pertaining to the Netherlands | of the Dutch people | the Dutch language

dutchy | Dutcher | dutches | dutchie | bedutch | Dutchly

From Middle Dutch 'duutsc', from Proto-Germanic '*þiudiskaz' meaning 'of the people', derived from '*þeudō' (people, tribe).


dwarfy | dwarfed | bedwarf | dwarfen | Dwarfer | dwarfism


dwells | dwelled | dweller | indwell | bedwell | dwelling

Old English dwelian 'to err, to be idle, to delay'


Old English dwælan 'to err, wander, or delay'


δύο (dúo) | δυάς | δυάδος (duás | duádos) | Greek dyo : two


dyer | dyed | dyes | redye | dyers | dyery

Latin dies (dye) or dictare (to stamp/mark)


dye, dyer, dyeworks, dyestuff, dyer's bane

Middle English 'dyer', from 'dye' + agentive suffix '-er'


To enclose with a ditch | To fortify by digging a trench | To create an embankment for defense

From Old English 'dīc', meaning a ditch or embankment.


might | pressure | vitality | resilience | movement

dynamic, dynamite, dynamo, dynasty, dynamism

δύνασθαι (dúnasthai) | δυνατός | δύναμις (dúnamis) | δυνάστης (dunástēs) | Greek dynamis : power | strength dynasthai : to be able

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dynamic, dynamite, dynamism, aerodynamic

δύνασθαι (dúnasthai) | δυνατός | δύναμις (dúnamis) | δυνάστης (dunástēs)


dynamic, dynamite, aerodynamics, thermodynamics

dynamics | adynamic | dynamical | undynamic | biodynamic | dynamicity


challenging | flawed | poor | negation | lacking | absent | deprived | absence | sickness | challenge | irregular | compromised | faulty | poorly | unwell

dysfunctional | dysentery | dysentry | dystrophy | dysfunction | dysphagia | dysphasia | dyspepsia | dyslexia | dysplasia | dystopia | dysmenorrhea | dysphoria | dyspnea | dysfunction (bad workings) | dyslexia (bad reading) | dyspepsia (bad digestion)

dysuria | dyspnea | dysoxic | dysuric | dysnomy | dystopia

repr. Greek δυσ-... comb._form | with notion of hard | bad | unlucky OED | Greek δυσ- (dus-) | δυσ- (dus-) | Greek dys- : bad | hard | unlucky | Greek


intestinal inflammation | severe diarrhea

Greek dysenteria, from dys- 'bad' + enteron 'intestine'


Greek dys- 'bad, difficult' + plasis 'formation'


external | outside | originating from outside | absent | detachment | complete | distant | internet-related | generally signifies removal | outward direction | hence: external | external or outside

exit, exclude, eject, ejector, ejecta, ejectment, ejector, ejector, ejector, ejector

es | eSIM | eMMC | ecard | ePrix | efold

Latin ex- 'out of, from', from PIE *eg- 'out, outside'

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Roseae | Rubeae | Fabeae | Moreae | Vinceae | Citreae

Greek -eiae, feminine plural suffix of the first declension, used in scientific Latin to form family names


eagers | eagerly | uneager | eagerness | overeager | uneagerly


eagle, bald eagle, golden eagle, sea eagle, harpy eagle

eaglet | eagles | eagled | eaglets | Kleagle | eagless


derivational suffix affix bound morpheme

of or pertaining to | native of | belonging to

antipodean | apogean | archaean | archean | aurorean | caducean

antipodean, apogean, archaean, archean, aurorean, caducean

Sabean | Etnean | Mamean | Pandean | Kantean | Joycean

From Greek -eanos, from ean- (stem of eanós 'native, belonging to'), related to eanós 'of the house' or eanós 'native', ultimately from the root *ey- 'to dwell, inhabit'.


nobleman | leader | high-ranking official

earls | earldom | earless | earldoms | earlship | earlships


earnt | earns | earner | earned | earnest | earning

Old English eornian 'to strive, to labor'


earnestful | earnestness | overearnest | earnestnesses

Old English eorneste 'with zeal, with intensity'


earthy | earths | unearth | earthly | earthed | earthen


state of being free from strain | lack of difficulty

easel, easeful, easeless, easelessly, easelessness, easiness, easings, easings

easer | eased | eases | easers | unease | easeth

Middle English est Old English east (akin to German osten | Old Norse austr) Germanic root aust- : dawn | Middle English ese Old French aise Vulgate Latin : ease | comfort


a wooden frame for holding an artist's canvas

From French 'easel', possibly from Old French 'aisel' (diminutive of 'ais' meaning plank or board), referring to the wooden boards used to construct the frame.


orientation | sunrise direction | origin

eastbound | northeast | easterly | eastmost | east | Easter Variant Spellings: Austria | Austria

easts | eastie | Eastie | eastly | easting | Mideast

From Old English ēast, from Proto-Germanic *austro- (cf. Old Saxon ōstar, Old High German ōstar, Old Norse aust-r, Gothic austri), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ews- 'to shine' (cf. Latin aurora 'dawn', Greek eos 'dawn').


easterly | Cheaster | easterlies | Eastermonth | easterliness

Old English 'Ēastre' (goddess of spring)


eats | eaten | eater | eated | uneat | eating

From Proto-Germanic *etaną "to eat", from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ed- "to eat".


aquarium, aqueduct, aquifer, aquatic, aquaponics

French-Spanish-Italian-Latin bidiminutive; English -kin


eaves | eaved | eavedrop | eavesdrop | eavedrops | eavesread


ebbs | ebbed | ebbing | ebbeth | ebbings | ebbless


From Latin 'ebullientia', from 'ebullire' meaning 'to boil out' (ex- 'out' + bullire 'to boil')


boiling | bubbling | overflowing with enthusiasm

Latin ebullire 'to boil up', from e- 'out' + bullire 'to boil'


external | from within | beyond | separated from a group | detached | spilling over | intensified | distant

exit | ectopia | ectopic pregnancy | eccentric | echo | eclipse | eclectic | ecstasy | ecstatic | anecdote | ecbolic | ecclesi / ecclesi. | éclat | ectomy / ectomy.


Greek ekklēsia 'assembly' from ekklēsia 'calling out'


ecclesiocracy | ecclesiolatry | ecclesiophobia

Latin ecclesia "assembly, church" from Greek ekklēsia "assembly"


Old French 'échelon' meaning 'rung of a ladder'


small spiny mammal | marine spiky invertebrate | bearing sharp projections

echinocactus | echinococcosis | echinococcus | echinoderm | echinus | echinate | echinoid


echoed | echoes | echoic | echoey | reecho | echoer


deriving | selecting | composing from various sources

eclectics | uneclectic | eclecticism | eclecticist | noneclectic | eclecticize

Greek eklektikos 'selective', from eklegein 'to select'


eclipses | eclipsed | eclipser | eclipseth | eclipsest | eclipsers

Greek ekleipein 'to fail, leave, abandon'


Greek ekleipsis 'a leaving, a failing, an eclipse'


surroundings | natural habitat | relating to ecosystems | residence | dwelling

ecosphere | ecosystem | ecotype | ecology | economics | economy | ecumenism | androecium | autoecious | dioecious | ecesis | econometrics | ecumenical | monoecious Variant Spellings: diocese | diocese

ecowar | ecotax | econut | ecocar | ecotel | ecomap

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Latin schola 'school', from Greek skholē 'leisure, school'


economy | household management | resource efficiency

econocar | econobox | econocars | econobabble | econometric | econophobia


ecstasy | intense joy | rapture | trance

ecstasies | ecstasize | ecstasized | ecstasizes | ecstasizing

Greek ekstasis 'standing outside oneself'


standing outside oneself | out of one's mind | rapturous joy | intense enthusiasm


external | external side | external position | absence of | external in nature

ectoblast | ectoderm | ectoplasm | ectomorphic | ectoparasite | ectotherm | ectodermal | ectodermic | ectomorph | ectomy | ectomycorrhiza | ectopia | ectopic | ectoproct

ectoderm | ectocyst | ectozoon | ectozoic | ectoloph | ectosome

extension of ec / ec / : compare endo / endo

Greek ἐκτός (ektós) | repr. Greek ἐκτο | -stem of ἐκτός adv. | outside OED | ἐκτός (ektós)

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Greek ekstasis 'standing outside, ecstasy'


From Latin aequator 'an equalizer', from aequus 'equal' + -ator agent suffix; originally referring to the celestial equator.


eczemas | eczematic | eczemalike | antieczema | eczematoid


being or having been the object of what is denoted

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

adjective | noun | verb | verb past tense | adjective/adverb

affected by the first element's action | a collection defined by the first element's trait | possessing | exhibiting | overflowing with the first element's quality | past action | completed previous action | transformed into

formative of the pa. pple. of wk. vbs. | had in Old English the forms -ed | -ad | -od (-ud) | suffix1OED | < Old English ... -ed | suffix1 OED converted to nouns from adjs -ed1 | < Old English -ede ... is appended to ns. in order to form adjs. | suffix2 OED


angioedema, edema, edematous, oedema, oedematous

οἶδος (oîdos), οἰδεῖν (oideîn), οἴδημα, οἴδηματος (oídēma, oídēmatos)


edifice | edify Variant Spellings: aedile | aedile

Latin 'aedes' (temple, house) + '-edus' (suffix forming adjectives/nouns related to the place)


Old English 'ead' meaning 'prosperity, happiness, fortune'


earth material | earth substance | surface layer


From Middle High German edel 'noble' + weiz 'cheese', literally 'noble cheese', referring to the flower's appearance.


edemas | myxedema | edematic | edematous | myxedemas | acroedema


edges | edged | edger | edgel | edgers | unedge


edibles | unedible | nonedible | edibleness | nonedibles


Latin edictum 'proclamation, order', from edicere 'to announce, declare', from e- 'out' + dicere 'to say'


Latin aedificium, from aedificare 'to build', from aedes 'temple, house' + facere 'to make'


reedify | edifying | disedify | edifyings | unedifying | edifyingly

Latin edificare 'to build up', from ex- 'out' + facere 'to make'


to distribute or release information | to make public or announce formally

edit, edition, editor, editorial, editorialize

edits | editor | edited | coedit | editors | coedits

Latin aedĭtō, aedītus, past participle of aedĕre 'to build, construct'


Latin 'educabilis', from 'educere' (to lead out, train), from 'e-' (out) + 'ducere' (to lead)


educated | educates | educatee | reeducate | educatees | educateth

Latin educatus, past participle of educere 'to lead out, bring forth', from e- 'out' + ducere 'to lead'


wealth | fortune | prosperity | protection | guardian

Old English ead 'wealth, fortune' + weard 'guard, warden'


derivational | derivational suffix affix bound morpheme

a person undergoing an action | one executing the verb's action | associated with the verb's meaning | recipient of the action | noun derived from a verb | entity receiving the word's significance

ees | usee | payee | tutee | donee | ratee

an adaptation of the -é of certain Anglo-Norman pa. pples., which were used as ns. suffix1 OED


eel, conger eel, moray eel, electric eel

eely | eeler | eelpot | eelers | eelpout | eelworm

Old English 'eel' (genitive 'æles'), from Proto-Germanic '*elaz', from Proto-Indo-European '*el- 'to flow, run'


an inferior type of the fabric specified

a lower quality version of the specified textile

eens | maneen | voteen | boyeen | pinkeen | maneens

From French -ée, feminine past participle suffix of verbs ending in -er, derived from Latin -ata (feminine of -atus), from past participle stem of -are.


