circumcision | circumference | circumspect | circumvent | circumlocution | circumnavigate | circumcise | circumscribe | circuit | circuitous | circuitry | circular | circumstance

circumfix | circumoral | circumfuse | circumpass | circumplex | circumanal

Positional | Spatial | position in space

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condition | situation | context | setting

Latin circumstantia 'standing around', from circumstare 'to stand around'


Greek kirrhos 'yellow' or kirrhos 'orange-yellow'


twist | flexible appendage | filamentous structure | marginal border

cirrus | cirrocumulus | cirrostratus | cirronebula


cisoid | Ciskei | cishet | ciswash | cishets | cisgene

Latin praefixum 'cis' from praecidere 'to cut off', from com- 'together' + caedere 'to cut'


this side | this side of | the side closest to the speaker | the side closer to the speaker, contrasting with trans-

cisgender | cislunar | cisalpine | cisandine | cisatlantic | cisgangetic | cisjurane | cisleithan | cismontane | cispadane | cispontine | cisrhenane

cislunar | cisalpine | cisgender | cisatlantic | cismontane

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Latin cista 'box, chest' (possibly of Greek origin, cf. kiste)


cisterns | cisternal | cisternful | cisternfuls | intracisternal | multicisternal

Latin cisterna, from Greek kiste 'box, chest'


citation | cite | excite | incite | solicit | solicitous | oscitancy | recital | recite | resuscitate | solicit unrelated: elicit

Latin 'citare' meaning 'to set in motion, to urge, to call'


Latin civitatis (genitive of civitas 'city, state')


member of a state | inhabitant | subject

citizens | citizenry | citizenly | citizeness | citizenish | noncitizen

Latin cīvis 'citizen' + -tīnus (adjectival suffix)


From Latin 'citrus' (citron tree) + '-ic' (adjective-forming suffix)


citrusy | citruses | noncitrus | citruslike

Latin 'citrus' (citron tree/fruit), possibly from Old Persian 'citra' or Sanskrit 'citram' meaning 'variegated' or 'spotted', referring to the fruit's skin.


uncity | noncity | citybus | ecocity | Tricity | megacity

Latin civitas 'citizenship, state, city'


individual belonging to a society | urban settlement

civic | civil | civilian | civility | civilization | uncivilized | civilize


Malay 'musang' or similar Austronesian origins via trade


civic, civil, civilian, civility, civilization, uncivilized

civils | uncivil | civilly | incivil | civilize | civilise


clade | cladistics | cladogenesis | cladogram | heterocladic | cladoceran | cladophyll

clads | yclad | unclad | reclad | beclad | skyclad


armor-clad, armour-clad, full-clad, ironclad, mail-clad, scantily_clad, snow-clad, unclad

Old English clad (past participle of clædan 'to clothe')


cladogram | cladograms | cladoptosis | cladocarpic | cladogenesis | cocladogenic


vocalize loudly | invoke | state formally | express loudly | yell | assert

proclaim | acclaim | exclaim | claim | reclaim | claimant | clamor | exclamation | proclamation | reclamation | declaim | disclaim | disclaimer | clarify

claims | claimed | claimer | claimes | claiming | claimant


clear | seeing | perception of the future

Latin clarus 'clear, bright' + -voyance (from Latin videre 'to see')


clear sight | foresight | seeing clearly


vocalize loudly | summon | state formally | yell | assert

proclaim | acclaim | exclaim | claim | reclaim | claimant | clamor | exclamation | proclamation | reclamation | acclamation | reclamé | declaration

beclam | clammed | clammer | clambake | clamming | clammers

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to climb | to scramble | to move with difficulty

clambers | clambered | clamberer | clambering | clamberers | clambereth

Middle English clamberen, possibly related to climb


clamors | clamored | clamorer | beclamor | clamorous | clamoring

Latin clamor (gen. clamoris) 'a shouting, outcry'


clamps | clampy | clamped | clamper | reclamp | unclamp

Middle English clamp (to fasten, to grip)


clans | clanny | subclan | clannish | clansman | clansmen

Scottish Gaelic 'clann' meaning 'children/offspring'


clandestinely | nonclandestine | clandestineness

Latin clandestinus, from clandes- (stem of clandes 'secretly') + -inus


clangs | clangy | aclang | clanger | clanged | clanging

imitative of the sound produced by metal striking metal


loud | resonant | ringing | metallic sound


clanks | clanky | clanked | clanker | clanking | clankily

imitative of the sound of metal striking metal


claps | clapes | beclap | clappy | unclap | clapper


clarity | clear | declaration | Clara | Clare | Clarence | claret | Clarice | clarify | clarinet | clarion | claro | declare

From Latin clarus 'clear, bright, famous'


Old French 'claret' referring to a type of wine


Italian clarinetto, from French clarinette, from clarin 'clear sound' + -ette


clarions | clarionet | clarioned | clarionets | clarioning


clashy | clashed | clashes | clasher | clashing | clasheth


clasps | clasped | unclasp | clasper | enclasp | reclasp

Old English clapsian 'to grasp, to clutch'


class-conscious | classifiable | classificatory | classless | classy | class | classic | classify | classis | déclassé

classy | classic | classer | classed | declass | reclass

Latin classis 'fleet, division of the people'


anorthoclase | antanaclasis | clastic | iconoclast | orthoclase | osteoclast | plagioclase | pyroclastic | synclastic

clasts | clastic | bioclast | pyroclast | bioclasts | xenoclast

κλᾶν, κλαστός (klastós), κλάσις, κλάσμα


anorthoclase, antanaclasis, clastic, iconoclast, orthoclase, osteoclast, plagioclase, pyroclastic, synclastic

κλᾶν, κλαστός (klastós), κλάσις, κλάσμα


clatters | clattery | clattered | clatterer | clattering | clatterers

imitative of the sound of hard objects striking together


clause | claustrophobia | conclude | exclude | exclusive | include | occlusion | occult | recluse | seclude


clause | claustrophobia | conclude | exclude | exclusive | include | occlusion | occult | recluse | seclude | claustral | mare clausum

clois / clois, clos / clos, clud / clud, clus / clus / : clav1 / clav


a group of words containing a subject and a predicate

clause, subclause, main clause, independent clause

clauses | claused | unclaused | subclause | subclauses | clausehood

Latin clausus, past participle of claudere 'to close'


Latin claustrum 'barred door, bolt, enclosure'


a heavy, handheld object used for striking | a thick stick for hitting


unlocking tool | secured | restricted area

clavichord | clavicle | conclave | autoclave | clavier | enclave | exclave | subclavian Variant Spellings: clef | roman à clef | clef

From Latin clavis 'key', from Proto-Indo-European *klau- 'to close'

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keyboard instrument | musical instrument

clavichords | clavichordist | clavichordists


clavicles | postclavicle | interclavicle | supraclavicle | postclavicles | interclavicles

Latin clavicula, diminutive of clavis 'key'


sharp curved nail on the digit of a vertebrate | sharp curved projection on an invertebrate

clawy | clawed | declaw | beclaw | clawer | clawing


clays | clayey | clayed | clayen | clayes | Clayton

Old English clæg 'sticky substance, clay'


ecclesia | Ecclesiastes | ecclesiastic | ecclesiology | ecclesiophobia | epiclesis | paraclete

ἐκκλησίᾱ | κλῆσις | κλητός (ekklēsíā | klêsis | klētós) | κλητός(ekklēsíā


derivational suffix affix bound morpheme

cubicle, cuticle, particle, canticle, chicle, chronicle, clavicle, conventicle, cornicle

Latin -culus, -cula, -culum, diminutive suffix derived from -culus, a variant of -culus used to form diminutives from nouns and adjectives.


cleans | unclean | cleanup | cleaner | cleanly | cleaned


cleansed | cleanser | cleanses | cleansers | cleanseth | cleansest


clears | cleary | clearly | unclear | cleared | clearer


a projecting piece of wood or metal | a wedge | a block

Middle English cleat (a projection or wedge)


cleaver | cleaved | cleaves | cleavers | cleaveth | tocleave


clefts | uncleft | clefted | clefting | noncleft | cleftings


cleidomancy | cleidocranial | cleidomastoid


cleistogamy, cleistothecium, enterocleisis, cleistogamous

κλείειν, κλειστός (kleistós), κλεῖσμα


κλεῖϑρον (kleîϑron) | κλεῖθρον (kleîthron)


clemency | clement | Clementine | inclement

Latin clemens (genitive clementis) 'mild, merciful'


From Latin clementia 'mercy, leniency', derived from clemens 'merciful, lenient'


Latin clemens (gen. clementis) 'merciful, mild', from PIE *gʷel- 'to be strong, powerful'


Latin clemens (gen. clementis) 'merciful, mild, gentle', of uncertain origin, possibly from Indo-European *gʷel- 'to call, summon' or related to Greek klytos 'famous'.


to squeeze | to grip tightly | to compress

clencht | unclench | clenches | clenched | clencher | clenching


clergyman | clergymen | nonclergy | clergyable | clergywoman | clergyperson

Latin ecclesiasticus, from Greek ekklesiastikos, from ekklesia 'assembly, church'


religious official | member of the clergy

clerics | clericity | anticleric | anticlerics | clericocracy

Latin clericus, from Greek klērikos 'of a clergyman', from klēros 'lot, inheritance'


scribe | administrative official | worker in an office

clerks | clerky | clerked | clerkly | clerkish | clerking

Middle English clerke, from Old French clerke, from Latin clericus 'clergyman, scribe'


cleverly | unclever | cleverish | cleverness | cleversome | overclever

Middle English clevere, related to cleven (to split/sharp)


clewed | unclew | clewing | clewline | clewless | clewlines

Old English clū | thread, ball of thread


French 'cliché' (originally a printing term for a stereotype plate)


dependent | customer | person under protection

clients | cliental | cliented | cliently | nonclient | clientage

Latin cliens (gen. clientis) 'one who comes to, supplicant, dependent', of uncertain origin, possibly from PIE *klei- 'to lean'


from French clientèle, from client + -èle


cliffs | cliffy | Cliffs | cliffed | clifftop | seacliff


climates | bioclimate | subclimate | bioclimates | Climategate | pedoclimate


disclimax | climaxers | anticlimax | paraclimax | anticlimaxes | plagioclimax


climbs | climby | upclimb | climber | climbed | reclimb


Greek klima "inclination, slope, region"


aclinal | clinally | synclinal | uniclinal | isoclinal | periclinal


to hold firmly | to settle | to conclude

clinches | clincher | clinched | unclinch | clinching | clinchers


syncline | ecocline | isocline | oxycline | epicline | anticline


Middle English cling, from Old English clinian


clinical | relating to a clinic | bedside

clinicogenomics | clinicopathogenic | clinicodemographic

Greek klinikos 'pertaining to a bed' + combining form


lean, lie, recline, inclined, monoclinic

decline | declination | incline | inclination | recline | clinocephaly | clinodactyly | clinometer

decline, declination, incline, inclination, recline, clinocephaly, clinodactyly, clinometer

clinostat | clinodome | clinometer | clinostats | clinodomes | clinomania


clips | unclip | beclip | reclip | clippie | clipped


a small group | exclusive group | faction

cliques | cliquey | cliqued | coclique | biclique | bicliques


A sensitive, erectile organ in the vulva of female humans and mammals, homologous to the penis | A part of the female genitalia involved in sexual sensation

clitorism | clitorist | clitorises | clitorists | clitorised | clitorislike

from Greek 'kliitoris', derived from 'klinein' (to bend), referring to its shape


tilt | rest | recline | angled | monoclinic | decline | incline

decline | declination | incline | inclination | recline | clinocephaly | clinodactyly | clinometer | acclivity | declivity | proclivity


