía) | < ancient Greek ὀντ- | ὄν (plural ὄντα ) being | that which exists OED


Latin onus (genitive oneris) 'burden, load'


sharp digit | hard plate | digit tip covering


state of | condition of | relation of names

euonymy | exonymy | geonymy | isonymy | myonymy | neonymy

Greek -onymia (state of being named) from onyma (name)


relating to an egg | female gamete | the egg cell | egg cells | ovum | egg

oology, oocyte, ova, ovum, oviduct, oogenesis, ovalette

oos | ooid | ooids | oocyte | ooidal | oology

Greek ᾠόν | ᾠο- (ōión | ōio-) | egg | ovum | ᾠόν (ōión) | < ancient Greek ᾠο- | combining form of ᾠόν egg | ovum  OED


substantial | create a noun | someone who

spittoon | spittoons | musketoon | musketoons

Latin -ōnem (accusative singular of -ōns), from the verb stem of verbs like agere, ducere, etc.


of or pertaining to the woman's (ovary) | ovary

Neoclassical Greek ᾠοφόρον (ōiophóron), ovary, egg-bearing


ops | deop | reop | deops | reops | exaop


organ of sight | visual perception | capacity to see

optical, exophthalmos, ophthalmia, ophthalmology, ophthalmoscope, xerophthalmia

Ops | Opis : earth goddess of the harvest | abundance | and plenty | Greek ophis : snake


wealth, abundance, resources, power, riches

prosperity | plenty | assets | influence | treasures

Ops (Roman goddess of abundance and the harvest), opulent

Latin op- (stem of ops) meaning 'power, resources, wealth'


co-op, coöperate, inoperable, magnum opus, modus operandi, opera, operate, operational, operative, opulent, opus, opuscule


state of being | cloudiness | lack of transparency


opals | opaline | opalise | opalize | opaleye | opalines

Latin 'opalus' or 'opalus' from Greek 'opallios' (possibly from Sanskrit 'upala' meaning 'precious stone')


From Greek -pharmakon (drug, medicine), via French -amine or directly from Latinized forms of Greek pharmaceutical terms.


not transparent | not clear | impenetrable

opaques | opaqued | opaquely | nonopaque | radiopaque | opaqueness

Latin opacus 'shady, dark, covered over'


opens | reopen | clopen | opener | openly | opened

Proto-Germanic *apnaną, from PIE *h₂ep- 'to reach, approach'


operate | cooperate | opera | cooperation


serpent | Ophidia (taxonomic group) or snake-like creatures

Examples: Ophiacodon ("snake tooth") | Ophisaurus ("snake lizard") | Ophiopogon ("snake beard") | ophicephalous | ophidiophobia | ophiolite | ophiologist | ophiology | ophiophagous | Ophiophagus | ophiophagy | ophiophobia | ophitic | Brachyurophis | Ophicephalus | Ophiceras | Ophiclinus | Ophisaurus | Ophisops | Carphophis | ophicleide | ophidian | ophiolatry | ophiomancy | ophite | Ophiuchus | Rhabdophis

ὄφις | ὄφεως (óphis | ópheōs) | Greek ophthalmos : eye


ophthalmologic | ophthalmologist | ophthalmology | ophthalmoparesis | ophthalmoplegia | ophthalmoscope | ophthalmoscopy

ophthalmology | ophthalmostat | ophthalmotomy | ophthalmoscope | ophthalmoscopy | ophthalmopathy


ocular | visual impairment | impaired function linked to {prev} | state involving an eye abnormality defined by the initial element | ocular condition

myopia, hyperopia, asthenopia, amblyopia, anisocoria

anopia | meropia | euryopia | diplopia | hemiopia | polyopia

From Greek -ōpia 'condition, state', from opē 'sight, vision', related to ops 'eye'


Latin 'opium' borrowed from Greek 'opion' (poppy juice)


to hold an opinion | to believe | to think

opines | opined | opiner | opiners | opineth

Latin opinari 'to think, suppose, believe', from opinio 'opinion, belief'


opinions | opinionize | opinionate | misopinion | preopinion | disopinion

Latin opinio (genitive opinionis) 'opinion, belief, reputation', from opinari 'to think, suppose, judge'


posterior | following | hind | toward the back

opisthotonus | anopisthograph | opisthion | opisthobranch | opisthodomos | opisthoglyphous | opisthognathous | opisthograph | opisthokont | opisthosoma | opisthodome | opisthography

opisthosoma | opisthograph | opisthosomas | opisthopubic | opisthoglyph | opisthosomal

Greek ὄπῐσθεν (ópisthen) | behind | at the back | ὄπισθεν (ópisthen) | ὀπίσθιος | Greek ōps : eye


opiums | opiumism | opiumist | opiumlike | antiopium | opiumists


From Virginia Algonquian 'apasum' or 'opasum' meaning 'white animal' or 'white dog', via Middle English 'oposum'.


Latin adponere 'to place near, set against', from ad- 'to' + ponere 'to place'


Latin opportunus 'favorable, convenient', from ob 'toward' + portus 'harbor'


shameful | disgraceful | expressing scorn

Latin opprobrium 'disgrace, infamy', from opprobere 'to throw against, reproach'


visual organ | act of noticing | sensory awareness | resemblance | sight | front part of the head

amblyopia | anopia | autopsy | biopsy | catadioptrics | catoptrics | catoptromancy | catoptrophobia | cyclops | diopter | dioptre | dioptrics | diplopia | eisoptrophobia | emmetropia | hemianopsia | myopia | opsoclonus | optic | optokinetic | panopticon | pleoptics | synopsis | synoptic | tritanopia | ceratopsian | ichthyopsid | Pelops | sauropsid | triceratops

Loxops | Strigops | Echinops | Chrysops | Coturnicops

ὄψεσθαι (ópsesthai) | ὀπτός (optós) | ὀπτικός (optikós) | ὄψις (ópsis) | ὀπτικός(optikós) | Greek opsis : sight ōps : eye


ὀψέ (opsé), ὄψιος


eye | sight condition | observation | perception | likeness | vision

zoopsia | dysopsia | macropsia | cyanopsia | photopsia | teleopsia

ὄψεσθαι (ópsesthai), ὀπτός (optós), ὀπτικός (optikós), ὄψις (ópsis)


iodopsin, opsin, porphyropsin, rhodopsin

opsins | panopsin | pinopsin | photopsin | neuropsin | scotopsin


visual organ | act of noticing | cognitive interpretation | resemblance | visual perception | ability to see | perspective | external look

caryopsis | Thujopsis | stereopsis | Jubulopsis | Conuropsis | Arabidopsis

ὄψεσθαι (ópsesthai) | ὀπτός (optós) | ὀπτικός (optikós) | ὄψις (ópsis) | Greek opsōnein : to buy food provisions | to buy opson : food or meat eaten with bread


to prepare food by cooking | to ready food for consumption | one who purchases goods

opsonin | opsonoid | monopsony | oligopsony | opsonify | opsonize


inspection or scrutiny | observation | perceive visually | a specific type of inspection related to the initial component

biopsy, autopsy, laparoscopy, endoscopy, microscopy

Nominalizer, Perception, Medical Terminology

Greek -opsis 'view, sight', from opsis 'a looking, view', from optomai 'I see'


visual organ | act of noticing | cognition through senses | similarity | sight | to perceive visually

amblyopia | anopia | autopsy | biopsy | catadioptrics | catoptrics | catoptromancy | catoptrophobia | cyclops | diopter | dioptre | dioptrics | diplopia | eisoptrophobia | emmetropia | hemianopsia | myopia | opsoclonus | optic | optokinetic | panopticon | pleoptics | synopsis | synoptic | tritanopia | optical | optician | optics | optometry | panoptic | stereopticon

opts | adopt | opted | opter | option | adopts

Greek ops (ὄψ) 'eye, face' or ophthalmos (ὄφθαλμος)


eye, observation, perception, likeness, vision

amblyopia, anopia, autopsy, biopsy, catadioptrics, catoptrics, catoptromancy, catoptrophobia, cyclops, diopter, dioptre, dioptrics, diplopia, eisoptrophobia, emmetropia, hemianopsia, myopia, opsoclonus, optic, optokinetic, panopticon, pleoptics, synopsis, synoptic, tritanopia

optics | optical | panoptic | entoptic | opticals | preoptic


highest in quality | superior in excellence | peak in superiority

superlative of ben1 / ben, bon / bon / : compare pessim / pessim / : op3 / op

Latin optimus, superlative of bonus 'good'


Latin optio, option- 'choice, selection', from optare 'to choose, wish for'


Latin opulentus, from opulentia 'wealth', from ops (gen. opis) 'resources, wealth'


Latin opulentus 'rich, wealthy', from opulentia 'wealth', from ops (gen. opis) 'resources, wealth'


Latin opus (genitive operis) 'work, labor, deed'


a person who does what is expressed by the first e

individual performing the action denoted by the initial element | mechanism executing the function indicated by the initial element | individual performing the action | suffix denoting an agent performing the action | entity or thing characterized by the initial element | action or process described by the initial element | state or condition associated with the initial element | professional engaged in the activity denoted by the initial element

actor, creator, director, instructor, sculptor

Latin -or, agent noun suffix from past participle stem of verbs ending in -ere (e.g., agere -> actor)


elevated landform | high natural feature


os (genitive oris) ~mouth~ | os (genitive oris) "mouth" | Old French or : gold Latin aurum : gold


adore | adoration | exorable | inexorable | oracle | orate | oration | orator | oratorio | oratory | orison | perorate | peroration | perorator

orare ~to pray | plead~ | orare "to pray | plead"


prophecy | divine revelation | speaker of oracles


relating to speech | opposed to written | pertaining to the mouth

orals | aboral | orally | adoral | preoral | orality

Derived from Latin 'oralis,' meaning 'of the mouth'


brownish-orange, flame-orange, pink-orange, pinkish-orange, red-orange, reddish-orange, yellow-orange, yellowish-orange

orangey | oranged | orangery | orangely | orangelo | orangeade

Persian 'anār' (pomegranate) -> Arabic 'nāranj' -> Old French 'pomme d'orenge' -> Middle English 'pomegranate' (confused with orange fruit) -> 'orange'


orated | orates | perorate | perorates | perorated

Latin orātus, past participle of orāre 'to speak, pray'


large-scale musical composition | sacred musical work

Italian oratorio, from Latin oratorium 'oratory, place of prayer', neuter of oratorius 'of speaking', from orator 'speaker'


orbit | deorbit | exorbitant | orb | orbicular | orbiter | suborbital

orbs | orby | orbed | inorb | orbing | disorb


orbits | orbital | orbiter | orbited | deorbit | orbiton


anorchia | cryptorchidism | monorchism | orchid | orchiectomy | orchiopexy | Orchis | polyorchidism

