tax (all senses) | taxation | taxicab | taxi dancer Variant Spellings: task | task

taxed | taxer | taxee | taxor | retax | taxman

Latin taxare 'to prick, poke, estimate the value of', frequentative of tangere 'to touch'


derivational suffix affix bound morpheme

organize | sequence | movement directed toward or away from a specified entity | structure | configuration indicated by the initial component

ataxia | chemotaxis | epitaxis | eutaxy | hypotaxis | magnetotaxis | metasyntactic | parataxis | phonotactic | phonotactics | phototaxis | rheotaxis | syntactic | syntagma | syntagmatic | syntax | tactic | tagma | taxis | taxonomy | thermotaxis | phonotaxis

τάσσειν (tássein) | τακτός (taktós) | τακτικός (taktikós) | τάξις (táxis) | τάγμα (tágma) | etymology given in OED as via 'taxis' | n. < Greek τάξις arrangement | order | noun of action OED


organize | sequence | configuration | ordering

ataxia | chemotaxis | epitaxis | eutaxy | hypotaxis | magnetotaxis | metasyntactic | parataxis | phonotactic | phonotactics | phototaxis | rheotaxis | syntactic | syntagma | syntagmatic | syntax | tactic | tagma | taxis | taxonomy | thermotaxis | epitaxy | taxidermist | taxonomists | taxeme

taxonym | taxonomy | taxology | taxodont | taxonyms | taxonymy

τάσσειν (tássein) | τακτός (taktós) | τακτικός (taktikós) | τάξις (táxis) | τάγμα (tágma) | < ancient Greek τάξις  arrangement OED

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camellia sinensis | infusion of dried leaves

teas | teapot | teabag | teacup | teabox | teaboy

Middle English te, from Old Chinese *t'ay (via Mandarin chá), ultimately from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *təy


teachy | teacher | teaches | reteach | beteach | teached

Old English tæcan "to show, declare, point out"


a type of hard durable wood | tropical tree

teaks | teaky | nonteak | teakwood | teakwoods


Middle English, from Old French teul, from Latin tilia 'lime tree' (referring to the dye)


teams | teamed | reteam | teamer | unteam | teamie

Old French 'teime' (division of time/group)


tears | teary | tearer | teared | retear | uptear


To irritate repeatedly | To manipulate through persistent provocation | To influence behavior via irritation

teaser | teases | teased | teasers | teaseth | teasest

From Old English tēsan, meaning 'to irritate'


A tool or device used in place of teasels for dressing cloth | A substitute for natural teasels in textile processing | A mechanical aid for cloth preparation

teasels | teaseler | teaselers | teaselled | teaselling


An artificial nipple for bottle-feeding infants | A part of a feeding bottle | A substitute for a natural nipple in infant care

Derived from Old English 'tēat', meaning 'to suckle'.


ditokous | dystocia | embiotocid | monotocous | teknonymous | teknonymy | tokophobia

τίκτειν | τόκος (tókos)


expertise | manual skill | creative discipline | method | building

architect | polytechnic | techne | technique | technocracy | technocrat | technogaianism | technology | technophilia | technophobia | pyrotechnics | technical | tectonic | technician

techs | techy | techie | techies | nontech | techdom

τίκτειν (tíktein), τέχνη (tékhnē), τέκτων, τέκτονος (téktōn, téktonos), τεκτονικός (tektonikós)


creative expression | manual expertise | mastery | methodical approach

technology, technique, technical, technician

architect | polytechnic | techne | technique | technocracy | technocrat | technogaianism | technology | technophilia | technophobia | pyrotechnics | tectonic | technetium | technical | technicality | technician | Technicolor™

τίκτειν (tíktein) | τέχνη (tékhnē) | τέκτων | τέκτονος (téktōn | téktonos) | τεκτονικός (tektonikós) | τέχνη(tékhnē) | τεκτονικός(tektonikós) | Greek tektōn : carpenter | builder


architect | polytechnic | techne | technique | technocracy | technocrat | technogaianism | technology | technophilia | technophobia | pyrotechnics

biotechnicians | agrotechnicians | cytotechnicians | histotechnicians

τίκτειν (tíktein) | τέχνη (tékhnē) | τέκτων | τέκτονος (téktōn | téktonos) | τεκτονικός (tektonikós)


architect, polytechnic, techne, technique, technocracy, technocrat, technogaianism, technology, technophilia, technophobia, pyrotechnics

technicals | technically | untechnical | technicality | nontechnical | geotechnical


techniques | nontechnique | biotechnique | techniquewise | biotechniques | cryotechnique


τίκτω, τέκνον, τέκνου (téknon, téknou)


shelter | guard | conceal | shield | ward

protection | detect | protege | detective | obtect | protect | tectrix | tectrum | detection


tectophase | tectofugal | tectosphere | tectospinal | tectophases | tectospheres

Latin tectum 'roof, covering', past participle of tegere 'to cover'


teds | tedder | tedded | tedding | TEDster | untedded

Old English -ed, from Proto-Germanic *-dą, forming the weak past tense and past participle of verbs


tediously | untedious | tediousome | tediousness | overtedious | tediousnesses

Latin 'taediosus' (wearying), from 'taedium' (weariness, disgust)


Latin 'taedium' meaning 'boredom, disgust, weariness'


to exist in large numbers | to be crowded | to swarm

teems | teemed | beteem | teeming | teemful | beteems

From Old French 'tempre' or 'temir', related to 'temple' (to fill), from Latin 'implere' (to fill in).


combined with numbers 3 through 9 to form 13 through 19 | denotes the number ten | suffix indicating addition to another element

seventeen | eighteen | nineteen | canteen | fifteen | fourteen | lateen | mangosteen | poteen | preteen | sateen | sixteen | thirteen | umpteen

teens | teeny | teener | teenage | preteen | subteen

Old English -tíene, -týne, -téne ... An inflected form of ten adj., n., and adv., added to the simple numerals from three to nine OED


teeters | teetery | teetered | teeterer | teetering | teeterers

From Middle Dutch 'teerden' or 'teeren', meaning to totter or stagger, possibly related to Old English 'tēon' (to draw/pull) or a Germanic root for unsteady movement.


teeths | teethly | teethlike | foreteeth

From Proto-Germanic *tūþiz, from Proto-Indo-European *dónts (dental)


non-stick | resistant to sticking | slippery

Brand name for polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE)


contection | detect | detectable | detection | detective | detector | integument | integumentary | obtect | pretectal | pretectum | protect | protection | protective | protector | protectorate | protectory | protectress | protectrix | protégé | protégée | tectrix | tectum | tegmen | tegmental | tegula | tegular | tegument | tile | tog | toga | togate | togavirus | toggery

tegere | tectus | Greek tēle : far off | distant


tactile, contact, tangible, tactile, tactile

Latin 'tangere' (past participle stem 'tact-') meaning 'to touch'


remote | distant | from afar | across space | television | telegraph | far off | separation | the state of being apart

telephone | telegraph | telepath | telemetry | telecommunication | telescope | teletext | telethon | teletypewriter | television | telegram | telekinesis | telepathy | telephoto | Teletype™ | telex Variant Spellings: telpher | telpher | telephone (far sound) | telescope (far see) | telestial (far away) | teleport (far door) | telekinesis (far touch) | telepathy (far feeling)

teletex | telecop | telepad | telegram | Teletext | telecast

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teleiophile | teleiophiles | teleiophilia | teleiophilic


fulfilled | conclusion | endpoint | culmination | intention | ultimate | outcome

teleonomy | teleonomic | teleomorph | teleophyte | teleoconch | teleonomist

τέλος | τέλεος (télos | téleos) | τέλεσις (télesis) | combining form repr. Greek τέλος end | comb. form2 OED

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Greek 'tele' (far) + 'lexis' (word, speech)


tells | retell | teller | betell | telled | untell

Proto-Germanic *tellaną "to count, tell" (from PIE *telh₁- "to count, reckon")


telluride | tellurite | tellurian | telluric | tellurion | tellurium | tellurous

Greek telos : end, goal, ultimate purpose


television, teletype, telecast, videotelly

Technology, Visual Media, Telecommunication

From Greek 'tele' (far) + 'opsis' (sight), coined in the 1920s to describe the transmission of visual images over distance.


finished | conclusion | endpoint | last stage | realization | closure

telogen | telogens | telosome | teloblast | telotaxis | telogenic

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acrotomophilia | anatomy | apotemnophilia | atom | atomic | autotomy | diatom | dichotomous | dichotomy | ectomy | entomology | entomomancy | entomophagous | entomophilous | epitome | monatomic | pentatomic | polyatomic | polytomy | Temnospondyli | tmesis | tome | tomogram | tomography | trichotomous | trichotomy

τέμνειν (témnein) | τομός (tomós) | τόμος (tómos) | τομή (tomḗ) | τμῆσις (tmêsis) | τόμος(tómos)


Latin temerarius 'rash, heedless', from temere 'randomly, by chance'


Latin temerarius 'rash, impetuous', from temere 'randomly, by chance'


Latin temeritas, from temerarius 'rash, hasty'


tempers | tempered | temperer | untemper | retemper | tempering

Latin temperare 'to mix, regulate, moderate'


tempests | tempestite | tempestuous | tempestites | tempestuate | tempestuates

Latin tempestas 'storm, weather, time' from tempestus 'seasonable, timely'


templates | templated | templater | templaters | nontemplate | untemplated

Latin templum 'open space, shrine, precinct'


sacred place | shrine | house of worship

temples | templed | nontemple | subtemple | templelike | antetemple

Latin templum 'open sky space, sacred precinct, shrine'


duration | interval | restraint | quantification | climate

temporary, temporal, temperament, proportion, expostulate

Latin tempus (genitive temporis) meaning 'time'


temporary, temporal, temporize, contemporaneous, instantaneous


temporomalar | temporopolar | temporonasal | temporofacial | temporolimbic | temporomesial

From Latin tempor- (stem of tempus) meaning 'time'


attempt, tempt, temptation unrelated: contempt

tempts | tempted | tempter | tempters | tempteth | temptest

Latin temptare 'to test, try, attempt', frequentative of tendere 'to stretch'


retain | uphold | sustain | sustain the melody in tenor singing | preserve the full value | maintain

abstain | abstention | abstinence | abstinent | appertain | appertinent | appurtenance | appurtenant | contain | containment | content | contentive | contentment | continence | continent | continental | continual | continuance | continuant | continuation | continuative | continue | continuity | continuous | continuum | contratenor | countenance | detain | detainder | detainee | detainer | detainment | detention | detinue | discontent | discontentment | discontinuance | discontinuation | discontinue | discontinuity | discontinuous | entertain | entertainment | equicontinuity | equicontinuous | impertinence | impertinent | incontinence | incontinent | intenible | intercontinental | irretentive | lieutenant | maintain | maintenance | malcontent | obtain | obtainment | obtention | pertain | pertinacious | pertinacity | pertinence | pertinent | purtenance | reobtain | retain | retainer | retainment | retention | retentive | retinue | se-tenant | sustenance | sustentacular | sustentaculum | sustentation | sustention | tenable | tenace | tenacious | tenacity | tenancy | tenant | tenet | tenor | tenure | tenurial | tenuto | transcontinental | content (all senses) | contents | tenaculum | tenement | tennis | tenon

tens | tenth | tenner | tenpin | tenths | tenish

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elongate | tendinous structure | slender

τείνειν (teínein), τεινόμενον, τανύειν(tanúein), τετανός (tetanós), τόνος(tónos), τονικός(tonikós), τονή (tonḗ), τάσις (tásis), ταινία


elongate | stress | thin | direct toward | lengthen | extend | stretch fully | pursue | prolong | incline toward | aim

extend, distend, pretend, contend, attenuate

tends | atend | attend | tender | tended | atends

tens / tens, tent1 / tent / : ton1 / ton

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tendered | untender | bartender | tendering | tenderers | budtender

From Latin tener 'soft, delicate', from Proto-Indo-European *ten- 'to stretch'.


tendon, extend, tension, intense, tensional

tendons | tendony | neotendon | midtendon | mesotendon | peritendon


slender part | thin thread-like structure | appendage

tendrils | tendrilled | tendrilous | tendrilless

Middle English tendril, related to tendril-like growth


diplotene, leptotene, pachytene, taenia, taenidia, taenidium, taeniodont, Taeniolabis, zygotene

polytene | polytenes | pachytene | diplotene | pachytenes | diplotenes

τείνειν (teínein), ταινία (tainía), ταινίδιον (tainídion)


From Latin tenebrae 'shadows, darkness', plural of tenebrosus 'dark', from tenebrosus 'dark, obscure', from tenebrosus 'dark', from tenebrosus 'dark', ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ten- 'to stretch, extend' (referring to the stretching out of darkness or the dimness of vision).