Latin -clivitas, from clivus 'slope, hill'


to cover | to hide | garment for covering

cloaked | uncloak | decloak | recloak | becloak | cloaking


clods | cloddy | cloddish | clodpole | clodpate | clodpoles


clogs | unclog | reclog | cloggy | beclog | declog

Middle English clog (blockage, obstruction)


claus / claus, clos / clos, clud / clud, clus / clus

Latin clausus, past participle of claudere 'to close'


cloisters | cloistered | uncloister | encloister | incloister | cloisterer

Latin claustrum 'enclosure, bolted door' from claudere 'to close'


closed | closet | closer | closes | closen | closely

Proto-Germanic *klosjaną 'to close, shut' (from PIE *klew- 'to hear, close'), related to English 'close' (adj.) and 'clasp'. Note: The provided example words (closure, enclose, disclose) are primarily from Latin/French roots (*claudere*), not directly from this Proto-Germanic root, though they share the semantic field of 'shutting'.


clause, claustrophobia, conclude, exclude, exclusive, include, occlusion, occult, recluse, seclude


Greek κλωστήρ (klōstḗr), spindle, thread


to thicken | to congeal | mass of solidified substance

clots | clotty | clotted | clotting | clottish | anticlot


fabric | textile | material made of woven fibers

cloths | clothy | clothes | clothed | oilcloth | clothier


mass of condensed water vapor | obscuring | nebulous

cloudy | clouds | clouded | becloud | clouder | encloud

Old English clūd (mass of rock, hill, or mass of condensed water)


clouts | clouted | clouter | beclout | clouting | disclout

Middle English clout 'patch, piece of cloth', from Old English clūt 'piece of cloth, patch', from Proto-Germanic *klūtaz


Old English clāfen, past participle of cleofian 'to split'


clovers | clovery | clovered | cloverleaf | cloverlike


clowns | clowned | beclown | clownly | clowning | clownish


to satiate | to surfeit | to disgust with excess

cloys | cloyed | cloying | cloyeth | cloyest | cloyless

Middle English cloyen 'to satiate, clog'


a heavy stick | a group of people | a suit in a deck of cards

clubs | clubby | clubber | clubbed | clubman | warclub

Middle English 'clob' (a heavy stick/lump)


evidence | hint | piece of information used to solve a mystery

clues | clued | cluey | unclue | clueful | cluebat

Middle English 'clew' (a ball of thread)


clumps | clumpy | clumped | clumper | declump | unclump

imitative of the sound or texture of a thick mass


clunks | clunker | clunked | clunkers | clunking


shut | fasten | the act of shutting | to shut

clause | claustrophobia | conclude | exclude | exclusive | include | occlusion | occult | recluse | seclude | conclusion | inclusive | malocclusion | seclusion | preclude

claus / claus, clois / clois, clos / clos, clud / clud


a group of similar things or people placed or occurring closely together

cluster, clustering, clustered, clusters

clusters | clustery | clustered | recluster | bicluster | dicluster

Latin 'cluster' (diminutive of 'caulis' meaning stalk or stem)


to grasp | to hold tightly | a group of eggs

clutchy | clutched | clutches | declutch | clutcher | unclutch


plant with stinging properties | related to stinging


in unison | accompanied by | in partnership

coexist, cooperate, coordinate, coauthor

coparenting | cooperative | coagulate | coincidence | co-written | collide | compress | connect | connote | contain | corrode

coset | coact | copay | comix | coend | newco

Latin co- | in Latin the preposition com- ... was shortened to co- before vowels and h OED | cum

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coach, coaching, coachee, coachman, coachwork

coachy | coaches | coached | coacher | coachee | uncoach

Hungarian 'kocsi' (from 'kocs' - a type of carriage)


Latin coagulum 'curdling substance', from coagulare 'to clot', from co- 'together' + agere 'to do, make'


coals | coaly | coaler | coaled | recoal | coalie


coalesced | coalesces | coalescer | coalescers | recoalesce | uncoalesce

Latin coalescere 'to grow together', from co- 'together' + alere 'to nourish, grow'


Latin coalitio(n-), from colligere 'to gather together'


coarsen | coarsely | coarsens | coarsened | coarsener | coarseness


persuade | influence | manipulate gently

coaxer | coaxes | coaxed | coaxing | coaxers | coaxeth

From Old French 'coaxier' meaning 'to coax, cajole', of unknown origin, possibly imitative.


amoral, atypical, anonymous, asymmetrical, apolitical

cobby | cobble | cobbly | cobful | cobbler | cobbing

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


cobalts | cobaltic | dicobalt | cobaltous | cobaltite | tricobalt

German Kobalt, from medieval German Kobold 'goblin' (referring to ores that released toxic fumes when smelted, thought to be the work of goblins), from Old High German kobold


to assemble | to piece together | small stone


to cook or prepare meals | to arrange or get ready | to plan or devise

concoct | decoct | precocious Variant Spellings: cook | dementia praecox | cook


coccus, diplococcus, streptococcus, staphylococcus, sarcococcus

gonococcus | cytococcus | megacoccus | micrococcus | diplococcus | pneumococcus


From Nahuatl 'cochinalli' (red dye from the cochineal insect), derived from 'cochtli' (insect) + '-alli' (dye)


cochlear | cochleas | cochlearly | noncochlear | endocochlear | olivocochlear


To strut | to swagger | to appear arrogant or menacing

acock | cocky | cocks | cocked | uncock | recock


From Middle English -ere, from Old English -ere, agent suffix derived from the verb stem


a type of edible bivalve mollusk | wrinkled or curled

cockles | cockled | cockler | cocklers | earcockle | cocklebur

Middle English cockel, from Old French coque, from Late Latin cocca 'cockle shell'


Latin coctus, past participle of coquere 'to cook, boil'


trunk of a tree | timber | wooden slab | inscribing on a slab | written record | official record | written work | tree trun

code | codex | codify | codicil unrelated: caud / coda. | codicil

cods | codder | codded | codfish | codling | codhead

Latin 'codex' (genitive 'codicis') originally meaning 'block of wood' or 'trunk of a tree', later extended to 'book' or 'legal code'.


to treat with excessive care | to pamper | to protect

coddled | coddles | coddler | coddlers | uncoddled | overcoddle

Middle English coddelen, likely a diminutive of cod (meaning 'to wrap' or 'to pouch')


codeines | codeined | norcodeine | apocodeine | paracodeine | codeinelike

French codéine, from Greek kōdeia (poppies)


book | block of wood | record | manuscript


Latin codex (genitive codicis) 'block of wood, book'


Latin codicillus 'little book, writing tablet', diminutive of caudex 'trunk, book'


British slang, likely a nonsense formation


cooperate, coordinate, coexist, coauthor, cohabit

Latin com- 'together, with', often assimilated before certain consonants like 'o' or 'c' in loanwords or compounds.


blastocoel | coelom | coelomate | coelomic | enterocoely | hemocoel | pseudocoelomate | sarcocele | schizocoelomate | schizocoely | spongocoel

blastocoel, coelom, coelomate, coelomic, enterocoely, hemocoel, pseudocoelomate, sarcocele, schizocoelomate, schizocoely, spongocoel

mesocoel | metacoel | haemocoel | mesocoels | metacoels | blastocoel

κοῖλος (koîlos)


cenobite | coenesthesia | coenocyte | epicene | epicœne | koinonos | koinophilia

cenobite, coenesthesia, coenocyte, epicene, epicœne, koinonos, koinophilia

coenoblast | coenosteum | coenenchym | coenoblasts | coenospecies

κοινός (koinós)


coercer | coerced | coerces | coercee | coercers | coercees

Latin coercēre 'to restrain, keep in check', from co- 'together' + arcēre 'to keep off, enclose'


Latin coercēre 'to enclose, restrain', from co- 'together' + arcēre 'to keep, hold'


coffer, cofferdam, coffin unrelated: cafe / coffee.

From Latin 'coffra' or 'cophinus' (basket, chest), via Old French 'cofre'.


coffees | noncoffee | coffeeman | coffeeless | coffeelike | coffeetime

Arabic qahwa (originally referring to wine, later the beverage), borrowed into Turkish as kahve, then into European languages via Italian caffè.


coffers | cofferer | cofferdam | cofferers | cofferdams | cofferwork

Old French *cofre, from Frankish *kappulo


coffins | coffined | encoffin | uncoffin | coffining | encoffins

Middle English 'cofin', from Old French 'cofin' (basket, box)


understand | understanding | identification | acquire | reason

cognition | incognito | recognize | cognizant | diagnose | agnostic | prognosis | cognocienti | cogent | cogitative

cogged | coggle | coggly | cogset | cogging | coglike

Latin cognoscere 'to get to know', from com- 'together' + gnoscere 'to know'


Latin cōgere 'to compel, collect', from com- 'together' + agere 'to do, drive'


Latin cogens, present participle of cogere 'to drive together, compel'


From Latin cogitatus, past participle of cogitare 'to think', from com- 'together' + agere 'to do, drive'.


Latin cogitatus, past participle of cogitare 'to think', from com- 'together' + agitare 'to set in motion'


understand | awareness | acknowledgment | comprehend | acquire knowledge | reason

cognition | incognito | recognize | cognizant | diagnose | agnostic | prognosis | cognocienti | cognomen | cognoscente | pharmacognosy | precognition | recognition | recognizance | terra incognita unrelated: gn / cognate. | know | learn | think

Latin cognōscere 'to get to know', from com- 'together' + gnōscere 'to know'


cognates | cognately | noncognate | cognateness | noncognates

Latin cognatus 'born together, related', from com- 'together' + natus 'born', past participle of nasci 'to be born'


cognition, incognito, recognize, cognizant, diagnose, agnostic, prognosis, cognocienti


cognized | cognizes | cognizer | recognize | cognizers | recognized

From Latin cognoscere 'to get to know', from com- 'together' + gnoscere 'to know' (related to gnarus 'knowing')


cognition, cognizant, cognoscente, incognita


cohorts | subcohort | subcohorts | multicohort | intracohort | intercohort

Latin cohortem (nominative cohors) 'enclosure, fold, company of soldiers'


coifs | coifed | uncoif | coifing | coiffed | coiffing


upcoil | uncoil | coiled | coilin | coiler | upcoils

Middle English coil, from Old French coille (a loop, a ring)


piece of metal currency | small disk of metal

coins | coined | coiner | recoin | coines | uncoin

Latin 'cōna' (heap, pile) or 'cōnium' (coinage), possibly from Etruscan 'koina'


coitally | noncoital | precoital | postcoital | precoitally | extracoital

Latin 'coitus' (a coming together), from 'com-' 'together' + '-ire' 'to go'


joining together | union | sexual intercourse

Latin coitio, from com- "together" + iungere "to join"


From Latin 'coitus', meaning sexual intercourse.


colcannon | cole | coleslaw | colza Variant Spellings: cauliflower | kohlrabi | cauliflower


exert effort | reside | occupy | develop | nurture | work soil | dwell | purify

colander | coulee | coulis | coulisse | couloir | cullender | cullis | percolate | percolation | percolator | piña colada | portcullis | acculturate | acculturation | agriculture | apiculture | bicultural | colonial | colony | countercultural | counterculture | cult | cultivable | cultivate | cultivation | cultivator | cultural | culturati | culture | deculturate | deculturation | incult | inculturation | inquiline | inquilinity | inquilinous | intercultural | multicultural | postcolonial | precolonial | subcultural | subculture | arenicolous | corticolous | limicoline | limicolous | nidicolous | pratincole | saxicolous | terricolous

Latin colere 'to till, cultivate, inhabit'

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connect | confide | conspire | conscience | collaborate | collide | colloquial | compress | connote | contain | corrode

Latin com- 'with, together' (assimilated before l-)

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separate solids from liquid | purify by removing impurities

Latin colare 'to sift, strain', from collare 'to wash, cleanse'


colds | coldly | coldish | noncold | coldcock | coldness


coles | coled | colewort | coleseed | coleworts | coleseeds

Latin caulis 'stem, stalk' (from PIE *kaw- 'to grow')