ὄρχις (órkhis) | ὀρχίδιον (orkhídion) | ὀρχίδιον(orkhídion)


a piece of land planted with fruit trees

orchards | orcharder | orchardist | orchardman | orcharding | orchardful

Old English 'ortgeard' (enclosed garden)


to arrange | to direct | dance-related arrangement

Greek orchesis 'dance' + rhein 'arrange'


male reproductive organ | a flowering plant

cryptorchid, orchid, orchidotomy, orchiectomy, orchitis

orchids | orchidlike | orchidology | orchidarium | orchidomania | orchidaceous


commence | interlace | arrange | organize

Latin ordo (genitive ordinis) 'row, line, series, rank'


ordains | ordained | reordain | ordainer | coordain | ordainee

Latin ordinare 'to set in order, arrange', from ordo 'row, line, order'


arrangement | sequence | command | state of being

orderly | ordered | reorder | inorder | orderer | unorder

Latin 'ordo' (genitive 'ordinis') meaning 'row, line, series, rank, command'


coordinal, coordinate, coordination, coordinator, disorder, extraordinaire, extraordinary, grandorder, incoordinate, incoordination, infraorder, inordinate, inordination, insubordinate, insubordination, magnorder, mirorder, ordain, ordainment, order, ordinal, ordinance, ordinand, ordinariate, ordinary, ordinate, ordination, ordinative, ordnance, ornery, parvorder, preordain, preorder, preordination, quasiorder, reordain, reorder, reordination, suborder, subordinary, subordinate, subordination, superordain, superorder, superordinate, superordination


Middle French 'artillerie', from Italian 'artiglieria'


ores | orebody | oreless | oreshoot | orefield | oreshoots

Old English 'ora' (ore, precious metal), from Proto-Germanic '*auram', from Latin 'aurum' (gold)


Greek origano, from origanon 'joy of the mountain'


Greek name Orestes, from orein 'to dwell' or 'to stand' + -etes


ὀρέγειν  OED

From Greek orexis 'desire, appetite', from oregesthai 'to desire'.


organ, organic, organize, organist, organology

ϝέργον (wérgon) | έργον (érgon) | ἐργάτης (ergátēs) | ὄργανον (órganon) | ὀργανικός (organikós) | ὄργια (órgia)


tool | instrument | implement | organ (biological)

organ, organic, organism, organology, organist, organometallic

organs | organist | organoid | organule | organity | organelle

ὄργανον (órganon)


A creamy white alcoholic cocktail made with amaretto, Irish cream, and coffee liqueur | A type of drink named for its creamy texture and combination of ingredients

orgasms | orgasmic | orgasmer | orgasmers | anorgasmic | orgasmless


A gathering for group sexual activity | A social event involving collective sexual indulgence

Derived from Greek 'orgia', originally referring to religious rites, but now used for group sexual gatherings.


orientation, orient, disorient, reorient

orients | oriental | oriented | reorient | orienter | orientate

Latin oriens (genitive orientis) 'rising, east', present participle of oriri 'to rise'


Latin orificium, from oriri 'to rise, emerge' (referring to an opening from which something emerges)


start, initial stage | source, earliest phase

aborigine, aboriginal, origin, original, originate

origins | originate | originator | originated | originates | originless

Latin originem (nominative origo) 'a rising, source, beginning', from oriri 'to rise'


Latin oriri 'to rise, be born', from Proto-Indo-European *h₂er- 'to fit'


vaporium | vaporiums | maggotorium | infantorium | maggotoriums | infantoriums

Latin neuter suffix -orium, derived from the adjectival suffix -orius (meaning 'pertaining to'), used to form nouns denoting a place associated with the action of the verb stem.


avian | feathered creature | winged animal


enhance with ornamentation | supply with essentials | beautify with embellishment

adorn | adornment | ornament | ornamental | ornamentation | ornate | ornative | ornature | suborn | subornation


Latin ornatus, past participle of ornare 'to equip, decorate'


ornated | ornates | inornate | unornate | ornateness


Middle English ornari, from Old French orner 'to adorn', from Latin ornare 'to equip, furnish'


ornithology | ichthyornis | notornis | Ornithischia | ornithopod | ornithopter


Examples: ornithischian ("bird-hipped") | Ornithocheirus ("bird-hand") | Eoconfuciusornis ("Confucius's dawn bird") | Avernus | ornithology | ornithomancy | ornithorhynchus | ornithosis


oronym | orogeny | orology | oronymy | orogenic | orofecal

oro- comb. form2 < classical Latin ōr- | ōs mouth OED | Latin ōs | ōris | mouth


etorphine | nalorphine | acetorphine | alletorphine | pentamorphone | diacetylnalorphine


orphans | orphaned | orphancy | orphanry | orphanage | orphaning

ὀρφανός (orphanós), ὀρφανότης


Orpheus (mythological figure) | poet | musician


mysterious | entrancing | related to Orpheus


orthodox | orthopaedics | orthography | orthodontist | orthopedic | orthogenesis | orthodontics | orthotropic | orthocenter | orthocentric | orthodontia | orthodontic | orthodoxy | orthographic | ortholog | orthologous | orthonym | orthoscope | orthosis | orthostat | orthostyle | orthotic | anorthite | orthochromatic | orthoclase | orthognathic | orthogonal | Orthoptera | orthotics

orthogon | orthonym | orthopox | orthopia | orthology | orthogons

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


Greek orthos 'correct' + graphein 'to write'


dystopian | totalitarian | surveillance-oriented

Eponym from George Orwell, author of '1984'


location where | associated with | marked by | doer of

accusatory | inflammatory | preparatory | conservatory | laboratory | signatory | contributory | introductory | statutory | accessory | depository | refectory | amatory | dormitory | adulatory | olfactory | respiratory | ambulatory

-ōrius | -ōria | -ōrium OED | -ōria  OED

OED '-ory' | suffix2 < classical Latin -ōrius | -ōria | -ōrium  ...suffix forming nouns ... adjectives OED | suffix1  < classical Latin -ōria  OED


ὄρυζα (óruza), ὀρύζιον


os, oscitancy, oscular, osculate, osculum, ostiary, ostiole, ostium

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


Greek -ος (ending for masculine/neuter nouns)


move back and forth | repetitive back-and-forth movement | vibratory motion

oscillate | oscillation | oscillator | oscillatory | oscilloscope

Latin oscillare 'to swing, sway' (from oscillum 'hanging ornament, mask')


cellulose | glucose | sucrose | dextrose | fructose | lactose | levulose | maltose | ribose

oses | biose | diose | hamose | hexose | triose

Greek -ose (suffix used in chemical nomenclature)


Old English 'osier' (willow twig/branch)


myxomatosis | psychosis | thrombosis | Harlequin type ichthyosis | osteoporosis | genesis | hypnosis | neurosis | osmosis | halitosis | cirrhosis | cyanosis | metamorphosis | mitosis | narcosis | sclerosis

pyosis | zymosis | zygosis | xerosis | ketosis | mycosis


adiposity | animosity | bellicosity | callosity | carnosity | viscosity | curiosity | fibrosity | generosity | globosity | glutinosity | graciosity | grandiosity | monstrosity

From Latin -ōsitās (genitive -ōsitātis), formed from the stem of adjectives ending in -ōsus (abundant in) + the suffix -tās (state, condition)


ὠσμός (ōsmós)


Greek osme "smell" (referring to the odor of osmium tetroxide)


force forward | drive forcefully | osmosis | scent

osmology | osmometer | osmometry | osmophile | osmograph | osmolytic

ὠσμός OED | ὀσμή  OED


gradual assimilation | diffusion | absorption

exosmosis | zoosmosis | diosmosis | endosmosis | chemosmosis | chemiosmosis

Greek osmos 'a push, thrust' + -sis (process)


osseophilic | osseointegrate | osseointegrated | osseointegrates | osseoperception | osseointegrating


ossiform | ossicusp | ossiphagy | ossicusps


osteology, osteoporosis, osteoblast, osteophyte


Latin ostendere 'to show, display', from ob- 'toward' + tendere 'to stretch'


From Latin ostentus, past participle of ostendere 'to show, display', composed of ob- 'toward' + tendere 'to stretch'.


ostiary | ostiolar | ostiole | ostium | ostium unrelated: stom / ostomy.

Latin ostium 'door, gate, mouth of a river'


Middle English ostlere, from ost (host) + -ler


colostomy | enterostomy | gastroenterostomy | gastrostomy | ileostomy | jejunostomy | tracheostomy | vasovasostomy

colostomy, enterostomy, gastroenterostomy, gastrostomy, ileostomy, jejunostomy, tracheostomy, vasovasostomy

Greek -stoma 'mouth, opening' + -ia (suffix)


Greek -osis (process, state, condition) + osteon (bone)


hard outer covering | resembling a shell

Entomostraca | Leptostraca | Malacostraca | ostracism | ostracize | ostracod | ostracoderm | ostracon | periostracum | entomostracan | malacostracan

ὄστρειον (óstreion) | ὀστρακίζω (ostrakízō) | ὄστρακον (óstrakon) | Greek ōtos | gen of ous : ear


ostreolith | ostreoliths | ostreophagous


anotia | Aotus | microtia | Myosotis | otalgia | otic | otitis | otocephaly | otocleisis | otoconium | otocyst | otodynia | otolith | otology | otopathy | otophyma | otoplasty | otorhinology | otorrhea | otosclerosis | otoscope | otoscopy | ototomy | parotic | parotid | periotic | synotia | otolaryngology

otitis | otitic | otology | otalgia | otalgic | otolith


other, another, otherwise, otherworldly, otherness

others | another | otherly | otherer | otherkin | othering

Latin alter 'the other (of two)' or alius 'other, another'


Latin otiosus 'leisurely, idle', from otium 'leisure'


pertaining to | characterized by | condition of

otic, otology, otoscope, otitis, otalgia

nectroic | neurotic | psychotic | narcotic | neurotics | psychotics | abiotic | acanthotic | acapnotic | acidotic | actinomycotic | aerobiotic | agrypnotic | albinotic | alkalotic | amaurotic | ameiotic | amitotic | amniotic | amphibiotic | amphiprotic

zootic | diotic | chaotic | entotic | epiotic | prootic

-ωτικός  OED

< ancient Greek -ωτικός < nouns in -ώτης  ... | or adjectives in -ωτός  ... + -ικός -ic suffix OED


Latin otiosus 'idle, leisurely', from otium 'leisure'


anotia | Aotus | microtia | Myosotis | otalgia | otic | otitis | otocephaly | otocleisis | otoconium | otocyst | otodynia | otolith | otology | otopathy | otophyma | otoplasty | otorhinology | otorrhea | otosclerosis | otoscope | otoscopy | ototomy | parotic | parotid | periotic | synotia | otosis

otocone | otoscope | otogenic | Otolemur | otocones | otometry

οὖς | ὠτός (oûs | ōtós) | < ancient Greek ὠτο- | combining form...of ὠτ- | οὖς ear OED | Greek οὖς | ὠτ- (oûs | ōt-) | the ear


a procedure involving a cut | a cutting into the body part indicated by the first element

mastotomy | frenotomy | hymenotomy | canalotomy | ureterotomy | achillotomy

< Greek -τομία ... used to form abstract nouns from adjs. in -τομος cutting OED


From the Ottawa word 'adawe' meaning 'to trade' or 'to speak', referring to the Algonquian people who lived there.