Latin tenebrosus 'full of darkness', from tenebrae 'darkness'


tennises | tenniser | nontennis | tennisers | tennislike | tenniswear

From French 'tenez' (imperative of 'tenir', to hold), referring to the command to hold the ball in the original game of jeu de paume.


fibrous connective tissue linking muscle to bone

tenotomy | tenocyte | tenolysis | tenocytic | tenogenic | tenocytes

comb. form, arbitrarily formed from Greek τένων tendon n OED


tenons | tenoner | tenoners | peritenon | peritenons

Latin tenonem (nominative teno) 'that which is stretched, projection', from tendere 'to stretch'


tenor, tenacious, tenant, tenure, contain, retain, obtain, detain, detainee, tenable

tenors | tenorial | tenorist | tenoroon | tenorists | tenoroons


elongate | strain | narrow | extend towards | lengthen | expand | pull and stretch

tense, tension, extend, extendable, extensible


tenses | tensen | tensed | tensely | untense | untensed


tensile strength | ability to withstand tension

from Latin 'tensilis' meaning 'of or pertaining to stretching', derived from 'tendere' (to stretch)


tensions | tensional | tensioner | tensioners | hypotension | tensionless

Latin -tīō (genitive -tīōnis) forming action nouns from past participle stems


elongate | tension | narrow | extend towards | lengthen | contact | investigate | assess | attempt

extend, tent, tension, tentacle, tentorium

tents | tented | untent | tenting | tentage | tentful

tend / tend | tens / tens | tempt / tempt


Latin tentaculum, diminutive of tentare 'to feel, touch'


tentatives | tentatively | pretentative | tentativeness

Latin prefix in- (variant of im-, il-, ir-) meaning 'not, without'


attenuate | extenuate | tenuous | tenuity


extend | tenuous | tendency | tendon | tentative | contend | extenuating


tenure, retain, detain, maintain, sustenance

untenured | nontenure | nontenured | tenureships | tenurelessness


subtepid, tepefaction, tepid, tepidarium, tepidity, tepor


from Lakota 'tapi' or related Algonquian terms for tent


neither hot nor cold | slightly cool | moderate in temperature


lukewarm | moderately warm | lacking enthusiasm

tepidly | tepidity | subtepid | tepidness


attrition, contrite, contrition, detriment, detrimental, detrital, detrition, detritivore, detritivorous, detritus, retriment, tribulation, trite, triturate, trituration, triture

halter | halters | unhalter | slaughter | terannual | terphenyl

Latin root ter-, trit- from the verb terere 'to rub, wear, grind'


a unit representing one trillion (10^12) | monstrous entity | hence: one trillion (10)

terabyte | teraflop | teraflops | terahertz | terabytes (1 000 000 000 000 bytes)

teraop | teraton | terabit | teraops | teragram | terabyte


abnormal creature | structural defect | physical irregularity

teratoma | teratogen | teratology | teratism | teratoid | tera- (10¹²)

teratoma | teratoid | teratogen | teratomas | teratoids | teratosis

τέρας, τερατ- OED

Wiktionary | MorphoQuantics | Cognatarium


τηρεῖν (tēreîn), τήρησις (tḗrēsis)


erase through friction | press with footfall | cause gradual deterioration


remove by rubbing | the action of rubbing away | purify | the rear part

absterge | abstergent | abstersion | abstersive | deterge | detergency | detergent | terse | detergent Variant Spellings: terse | tergiversate | tergum


to equivocate | to change sides | to avoid a direct statement

Latin tergiversari 'to turn around', from tergum 'back' + versari 'to turn'


determine | interminable | terminal | termination | exterminate | full-term | long-term | short-term

terms | termer | termed | termly | biterm | midterm


determine, interminable, terminal, termination, exterminate, terminal, full-term, long-term, short-term


termite, termitary, termitic, termitology

Latin termes, term- 'termite' (from Greek teres 'borer')


ibuterol | fenoterol | cimaterol | formoterol | bambuterol | prenalterol

From Greek -ol, from alcohols (alcohol + -ol), later extended to other chemical compounds containing hydroxyl groups or similar structures.


to feel immense joy | to experience great pleasure


From Greek Terpsichore (Τερψιχόρη), one of the nine Muses, derived from terpein 'to delight' + choreia 'dance'.


relating to Terpsichore | of or pertaining to dance

from Terpsichore (Greek Muse of dance) + -an


terrestrial, terror, terrify, terrain, terrace


Terran | terras | terraform | terraforms | terraformer | terraformers

Latin 'terra' meaning 'earth, land, ground'


level platform | graduated slope | raised area

terraced | unterraced | terracette | nonterraced | terraceless | terracelike


Italian terracotta, from terra 'earth' + cotta 'baked'


terrain, terrace, terrestrial, territory


From Latin 'terra' meaning 'earth' or 'land', via the combining form '-terrestrial-' derived from 'terrestris'.


terrible, terror, terrify, terrain, terrace


Middle French 'terrier' (working dog, or a book of land holdings)


Latin 'territorium' (land, estate), from 'terra' (earth, land)


Latin 'terse' (past participle of 'tergere' meaning 'to wipe, clean'), from PIE *ter- 'to rub, pass through'


pertaining to the third position | denoting the third in a sequence


quadrilateral | three-dimensional figure with six square sides

diatessaron, tessellate, tessera, tesseract


diatessaron | tetragon | tetrahedron | tetralogy | tetrameter | tetraphobia | tetrapod | tetrode

diatessaron, tetragon, tetrahedron, tetralogy, tetrameter, tetraphobia, tetrapod, tetrode

τέτϝαρες, τέσσαρες, τεσσάρων (téssares, tessárōn)


to form a mosaic | to cover with tiles | to arrange in a pattern of interlocking shapes

tessellated | tessellates | untessellated


attest | contest | detest | protest | testament | testify | testimony

tests | testee | tester | tested | retest | cotest


Container, Examination, Physical Structure

Latin testūdo : tortoise, shell of the tortoise, a thing resembling a tortoise testa : a piece of burnt clay, an earthen vessel, a shell


The male reproductive gland that produces sperm and testosterone | part of the male reproductive system | organ involved in hormone production

testicles | testicled | untesticled | testicleless | testiclectomy

Derived from Latin 'testis,' originally meaning 'witness,' later applied to the male reproductive gland.


Latin testis "witness" (originally one of three witnesses to a birth, later referring to the testicles as witnesses of paternity)


shelled reptile | aquatic creature with a shell


tetanus, tetanic, tetanize, tetanization


tetherins | untethers | detethers | tetherings | tetherballs | detethering


the number four | four | possessing four

tetrameter | teracycline | tetraplegia | tetraethylammonium | diatessaron | tetragon | tetrahedron | tetralogy | tetraphobia | tetrapod | tetrode | tetra | tetrachloride | tetracycline | tetrad | tetraethyl | Tetragrammaton | tetrarch | Tetraodontidae | tetragram (4 letters) | tetrapod (4 feet) | tetragrammaton (The 4-letter name of God)

tetraol | tetragon | tetrapod | tetramer | tetraene | tetraose

< Greek τετρα- | combining form of the numeral τέτταρες | τέτταρα four OED | τέτϝαρες | τέσσαρες | τεσσάρων (téssares | tessárōn) | Greek | Greek teuchos : an implement | a book

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tetracosane | tetracosanes | tetracosanoate | tetracosahydrate


Greek tetra- 'four' + kai 'and' + deka 'ten'


tetrakisphosphate | tetrakishexahedron | tetrakisphosphates


squid. Used for squids and similar cephalopods.

Examples: Gonioteuthis ("narrow squid") Architeuthis ("ruling squid") Vampyroteuthis ("vampire squid"); Cylindroteuthis ("cylindrical squid")


From Latin Teutonicus, from Teutones, the name of a Germanic tribe


context | subtle | pretext | text | textile | texture


Derived from the proper noun 'Texas' + the agentive suffix '-an'


From Spanish Texas, from Caddo tejas 'friends, allies'


context | subtle | pretext | text | textile | texture | textbook | texture Variant Spellings: tissue | textual | texturized | tissue

texts | texter | urtext | detext | texton | intext

Latin textus 'texture, fabric', past participle of texere 'to weave, to construct'


textiles | geotextile | nontextile | geotextiles | textilelike | nanotextile

From Latin textilis 'woven, texture', from texere 'to weave'


textures | textured | retexture | untextured | retextured | retextures

From Latin textura 'a fabric, structure', from texere 'to weave'


derivational | derivational suffix affix bound morpheme

adjective | cardinal numeral | 3.46080636788371e-05

status | attribute | situation | sequential designation

width, length, depth, breadth, strength, truth, worth, health, wealth, youth

Old English -þu | -þo | -þ | with preceding i- umlaut | forming abstract nouns of state | suffix1 OED | representing Old English -þa | -þe | or -oða | -oðe | suffix2 OED | Indo-European *to- : demonstrative pronouns


Thaify | Thainess | Thaiglish | Thaification

From the native name of the country and its people, 'Prathet Thai' (Land of the Free).


thalamofugal | thalamocortical | thalamostriatal | thalamocortically


Panthalassa | thalassemia | thalassic | thalassophobia

Panthalassa, thalassemia, thalassic, thalassophobia

thalassocrat | thalassophyte | thalassocrats | thalassometer | thalassography | thalassophobia


thallic | thalline | thallophyte | prothallus | thallium | thallous | thallus

Greek thallos 'shoot, twig, green branch'


euthanasia, thanatocoenosis, thanatoid, thanatology, thanatophobia, thanatophoric, thanatopsis

θνήσκειν, θάνατος(thánatos)


demise | end of life | passing | cessation of life

Greek thanatos 'death', from thneiskein 'to die'


thanes | thanedom | thanedoms | thanehood | thaneship | thaneland

Old English 'þegn' meaning attendant or man of rank


thanks | thanked | bethank | unthank | thankly | rethank


Old English 'þæt' (neuter singular of 'se, seo, þæt')


covering of straw or reeds | roof material

thatcht | thatchy | thatcher | rethatch | thatches | dethatch


thaumatology | thaumaturge | thaumatolatry

thaumatology | thaumatogeny | thaumatolatry | thaumatological


thaws | thawy | dethaw | thawed | unthaw | rethaw


thesis, theme, theory, hypothesis, synthesis

natheless | netheless | nonetheless | nevertheless | neverthemore | neverthelater

τιθέναι (tithénai) | θετός (thetós) | θετικός (thetikós) | θέσις (thésis) | θέμα (théma) | θήκη (thḗkē) | θέμα(théma)


amphitheatre, metatheatre, theatre, theatric


place of dramatic performance | drama | spectacle

amphitheater, cinema theater, movie theater

theaters | pretheater | nontheater | theatergoer | theaterwide | theaterless


grammatical category | blade covering | place | storage location | vessel | container

intrathecal | amphithecium | apothecary | apothecium | bibliotheca | endothecium | hypothecate | ootheca | perithecium | theca | thecate | thecodont Variant Spellings: boutique | discothèque | boutique

Greek theke (θήκη) "case, receptacle, box"


Latin thecium, from Greek theke 'case, box'


act of stealing | taking property without permission

theft, thief, thieve, thievery, thieving

Old English 'theof' (thief) + '-th' (suffix forming nouns)


Old English 'hir', genitive plural of 'hēo' (she)


belief in the existence of a god or gods

atheism, polytheism, pantheism, monotheism

Greek -theos 'god' + -ism 'doctrine/belief'


theists | ditheist | bitheist | pantheist | nontheist | zootheist

Greek -theos 'god' + -ist 'one who practices'


athelia, endothelium, epithelium, mesothelioma, mesothelium, thelium, thelial

θηλή (thēlḗ)