Middle English 'eyrie' or 'ery', possibly related to 'aerie'


From Ottoman Turkish efendi, from Persian afandi, from Arabic afandī, from Persian pāndī 'nobleman', from pā 'foot' + -andi (diminutive suffix)


from, out, missing, fully, away, internet-related


to boil up | to rise up | to become agitated

Latin effervescent- 'boiling up', from effervescere 'to boil up', from ex- 'out' + fervere 'to boil, be hot'


exhausted | depleted | powerless | decadent

Latin effetus 'worn out, exhausted', from ex- 'out' + fatus 'born, produced' (past participle of facere 'to make, do')


Latin efficax (stem efficac-) 'effective, powerful', from efficere 'to accomplish, bring about', from ex- 'out' + facere 'to make, do'


effectiveness | productivity | competence

efficient, efficiency, inefficient, inefficiency, ineffable

Latin 'efficere' (to accomplish, perform) from 'ex-' (out) + 'facere' (to make, do)


achieving maximum productivity | working well | effective

inefficient | ecoefficient | efficientness

Latin efficiens, present participle of efficere 'to accomplish, bring about'


Latin effigies 'likeness, image', from effingere 'to fashion, portray'


Latin effluere 'to flow out', from ex- 'out' + fluere 'to flow'


effluxes | effluxion | effluxions | radioefflux


exertion | exertion of strength | struggle

efforts | effortful | effortless | effortfully | effortlessly | effortfulness

Latin 'effortus', past participle of 'efforare' (to wear out, exhaust), from 'ex-' (out) + 'forare' (to pierce)


Old English -eft, -efta, strong verb suffix marking past tense and past participle (e.g., 'sungen' from 'singan').


Latin -ficare, frequentative of facere 'to make'


αἴξ | αἰγός (aíx | aigós)


egg, eggplant, eggshell, egghead, eggbeater

eggy | egger | egged | eggie | eggnog | egging


individual identity | first-person pronoun | personal self

egocentric | egocentrism | egoism | egoistic | egomania | egomaniac | alter ego | ego | egotism

egoic | egoist | nonego | egoity | egoboo | egofag


Middle French aigrette, diminutive of aigle 'eagle'


From Old Norse eidr, a specific type of duck (likely referring to the Eider duck, Somateria mollissima), possibly related to the word for 'island' or 'shore' due to habitat, though the exact Proto-Germanic root is debated.


inherent quality | belonging to a specific entity | possessed inherently

eigenvector | eigenvalue | eigen-frequency | eigenfunction

eigengap | eigenray | eigenSNP | eigenmode | eigentone | eigenmass

From German 'eigen' meaning 'own' or 'distinctive', derived from Proto-Germanic *ainaz (one, single).


eighty | eights | eighteen | eighties | eightish | eightieth

Proto-Germanic *ahtō, from Proto-Indo-European *oḱtṓw


Irish 'Éire' (Ireland), from Proto-Celtic *īwerjon


to forcibly expel semen from the urethra during sexual stimulation in males | to release vaginal fluid during sexual stimulation in females | to eject bodily fluids in response to sexual arousal

From Latin 'ejaculare', meaning to throw out or expel.


atypical, amoral, asymmetrical, anonymous

Greek a- (alpha privativus) 'without, not'


From Old English 'ecan' meaning 'to increase' or 'to survive', related to 'eke out'.


God [combining form, in names of Hebraic origin]

Divine being | combining form in Hebraic-origin names

Israel, Emmanuel, Gabriel, Michael, Uriel, Elohim

els | navel | newel | hovel | gavel | dotel


Derivational | derivational suffix affix bound morpheme

broil (14th century | F brusle) | broil (15th century | VL brodicula) | griddle (c. 1300 | ME gridel | F gredil | VL graticula | cognate with E hurdle) | grille (1661) | jail (1250s | F jaiole | nF gaiole | VL gabiola | L caveola) | mail (1320 | L macula) | pill (1400) | quail (c. 1300 | ML quaccula) | rail (1320 | L regula) | rail (1460 | VL rasculum) | rail (1450s | VL ragula) | roll (c. 1300) | squirrel (1327) | toil (c. 1300 | VL tudicula) | trail (c. 1300 | VL tragula)

broil (14th century; F brusle), broil (15th century; VL brodicula), griddle (c. 1300, ME gridel, F gredil, VL graticula; cognate with E hurdle), grille (1661), jail (1250s; F jaiole, nF gaiole, VL gabiola, L caveola), mail (1320; L macula), pill (1400), quail (c. 1300; ML quaccula), rail (1320; L regula), rail (1460; VL rasculum), rail (1450s; VL ragula), roll (c. 1300), squirrel (1327), toil (c. 1300; VL tudicula), trail (c. 1300; VL tragula)

Norman-Francish lenite -c-/-g- or metathetic -i- diminutive -iol-


French 'élan' meaning 'impulse' or 'spring', from Old French 'aelan' (to leap), ultimately from Germanic origins.


Latin 'elapsus', past participle of 'elabi' meaning 'to slip away, escape', from 'e-' (out) + 'labi' (to slip, glide)


flexible | stretchy | capable of returning to shape


Latin ēlātus, past participle of ēlāre 'to lift up, raise', from ē- 'out' + lāre (related to lātus 'carried')


elderwed | elderweds | elderlies | elderships | nonelderly | elderliness


elect, election, elective, elector, electivity

elects | elector | Elector | reelect | electee | unelect

Latin eligere 'to pick out, choose' (e- 'out' + legere 'to gather, pick')


electricity, electric, electrical, electron, electrum

Greek elektron 'amber' (related to the brightness of the substance)


pertaining to electricity | the energy form from electric charge

electropop | electrowon | electrosex | electrojet | electrowin | electroweak

From Greek 'ēlektron' meaning 'amber', the material known to attract light objects when rubbed.

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Latin elegans (gen. elegantis) 'refined, tasteful', from eligere 'to pick out, choose'


elegantly | inelegant | unelegant | inelegantly | overelegant | unelegantly

Latin 'elegans' (gen. 'elegantis') 'refined, tasteful', from 'eligere' 'to pick out, choose'


Greek elegeia 'elegy' from elegos 'lament'


elegist | elegize | elegies | elegized | elegizes | elegists


ἔλεος | ἐλέου (éleos | eléou) | ἐλεημοσύνη (eleēmosúnē)


basic part | fundamental component | constituent

Latin elementum 'component, first principle'


elephants | elephantry | elephantic | elephantoid | elephantdom | irrelephant


elevated | elevates | elevateds | unelevated | coelevated | nonelevated

Latin elevatus, past participle of elevare 'to raise up', from ex- 'out' + levare 'to lighten', from levis 'light'


elfin | elfen | elfish | elfdom | elfkin | elfins

Old English 'elf', from Proto-Germanic '*albiz', from Proto-Indo-European '*albh-' (white, bright)


Latin ēlīcere 'to draw out, lure out', from ex- 'out' + līcere 'to allure, entice'


Latin 'ēlīdere' (to strike out, erase), from 'ē-' (out) + 'līdere' (to strike)


elites | unelite | nonelite | elitedom | subelite | antielite

Latin 'elitus', past participle of 'eligere' 'to choose out'


magical liquid | medicinal potion | life-extending substance

From Old French 'elixir', from Medieval Latin 'helixir', from Arabic 'al-iksīr' (the powder/dry extract), from Greek 'xērion' (dry powder).


elks | elkskin | elkwood | elkhorn | elkhound | elkskins

From Proto-Germanic *elkhaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂elkʷos (elm tree), originally referring to the animal by its association with elm forests.


amarelle | anterior_fontanelle | aquarelle | bagatelle | belle | chandelle | chanterelle | cinnabar_chanterelle | cocozelle | demoiselle | dentelle | floccose_chanterelle | fontanelle | gazelle | immortelle

amarelle, anterior_fontanelle, aquarelle, bagatelle, belle, chandelle, chanterelle, cinnabar_chanterelle, cocozelle, demoiselle, dentelle, floccose_chanterelle, fontanelle, gazelle, immortelle

ellen | roselle | roselles | organelle | organelles | suborganelle

From Latin feminine suffix -ella, diminutive of -a


ellipsed | hypoellipse | hemiellipse | semiellipse | superellipse | hyperellipse

Greek 'elleipsis' 'omission, falling short'


Greek ellipses (omission), from ellipse 'falling short'


Greek 'elleinkos' (lacking, imperfect) from 'leipein' (to leave, omit)


elms | elmy | elmen | elmlike | elmness | elmwood

From Proto-Germanic *elmaz, from Proto-Indo-European *elmo- 'elm tree'


Latin ē- 'out' + lupus 'wolf' (originally 'to run away like a wolf')


elseweb | elsehow | elsewho | elsewhen | elsewise | elseness

Old English 'elles' (otherwise, in a different manner)


eludes | eluded | eluder | eluders | eludeth

Latin ēlūdere 'to mock, evade', from ē- 'out' + lūdere 'to play'


From Latin -ēlis, from -ēre (past participle suffix) + -lis (adjectival suffix), originally forming adjectives from verbs, later extended to adverbs in English.


Greek Elysion (Elysium), the paradise of the blessed


paradise | bliss | state of perfect happiness

Greek Elysion (Elysium), the abode of the blessed in mythology


rem | ems | embody | Mackem | emboss | empest

Latin prefix em- (variant of in- before b, m, p) meaning 'in, into, on'

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to make thin | to waste away | to weaken

Latin macer 'thin, lean' + -ate (verb-forming suffix)


Latin ēmanāre 'to flow out', from ē- 'out' + manāre 'to flow'


From Latin emancipatus, past participle of emancipare 'to give up, set free', composed of e- (out) + capere (to take)


to cause shame | to make feel self-conscious

embarrassed | disembarrass | embarrassment | unembarrassed | embarrassedly | embarrassable

Middle French 'embarrasser' (to obstruct, hamper)


small glowing fragment of coal or wood | glowing fragment


embezzler | embezzles | embezzled | embezzlers | embezzlement | embezzlements


emblems | emblemed | emblemize | emblemized | emblemizes | emblemless

Greek emblēma "an inscription, ornament"


embolisms | embolismal | aeroembolism | aeroembolisms | microembolism | radioembolism

Greek embolismos 'obstruction', from embolos 'plug, stopper'


Middle English 'embowren', from 'en-' + 'bower'


decorate with needle and thread | ornament


embryos | embryoid | embryous | embryoma | embryoids | proembryo


antiemetic | emesis | emetic | emetine | emetophobia | haematemesis

emes | toneme | kineme | acteme | moneme | listeme


emends | emended | emender | emending | emenders | unemended

Latin emendare 'to free from fault, correct', from ex- 'out' + menda 'fault, blemish'


emeralds | emeraldine | emeraldlike | emeraldines


emergency, emergent, emerge, emergency room

Latin emergere 'to rise out, emerge', from e- 'out' + mergere 'to dip, plunge'


having retired | holding title without duties

Latin emeritus 'retired, having served one's time', past participle of emeri 'to earn, serve out one's term', from em- (variant of ex-) 'out' + mereri 'to earn, deserve'


Greek emery (σ emery) 'abrasive mineral'


emetics | nonemetic | antiemetic | antiemetics


emetology | emetogenic | emetophile | emetophobia | emetophilia | emetophobic

Greek emetikos 'vomiting', from emeto 'to vomit'


high station | superiority | distinction

Latin -men- (suffix forming nouns of action or result) + -entia (abstract noun suffix) < emine- 'to stand out'


standing out | prominent | distinguished

Latin eminens, present participle of emineo 'to stand out, project'


emits | reemit | emitted | emitter | reemits | emitting

Latin 'ēmitere' (past participle 'ēmissus'), from 'ē-' (out) + 'mittere' (to send)