Middle English otter, from Old English oter


relating to the Ottoman Empire or its people


past tense of think | past participle of think

Old English āht, past tense of ān 'to bind, oblige', from Proto-Germanic *ahtan, from PIE *ag- 'to drive, draw out'


Old English 'ūre', genitive of 'wē' (we), from Proto-Germanic '*wīz'


possessive pronoun (plural) | belonging to us

From Old English 'ūre', genitive of 'wē' (we), derived from Proto-Germanic '*wīnaz', from Proto-Indo-European '*wey- (to turn, bend).


related to | characterized by | comprising or marked by the first element's meaning | abundant in | exhibiting | defined by

hamous | joyous | aurous | iodous | amyous | garous

From Greek -ousios, from -ousa (feminine of -ous, present participle of eimi 'to be') + -ios


ousts | ouster | ousted | oustee | ousting | oustees


past | away from the center | not internal

outy | outs | dout | outdo | outie | outer

Old English 'ūt' meaning 'out, outward, outside', from Proto-Germanic '*ūtaz', from Proto-Indo-European '*h₂uṯ' meaning 'out, out of'

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Greek ouzo (ούζο), derived from 'ouzo' (anise-flavored)


obovate | oval | ovarian | ovariole | ovary | ovate | ovicapsule | ovicidal | ovicide | oviduct | oviferous | oviform | oviposition | ovipositor | ovolo | ovular | ovulation | ovulatory | ovule | ovum | pluriovulate


obovate, oval, ovarian, ovariole, ovary, ovate, ovicapsule, ovicidal, ovicide, oviduct, oviferous, oviform, oviposition, ovipositor, ovolo, ovular, ovulation, ovulatory, ovule, ovum, pluriovulate


From Latin 'ovarium' (seed vessel, ovary), derived from 'ovum' meaning 'egg'.


higher than | overstated | in excess | past a limit | exceeding | outperforming | elevated | beyond the upper part | ascending beyond | overcoming | too much

English verbs prefixed with over- (47 e) | 2172 e) | English nouns prefixed with over- (1 e) | English adjectives prefixed with over- (67 e) | over-budget | overdraught | over-optimistic | overflow | overpower | oversee | overreact | overact | overbearing | overconfident | overstock | overexcited | overlook

overs | overdo | overly | overgo | overeat | overlie

Old English ofer, from Proto-Germanic *uberi, from Proto-Indo-European *upo 'up, up from under'

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overtly | nonovert | overtness | semiovert

Greek 'ōrā' (to see) or 'ōrē' (opening, boundary)


oviform | ovitrap | ovitraps | ovistrip | ovivorous | ovistrips


obovate | oval | ovarian | ovariole | ovary | ovate | ovicapsule | ovicidal | ovicide | oviduct | oviferous | oviform | oviposition | ovipositor | ovolo | ovular | ovulation | ovulatory | ovule | ovum | pluriovulate | ovogenesis | ovomucoid

ovothiol | ovopathy | ovotoxin | ovotoxic | ovogenic | ovotestis


owl, owlet, owlish, barn owl, great horned owl

Middle English owle, from Old English ule, from Proto-Germanic *uwalaz


owed | owes | ower | owest | oweth | unowed

Old English awian 'to pay, to discharge a debt'


owls | owly | owlet | owlish | owling | owlets


possess | belong to | unilateral control

owns | owner | owned | disown | owners | ownage


oxen | oxeye | oxbow | oxens | oxfly | Oxford


loxapine | oxathiine | amoxapine | oxacyclic | nafoxadol | oxadiazole


Greek 'oxys' (sharp/acid) + '-ac' (from acid/acetic)


from 'oxalic acid', derived from 'oxalis' (wood sorrel)


Greek oxys 'acid' + azote 'lifeless' (nitrogen)


the English city | the university located in the city

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From Old English 'Oxenaford' meaning 'ford for oxen', referring to a crossing point on the River Thames.


oxides | dioxide | monoxide | trioxide | peroxide | suboxide

Greek oxys 'sharp' + -eidos 'form/resemblance'


idoxifene | raloxifene | trioxifene | raloxifenes

Greek a- 'without' + phaino 'to show, appear'


pertaining to | individual associated with


element essential for respiration | existence | core animating force

oxygen, oxide, oxidize, oxyacid, oxygraph

oxyl | oxyarc | oxygon | oxyacid | oxylith | oxyarcs

ὀξυ- | shortened form of oxygen OED | ὀξυ-  OED

From Greek 'oxys' (sharp, acid) + 'genes' (born, producer)

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oxygen, ozone, oxyacid, oxytocin, oxygraph

oxygens | loxygen | dioxygen | oxygenic | oxygenate | oxygenase


oystery | oystered | oysterman | oystering | oysterish | oysterless


antozone | iodozone | ozonelike | ozonesonde | ozonesondes

Greek ozone (ὀζών) 'smelling' from ozein (ὄζειν) 'to smell'


From Latin pabulum 'fodder, food', from pascere 'to feed'


pacify, pacification, pacifism, pacifist

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paced | pacer | pacey | pacers | repace | outpace

Latin 'passus' (past participle of 'pedere' meaning 'to step')


pachydermata, pachyglossia, pachynsis, Pachypodium

παχύς (pakhús), πάχος, πάχεος (pákhos, pákheos)


pachypod | pachyderm | pachytene | pachypods | pachyderms | pachymeter


compact | impact | impaction | impinge | pact | page | propagate | impacted unrelated: pact

pangere ~to fix | fasten~ | Greek paid : child


pads | iPad | repad | keypad | joypad | padded

Latin 'pāla' meaning 'shovel' or 'spade', referring to the flat surface of the hand or foot.


flat blade for propulsion | tool for rowing

paddler | paddles | paddled | paddlers | paddleth | unpaddled

Middle English 'padel', related to 'pad' (to strike)


Middle English 'pakke' (enclosure) + '-ock' (diminutive)


anapaest | anapaestic | anapest | anapestic

anapaest, anapaestic, anapest, anapestic


παῖς | παιδός (paîs | paidós) | παιδικός (paidikós) | Latin pagina : page pangere : to fasten


Indicates nearness or approximation to a term | Used in taxonomic nomenclature to denote something almost or nearly the specified term | Modifies a term to express a degree of similarity or proximity

Paenungulata | Paenibacillus | Paenibacillaceae


a single sheet in a book | a part of a play's performance

page (leaf), pageant, pageantry, paginal, pagination

Latin pag- 'leaf of a book' (from pagere 'to fasten, fix')


pagans | paganry | paganly | paganic | paganism | paganize

Latin paganus 'country dweller, rustic', from pagus 'village, rural district'


pageants | pageantry | pageanter | pageanters | pageantries | pageantlike

Old French 'pageant' (a festive procession)


pygopagus | xiphopagus | craniopagus | ischiopagus | cephalopagus | omphalopagus

Greek πάγος (págos), fixed, set, fastened


pails | pailful | pailfuls | lunchpail | lunchpails


suffering | physical discomfort | distress

pains | painy | pained | painful | paining | painite

From Old French 'pain', derived from Latin 'panem' (nominative 'panis') meaning 'bread', originally referring to the staff or stick used to break bread, which evolved to mean the staff itself and then the suffering associated with carrying it or the hardship of life.


to apply a colored substance | to cover with color

paints | painty | bepaint | repaint | painter | painted


teardrop-shaped pattern | ornamental motif

Named after the Paisley pattern, likely via the Scottish town Paisley


Proper Noun, Country, Geopolitical Entity

From Persian 'Pāk' (pure) + Turkic 'stān' (land)


impale, impalement, pale, palisade, pole, travail, travel

pals | palsy | pally | palled | keypal | galpal


large residence | royal residence | stately building

palaces | palaced | palaceful | palacelike | palacefuls | minipalace

Latin palatium 'palace of the emperor on the Palatine Hill'


Latin palatinus 'of the palace', from palatium 'palace'


paleobiology | paleobotanic | paleology | paleomagnetism | paleontology | paleopolyploidy | paleopsychology | palaeoecology | palaeolithic | paleo diet | Paleocene | Paleogene | Paleolithic | Paleozoic

παλαιός (palaiós)


a town in Montgomery County, New York | a suffix in compound terms (e.g., hyopalatine, autopalatine) | a proper noun

hyopalatine | autopalatine | postpalatine | nasopalatine | autopalatines | transpalatine


idle talk | prolonged discussion | chatter

palavers | palavered | palaverer | palaverous | palavering | palaverers


Italian plural of palazzo, from Late Latin palatium


pales | paled | palet | palen | palely | palest

Latin pallidus "pale, yellowish", from pallere "to be pale"


paleolithic | paleobiology | paleobotanic | paleology | paleomagnetism | paleontology | paleopolyploidy | paleopsychology | palaeoecology | palaeolithic | paleoanthropic | Paleocene | paleography | Paleozoic

paleome | paleosol | paleoart | paleonym | paleomes | paleomap

Attribute adder | Descriptives | Time age

παλαιός (palaiós) | Greek palaios : ancient | Greek palin : again

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Pinglish | Pallywood | Palestinian | Fakestinian | Palestinology | Palestinianess

Geography, Proper Noun, Historical Region

From Greek Palaistínē, from Hebrew Pəléset, referring to the land of the Philistines.


palettes | paletted | subpalette | palettelike | subpalettes

Latin 'palaeta' or 'palaestra' (wrestling ground), via Old French 'palette' (small shovel, then artist's board)


palilalia | palimpsest | palindrome | palingenesis | palinspastic

palilalia, palimpsest, palindrome, palingenesis, palinspastic

πάλιν (pálin)


palilalia, palimpsest, palindrome, palingenesis, palinspastic

πάλιν (pálin)


palindrome | palilalia | palimpsest | palingenesis | palinspastic | palinode Variant Spellings: palimpsest

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palindromes | quasipalindrome | heteropalindrome | pseudopalindrome | quasipalindromes | heteropalindromes


palisades | palisaded | impalisade | impalisades | impalisaded | pseudopalisades

Old French 'palissade' from 'pal' (stake)


turn pale | take on a yellowish hue | lose vibrancy

palls | pallor | pallors | pallbearer | pallbearers | pallbearing


the process or state of being palladated

palladation, hydrogenation, halogenation, fluorination

Derived from the chemical element 'palladium' + the suffix '-ation' (from Latin -atio, indicating action or process)


Greek 'palladion' (image/statue of Pallas Athena), from 'Pallas' + '-ion' (diminutive suffix)


palletised | palletizes | palletises | palletized | palletizer | palletizing

Latin palāta 'flat surface, platform', from palus 'stake, post'


Latin palliatus, past participle of palliare 'to cover with a cloak', from pallium 'cloak'


pallidly | impallid | pallidity | impallids | pallidness | pallidities

Latin pallidus "pale, wan", from pallere "to be pale"


the hand's inner surface | the inner part of the hand | the tree with leaves resembling the hand's inner surface

palmate | palm (of the hand) | palm (tree) | palmar | palmatifid | palmer | palmetto | palmistry | palmitate | palmyra

palmy | palms | palmed | palmar | impalm | unpalm

Latin palma 'palm of the hand, palm of the foot, palm tree'


Latin 'pālor' (to graze) + '-er' (agent suffix)


palp, palpable, palpate, palpation, palpitant, palpitation

palps | palpate | palpated | palpates | unpalped | palpless


of or pertaining to the eyelid (uncommon as a root)


Latin palpitare 'to tremble, beat', frequentative of pulsare 'to strike'


Greek palsy (palsy) from polos 'axis' + -sy (from -sis) 'condition'


Middle English 'paltrie', related to 'paltry' (insignificant)


palynology | palynomorph | palynoflora | palynophagy | palynologist | palynomorphs


pamphlets | pamphletry | pamphleteer | pamphletize | pamphleteers | pamphletizes


pan-American, pandemic, panacea, pantheon

panacea | panarchy | pandemic | pantograph | pantology | pantomime | pantothenic | company | panic | diapason | pandemonium | panoply | panoptic | parrhesia

pans | Panic | bedpan | panned | panner | panful

πάειν | Πάν (Pán) | Πανικός (Panikós) | πᾶς | παντός (pantós) | πᾶν (pân) | πασῶν | παντότης | πάντοθεν


appanage | empanada | impanate | impanation | panelle | panetela | panetella | panettone | panivorous | pannier | pantry | accompany | companion | company | panada | panatela