Coleoptera, coleoptile, coleorhiza, coleus


colics | colicky | colical | epicolic | isocolic | mesocolic

Greek kolikos 'pertaining to the abdomen'


Greek kolos (large intestine) + -itis (inflammation)


the upper body part connecting head to torso | the throat area

accolade | col | collar | decollate | decollation | décolletage | encollar | décolleté | torticollis Variant Spellings: accolade | column


collages | collaged | collagey | collager | collagers | collagelike


collagens | collagenic | collagenous | collagenase | procollagen | collagenoma


uncollapsed | recollapsed | recollapses | uncollapses | noncollapsed | semicollapsed

Latin collapsus, past participle of collabi 'to fall together, collapse', from com- 'together' + labi 'to glide, fall'


collars | collared | uncollar | recollar | collaring | uncollars

Old French 'coller' or 'colier', from Latin 'collum' meaning 'neck'


collated | collates | collatee | collater | decollate | collaters

Latin com- 'together' + latere 'to be hidden'


colleagues | colleagued | noncolleague | colleagueship | noncolleagues | colleagueships

Latin collegā 'fellow worker', from collegium 'college, guild'


collection, collector, collective, collectable

collects | collector | recollect | collected | collecter | collection

Latin colligere 'to gather together', from com- 'together' + legere 'to gather, pick'


group of people | association | institution of higher learning

colleges | colleger | collegey | collegers | precollege | noncollege

Latin collegium 'association, guild, society' (from colligere 'to collect, gather together')


Latin collīculus, diminutive of collis 'hill'


to strike together | to clash | to hit against

collider | collided | collides | colliders | recollide | collideth

Latin com- 'together' + collidere 'to strike against'


From Latin 'collum' (neck) via Old French 'colier'


collimated | collimates | recollimated | uncollimated | noncollimated

Latin com- 'together' + collimare 'to make straight, level'


colloids | colloidal | eucolloid | isocolloid | eucolloids | biocolloid


conspire | act together | cooperate secretly

colluded | colludes | colluder | colluders

Latin colludere 'to play together, conspire', from com- 'together' + ludere 'to play'


coloanal | colopexy | colostomy | coloscopy | coloscope | colopathy

From Latin 'colonus' (farmer, settler) or 'colere' (to till, cultivate, inhabit)


colonels | colonelcy | colonelship | colonelships

Italian colonello, from colonello (column), from colonna (column)


Latin colonnata 'colonnade', feminine past participle of colonnare 'to furnish with columns', from colonna 'column' (from Latin columna)


Human skin tone | Indicator of race | Indicator of ethnicity

colored | colorer | recolor | colores | coloron | colorful

from Latin 'color', meaning 'color' or 'hue'


color, colorful, colorless, coloration, colorblind

bicolor, Colorado, coloration, coloratura, concolorous, decolor, discolor, discoloration, encolor, multicolor, quadricolor, recolor, tricolor, unicolor, versicolor, bicolour, multi-colour, multicolour, off-colour

colours | coloury | coloured | bicolour | colourer | encolour


Living in or preferring a given environment

arenicolous | calcicolous | campicolous | humicolous | lapidicolous | nidicolous | rupicolous | saxicolous

arenicolous, calcicolous, campicolous, humicolous, lapidicolous, nidicolous, rupicolous, saxicolous

From Latin -cola 'inhabitant', from colere 'to till, cultivate, inhabit'


colpotomy | colpocele | colpopexy | colposcopy | colposcope | colpoceles


colts | uncolt | coltish | colthood | uncolted | coltlike

Middle English colt, from Old English colt


colubrid, colubrine Variant Spellings: cobra


a bird species | a color | a pale, grayish hue


From Latin 'Colonus' (settler/farmer) via the poetic name Columbia for the Americas, derived from Christopher Columbus.


a vertical arrangement of items | a structural pillar | a series of data

columns | columnar | columned | columnal | columnist | columnize

Latin columna 'pillar, support', diminutive of columna (variant of culmen 'top, peak')


coms | dotcom | dotcoms | comrogue | comprint | commerge

cōmis ~courteous | kind~ | cōmis "courteous | kind"


fibrous strands on the head | growth on the scalp | keratin-based filaments

coma (all senses except unconsciousness), comate, comet


in unison | accompanied by | alongside | used to amplify meaning

communal | commingle | community | combine | commiserate | component | communicate | collide | compress | connect | connote | contain | corrode | accommodate | accompany | accomplice | combat | combustion | comfort | command | commemorate | commence | commend | commensurate | comment | commerce | commission | commit | commode | commodore | common | commotion | commute | compact | companion | compare | compass | compassion | compatible | compel | compensate | compete | compile | complain | complement | complex | compose | compound | comprehend | comprise | compromise | computer | recompense

Latin com- (assimilated form of cum) 'together, with'


profound slumber | deep, unresponsive sleep

comas | precoma | comatose | comalike | semicoma | semicomas


combs | comber | combed | recomb | combers | combing

Latin 'combs' (past participle stem of 'comere' 'to put together, arrange, tidy')


combats | combated | combater | combatant | combatted | combative

Latin combatere 'to fight, struggle' from com- 'together' + habere 'to hold'


Latin com- (assimilated form of cum) 'with, together'


combined | combines | combiner | recombine | combiners | uncombine

Latin 'combinare' meaning 'to join together', from 'com-' (together) + 'binare' (to double), from 'bini' (two by two)


combusts | combusted | combustor | combustion | combusting | combustive

Latin combustus, past participle of comburere 'to burn up'


noncomedy | anticomedy | metacomedy | telecomedy


Latin comestibilis, from comestus, past participle of comedere 'to eat up'


comets | cometic | cometary | exocomet | cometlike | exocomets


Greek encomion (ἐνκομιον) from en- 'in' + komos 'revel/procession'


comical | uncomic | comicry | webcomic | noncomic | comicana


Latin comitas 'good nature, courtesy', from comis 'courteous, polite'


command, commander, commanding, commandment

commands | commanded | commanding | commandeth | commandest | subcommand

Latin 'commandare' (to commit to one's charge), from 'com-' (intensive) + 'mandare' (to entrust, order), from 'mandus' (past participle of 'manere', to remain)


commandants | commandantship | commandantships

Old French 'comandant', from 'commander'


commencer | commenced | commences | commencest | commenceth | commencers

Latin com- "together" + initiare "begin"


commends | commended | commender | commending | commendeth | discommend

Latin commendare 'to entrust, commit to one's care', from com- 'together' + mandare 'to put in charge, order'


comments | uncomment | commented | commenter | commenting | commenters

Latin commentum 'thing made, invention', from com- 'together' + emere 'to take, acquire'


commerced | commerces | ecommerce | biocommerce | anticommerce | telecommerce

Latin commercium 'trade, traffic', from com- 'together' + merx 'merchandise'


Latin com- 'together' + miser 'wretched, unhappy'


depot | supply | provision | administration

Latin commissariatus, from commissarius 'commissioner', from committere 'to entrust, commit'


commits | recommit | uncommit | commited | decommit | committee

Latin 'committo' (com- 'together' + mittere 'to send'), from PIE *med- 'to take appropriate measures'


Latin commodus 'fitting, suitable, convenient', from com- 'together' + modus 'measure, manner'


shared | universal | ordinary | frequent

commons | commonly | uncommon | commoner | commonize | commoners

Universality, Frequency, Shared Identity

Latin communis 'shared, common, public', from communis < com- 'together' + munis 'obliged, devoted' (related to munus 'gift, duty')


shared among a group | belonging to all | to transfer between parties

communicate | commune | community | communicable | communicant | communion | communiqué | communism | excommunicate | incommunicado Variant Spellings: common | common


Latin communicare 'to make common, share, distribute', from communis 'common'


sharing | fellowship | participation | union

communion, communal, communicate, community

Latin communio (gen. communionis) 'a sharing in common', from communis 'common, public, general'


to make known | to communicate | to share information

Latin communicare 'to share, divide out; make common', from communis 'common'


pressed together | dense | small | concise

compacts | compacted | compactly | compactin | cocompact | compacton

Latin compactus, past participle of compingere 'to put together', from com- 'together' + pangere 'to set, place'


company | companionship | association | group

Latin com- 'together' + panis 'bread' (originally 'one who eats bread with others')


compare, comparison, comparable, comparative, comparator

compared | compares | comparer | comparers | compareth | comparest

Latin comparare 'to compare, match, pair'


compartments | compartmental | compartmented | subcompartment | compartmentful | compartmentlike

Latin 'compartimentum' (a dividing up), from 'compartiri' (to divide up), from 'partiri' (to divide), from 'pars' (part)


encompass | compassed | compasses | incompass | accompass | compassing

Latin 'compāssus', past participle of 'compāri' meaning 'to measure around, encircle', from 'com-' (together) + 'passus' (step).


compassions | incompassion | uncompassion | compassionate | compassionless | compassionable

Latin compassio (gen. compassionis) 'suffering with', from com- 'together' + patior 'suffer'


Latin compatibilis, from compatior 'to suffer with, sympathize', from com- 'together' + patior 'suffer, endure'


able to exist or occur together | able to be used with

Latin compatibilis, from compatior 'to suffer with' (com- 'together' + patior 'suffer')


compels | compelled | compeller | compellers | compelleth | compellest

Latin compellere 'to drive together, urge on', from com- 'together' + pellere 'to drive'


Latin com- 'together' + pendere 'to hang, weigh'


compensates | compensated | recompensate | compensateth | compensatest | uncompensated

Latin compensatus, past participle of compensare 'weigh against, balance', from com- 'together' + pendere 'to weigh'


Latin compensare 'to weigh in balance', from com- 'together' + pensare 'weigh', frequentative of pendere 'to hang, weigh'


Latin com- 'with' + panis 'bread' (originally 'one who eats with others')


competed | competes | recompete | competeth | outcompete | noncompete

Latin 'competere' meaning 'to come together, agree, suit'


contentment | satisfaction | uncritical acceptance

Latin complacentia, from complacens (present participle of complacēre) meaning 'to please greatly', composed of com- (intensive) + placēre (to please)


self-satisfied | uncritical | unconcerned

complacently | uncomplacent | complacentry

Latin complacēre 'to please fully', from com- 'completely' + plēre 'to fill'


expression of dissatisfaction | grievance | protest

complaints | complaintful | complaintive | countercomplaint | countercomplaints

Latin 'complaint-' (stem of 'plangere' to strike, lament) + '-ant' agent suffix; ultimately from PIE '*pleng-' to strike


From Latin complaisant-, present participle stem of complacēre 'to please fully', from com- 'with' + placēre 'to please'


Latin complaisant-, stem of complaisant 'willing to please', from complaire 'to please' (com- 'to' + plaire 'to please')


complete, completion, completeness, incompleteness

completed | completes | completer | completely | incomplete | completers

Latin 'completus', past participle of 'completo' (to fill up, finish), from 'com-' (intensive) + 'plere' (to fill)


complicated, complication, complicating, complicationally

complicated | complicates | complicately | complicatedly | uncomplicates | noncomplicated

Latin complicatus, past participle of complicare 'to fold together' (com- 'together' + plicare 'to fold')


involvement | partnership | shared responsibility

Latin com- 'together' + plicare 'to fold'


praise | flattering | expressing admiration

compliments | complimented | complimental | complimenter | complimentee | complimentary

Latin 'complimentus' (full, complete) from 'com-' (intensive) + 'plere' (to fill)


complete, completion, complementary, complement

Latin complēre 'to fill up, complete', from com- 'together' + plēre 'to fill'


to act in accordance with | to obey | to fulfill

complying | uncomplying | complyingly | noncomplying

Latin complere 'to fill up, complete', from com- 'together' + plere 'to fill'


composition, component, composite, composes

Latin com- (assimilated form of cum) 'together, with'


components | bicomponent | componentry | componental | biocomponent | tricomponent