Latin emolīrī 'to rub out, wear away, accomplish' (from e- 'out' + molīrī 'to grind, build')


Latin emolliens, present participle of emollire 'to soften', from e- 'out' + mollis 'soft'


Latin emolumentum, from emoliri 'to grind out, clear away', from ex- 'out' + moliri 'to grind, build'


From Latin 'memoria' meaning memory, often appearing in English words related to remembering or mental retention.


emoted | emotes | emoter | emoters | overemote | overemoted

Latin 'emovere' (to move out, unsettle), from 'e-' (out) + 'movere' (to move)


to place on a panel | to appoint to a committee | to enroll

empanel, empaneled, empaneling, empanelment

Latin in- 'in, on' + panel 'flat piece of wood, board'


emperors | emperorlike | emperorship | emperorships

Latin imperator 'commander, general', from imperare 'to command'


Greek emphasis (ἐμφάση) 'showing, making visible'


emphasize, emphasis, emphatic, emphatically

emphasise | emphasised | emphasises | emphasiser | preemphasis | emphasising

Latin 'emphasis' (stress, pressure) from Greek 'emphasis' (a setting in, impression), from 'emphainein' (to show, set forth)


to give importance to | to stress | to highlight

Greek emphasis (emphasis), from emphainein 'to show, make visible'


Greek emphysēma 'inflation' from em- 'in' + sphyzein 'to pulsate'


pertaining to | characterized by | containing air or gas

Greek emphysis "inflation, swelling" + -ous


large group of states | territory under one authority | dominion

empires | subempire | miniempire | subempires | empirehood | antiempire

Latin imperium 'command, power, dominion'


empirics | empirical | empiricism | empiricist | empirically | empiricisms

Greek 'empeirikos' (experienced) from 'empeiria' (experience)


Latin exemplum 'sample, pattern' (from ex- 'out' + emere 'take')


employment, employer, unemployed, employable

employs | employee | employed | employer | reemploy | employes

Latin 'implicare' (to enfold, involve) via Old French 'employer'


market | trading center | center of commerce

Greek emporion 'trading post' from emporos 'merchant'


Latin imperatrix, feminine of imperator 'commander, emperor'


amoral, atypical, anonymous, asymmetry, atheist

emptying | nonempty | emptyish | overempty | emptyings | emptyhanded

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


emu, avian, aviary, aviation, aviculture


emulates | emulated | emulateth | unemulated

Latin aemulatus, past participle of aemulari 'to rival, emulate', from aemulus 'emulous, rival'


rivalrous | competitive | eager to emulate

Latin aemulus 'rival, jealous' (from aemulari 'to emulate')


From Latin 'emulsus', past participle of 'emulgi' meaning 'to milk out' or 'to draw forth', derived from 'e-' (out) + 'mulgere' (to milk).


to become what is denoted by the adjective to a gr

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

verb | adjective | noun | verb past perfect

intensify an adjective's meaning | create past participle forms | construct participial adjectives | denote past participle | indicate material composition | form plural nouns | result in becoming | induce existence | increase quantity positively | enhance resemblance

widen, strengthen, soften, harden, deepen, lengthen, shorten, widen, sharpen, flatten

ens | oxen | icen | eaten | given | risen

-nian  Quinion | -en  OED | accusative or feminine

< Old English -nian ending on nominal stems (Marchand | 1969: 271) | suffix5 OED | inflectional | -en | suffix6 OED | -en- | suffix6 OED converted from -en2 | accusative or feminine

Old English Quinion | Old English OED | Latin


hard coating | outer layer | glossy substance

Latin 'enamel' via Old French 'esmail' from Late Latin 'smaltum' (glass), from Greek 'smalton'


enantiomer | enantiomerism | enantiomorph | enantiornithine

enantiomer, enantiomerism, enantiomorph, enantiornithine

enantiomers | enantiopure | enantioface | enantiomeric | enantiopathy | enantiofaces

ἐναντίος (enantíos)


Greek enkaustikos, from en- 'in' + kaustos 'burned'


result of a verb's action | state or quality linked to an adjective | quality or state of the root element | resemblance | fact or state resulting from an action

absence, patience, obedience, difference, evidence

abience | sithence | abiences | existence | accedence | inference

From Latin -entia, from the stem of present participles in -ens (from verbs ending in -ere, -ire, or -ere with specific phonological changes), denoting state or action.

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encephalitis | encephalitic | encephalogram | encephalograms | encephalectomy | encephalitogen


to cast a spell on | to influence | to imbue with magic

enchant, enchantment, enchanted, enchanting

enchants | enchanted | enchanter | reenchant | enchanting | enchanters

Old French enchanter, from Latin in- 'in, into' + cantare 'to sing'


mesenchyma | angienchyma | sclerenchyma | trachenchyma | pleurenchyma

Greek enkhuma (infusion, tissue) from en- "in" + khema "form/position"


enclaves | enclaved | disenclave | unenclaved | counterenclave | counterenclaves

Latin 'in' (in, inside) + 'clavis' (key) -> 'inclavare' (to shut in)


Greek encomion 'song of praise', from en- 'in' + komos 'revelry'


to unlawfully enter or take over someone else's land or rights | to trespass on another's property or rights | to encroach upon another's domain without permission

encroached | encroacher | encroaching | encroachers | encroachest | encroacheth


process or action tied to a verb | state | attribute or condition of the initial element | similarity | existence or condition

emergency | persistency | tendency | constituency | lenieny | proficiency | difference | confidence | evidence | urgency | agency | clemency | dependency

flatuency | accumbency | deficiency | precedency | disparency | appearency

From Latin -entia, -entiae, noun suffix forming abstract nouns from the present participle stem (e.g., present participle of esse 'to be' -> entia -> -ency).


ends | endo | upend | abend | ended | ender

From Old English 'endian' meaning 'to end, finish, die', from Proto-Germanic '*andijaną'.


endeavors | endeavored | endeavorer | endeavoring | endeavorers | endeavorment


endonym | endogen | endogas | endoral | endosex | endogamy

ἔνδον (éndon)


endorsee | endorser | endorsed | endorses | endorsees | endorsers


endows | endowed | endower | reendow | endowing | endowers


endued | endues | enduement | enduements

Latin 'indūere' (to put on, invest), from 'in-' (on) + 'dūre' (to lead, give)


Latin gerundive suffix derived from the verb 'esse' (to be) via the past participle stem 'end-', forming verbal adjectives indicating necessity or destiny.


endured | endurer | endurest | endurers | coendure | coendured

Latin 'indurare' meaning 'to harden', from 'in-' (intensive) + 'durare' (to harden), from 'durus' (hard)


names of natives or inhabitants of a particular pl

suffix denoting locals or residents of a region, originally from, particularly in Asia Minor

diene | pyrene | xylene | hopene | dienes | hexene


the fluid used in an enema | a liquid administered into the body for medical purposes | the substance introduced during an injection procedure

Derived from Greek 'enema' (from 'en-' + 'hema'), meaning 'to inject' or 'to pour in'.


A person who is hostile or opposes another's interests | someone who harbors hatred | an individual intent on causing harm

frenemy | frienemy | archenemy | enemyship | enemylike | enemyhood

Derived from Latin 'inimicus', meaning 'not friendly'


enervated | enervates | enervateth | enervatest | unenervated

Latin ēnervātus, past participle of ēnervāre 'to deprive of strength', from ē- 'out' + nervus 'sinew, strength'


enfant, enfantine, enfantic, enfanticide

Latin infans 'unable to speak, child' (in- 'not' + fans 'speaking', from fari 'to speak')


Latin 'in-' (in, on, into) + 'agere' (to do, drive, act)


mechanism | device | skill | innate quality

engines | engined | enginer | engineer | enginery | enginers

Latin ingenium 'innate quality, skill, device'


Old English 'Englaland' (land of the Angles)


to swallow up | to enclose completely | to overwhelm

Middle English engulfen, from en- (in) + gulf (gulf/chasm)


enhanced | enhancer | enhances | enhancers | enhanceth | enhancest

Latin 'enhance' is not a direct Latin root; it derives from Old French 'enhauncer' (to raise), from 'en-' (in) + 'haunt' (height), from Latin 'altus' (high). The root 'enhance' itself is English.


Greek ainigma 'riddle', from ainigma 'to speak in riddles', from ainos 'fable'


enjoins | enjoined | enjoiner | enjoining | enjoiners | enjoineth


join, junction, junctional, juncture, conjunct, disjoin, enjoin, injunction, junctionbox


From Old French 'enmitié', derived from Latin 'inimicitia' (hostility), from 'inimicus' (hostile, enemy), composed of 'in-' (not) + 'amicus' (friend).


a yearly duration | a cycle of 12 months | period of 365 days

biennial, biennium, centennial, millennium, perennial, quinquennium


numeral nine | the word 'nine' | possessing nine

enneagon | enneagons | enneagram | enneastyle | enneagonal | enneaploid

etymology taken from 'enneapetalous' | adj.< Greek ἐννέα nine OED | ἐννέα (ennéa) | ἐννεάς | ἐννεάδος (enneás | enneádos) | ἐννεάδος(enneás

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occurring every | relating to a period of

biennial | perennial | triennial | octennial | centennial | biennially

< Latin -ālis; adjectival suffix, 'of the kind of, relating to'. suffix1, definition 1 OED


Latin 'enormis' (ex- 'out of' + norma 'rule, square')


Old English eofenæth 'equally, sufficiently'


to enroll | to register | to enter into a list

Latin in- 'in, into' + root *rolare (variant of rotare 'to roll')


Middle French enroller, from en- "in" + roller "to write/list"


Latin -ensis, from -is + -ens (present participle suffix of esse 'to be')


ensembles | ensembled | subensemble | subensembles | hyperensemble | hyperensembles

Latin insimul 'together, at the same time'


ensigns | ensigncy | ensignship | ensignships


to happen afterward | to follow as a consequence

Latin 'sequi' (to follow) + 'in-' (in, into)


interior | internal | located | generated internally | enclosed

entoplastral | entoderm | entoblast | entomb | entomion | entomologic | entomological | entomologist | entomology | entomomancy | entomophagous | entomophilous | entomophobia | entopic | entoproct | entozoan

entotic | entoptic | entomere | entoderm | entocele | entophyte


enterics | myoenteric | neurenteric | perienteric | nasoenteric | aortoenteric


enterobiasis | enterocentesis | enterocleisis | enterocoely | enterokinase | enterolith | enterolithiasis | enteron | enteropathy | enteroptosis | enterostenosis | enterostomy | enterotoxemia | enterotoxin | enterovirus | entero-hepatitis | enteritis | gastroenterology

enteroid | enteroids | enterolith | enterology | enterocyte | enterocele

ἐντερο-  OED

< ancient Greek ἐντερο- | comb. form of ἔντερον intestine OED | Greek ἔντερον (énteron) | intestine


enterprises | enterprisey | enterpriser | enterprised | enterprisers | nonenterprise