Greek panakeia 'all-healing', from pan- 'all' + akinein 'to heal'


French panache 'plume, plume of a helmet'


From Spanish 'Panamá', likely derived from a local indigenous language (possibly Cueva or Chibchan) meaning 'abundance of fish' or 'place of butterflies'.


pancreatotomy | pancreatopathy | pancreatomegaly | pancreatosphere | pancreatoenteric | pancreatospheres

πανκρεατ-  OED

< ancient Greek πανκρεατ-, πάγκρεας pancreas n. sweetbread OED


compass | dispand | dispansion | expand | expanse | expansion | expansive | expansivity | pandiculate | pandiculation | repand | subrepand | spandex | spandrel | encompass | encompassment | impassable | impasse | pace | passus | spawn


panders | pandered | panderer | pandering | panderers | panderism

Middle French 'pandre' (to distribute/spread)


praise | eulogy | formal expression of admiration

Greek panegyrikos 'pertaining to a public assembly' from panegyris 'public assembly'


Greek panegyris (public assembly), from pan- "all" + agoreuein "to speak in the assembly"


paneled | repanel | panelist | paneling | panelled | subpanel

Latin 'pannus' meaning 'cloth, piece of cloth'


Emotion, Physical sensation, Core concept

Latin 'pangere' meaning 'to fasten' or 'to fix', via past participle 'pactus' (agreed upon), evolving to mean 'pain' from the idea of being bound or fixed in suffering.


panics | panicky | panicked | panicker | panickily | paniclike


panniers | panniered | pannierlike | unpanniered

Old French 'panier' from 'panne' (basket)


all-encompassing | wide-ranging | view of an entire area


compass | dispand | dispansion | expand | expanse | expansion | expansive | expansivity | pandiculate | pandiculation | repand | subrepand


Deep purple color resembling that of the pansy flower | A shade of purple associated with the pansy | Color term derived from the flower's hue

From French 'pensée', referring to the flower.


to breathe with short, quick breaths | gasping

pants | panted | panter | pantleg | panteth | panters

Middle English panten, from Old English pantian 'to pant, gasp', of imitative origin


pantograph | pantomime | pantarchy | panacea | panarchy | pandemic | pantology | pantothenic | company

pantology | pantophagy | pantocracy | pantometer | pantometry | pantophobia

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Italian pantalone (character name from Commedia dell'arte)


panthers | pantherine | pantheress | pantherish | pantherlike | pantherines

Greek panther 'panther' (from Sanskrit *pāṇḍara* 'white' + Greek *thēr* 'beast')


Greek pantomimos 'imitator' (panto- 'all' + mime 'imitator')


Old French 'paneterie' from 'pain' (bread)


person | type of person | characteristic of

pantses | depants | jogpants | hotpants | pantsless | pisspants

English 'pants' (slang/metaphorical use for a type of person)


atypical, anonymous, amoral, asymmetrical, apolitical

paps | pappy | paplike | papescent | pappiness

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


Dialectal variant of 'grandfather', from 'grand' + 'father'


papers | papery | repaper | paperer | papered | adpaper


papillar | papillary | papillate | papillated | papillates | papillating

Latin papilla 'nipple, small protuberance', diminutive of papilla (cf. papilla)


Dialectal or colloquial variant of 'papa' or 'pappy', derived from early childhood speech patterns.


papulonodule | papulonodular | papulonodules | papulosquamous | papulopustular


ancient writing material | writing surface


adjacent to | close to | generate | create


adjacent to | parallel to | extending beyond | abnormal | faulty | resembling similar species | alongside | next to | incorrect | incomplete | adjacent | generate | produce | typically denotes 'beside' | by | resembling | surrounding | alongside

parallel, paradox, parameter, paradigm, parasite, paradigm, parallelism, paraphrase, paraphernalia, paraphrase

paracme | parapox | paranal | paravet | paranoid | paranoia

Medical and Scientific | Position indicator | Attribute adder

Greek παρά (para) 'beside, alongside, beyond'

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parables | parabled | parablelike | metaparable | metaparables

Greek parabole 'comparison, allegory', from paratithenai 'to place beside'


parades | parader | paraded | paraders | paradeth | paradest


paradigms | paradigmal | paradigmatize | multiparadigm | paradigmatized | paradigmatizes


Old Persian pārizdaida "walled enclosure"


contradiction | inconsistency | logical impossibility

paradoxes | paradoxal | paradoxer | paradoxism | paradoxers | nonparadox

Greek paradoxos 'contrary to expectation', from para- 'against' + doxa 'opinion'


paraffins | paraffiny | paraffinic | isoparaffin | nonparaffin | paraffinate

French paraffine, from Latin parum 'little' + affinis 'having affinity'


Greek παράγων (paragōn) 'companion, attendant', from παρά (para-) 'beside' + ἄγων (agōn) 'a contest/assembly'


parallels | paralleled | biparallel | parallelism | parallelled | paralleling

Latin parallelus, from Greek parallelos 'parallel, side by side'


parapeted | parapetted | parapetlike | parapetless


living | feeding | at the expense of another

parasites | nonparasite | zooparasite | epiparasite | ectoparasite | endoparasite

Greek parasitos 'living at the expense of another' (para- 'beside' + sitos 'grain/food')


parasols | parasolette | parasolettes | microparasol

Greek parasolē 'protection from the sun'


division into parts | separation into segments

Latin partem (nominative pars) 'part, portion'


parcels | parceled | parcelled | parceling | parcellate | parcelling

Latin parcella 'a small part', diminutive of pars 'part'


parched | parching | unparched | parchedly | parchingly | parchedness


parchments | parchmenty | parchmentize | parchmentlike | parchmentized | parchmentizes

Latin pergamena 'parchment', from Greek pergamenē (chartē) 'paper made in Pergamum'


forgive | excuse | release from obligation


arrange | assemble | order | prepare | provide | procure | bearing | beside

pared | pares | parer | parers | unpared | cheesepare


Latin parēre 'to appear, be visible, obey'


parents | parental | parented | reparent | parenter | unparent


hemiparesis | paraparesis | monoparesis | tetraparesis | quadriparesis | gastroparesis


arrange, assemble, order, prepare, provide, procure, bearing, beside

prepare, apparatus, reparation, disparity


pertaining to equal sharing | relating to balanced allocation

Latin pari- (ablative of par 'equal, same')


parietopsin | parietopsins | parietomastoid | parietoinsular | parietopontine | parietotemporal

Latin paries (genitive parietis) 'wall, side wall'


Paris (city) | Paris (mythological figure)

From Greek Paris (Πάρις), name of the Trojan prince.


parishes | nonparish | outparish | parishioner | interparish | parishioners

Latin parochia 'parish', from Greek paroikia 'sojourning, residence', from paroikos 'dwelling beside'


enclosed area | garden | place for recreation

parks | parkie | parked | parker | unpark | impark


parking | parking lot | place for parking

parking lot, parking garage, parking meter, parking space, parking ticket

Derived from the verb 'park' + the agentive/nominalizing suffix '-ing', functioning as a bound root in compound nouns.


verbal exchange | dialogue | spoken communication

parlance | parlando | parley | parliament | parlor Variant Spellings: parole unrelated: parlous | par2 / parlay. | parole

from parable, comb of para1 / para + bol2 / bol


parleys | parleyed | parleyer | parleying | parleyers | parleyings


legislative body | assembly | deliberative group

parliaments | parliamental | parliamentary | parliamentlike | parliamentarian | unparliamentary

Old French 'parlement', from 'parler' 'to speak'


a room for sitting | a place for conversation

Middle French 'parloir' from 'parler' 'to speak'


Middle English 'parlous', from 'perilous'


Latin parochialis 'of a parish', from parochia 'parish', from Greek paroikia 'sojourning, residence'


Greek parodia 'a new song, improvisation'


paroles | parolee | paroled | parolees | unparoled

From Latin 'parabola' meaning 'parable, speech', derived from Greek 'parabole' meaning 'comparison, analogy'.


organize | gather | sequence | ready | supply | acquire | position | adjacent | childbirth | numerical value from initial component

biparous | uniparous | nonparous | multiparous | nulliparous | gemmiparous

From Greek -paros, from tithēmi 'to place, put'


paroxysms | paroxysmal | paroxysmic | paroxysmally | nonparoxysmal | preparoxysmal

Greek paroxysmos 'a sudden attack', from paroxyssein 'to irritate to the utmost', from para- 'beside' + oxys 'sharp, acute'


from Latin parqueter 'to make small squares', from par 'equal, square'


parrots | parroty | parroter | parroted | parrotry | parroting


malparry | parrying | parryings | unparryable

Middle English parien 'to ward off, defend'


parse, partition, part, partake, parting

parser | parses | parsed | parsers | reparse | unparse


Latin parsimonia, from parsimulus 'frugal', from parceri 'to spare'


Latin 'persilium' or 'petroselinum', from Greek 'petroselinon' (rock-parsley), from 'petra' (rock) + 'selinon' (celery)


parsnips | parsnipy | parsnippy | parsniplike

From Old English 'parsnippe', of unknown origin, possibly related to 'parson' due to its cultivation by monasteries.


parsons | parsoned | parsonic | parsonage | parsondom | parsonish

Latin persona 'person' + -on, originally 'one who performs a role', later specialized to clergy


component | divide | portion | distinct segment | split into sections | segment of | element of

partition, partial, participate, compartment, departure

parts | partly | parted | parton | parter | partake

Latin pars (genitive partis) 'part, portion, share'

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parthenocarpy | parthenogenesis | Parthenon | Parthenope | parthenogenetic | parthenote

parthenocarpy, parthenogenesis, Parthenon, Parthenope, parthenogenetic, parthenote

parthenogen | parthenogens | parthenocarpic


Biological process, Reproduction, Origin


Latin particip-, past participle stem of participare 'to share in, partake of', from particeps 'sharing, partaking', from pars 'part' + capere 'to take'


Latin participatus, past participle of participare 'to share in, partake of', from particeps 'sharing, partaking', from pars 'part' + capere 'to take'


Latin particip-, past participle stem of partiri 'to divide, share'


divided into | consisting of | having parts

unipartite | twopartite | decapartite | octapartite | monopartite | fourpartite

Latin partitus, past participle of partiri 'to divide, share'


partners | partnered | copartner | partnering | partnerdom | copartners

Middle English, from Anglo-Norman French partner, from Old French partir 'part, portion' (from Latin partiri 'to divide')


partridges | partridgelike | partridgeberries


Latin past participle stem of pario 'to bear, bring forth'


group | division | faction | social gathering

biparty | partying | nonparty | preparty | partyism | partyish

Latin 'partes' (plural of 'pars') meaning 'part, division, share'


parvovirus | parvoline | parvovirus unrelated: parvenu | parvis

comparative forms: minor / minor, minu / minu / : superlative form: minim / minim


bipaschal | dipaschal | tripaschal | antepaschal | Paschaltime | quadripaschal

From Greek πάσχα (páscha), from Aramaic פַּסְחָא (pasḥā), from Hebrew פֶּסַח (pesaḥ) 'Passover'


commander | lord | high-ranking official

pashas | pashadom | pashalike | pashadoms


Latin passus 'step, pace', past participle of pedere 'to step, to go'


rate of movement | single foot movement | to distribute | to advance by steps | to move | to transfer

bandpass | bypass | compass (all senses) | encompass | en passant | impassable | impasse | overpass | pass | passable | passade | passage | passageway | passant | passbook | passé | passenger | passer-by | passim | passkey | Passover | passport | password | surpass | trespass | underpass Variant Spellings: pace | past | pastime | pace

passer | bypass | passed | passes | passen | repass

From Latin 'passus' (step, pace), past participle of 'pedere' (to step, to go).