Greek -ia (state/condition) + -al (pertaining to)


themes | themed | retheme | subtheme | unthemed | rethemed

From Greek thēma 'that which is laid down, proposition, subject', from tithēnai 'to place, put'


thenness | thenable | thenables | thenabouts


thencefrom | thenceforth | thenceafter | thenceforward | thenceforwards

Old English thånne (then) + -ce (locative suffix)


atheism | atheistic | ditheism | enthusiasm | monotheism | Pantheon | polytheism | Thea | theobromine | theocracy | theodicy | Theodore | theogony | theology | theophobia | Timothy | tritheism | theocratic | theomonoism | apotheosis | atheist | Dorothea | monotheistic | pantheism | theanthropism | theophany (Tiffany) | theosophy | theurgy

theonym | theology | theocrat | theonomy | theopath | theologs

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pertaining to theology | divine utterance

θεολογικός  OED

combining form from Greek θεολογικός theological OED


From Greek 'theoria' (contemplation, speculation) via Late Latin 'theoreticus'


theorem | theoretic | theorist | theorize | theory

θεωρητικός (theōrētikós) | θεώρημα (theṓrēma) | θεωρία (theōría) | θεωρητικός(theōrētikós)


creature | wild creature | untamed animal

therianthropy | theroid | theropod | theropsid | baluchithere | chalicothere | dinothere | eutherian | indricothere | megathere | therianthropic | theriomorphic | Theropoda


restoration of health | elimination of disease | solution for affliction

therapy, therapeutic, therapist, psychotherapy, physiotherapy

From Greek therapeia 'healing, cure', from therapeuō 'to cure, attend to'


bitherapy | biotherapy | ecotherapy | myotherapy | zootherapy | urotherapy

From Greek -therapeia 'healing, curing', from therapeuō 'to cure, attend', related to therapon 'attendant, servant'.


there, thereof, therein, thereunder, therewith

theres | thereby | thereof | therein | thereto | thereon


theriology | theriolatry | theriomorphic | theriogenology | theriogenologist | theriogenological


thermal | athermancy | diathermancy | ectotherm | endotherm | endothermic | exothermic | geothermic | homeothermy | hyperthermia | hypothermia | isotherm | poikilotherm | thermobaric | thermochromism | thermodynamic | thermolysis | thermometer | thermophilic | thermophobia | thermoplastic | thermoplegia | thermos | thermosphere | thermostat | thermostatic

therms | thermic | geotherm | athermic | endotherm | ectotherm

θέρεσθαι (théresthai), θέρμη (thérmē), θερμός (thermós)


thesis, hypothesis, synthesis, antithesis, prothesis

Greek thesis 'a placing' from tithenai 'to place'


collection of synonyms | repository of words


hypothesis, synthesis, parenthesis, thesis, emphasis

τιθέναι (tithénai), θετός (thetós), θετικός (thetikós), θέσις (thésis), θέμα (théma), θήκη (thḗkē)


thesis, synthesis, antithesis, hypothesis, prothesis, epenthesis

τιθέναι (tithénai) | θετός (thetós) | θετικός (thetikós) | θέσις (thésis) | θέμα (théma) | θήκη (thḗkē)


third-person plural pronoun | group of people


From Greek thiamīnē, coined in 1926 from the Greek thio- (sulfur-containing) + -amine, reflecting its chemical structure as an amine containing sulfur.


thicko | thicks | thicken | thickly | thickie | thickens

From Old English 'þicc' meaning 'fat, heavy, dense', of Germanic origin.


thickets | thickety | thicketed | thicketization

Old English 'thicce' (thick) + '-et' (diminutive/collective)


thiefs | thiefy | thiefly | thiefdom | thieflike | thiefless


thieved | thiever | thievery | thievers | thieveries


θιγγάνειν (thingánein) | θίξις (thíxis) | θίγημα (thígēma) | θίγημα(thígēma)


thighs | thighed | midthigh | thighing | thighbone | midthighs


θιγγάνειν (thingánein) | θίξις (thíxis) | θίγημα (thígēma) | etymology taken from 'thigmotropism' | n.< Greek θίγμα touch  OED | Greek theion : brimstone | sulfur

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thins | thinly | thinny | thinner | thinned | nonthin


things | thingy | thingo | thingie | thingly | thingal

Old English 'thing' (object, matter, or assembly)


to use one's mind | to form an opinion | to consider

thinko | thinks | thinky | rethink | thinker | bethink

From Proto-Germanic *þenkjaną (to think, consider), from PIE *tenk- (to think, consider).


thiol | thiols | thione | thioyl | dithiol | thiones

Old Norse Thorr (Þórr) : Thor, god of thunder and war, son of Odin (Wotan or Woden) and the giantess Jörd (Jord, the Earth)


a chemical compound containing sulfur and a uracil ring

iodothiouracil | propylthiouracil | methylthiouracil

combination of 'thio-' (sulfur) and 'uracil'


number three in a sequence | following second

thirds | thirdly | thirdhand | twothirds | thirdborn | thirdness

From Proto-Germanic *þridjaz, from Proto-Indo-European *trjes (three)


a feeling of wanting to drink | a strong desire or craving

thirsty | thirsts | thirsted | thirster | thirsting | thirstily


the person, object, or idea that is present or being referred to

Old English þes, from Proto-Germanic *þesaz, from Proto-Indo-European *tod-es-


thistles | thistledown | thistlelike | thistlewarp | starthistle | thistletail


A prolonged extension of the action initiated by the primary participant | an extended duration of the process originating from the initial actor

readathon | sailathon | strollathon | telethon

< marathon n. [< ancient Greek Μαραθών], more common in AmE OED


thongy | thongs | thonged | thonging | thonglike | thongless

From Old English 'þong' meaning 'skin, hide, leather'.


Thor, deity from Norse mythology associated with storm and battle

thorite | thorium | thoron Variant Spellings: Thursday | Thursday

thors | thorium | thorian | thorate | thoriate | thoriates


front part of the torso | region encompassing the heart and lungs

hemothorax | pneumothorax | thoracic | thorax | thoracolumbar | thoracotomy Variant Spellings: thorax


thoraxes | trithorax | prothorax | pyothorax | midthorax | metathorax

Greek thōrax 'breastplate, armor, chest'


thorny | thorns | thornen | boxthorn | maythorn | thornhog


thoroughs | thoroughly | unthorough | thoroughfare | thoroughness | thoroughbred


thought, thoughtful, thoughtless, afterthought

thoughts | thoughty | bethought | thoughten | unthought | thoughted

From Old English 'thoht', noun of origin from the verb 'thencan' (to think), derived from Proto-Germanic '*thunkithan'.


thousands | thousandth | thousandths | thousandfold | thousandaire | yearthousand


state of being a thrall | servitude | bondage

Derived from Old English 'þræll' (slave, serf) + '-dōm' (state, condition, suffix)


enslaved person | detained individual | owned entity

thralls | enthrall | bethrall | thralldom | enthralls | bethralls


thrashy | thrasher | thrashed | thrashes | thrashel | thrashing


thred | threds | threose | threoses | threitol | threitols


a long, thin strand | to weave | a sequence of connected elements

threads | thready | threaded | threader | unthread | rethread


threats | threaten | threatens | threatful | biothreat | nonthreat


threes | threeth | threeway | threeish | threefin | threesome

From Proto-Germanic *þrīz, from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes


song of lamentation | dirge | mournful song

threnodic | threnodist | threnodies | threnodists

Greek threnos 'lamentation' + ode 'song'


to separate grain from husk | to beat | to strike

thresher | threshed | threshel | threshing | threshers | threshable

Old English 'þreosan' (to beat, thresh), from Proto-Germanic '*þrēusaną', from Proto-Indo-European '*ter- (to rub, turn)


Old English threscan "to tread, stamp" + hold


past tense of throw | propelled through the air

Old English 'thrawan' (to twist, to throw)


frugality | economy | careful management

Old English þryft 'prosperity, success', from þrīfan 'to grasp, seize'


to feel a sudden rush of excitement or fear | to cause such a feeling

thrills | thrilly | athrill | thriller | thrilled | thrilling

From Old Norse þrillr 'shiver, tremor', related to Old English þryllan 'to shiver'.


to grow vigorously | to prosper | to flourish

thrived | thrives | thriver | thrivers | unthrive

From Old English 'þrīfan' meaning 'to grasp, seize', later evolving to mean 'to grow' or 'thrive'.


throats | throaty | throated | cutthroat | throatily | redthroat


throbs | athrob | throbby | throbbed | throbber | outthrob

from Old Norse 'þrumba' meaning 'to roar' or 'thunder', related to the sound of a beating heart or pulse.


prothrombin, thrombin, thrombocyte, thromboembolism, thrombogen, thrombophlebitis, thromboplastin, thrombosis, thrombus

thrombin | thrombase | thrombins | thrombocyte | thromboxane | prothrombin

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thrombosis, thrombocyte, thrombocyte, thromboplastin


thrones | throned | enthrone | dethrone | unthrone | inthrone

From Old English 'thron' (chair, seat), borrowed from Latin 'thronus', from Greek 'thronos' (seat, chair).


throngs | thronged | throngly | inthrong | bethrong | thronging

Middle English throng (a crowd, a group)


to choke | to restrict | to control speed

throttled | throttlers | unthrottle | unthrottled | unthrottles | throttlehold

Middle English throtel, related to throat


throughs | throughly | throughout | throughput | throughway | flythrough

Old English thurh 'through, from one side to the other'


from Old English 'þrīfan' meaning 'to seize, grasp, or prosper'


throws | throwed | thrower | rethrow | upthrow | bethrow

From Old English 'thrawan' meaning 'to twist, turn, or wrench', related to the concept of twisting motion to propel an object.


through, throughout, thorough, thoroughbred

thruly | thruway | thruput | thruways | thruputs | walkthru


continuous low humming sound | to produce a continuous low humming sound

thrums | thrummy | thrummed | thrummer | thrumming | thrummers

from Old Norse þruma 'to roar, thunder', related to Old English þruman 'to roar'


thrushes | thrushling | thrushlike | thrushlings | waterthrush

From Old English 'þrysc' or 'þryscu', meaning a thrush or a small bird, of Germanic origin.


thrusts | thruster | upthrust | thrusted | unthrust | bethrust


a vigorous, spreading plant that dominates a flowerbed | aggressive plant growth | invasive plant species

thugs | thuggy | thuglet | thugdom | thuggery | thuggish


From Old English 'tūme', from Proto-Germanic '*þūmaz', from Proto-Indo-European '*dʰuH-mo-' (swollen, thick)


sound of thunder | lightning-related noise

thunderers | upthunders | ythundered | thundermugs | thunderings | thunderbolts


athwart | thwarts | thwarted | thwarter | thwartly | thwarting

Middle English thwerten, possibly related to thwart (obstruct)


emotional state | respiration | vital force | mental faculty

dysthymia | cyclothymia | enthymeme | schizothymia unrelated: thyme | thymus


thymocyte | thymoleptic | thymotropic | thymolipoma | thymopoiesis | prothymocyte


thyroid, thyrotropin, thyrotropin-releasing hormone


shield-shaped | pertaining to the thyroid gland

thyroids | euthyroid | thyroidal | dysthyroid | euthyroids | athyroidal

Greek thyreoeidēs 'shield-shaped', from thyreos 'shield'


From Latin 'Tiberis', the name of the river flowing through Rome.


tibets | Tibetan | Tibetic | Tibetology | Tibetanness | Tibetologist

From the endonym 'Bod' (བོད་), referring to the historical region and people of Tibet.


midtibia | foretibia | metatibia | mesotibia


a short period of time | to make a clicking sound

ticks | ticky | tickle | ticker | uptick | ticked

From Old English 'ticca' (to tick, click), of imitative origin.


a voucher | a token | a piece of paper providing proof of right to enter or travel

tickets | ticketed | reticket | ticketer | ticketing | retickets

From Old French 'ticer' or 'tailler' meaning 'to cut, mark, or label', referring to the practice of cutting a ticket from a larger piece of paper or parchment.


to touch lightly | to cause sensation of pleasure or irritation

From Old English 'tician' meaning 'to move lightly, twitch, or prickle', of imitative origin.


pertaining to | characterized by | field of study


Old English tīd 'time, hour, season', from Proto-Germanic *tīdō, from Proto-Indo-European *dey- 'to divide, distinguish'


bound to, forming a noun from an adjective by dropping -ic and adding -tide.

tided | tides | betide | riptide | betided | betides


Old English tīd, from Proto-Germanic *tīdō, from Proto-Indo-European *dey- 'to divide, distinguish'


From Latin -tidinus, derived from the stem of words like 'hystericus' (hysteria) or 'gastricus' (stomach), referring to a condition or state related to the root.


tier | tied | ties | untie | retie | tiers


Latin 'tier' (variant of 'tira') or from Old French 'tierce' meaning 'third', but in modern English lexical borrowing often traces to the concept of a 'tier' or row, ultimately from Latin 'tira' or via French 'tierce'. However, as a standalone root in English, it is a free morpheme of Germanic/French origin denoting a level or row.