Old French 'entreprise' from 'entreprendre' (to undertake)


to inspire | to excite | to arouse enthusiasm

enthuses | enthused | enthuser | enthusers | unenthused | underenthused


enticed | entices | enticer | enticeth | enticers | enticest

Middle English 'enticen', from Old French 'enticier'


entires | entirely | subentire | entireness


Latin ens (genitive entis) 'being', present participle of esse 'to be'


entomologic | entomological | entomologist | entomology | entomomancy | entomophagous | entomophilous | entomophobia

entomologic, entomological, entomologist, entomology, entomomancy, entomophagous, entomophilous, entomophobia

entomoid | entomotomy | entomolite | entomomancy | entomophagy | entomophily

Greek entomon 'cut in pieces' (from entomein 'to cut')


enter, enterprise, entertain, entrance, entrecôte, entrée, entrepôt, entrepreneur, entresol, entry


Old English 'entrail' from Latin 'inter' (between) + 'ala' (wing/side)


Latin 'intrare' 'to enter', from 'in-' 'in' + 'trare' (related to 'trans')


one who undertakes | one who starts a business | agent of undertaking

entrepreneurs | entrepreneurial | bioentrepreneur | entrepreneurship | bioentrepreneurs | entrepreneurisms


anentropy | negentropy | subentropy | entropyless | entropylike

Greek entropia 'a turning within' from en- 'in' + trope 'a turning'


to state clearly | to pronounce | to articulate

enunciates | enunciated | overenunciate | misenunciates | misenunciated | overenunciated

Latin enuntiat-, past participle stem of enuntiare 'to utter, pronounce', from en- 'out' + nuntiare 'to announce', from nuntius 'messenger'


environs | environed | environing | environment | environings | environments

Old French environner "to surround, enclose"


envoy, denounce, denunciation, denouncer

Latin 'inviare' (to send in/through) < 'in-' (into) + 'via' (way/road)


envyed | envying | envyful | envyings | envysome | envyingly

Latin invidia 'envy, ill-will', from invidere 'to look with ill will at'


enzymes | coenzyme | isoenzyme | exoenzyme | apoenzyme | coenzymes


early morning | initial fossil appearance | eastern direction | thus: early

Examples: Eohippus ("dawn horse") | Eomaia ("dawn Maia") | Eoraptor ("dawn seizer") | Eocene | eohippus | Eosentomon | eosin | eosinophil | eosinophilic | eozoic | eobiont | eolith | Eos

eofan | Eocene | eofans | eobiont | eobionts | Eogastropoda


Eocene, eohippus, Eosentomon, eosin, eosinophil, eosinophilic, eozoic

Ἠώς, Ἕως (Ēṓs, Héōs)


Greek ἠώς (ēṓs), dawn, daybreak, morning red, goddess of the dawn (Ἠώς, Ēṓs)


characterized by | comprising or reflecting the first element's meaning | filled with | possessing | exhibiting the traits of

poisonous | miscellaneous | delirious | laborious | pious | polyandrous | courageous | righteous | simultaneous

uveous | gaseous | hugeous | azureous | misteous | gaseously

From Latin -eus, from Greek -eios, forming adjectives from nouns


ephedra | ephemeral | ephemeris | epicenter | epidemic | epilog | epiphany | episteme | epistemic | epistemology | epitaph | epitaphios | epithet | epitome | epoch | eponymous


Greek episēmon 'word, speech' or epos 'word, song'


ornamental shoulder piece | shoulder decoration

epaulets | epauleted | subepaulet | subepaulets

French épaulette, diminutive of épaule 'shoulder'


epics | epical | epicist | nonepic | epicals | epicism

Greek 'epikos' (epic poem), from 'epos' (word, song)


devoted to pleasure | gourmet | lover of fine food

Greek epikouros (helper) via Epicurus (founder of Epicureanism)


sudden realization | manifestation | appearance

Greek epiphany (ἐπιφάνεια) from epiphanēs 'manifest'


Greek epi- "upon" + physis "growth/nature"


office of a bishop | episcopal governance


of or relating to a bishop | episcopal office

Latin episcopalis, from episcopus 'bishop'


Greek episōdion 'an addition, episode' from episōdion (episōdion), from epi- 'upon' + skhēne 'scene'


epistles | epistler | epistled | epistlers

Greek epistle (epistolē) 'a letter, message'


epitaphs | epitapher | epitaphic | epitaphers | epitaphist | epitaphics


epithelioma | epitheliocyst | epitheliopathy | epitheliolytic | epitheliocysts | epitheliotropic


Greek epithet (epitheton) 'an addition, a quality'


a perfect example | a summary | a person or thing that is a perfect example of a particular quality or type

Greek epitomē 'summary, abridgment', from epitomē 'cutting into, reduction'


to serve as a typical example | to embody


epochs | epochal | epoches | subepoch | epochful | epochally


epoxylipid | epoxyethane | epoxypropyl | epoxylipids | epoxylignane | epoxypropane

Greek 'epoxy' (from 'epi-' 'upon' + 'oxy' 'acid')


Greek epsilon (ε), the fifth letter of the Greek alphabet


able | capable | able to | having the quality of | fit

capably | agreeably | visibly | comfortably | adapt | adept | aptitude | inept | adaptation

Latin -eptus, past participle suffix of verbs like capere 'to take' (e.g., adeptus, ineptus)


equivalent in value or measure | matching in degree or extent | balanced or fair | flat or a tier | a large quadruped

equidistant | equivalent | equivocal | equilateral | equilibrium | equinox | equation | equator | equal | equanimity | equate | equipoise | equity | equivalence | equivocate | iniquity | equestrian | equine

combining form of æquus equal OED | equus


Latin aequanimitas, from aequus 'even' + animus 'mind'


Latin equester 'of or belonging to horsemen', from equus 'horse'


Latin equinus 'of or belonging to horses', from equus 'horse'


to supply with necessary items | to provide | to arm

equips | reequip | unequip | equipped | unequips | reequips

From Latin 'aequus' (equal, even) + 'parare' (to make ready, prepare)


Latin aequus 'equal' + pes 'foot' (via Medieval Latin aequiposare)


a person who performs the action specified by the

Derivational | inflectional | derivational suffix affix bound morpheme

noun | adjective | adjective comparator | adjective/adverb

one who performs the verb's action | resident/member of | being linked to the initial element | comparative form | the thing that | one who | performs the action of the prior verb | comparative descriptor

Diminutive | Creature grouper | Comparator greater than | adjective maker

diminutive | hypocoristic | also elided rhotic -a | -ârjoz / -ārius OED | eer | er

Old English -ere, from Proto-Germanic *-araz, agent noun suffix

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Erasmus, Erato, Eratosthenes, erogenous, Eros, erotic, erotica, pederasty


Latin 'aera' (an epoch, an age, or a period of time)


eraser | erased | erases | erasers | unerase | eraseth

Latin 'ērasus', past participle of 'ēradere' (to scrape away), from 'ex-' (out) + 'radere' (to scrape)


Latin -erc- (from coercēre 'to restrain', exercēre 'to drive out, practice'), from PIE *erk- 'to set in motion, drive'


eres | erer | erenow | erelong | whilere | erewhile

ἐρέσσειν (eréssein) | ἐρέτης (erétēs) ~rower~ | ἐρετμόν (eretmón) | εἰρεσία | ἐρέτης (erétēs) "rower"


To construct or assemble by joining parts | To raise or lift into position | To establish or set up (as in erecting a structure)

erects | erected | erectly | reerect | erecter | inerect

From Latin 'erigere', meaning to raise or lift


ergs | megerg | megergs | kiloerg | megalerg | ergmeter


ergatocracy | ergatocratic | ergatomorphic


VIPergic | CCKergic | CRHergic | ATPergic | acidergic | aminergic


therefore | for this reason | consequently

ergology | ergogram | ergonomic | ergomania | ergometer | ergogenic


French suffix -erie used to denote a place, business, or collection


Old French hermine, from Latin herminula, diminutive of herma 'ermine'


derived from | located in | moving toward the direction indicated by a noun | direction | forms adjectives

From Old English -ern, from Proto-Germanic *-arnaz, from Proto-Indo-European *-eno- (directional suffix)


Old English eornost 'earnestness, diligence', from Proto-Germanic *arnustaz, from PIE *ar- 'to fit'


Greek erōtikos 'erotic' + genēs 'born/produced'


a standout instance of the concept indicated by the initial element | an exceptional manifestation of the action referenced by the first component

smackeroo | smasheroo | switcheroo | smasheroos | switcheroos

informal; primarily AmE usage; no clear etymology identified


erogenous | erotic | erotomania | erotophilia | erotophobia | erotica

ἔρως | ἔρωτος (érōs | érōtos)


deviate | roam | lose course | meander | stray from path

aberrance | aberrancy | aberrant | aberration | err | errant | erratic | erratum | erroneous | error | inerrant | errata | error Variant Spellings: arrant unrelated: errand | arrant

errs | error | erred | errors | erring | erreth

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Latin suffix -arius, -aria, -arium forming adjectives and nouns denoting place or condition


one who | agent | person who performs an action


ersatzer | ersatzers | ersatzism | ersatzist | ersatzists | ersatzness

From German Ersatz, from ersetzen 'to substitute', from er- (completive prefix) + setzen 'to place, set'.


inert | inertia unrelated: sert / exert. | inertia


Latin eruditus, past participle of erudire 'to instruct, educate', from e- (variant of ex-) 'out' + rudis 'untrained, rough'


eruditely | unerudite | inerudite | eruditeness


place for | occupation or trade | state or condition | collection of

bakery, fishery, refinery, nursery, archery

dyery | apery | bakery | dupery | eatery | mopery

Old French -erie, from Latin -aria (neuter of -arius) 'pertaining to'


essence | essential | id est | interest | quintessential Variant Spellings: is | is

axes | goes | foxes | sexes | boxes | buses


Latin 'escalare' (to climb), from 'scala' (ladder)


escapee | escaped | escapes | escaper | escapees | escapeth


Old French 'escarp' (steep, precipitous)


perform | transition | initiate | transform

acquiesce, convalesce, effloresce, obsolesce

opalesce | opalesced | opalesces | phosphorescences

Latin -escere, frequentative suffix of -ere 'to be, become'


a state | the quality or condition linked to an adjective | the stage of undergoing change | development | emergence | early phase | onset

acquiescence, convalescence, effervescence, luminescence, obsolescence

opalescence | hyalescence | opalescences | fluorescences | bifluorescence | epifluorescence

derived from -ent adjectives; variant of -ance2 OED


executing the action of the preceding element | ongoing | developing | transforming | initial stage | start | emitting light

coherent | insistent | prevalent | adolescent | convalescent | florescent | senescence | putrescence | incandescent | iridescent

papescent | spinescent | opalescent | hyalescent | violescent | adipescent

From Latin -escent-, present participle stem of escere, a variant of esse 'to become'


revert to lord | transfer to state | escheat

escheats | escheator | escheators | escheatage | escheatment | escheatable

Old French escheoir 'to fall to, happen'


eschews | eschewed | eschewal | eschewer | eschewing | eschewals

Old French escheoir 'to happen, to befall'


To accompany for protection | To provide ceremonial attendance | To safeguard a person or others

escorts | escorted | escortee | escorting | escortees | unescorted

from French 'escorte', from Latin 'excurrere' (to run out), meaning to accompany as a safeguard


Old French 'escude' from Frankish '*skutja'


escutcheons | inescutcheon | escutcheoned | inescutcheons | unescutcheoned


originating from | pertaining to | language of

Japanese, Chinese, Portuguese, Vietnamese, Cuban, Sudanese

Chinese | Japanese | Portuguese | Javanese | Balinese

eses | Yapese | Timese | dogese | Chinese | Burmese

forming adjs. | < Old French -eis ... Latin ēnsem OED


last | penultimate | position in a series

Latin -esimus, ordinal suffix derived from the cardinal number 'decem' (ten), originally denoting 'tenth' and later generalized to any position in a series.