Latin componere 'to put together', from com- 'together' + ponere 'to place'


comports | comported | comporting | comporteth | comportest | comportment

Latin comportare 'to carry together, bring together', from com- 'together' + portare 'to carry'


composts | composty | composted | composter | recompost | composting

Latin compostus, past participle of componere 'to put together'


comprised | comprises | compriseth | comprisest

Latin comprehendere 'to grasp, take in', from com- 'together' + prehendere 'to seize'


compromised | compromises | compromiser | compromisers | uncompromised | procompromise

Latin compromissum, past participle of compromittere 'to submit to arbitration', from com- 'together' + promittere 'to promise'


Old French comptable 'accountant' + controller 'one who checks'


Latin compunctus, past participle of compungere 'to prick deeply, pierce', from com- 'together' + pangere 'to fasten, fix'


computer, computation, computing, computable

computed | computes | computers | recompute | computery | computeth

Latin computare 'to calculate, count up', from com- 'together' + putare 'to reckon, consider'


comrades | comraded | comradely | comradery | comradess | comradeship

Old French 'camarade' (roommate, companion)


coagulate, collide, compress, connect, connote, contain, contribute, consult, constitution, corrode, quondam

cons | conman | conned | confix | outcon | confan


amoral, atypical, anonymous, asymmetry, atheist

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


containing an imidazole or triazole ring

fluconazole | oxiconazole | terconazole | isoconazole | tioconazole | azaconazole

Derived from 'imidazole' or 'triazole' (chemical classes) + the agentive suffix '-azole', ultimately from Greek '-azōle' or constructed within modern chemical nomenclature based on Latin/Greek roots for nitrogen-containing rings.


concatemer | concatemers | concatemeric | concatenative | concatemerized | nonconcatenative

Latin concatenare 'to chain together', from catena 'chain'


concaves | concaved | biconcave | concavely | nonconcave | subconcave

Latin concavus 'hollowed out', from concavus 'hollow', from con- (intensive prefix) + cavus 'hollow'


conceals | concealed | concealer | concealing | concealers | concealeth

Latin 'concelare' (to hide), from 'com-' (intensive) + 'celare' (to hide)


conceitedly | misconceits | preconceits | unconceited | unconceitedly

Latin 'conceitum', past participle of 'concipere' meaning 'to take in, conceive, understand'


concern, concerning, unconcerned, disconcert

concerns | unconcern | concerning | unconcerns | concerneth | nonconcern

Latin 'cernere' meaning 'to sift, separate, distinguish'


Latin concertus, past participle of concertare 'to strive together, contend', from con- 'together' + certare 'to strive'


conch, concha, conchiferous, conchoid, conchology

concher | conches | conchers | conchite | conchites | conchology


Old French 'comte des cierges' (count of candles)


conciliate | conciliatory | reconcile Variant Spellings: council | council

Latin conciliare 'to bring together, unite', from concilius 'friendly, united', possibly from com- 'together' + -cilare (related to ciliare 'to call')


concised | concises | concisely | unconcise | conciseness

Latin concisus, past participle of concidere 'to cut up, shorten'


concocts | concocted | concocter | deconcoct | concoction | concocting

Latin concoctus, past participle of concoquere 'to digest, cook together', from con- 'together' + coquere 'to cook'


Latin com- 'together' + -concomitari 'to follow along'


Latin concors 'of one mind', from con- 'together' + cor (gen. cordis) 'heart'


concretes | concreted | concreter | concretely | concreters | concreteth

Latin concretus, past participle of concrescere 'to grow together', from con- 'together' + crescere 'to grow'


Latin concubina 'female companion, concubine', from concubere 'to lie with'


strong desire | intense longing | craving

Latin concupiscentia from concupiscere 'to desire', from con- 'with' + cupere 'to desire'


Latin concupiscent- 'desiring eagerly', from concupiscere 'to desire strongly', from con- (intensive) + cupere 'to desire'


concurs | concurred | nonconcur | disconcur | concurring | nonconcurs

Latin con- 'together' + currere 'to run'


concussion, concussive, concussive force

concussed | concussion | concussing | concussive | concussions | nonconcussed

Latin concutere 'to shake violently', from con- 'together' + quatere 'to shake'


to place | to store | to keep | to conceal

abscond, Escondido, incondite, recondite

From Latin condere 'to put together, store, hide', from con- 'together' + dere (related to ponere 'to put')


declare to be reprehensible | sentence to punishment

condemns | condemned | condemner | condemning | condemnest | condemners

Latin condemnare 'to declare guilty', from con- (intensive) + demnare 'to harm, ruin'


condensed | condenser | condensery | condenseth | decondense | recondensed

Latin condensus, past participle of condensare 'to make thick', from con- 'together' + densare 'to make dense', from dens- 'dense'


To lower one's standards | To devalue one's worth

condescends | condescended | condescender | condescending | condescenders | condescendest

Latin con- 'down' + descendere 'to go down'


incondign | condignly | condignity | condignness

Latin condignus 'deserved, fitting', from con- 'together' + dignus 'worthy'


Latin condimentum 'seasoning, pickle', from condere 'to preserve, store away, mix'


conditions | conditional | conditioned | conditioner | recondition | decondition

Latin condicio (gen. conditionis) 'agreement, stipulation', from con- 'together' + dicere 'to say'


condoled | condolence | condolences | condolement

Latin condolēre 'to suffer with', from con- 'together' + dolēre 'to grieve'


A contraceptive device worn during intercourse | A barrier made of impermeable material to prevent STD transmission | A protective sheath for the penis

condomized | condomizes | uncondomed | condomizing | condomization | condomlessness


condoned | condones | condoner | condoners | condonement | condonements

Latin condonare 'to forgive, remit', from con- 'together' + donare 'to give'


channel | passage | means of transmission

Latin 'conduere' (to lead together, conduct), from 'com-' (together) + 'ducere' (to lead)


condylotomy | condylobasal | condylocanine | condylotuberal | condylopatellar


conic, conical, conicoid, conodont, conoid, conoscope, orthocone, orthoconic, polyconic

cones | coned | dicone | bicone | cocone | dicones

κῶνος (kônos), κωνικός (kōnikós)


Named after the Conestoga people (a group of Iroquoian-speaking people, though the term is often associated with the region/wagon type in English usage)


From Old English 'cōnī' meaning rabbit or hare.


Latin com- 'together' + fabula 'story, tale'


conferee | conferrer | conferees | conferring | conferment | conferrals

Latin conferre 'to bring together, compare', from com- 'together' + ferre 'to carry, bear'


confessed | confessor | confesses | reconfess | confessee | confession

Latin 'confiteri' meaning 'to acknowledge, admit', from 'com-' (intensive prefix) + 'fateri' (to confess, acknowledge)


small pieces of paper or foil thrown during celebrations

Italian confetto (candy, sweet), from Latin confectus, past participle of conficere 'to make, prepare'


have confidence in | depend on | have faith in

confidant, confide, confidence, confident, confidential

From Latin 'confidere' meaning 'to trust, have confidence', composed of 'com-' (intensive) + 'fidere' (to trust).


Latin confiscatus, past participle of confiscare 'to plunder, seize'


to burn together | to set on fire | to cause a large fire

Latin conflagrare (com- "together" + flagrare "to burn")


conflicts | conflicted | deconflict | unconflict | conflicting | conflictive

Latin conflictus, past participle of confligere 'to strike together', from con- 'together' + figere 'to fasten, fix'


Confucian | relating to Confucius or his teachings

derived from the name Confucius (Kong Fuzi)


confusion, confused, confusing, confusable

confusers | confusedly | inconfused | unconfuses | unconfused | nonconfused

Latin confūsiōnem (nominative confūsiō) 'a mixing up, confusion', from past participle stem of confundere 'to pour together, confuse'


to prove wrong | to disprove | to refute

confutes | confuted | confuter | confuteth | confutest | confuters

Latin confutatus, past participle of confutare 'to refute', from con- 'together' + futuere 'to strike, beat'


congeals | congealed | uncongeal | congealing | uncongeals | congealeth

Latin con- 'together' + gelare 'to freeze'


Latin conger 'conger eel', from Greek kongros


Latin congestus, past participle of congerere 'to heap together', from con- 'together' + gerere 'to carry'


of or from the Congo region | Congolese person

derived from the name of the Congo River/region, likely from the Kikongo word 'Kongo'


Latin congratulatus, past participle of congratulari 'to wish joy together', from com- 'together' + gratulari 'to rejoice'


Latin congruere 'to strike together, agree', from con- 'together' + grua 'clay' (related to grui 'to clash')


incongruent | congruently | noncongruent | incongruently | noncongruently

Latin congruere 'to strike together, agree', from con- 'together' + gruire 'to strike'


to concur | to align in time | to exist in sync

Latin congruere 'to strike together, agree', from con- 'together' + gruere 'to strike, clash'


κῶνος (kônos), κωνικός (kōnikós)


minute particles | reproductive structures

condition, foundation, condense, concord

From Latin 'conditus', past participle of 'condere' meaning 'to deposit, hide, or establish', derived from 'con-' (together) + 'dere' (to put/place).


conifers | coniferin | coniferophyte | coniferophytes | coniferization

Latin conifer 'cone-bearing', from conus 'cone' + ferre 'to bear'


to guess | to suppose | to form an opinion without sufficient evidence

conjectures | conjectured | conjecturer | conjecturers | misconjecture | unconjectured

Latin 'conjectura' (guessing, supposition), from 'conicere' (to throw together), from 'com-' (together) + 'jacere' (to throw)


Latin con- 'together' + iungere 'to join'


inflammation of the conjunctiva | eye inflammation

From Latin conjunctivus 'joined together' (from conjungere 'to join') + -itis 'inflammation' (from Greek -itis)


From Old English 'cenc' or 'cencan' meaning to harden or thicken, related to 'conk' as a dialectal variant meaning hard or solid.


reconnaissance | connoisseur | reconnoiter

comb of com1 / com + gno / gno / : cogn / cogn, quaint / quaint

Latin cognoscere 'to get to know', from com- 'together' + gnoscere 'to know'


connects | connected | connector | reconnect | connectin | unconnect

Latin connectere 'to bind together', from com- 'together' +nectere 'to bind'


Proper noun, Geographical name, State name

From Mohegan-Pequot 'quinnitukqut' meaning 'long tidal river'


connexions | reconnexion | reconnexions | disconnexion | disconnexions | connexionally

Latin connectio(n-), from connectere 'to bind together'


conniver | connived | connives | connivers | connivery | connivest

Latin connivere "to wink, to close the eyes"


connoisseurs | connoisseurly | connoisseurial | connoisseurship | connoisseurships

French 'connoisseur', from 'connoître' (to know)


connotes | connoted | connoteth | misconnote | misconnotes

Latin 'connotare' meaning 'to mark together, note down', from 'com-' (together) + 'notare' (to mark, note)


marriage | conjugal | relating to marriage

Latin connubium 'marriage' from con- 'together' + nubere 'to marry'


conic | conical | conicoid | conodont | conoid | conoscope | orthocone | orthoconic | polyconic

κῶνος (kônos), κωνικός (kōnikós)


conquers | conquered | conqueror | reconquer | conquerer | conquering

Latin 'conquīerī' (perfect passive infinitive of 'conquīrere') meaning 'to acquire, obtain, gain', from 'com-' (intensive prefix) + 'quaerere' (to seek, ask)


Spanish 'conquistador' from 'conquistar' (to conquer)


consciences | conscienced | unconscienced | conscienceless | consciencelessly

Latin conscientia 'knowledge of, sharing in'


pertaining to | capable of | within the bounds of conscience

conscience, conscientious, conscientiously, conscientiousness

Latin conscientia 'knowledge, conscience' from con- 'together' + scire 'to know'


unconscious | consciously | inconscious | subconscious | preconscious | nonconscious