From Latin -tās (genitive -tātis), a suffix forming abstract nouns denoting state or condition, derived from the stem of adjectives ending in -tus (past participle marker).


Greek privative prefix ti- (variant of a-), used before vowels


large carnivorous feline | striped predator

tigers | tigery | tigerly | tigerish | tigerdom | weretiger

from Sanskrit 'vyāgra' via Middle Persian/Old French


tight-fitting | tight-knit | tight-laced | tight_fitting | tightfisted | tightfitting | tightlipped | astringent | constrain | constrict | constringe | restrict | strain | strict | stringent | air-tight | airtight | gas-tight | skin-tight | skintight | uptight | watertight

tights | tighten | tighter | airtight | tightwad | tightass

Latin 'tegere' (to cover) -> 'tactus' (touched) -> 'strictus' (drawn tight) -> 'strictus' (tight, stiff)


tiler | tiled | tilers | retile | untile | tilery

From Latin 'tilia' (lime tree) or 'tegula' (tile), referring to flat pieces of baked clay or stone.


tilly | tills | tiller | tilled | tillage | tillite

From Old English 'tille' or 'till', meaning 'until, up to the time that', related to Old Norse 'til' and Old High German 'zil' (goal, time).


atilt | tilts | tilty | tilter | tilted | uptilt

Middle English tilt, from Old English tilian "to strive, to struggle"


timid | intimidate | timorous | timidity | timocracy | Timothy


timbers | timbery | timbered | betimber | retimber | timbering

Old English 'timbr' (structure, building, wood)


French 'timbre' (stamp, impression, or sound quality)


temporal, temporary, temperament, temperament, temperament

times | timer | timed | timely | timers | Timese


timidly | untimid | timidity | timidness | timidsome | timidities

Latin timidus "fearful, timid", from timere "to fear"


timorously | untimorous | timorousness | timorousnesses


abstain | abstention | abstinence | abstinent | appertain | appertinent | appurtenance | appurtenant | contain | containment | content | contentive | contentment | continence | continent | continental | continual | continuance | continuant | continuation | continuative | continue | continuity | continuous | continuum | contratenor | countenance | detain | detainder | detainee | detainer | detainment | detention | detinue | discontent | discontentment | discontinuance | discontinuation | discontinue | discontinuity | discontinuous | entertain | entertainment | equicontinuity | equicontinuous | impertinence | impertinent | incontinence | incontinent | intenible | intercontinental | irretentive | lieutenant | maintain | maintenance | malcontent | obtain | obtainment | obtention | pertain | pertinacious | pertinacity | pertinence | pertinent | purtenance | reobtain | retain | retainer | retainment | retention | retentive | retinue | se-tenant | sustenance | sustentacular | sustentaculum | sustentation | sustention | tenable | tenace | tenacious | tenacity | tenancy | tenant | tenet | tenor | tenure | tenurial | tenuto | transcontinental | continent (all senses) | pertinaceous | retinaculum

tins | tinny | detin | ditin | tinnie | tinned


apply color | wet slightly | immerse briefly | color with dye | submerge partially | immerse fully

aquatint | distain | mezzotint | tinct | tinctorial | tincture | tinge | tingent | tint | intinction | tincture Variant Spellings: tinge


tincture, indistinct, distinction, extinction

Latin tinctus, past participle of tingere 'to dye, stain, mark'


From Old English 'tinder' (kindling), from Proto-Germanic '*tundraz', related to 'tend' (to kindle).


tines | tined | betine | betined | betines


color with pigment | make damp | immerse briefly | submerge thoroughly

aquatint | distain | mezzotint | tinct | tinctorial | tincture | tinge | tingent | tint


a slight, continuous shaking or quivering sensation | a feeling of excitement or anticipation

tingled | tingles | atingle | tingler | tinglers | tinglesome

Middle English tingen, from Old French tingler, of imitative origin


to repair | to work clumsily | to fiddle

tinkers | tinkerer | tinkered | tinkerly | tinkering | tinkerers

Middle English tinkeren, of imitative origin (echoic of the sound of tinkling metal)


tinsels | tinseled | tinselly | tinselry | tinselled | tinseling

From Dutch 'tinselen' meaning 'to tin' or 'to plate with tin', referring to the shiny metallic threads originally used.


tints | tinty | tinter | tinted | retint | tinters

From Latin 'tinctus', past participle of 'tingere' meaning 'to dye, to color'.


Latin tintinnabulum 'bell, chime', from tintinnare 'to tinkle, ring'


tinyness | tinygram | supertiny | tinygrams

Middle English 'tine' or 'tyne' (small, insignificant)


action | outcome | condition | sequence of actions | resulting condition from prior action

cancellation | infection | crenellation | attraction | convocation | commotion

junction | abolition | reception | deception | junctions | definition

From Latin -tio, -tionem (nom. -tiō, acc. -tiōnem), noun of action suffix derived from the past participle stem of verbs.


ambitious, cautious, nutritious, ambitious

From Latin -tiosus, from -tia (state, condition) + -osus (full of)


tips | tipsy | tippy | retip | tipper | tipple

Old English 'tīp' meaning 'point, extremity'


extract | organize in rows | systematize

attire | retire | tirade | tire (wheel) Variant Spellings: tier unrelated: tire (to become weary) | tier

Latin tir- (variant of trahere 'to draw, pull')


French tirade (originally a long speech in a play)


tires | retire | tireth | tirest | retired | tireless


woven fabric | biological structure | web of cells

connective tissue, muscle tissue, epithelial tissue

tissues | tissuey | tissued | nontissue | neotissue | tissuelike

From Latin 'textilis' meaning 'woven', derived from 'texere' (to weave).


titanium, titanium dioxide, titanium steel, titanium alloy

Greek titan 'gigantic/strong' + -ium (chemical suffix)


Titan | of the Titan | respectively. Used for large animals. | gigantic | huge

titanosilicate | titanomagnetite | titanosilicates | titanomagnetites

Τιτάν, Τιτᾶνος (Titán, Titânos)


titers | picotiter | microtiter | picotiters | microtiters

Latin titulus 'inscription, label, title'


tither | tithed | tithers | untithed | titheless

Old English tīeþa (tenth), from Proto-Germanic *tehunthaz, from PIE *dekm-tó- (ordinal form of *dekm- 'ten').


Latin 'titanus' or 'tithinus' meaning 'of a bright red color', possibly from Greek 'tithinos'


Latin titillatus, past participle of titillare 'to tickle, excite', frequentative of tinnire 'to tinkle'


titled | titles | titler | retitle | titlers | betitle

Latin 'titulus' label, inscription, heading


Latin diminutive suffix -ulus, -ula, -ulum, often reinforced by -ellus, -ella, -ellum


to determine concentration | to measure by parts

titrated | titrates | autotitrate | microtitrate | autotitrated | microtitrated

Latin titulus 'label, inscription' or titulus 'title, heading'


titres | titred | serotitre | microtitre | serotitres | microtitres

From Latin 'titulus' meaning 'inscription, title, label'


to laugh | to giggle | to laugh nervously

titters | tittered | titterer | tittering | titterers | titterings

From Old English 'titterian' meaning to laugh or giggle, of imitative origin.


Latin -tīus, from masc. agent nouns in -tīus (e.g., nātus 'born'), often associated with the root *gen- 'to be born' or simply a masculine agent suffix.


performing an action | related to the action or state indicated by the root | resulting in | producing | characterized by | inclination | propensity | role | relationship

assertive | exploitative | supportive | additive | assumptive | receptive | reductive | exhaustive | abortive | plaintive | inquisitive | informative | attentive

From Latin -tivus, from past participle stem of verbs ending in -ere (e.g., agere -> actus -> activus), denoting capacity, tendency, or result.


anatomy, appendectomy, atom, dichotomy, ectomy, embolectomy, tome, tonsillectomy, vasectomy


create, tolerate, rotate, motivate, dominate

into | onto | togo | unto | torat | tohew

Latin preposition 'ad' (to, toward) + verb suffix '-ere' (to make, to do), often via French '-ter' or directly from Latin '-tare/-tere'


Imminent state of becoming what is indicated by the initial element

bride-to-be | father-to-be | president-to-be

informal; taken from 'to-be', n.1 and adj. definition B: inf. of be v. as noun and adjective OED


toady | toads | toadly | toadies | toadlet | toadish


toasty | toasts | toaster | toastie | toasted | toastee


ditokous, dystocia, embiotocid, monotocous, teknonymous, teknonymy, tokophobia

τίκτειν, τόκος (tókos)


toddler | toddled | toddles | toddlers | toddlerdom | pretoddler

imitative of the sound or motion of unsteady walking


toey | toes | toed | tiptoe | toerag | toecap

Old English tǣ, from Proto-Germanic *tōs-


From French 'toffie', possibly from 'toff' (to stop/cease, referring to the hardening process) or dialectal 'toffy'.


Japanese tōfu, from Chinese dòufu (soybean curd)


Latin toga "outer garment worn by Roman citizens"


altogether | togetherly | untogether | togetherful | togetherdom | togetherish

Old English to-'gather' (to collect/assemble)


to switch back and forth | to alternate | to change state

From Old French 'togle' or 'togole' (a switch, lever), possibly of Germanic origin, referring to a mechanical device for changing direction or state.


Greek -graphia (writing) from -graph (to write)


Greek -graphia (writing) + -graphy (process of writing)


A sanitation fixture with a water-flushing bowl for waste removal | A device used for urination and defecation | A plumbing fixture in bathrooms

toiletry | toileting | nontoilet | toiletries | toiletless | Toiletgate

Derived from French 'toilette', originally referring to a small table for dressing, later applied to the sanitation fixture.


betokens | tokenizer | betokened | tokenized | tokenizes | tokenizers

Old English 'tācn' (sign, mark, evidence)


From Proto-Germanic *talą (to count, tell), from PIE *tal- (to count, reckon). Cognate with Old English talu, Old High German zala, Latin talis.


tolerance, tolerable, intolerant, toleration


tolls | tolled | toller | tollway | tollbar | tollers

Old English 'toll' (tax, tribute, or custom)


an aromatic hydrocarbon | a benzene derivative

amatol, toluene, toluide, toluol, trinitrotoluene


anatomy | appendectomy | atom | dichotomy | ectomy | embolectomy | tome | tonsillectomy | vasectomy | acrotomophilia | apotemnophilia | atomic | autotomy | diatom | dichotomous | entomology | entomomancy | entomophagous | entomophilous | epitome | monatomic | pentatomic | polyatomic | polytomy | Temnospondyli | tmesis | tomogram | tomography | trichotomous | trichotomy | microtome | tomography Variant Spellings: tonsorial | tonsure | tonsorial

toms | Tommy | Tommo | tomcat | tomboy | tomfool

more at ectomy / ectomy, entom / entom, tomy / tomy

τομή (tomḗ) | τόμος (tómos) | τέμνειν (témnein) | τομός (tomós) | τμῆσις (tmêsis) | Greek tomē : a cutting temnein : to cut

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tombs | tombal | untomb | tombic | untombs | tomblike


tool for cutting | surgical tool used to cut | incising a specific body part indicated by the initial component

tomes | myotome | tomelet | biotome | rheotome | myotomes

Greek τομή (tomḗ) | intersection | < Greek -τόμον | neuter of -τόμος   that cuts ... and ... < Greek τομή a cutting OED


philosophy, philosophy, philanthropy, philology, philharmonic

Social relations, Affection, Greek origin

Greek 'philos' meaning 'loving' or 'dear'


the process of cutting | the act of incising | a cut made with a sharp instrument | a medical procedure involving cutting into a body part | the act of separating tissue through cutting

Gastrotomy | anatomy | appendectomy | atom | dichotomy | ectomy | embolectomy | tome | tonsillectomy | vasectomy | lobotomy | tracheotomy | laparotomy | cystotomy | keratotomy | phlebotomy

zootomy | myotomy | axotomy | biotomy | lobotomy | xylotomy

Greek τομία (-tomía) | τομή (tomḗ) | τόμος (tómos) | < Greek -τομία ... used to form abstract nouns from adjs. in -τομος cutting OED


tongue, bilingual, polyglot, monolingual, tongue-in-cheek

From Old English 'tunge' meaning tongue or language, related to German 'Zunge'.