experience hardship | perceive emotions | withstand | allow | with fervor | intensely | bear pain

Latin passus, past participle of pati 'to suffer, endure'


Latin passus 'step, pace', past participle of pedere 'to go'


one who travels | traveler | occupant of a vehicle

passengers | nonpassenger | nonpassengers | passengerless

Latin passus 'step, pace' (past participle of patior 'to walk, go') + -enger (agent suffix derived from Latin -arius or French -ier)


Passerina | Passeridae | Passerella | Passeroidea


passions | passional | impassion | empassion | unpassion | passionate

Latin passio (gen. passionis) 'suffering, enduring', from patī 'to suffer, endure'


state of being acted upon | undergoing an action

passives | impassive | passively | unpassive | nonpassive | exopassive


pastas | nonpasta | pastalike | pastaless | Pastagate | pastaholic


pastels | pastelly | pastelist | pastellist | pastelists | pastellists


Science, Process, Proper Name Derivation

Named after Louis Pasteur, the French chemist and microbiologist who developed the process of pasteurization.


pastors | pastoral | pastorly | copastor | pastorals | pastorate

Latin pastor 'shepherd', from pastus, past participle of pascere 'to feed, graze'


baked dough | baked goods | sweet or savory dough-based food

Old French pasteler 'to make pastry', from paste 'paste, dough'


pastures | pastured | pasturer | depasture | pasturers | impasture

Old French pasturage, from pastre 'pasture' (from Latin pastus, past participle of pascere 'to feed')


pasty | resembling paste | having the consistency of paste


remain open | experience hardship | perceive | withstand | extend | stay open

impatent | patefaction | patella | patellar | patelliform | paten | patency | patent | patera | patin | letters patent | patulous

pats | Patty | pates | bepat | patly | cowpat


πάτος (pátos), πατεῖν (pateîn), πατητός, πατητής, πατητήριον


patchy | patches | patched | repatch | patcher | patchily

Middle English 'pacchen' (to piece together)


patellar | patellas | patellate | subpatellar | prepatellar | parapatellar

Latin patella 'small dish, little pan', diminutive of patina 'flat dish'


patents | patently | patented | patentee | patenter | patentor

Latin patent- 'lying open, visible', present participle stem of patēre 'to be open, lie open'


allopatric | allopatry | eupatrides | patriarch | patriarchy | patriot | patriotic | patriotism | patrology | patronym | patronymic | sympatric | sympatry | patrician | patron | paternal

πατήρ, πατρός (patḗr, patrós), πατριά (patriá), πατριώτης (patriṓtēs)


sensation | distress | affect | intensity

paths | bypath | pather | pathway | warpath | towpath

πάσχειν (páskhein) | παθητικός (pathētikós) | πάθος (páthos) | Greek

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


geopathic | myopathic | neopathic | idiopathic | allopathic | monopathic

Greek -pathikos (from pathos 'suffering, feeling')


allopath | allopathy | antipathy | apathetic | apathy | empathy | etiopathogenesis | homeopathic | homeopathy | idiopathic | pathetic | pathoclisis | pathogen | pathogenesis | pathogenic | pathologist | pathology | pathos | psychopath | psychopathic | psychopathy | sympathectomy | sympathetic | sympathy | pathophysiology

pathogen | pathosis | pathogens | pathogeny | pathotype | pathogenic

πάσχειν (páskhein) | παθητικός (pathētikós) | πάθος (páthos) | < Hellenistic Greek παθο- | combining form ... of ancient Greek πάθος  suffering | disease OED | Greek πᾰ́θος (páthos) | pain | suffering | condition

Wiktionary | MorphoQuantics | http://www.palosverdes.com/jesse/pvphs/www—freecollege—com—vocab.htm | Wikidata


apathy (no feeling)|empathy (in feeling (from someone else))|sympathy (same feeling)|telepathy (far feeling)

Greek pathos 'suffering, feeling, emotion'


a condition | a state | an emotion | distress | fervor

empathy, apathy, sociopathy, neuropathy, psychopathy

eupathy | sympathy | myopathy | dyspathy | uropathy | otopathy

-πάθεια  OED

Greek πᾰ́θος (páthos) | suffering | accident | πάσχειν (páskhein) | παθητικός (pathētikós) | πάθος (páthos) | pati | passus | < ancient Greek -πάθεια | combining form... < -παθής  ... + -ία -y suffix3 OED


patient, impatient, patience, patiently, patience

patiences | impatience | unpatience | impatiences

Latin patientia 'endurance, forbearance', from patiens 'suffering, enduring', present participle of pati 'to suffer, endure'


patients | patiently | inpatient | unpatient | outpatient | inpatients

Latin patiens, present participle of patior 'to suffer, endure'


patinate | patinaed | patinated | patinates | patinating | patination

Latin patina 'shallow dish, surface layer'


From Spanish patio, from Latin patium 'open space'


dialect | regional language | vernacular


male parent | homeland | kinship via paternal lineage

compadre | compaternity | padre | padrone | paterfamilias | paternal | paternity | paternoster | patriate | patriation | patrician | patriciate | patricidal | patricide | Patrick | patriclinous | patricliny | patrifocal | patrilateral | patrilineage | patrilineal | patrilineality | patrilinear | patrilocal | patrilocality | patrimonial | patrimony | patron | patronage | patronal | patronate | patroness | patroon | repatriate | repatriation | patriarchy | patriarch (father leader) | patriot (lover of the fatherland) | expatriate (person outside the fatherland)

patrimony | patriarch | patricide | patriclan | patristic | patriline

From Latin pater 'father', from Proto-Indo-European *ph₂tḗr.

Wiktionary | MorphoQuantics | Cognatarium | Stein


to guard | to watch over | to traverse for security

patrol, patrolling, patrolled, patroller

patrols | patroled | patrolman | patrolled | patrolmen | patroller


patrons | patronly | enpatron | copatron | patronage | patronize

Latin patronus 'protector, defender', from pater 'father'


From Old English 'paterne' or 'fatorne', meaning pattern or example, derived from Latin 'patronus'.


model | template | design | recurring sequence

patterns | patterned | depattern | repattern | patterner | patterning

Middle English, from Old French 'patron', from Latin 'patronus' (patron, protector), ultimately from 'pater' (father)


Middle English pata, patte, from Old French pate 'dough, cake'


a small number | not many | limited quantity


paunchy | unpaunch | paunchily | paunchiness

Middle English paunche, related to pouch


paupers | pauperize | pauperism | pauperdom | dispauper | pauperess


heliopause | menopause | pause | tropopause Variant Spellings: pose | pose

paused | pauses | pauser | unpause | pausers | unpaused


paver | paved | paves | paven | depave | repave

Latin 'pavire' meaning 'to beat, stamp, or pave'


conditioned | reflexive | stimulus-response

Proper name (Ivan Pavlov) used to denote classical conditioning


pawed | pawer | pawing | pawful | paweth | pawest


a person used by others for their own purposes | a chess piece

pawns | impawn | pawned | pawnee | pawner | pawning

Old French 'paon' (peacock), from Latin 'pavo', originally referring to the peacock's tail feathers used as a marker in games, later generalized to the chess piece.


pain, painful, painless, painkiller, painless

Latin 'poena' meaning 'penalty' or 'punishment', derived from Greek 'poinē'


pea, peas, sweet pea, snow pea, split pea

peas | peasy | peanut | peahen | peacock | peafowl

Old English pēa, from Proto-Germanic *pēwōn, from Proto-Indo-European *pēh₂w- 'to protect, feed'


tranquility | harmony | absence of conflict

peaces | peacen | unpeace | peacens | peaceful | peacenik

Latin pax (genitive pacis) 'peace, concord'


peals | pealed | pealing | pealeth | pealest | pealings

Latin 'pellere' (to drive, strike, push)


pears | peary | pearwood | pearlike | pearless | pearwoods

Old French poire, from Latin pirum 'pear'


pearly | pearled | pearlin | pearler | bepearl | impearl

Latin 'perla' or 'petra', likely of Oriental origin (Arabic 'fara' or Sanskrit 'valaya'), meaning 'pearl' or 'stone'


peasants | peasanty | peasantry | peasantly | nonpeasant | nonpeasants

Old French 'paisant' from 'pais' 'countryside'


peaty | peats | peated | peating | peatbog | peatman


pebbles | pebbled | unpebbled | pebblelike | pebbleless | pebbleware


offense | to make a mistake | to commit a transgression

impeccable | peccadillo | peccant | peccable | peccavi

peccatum ~sin | fault | error~ | from peccare ~to miss | mistake~ | Greek pēktos : congealed


To type by searching for each key individually | To strike with a beak | To be hungry (colloquially)

pecks | pecky | pecker | pecked | peckish | pecking


pectic | pectin | hysteropexy | pagophobia | parapagus | rheopectic | rheopecty | rheopexy | pectase | pectate | pecten | pectinate

Greek pektos, past participle of paktein 'to congeal, clot'


pectoral | expectorate | pectoralgia | pectoriloquy | pectorophony | angina pectoris | expectorant | pectoral Variant Spellings: parapet | parapet

Body Parts and Substances | Anomalous form

pectus | pectoris | Latin pectus | Latin


assets | currency | items owned | personal holdings

peculiar | pecuniary | pecunious | impecunious | peculate | peculium

Latin pecu- 'cattle, property', from pecus 'cattle'


to embezzle | to misappropriate | to steal funds

Latin peculatus, past participle of peculari 'to embezzle', from peculium 'private property, savings' (diminutive of pecus 'cattle')


peculiars | peculiarly | peculiarity | peculiarize | peculiarness | peculiarized

Latin peculiaris 'private, personal, one's own', from peculium 'property'


From Latin pecūnia 'money, property', derived from pecū 'cattle, livestock' (the primary form of wealth in ancient Rome)


from Latin pecunia 'money, property', derived from pecu 'cattle'


Latin pecūnia 'money, property' (from pecūs 'cattle, flock'), referring to cattle as the original form of wealth.


parallelepiped, pedocal, pedogenesis, pedology

peds | biped | bipeds | bipedal | autoped | cheliped


foot | of or pertaining to the foot | -footed | of or pertaining to the child

pedal, pedestrian, pedicure, biped, tripod


pedon | pedons | pedology | pedogamy | epipedon | neopedon

pedo- comb. form2 < ancient Greek πέδον ground, earth OED


pedagogy, pedagogue, pediatrics, pediatrician, pediatrics


pedagogues | pedagogued | pedagoguette | pedagoguettes

Greek paidagōgos (paidos 'child' + agō 'to lead')


pedalo | pedaled | pedaler | pedaling | pedalled | pedaloes


pedantries | pedanticisms | pedantocrats

Latin pedes 'foot' (via metaphorical extension from 'foot soldier' to 'schoolmaster' or 'pedagogue')


peddled | peddles | repeddle | repeddled | peddlesome


Latin 'pedes' (foot) + '-istula' (diminutive suffix)


pedigrees | pedigreed | nonpedigree | unpedigreed | subpedigree | pedigreeless

Old French 'pied de grue' (foot of a crane)


itinerant trader | street vendor | seller

Middle English 'pedlar', related to 'peddle'


bodily fluid expelled during urination | the act of urinating | to expel urine

peer | pees | peeing | peering | peercast

from Old English 'pēon', meaning to urinate


peeks | peeked | peeking | peeketh | peekaboo | peekings

Middle English 'peken', possibly related to 'pique'


peels | peeler | peeled | unpeel | repeel | peelie

Middle English pellen, from Old English pellan 'to strip, pluck'


peeps | peepy | peepo | peeper | peeped | peeping

Middle English pepen, related to peep (to look)