esorteric | esotropia | esophagus | esoteric | esophoria | esotericism


esophagogram | esophagospasm | esophagoscope | esophagopathy | esophagostoma | esophagograms

From Greek oisophagos 'glutton', from oisophagein 'to eat greedily', from oisophagus 'glutton'


spying | secret investigation | undercover activity

French 'espionnage', from 'espion' (spy)


Italian 'espresso', past participle of 'esprimere' 'to press out'


spirit | wit | intelligence | liveliness

esprit-de-corps, esprit fort, esprit de corps

Latin 'espritus' (breath, spirit), from 'exspirare' (to breathe out)


similar to | akin to the referent of the initial component | in the style of | evoking the qualities of | defining trait of

grotesque | picturesque | romanesque | burlesque | statuesque

Poesque | BBCesque | Adamesque | Dantesque | Junoesque | animesque


esquires | esquired | esquireship | esquireships


a short piece of writing on a particular subject

essays | essayer | essayed | essayist | essaying | essayers


Latin esse 'to be', from PIE *h1es- 'to be'


nature | substance | soul | fundamental quality

essential, essence, essentially, essences

essences | essenced | unessence | unessenced | unessences | essenceless

Latin 'essentia' (being, essence), from 'esse' (to be)


Latin essentia 'being, existence', from esse 'to be'


inflectional | derivational suffix affix bound morpheme

adjective | adjective comparator | adjective/adverb

strongest | tiniest | winningest | biggest | smallest

beest | agest | seest | goest | weest | liest


reestablish | established | establisher | unestablish | establishing | disestablish

Latin 'stabilire' meaning 'to make firm', from 'stare' (to stand)


estates | estated | reestate | coestate | reestated | reestates

Latin 'status' (state, condition) from 'stare' (to stand)


esteems | esteemed | esteemer | esteeming | esteemeth | disesteem

Latin aestimare 'to estimate, value, appraise', from aestimatus, past participle of aestimare, from aes (gen. aeris) 'bronze, money, value'


ester, esterase, esterification, esterify, esteroid

esters | diester | esterify | diesters | triester | esterase

Chemistry, Organic compounds, Functional groups

From German 'Ester', coined by Leopold Gmelin in 1848, derived from 'Essigäther' (acetic ether).


lipase, protease, amylase, catalase, pepsinogen (note: pepsin is root, but pepsinogen is related; better examples: lipase, protease, amylase, catalase, oxidase)

From Greek -άση (-ase), a suffix used to form names of enzymes, derived from the Greek word for 'to make' or 'to do' (poiein), often associated with the enzyme class ending in -ase.


experience sensation | sense | detect | sensory experience | aesthetic perception | experience a sensory feeling

esthetician | aesthesia | anesthesia | aesthetic | kinesthesia | aesthetics


estrones | megestrol | fenestrel | norgestrel | epimestrol | dienestrol

Latin 'estrus' meaning 'frenzy, passion, sexual desire'


a smaller or less important version of the entity

a diminutive or subordinate form of the entity | a collective of musicians or performers specializing in the mentioned category | small | collective | feminine

pyet | owlet | pyets | genet | palet | bucket

forming diminutives from ns. | represents Old French -et masc. | suffix1 OED | diminutive -itat-


coetaneous | eternal | eternity Variant Spellings: sempiternal | sempiternal

Latin aet- (stem of aetas) 'age, lifetime'


abbreviation of 'et cetera' (et 'and' + cetera 'the remaining things')


etched | etcher | etches | etching | etchers | etchant

Old English ecean 'to incise, to engrave'


Adjectival formation, Nominal derivation

Latin -ētus, past participle suffix of verbs of the third conjugation (e.g., con- + -ētus from con-ere 'to bring together')


lasting forever | without end | unchanging

eternals | eternally | coeternal | eternalism | noneternal | eternality


Latin aeternus 'everlasting, eternal', from aevum 'age, lifetime'


ethic | ethical | ethics | ethology | ethos | cacoethes | unethical

eths | dieth | useth | oweth | sueth | lyeth


ethane, ethanol, ether, ethereal, ethyl, ethylene, polyethylene


forming ordinals from the number specified by the

ordinal numeral | cardinal bumeral | verb | ordinal | cardinal

creating ordinal numbers from a base numeral | denoting a portion of a numeral | marking third-person singular in present indicative | used in third-person singular forms of certain irregular verbs

fortieth | thirtieth | twentieth | endureth | pleaseth | taketh | millionth | twelfth | fifth | hundredths | sixtieths | eightieth | fiftieth

representing Old English -þa | -þe | or -oða | -oðe | suffix2 OED | inflectional | archaic Quinion


Old English æthele : noble; akin to OHG adal : nobility


celestial essence | luminous atmosphere | higher atmosphere

ethers | ethery | diether | etheric | etherol | etherin


ethics | ethical | ethicist | ethicism | ethicals | ethician


character | nature | disposition | moral principle


Greek aiθώ (aithō) "to burn" + ops "face"


ethmonasal | ethmopalatal | ethmosphenoid | ethmovomerine | ethmomaxillary | ethmoturbinate

Greek ethmoeides 'sieve-like', from ethmos 'sieve'


human group | ethnic group | clan | country | culture | racial category

ethnic, ethnicity, ethnology, ethnography, ethnographic

ethnonym | ethnonymic | ethnonymous | exoethnonym | ethnonymics | endoethnonym

ἔθνος (éthnos) | ἐθνικός (ethnikós) | Greek ethnos : a nation | a people


ethology | ethogram | ethosome | ethologic | ethograms | ethosomes


diethyl | ethylic | ethylene | ethylate | triethyl | oxoethyl


two carbon atoms | unsaturated hydrocarbon unit

Greek 'aithēr' (ether) + '-ene' (suffix for alkenes)


pertaining to | characterized by | relating to

atomic | symptomatic | apologetic | public | tactic | topic | historic | parasitic | heretic | apathetic | aesthetic | arithmetic | ascetic | cosmetic | energetic | genetic | magnetic | synthetic | phonetic | pathetic

luetic | toyetic | memetic | phenetic | bathetic | anuretic

representing French -ique | < Latin -ic-us | of Latin origin | ... or < Greek -ικ-ός | definition 1(a-b) and 3 OED | nouns probably converted from adjectives | or with a clearly implied adjective use | suffix definition 1(a-b) and 3 OED


netiquette | etiquettes | jetiquette | petiquette | netiquettes | cyberetiquette


Ethnicity, Geography, Historical Culture

From the name of the ancient civilization and language of Etruria, Italy.


a material akin to the first element | a female counterpart of the first element | a diminutive or lesser form of the entity | a collective of performers matching the number indicated | suffixes added to female names | small | group | female

chocolate, cigarette, garageette, kioskette, tablette

dudette | ladette | dinette | Syrette | cadette | vanette

Diminutive | Gener assigner | Attribute mitigator

< Middle French | French -definition 1.b. OED | French -definition 2. OED | French -ette | the feminine form corresponding to... -et suffix1 OED suffix -et | no OED entry for affix


A grouping of | a site for cultivating the named plant

Latin -etum, from -etus (past participle suffix of verbs like arborem -> arbor), denoting a place or collection associated with the root noun


The quality inherent to the first element | A manifestation of that quality

loyalty | novelty | stability | nicety | surety

From Latin -etās, -tāt- (stem of -tās), a suffix forming abstract nouns from adjectives, ultimately from PIE *-tās


Authentic | source of a term | foundational element

etymologic | etymologicon | etymologist | etymologize | etymology | etymon

ἔτυμος (étumos) | Greek etymon : literal sense of a word | etymology neuter of of etymos : true


EUSSR | EUian | euonym | eupnea | eunomy | eugeny

Medical and Scientific | Attribute intensifier | Descriptives | quality | Anomalous form

εὖ (eû) | combining form of ἐύς good | used in neut. form εὖ as adv. = well OED | Greek | Greek eu- : good | well

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Greek eucharistia 'thanksgiving', from eucharistein 'to give thanks'


Greek eugenes 'well-born' (eu- 'well' + gen- 'born')


eunuchry | eunuched | eunuchoid | eunuchize | eunuchlike | eunuchized

Greek eunouchos (εὐνοῦχος) 'keeper of women', from eune (εὐνή) 'bed' + echein (ἔχειν) 'to keep'


From Latin -or, -ōrem (nom. -or), agent noun suffix derived from the past participle stem of verbs, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *-tṛ


i have found it | discovery | sudden realization

Greek 'heureka' (third-person singular present indicative of 'heuriskein' 'to find')


Europop | Eurofag | euroize | noneuro | Eurolaw | Eurozone


aneurysm | Europe | eurypterid | microaneurysm | euroky | Eurydice | euryhygric | euryphagous | eurytropic

euryopia | eurysome | eurytopy | eurytherm | eurytopic | euryphage

εὐρύς (eurús) | εὖρος ~breadth | width~ | Greek eurys : wide | broad


From Greek Eurydike, from eurys 'wide' + dikē 'justice'


easily melted | having a single melting point

eutectic, eutectic alloy, eutectic temperature


age | coeval | eon | eternal | longevity | medieval | primeval

Latin 'aequus' (equal) + 'aevum' (age, lifetime)


evades | evader | evaded | evadee | evaders | evadeth

Latin e- (variant of ex-) 'out' + vadere 'to go'


Latin evanescere 'to vanish', from ex- 'out' + vanus 'empty'


evangels | evangelic | evangelism | evangelical | evangelisms | evangelship


evens | evenly | uneven | evened | evenes | evening

From Old English 'efen' meaning 'level, uniform, equal', related to 'even' (adj.) and 'even' (adv.).


the time of day when the sun sets | the period of darkness following sunset

evenings | eveninglike | eveningless | yesterevening


events | eventer | coevent | eventify | eventual | eventful

Latin 'eventus' meaning 'outcome, result', from 'evenire' 'to come out, happen'


evicts | evictor | evicted | evictee | eviction | evicting

Latin e- 'out' + vicare 'to dwell' (from vicus 'village')


evidences | evidenced | evidencer | evidencers | inevidence | evidenceth

Latin evidens 'clear, manifest', from e- 'out' + videns 'seeing', present participle of videre 'to see'


evidently | inevident | evidentness | superevident

Latin evidens (gen. evidentis) 'manifest, clear', from e- 'out' + videns 'seeing', present participle of videre 'to see'


morally wrong | wicked | harmful | malevolent

evils | evilly | nonevil | evilist | evilness | evildoer


evinced | evinces | evincest | evinceth | unevinced

Latin e- (variant of ex-) 'out' + vincire 'to bind'


to avoid, eschew | to keep away from, refrain from

Latin 'evitare' 'to shun, avoid', from 'e-' (out) + 'vitare' (to avoid)


to call forth | to summon | to bring to mind

evoked | evokes | evoker | evokers | evokest | unevoked

Latin evocare 'to call out, summon', from ex- 'out' + vocare 'to call'