Distinctive vocal characteristics | Accentual features of speech | Unique speech patterns

tongues | tongued | tonguey | oxtongue | betongue | untongue


tonnes | gigatonne | kilotonne | gigatonnes | kilotonnes

French tonne, from Old French tonne 'barrel', from Vulgar Latin *tunda, from Latin tunsus, past participle of tundere 'to beat, pound'


atonia | atonic | atonicity | atony | dystonia | hypertonic | isotonic | tonicity | tonograph | baritone | monotone | tonometer | tonometry | tonoplast | tonotaxis

tonotopy | tonogram | tonotopic | tonometer | tonometry | tonoplast


tonsils | tonsillar | tonsillitis | tonsilotome | tonsillitic | tonsillotomy

Latin tonsilla 'tonsil', diminutive of tonda 'tonsil'


From Latin tonsor 'barber, shaver', from past participle stem of tondere 'to shear, shave'


Latin tonsus, past participle of tontere 'to cut, clip'


the act of shaving or cutting hair|shaved head

Latin tonsura "a cutting, shearing," from past participle stem of tonere "to cut, shear"


From Old English tōc, past tense of tǣcan 'to show, point out', from Proto-Germanic *taihōną, from PIE *deik- 'to show'


toothy | tooths | toothed | toothly | untooth | toothmug

From Old English 'tōþ', from Proto-Germanic '*tūþs', from Proto-Indo-European '*dent-'.


atopic | atopy | dystopia | ectopia | ectopic | entopic | epitope | eutopia | isotope | nomotopic | polytope | topiary | topic | topography | topology | toponomastics | toponym | toponymy | topos | utopia | zonotope | top-down | topknotted | topmost | topnotch | topical

stop | tops | atop | toppo | toppy | betop


precious stone | yellowish-green gemstone


atopic | atopy | dystopia | ectopia | ectopic | entopic | epitope | eutopia | isotope | nomotopic | polytope | topiary | topic | topography | topology | toponomastics | toponym | toponymy | topos | utopia | zonotope | top-down | topknotted | topmost | topnotch

atopic, atopy, dystopia, ectopia, ectopic, entopic, epitope, eutopia, isotope, nomotopic, polytope, topiary, topic, topography, topology, toponomastics, toponym, toponymy, topos, utopia, zonotope, top-down, topknotted, topmost, topnotch

dystopia | dystopian | dystopias | cybertopia | cybertopias | heterotopia

τόπος (tópos)


From Latin topiarius 'of local scenery', from topos 'place, landscape'


topics | topical | bitopic | subtopic | topicals | atopical


myotopy | tonotopy | eurytopy | chemotopy | rhinotopy | somatotopy


French toque, from Old French toque 'cap'


swelling | protrusion | rounded lump | ring-shaped structure


torch, torchlight, torchbearer, torchwood

torchy | torched | torches | torcher | torching | torchers

Old English 'torc' or 'torh', meaning a burning piece of wood or a torch.


From Old English 'tēoran' meaning 'to tear, rend, destroy', related to Proto-Germanic '*teraną'.


cause great physical or mental pain | suffer | distress

torment, tormented, tormenting, tormentor

torments | tormentor | tormented | tormentry | tormenting | tormentors

Latin tormentum 'instrument of torture', from torquere 'to twist'


From Latin 'tornare' meaning 'to turn' or 'to spin', derived from 'tornus' (lathe).


torpent | torpid | torpor | torpedo (all senses)

Latin torpere 'to be stiff, numb, be paralyzed'


self-propelled underwater missile | projectile

torpedos | torpedoed | torpedoer | torpedoing | torpedoist | torpedoers

Italian 'torpedo' (electric ray), from Latin 'torpere' 'to be stiffened'


torpids | torpidly | torpidity | nontorpid | torpidness | torpidities

Latin torpidus "numb, stiff", from torpere "to be numb, stiff"


From Latin torpor, meaning 'numbness' or 'stupidity', derived from the verb torpere 'to be stiff or numb'.


torqued | torques | torquey | torquer | retorque | torquers

From Latin 'torquere' meaning 'to twist'.


torrid | torridly | torrefy | torrent | torrential | torrid Variant Spellings: toast

torrs | kilotorr | millitorr | kilotorrs | millitorrs


a strong and fast-moving stream | a sudden rush

torrents | torrential | BitTorrent | torrentless | torrentially | torrentiality

Latin torrentem (nominative torrens) 'rushing, flowing', present participle of torreo 'to burn, scorch' (originally 'burning stream')


torridly | torridity | subtorrid | torridness

Latin 'torridus' scorched, from 'torrere' to burn


torsions | torsional | torsionic | torsioned | cotorsion | torsionful

From Latin 'torsionem' (nominative 'torsio'), a noun of action from the past participle stem of 'torquere' meaning 'to twist'.


Latin 'torso' (trunk of the body), from Greek 'torso' (trunk), from 'torpere' (to be stiff)


contort | extract by squeezing | act of twisting | rotate

torts | contort | nontort | contorts | tortness | Eurotort

Latin tortus, past participle of torquere 'to twist'


tortoises | tortoiselike | tortoiseshell | tortoiseshells | untortoiselike

Latin 'tortus', past participle of 'torquere' meaning 'to twist'


inflicted suffering in personal relationships | emotional pain caused by others | torment experienced in interpersonal contexts

torturer | tortured | tortures | torturee | tortureth | torturers

derived from Latin 'tortura', meaning twisting or torment


executing the action associated with the initial component | a location where the action linked to the initial component occurs | a site designated for

auditory, dormitory,atory, directory, factory

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

From Latin -tōrius, from -tōr- (agent noun suffix of -tō-) + -ius (adjective suffix)


tossy | tosser | tossed | tosses | retoss | betoss

Middle English 'tosse', of unknown origin, possibly from Old Norse 'tosa' meaning 'to speak' or 'to throw'


quantity | count | such a large amount | an overwhelming number

tots | totted | totting | totsicle | tottings | totsicles

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totals | totally | totaled | totalled | totality | subtotal

Latin 'totus' meaning 'whole' or 'entire'


totemisms | totemists | totemites | nontotemic | totemistic


toucans | toucanet | toucanets | toucanlike


touchy | toucht | iTouch | toucher | touched | touches


strong | durable | difficult | resilient

toughs | toughen | toughie | toughly | untough | toughens


contour, detour, entourage, tour, tour de force, tourist

tours | toured | tourer | touring | tourist | tourism

Latin 'tornus' 'lathe, circle' from Greek 'tornos' 'lathe, circle'


tournament, tournedos, tourney, tourniquet

Movement, Change of State, Circular Motion

Greek toxicon : poison, originally a poison in which arrows were dipped toxon : a bow. A toxophilite or toxophile is a person who loves archery.


tournaments | pretournament | nontournament | subtournament | subtournaments

Old French torneie, from torneier 'to turn, tour', from Vulgar Latin *tornare 'to turn', from Latin tornus 'lathe, wheel'


From Old French 'tousler' meaning to disarrange or ruffle, possibly of Germanic origin.


touts | touter | touted | touting | touters | overtout


attract, contract, extract, distract, retract

tows | towy | tower | towed | betow | towee

Latin 'tollere' (past participle 'tortus') meaning 'to lift, raise, pull'


towels | toweled | toweling | towelled | towelhead | towelling


tall structure | high place | stronghold

towers | towery | towered | towering | outtower | towerlike


enclosure | homestead | village | settlement

towns | towny | townie | Motown | bytown | towned

Old English tūn "enclosure, garden, homestead, village"


town, township, hometown, downtown, uptown

From Old English 'tun' meaning enclosure, settlement, or estate.


anatoxin | antitoxin | autotoxin | exotoxin | intoxicate | neurotoxin | psychotoxic | toxic | toxin | toxoid | toxology | toxoplasmosis | detoxify | toxemia | toxicity | toxicology | toxicant

detoxify | detoxifier | detoxifying | detoxifiers

Greek toxon "bow" (related to toxikon pharmakon "poison for arrows")

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toxicology | toxicomania | toxicogenic | toxicometry | toxicologic | toxicologist

τοξικόν  OED

repr. Greek τοξικόν in sense 'poison' OED


toys | toyed | toyer | toyboy | Toyger | toying

Middle English toye, from Old English togian 'to play'


transversely | above | to sketch | to haul | to exert force to move | to tug

intransigent | tradition | transact | transcend | transient | transitory | transparent | transport | traduce | traffic | traitor | trajectory | tramontane | trance | tranquil | traverse | travesty | retrace | subtrahend | trace (all senses) | tracer | trail | trailer | train (all senses) | trainee | trait | trace

trans / trans | tres / tres | tract / tract | trait / trait


structural element | load-bearing component | metal strip | cylindrical shaft

trabs | trabis | Greek trachys : rough --> trachea arteria : rough windpipe | trachea


tracer | traces | traced | tracers | tracery | traceth

From Latin 'trācta' (past participle of 'trahere' meaning 'to draw, pull'), referring to something drawn out or left behind.


trachea | tracheids | tracheitis | tracheophyte | tracheostomy | tracheotomy | trachoma | tracheate | tracheid | tracheole | trachyte


trachea, tracheids, tracheitis, tracheophyte, tracheostomy, tracheotomy


trachea | tracheids | tracheitis | tracheophyte | tracheostomy | tracheotomy | traceotomy | tracheobronchial

tracheotomy | tracheocele | tracheotome | tracheoscopy | tracheostomy | tracheogenic

τρᾱχεῖα  OED

τραχύς (trakhús) | combining form ... Greek τρᾱχεῖα  (feminine of τρᾱχύς  rough) OED


tracker | tracked | trackee | betrack | retrack | untrack

Old French trac 'a mark, footprint, or trail'


abstract | attract | contract | detract | retract | subtract | subtrahend | tractable | traction | tractor | attractive | retraction | distraction | protract | intractable | distract | extract | protractor | tract

tracts | protract | Tractite | tractlet | protracts | tractlets

tractare | frequentative of trahere | tractus | Greek tragos : goat


trader | trades | traded | traders | tradeth | tradest

From Old English 'trēowian' (to confirm, make firm) or 'trewa' (faith, trust), ultimately from Proto-Germanic '*trewwijaną', related to 'truth' and 'trust'. The sense of 'exchange' developed from the notion of a 'pledge' or 'agreement'.


custom | practice | belief | passed down

traditions | traditional | traditioner | traditionary | traditionist | traditioners

Latin 'traditio' (noun of action from 'tradere' meaning 'to hand over, deliver, surrender'), from 'trans-' (across) + 'dare' (to give)


traffics | trafficky | trafficker | trafficked | nontraffic | trafficator

From Latin trafficus, past participle of trafficari 'to carry on trade', from trans- 'across' + agere 'to drive'.


tragedy | tragic | tragus | antitragus | tragacanth | tragicomedy | tragopan

τράγος (trágos)


sad event | disastrous event | dramatic genre

Greek tragōidia, from tragōikos 'goat-like'


tragics | untragic | nontragic | tragicize | tragicomic | tragicness

Greek tragōidia 'goat-song', from tragos 'goat' + ōidē 'song'


abstract, attract, contract, detract, retract, subtract, subtrahend, tractable, traction, tractor

tractare, frequentative of trahere, tractus


attract, detract, extract, retract, traction, trajectory


trails | trailer | trailed | entrail | betrail | contrail


trains | trainer | trainee | retrain | detrain | entrain

From Latin 'trahere' meaning 'to draw, pull, drag'


tramway, tramcar, tramline, tramstop, tramdriver

trams | tramway | tramcar | trammed | trammer | tramline

Transportation, Infrastructure, Public Transit

Dutch 'tram' (short for 'tramway'), from English 'tram' (mine cart), from Middle Dutch 'tramme' (beam, log).


a shackle or fetter | to restrain or confine

trammels | trammeled | entrammel | untrammel | trammeler | trammeling

From Old French 'tramele' (shackle), from Vulgar Latin 'tramen' (rope, cord), from Latin 'trahere' (to draw, pull).


to walk with heavy steps | to tread heavily | to move with a heavy, noisy gait

tramps | trampy | trample | tramped | tramper | tramping

Derived from Old English 'trampian' meaning to tread heavily.