Latin conscius 'knowing with, privy to', from con- 'together' + scire 'to know'


following in uninterrupted order | following one after another

Latin consecutus, past participle of conseci 'to join together', from con- 'together' + sequi 'to follow'


consensuses | nonconsensus | anticonsensus | metaconsensus | pseudoconsensus

Latin consensus 'agreement', from consens- 'agreeing', past participle stem of consentire 'to feel together'


consequences | consequenced | inconsequence | misconsequence | inconsequences | misconsequences

Latin consequentia 'a following', from consequi 'to follow up', from com- 'together' + sequi 'to follow'


following | resulting from | following as a logical consequence

consequents | consequently | consequential | nonconsequent | consequentness | inconsequential

Latin consequens, present participle of consequi 'to follow after, attain'


considers | reconsider | considered | considerer | considerate | considering

Latin 'considerare' meaning 'to observe, examine, contemplate', derived from 'com-' (intensive) + 'siderare' (to fix the eyes on, from 'sidus' star)


consign, consignment, consignor, consignee

consigns | consignee | consigned | consignor | reconsign | consigner

Latin 'consignare' meaning 'to mark with a seal, sign, or write down', from 'con-' (intensive) + 'signare' (to mark, from 'signum' sign)


consoles | consoled | consoler | consolers | consoleth | consolest

Latin 'consolari' meaning 'to comfort, soothe', derived from 'com-' (intensive) + 'solari' (to soothe)


consume, consumption, consumer, consuming

Latin past participle stem of 'comedere' (to eat), from 'com-' (intensive) + 'edere' (to eat)


consorts | consorted | consorter | consorting | consorteth | consorters

Latin 'consors' (gen. 'consortis') meaning 'sharing, partner', derived from 'con-' (together) + 'sors' (lot, share)


Latin conspectus 'a viewing, survey', past participle of conspicere 'to see, observe'


Latin conspicuus, from conspicere 'to behold'


to breathe together | to plot | to act in concert

conspiracy, conspirator, conspiratorial, conspiratorially

conspires | conspired | conspirer | conspirers | conspireth | conspirest

Latin con- "together" + spirare "to breathe"


constables | constabled | constablery | constabless | constableship | constablewick

Latin constābilis 'stable, firm', from constāre 'to stand firm, be consistent'


constant, constantine, constancy, constabulary

Latin constans (gen. constantis) 'standing firm, steady', from constare 'to stand firm, be consistent', from con- 'together' + stare 'to stand'


constants | constantly | unconstant | nonconstant | constantness | nonconstants

Latin constans (gen. constantis) 'standing firm, steady', from constare 'to stand together, be consistent', from con- 'together' + stare 'to stand'


Constantine | of or relating to Constantine the Great

Proper Name, Historical Figure, Adjectival

From Latin Constantinus, from Constantius, from constans 'steady, firm'


Latin consternatus, past participle of consternare 'to throw into confusion', from con- 'together' + sternere 'to spread, lay flat'


to obstruct | to clog | to cause constipation

Latin constipatus, past participle of constipare 'to pack tight, crowd together', from con- 'together' + stipare 'to make stand'


Latin constituere 'to set up, establish', from com- 'together' + statuere 'to set, place'


construed, construction, reconstruct, construed

construed | construes | construer | reconstrue | construers | misconstrue

Latin 'construere' meaning 'to build together', from 'com-' (together) + 'struere' (to build)


to deliberate | seek counsel | consult | advise | ponder | consider

consult | consultation | counsel | consul | consular | consultant | jurisconsult Variant Spellings: counsel

consuls | coconsul | consulate | consulage | consulship | consulates

Latin 'consulere' meaning 'to look out for, take care of, consult', from 'com-' (together) + 'salere' (to be active, be lively)


to seek advice | to refer to | to deliberate

consults | consulted | consulter | consultee | reconsult | consultant

Latin consultus, past participle of consulere 'to look into, investigate, take counsel'


consummated | consummates | consummately | unconsummated

Latin consummare 'to complete, finish', from con- 'together' + summare 'to sum up, complete'


contacts | contacted | recontact | contactin | contactor | contactee

Latin contactus, past participle of contactus 'touch, touch upon', from contactus, past participle of contingere 'to touch, reach'


Latin contagium 'a touching, contact' from contagere 'to touch'


contains | container | contained | containing | containers | containeth

Latin 'continēre' (com- 'together' + tenēre 'to hold')


Latin contaminatus, past participle of contaminare 'to defile, pollute', from con- 'together' + taminare 'to touch' (related to tamen 'touch')


contemns | contemned | contemner | contemning | contemners | contemneth

Latin contemno 'to despise, scorn', from com- (intensive) + temno 'to slight, disregard'


to think deeply | to consider | to meditate on

contemplated | contemplates | contemplateth | contemplatest | uncontemplated

Latin contemplari 'to observe, watch over' (from com- 'together' + templum 'temple, sacred space')


contempts | contemptive | contemptful | contemptible | contemptuous | contemptibly

Latin contemptus, past participle of contemnere 'to scorn, despise', from con- (intensive) + temnere 'to slight, despise'


contends | contender | contended | contending | contenders | contendeth

Latin contendō 'stretch out, strive, dispute', from con- 'together' + tendō 'stretch'


contain, container, containment, content

contents | contented | contently | uncontent | discontent | contenting

Latin 'contentus', past participle of 'continēre' (to hold together), from 'com-' (together) + 'tenēre' (to hold)


Latin contiguus, from contingere 'to touch'


Latin contingere 'to touch, reach, happen', from com- 'together' + tangere 'to touch'


continual | continuous | continuant | continuation | continuations | recontinuation

Latin 'continuus' meaning 'uninterrupted', from 'continere' (to hold together), from 'com-' (together) + 'tenere' (to hold)


contoured | recontour | contouring | contourlet | isocontour | recontours

Old French 'contour' (outline), from 'contourner' (to go around)


in opposition to | moving in reverse | acting contrary to the following element | inverse or supplementary | facing | physically opposing

contraindication | contradict | controversy | contravene | contraception | contra-flow | contraband | contraindicate | contrast | contrabass | contrabassoon | contraceptive | contralto | contrapuntal | contrary | Contras (Nicaragua) | contretemps | control | incontrovertible | contra positive (negative) | counter strike (strike back against)

contradict | controversy | contravene | contraception | contra-flow | contraband | contraindicate | contrast | contraindication | contrabass | contrabassoon | contraceptive | contralto | contrapuntal | contrary | Contras (Nicaragua) | contretemps | control | incontrovertible | contra positive (negative) | counter strike (strike back against)

contranym | contraflow | contraplex | anticontra | contranymy | contrapair

extension of con1 / con / : counter / counter

Latin preposition and prefix contra-, meaning 'against, opposite, in front of'

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contract, contraction, contractile, contracts

contracts | contractor | contracted | contractee | decontract | contraction

Latin contrahere 'to draw together', from com- 'together' + trahere 'to draw, pull'


contrasts | contrasty | contrasted | contrasting | contrastive | precontrast

Latin 'contrastus', past participle of 'contrastere' (to set opposite), from 'contra-' (against) + 'stare' (to stand)


contrites | contritely | uncontrite | contriteness | uncontritely

Latin contritus, past participle of contrīre 'to rub to pieces, break', from com- 'together' + trīre 'to rub'


contrived | contriver | contrives | contrivers | contrivest | contriveth

Latin contrivus, past participle of contrivare 'to prepare, arrange, devise', from con- 'together' + *rivare 'to make a river' (from rivus 'stream')


power | command | direction | regulation

decontrol | controlee | uncontrol | controled | controller | controlled

Old French 'contrerolle' (copy of a roll/register)


Latin contumax (gen. contumacis) 'stubborn, disobedient', from con- 'intensively' + temere 'rashly, by chance'


Latin contumacia 'stubbornness', from contumax 'obstinate', from com- 'together' + temere 'rashly'


Latin contumelia 'insult, scorn' (contumax 'stubborn, headstrong' + -elia)


Latin contusus, past participle of contundere 'to beat up, crush'


contusions | contusional | hemicontusion | microcontusion | pericontusional | microcontusions

Latin contusio(n-) 'a bruising, a beating', from contundere 'to bruise, beat up', from com- 'together' + tundere 'to beat'


Latin convalescere 'to grow strong again', from com- 'together' + valere 'to be strong'


Latin con- 'together' + vehere 'to carry'


convenient, inconvenient, convene, convening

conveniences | convenienced | disconvenience | ultraconvenience

Latin conveniens, present participle of convenire 'to come together, agree'


conveniently | unconvenient | disconvenient | convenientness | superconvenient | ultraconvenient


monastery | community of religious people

Latin conventus 'assembly, meeting', from convenire 'to come together'


conventions | conventional | conventioner | reconvention | conventioneer | preconvention

Latin conventio (gen. conventionis) 'an agreement, compact', from convenire 'to come together, agree'


conversed | converses | converser | conversely | conversers | converseth

Latin conversus, past participle of convertere 'to turn around', from con- 'together' + vertere 'to turn'. The form '-converse-' in the record appears to be a non-standard or erroneous segmentation of the root 'vers' with the prefix 'con-', or a confusion with the English word 'converse'. As a standalone morpheme '-converse-' does not exist in Latin; the root is 'vers'.


biconvex | convexly | convexed | convexity | nonconvex | convexify

Latin convexus 'swelling out, bulging', from con- 'together' + vexare 'to shake'


conveys | conveyed | conveyer | conveyor | reconvey | conveyal

Latin 'conveyare' (to carry along), from 'com-' (together) + 'vehere' (to carry)


convicts | reconvict | conviction | convicting | convictism | reconvicts

Latin 'convictus', past participle of 'convincere' meaning 'to overcome, prove guilty'


convinced | convincers | unconvince | unconvinced | convincedly | reconvinced

Latin convincere 'to prove, refute, overcome' (con- 'completely' + vincere 'to conquer')


convoked | convokes | convoker | convokers

Latin convocare 'to call together', from con- 'together' + vocare 'to call'


a group of vehicles or ships traveling together | to accompany

convoys | convoyed | convoying | unconvoyed

Middle French 'convoi', from 'convoier' 'to accompany'


Latin convulsus, past participle of convellere 'to tear up, wrench away', from com- 'together' + vellere 'to pluck, pull'


cooked | cookie | cooker | recook | uncook | cookee

From Proto-Germanic *kokijaną, from PIE *gʷeh₁- 'to cook, bake'


cools | cooler | coolly | cooled | uncool | coolth


coops | cooper | uncoop | incoop | coopery | coopers

Latin com- 'together' + operari 'to work'


cooperon | cooperons | Cooperian | Cooperite

Middle English cooper, from Old French cuper


From Old Norse Kaupang, meaning 'market place'.


relating to Nicolaus Copernicus or his heliocentric theory

Proper noun, Scientific paradigm, Astronomy


Latin 'copiosus' (abundant), from 'copia' (plenty, supply)


Latin copiosus 'abundant, plentiful', from copia 'plenty, abundance'


coppery | coppers | coppern | coppered | dicopper | coppering

Old English coper, from Latin cuprum (from aes Cyprium 'metal of Cyprus')


coppices | coppiced | recoppice | recoppiced | recoppices | uncoppiced

Old French 'couperc' from 'couper' 'to cut'


copremia | coprographia | coprolagnia | coprolalia | coprolite | coprolith | coprology | coprophagia | coprophagy | coprophilia | copropraxia | encopresis | encopretic | coproculture | coprophagous

coprolite | coprology | coprolith | coprophile | coprophagy | coprolites

Greek kopros (kopros, kopros) 'dung, excrement'


copses | copsed | copselike | copsewood | copsewoods

Middle English 'cop', from Old English 'copp' 'top, summit'


copulate, copulative, copulation, copulable

Latin copulare 'to join together', from com- 'together' + parare 'to prepare, make ready'


copular | noncopular | semicopula | semicopulas

Latin copula 'bond, link' (from co- 'together' + capere 'to take')