Middle English peve, likely related to 'pique'


hysteropexy | pagophobia | parapagus | pectic | pectin | rheopectic | rheopecty | rheopexy

hysteropexy, pagophobia, parapagus, pectic, pectin, rheopectic, rheopecty, rheopexy

pegs | unpeg | PEGyl | repeg | pegged | pegger

πηγνύναι (pēgnúnai), πηκτός (pēktós), πηκτικός (pēktikós), πῆξις (pêxis), πῆγμα (pêgma), πάγη (págē), πάγος (págos), πάγιος (págios), παγιότης (pagiótēs), πάσσαλος (pássalos)


expressing contempt | disparaging | belittling

Latin pejorativus, from pejor 'worse' (comparative of malus 'bad') + -ativus


From Peking (Beijing) + -ese (suffix denoting origin)


πηλός (pēlós)


compel | dispel | expel | impel | propel | propeller | repel | repellant | propellor


pelisse | pellagra | pellicle | pelt | peltry Variant Spellings: surplice | surplice


Greek pelagios 'of the sea', from pelagos 'sea'


Middle English pelf, possibly from Old French pel (skin/hide)


urge forward | force onward | beseech | converse with

appulse | compel | compulsory | dispel | expel | expulsion | impel | impulse | propel | propellent | propulsion | propulsive | propulsor | pulsate | pulse | push | repel | repellent | repulsive | appellant | appellate | appellation | appellative | compellation | interpellate Variant Spellings: rappel | rappel


pellets | pellety | repellet | pelletize | Pelletron | biopellet

Middle French 'pelote' (ball, small mass)


Latin pellucidus, from pellucere 'to shine through', from per- 'through' + lucere 'to shine'


shield. Frequently used for ankylosaurs.

Examples: Sauropelta ("lizard shield"); Dracopelta ("dragon shield"); Cedarpelta ("Cedar shield")

πέλτη (péltē)


nonpelvic | midpelvic | subpelvic | endopelvic | parapelvic | fetopelvic


pelvises | hemipelvis | hydropelvis | acanthopelvis


from Cree 'pimi-kan' (that which can be eaten)


just short of | barely | on the verge of

peninsula | penultimate | penumbra | antepenult | peneplain | penult | penury

pent | pens | penup | pened | unpen | impen


toward the interior | inner, entering or moving inward

impenetrable, penetralia, penetrance, penetrate

Latin penus 'innermost part of the house, storehouse'


pen [writing implement]; orginally, a quill


exact retribution | discomfort | disciplinary measure | act of remorse

impune | impunity | pain | penal | penalize | penalty | penance | penitence | penitent | penitentiary | pine | punish | punitive | repent | subpoena | penology Variant Spellings: subpoena

Latin pānāre 'to punish' or pœna 'punishment'


penally | penalize | nonpenal | penalism | penalized | penalizes


atonement | reparation | punishment for sin

penitent, penitential, penitentiary, impenitent

Latin poenitentia 'repentance, regret', from poenitere 'to make regret'


unit of currency | small amount of money

pences | sixpence | twopence | tenpence | sixpences | twopences

Old English 'pennig', from Proto-Germanic '*panningaz', ultimately from Latin 'denarius'


French penchant, from penchant 'leaning, tendency', from penchant 'inclining'


suspend | assess | compensate | contemplate | dangle | evaluate thoroughly | engage

pending, depend, suspend, appendix, expend

pends | append | prepend | appends | prepends | appended


depend, suspend, pending, pendulum, appendix


penetrate, penetration, penetrable, penetrator

Latin penetrare 'to pierce, enter', from penetrus 'inmost'


leukopenia | cytopenia | neutropenia | osteopenia | panleukopenia

leukopenia | cytopenia | neutropenia | panleukopenia

cytopenia | basopenia | logopenia | leukopenia | osteopenia | cytopenias

From Greek penia 'poverty, need, lack', derived from the verb peinein 'to be hungry, to lack'.


penicillins | penicillinase | nonpenicillin | isopenicillin | penicillinases | aminopenicillin

From Latin penicillium 'brush', diminutive of penis 'tail', referring to the brush-like appearance of the mold.


land surrounded by water on three sides | nearly an island

peninsular | peninsulas | peninsulate | peninsulars | peninsulated | peninsulates

Latin paeninsula 'almost an island', from paene 'almost' + insula 'island'


Male reproductive organ used for sexual intercourse and urination | tubular part of the male genitalia excluding the scrotum | anatomical structure in humans and some mammals

penisy | penises | penised | neopenis | penisless | penislike

From Latin 'penis', originally meaning 'tail' or 'projection', later applied to the male reproductive organ.


Latin paenitentia 'remorse, regret', from paenitere 'to regret, repent'


light, plume-like structure | aquatic limb | flight appendage

pennate | pinnacle | pinnate | pinnule | empennage | pennant | penne (pasta) | pennon

Pennamite | Pennsylvania | Pennsylvanian


sixpenny | twopenny | tenpenny | megapenny | fivepenny | fourpenny


pensions | pensioner | pensioned | pensiones | pensioners | pensioning

Latin pensionem (nominative pensio) 'a weighing, payment', from pendere 'to weigh, pay'


Latin -pensus, past participle of pendere 'to hang, weigh'


pentagon | pentate | pentadactyl | pentathlon | pentecontad | pentecontagon | pentecostal

pentagon | pentamer | pentaene | pentahex | pentagram | pentagons

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


pentadecagon | pentadecamer | pentadecanes | pentadecagons | pentadecamers | pentadecanoyl


Greek penta- 'five' + -akis (diminutive/formative suffix)


pentagram, pentagon, pentathlon, pentameter, pentarchy

Greek penta- 'five' + prism 'solid with polygonal faces'


Pentecostal | Pentecostally | Pentecostalism | Pentecostalist

πεντηκοστός (pentēkostós)


Latin penumbra, from paene 'almost' + umbra 'shadow'


peoples | peopled | peopler | unpeople | repeople | peoplers


πέπερι | πεπέρεως


πέπων | πέπονος (pépōn | péponos)


peppers | peppery | peppered | pepperer | pepperbox | peppering


Italian 'peperoni' (plural of peperone, from 'pepere' meaning 'pepper')


process of breaking down food | enzymatic nutrient decomposition

dyspepsia, eupeptic, Pepsi Cola™, pepsin, pepsinogen, peptic, peptide, Pepto-Bismol™, peptone


Greek πεπτός (peptós), cooked, digested < πέσσω (péssō), I boil, cook; digest


pepsins | isopepsin | propepsin | pepsinogen | propepsins | pepsinated


πέσσειν (péssein) | πεπτός (peptós) | πεπτικός (peptikós) | πέψις (pépsis) | πεπτικός(peptikós)


pers | peruse | permix | perfix | perhaps | perusal


Latin root 'parere' meaning 'to bring forth, give birth, produce'


to attempt | to acquire understanding through effort

experience, experiment, expert, expertise


πήρα (pḗra), πηρίδιον (pērídion)


percents | percenter | percental | percentile | percentual | percenters


a type of fish in the Perciformes order | a group of related fish species

perched | percher | perches | deperch | reperch | sunperch


Latin percipient- 'perceiving', present participle stem of percipere 'to seize, perceive'


Latin percipiens, present participle of percipere 'to perceive, grasp, take hold of', from per- 'through' + capere 'to take'


Latin per- 'through' + collare 'to drip' (from collare, frequentative of collare 'to drip')


percussed | percussive | percussing | percussively | unpercussive | nonpercussive

Latin percussus, past participle of percutere 'to strike through, beat down', from per- 'through' + cūtĕre 'to strike'


πέρδιξ | πέρδικος (pérdix | pérdikos)


Latin perditio (gen. -onis) 'a ruining, destruction', from past participle stem of perdere 'to destroy, lose'


Latin peregrinus 'foreign, traveling', from peregrus 'foreign', from per- 'through' + ager 'field, land'


decisive | final | leaving no room for debate

Latin peremptorius 'fatal, decisive', from perimere 'to kill, destroy'


perfects | imperfect | perfectly | perfected | perfector | perfecter


disloyalty | double-crossing | deception

Latin perfidus 'faithless, treacherous', from per- 'through, thoroughly' + fides 'faith'


Latin perfidia 'faithlessness, treachery', from perfidus 'treacherous'


to pierce | to bore through | to make holes

perforated | perforates | imperforate | reperforate | biperforate | imperforates

Latin perforatus, past participle of perforare 'to pierce through', from per- 'through' + forare 'to bore'


performs | performer | performed | reperform | performant | outperform

Latin 'per-' (thoroughly) + 'agere' (to do, act)


perfumers | beperfumed | perfumeries | nonperfumed | perfumelessness

Latin 'perfumare' meaning 'to smoke through' (per- 'through' + fumare 'to smoke')


Latin perfungi 'to perform, complete, discharge', from per- 'through, thoroughly' + fungi 'to perform, do'


Latin perfusio(n-), from perfundere 'to pour over'


From Greek 'pēgama' meaning 'that which is fixed' or 'a scroll', derived from 'pēgnynai' (to fix).


encircling | regarding | relating to | encompassing

perimeter, periphery, periscope, perihelion

perisex | periderm | perianth | pericarp | perianal | pericyte

Position indicator | Positional | Spatial | position in space | Anomalous form

Greek περῐ́ (perí) | around | about | concerning | περί (perí) | Greek perissos : uneven | irregular

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


surrounded by glory | prominent | famous

Greek 'Perikles' (perikléēs) 'surrounded by glory'


perils | imperil | periled | perilous | imperils | periling


a distinct time span | end point | a segment or phase

periods | midperiod | nonperiod | periodize | subperiod | periodical

from Greek 'periodos' via Latin, meaning a circuit or journey, later extended to time spans


wandering | walking about | traveling from place to place

Greek peripatētikos 'walking about', from peripatein 'to walk around'


perished | perisher | perishing | perisheth | perishers | perishably


appendicitis, bronchitis, cystitis, dermatitis, gastritis

Greek peritoneum (peritoneum) + -itis (inflammation)


advantage | benefit | advantageous feature

perky | perks | perked | unperk | perkily | perking

Middle English 'perk' (short for perquisite)


permaban | permatan | permabans | permalink | permatans | permabull

Latin 'per-' (through, thoroughly) + 'manere' (to remain)


permafrost, permafrost layer, permafrost region

from perma- (from Latin permanens 'remaining') + frost (from Old English frōst)


Latin permanens, present participle of permanere 'to remain, stay, endure'


per- (through/thoroughly) | mangan (manganese) | -ate (salt/ester)

permanganic acid, potassium permanganate, sodium permanganate

From French permanganate, from per- + manganate


Latin 'permeare' meaning 'to pass through', derived from 'per-' (through) + 'meare' (to go)


permits | permitted | permittee | permitter | permiting | permitting

Latin 'per' (through, thoroughly) + 'mittere' (to send)


perniciously | perniciousness | antipernicious

Latin perniciosus, from pernicies 'destruction'


From Scottish 'pernicketie' (fussiness), possibly from 'pernicious' or dialectal 'pernicket' (to fuss), first recorded in the 18th century.