intransigent, tradition, transact, transcend, transient, transitory, transparent, transport


state of altered consciousness | stupor | daze

trances | trancey | tranced | trancer | entrance | trancers

French trance, from Old French trancer 'to transport, astonish', from Vulgar Latin *transire 'to go across, pass over', from Latin trans 'across' + ire 'to go'


tranquilly | untranquil | tranquility | tranquillity | tranquilness | untranquilly


transport, transfer, transform, translate, transact

transie | transman | tranship | transoid | transies | translin

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transcends | transcended | transcender | transcendent | transcending | transcenders

Latin transcendens, present participle of transcendere 'to go beyond, surpass'


transepts | semitransept | semitransepts

Latin 'trans' (across, beyond) + 'septum' (enclosure, yard)


transferee | cotransfer | transferor | retransfer | transfered | transferase

From Latin transferre 'to carry across', from trans- 'across' + ferre 'to carry'


to pour across | to transfer | to infuse

transfusionists | transfusionally | autotransfusions | xenotransfusions | posttransfusional

Latin trans- 'across' + fundere 'to pour'


transits | transited | transiting | nontransit | transitway | paratransit


translatest | untranslated | retranslated | retranslates | cotranslated | cotranslates

From Latin 'translatus', past participle of 'transferre' meaning 'to carry across', composed of 'trans-' (across) and 'ferre' (to carry).


allowing | letting | permitting | light | to pass through

Latin translucens, present participle of translucere 'to shine through', from trans- 'through' + lucere 'to shine'


Latin 'translucens', present participle of 'translucere' (to shine through), from 'trans-' (through) + 'lucere' (to shine)


transmits | retransmit | cotransmit | transmitter | transmitted | retransmits


Latin trans- 'across' + mōrī 'to behave' (past participle stem mōr-)


From Latin Transylvania, from trans 'across' + silva 'forest'


a device for catching animals | a state of being caught or ensnared

traps | trapt | entrap | trapes | betrap | trappy

From Old French 'trappe', from Late Latin 'trappa' meaning 'snare, trap'.


having four legs | piece of furniture with a flat surface | possessing four sides

τράπεζα (trápeza) | τραπέζιον | (trapézion) | Middle English treden Old English tredan Germanic root


swinging apparatus | aerial acrobatics device

trapeze artist, trapeze school, trapeze net

French trapeze, from Old French trapu 'short and thick' (referring to the shape of the original ropes or the apparatus itself)


trashy | trashed | trashes | betrash | trasher | trashing

Middle English 'trasshe', likely of uncertain origin, possibly related to 'tresh' (to thresh)


traumas | biotrauma | nontrauma | myotrauma | geotrauma | polytrauma


wound | injury | physical or mental shock

traumatics | atraumatic | untraumatic | biotraumatic | nontraumatic | posttraumatic


travails | travailed | betravail | travaileth | travailing | travailous


to move from one place to another | journey | passage

travels | traveled | retravel | betravel | cotravel | traveller

From Old French 'traveler' (to toil, journey), derived from the Frankish word 'tripalium' (an instrument of torture), reflecting the arduous nature of medieval travel.


trawls | trawler | trawled | trawling | trawlers | trawlnet


trays | atray | betray | ashtray | betrays | traying

Middle English traye, from Old French traie


the third whole number | cardinal numeral denoting three entities


From Old English 'treow' (tree) + '-acel' (diminutive suffix), originally meaning 'sap' or 'juice of a tree'.


to move on foot | to press the foot downward

treads | retread | treadle | treaded | treader | totread

Old English tredan, from Proto-Germanic *tredaną, from PIE *terd- 'to step'


treasons | treasonous | treasonist | treasonable | treasonably | treasonists

From Old French 'traison', derived from Latin 'traditio' (handing over, betrayal), from 'tradere' (to hand over).


treasures | treasured | treasuress | untreasure | treasureth | treasurest

Old French tresor, from Latin thesaurus 'treasure, storehouse', from Greek thesauros 'storehouse, treasury'


treats | treated | treater | detreat | cotreat | maltreat

Latin 'tractus', past participle of 'trahere' meaning 'to draw, pull, drag'


written discourse | formal essay | scholarly discussion

treat, tract, trajectory, attract, contract, extract

treatises | treatiser | treatisers | treatiselike

Latin tractatus 'a handling, discourse', from tractare 'to handle, deal with', frequentative of trahere 'to draw, pull'


nontreaty | treatyless | antitreaty | treatymaker | treatymaking | treatymakers

From Latin 'tractatus' (a handling, discourse), from 'tractare' (to handle, deal with), frequentative of 'trahere' (to draw, pull).


Latin 'trebula' (a small coin) or 'triplex' (triple), related to 'tres' (three)


trefoils | trefoiled | pseudotrefoil | pseudotrefoils

Latin trifolium (three-leaved plant), from tri- (three) + folium (leaf)


long journey | arduous walk | expedition

treks | NuTrek | Trekkie | Trekker | trekker | trekked

Middle English trekke (likely from Dutch trekken 'to pull')


tremor | delirium tremens | tremble | tremendous | tremolo | tremulous | monotreme | trematode


monotrematous | monotreme | trema | tréma | trematode

τετραίνω | τρῆμα (trêma) | τρῆμα(trêma)


trembled | trembles | atremble | trembler | trembleth | tremblers


Latin 'tremendus' (gerundive of tremere 'to tremble'), literally 'that which must be trembled at', evolving to mean 'causing awe or wonder'.


tremors | tremored | tremorous | tremorine | tremorlike | tremorless


tremulously | untremulous | tremulousness

Latin tremulus 'trembling', from tremere 'to tremble'


to carve | to form a groove | to excavate a ditch

entrench, retrench, trench, trenchant, trencher, trencherman

entrench | trenches | trenched | retrench | betrench | detrench


a shallow dish or platter | a person who serves food

From Old French 'trencher' (to cut, serve), from Latin 'transcare' (to cut across), originally referring to a trencher (board) used for serving food.


trends | trendy | uptrend | trended | detrend | trender

From Old English 'trendan' meaning 'to turn, roll, or revolve', derived from Proto-Germanic '*trendaną'.


allotrope | anisotropy | Atropos | ectropion | entropic | entropion | entropy | heliotropism | isentropic | isotrope | isotropic | isotropy | pleiotropic | pleiotropy | polytrope | protrepsis | protreptic | psychotropic | treponeme | treponematosis | treponemiasis | trope | tropic | tropism | tropopause | troposphere | trove

τρέπειν (trépein) | τρέψις (trépsis) | τρόπος | τρόπου (trópos) | τροπή | τροπῆς (tropḗ) | τροπικός (tropikós) | τρόπου(trópos)


trepaned | trepanned | trepaning | trepanner | trepanning | trepanners

Latin trepanum 'skull-boring instrument', from Greek trepanon 'borer'


to go beyond | to pass over | to violate

trespasser | trespasses | trespassed | trespassing | trespassers | trespasseth

Old French 'trespasser' from 'tres' (beyond) + 'passer' (to pass)


tressy | tresses | tressed | tressure | tressful | tressures

From Old French -esse, from Latin -trix (feminine agent suffix of -tor), from the stem of the verb + -trix.


trestles | trestled | trestlework | trestletree | trestleworks | trestleboard

Middle English trestel, from Old French trestel


the quantity three | the numeral symbol for three | the third number | possessing three components

triangle, triad, trilogy, triathlon, triptych

tris | trit | trion | triol | trits | tripod

Medical and Scientific | Number 3 | quantity

Ancient Greek | Latin | Greek  OED | Greek

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mistrial | triable | triage | trial Variant Spellings: try | try


sliding contact | scrape | the action of scraping | scrape or crush

diatribe | tribochromism | tribology | trypsin | tryptic | tribometer | triboluminescence | tribadism | triboelectricity | triboluminescence unrelated: tribulation | tribulation

Latin 'tribere' meaning 'to rub, wear away'


attribute | contribute | distribute | retribution | tribe | tribulation | tribunal | tribune | tributary | tribute | tribute (→tribut / tribut.) unrelated: tribulation

tribuere ~to pay~ | from tribus | Greek tribein : to rub


tribes | tribed | subtribe | tribelet | tribesman | tribesmen

From Old English 'trēow' meaning 'tree', metaphorically extending to a family or group connected like branches.


allocate | permit | distribute | grant | compensate | delegate

attribute | contribute | distribute | retribution | tribe | tribulation | tribunal | tribune | tributary | tribute

tribuere ~to pay~ | from tribus | tribuere "to pay"


Latin tribulatus, past participle of tribulare 'to torment, afflict', from tribulum 'threshing sledge'


allocate | permit | distribute | confer | render | offer homage | make payment | authorize

attribute | contribute | distribute | retribution | tribe | tribulation | tribunal | tribune | tributary | tribute | distributary

Latin tribu- 'to assign, allot', from tribus 'tribe' (originally referring to the three original tribes of Rome, implying division or allocation among groups)


of or pertaining to hair, hair-like structure


tricky | tricks | tricked | tricksy | tricker | tricking

Middle English 'trike', possibly related to 'trica' (snare/trap)


imitative of the sound of flowing liquid


trifled | trifles | trifler | triflers | triflest | trifleth

Middle English 'trifle', possibly from Old French 'trufle'


trigs | trigly | trigged | trigness | trigging


three | containing three parts of hydrogen

Greek tri- "three" + hydro- "water/hydrogen"


triller | trilled | trilling | trillers | trillest | trillings

From Latin trillare, frequentative of trere 'to roll', from trabs 'beam'


trim, trimmed, trimming, trimmer, trimmings

trims | strim | trimly | retrim | betrim | strims

Old English 'trim' (to prepare, make neat, or arrange)


From Spanish Trinidad, from Latin Trinitas 'Trinity'


From Latin trinitas (genitive trinitatis) meaning 'a group of three', derived from trinus 'three each' or tres 'three'.


Latin trinitas, from trinus 'three each'


small ornament | piece of jewelry | bauble

trinkets | trinkety | trinketer | trinketry | trinketers | trinketize

Middle English trinket, from trinken 'to trifle' or trink 'to trifle', of uncertain origin, perhaps related to Middle Dutch trincen 'to drink' (implying trifling away time/money) or Middle Low German trinke 'trifle'.


Latin triumphus 'triumph, triumphal procession'


to stumble | to stumble and fall | to lose balance

trips | atrip | trippy | tripped | tripper | midtrip

Middle English 'trippen' (to dance, skip, or stumble)


triplet, triplex, triplicate, triplication

triples | tripler | tripled | tripleton | triplefin | subtriple

From Latin 'triple' (adj.) derived from 'tres' (three) + '-plus' (fold, doubled)


Triple time | threefold | occurring three times


Greek τρῖψις (trípsis), rubbing, friction


diatribe, tribochromism, tribology, trypsin, tryptic, tribometer, triboluminescence

τρίβειν (tríbein), τριπτός, τρῖψις


triskaidekaphobia | triskaidekaphobic | triskaidekaphobics

Greek tri- 'three' + kai 'and' + deka 'ten'


trisodium phosphate, trisodium citrate, trisodium phosphate

Greek tri- 'three' + sodium (from soda + Greek -ium)


tritagonist | tritanomaly | tritanopia | trite | tritium

τρίτος (trítos)


triumphs | triumphal | triumphed | triumpher | triumphant | triumphing


Latin triumvir 'member of a board of three men'


three | triple | consisting of three parts

Latin trinus 'three each' (from tres 'three') + -unus 'one'


Latin trivium 'crossroads, public place' (from tri- 'three' + via 'way')


a woman associated with or executing the role/action indicated by the preceding element | female | female individual performing the function/action denoted by the prior element

matrix | executrix | inheritrix | adjutrix | administratrix | aviatrix | dominatrix | matrices | executrices | inheritrices

doctrix | aviatrix | creatrix | curatrix | aviatrixes | castratrix

Feminine-forming suffix | Gender assigner

From Latin -trix, feminine agent suffix derived from -trix (nom. sing. of -tor), itself from the Indo-European root *ter- 'to cross, pass over'.


motion | rotating part | ring | move swiftly | circular form

τρέχειν (trékhein) | τρεχόμενον | τρόχος (tróchos) | τροχός | τροχοῦ (trochós) | τρόχωσις | τροχαῖος (trochaîos) | τροχαϊκός (trochaïkós) | τροχοειδής | τροχός (trokhós) | Greek trochos : wheel trechein : to run


From Old English 'tredan' (to tread), from Proto-Germanic '*tredaną', from Proto-Indo-European '*terd-' (to step, walk).