To join together | To associate | To couple

copulatee | copulaters | retrocopulate | pseudocopulate | pseudocopulated

Derived from Latin 'copulare' meaning 'to join'


recopy | copyer | copying | copyist | copycat | copyboy

Latin 'copia' meaning 'abundance, supply' (from 'com-' + 'ops' 'power, resource'), later associated with 'copiare' to mean 'to multiply, repeat'


French 'coquetterie' from 'coquet' (flirt)


French 'coquette' (a flirtatious woman), from 'coquet' (coy, playful)


concur | concede | conscript | correlate | correspondence | corroborate | corrective | collide | compress | connect | connote | contain | corrode

Latin prefix com- 'together' with assimilation before 'r'


raven | crow | related to the coracidae family


marine invertebrate | calcium carbonate structure

coral, coralline, corallite, coralliform, coralligenous

corals | corally | coraled | coralize | noncoral | coraller


structural projection | bracket | support

corbels | corbeled | corbelled | corbeling | corbelings

Old French corbel 'small raven' (referring to the shape of the projection)


internal organ | thin thread | thick strand

cord (all senses), cordage, Cordelier, cordelle, cordillera, cordite, cordless, cordon bleu, cordon sanitaire, cordon, corduroy, cordwood

cordy | corded | uncord | cordite | ripcord | cording

Latin 'chorda' meaning 'gut, string, cord'


Latin 'chorda' meaning 'string, rope, gut'


of or pertaining to the heart (uncommon as a prefix) | heart


Latin 'chorda' (string, gut) via Old French 'corde'


coined from 'cordite' (a specific smokeless powder brand)


cores | corer | cored | decore | corers | upcore


coriaceous | corious | corium | cuirass | cuirassier | cuirie | excoriate | excoriation | excoriate Variant Spellings: currier | currier


Corinthian, Corinthian column, Corinthian order

Geography, Architecture, Classical Studies

From Korinthos, the ancient Greek city-state, often used in English to denote Corinthian columns or style.


projecting extension | sharp bend | junction of edges

bicorn | bicorne | Capricorn | cornea | corneal | corneous | corner | cornicle | corniculate | corniferous | cornification | corniform | cornucopia | quadricorn | quadricornous | tricorn | tricorne | tricornigerous | tricornute | unicorn | unicornous | cavicorn | corn (skin growth) | cornet | cornuted | unicorn unrelated: acorn

corny | corns | corned | popcorn | corncob | cornily

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corneocyte | corneocytes | corneosclera | corneotropic | corneolimbal | corneoscleral


corners | cornered | cornering | cornerman | tricorner | cornercap

Old English 'cornu' (horn) or 'corner' (angle/nook)


cornets | cornetcy | corneter | cornetist | corneters | cornetists


cornices | corniced | uncorniced | cornicework

Latin cornix 'horn' (from Proto-Indo-European *ker- 'horn, head')


ornamental band | payment for a wreath | tip | logical consequence

corollas | corollate | corollated | paracorolla | corollaceous

Latin corolla 'little crown, wreath', diminutive of corona 'crown'


Latin corollarium 'gift, bonus', from corollarius 'pertaining to garlands', from corolla 'diminutive of rosa, garland'


corona | coronation | coronavirus | coroner | coronet | coroniform | Coronilla | crown | incoronate | Coronado | coronal | coronary

Latin 'corona' meaning 'wreath, garland, crown'


coronavirus | coronaviral | coronavirion | coronaphobia | coronavirions | coronavirosis


Latin coronarius 'of a wreath', from corona 'crown, wreath'


Latin corona 'crown' (referring to the crown of the head where the coroner's jurisdiction originally lay)


corporeal, corporation, corpulent, incorruptible, corpus


wardcorps | corpswoman | corpsperson | corpspersons


subcorpus | noncorpus | procorpus | metacorpus


Latin corpusculum, diminutive of corpus 'body'


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


enclosure | pen | enclosure for livestock


correct, correction, corrective, correctness

corrects | correctly | corrected | corrector | recorrect | uncorrect

Latin corrigere 'to set right', from cor- (intensive prefix) + regere 'to lead straight'


match | correspond | relate | correspond to

Latin 'correspondēre' (com- 'together' + respondēre 'to answer, respond')


corridor, corral, current, cursor, currant

corridors | corridored | corridorless | corridorlike

Latin 'corridorus' (corridor), from 'corrida' (a running), from 'currere' (to run)


Latin corrigere 'to set right, amend', from cor- (intensive prefix) + regere 'to straighten, guide'


corroborates | corroborated | uncorroborated

Latin corroboratus, past participle of corroborare 'to strengthen', from cor- (intensive form of com-) 'together' + robustus 'strong'


Latin corrodere 'to gnaw away', from com- 'together' + rodere 'to gnaw'


Latin corrugatus, past participle of corrugare 'to wrinkle', from com- 'together' + ruga 'wrinkle'


tight-fitting garment | supportive undergarment

corsets | corseted | corsetry | corseting | corsetless | corsetlike

Middle French 'corset', diminutive of 'corps' 'body'


fluocortin | deflazacort | cortodoxone | clocortolone | fluocortolone

Latin 'cortem' (accusative of 'cohors') meaning 'enclosure, yard, court'


cortexes | neocortex | isocortex | subcortex | exocortex | epicortex


surface | outer region | external coating

cortical | corticate | corticiform | corticifugal | corticipetal | decorticate | decortication | decorticator | corticoid | corticolous | corticosterone (cortisone) | corticotropin Variant Spellings: cortex | cortex


cortex | bark | rind | shell | outer layer

cortically | bicortical | subcortical | neocortical | isocortical | noncortical


Latin cortex, corticis 'bark, rind, shell'


bird resembling a crow | bird akin to a raven

Corvidae, corvina, corvine, corvus (crow genus), Corvus (constellation) unrelated: corvette, corvée


all existence | system | decoration | realm

cosmic | cosmogeny | cosmogony | cosmology | cosmonaut | cosmopolitan | cosmopolite | cosmos | microcosm | cosmetic | cosmorama | macrocosm

κόσμος (kósmos) | Greek kosmos : universe | world | order

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cosmesis | cosmetics | cosmetologist | cosmetology

κοσμεῖν (kosmeîn) | κοσμητική (kosmētikḗ) from κόσμος (kósmos)


cosmetics | noncosmetic | cosmeticize | biocosmetic | nanocosmetic | anticosmetic

Greek kosmētikos 'fitting for adornment', from kosmein 'to arrange, adorn'


to pamper | to care for | to treat with indulgence

cossets | cosseted | cosseter | cosseting | cosseters | cossetings


a bony structure in the body | the lateral part of something | the land adjacent to the sea

costs | costly | costed | oncost | recost | costing

Latin 'costa' meaning 'rib, side, coast'


costumed | costumes | costumer | costumey | costumers | costumery


cot (cottage, shelter), cote, coterie, cotquean, cottage, cottier, dovecote, sheepcote

cots | cotter | cotland | cotless | pigscot | carrycot

Old English cot or cote 'small house, hut'


small group | clique | circle of associates

Middle French 'coterie', originally referring to a group of peasants or a company of soldiers


cottager | cottages | cottaged | cottagey | cottagers | telecottage

Middle English 'cotage', from 'cote' (small house)


a person who cuts or cuts off | one who separates

From Old English 'cotton' (to cut) + agent suffix '-ere' (later '-er'), related to 'cutter'.


cottony | cottons | cottoned | guncotton | cottonoid | cottoning

Middle English cotton, from Old French coton, from Arabic qutn


empty interior space | hollowed-out region

acotyledon, cotyledon, cotyloid, dicotyledon, epicotyl, hectocotylus, hypocotyl, monocotyledon, polycotyledon


Greek kotyledon 'small cup' from kotyle 'cup'


to recline | to rest in a horizontal position

coucher | couches | couched | recouch | couching | couchers


small bed | berth | sleeping compartment

French diminutive of 'couche' (bed/layer) from 'coucher' (to lie down)


An older woman who seeks casual, often sexual relationships with younger men | a female sexual predator | a woman who pursues younger men for companionship

cougars | cougaring | cougarish | cougarlike | cougarhood | cougarness


to expel air from the lungs with a sudden sharp sound | respiratory sound

coughs | coughy | cougher | coughed | coughers | coughing


coulombs | abcoulomb | coulombic | abcoulombs | picocoulomb | megacoulomb


council, counsel, count (all senses), countenance

extended form: counter / counter / : com1 / com, con1 / con

Latin com- (assimilated form of cum) 'with, together'


counsels | counselor | counselee | counseled | cocounsel | counselees

Latin 'consilium' (advice, plan) from 'com-' (together) + 'salere' (to be wise)


account | accountable | count (to enumerate) | countdown | counter (one who counts) | counter (surface) | discount | recount (to narrate) Variant Spellings: raconteur | raconteur | recount (again-tell | tell what happened) | account (one's person's side of the story)

counts | recount | countor | uncount | viscount | counting

Latin 'computare' (to calculate, reckon), from 'com-' (together) + 'putare' (to reckon, consider). The root 'count' derives from the past participle stem 'comput-'.


facial expression | appearance | composure

countenances | countenanced | countenancer | countenancers | uncountenanced | uncountenanceable

Old French contenance, from Latin constantia 'steadiness, consistency'


contrary to | opposing | acting against | opposite in direction or trend to the second element | in contrast with | serving as a counterpart

counteract, counterbalance, counterexample, counterintuitive, countermand, counterpoint, counterproductive, counterrevolution, counterweight

counters | countered | counteract | countering | countertop | counterman

extension of coun / coun / : contra / contra

Direction designator | preposition-like | Anomalous form

Latin com- (assimilated before consonants) meaning 'with, together, against'

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counterfeits | counterfeited | counterfeiter | counterfeitly | counterfeiting | counterfeiters

Middle French 'contrefait' from 'contrefaire' 'to make in imitation'


upcountry | countrymen | countryman | countryish | noncountry | countryful

Old French 'cuntrée' (land, territory), from Vulgar Latin 'contrata' (land lying open before one), from Latin 'contra' (against, opposite)


administrative division | district | territory

noncounty | tricounty | subcounty | countywide | countylike | countyhood

Latin comitatus 'retinue, company' (from comes 'companion'), via Old French counté


Latin 'coupure' (a cutting) from past participle of 'couper' (to cut), from Latin 'caudare' (to cut off), from 'caedere' (to cut, strike)


couples | coupled | coupler | coupley | accouple | uncouple

Latin 'copula' meaning 'link, tie, pair'


courier | course | recourse | discourse | concourse | au courant | courante

cor / cor, cours / cours, cur2 / cur, curs / curs


courages | couraged | discourage | discouraged | discourages | courageless

From Old French 'corage', derived from Latin 'cor' (genitive 'cordis') meaning 'heart', reflecting the ancient belief that the heart was the seat of courage and spirit.