Latin -er, agent suffix derived from the past participle suffix -tor/-or


external | external position | originating from outside | absent | removed from | separated from | origin | disengaged | external direction | typically signifies separation | external | absent | serves as an intensifier | distant | lacking | complete | digital context

exit, extract, expand, exclude, exhale, eject, ejecta, ejector, ejectment, ejector

exgod | Artex | Kardex | exgods | exclave | explant

extended form: extr / extr / : e-, exo / exo / : ec / ec / : compare in / in / : ex- becomes ef- before f; e- before b, d, g, j, l, m, n, r, v; often ec- before c, s; es- in words of French origin; before stems beginning with s the initial s is sometimes dropped: execrate, exude, exult

Latin ex- 'out, out of, from', from PIE *eg- 'out, outside'

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exaop | exaton | exaops | exagram | exabyte | exatons

Greek hex (ἕξ) 'six' via SI prefix derivation


exacts | exactly | exactor | exacter | unexact | exacting

Latin exactus, past participle of exagere 'to weigh out, determine precisely', from ex- 'out' + agere 'to drive, do'


exalts | exalted | exalter | exalting | exalters | exalteth

Latin exaltare 'to raise up', from ex- 'out' + altus 'high'


Latin examinare 'to weigh out, test, investigate', from ex- 'out' + -aminare (related to ambire 'to go around')


to inspect | to look closely | to investigate

examined | examines | examinee | examinest | preexamine | preexamined

Latin 'examinare' (to weigh, investigate), from 'ex-' (out) + 'examen' (weight, balance)


examples | exampled | unexampled | nonexample | nonexamples | counterexample

From Latin exemplum 'sample, pattern', from ex- 'out' + emere 'take'


exasperated | exasperates | exasperater | exasperaters | exasperateth | exasperatedly

Latin exasperatus, past participle of exasperare 'to irritate', from ex- 'out' + asper 'rough'


excavated | excavates | unexcavated | nonexcavated

Latin excavatus, past participle of excavare 'to dig out', from ex- 'out' + cavus 'hollow'


to go beyond | to surpass | to be greater than

exceeds | exceeded | exceeder | exceeding | exceedeth | exceeders

Latin excedere 'to go out, surpass', from ex- 'out' + cedere 'to go'


excel, excellent, excelsior, Gloria in Excelsis Deo

excels | excelled | excellent | excelling | excelleth | excellest

Latin ex- 'out, upward' + celare 'to hide'


Latin excelsior, comparative of excelsus 'lofty, elevated', from ex- 'out' + celsus 'high'


to take out | to select | a portion taken out

excerpts | excerpted | excerptor | excerpting | excerptive | excerptors


treasury | financial office | national bank


excites | exciter | sexcite | deexcite | exciters | excitement

Latin excītāre 'to stir up, rouse', frequentative of excīdere 'to fall out'


Latin excoriatus, past participle of excoriare 'to strip the skin off', from ex- 'out' + corium 'hide, skin'


solid waste expelled from the digestive system | fecal matter | bodily waste product

excrements | excremental | excrementive | excrementize | excrementized | excrementizes

From Latin 'excrementum', derived from 'excremo' meaning 'to discharge'


Latin excrescens, present participle of excrescere 'to grow out'


growing | increasing | extra | superfluous

Latin excrescens, present participle of excrescere 'to grow out' (ex- 'out' + crescere 'to grow')


excrete, excretion, excretory, excrement

Latin excreta, neuter plural past participle of excretere 'to discharge, expel', from ex- 'out' + cretere 'to separate, produce'


to torture | to torment | to cause intense pain

from Latin excruciatus, past participle of excruciare 'to torture', from ex- 'out' + crux 'cross'


to forgive | to justify | to release from obligation

excused | excuser | excusers | excuseth | excusest | unexcused

Latin excusare 'to free from a charge, excuse', from ex- 'out' + causa 'cause, charge'


Latin ex- (variant form before consonants) from PIE *eghs- 'out, out of'


To initiate or begin an action | To carry out or perform a task | To operate or run a system

executed | executes | executeth | unexecute | executest | outexecute


to carry out | to perform | to administer

Latin executrix, feminine of executor, from exsequi 'to follow out, carry out'


interpretation | explanation | exposition

Greek exēgēsis 'explanation', from exēgeisthai 'to interpret'


example, exemplar, exemplary, exemplification, exemplify, exemplifying

Latin exemplum 'sample, pattern' (from ex- 'out' + emere 'take')


exempt | exemption | nonexempt | tax-exempt

exempts | exempted | unexempt | exemption | exempting | nonexempt

Latin exemptus, past participle of eximere 'to take out', from ex- 'out' + emere 'to take'


exercised | exercises | exerciser | sexercise | exercisers | sexercises

Latin exercitium, from exercere 'to train, practice'


to apply | to bring to bear | to use force or influence

exerts | exerted | coexert | exertion | exerting | exertive

Latin ex- 'out' + gerere 'to carry, bear'


exhaust, exhaustion, exhaustive, exhaustible

exhausts | exhausted | exhauster | exhaustion | exhaustive | exhausting

Latin ex- 'out' + haurire 'to draw, drink'


to make happy | to make lively | to gladden

Latin exhilarāre 'to make lively, invigorate', from ex- 'out' + hilaris 'cheerful'


exhorts | exhorted | exhorter | exhorting | exhorteth | exhorters

Latin exhortari 'to urge on', from ex- 'out' + hortari 'to urge, encourage', from hortus 'enclosure' (originally 'to drive into the fold')


Latin exigent- 'pressing, urgent', present participle stem of exigere 'to drive out, to demand'


Latin exigens, present participle of exigere 'to drive out, examine, demand'


Latin exiguus 'small, scanty', from eximius 'exceptional' (ex- 'out' + agere 'to drive') or related to exigere 'to drive out, measure out'


to banish | state of being banished | removal from one's country

exiled | exiles | sexiled | sexiles | exilers | unexiled

Latin ex- 'out of' + -ile (suffix forming adjectives/nouns from verbs) < exilium 'banishment' < exulare 'to banish'


exists | coexist | existed | exister | inexist | unexist

Latin 'exsistere' (to emerge, stand out), from 'ex-' (out) + 'sistere' (to stand, place)


exits | Lexit | Texit | Dexit | Wexit | exited

Latin ex- 'out, out of' + itus, past participle of ire 'to go'


exogamous | exotoxin | exogenous | exophthalmos | exoskeleton | exoplanet | exogamy | exosome | exosphere | exoteric | exothermic | exotic | exoticism | exotropia | exobiology | exocarp | exocrine | exoderm | exodontia | oxogenous | exospore

exonym | exopod | exogen | exogamy | exoderm | exocarp

repr. Greek ἔξω | without OED | Greek ἔξω (éxō) | outside of | external | ἔξω (éxō) | Greek exo- : outside of | out

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to free | to release | to clear of blame

Latin ex- 'out of' + onerare 'to load' (from onus 'load')


Latin exorabilis 'pliable, persuadable', from exorare 'to prevail upon, persuade' (ex- 'out' + orare 'to speak, plead')


Latin exorcismus, from Greek exorkismos 'solemn oath', from exorkizein 'to bind by oath', from ex- 'out' + orkizein 'to swear'


From Greek exō 'outside' via Latin exoticus


to spread out | to increase in size | to enlarge

expandable, expansion, expansive, expandable

expands | expanded | expander | reexpand | expanding | expanders

Latin 'expandere' (past participle 'expansus'), from 'ex-' (out) + 'pandere' (to spread)


Latin expansus, past participle of expandere 'to spread out'


speak or write at length | dwell | wander

Latin expatiatus, past participle of expatiari 'to wander abroad, speak at length', from ex- 'out' + patari 'to spread, extend'


to look out for | to await | to anticipate

expectation, expectant, unexpected, expectantly

expects | expected | expecter | expectee | expecting | expecteth

Latin expectare 'to watch out for, await', from ex- 'out' + specere 'to look'


Latin expedītus, past participle of expedīre 'to free, dispatch', from ex- 'out' + ped- 'foot'


expels | expeled | reexpel | expellee | expelled | expeling

Latin expellere 'to drive out', from ex- 'out' + pellere 'to drive, push'


expense, inexpensive, expenditure, expensiveness

expenses | expensed | nonexpense | expenseful | unexpensed | expenseless

Latin expens- 'paid out', past participle stem of expendere 'to weigh out, pay'


to attempt | to acquire knowledge through practice

experience, experiment, expert, expertise

Latin experiri 'to try, test, attempt', from ex- 'out' + peritus 'experienced'


to undergo | to encounter | knowledge gained through action

Latin experientia 'experience, knowledge gained through trial', from experiri 'to try, test'


Latin experimentum 'an attempt, test, trial', from experiri 'to try, test'


experts | sexpert | expertly | inexpert | sexperts | unexpert

Latin expertus, past participle of experiri 'to try, test, experience'


Latin expiabilis, from expiare 'to atone, expiate' (ex- 'out' + piare 'to purify, make propitious')


Latin expiatus, past participle of expiare 'to atone for, cleanse, make amends'


expired | expires | expirer | expirees | expirers | unexpire

Latin expirare 'to breathe out, expire', from ex- 'out' + spirare 'to breathe'


explains | explained | explainer | explaining | explainers | misexplain

Latin explicare 'unfold, unravel' (ex- 'out' + plicare 'to fold')


expletives | sexpletive | expletively | sexpletives


clearly stated | fully expressed | leaving no doubt

sexplicit | explicitly | inexplicit | unexplicit | nonexplicit | explicitome

Latin explicatus, past participle of explicare 'to unfold, explain'


to make use of | to utilize | to take advantage of

exploits | sexploit | exploiter | exploited | exploitee | sexploits

Latin 'explicare' meaning 'to unfold, unroll, explain', from 'ex-' (out) + 'plicare' (to fold)


to travel through | to examine | to investigate

explorer | explored | explores | sexplore | explorers | exploreth

Latin exploratus, past participle of explorare 'to search out, investigate', from ex- 'out' + plorare 'to cry out'


Latin 'exponere' (to put out, explain), from 'ex-' (out) + 'ponere' (to place)


expounds | expounder | expounded | expounders | expounding | misexpound

Latin ex- 'out' + pandere 'to spread, stretch out'


expunged | expunges | expunger | expungee | expungers | expungees

Latin expungere 'to blot out, erase', from ex- 'out' + pungere 'to prick, poke'


extremely beautiful | delicate | refined

exquisites | exquisitely | exquisiteness | overexquisite | superexquisite | exquisitenesses

Latin exquisitus, past participle of exquisere 'to search out, find', from ex- 'out' + quaerere 'to seek'


outside of, beyond, more than, outer, outwards

external, extrinsic, extraordinary, extrapolate, extraneous, extrovert, extracurricular, extra-terrestrial, estrange, estrangement, exterior


Latin exterior 'outer, on the outside', from exter 'outside' (comparative of extra 'outside') + -ior 'superlative suffix'


extinguished | wiped out | no longer existing

extincts | unextinct | extinctor | coextinct | extinction | extincture

Latin extinctus, past participle of exstinguere 'to extinguish, destroy'


to put out | to quench | to cause to cease

extinguished | extinguisher | extinguishers | extinguishing | extinguisheth | extinguishant