Greek troglodytēs, from troglē 'hole, burrow' + -dys (agent suffix)


describing a satellite (moon or minor planet) that shares an orbit with another | relating to objects in a shared orbital configuration | used in astronomy for celestial bodies in such a configuration

Derived from the Greek name for Troy, used in astronomy to describe orbit-sharing satellites.


to move by rolling | to proceed in a rolling motion

trolls | trolly | troller | trolled | trollers | trollish

Greek tropos : a turning, a turn trepein : to turn


Middle English 'trolie', related to 'troll' (to move on wheels)


to hang loosely and wetly | to become soaked and disheveled


trombones | tromboner | tromboney | tromboned | tromboners

From French trombone, from Italian trombone, augmentative of tromba 'trumpet'


antineutron | betatron | bevatron | citron | cosmotron | cyclotron | electron | intron | klystron | magnetron | matron | neutron | patron | photoelectron

antineutron, betatron, bevatron, citron, cosmotron, cyclotron, electron, intron, klystron, magnetron, matron, neutron, patron, photoelectron

trons | waitron | Quotron | isotron | biotron | positron


group of soldiers | large number | crowd

troops | trooper | trooped | troopes | troopers | trooping

Latin 'turba' (crowd, mob) or 'turpis' (disordered); related to 'turba' via metathesis or folk etymology with 'turba'


turned toward, with an orientation toward, having an affinity for, affecting

tiotropium | deptropine | cimetropium | tropisetron | tropanserin

Greek τρόπος (trópos), a turn, way, manner, style


contrive | heliotropism | isotrope | psychotropic | trope | tropic | tropism | troposphere | troubadour | trove | allotrope | heliotrope | inotrope | heliotropic | hepatotropic | hypermetropic | amphitropous | anatropous | campylotropous | isotropous | orthotropous | allotropy | anisotropy | entropy | extropy | isotropy | anemotropism | ergotropism | geotropism

contrive, heliotropism, isotrope, psychotropic, trope, tropic, tropism, troposphere, troubadour, trove, allotrope, heliotrope, inotrope, isotrope, heliotropic, hepatotropic, hypermetropic, amphitropous, anatropous, campylotropous, isotropous, orthotropous, allotropy, anisotropy, entropy, extropy, isotropy, anemotropism, ergotropism, geotropism

tropes | troped | troper | tropers | subtrope | allotrope


supply sustenance | develop | sustenance | nutritional support | development | sustain | stratum | tier | class

atrophy, hypertrophy, dystrophy, trophoblast

biotroph | autotroph | allotroph | auxotroph | thiotroph | biotrophs


dystrophy | pogonotrophy | trophic | trophobiotic | trophoblast | trophoblastic | trophotropic | trophotropism | trophozoite | antistrophic | apostrophic | atrophic

dystrophy, pogonotrophy, trophic, trophobiotic, trophoblast, trophoblastic, trophotropic, trophotropism, trophozoite, antistrophic, apostrophic, atrophic

eutrophic | eutrophics | exotrophic | eutrophicate | eutrophicated | eutrophicates

τροφή, τροφός (trophós)


Greek -trophos 'nourished' + -ism 'state/condition'


sustenance | progress | supply nutrients | increase in size | dietary intake | growth or nourishment tied to the initial component

pseudohypertrophy | dystrophy | pogonotrophy | trophic | trophobiotic | trophoblast | trophoblastic | trophotropic | trophotropism | trophozoite | antistrophic | apostrophic | atrophic | hypertrophy

eutrophy | syntrophy | biotrophy | myotrophy | hypotrophy | abiotrophy


tropics | tropical | iatropic | isotropic | lyotropic | tropicals


turning | direction | movement toward or away from a stimulus

tropisms | geotropism | ecotropism | diatropism | allotropism | chaotropism


a shift or pivot | the action of rotating

troponym | atropous | troponyms | troponymy | troposmia | troponomy

< ancient Greek τρόπος trope n...< τροπή turn, turning OED


allotrope | anisotropy | Atropos | ectropion | entropic | entropion | entropy | heliotropism | isentropic | isotrope | isotropic | isotropy | pleiotropic | pleiotropy | polytrope | protrepsis | protreptic | psychotropic | treponeme | treponematosis | treponemiasis | trope | tropic | tropism | tropopause | troposphere | trove

allotrope, anisotropy, Atropos, ectropion, entropic, entropion, entropy, heliotropism, isentropic, isotrope, isotropic, isotropy, pleiotropic, pleiotropy, polytrope, protrepsis, protreptic, psychotropic, treponeme, treponematosis, treponemiasis, trope, tropic, tropism, tropopause, troposphere, trove

isotropy | lyotropy | syntropy | allotropy | gyrotropy | barotropy

τρέπειν (trépein), τρέψις (trépsis), τρόπος, τρόπου (trópos), τροπή, τροπῆς (tropḗ), τροπικός (tropikós)


to run at a moderate pace | a steady gait

trots | trotter | foxtrot | trotted | dogtrot | jogtrot

Middle English trot, from imitative origin


Old English trēowth (truth, fidelity) from trēowe (true)


Old Occitan 'trobador' from 'trobar' 'to find/compose'


troubled | troubles | troubler | troubleth | troublers | untroubled

Old French 'trubler' (to disturb, agitate)


a long, narrow, shallow depression | a container for feeding animals

troughs | pentrough | troughlike | pentroughs | troughless | eavestrough


trounced | trouncer | trounces | trouncers | untrounced

From Old French 'tranchier' or 'trenchier' meaning 'to cut, sever', derived from Vulgar Latin 'transecare' (to cut across).


trousers | trousered | trouserless | untrousered | betrousered | overtrousers

Middle French 'trousser' (to bundle, prepare)


trouts | trouty | troutlet | troutlike | troutling | troutlets


a small handheld tool for digging or spreading

trowels | troweled | troweling | trowelled | trowelful | trowelling

Middle English trowel, from Old French truelle


trucks | trucky | trucker | truckle | trucked | truckie

Middle English 'trucke', likely related to 'truk' (to roll/tumble)


Latin truculentus, from truculus 'fierce, savage'


From Latin 'trudere' (to push, thrust) or the past participle stem 'trus-', derived from the PIE root *treu- (to thrust, push).


to walk heavily | to move with difficulty

From Old English 'þryccan' meaning 'to press, squeeze, or oppress', related to the concept of weight and pressure.


true, verify, veracity, veritable, verisimilitude

trued | trues | untrue | truely | trueing | nontrue

Latin adjective 'verus' meaning 'true, real, genuine'


truffles | truffled | truffley | trufflelike

Latin tuber 'swelling, lump' (referring to the shape of the fungus)


trumps | trumped | betrump | nontrump | Trumpian | Trumpism

From Latin 'trumpare' (to trump, beat), possibly of imitative origin or related to 'tremere' (to tremble/shake).


loud brass instrument | to sound a loud note

trumpets | trumpety | trumpeter | trumpeted | betrumpet | trumpeting

From Latin 'tuba' (trumpet) + '-et' (diminutive suffix)


severed portion | primary structure | main body

trench | trenchant | truncate | truncheon | trunk | detruncate | detruncation | entrench | entrenchment | intrench | intrenchment | obtruncate | obtruncation | omnitruncation | retrench | retrenchment | tranche | tranchet | trenchancy | truncation | trunnion

truncare ~to maim | mutilate~ | from truncus ~mutilated | cut off~ | truncare "to maim | mutilate" | from truncus"mutilated | cut off"


truncated | truncates | untruncated | bitruncated | subtruncate | truncatedly


a short heavy stick used as a weapon or for punishment

truncheons | truncheoner | truncheoneer | truncheoners | truncheoneers

Middle English truncheon, from French truncheon


trundled | trundles | trundler | trundlers | trundletail | trundlehead

Middle English trundelen, likely imitative of heavy rolling motion


main stem | body | torso | storage compartment

trunks | trunky | trunked | intrunk | betrunk | trunkal

Old French tronc 'trunk, stem, body', from Late Latin truncus 'mutilated, trunk'


abstrude | abstruse | abstrusion | abstrusity | detrude | detrusion | detrusor | extrude | extrusible | extrusion | extrusive | inobtrusive | intrude | intrusion | intrusive | nonintrusive | obtrude | obtrusion | obtrusive | protrude | protrudent | protrusile | protrusion | protrusive | retrude | retruse | retrusion | retrusive | protrusion Variant Spellings: thrust | thrust

Latin trusus, past participle of trudere 'to push, thrust'


Middle English 'trusse', related to 'trous' (bundle/package)


trustworthy, distrust, mistrust, trustworthy

trusty | trusts | trustee | trusted | entrust | intrust


retry | tryed | trying | mistry | tryhard | tryless

Old French 'trier' (to pick, select, or sort)


trypanosome | trypanocide | trypanocides | trypanosomal | trypanosomes | trypanocidal


trysts | tryster | trysters | mistryst | mistrysts

Middle French 'tryste' (a meeting, appointed time)


tsars | tsaric | tsarist | tsardom | tsarian | tsarish

From Latin Caesar via Old East Slavic, ultimately from the cognomen Caesar


tsunamic | megatsunami | teletsunami | tsunamilike | tsunamigenic | paleotsunami

Japanese tsunami (津波), from tsu 'harbor' + nami 'wave'


hollow cylindrical structure | tubular passage

tubocurarine | tuboplasty | tubifex | intubate | tubal | tubate | tube | tubeless | tubular | tubulate | tubule | tubuliflorous | tubulin | tubulous | tubulure

tubs | tubby | tubbo | tubful | tubman | tubbos


tubax | tubaist | saxtuba | tubaists | tubalike


protuberance, protuberate, tuber, tubercle, tuberculin, tuberculosis, tuberose, tuberous

tubers | tuberin | tuberal | tuberous | tuberins | tuberoid


tuberculosis-causing bacterium | relating to tuberculosis

tuberculosis | tuberculiform | tuberculoderm

From Latin tuberculum 'little swelling', diminutive of tuber 'swelling, lump'


tubulin | tubulins | antitubulin | microtubulin | antitubulins | microtubulins

Latin tubulus, diminutive of tuba 'tube, trumpet'


to push, fold, or compress into a small space

tucks | tucker | tucked | untuck | retuck | tucking

Middle English tucken 'to push, shove, or fold'


gratitude | aptitude | multitude | verisimilitude

multitude | hermitude | multitudes | definitude | definitudes | overmultitude

From Latin -tūdō (genitive -tūdinis), a suffix forming abstract nouns from adjectives, derived from the stem of the adjective plus the suffix -tūdō.


Time, Day of the week, Germanic mythology

From Old English 'Tiwesdæg', meaning 'Day of Tiw', derived from the Germanic god Tiw (equivalent to Mars)


a small bunch | a cluster | a lock of hair or fur

tufts | tufty | tufter | tufters | tuftless | tuftiness

Middle English tuft, likely imitative of a cluster or clump


tugs | tuggy | tugged | tugger | tuggie | tugboat

From Old English 'togan' (past participle of 'tǣgan') meaning 'to pull, drag', of Germanic origin.


observe | safeguard | keep watch | care for

tuition | intuition | intuitive | intuit | tutelage | tutor | tutorial

Latin tuītus, past participle of tuērī 'to watch, protect'


tuitions | tuitional | nontuition | tuitionary

Latin 'tuitio' (nominative 'tutior'), from 'tutari' meaning 'to protect, guard, watch over'


tulips | tulipy | tulipist | tulipwood | tuliplike | tulipists

From Persian tulbend, via Ottoman Turkish tülbent, ultimately from Sanskrit tribhanda


to be in a swollen state | to expand due to pressure | the act of becoming enlarged

detumescence | detumescent | intumescence | tumefacient | tumefaction | tumesce | tumescence | tumescent | tumid | tumidity | tumor | tumorous | tumular | tumulose | tumulous | tumult | tumultuary | tumultuous | tumulus | contumacy | contumely

tums | votumumab | detumomab | mitumomab | iratumumab | ofatumumab

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tumbler | tumbled | tumbles | atumble | tumblers | tumbleth


tumesces | tumesced | detumesce | detumesced | detumesces

From Latin 'tumescent-', present participle stem of 'tumescere' meaning 'to swell', derived from 'tumere' (to swell) with the inchoative suffix '-scere'.