French 'courgette', diminutive of 'courge' (squash)


course, encourage, discourse, discourse, recourse, discourse

courses | coursed | courseth | midcourse | precourse | subcourse

Latin cursus 'a running, course', from currere 'to run'


landscaped area | fenced space | rural livestock area | judicial assembly

courts | accourt | courted | courtly | upcourt | courter

From Latin 'cortem' (accusative of 'cohors'), meaning enclosure, farmyard, or court.


courteously | uncourteous | discourteous | courteousness | uncourteously | discourteously

Old French 'cortois' (courtly), from 'cort' (court)


a female prostitute who serves high-status or wealthy clients | a woman engaged in sexual services for elite individuals

derived from French 'courtesane', from 'cour' (court) + 'tesan' (from 'tenu' to hold), originally referring to someone who frequents a court


Old French 'courtoisie' from 'cort' (court)


cousins | cousinly | cousinry | noncousin | cousiness | stepcousin

Old French cousin, from Latin consobrinus


couths | uncouth | couthie | selcouth | uncouthly | selcouthly


fashion designer | maker of high-fashion clothing

French 'couture' (sewing) + suffix '-ier' (agentive)


covey | coved | coves | covess | covelet | covelike

Old English 'cofa' meaning chamber or cell


covens | covener | coveners | covendom | covendoms | covenstead


covenants | covenanter | covenanted | covenantal | covenantor | covenantee

Latin 'convenire' meaning 'to come together, agree'


convent, conventicle, convene, convention

From Latin 'convenire' meaning 'to come together, agree', from 'com-' (together) + 'venire' (to come). The sense of 'secret meeting' arose from the idea of people gathering privately.


to hide or obscure something from sight | to safeguard or shield something from harm or exposure | to encompass or include within a range or extent | to pay for or reimburse the cost of something | to report or document an event, story, or topic | to place something over or on top of another object

cover, coverage, coverlet, covert, coverup, discover, uncover unrelated: cup1 / recover.

covers | recover | uncover | covered | coverer | becover


coverts | covertly | covertness | semicovert | undercovert | undercoverts

Latin 'covertus', past participle of 'cooperire' meaning 'to cover up'


covets | coveted | coveter | covetous | coveting | coveters


a group of birds | a small group of people

From Old French 'couvée' (brood, hatch), from 'covir' (to cover), related to 'cover'.


cows | cowed | hucow | cowboy | cowman | cowpat


cowardy | cowards | cowardly | cowardry | cowardize | cowardish

Old French 'cowart' (cowering, shrinking)


cowls | cowled | uncowl | encowl | cowling | uncowls

Old French 'coule' or 'coul' (a hood/covering)


Coxy | coxed | coxes | coxie | coxing | coxies


selective inhibition of cyclooxygenase-2

blend of 'cyclooxygenase' and 'inhibitor'


coys | coyly | uncoy | coyish | coyness | overcoy

Middle English 'coy', possibly related to 'quey' (quiet)


cozens | cozener | cozening | cozenage | cozeners | cozenages

Middle English cozyn "close friend, intimate" (possibly from Italian cugino)


From Old English cōsige, from cōs 'heat' (related to Latin caesus 'cut', referring to chopped wood for fire)


crustacean | decapod | sideways movement

crabs | crabby | crabbed | crabber | crablet | crabble

Old English crabbe, of unknown origin, possibly from Proto-Germanic *krabaz


acrasia, akrasia, akratic, anocracy, aristocracy, autocracy, autocrat, autocratic, bureaucracy, democracy, democratic, pancratium, plutocracy, technocracy, technocrat, theocracy


to resolve a complex issue | to find a solution to a challenging problem | to overcome a difficult obstacle

cracks | cracky | crackle | cracked | crackly | tocrack


system of governance | dominance | jurisdiction | influence

acrasia | akrasia | akratic | anocracy | aristocracy | autocracy | autocrat | autocratic | bureaucracy | democracy | democratic | pancratium | plutocracy | technocracy | technocrat | theocracy | aristocrat | bureaucrat | Democrat | mobocracy | ochlocracy | plutocrat

acracy | isocracy | neocracy | anocracy | democracy | theocracy

Greek -kratia (κράτος, kratos 'power, rule')


cradles | cradled | cradler | encradle | cradlers | uncradle


skill | craft | power | strength | ability

handicraft, witchcraft, aircraft, stagecraft, witchcraft

crafty | crafts | crafted | crafter | craftsy | recraft

Old English cræft "skill, strength, power"


steep rock | rugged cliff | rocky outcrop

crags | craggy | cragged | cragger | cragfast | craggily

Middle English 'crag', likely of uncertain origin, possibly related to Old Norse or Celtic


a bird of the rail family (Rallidae) | a cry resembling the call of such a bird

crakes | craker | craked | crakers | corncrake | corncrakes

From Old English 'craec' or 'craca', of imitative origin, referring to the bird's call.


crams | crammed | crammer | cramming | cramdown | crammers

Middle English crammen 'to press, stuff'


muscle contraction | spasm | constriction

cramps | crampy | cramped | crampet | uncramp | cramping

Middle English crampen, related to the idea of contraction or squeezing


Latin cranium 'skull', from Greek kranion 'skull'


large wading bird | tall tripod-like structure

cranes | craned | cranefly | aircrane | aircranes | cranelike


craniology | craniotomy | craniotome | craniocele | craniometer | craniopagus

From Greek 'kranion' meaning 'skull' or 'shell'


cranky | cranks | crankle | cranked | cranker | crankles

Middle English 'cranken', related to 'crooked'


a period of depression following drug use | a decline in physical or mental state after drug consumption | the aftermath of drug intoxication

crashy | crashes | crashed | crasher | crashing | crashers


crass | crassitude | crassulaceous | incrassate


Greek -krasia (κράσις) 'mixture, temperament' from krassein 'to mix'


worker or ruler by virtue of power vested in [root

derivational suffix affix bound morpheme | derivational

individual wielding authority derived from [root] | exercise control | individual possessing [root]-related authority | exercise authority over [root]

bueaucrat | plutocrat | bureaucracy | plutocracy | aristocrat | bureaucrat | democracy | Democrat | mobocracy | ochlocracy | technocracy | theocracy

crats | isocrat | theocrat | monocrat | mobocrat | taxocrat

Greek -kratia (rule, power) from kratos (strength, power)

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crates | crated | uncrate | recrate | uncrates | uncrated

Middle English crate, from Old French crete


hollow | depression | bowl-shaped cavity

craters | craterlet | craterous | craterlets | craterlike | craterless


monocratic | infocratic | gynocratic | ideocratic | polycratic | xerocratic


French cravate, from Croatian kravat (a type of neckcloth)


to desire strongly | to wish for | to long for

craved | craves | craver | craveth | cravers | becrave


cravens | cravenly | cravenness | cravennesses

Middle English 'craven', likely from Old French 'cravent'


Middle English 'crauwen', related to 'creep'


to move slowly | to creep | to progress with difficulty

crawls | crawly | acrawl | crawler | crawled | recrawl

Middle English 'crowlen', related to Old English 'crucian'


crayons | crayoned | crayoning | crayonist | crayonlike | crayonings

French 'crayon' (pencil), from 'craie' (chalk)


madness | insanity | frenzy | intense enthusiasm

crazed | crazes | crazen | crazens | crazedly | uncrazed

From Old French 'craisier' meaning 'to make mad', of uncertain origin, possibly related to 'craze' (to crack).


accreditation, credence, credentials, credibility, credible, credit, creditor, credo, credulity, credulous, creed, discredit, incredible, incredulous, miscreant, recreant


creation | creative | creator | creature | creole | procreation | recreation | create


the high-pitched squeaking or grating sound made by a door, hinge, or other object moving on a rough surface

creaky | creaks | acreak | creaked | creaker | creaking

from Middle Dutch 'creken' or 'crecken' meaning 'to creak, crackle'


creamy, creamer, creamery, creaming, creamed

creamy | creams | creamed | creamer | creaming | creamily

Latin cremor "thickened substance, cream"


Latin creāns, present participle of creāre 'to create, produce, bring forth'


creased | creases | creaser | recrease | creasers | uncrease

Middle English crese, from Old French crese


creation, creature, recreate, creativity

created | creates | recreate | uncreate | cocreate | increate

Latin 'creāre' meaning 'to make, produce, bring into existence'


a being that is created | a living being | an entity

creatures | creaturely | creaturedom | mercreature | werecreature | creatureless

Latin creatura 'a creation, thing created', from creatus, past participle of creare 'to produce, bring forth'


accept as true | trust in | hold as a belief | place confidence in

accreditation | credence | credentials | credibility | credible | credit | creditor | credo | credulity | credulous | creed | discredit | incredible | incredulous | miscreant | recreant | accredit | credenza | incredible Variant Spellings: creed

Latin 'credere' meaning 'to believe, trust'


credentials | credentialism | credentialization


credits | creditor | credited | uncredit | recredit | creditee


Latin 'credulitas', from 'credulus' (believing, trusting), derived from 'credere' (to believe, trust)


creeds | creeded | creedal | miscreed | creedless | miscreeds

Latin 'credo' meaning 'I believe', from 'com-' (together) + 'credere' (to trust, believe)


creeks | creeky | upcreek | creeker | creekbed | creekers

Middle English 'creke', related to Old English 'cryce'


to move slowly | to move stealthily | to spread gradually

creepy | creeps | creepo | creeper | creeped | becreep

Middle English crepen, from Old English crīpian


grow, rise, increase, multiply, reproduce

increase, decrease, accretion, concrete, secrete, cretaceous

Latin cretus, past participle of crescere 'to grow, rise'


to increase in size | to develop | to expand


cremated | cremates | incremate | uncremated | incremated | incremates

Latin cremāre "to burn, to destroy by burning"


Latin -crementum, noun of result from crescere 'to grow'


crenate, crenature, crenel, crenellate, crenulate


crepes | crepey | creped | crepelike | crepehanger | crepehangers


κρηπίς | κρηπίδος (krēpís | krēpídos) | κρηπίδιον | κρηπίδωμα


slow rise in volume | slow drop in volume | to expand

crescendo | descrescendo | concrescence | crescent | decrease | decrescendo | decrescent | increase | increscent


accresce | accrescence | accrescent | accrete | accretion | accrue | concrete | crescendo | crescent | crew | decrease | increase | recruit | recruitment | surcrew


crescendo, decrescendo, crescendoed, crescendoing

Italian 'crescendo', from 'crescere' 'to grow'


crescents | crescentic | crescentwise | bicrescentic | equicrescent | crescentspot

Latin 'crescens', present participle of 'crescere' meaning 'to grow'


watercress | leafy green | aquatic plant

cressy | cresslike | watercress | pennycress | bittercress | yellowcress

Old French cresse, from Latin crassus 'thick, dense'


crests | crested | crestie | increst | crestal | cresting

Latin 'crista' meaning 'tuft, crest, plume'


develop | ascend | expand | proliferate | reproduce | develop

increase | decrease | accretion | concrete | secrete | cretaceous | accrete | concretion | increment


cretaceously | supercretaceous | supracretaceous


cretins | cretinism | cretinous | cretinize | cretinoid | cretinized

French 'crétin' (originally referring to a person with a specific thyroid deficiency)


group of people associated with a specific activity, profession, or interest

crews | crewed | crewer | recrew | aircrew | crewman

From Latin 'creta' meaning 'clay' or 'chalk', referring to groups formed by marking or gathering, later evolving to mean a group of people.


Old French cruel, from Latin crudelis 'cruel, bloody', from crudus 'raw, bloody'


cribbed | cribber | cribbing | cribbers | criblike | cribless

Middle English 'crib', likely from Old English 'crīb' (manger/trough)


cribble, cribellate, cribellum, cribrate, cribriform, garble


cricoid | cricoidectomy | Cricosaurus | cricothyroid | cricothyrotomy | cricotomy

κρίκος (kríkos) | κρικοειδής (krikoeidḗs)


cricks | cricked | uncrick | cricking | uncricks


crickets | crickety | cricketer | cricketed | cricketly | cricketers

Middle English 'cricket', possibly related to Old French 'criquet'


A peninsula in southern Ukraine connected to the mainland by the Isthmus of Perekop, situated between the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov | A geographical region in eastern Europe | A historically contested area with diverse cultural influences


criminal | decriminalization | discriminable | discriminate | discriminating | discrimination | discriminative | incrimination | incriminatory | indiscriminate | indiscriminately | indiscriminating | criminology | decriminalize | incriminate | recrimination Variant Spellings: crime | crime

Latin crīminis, gen of crīmen : accusation, charge, the crime with which a person is charged


crimps | crimpy | crimper | crimped | crimple | crimping

From Old French 'escrempe' or 'escremper', meaning to strip or strip off, possibly of Germanic origin.