Latin extinguere 'to put out, quench', from ex- 'out' + tinguire 'to dye, wet'


to root out | to eradicate | to destroy completely

Latin ex- 'out' + stirps (genitive stirpis) 'root'


extols | extoller | extollers | extolment | extolleth | extolments

Latin extollere 'to lift up, praise', from ex- 'up' + tollere 'to lift'


external | located | beyond a boundary | not within | past a limit | exceeding a quantity | peripheral | away from the center

extradural hematoma extraordinary | extreme | extra-terrestrial | extrovert | extraordinary | extracurricular | external | extrinsic | extrapolate | extraneous | estrange | estrangement | exterior

extras | extranet | extranets | extraness | extralong | extrapair

Latin praefixum 'extra' meaning 'outside, beyond'

https://www.ruf.rice.edu/~kemmer/Words04/ | MorphoQuantics | Wikipedia | Stein


extraneously | unextraneous | nonextraneous | extraneousness

Latin extraneus 'outside, external', from extra 'outside'


Latin 'extravagari' (to wander outside), from 'extra-' (outside) + 'vagari' (to wander)


most external | greatest in distance | extreme limit


Latin extricatus, past participle of extricare 'to disentangle', from ex- 'out' + tricae 'trifles, perplexities'


extrinsics | nonextrinsic | extrinsicate | extrinsicness | extrinsicates | extrinsicated

Latin extrinsecus 'from without', from extra 'outside' + secus 'alongside'


Latin exuberant- 'abundant, overflowing', from exuberare 'to grow tall, be abundant'


Latin exuberans, present participle of exuberare 'to grow wild, overflow', from ex- 'out' + uber 'fertile, rich'


exudes | exuded | exuder | exudeth | exuders

Latin exsudare 'to sweat out', from ex- 'out' + sudare 'to sweat'


exults | exulted | exultant | exulting | exultings | exultantly

Latin exultare 'to leap for joy', from ex- 'out' + saltare 'to jump'


derivational suffix affix bound morpheme | Derivational

small | diminutive | endearing | affectionate

skyey | eyren | horsey | darkey | jockey | jockeys

Scottish-Dutch diminutive, 15th century-on


eyer | eyed | eyes | oxeye | eyers | eyely

From Proto-Germanic *augō, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂okw- 'eye'


express | articulate | referenced | the act of expressing

Latin 'fari' (to speak) + '-a' (nom. sg. of past participle stem 'fatus')


fabs | fabby | fabbo | fabber | subfab | fabbers


From Latin faber 'smith, craftsman', of uncertain origin, possibly related to Greek fabros 'skilled'.


fabler | fabled | fables | fablers | unfabled | fablelike


fabric, fabricate, fabrication, prefabricated

fabrics | fabricky | biofabric | nonfabric | geofabric | biofabrics

Latin fabrica 'workshop, craft' (noun) or fabricus 'skilled in work' (adjective)


perform or create | mold, craft, or structure | confront or encounter | produce an effect | a noun denoting an action or resulting state

affair | affect | affectation | amplify | artifact | artifice | benefactor | benefice | benefit | confection | counterfeit | defeat | defect | disaffect | edifice | effect | effectible | effection | effective | effectivity | effector | effectual | effectuality | effectuate | effectuation | efficacious | efficacity | efficacy | efficiency | efficient | enface | enfacement | facade/façade | face | facet | facette | facial | faciend | facient | facile | facilitate | facilitation | facilitative | facilitator | facilitatory | facility | facinorous | facsimile | fact | faction | factional | factionary | factious | factitious | factor | factorable | factorial | factory | factotum | factual | fake | fashion | feasible | feat | feature | feckless | fiat | forfeit | infect | inofficious | interoffice | laissez-faire | malefaction | manufacture | modify | nonofficial | office | official | officiant | officiary | officiate | officious | olfaction | omnificence | omnificent | parfait | perfect | perfecta | perfectibility | perfectible | perfection | perfective | perfector | pluperfect | prefect | prefectural | prefecture | prequalification | proficiency | proficient | profit | profitability | profitable | profiteer | profiterole | prolific | qualification | quasiperfect | rarefy | refactorable | refashion | refect | refection | refectory | reinfect | remanufacture | resurface | reunification | sacrifice | scientific | semelfactive | suboffice | subprefect | suffice | sufficiency | sufficient | superficial | superficiality | surface | surfeit | surficial | transfection | trifacial | trifecta | uniface | unifacial | unifactorial | unification | fiction | faint | feign | specific | benefaction | calefaction | dissatisfaction | liquefaction | patefaction | petrifaction | clarification | classification | codification | ex post facto | -faction | ipso facto | malefactor | olfactory | satisfaction Variant Spellings: facsimile | deface | efface | façade | facetious | interface | prima facie | volte-face Variant Spellings: superficial unrelated: fa / preface.


facades | facadectomy | counterfacade | counterfacades


front of head | surface | aspect | appearance

facer | faced | faces | facey | aface | reface

Latin 'facies' meaning 'face, form, appearance'


facets | faceter | facetted | faceters | subfacet | facetting


From Latin facetia 'wit, jest', from facetus 'witty, elegant'


facetiously | unfacetious | facetiousness | unfacetiously | semifacetious

Latin facetiosus, from facetia 'wit, jest'


the act of creating | the process of producing

febrifacient | rubefacient | tumifacient

facients | mutafacient | abortifacient | abortifacients | absorbefacient | absorbefacients

From Latin faciens, present participle of facere 'to make, do'


Latin facilis "easy, ready, skillful", from facere "to make, do"


from Latin facilitas 'ease, readiness', from facilis 'easy, ready', from facere 'to make, do'


place | building | institution | capability

infacility | cryofacility | interfacility

Latin 'facilitas' (ease, readiness), from 'facilis' (easy), derived from 'facere' (to make, to do)


facioplasty | facioplegia | faciolingual | faciogenital | faciobrachial | faciocervical


perform | produce | mold | craft | confront | construct | image | outcome | noun indicating an action or its associated condition

affair | affect | affectation | amplify | artifact | artifice | benefactor | benefice | benefit | confection | counterfeit | defeat | defect | disaffect | edifice | effect | effectible | effection | effective | effectivity | effector | effectual | effectuality | effectuate | effectuation | efficacious | efficacity | efficacy | efficiency | efficient | enface | enfacement | facade/façade | face | facet | facette | facial | faciend | facient | facile | facilitate | facilitation | facilitative | facilitator | facilitatory | facility | facinorous | facsimile | fact | faction | factional | factionary | factious | factitious | factor | factorable | factorial | factory | factotum | factual | fake | fashion | feasible | feat | feature | feckless | fiat | forfeit | infect | inofficious | interoffice | laissez-faire | malefaction | manufacture | modify | nonofficial | office | official | officiant | officiary | officiate | officious | olfaction | omnificence | omnificent | parfait | perfect | perfecta | perfectibility | perfectible | perfection | perfective | perfector | pluperfect | prefect | prefectural | prefecture | prequalification | proficiency | proficient | profit | profitability | profitable | profiteer | profiterole | prolific | qualification | quasiperfect | rarefy | refactorable | refashion | refect | refection | refectory | reinfect | remanufacture | resurface | reunification | sacrifice | scientific | semelfactive | suboffice | subprefect | suffice | sufficiency | sufficient | superficial | superficiality | surface | surfeit | surficial | transfection | trifacial | trifecta | uniface | unifacial | unifactorial | unification | fiction | faint | feign | specific | benefaction | calefaction | dissatisfaction | liquefaction | patefaction | petrifaction | clarification | classification | codification | ex post facto | -faction | ipso facto | malefactor | olfactory | satisfaction Variant Spellings: facsimile

facts | facty | factor | factic | unfact | faction

Latin factus, past participle of facere 'to do, make'

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do, make, shape, fashion, face, form, figure, effect, noun of action or associated state

affair, affect, affectation, amplify, artifact, artifice, benefactor, benefice, benefit, confection, counterfeit, defeat, defect, disaffect, edifice, effect, effectible, effection, effective, effectivity, effector, effectual, effectuality, effectuate, effectuation, efficacious, efficacity, efficacy, efficiency, efficient, enface, enfacement, facade/façade, face, facet, facette, facial, faciend, facient, facile, facilitate, facilitation, facilitative, facilitator, facilitatory, facility, facinorous, facsimile, fact, faction, factional, factionary, factious, factitious, factor, factorable, factorial, factory, factotum, factual, fake, fashion, feasible, feat, feature, feckless, fiat, forfeit, infect, inofficious, interoffice, laissez-faire, malefaction, manufacture, modify, nonofficial, office, official, officiant, officiary, officiate, officious, olfaction, omnificence, omnificent, parfait, perfect, perfecta, perfectibility, perfectible, perfection, perfective, perfector, pluperfect, prefect, prefectural, prefecture, prequalification, proficiency, proficient, profit, profitability, profitable, profiteer, profiterole, prolific, qualification, quasiperfect, rarefy, refactorable, refashion, refect, refection, refectory, reinfect, remanufacture, resurface, reunification, sacrifice, scientific, semelfactive, suboffice, subprefect, suffice, sufficiency, sufficient, superficial, superficiality, surface, surfeit, surficial, transfection, trifacial, trifecta, uniface, unifacial, unifactorial, unification, fiction, faint, feign, scientific, specific, benefaction, calefaction, dissatisfaction, liquefaction, malefaction, olfaction, patefaction, petrifaction, clarification, classification, codification

factionist | factioneer | factionalism | factionalize | interfaction | interfactional


Latin factotum 'do everything', from facere 'to do' + totum 'everything'


Latin facultas 'power, ability, opportunity', from facultus 'provided with, having', past participle of facere 'to make, do'


to become faint | to lose strength | to disappear gradually

fader | faded | fades | fadeth | faders | unfaded

Middle English 'faden', related to 'faint'


From Latin faeces (genitive faecis) meaning 'dregs, sediment, feces'


Derived from Latin 'faeces', meaning sediment or dregs.


Middle English faerie, from Old French faerie 'land of fairies', from fae 'fairy'


Middle English faerie, from Old French faerie


a non-existent soldier listed in military records | a fictitious entry in a muster-roll

faggots | faggoty | faggotry | faggoting | faggotism | assfaggot

from French "fagot," meaning a bundle, used metaphorically for soldiers


Proper name of Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit


Middle French 'faïence', likely from Italian 'faience'


to be unsuccessful | to fall short | to cease to function

failure, fail, fail-safe, failover, failproof, failsoft, failsafe, failsoft, failover, failproof

fails | failed | failer | failing | faileth | failers

Old French 'faillir' (to be lacking, to fail)


do, make, shape, fashion, face, form, figure, effe


dim | weak | indistinct | lacking strength

faints | fainty | faintly | fainted | fainter | fainten

Old French feint 'faint, weak, or feeble'


fairs | fairly | unfair | faired | fairest | fairway


A system of religious or spiritual beliefs | Trust or confidence in a higher power | A firm conviction in something

From Old English 'feoht' meaning trust or belief.


faker | faked | fakes | fakey | fakely | fakers

Middle English 'fakk', likely of uncertain origin, possibly related to 'fabricate'


Arabic fāqīr 'poor one', from faqara 'to be poor'


defalcation, falcate, falciform, falchion, falcon


falconed | falconet | falconing | falconine | falconets

From Old French 'faucon', derived from Latin 'falco' (genitive 'falcōnis')


fallacious, fallacy, fallible, fallibility, fallibly

falls | befall | fallen | infall | faller | refall


fallacious, fallible, fallacy, infallible, fallibility


fallows | fallower | twifallow | fallowist | fallowers | fallowness

Old English fālig 'unproductive, uncultivated'


false, falsify, falsification, falsity, falsifier


falsen | falses | falsed | falsely | unfalse | falsens

Latin prefix in- (variant of ex- 'out of') + -ulus/-ula diminutive suffix, later reinterpreted as negative prefix in- 'not' + root nullus 'none'