conclusion | summary | closing part of a speech

Latin peroratio, from perorare 'to speak through, conclude a speech', from per- 'through' + orare 'to speak'


perpetrated | perpetrates | reperpetrate | unperpetrated | reperpetrated | reperpetrates

Latin perpetrare 'to do thoroughly, accomplish', from per- 'through' + agere 'to do, drive'


continuous | everlasting | uninterrupted

Latin perpetuus 'continuous, unbroken', from per- 'through' + petere 'to seek, aim at'


perplexed | unperplex | perplexly | perplexer | perplexity | perplexing

Latin perplexus 'entangled, confused', from per- 'thoroughly' + plexus 'plaited, woven' (past participle of plectere)


Latin perseverare 'to persist, continue steadfastly', from per- 'through' + severus 'strict, severe'


Greek Persikos, from Old Persian pairsa-


περσικός (persikós)


mockery | ridicule | lighthearted derision


person, traits or attributes of a person

individual | characteristics or qualities of an individual

impersonate | person | persona | personable | personage | personal | personality | personalize | personally | persona non grata | personify | personnel Variant Spellings: parson | parson

persons | personal | unperson | adperson | personly | deperson

Latin persona 'person, character in a play, mask'


personnels | nonpersonnel | antipersonnel


German 'Perspex' (brand name derived from 'Perspex' or 'Perspex' material, from 'Perspex' resin, ultimately from 'Perspex' + '-ex' suffix)


Latin perspicere 'to see through, examine closely', from per- 'through' + specere 'to look'


persuaded, persuasive, persuasion, persuadable

persuader | persuaded | persuaders | persuadees | unpersuade | unpersuaded

Latin persuadēre 'to prevail on, induce', from per- 'through' + suādēre 'to urge, advise'


pertains | pertained | pertainym | pertaining | pertaineth | pertainest

Latin pertinēre 'to hold to, belong to', from per- 'through' + tenēre 'to hold'


perturbs | perturbed | perturber | deperturb | perturbing | perturbers

Latin perturbus 'disturbed, confused', from per- 'thoroughly' + perturbus (related to pertus 'pierced' or perturbationem 'agitation')


Latin per- 'thoroughly' + legere 'to gather, read'


pervaded | pervades | pervader | pervaders

Latin pervadere 'to spread through, traverse', from per- 'through' + vadere 'to go'


perversion, perversely, perversity, perverse

perversed | perversely | perversedly | perverseness

Latin perversus, past participle of perversus 'turned around, reversed', from per- 'through, thoroughly' + vertere 'to turn'


pervert, perversion, perverse, perversity

perverts | perverter | unpervert | perverting | pervertest | perverters

Latin pervertere 'to turn upside down, overturn', from per- 'thoroughly' + vertere 'to turn'


Latin praevious, from prae- 'before' + via 'way'


pesoize | pesoized | pesoizes | pesoizing | pesoization

Latin 'pondus' (genitive 'pendis') meaning 'weight', from the root 'pendere' (to hang, to weigh)


most unfavorable | utterly negative | extreme in badness

Latin pessimus 'worst', superlative of malus 'bad'


a widespread affliction | a persistent nuisance

pest | pesticide | pestiferous | pestilence | rinderpest Variant Spellings: pesky unrelated: pester | pesky

pests | pesty | pester | impest | empest | pesters


pestles | pestled | micropestle | micropestles

Latin pīstillum 'pestle, muller', diminutive of pīsus 'pounded'


to pursue | to direct towards | to charge at

appetite | compete | competition | petition | petulant | repetition | acropetal | basipetal | centripetal | competent | competitive | impetuous | impetus | incompetent | perpetual | perpetuate | perpetuity | repetend | repetitive Variant Spellings: repeat | repeat

pets | petted | petnap | petting | petcock | pettish

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quadrillion (1015) | a factor of 10 to power 15

petaop | petabit | petaton | petaops | petagram | petabyte

Greek peta- 'four' (from pter- 'fourfold')


petals | petaled | depetal | petalled | petalous | petaloid


having | possessing | characterized by petals

Greek -os (suffix) + petal (from petalon 'leaf')


From Russian Санкт-Петербург (Sankt-Peterburg), named after Saint Peter


appetite, compete, competition, petition, petulant, repetition, acropetal, basipetal, centripetal


petitions | repetition | petitioner | petitioned | petitionee | prepetition


Latin parvus 'small' with diminutive suffix -ellus, evolved into Old French petit


petrology | petroform | petroeuro | petrogenic | petrograph | petrologic


epipetric | petroglyph | petrographic | petrography | petrology | petrosomatoglyph | petrified | petrochemistry | petrol (rock oil) | petroleum (rock oil) | petrology (rock-study | study of rocks) | petroglyph (rock picture) | Peter (The Rock)

πέτρος, πέτρα OED

πέτρα (pétra) | petro- | comb. Form1 < either ancient Greek πέτρος stone or ancient Greek πέτρα rock OED | Greek pēxiā : fixing pēgnunai : to fix in place

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petrols | petrolic | petrolist | petrolism | petrolize | petrolhead


Middle French 'petit' (small) + 'cote' (skirt/tunic)


Latin petulantia, from petulans (headstrong, impetuous), from petere 'to seek, attack'


Latin petulans (gen. petulantis) 'impudent, rash', from petere 'to seek, attack'


a dull grey alloy of tin and other metals

pewters | pewtery | pewterer | pewterers | pewterware | pewterwares


calcipexis, colopexy, colpopexy, hysteropexy, mastopexy, retinopexy, viropexis


myopexy | rheopexy | colopexy | cryopexy | mastopexy | rectopexy

Greek πῆξις (pêxis), fixing in place, fastening


Middle Low German penninc, from Old High German pfennig, from Latin denarius


lens-shaped | lens of the eye | lens shaped

phacolysis | phacometer | phacoscotoma | phacoemulsification | phacomatosis

phacometer | phacolysis | phacolytic | phacometers | phacomorphic | phacovitrectomy


phaeopigment | Phaeophyceae | phaeopigments


Greek phaethon 'shining' from phai- 'to shine'


consume | the action of consuming | the process of consuming

φαγεῖν (phageîn) | φαγία (phagía) | Greek


geophagia | dysphagia | zoophagia | urophagia | xylophagia | xerophagia

φαγεῖν (phageîn) | φαγία (phagía) | Greek φαγία (phagía) eating < φᾰγεῖν (phageîn) | to eat | < ancient Greek -ϕαγία eating OED


Forms nouns that denote a person who 'feeds on' the first element or part of the word

Greek φαγιστής (phagistḗs) eater; see -phagia


carnivorous, herbivorous, omnivorous, piscivorous, insectivorous

oophagous | zoöphagous | zoophagous | geophagous | omophagous | biophagous


Forms nouns indicating consumption of the first element | consumption | the act of devouring the entity denoted by the initial component

carnivore, herbivore, omnivore, piscivore, insectivore

oophagy | omophagy | geophagy | ecophagy | exophagy | dysphagy

Greek φαγία (phagia) eating | see -phagia | φαγεῖν (phageîn) | φαγία (phagía) | < ancient Greek -ϕαγία eating OED


military unit arranged in tight ranks | bones in the fingers | digit | individual finger bone | ancient Greek battle formation known as phalanx

aphalangia | phalanges | phalanx | phalanstery | phalange (finger | flat | circular metallic part) | phalanx (group of people or troops | which is part of a large group | as a finger is part of a hand) | phalange | phalanger | phalangeal | phalanx Variant Spellings: phalanstery

Greek phalanx (φάλαξ) 'a line of battle, a phalanx of soldiers'


tightly packed formation | group of soldiers

Greek phalanx (a close-order formation of infantry)


phalloid | phalloids | phallology | phallobase | phallocrat | phallocracy


emerge | reveal | perceptible | expression | cause to emerge

diaphanous | emphasis | epiphany | phanerozoic | phantasm | phantom | phene | phenetic | phenology | phenomenon | phenotype | photic | prophase | sycophant | telophase | theophany | cellophane | glaucophane | phaneromania | fantasy | phase | tryptophan | aphanite | lithophany

more at phaner / phaner, phant / phant / : phas1 / phas, phen / phen / : fan2 / fan

φαίνειν (phaínein) | φαντός (phantós) | φαινόμενον (phainómenon) | φάσις (phásis) | φαινόμενον(phainómenon) | Greek phaneros : visible phainein : to show


diaphanous | emphasis | epiphany | phanerozoic | phantasm | phantom | phene | phenetic | phenology | phenomenon | phenotype | photic | prophase | sycophant | telophase | theophany | cellophane | glaucophane | phaneromania

diaphanous, emphasis, epiphany, phanerozoic, phantasm, phantom, phene, phenetic, phenology, phenomenon, phenotype, photic, prophase, sycophant, telophase, theophany, cellophane, glaucophane, phaneromania, phanerozoic

φαίνειν (phaínein), φαντός (phantós), φαινόμενον (phainómenon), φάσις (phásis)


phantasms | phantasmal | phantasmic | phantasmally | phantasmology | phantasmological

Greek phantasma "image, phantom, apparition"


ghostly | illusory | visionary | relating to phantoms

Greek phantastikos 'able to make visible' from phantazein 'to make visible'


Greek phantasia 'appearance, imagination'


phantoms | phantomic | phantomize | phantomlike | phantomwise | phantomized


emerge | reveal | perceptible | expression | the visible form of something indicated by another component

diaphanous | emphasis | epiphany | phanerozoic | phantasm | phantom | phene | phenetic | phenology | phenomenon | phenotype | photic | prophase | sycophant | telophase | theophany | cellophane | glaucophane | phaneromania | angelophany

-ϕάνεια  OED

φαίνειν (phaínein) | φαντός (phantós) | φαινόμενον (phainómenon) | φάσις (phásis) | < ancient Greek -ϕάνεια  appearance | manifestation OED


sectarian | hypocrite | religious leader


pharmafood | pharmafoods | pharmacracy | neopharmaphobia

From Greek pharmakon meaning 'drug, medicine, or poison'


pharmaceutical | pharmacy | pharmacological

pharmacology | pharmacogene | pharmacophore | pharmacomania | pharmacogenes | pharmacophagy

ϕαρμακο-  OED

Greek pharmakon "drug, medicine, poison"


Greek pharmacopeia, from pharmakon 'drug' + poiein 'to make'


Greek pharos (Φάρος), referring to the Lighthouse of Alexandria


pharyngotome | pharyngology | pharyngoscope | pharyngotomes | pharyngonasal | pharyngoscopy

ϕάρυγγ-  OED

< ancient Greek ϕάρυγγ-, ϕάρυγξ pharynx n.  throat, pharynx, trachea OED


pharynxes | oropharynx | epipharynx | nasopharynx | cytopharynx | hypopharynx


anaphase, diplophase, haplophase, metaphase, polyphase, prophase, scotophase, telophase

phased | rephase | biphase | dephase | prophase | biophase


verbal expression | a speech impairment related to the initial element

acataphasia | aphasia | cataphasia | dysphasia

aphasias | dysphasia | exophasia | monophasia | paraphasia | endophasia

< ancient Greek ϕάσις speech, utterance OED


phet / phet, phon / phon unrelated eme1 / morpheme, eme1 / grapheme


shining, appearing, seeming, observable characteristic


phenol, phenolic, phenolate, cresol, xylenol

Greek phaino "to make appear" + men "to remain"


pheoplast | pheomelanosome | pheomelanosomes


enduring | transporting | sustaining | endure | transport | to endure | to transport

metaphor, catastrophe, euphoria, phosphorus

φέρειν (phérein) | φορά (phorá) | φόρος (phóros) | Greek phanai : to speak


prophet Variant Spellings: prophecy | prophesy unrelated: aphetic | prophecy | prophesy


affection | companionship | devotee of | passionate about | inclination

bibliophile | heterophil | hydrophile | paraphilia | philanthropy | philharmonic | philophobia | philosophy | philter | philtre | philtrum

philocrat | philogyny | philomuse | philozoic | philautia | philosophy

φίλος (phílos) | φιλικός (philikós) | φιλεῖν (phileîn) | φιλία (philía) | φίλτρον (phíltron) | Greek


Greek philo- "loving" + adelphos "brother"


philanders | philanderer | philandered | philandering | philanderers | philanderess


Greek philatélia (love of stamps) via phil- 'loving' + ateles 'without tax'


philately, philatelic, philatelist, philatelicist

Greek philatélos (loving) + ateles (without tax/duty)


the study or collection of postage stamps

Greek philo- 'loving' + ateles 'tax-free'


hæmophiliac | Europhiliac | coprophiliac | necrophiliac | haemophiliac | hæmophiliacs


lyophilic | geophilic | biophilic | oxyphilic | exophilic | neophilic


of or relating to the Philippines | named after Philip II


barbarian | uncultured person | philistine

Greek Philistia, land of the Philistines, via Latin Philistinus


From Greek philo- 'loving' + adelphos 'brother', referring to the city name Philadelphia.