Portmanteau of "crimped" and "polyester"


crimsons | encrimson | crimsoned | crimsonly | encrimsons | crimsoning

Latin 'crimsonus' (late), from 'cramoisie' (Old French), from Arabic 'qirmiz' (kermes dye)


separate | divide | discern | secrete | to secrete

apocrine | eccrine | endocrine | exocrine | heterocrine | holocrine | merocrine | neuroendocrine | quinacrine

crined | paracrine | juxtaparacrine | neuroparacrine

Greek κρίνω (krínō), separate, divide, discern


to feel | to recoil | to shrink | awkwardness

cringes | cringer | cringed | cringers | cringeth | cringest

Middle English 'cringen' (to bend, yield, or shrink)


to make or become crinkled | to produce a soft, crackling sound

crinkled | crinkles | uncrinkle | uncrinkles | uncrinkled | crinkleroot

From Old English 'crincle' or 'crincian', meaning to bend or fold, of imitative origin.


turning point | critical juncture | decisive change

Greek krisis 'decision, judgment, turning point'


apocrine, crisis, criterion, critic, critical, criticaster, criticise, criticism, critique, diacritic, eccrine, eccrinology, eccrisis, eccritic, endocrine, endocrinology, exocrine, heterocrine, holocrine, hypercriticism, hypocrisy, hypocrite, kritarchy, Kritosaurus, merocrine, syncrisis

κρίνειν (krínein), κρίσις (krísis), κρίμα (kríma)


turning point | critical moment | decisive stage

precrisis | noncrisis | epicrisis | ecocrisis | postcrisis | anticrisis


crispy | crisps | crispt | crispen | crisper | crisply


Latin 'cris-' or 'crassus' (thick, broad) or from 'crux' (cross), often seen in words like 'criss-cross' or 'crissate', though 'criss' itself is rarely a productive root in modern English morphology outside of specific loanwords or compounds like 'crisscross'. However, in the context of linguistic databases, 'criss' is often associated with the Latin 'crux' (cross) or the French 'crois' (cross). Given the form '-criss-', it is likely a variant of 'cross-'.


christian, christendom, christology, antichrist, christening

Greek Christos 'anointed' from Hebrew Messiah


select | assess | divide | distinguish by separating | filter

apocrine | crisis | criterion | critic | critical | criticaster | criticise | criticism | critique | diacritic | eccrine | eccrinology | eccrisis | eccritic | endocrine | endocrinology | exocrine | heterocrine | holocrine | hypercriticism | hypocrisy | hypocrite | kritarchy | Kritosaurus | merocrine | syncrisis | criticize | diacritical | hematocrit | hypercritical

crin2 / crin, cris / cris / : cern / cern, crem2 / crem, cret2 / cret

κρίνειν (krínein) | κρίσις (krísis) | κρίμα (kríma) | Greek kritikos : critical | able to discern (or kritēs : judge) krinein : to discern | to separate


standard | rule | judgment | basis for decision


critics | criticism | criticize | noncritic | ecocritic | criticist


critters | crittercam | crittercams | salescritter | critterproof | salescritters

Middle English 'critere' or 'critter', likely a dialectal variant of 'creature'


to make a short, low, hoarse sound | to die

croaky | croaks | croaked | croaker | croaking | croakers

From Old English 'cracian' meaning 'to creak, crack, or croak', of imitative origin.


to make fabric by interlocking loops of yarn with a hooked needle

crochets | crocheter | crocheted | crocheting | crocheters | crochetwork

French 'crochet' meaning 'little hook', from Old French 'croche'


crocks | crocky | crocked | crocker | crockery | crockpot


Middle English crockery, from crock (pot/vessel)


crocodiles | crocodiled | crocodiledom | crocodilelike | werecrocodile | werecrocodiles

Greek kroke- 'pebble' + drilos 'river stone'


crofts | crofter | crofters | crofting | Croftian | croftland

Old English 'croft' (small field, enclosure)


French 'croissant' meaning 'increasing' or 'crescent-shaped'


Old English 'cræne' (meaning hag or old woman)


cronyism | cronydom | noncrony | cronyish | cronyisms | cronyists

Greek kranos 'helmet' via crony (companion/comrade)


crooks | acrook | crooked | uncrook | crooken | crookle


croons | croony | crooner | crooned | crooners | crooning

From Old English crēon 'to cry, wail, lament', related to Old Norse krjúpa 'to creep' and Gothic hriusan 'to fall'.


uncrop | cropped | outcrop | cropper | noncrop | miscrop

Old English crop 'beard, tuft, top of a plant' (from Proto-Germanic *krop- 'beard, tuft'), later extended to 'harvest' and 'cutting off'.


a lawn game played with mallets and hoops

croquets | croqueted | croqueter | croqueting | croqueters | croquetlike

Old French croquet, diminutive of croc 'hook' (from Frankish *krukkō)


lying across, joining; arranged or structured in t

spanning over, connecting | oriented perpendicularly, structured oppositely

cross-country | cross-examine | crossroads

across | crosst | crossed | crossly | crosser | recross

Latin crux (gen. crucis) 'cross' (noun of action from cruciare 'to crucify'), from PIE *kruks- 'cross, crook'


a small recess or indentation at each corner of a carom table | a specific part of a three-ball carom game table

crotches | crotched | crotchal | crotchful | crotchless | crotchling


a method of knitting using loops | a hooked tool used in knitting | characterized by a hooked or looped structure

crotchety | crotchets | crotchetily | crotcheteer | uncrotchety | crotcheteers


Crouchy | crouchy | crouched | crouches | croucher | uncrouch

Middle English crouchen, from crouch (to bend)


croupy | croups | croupal | croupous | croupily | croupiness

From French 'croupe' meaning 'rump' or 'hindquarters', extended to mean a group of people gathered together.


crows | crowed | crowly | crower | crowbar | crowing


crowds | crowdy | crowded | crowder | crowding | crowders

Middle English 'crowd', likely from Old French 'croude'


headpiece | symbol of sovereignty | top | summit

crowns | crowned | crowner | crownes | recrown | uncrown

Old English croune, from Late Latin corona, from Greek korōnē 'garland, wreath'


Latin 'credere' meaning 'to believe, trust'


cross | crucial | cruciate | crucifer | cruciferous | crucifix | crucifixion | cruciform | crucify | crucigerous | discruciate | excruciate

cross, crucial, cruciate, crucifer, cruciferous, crucifix, crucifixion, cruciform, crucify, crucigerous, discruciate, excruciate

cruciverbalism | cruciverbalist | cruciverbalists


crucial, crucially, cruciate, crucible, crucifix

crucially | noncrucial | cruciality | crucialness


container for melting | severe test | trial

Latin crucibulum 'melting pot', from crux 'cross' (referring to the cross-shaped handle or the shape of the vessel)


untreated | unprocessed | original condition

crude | crudités | recrudesce Variant Spellings: ecru | ecru

cruds | cruddy | crudware | crudzine | cruddily | cybercrud


causing | inflicting | feeling | suffering pain or distress

cruels | cruelty | cruelly | uncruel | cruelness | cruelties

Latin 'cruelis' (cruel, pitiless), of uncertain origin, possibly related to 'crux' (cross, torture)


cruiser | cruises | cruised | cruisey | cruisers | cruiseway

Middle French 'cruiser' (to wander, to roam)


imitative of the sound of breaking or crushing


crumbs | crumber | crumbed | decrumb | crumbers | crumbing


break into small fragments | disintegrate | decay

crumbled | crumbles | crumbler | crumblers | crumbleth | uncrumbled

Middle English crumblen, related to crumbs


crumps | crumpy | crumple | crumped | crumply | crumpled

From Old French 'rompre' or 'crumpe' meaning to break or crumple, related to 'crumple'.


Origin unknown, possibly from the name of a character in Charles Dickens' 'Oliver Twist' or a dialectal term for a small cake


to crush with a noise | to compress | to bite or chew loudly

crunchy | scrunch | scrunchy | crunched | crunches | cruncher


crusader | crusades | crusaded | crusaders | crusaderism | crusaderist


crushed | crushes | crusher | crushee | crushing | crushers

Middle English crushen, from Old French crusier


surface covering | outer part | hard outer covering

crust | crustacean | crustaceous | crusty | encrust

crusty | crusts | crustal | crusted | decrust | crustily


Latin crustaceus 'having a shell', from crusta 'shell'


crutches | crutchers | crutchlike | crutchless

Middle English crutche, from Old English cryce


intersection | instrument of torment | central element | fundamental nature


cryosurgery | cryology | cryoablation | cryogenic | cryogenics | cryolite | cryometer | cryonics | cryophobia | cryoscope | cryobiology | cryophyte | cryoscopy | cryostat | cryonics (freezing the body | for the future) | cryogenics (creating freezing temperatures)

cryogen | cryosol | cryobot | cryogun | cryofix | cryotip

combining form of ancient Greek κρύος frost | icy cold OED | Greek κρύος (krúos) | cold | frost | Greek kryos : cold | Greek

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κρύπτειν (krúptein) ~to hide~, κρυπτός (kruptós)


not visible | confidential | conceal | kept from view | private or covertly

cryptonym | cryptotia | cryptofax | cryptology | cryptogram | cryptonyms

κρυπτο-  OED

Greek kryptos 'hidden', from kryptein 'to hide'


clear | transparent | structured mineral

crystals | cocrystal | bicrystal | crystally | cocrystals | crystallin


crystalline material | crystalline materials

crystallography | crystallomagnetic | crystallometry

crystallogen | crystallogeny | crystallogens | crystallogram | crystallomancy | crystallometry

κρυσταλλο- OED

< ancient Greek κρύσταλλος  clear ice OED


comb | teeth of a comb | resembling a comb


rest | recline | stay | assume a horizontal position

cubbed | cubhood | cublike | cubless | cubbing | cubbish


Middle English cubben, from Old English cufian 'to crouch'


cubicles | cubicled | cubiclelike | multicubicle

Latin cubiculum "bedroom, sleeping chamber", from cubare "to lie down"


elbow | forearm | cubit (unit of length)

cubits | cubital | cubitals | antecubital | postcubital | mediocubital


a man whose wife is unfaithful | a man who is unaware of his wife's infidelity

cuckolds | cuckoldy | cuckolded | cuckoldry | cuckoldly | cuckoldom

Middle English cuckold, from cuckoo (the bird)


cuckoos | cuckooed | cuckooing | cuckoobud | cuckooings | cuckoobuds

Middle English cuckou, from Old English cucū, imitative of the bird's call


cucumbers | cucumbery | cucumberless | cucumberlike


Middle English cudgel, from Old French coule (club)


cues | cued | cuer | cuers | miscue | cueing

French cue 'signal, pointer', from Old French que 'what', from Latin quid 'what'


cuffs | Cuffs | cuffed | uncuff | cuffing | uncuffs

Middle English 'coufe', related to 'coif'


style of cooking | food | culinary preparation

cuisines | subcuisine | subcuisines | multicuisine

French cuisine, from Old French cuison 'cooking', from cuire 'to cook', from Latin coquere


bascule | cul-de-sac | culet | culottes Variant Spellings: recoil | recoil


signifies | tool | location | small version

curriculum | fulcrum | homunculus | majuscule | minuscule | molecule | opuscule | reticule | retinaculum | ridicule | tuberculosis

From Latin -culus, -cula, -culum, diminutive suffix derived from -culus, a variant of -culus used to form diminutives or instruments from nouns.


of or relating to a kitchen | of or relating to cooking


culls | culler | culled | culling | cullers | cullest

Middle English cull, from Old French cul, meaning 'bottom/end'


Latin 'culmen' (peak, summit) from 'collere' (to heave up)


Latin culminare 'to reach the top', from culmen 'summit, roof'


Old French culotte, from cul 'bottom, buttocks' + -otte (diminutive suffix)


culpability | culpable | culprit | exculpate | exculpatory | inculpable | inculpate | inculpatory | mea culpa | culpa

Latin culp- 'guilt, blame', past participle stem of culpare 'to blame, find fault'


culpable, culpability, inculpable, inculpation