Latin tumidus "swollen, puffed up," from tumere "to swell"


tumor, tumorous, tumefaction, tumescence

tumors | tumoral | tumored | tumorous | pretumor | nontumor

Latin tumor 'swelling, swelling up', from tumere 'to swell'


Latin tumulus "mound, hillock", diminutive of tumere "to swell"


tumult | uproar | commotion | disturbance

Latin tumultus 'tumult, uproar', from tumulare 'to stir up, agitate'


tunas | tunalike | tunaburger | tunaburgers

From Middle English tunne, from Old English tunne, from Latin tūna, from Greek tōnos


Russian тундра (tundra), from Nenets (Samoyedic) тундэ (tundæ) 'treeless mountainous plain'


to adjust | to bring into harmony | to set or arrange

tuner | tunes | tuned | attune | tuners | detune

Latin 'tunere' (to adjust, arrange) or 'tendere' (to stretch), related to 'tensus' (stretched)


tungstens | ditungsten | tungstenic | nontungsten | tungstenian | tungstenite

From Swedish 'tungsten', literally 'heavy stone' (tung 'heavy' + sten 'stone'), coined by Torbern Bergman in 1781.


tunics | tunicin | tunicked | tunicins | subtunic | tunicless

Latin tunicam (nominative tunica) 'garment worn under the toga'


Tunisia | Tunisianize | Tunisianness | Tunisianization

From Arabic 'Tunisiyya' (تونس), the name of the capital city, which derives from the Berber root 't-n-s' meaning 'to lie down' or 'to settle', referring to the Phoenician settlement of Carthage.


From Latin 'thunnus', meaning tuna, derived from Greek 'thynnus'.


Latin prefix 'duo' (two) + '-tuplus' (folded)


turbulent, turbidity, turbid, perturbation

Latin turb- stem of turbare 'to disturb, throw into confusion'


turbulent, turbine, disturb, perturbation

turbinem (nominative turbo) spinning top, eddy, whirlwind, that which whirls, related to turba turmoil, crowd


The full arrangement of spiral turns in a shell | The complete series of whorls forming a shell's spiral structure | The structural pattern of coiled shell layers

turbans | enturban | turbanize | turbanned | turbaning | enturbans


turbidly | unturbid | turbidity | turbidite | turbidites | turbiditic

Latin turbidus 'muddy, thick', from turba 'crowd, confusion'


turbines | turbinelike | microturbine | multiturbine

Latin turbin- 'whirlwind, spinning top', from turba 'crowd, confusion'


powered by a turbine | controlled via a turbine

turbocharge | turbo-power | turbo-thrust

turbofan | turbojet | turboprop | turbofans | turbojets | turbopump

Wiktionary | MorphoQuantics | Stein | Wikidata


Latin turbare 'to disturb, stir up', from turba 'crowd, tumult'


Latin -tura, from past participle stem of tingere 'to dip, dye'


turfy | turfed | returf | turfen | unturf | turfer


turgidly | turgidity | subturgid | turgidness | turgidities

Latin turgidus 'swollen', from turgere 'to swell'


Turkic | Turkism | Turkify | Turkery | Turkishly | Turkwoman

From Old Turkic 'Türk' (strong, vigorous), attested in the Orkhon inscriptions (8th century CE); possibly of Turkic origin or borrowed from a neighboring language, though the internal etymology remains debated among linguists.


turkeys | unturkey | turkeypox | unturkeys | turkeyman | turkeyless

Old French 'dinde' or via Middle English 'turquie' (referring to Turkey)


Middle English turmoil, from Old French tourmoil


downturn | overturn | return | turn | turnabout | turnaround | turnbuckle | turncoat | turndown | turnip | turnkey | turnoff | turnout | turnover | turnpike | turnstile | turntable | upturn Variant Spellings: attorney | attorney

turns | turnt | turned | turner | upturn | inturn


Old English -turnere (agentive suffix applied to turn)


turnips | turnippy | turniplike | turnipless


turpentine, turpentine oil, gum turpentine

turpentiner | turpentined | turpentines | turpentiners

Latin turpentinus 'of turpentine', from turpēna 'turpentine', of uncertain origin, possibly from Old French térébentine


Latin turpitudo (state of being shameful), from turpis (shameful, ugly, base)


Latin 'turpis' meaning 'dirty, foul, ugly'


small tower | fortification | defensive structure

turrets | turreted | turretless | turretlike | unturreted | nonturreted

Old French 'turret' (diminutive of 'tour')


turtles | turtled | turtler | turtlers | nonturtle | turtledom

From Old English 'turtu' or 'tort', of Germanic origin, related to Dutch 'turtle' and German 'Schildkröte' (though the specific Germanic root is obscure, the word is native to English).


hit | strike forcefully | reduce sharpness | make dull | render blunt

Latin -tus, past participle suffix of verbs like tundere 'to beat, strike'


atypical, amoral, anonymous, asymmetrical, apolitical

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


tusky | tusked | tusker | detusk | tusking | tuskers


forceful exhalation from the respiratory tract

pertussis | tussive | antitussive | tussis


From Middle Dutch 'tusselen' meaning 'to tussle, wrestle', possibly related to 'tussen' (between).


tussocks | tussocked | tussocker | tussockers | tussockland


watch, protect, guard, look after, teach

Latin tūtus, past participle of tueri 'to watch, protect'


Latin tutulus 'covering, protection' (possibly from PIE *teu- 'to swell, cover')


tutors | tutored | cotutor | tutorly | tutorer | tutoring

Latin tueri 'to watch over, protect' (possibly from PIE *tuH- 'to protect')


From French 'tuxedo' or 'tux', a shortened form of 'Tuxedo Park', referring to the Tuxedo Park Club in New York where the garment became popular.


the numeral denoting a pair | the cardinal number succeeding one

between, betwixt, entwine, twain, twelve, twenty, twice, twig, twilight, twill, twin, twine, twist, two, twofold, twosome


twaddler | twaddles | twaddled | twaddlers | twaddlesome

Scottish dialectal variant of 'twaddle', possibly from Middle English 'twadden' (to twiddle) or related to 'twaddle' meaning to talk foolishly.


a sharp, resonant sound | the act of producing such a sound

twangy | twangs | twanged | twangle | twanger | twanging

From Old Norse 'þvangr' (twang, tension) or 'þvanga' (to constrain), related to the sound of a bowstring or wire snapping back.


a coarse woolen cloth | a fabric made from wool

tweeds | tweedy | tweeded | tweedily | tweedlike | Tweeddale

Scottish Gaelic 'tuit' or 'tweed' referring to the river/region


to make a short, high-pitched sound | to chirp | to tweet (social media post)

tweets | tweety | tweeter | tweeted | retweet | tweetup

From Old English 'tītan' meaning 'to chirp, twitter', of imitative origin.


twelves | Twelver | twelver | twelveth | twelvemo | twelvers

Proto-Germanic *twalif- (two + ten), from Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ (two) + *dḱm̥tóm (ten)


Twimom | Twifan | Twihard | twifold | twinter | Twitard


Old English twigefald 'twofold' or 'twice'


to twist | to spin | to move with small, quick motions

From Old English 'twiddlian' or 'twiddlan', meaning to twist or turn, related to 'twist'.


a small branch or shoot of a tree or shrub

twigs | twiggy | twigloo | twigged | twiggen | redtwig


a type of durable fabric with a diagonal rib pattern

Middle English twill, related to twill (fabric)


twins | entwin | cotwin | detwin | twinnie | twinjet


twirly | atwirl | twirler | twirled | untwirl | twirlers

From Old English 'twirlian' meaning 'to turn around', of imitative origin.


twisty | atwist | twister | twisted | untwist | entwist

From Old English 'twīstan' meaning 'to divide, separate, or turn', related to 'twain' (two).


twits | twitted | twitting | twitling | twittish | fucktwit


A sudden, brief, involuntary movement | a small, jerky motion | a spasm or tremor

twitchy | atwitch | twitcher | twitches | twitched | twitching

From Old English 'twiccan' meaning to move or twitch.


atwitter | twittery | twitters | twittered | twitterer | Twitterer

Middle English twitteren, of imitative origin


twos | atwo | twoth | twoer | twoish | twoers

From Proto-Germanic *twai, from Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁


status | attribute of the initial component | occurrence of this | status regarding | trait

duty | sixty | twenty | ninety | eighty | surety

From Latin -tas, -tāt- (stem of -tas) forming abstract nouns from adjectives, via Old French -té.


tycoons | tycooness | tycoonocrat | tycoonocracy

from Cantonese 大亨 (daai6 hang1) 'big boss'


From Old English 'tīe' or 'tīge', meaning young animal or offspring, related to 'tīgan' (to breed).


timbre | timpanist | tympani | tympanum | tympan | tympanic | tympanite | tympanitis | tympany Variant Spellings: timpani | timpani

tympans | tympanize | tympanized | tympanizes


tympanogram | tympanotomy | tympanostomy | tympanometry | tympanograms | tympanometer

From Greek tympanon 'drum, tympanum', from tympanizein 'to beat a drum'.


prototype, typography, archetype, stereotype, polytopic

τύπτειν (túptein) | τύπος (túpos) | τυπικός (tupikós) | τύμπανον (túmpanon) | τυπικός(tupikós) | τύμπανον(túmpanon) | Greek typos : figure | archetype | model | impression


τύφειν (túphein) | τῦφος (tûphos) | τυφώδης


typhlitis | typhlograph | typhlographs | perityphlitis


pertaining to typhoid fever | caused by Salmonella Typhi

typhoid, typhoidal, typhoidemia, typhoiditis

typhoids | typhoidin | typhoidal | typhoidins | nontyphoid | paratyphoid


typhoons | typhoonlike | supertyphoon | supertyphoons


characteristic of | following a pattern | typical

atypic | isotypic | polytypic | monotypic | antitypic | intertypic

Greek -typos 'impression, model, pattern'


typos | typoese | typonese | typosquatting

Shortened form of 'typographical error', first attested in the early 20th century.


tyrannize | tyrannosaurus | tyranny | tyrant | sic semper tyrannis | tyrannical | tyrannicide | Tyrannidae | tyrannosaur | tyranny Variant Spellings: tyrant


tyrocidine | tyrosinase | tyrosine | tyrothricin Variant Spellings: tyramine

tyrocidine, tyrosinase, tyrosine, tyrothricin Variant Spellings: tyramine


tyrosine, tyrosinemia, tyrosinase, tyrosol

tyrosines | pretyrosine | polytyrosine | homotyrosine | nitrotyrosine | sulfotyrosine


apply garments to the body | clothe oneself | garments

Latin 'induere' (to put on, clothe), from 'in-' (on) + 'induere' (to put on)


relating to|of the kind of|having the nature of

causal | evidential | alphabetical | continual | confessional | tutorial | periodical | individual | factual | intellectual | residual | casual | sexual

habitual | eventual | accentual | relictual | aspectual | habituals

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


exuberance | exuberant | exuberate | uberous | uberty

uberly | uberfic | uberfan | ubergeek | uberdork | uberfans


Latin ubique 'everywhere', from ubi 'where'


Old English -ed suffix used to form the past tense


unpleasant | aesthetically displeasing | repulsive

Old English 'unlic' (un- 'not' + lic 'body/form')


Latin -itus, past participle suffix of verbs like ambire, circuire, fortui


From Latin -uitas, -itatis, forming abstract nouns from adjectives ending in -itus (past participle stem), derived from the suffix -itas.


οὖλος (oûlos)


acicula | alula | apicula | auricula | benzene_formula | blastula | brotula | calendula | campanula | cannula | copula | cuticula | nebula | formula | facula | Nodule

Latin feminine suffix -ula, diminutive of -a


ulcers | ulcered | ulcerous | ulcerate | ulcering | ulcerates

From Latin 'ulcus' meaning 'sore' or 'wound'.


miniature representation of the initial component | extremely tiny | suffix indicating smallness | reduced form of the preceding element

granule | molecule | ovule | ridicule | animalcule | bimolecular | intermolecular | macromolecular | bascule | bimodule | board_rule | bulbule | cagoule | campylotropous_ovule | canicule | capsule | ferrule | graticule

zonule | cupule | zoonule | cupules | sporule | germule

From Latin -ulus, -iculus, -culus, diminutive suffixes derived from -us, -icus, -culus


ulnar | ulnas | ulnad | postulnar | ulnarmost | radioulna