Examples: Sarcophilus ("flesh-loving") | Drosophila ("dew-loving") | Anthophila ("flower-loving") | Philodendron ("loving trees") | bibliophile | heterophil | hydrophile | paraphilia | philanthropy | philharmonic | philophobia | philosophy | philter | philtre | philtrum | philately

φίλος (phílos) | φιλικός (philikós) | φιλεῖν (phileîn) | φιλία (philía) | φίλτρον (phíltron) | < ancient Greek ϕιλο- | ... corresponding to ϕιλεῖν  to love | ϕίλος  dear | friend OED

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geophily | exophily | homophily | paraphily | oenophily | halophily

Greek -philia (φιλία) 'love, friendship'


φῑμός (phīmós) | φιμοῦν (phimoûn) | φιμωτικός | φίμωσις (phímōsis)


of or pertaining to the (blood) veins | a vein | vein

phlebography | phlebotomy | phlebitis | phlebosclerosis | phlebotomist | phlebotomize | thrombophlebitis

Greek φλέψ | φλεβ- (phléps | phleb-) | blood-vessel | vein | φλέψ | φλεβός (phléps | phlebós) | φλέβιον


phlegm, phlegmasia, phlegmatic, phlegmon, phlegmonous, phlogistic, phlogiston, Phlox

φλέγειν (phlégein), φλέγμα (phlégma), φλόξ (phlóx) ~flame~


phlegm | phlegmasia | phlegmatic | phlegmon | phlegmonous | phlogistic | phlogiston | Phlox | antiphlogistic | Phlegethon | phlogopite Variant Spellings: phlox

Greek phlox 'flame' or phlegma 'inflammation'


intense fear | profound dread | strong aversion

phobia | phobic | phobophobia | acrophobia | arachnophobia | claustrophobia | ergophobia | homophobia | hydrophobia | xenophobia | anglophobe | bibliophobe | claustrophobe | homophobe | ombrophobe | scotophobe | technophobe | hydrophobic | xenophobic

phobias | aphobia | phobian | euphobia | biphobia | phobians

φόβος (phóbos) | Greek φόβος (phóbos) | terror | fear | flight | panic


phobia, phobic, phobophobia, acrophobia, arachnophobia, claustrophobia, ergophobia, homophobia, hydrophobia, xenophobia, anglophobe, bibliophobe, claustrophobe, homophobe, ombrophobe, scotophobe, technophobe, hydrophobic, xenophobic


Phoenicia, Phoenician, Phoenician alphabet


phoenix | mythical bird | purple | crimson


auditory element | verbal expression | vocal output | articulated phonetic unit

phone, phonics, phoneme, microphone, symphony

phons | phonics | plunderphonics | anthropophonics

φωνή (phōnḗ) | φωνητικός (phōnētikós) | φώνημα (phṓnēma) | Greek

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phonetics, phonology, phoneme, symphony, monophonic

φωνή (phōnḗ), φωνητικός (phōnētikós), φώνημα (phṓnēma)


auditory signal | sound category represented by the initial component

euphony | symphony | biophony | egophony | geophony | polyphony


biophor | biophors | œnophorum | pyrophorous


metaphor, epiphora, hypophora, antiphora

diaphoresis | autophoresis | adiaphoresis | sonophoresis | photophoresis | phonophoresis

From Greek phorēsis 'a bearing, carrying', from pherein 'to bear, carry'


aerophore, hydrophore, hemophore, thermophore, magnetophore


creation | generation | making | forming | manufacturing | fabricating

Greek -phoria from pherein 'to bear, carry'


Greek -phoros (bearing, carrying) from pherein 'to carry'


illumination | concerning light or its chemical characteristics | archaic and infrequently used; see related root 'phot-'

phosphorus, phosphorescence, phosphate, phosphoric


from Greek phos 'light' + gene 'producer'


related to phosphoric acid | pertaining to light

phosphorescence, phosphor, phosphorous, phosphate, phosphine

phosphosite | phosphoform | phosphonull | phospholipid | phosphorelay | phosphosites

shortened < phosphorus n. < classical Latin phōsphorus ... < ancient Greek ϕωσϕόρος  the morning star, bringing or giving light OED

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phosphorescence, phosphorus, phosphoric, phosphorescent, phosphorite

phosphorylated | phosphoramides | phosphorylates | phosphorylases | dephosphorylate | phosphorylating


photograph, photocopy, photosynthesis, photon

photon | photos | photons | photomap | photonic | photoset

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particle of light | quantum of electromagnetic radiation


φράσσειν (phrássein), φράξις (phráxis), φράγμα(phrágma)


boundary | divider | dividing structure | obstacle | confined area


a group of words | a segment of speech | a sequence of symbols

phrased | phraser | rephrase | phraseme | phrasers | rephrased


Greek phrasikos, from phrasis 'phrase, expression'


Mental or brain disorder related to the category defined by the first element | A cerebral condition corresponding to the classification of the initial component

paraphrenia | bradyphrenia | hyperphrenia | tachyphrenia | cyclophrenia | somatophrenia

etymology taken from schizophrenia < Greek ϕρήν  mind ...  and -ia suffix1. OED


phrenicocolic | phrenicocostal | phrenicolienal | phrenicosplenic | phrenicoabdominal

Greek phrenikos 'pertaining to the diaphragm'


mental faculties | mental or cerebral aspects | head

euneirophrenia | euphrasy | frantic | frenetic | frenzy | oneirophrenia | phrenetic | phrenia | phrenic | phrenitis | phrenology | phronema | phronesis | phronetic | schizophrenia | sophrosyne | phrenopathy | phrenology (study of the shape of the head)

phrenology | phrenologer | phrenograph | phrenopathy | phrenologist | phrenologers

φρήν | φρενός (phrḗn | phrenós) | < ancient Greek ϕρενο- | combining form ... of ϕρεν- | ϕρήν  midriff | mind OED | naphthalene


phthalein, phthalic, phthalin, phthalocyanine

Greek diphthera : leather dephein : to tan hides


Greek phthisis 'a wasting away', from phthinein 'to decay'


Greek -phyein 'to bear, produce' (from phyō 'to grow, be born')


phycology | phycoplast | phycophyte | phycotoxin | phycobiont | phycoviral


social group | ethnic category | connected community | kinship unit | social stratum | plant part


chlorophyll | phyllotaxis | aphyllous | calophyllous | chlorophyllous | cladophyll | Phyllis | phyllode | phyllophagous | phyllopod | phyllotaxy | phylloxera | xanthophyll

megaphyll | mesophyll | acrophyll | cataphyll | microphyll | megaphylls

φύλλον (phúllon) | Greek physa : bellows


inherent character | bodily | urinary organ | abdominal region

physogastric | physostomous | Triplophysa | antiphysical | emphysema | physostigmine

Greek physis 'nature' or physa 'bladder/pouch'


pertaining to physics and additional aspects | relating to the physical realm | inherent to nature

physicology | physicomedical | physicochemist | physicokinetic | physicodynamic | physicotheology


inherent characteristics | innate | bodily | inherent processes | development | existence

physics | physician | physiology | physiotherapy | apophysis | Monophysite | paraphysis | physiatrics | physiognomy | symphysis

physiome | physioxic | physiogony | physiotope | physiocrat | physiogeny

physic / physic, phyt / phyt / : diphy / diphy

φύσις (phúsis) | physio- | comb. form1< ancient Greek ϕυσιο- | combining form ... of ϕύσις nature OED | Greek physis : nature phyein : to produce | to become


physical, physique, physician, physicist

Greek physikos 'natural, pertaining to nature'


apophysis | epiphysis | diaphysis | metaphysis | paraphysis | diapophysis


a plant entity | a specific plant type | a plant native to the location indicated by the first component

oophyte | oöphyte | neophyte | zoophyte | zoöphyte | geophyte

φύειν (phúein) | φυτόν (phutón) | < ancient Greek ϕυτόν plant OED


of or pertaining to | relating to | characterized by


flora | vegetation | botanical organisms

phytol | phytoid | phytols | phytoene | phytomer | phytonym

φύειν (phúein) | φυτόν (phutón) | < ancient Greek ϕυτο- | combining form...of ϕυτόν plant OED

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benevolent | pious | sympathy | religious devotion

expiate | impious | piety | pious | pity | Pia | piacular | Pietà | Pope Pius

pion | pith | piem | pithy | piths | pions

Latin pius "pious, devout, faithful" (possibly from PIE *pey- "to protect, nourish")


gentle in touch | extremely gentle | utmost gentleness | contrasts with very loud | in a gentle manner | contrasts with loud | tenderly

pia mater | pianissimo | piano | fortepiano | pianist | piano (instrument) | piano (softly) | pianoforte

pianissimo | piano | fortepiano | pia mater | pianist | piano (instrument) | piano (softly) | pianoforte

Latin 'pius' meaning 'dutiful, devout, pious'


picaresques | picaresquely | picaresqueness

Spanish 'picaresco' from 'pícaro' 'rogue'


picky | picks | picked | pickup | picker | unpick

Middle English 'picken', related to Old English 'piccan'


a pointed stake | a line of workers on strike

picketed | picketer | picketing | picketers | unpicketed | picketings


picklers | unpickled | unpickles | nonpickled | pickleheads | picklebacks

From Middle Dutch 'pekel' or 'pekele', meaning brine or pickle, likely of Germanic origin.


picnics | picnicky | picnicker | picnickers | picnicking | picniclike


piconet | picoamp | picomol | picobar | picogram | piconets

Greek pikros "bitter" (via the concept of smallness/diminution in scientific notation)


picric | Picrotoxin | picrite | chloropicrin | picrate | picric acid


apply pigment | the act of applying pigment | sketch | image

depiction | picture | pigment | pictorial | pictograph | picturesque | depict | Pictor | picturesque Variant Spellings: pigment

pingere | pictus | Greek piezein : to press


pictorial | pictograph | picturesque | depict | depiction | picture

pictorial, pictograph, picturesque, depict, depiction, picture

Latin pictus, past participle of pingere 'to paint, to paint on'