Italian 'falsetto', from 'falso' 'false'


to stumble | to hesitate | to lose momentum

falters | faltered | falterer | faltering | falterers | falterings

Middle English falteren, related to falter (to stumble)


famed | fames | enfame | unfame | disfame | unfamed

Latin 'fama' meaning 'report, rumor, talk, fame'


familially | unfamilial | cofamilial | nonfamilial | familiality | confamilial

Latin 'familia' (household, family) + '-ar' (adjective-forming suffix)


familiars | unfamiliar | familiarly | familiarity | familiarize | unfamiliars

Latin 'familiaris' meaning 'of a household, domestic', derived from 'familia' (household, family)


familial, family, familiar, affiliate, confide


subfamily | nonfamily | profamily | familyish | epifamily | familyism

Latin familia 'household, family of servants'


extreme scarcity | starvation | lack of food

famines | prefamine | faminelike | postfamine | antifamine

Old French famine 'starvation, scarcity'


famished | enfamish | famishing | famishedly | famishment | unfamished

Middle English famisshen, from Old French famine


fan (fanatic) | fanatic | fane | profane | profanity

fans | fanes | fanon | fanac | stfan | faned

Latin 'fanum' meaning 'temple' or 'sacred place'


fancy, fanciful, fantasize, fantastic, fantasy, tiffany


fanatics | fanaticism | fanaticize | ecofanatic | fanaticized | fanaticizes

Greek phanatikos 'displaying excessive zeal'


unfancy | fancying | nonfancy | disfancy | fancywork | fancyings

Middle French 'fance' (imagination, whim)


French fanfare, from Provençal fanfarre, of imitative origin


fangs | fangy | fanged | defang | unfang | befang


stfantasy | fantasying | nonfantasy | fantasylike | telefantasy | paleofantasy

Imagination, Perception, Abstract concept

Greek phantasia 'appearance, imagination'


confarreation, farina, farinaceous, farrago

afar | fars | farsee | farfet | faraway | farside

Proto-Italic *ph₂r- 'grain, spelt', from PIE *ph₂r- 'grain, spelt'


farces | farced | farcelike | farcement | workfarce | farcements

Latin 'farce' (imperative of 'farcire' to stuff, fill), via Old French 'farce'


fared | fares | farer | afare | farest | fareth

Old English fær 'journey, passage, sudden danger'


utter | say | talk | address | converse | communicate verbally


Latin 'farina' meaning 'flour, meal from grain'


potential | options | legal aspects | paths

bifarious, multifarious, nefarious, omnifarious

Latin -farius (from fari 'to speak') + -ous


Middle English 'farer' (traveler) + '-er' (agent suffix)


From Farsi, the endonym for the Persian language


to expel intestinal gas through the anus | to pass wind | to flatulate

farts | farty | farted | farter | farting | farters

Derived from Old English 'færtran,' meaning to pass wind.


Old English fær (journey/speed) + est (superlative suffix)


group | bundle of rods and an axe, representing authority | cluster | a band | a sash | flat strip

fasciculation | fascism | fasces | fascicle | fasciculate | fasciculus | fascine | fascism unrelated: fascinate | fascia | fasciate | fasciation | fascioliasis unrelated: fascinate


fascial | myofascia | fascialike | myofascial | subfascial | epifascial

Latin fasciā, ablative of fascis 'bundle, bundle of rods'


fascicles | fascicled | minifascicle | interfascicle | minifascicles | interfascicles

Latin fasciculus 'little bundle', diminutive of fascis 'bundle, bundle of rods'


fashions | fashiony | fashioner | refashion | fashional | fashioners

from Old French fashion, from Latin factio 'a making, form' (from facere 'to make')


breakfast | fast (all senses) | fasten | steadfast Variant Spellings: avast | avast

fasts | faster | fasten | fasted | fastly | unfast

Old English fæst 'firm, fixed, solid', from Proto-Germanic *fastuz, from PIE *pāst- 'fixed, solid'


Latin fastidīre 'to be fastidious, loathe, be disgusted', from fastīdium 'disgust, aversion'


attentive to detail | meticulous | difficult to please

Latin fastidiosus 'fastidious, squeamish', from fastidium 'disgust, aversion'


roof's triangular upper end | sharp end | angled surface

Latin fastigium 'roof-peak, gable', from fastigare 'to raise to a peak', from fastus 'upright' + agere 'to drive'


destiny | inevitability | predetermined course of events

fateful, fatefully, fateless, fatality, fatalism

fated | fates | fateful | fatedly | unfated | fatelike

Latin fatus 'spoken', past participle of fari 'to speak'


fathers | fatherly | fathered | fatherer | unfather | godfather

Old English fæder, from Proto-Germanic *fadēr, from Proto-Indo-European *ph₂tḗr


fathoms | fathomed | fathomer | unfathom | fathomly | fathoming

Old English fæthm "outstretched arms, embrace"


Latin fatigare 'to weary, exhaust', frequentative of fessus 'tired'


fatigues | fatigued | unfatigued | antifatigue | prefatigued | overfatigue


fatuous | infatuation | infatuate | ignis fatuus | fatuity

Latin fātus 'spoken', past participle of fārī 'to speak'


device for controlling the flow of liquid | tap

Middle French 'fausset' (a nozzle or spout)


Latin 'fallere' meaning 'to deceive, trick, or escape notice'


incorrect | erroneous | to miss the mark

faulty | faults | faulted | upfault | faulter | faulting


faunal | faunas | epifauna | faunally | megafauna | mesofauna

Latin 'fauna', goddess of fertility and rural lands, later metonymically for the animals of a region


Latin 'fāctum' (past participle of 'facere' meaning 'to do/make'), via Old French 'fauteuil' or directly from Latin 'fāctum' referring to a deed or agreement; in the context of 'Faust', it relates to the German legend of a scholar who makes a pact with the devil, derived from the Latin root for 'deed' or 'act'.


Latin 'faustus' meaning 'lucky, fortunate, happy'


fauxlex | fauxhawk | fauxgasm | fauxcest | fauxmance | fauxgasms


Latin 'favere' meaning 'to be favorable, to support'


favors | favored | favorer | unfavor | favoring | favorise

Latin favere 'to be favorable to, support'


favour, favourable, unfavourable, favourite

favours | favoured | favourer | favouring | favourers | favourest

Latin 'favor' (goodwill, favour) + '-our' (agent noun suffix)


Verb morphology, Past tense, Past participle

From Old English 'fǣran' (to favor) + '-ed' suffix forming the past tense and past participle


to show affection | to be submissive | to flatter

fawny | fawner | fawned | fawning | fawners | outfawn

Middle English fawnen, related to fawn (the animal)


to disconcert | to disturb | to disconcerted state

Middle French 'fais' (from 'faire' to do) or via 'effrayer'


fee | fellow | feoff | feu | feud (estate) | feudalism | feudatory | infeudate Variant Spellings: fief | fief


reverence towards deities or rulers | awe-inspired respect | veneration as a form of worship

fears | feared | fearer | unfear | fearful | fearing

from Old English 'fēor', meaning fear or reverence


feasance, feasible, malfeasance, misfeasance, tort-feasor


execute | produce | mold | craft | confront | structure | depict | realize | noun representing an action or related state | perform | create

affair | affect | affectation | amplify | artifact | artifice | benefactor | benefice | benefit | confection | counterfeit | defeat | defect | disaffect | edifice | effect | effectible | effection | effective | effectivity | effector | effectual | effectuality | effectuate | effectuation | efficacious | efficacity | efficacy | efficiency | efficient | enface | enfacement | facade/façade | face | facet | facette | facial | faciend | facient | facile | facilitate | facilitation | facilitative | facilitator | facilitatory | facility | facinorous | facsimile | fact | faction | factional | factionary | factious | factitious | factor | factorable | factorial | factory | factotum | factual | fake | fashion | feasible | feat | feature | feckless | fiat | forfeit | infect | inofficious | interoffice | laissez-faire | malefaction | manufacture | modify | nonofficial | office | official | officiant | officiary | officiate | officious | olfaction | omnificence | omnificent | parfait | perfect | perfecta | perfectibility | perfectible | perfection | perfective | perfector | pluperfect | prefect | prefectural | prefecture | prequalification | proficiency | proficient | profit | profitability | profitable | profiteer | profiterole | prolific | qualification | quasiperfect | rarefy | refactorable | refashion | refect | refection | refectory | reinfect | remanufacture | resurface | reunification | sacrifice | scientific | semelfactive | suboffice | subprefect | suffice | sufficiency | sufficient | superficial | superficiality | surface | surfeit | surficial | transfection | trifacial | trifecta | uniface | unifacial | unifactorial | unification | fiction | faint | feign | specific | benefaction | calefaction | dissatisfaction | liquefaction | patefaction | petrifaction | clarification | classification | codification

feats | featly | outfeat | unfeaty | outfeats | featness


featherily | befeathers | unfeathers | featherers | defeathers | pinfeathers


features | featured | defeature | featurely | featurette | misfeature

Latin 'factura' (a making, a doing), from 'facere' (to make, to do)


elevated body temperature | feverish state


afebrile | unfebrile | nonfebrile | subfebrile | antefebrile | antifebrile


do, make, shape, fashion, face, form, figure, effect, noun of action or associated state

affair, affect, affectation, amplify, artifact, artifice, benefactor, benefice, benefit, confection, counterfeit, defeat, defect, disaffect, edifice, effect, effectible, effection, effective, effectivity, effector, effectual, effectuality, effectuate, effectuation, efficacious, efficacity, efficacy, efficiency, efficient, enface, enfacement, facade/façade, face, facet, facette, facial, faciend, facient, facile, facilitate, facilitation, facilitative, facilitator, facilitatory, facility, facinorous, facsimile, fact, faction, factional, factionary, factious, factitious, factor, factorable, factorial, factory, factotum, factual, fake, fashion, feasible, feat, feature, feckless, fiat, forfeit, infect, inofficious, interoffice, laissez-faire, malefaction, manufacture, modify, nonofficial, office, official, officiant, officiary, officiate, officious, olfaction, omnificence, omnificent, parfait, perfect, perfecta, perfectibility, perfectible, perfection, perfective, perfector, pluperfect, prefect, prefectural, prefecture, prequalification, proficiency, proficient, profit, profitability, profitable, profiteer, profiterole, prolific, qualification, quasiperfect, rarefy, refactorable, refashion, refect, refection, refectory, reinfect, remanufacture, resurface, reunification, sacrifice, scientific, semelfactive, suboffice, subprefect, suffice, sufficiency, sufficient, superficial, superficiality, surface, surfeit, surficial, transfection, trifacial, trifecta, uniface, unifacial, unifactorial, unification, fiction, faint, feign, scientific, specific, benefaction, calefaction, dissatisfaction, liquefaction, malefaction, olfaction, patefaction, petrifaction, clarification, classification, codification


fecks | fecker | feckly | feckers | feckful | feckfully


perform | create | mold | craft | confront | structure | depict | bring about | noun indicating action or state | marked by emotion | gently | carry out | manufacture

affair | affect | affectation | amplify | artifact | artifice | benefactor | benefice | benefit | confection | counterfeit | defeat | defect | disaffect | edifice | effect | effectible | effection | effective | effectivity | effector | effectual | effectuality | effectuate | effectuation | efficacious | efficacity | efficacy | efficiency | efficient | enface | enfacement | facade/façade | face | facet | facette | facial | faciend | facient | facile | facilitate | facilitation | facilitative | facilitator | facilitatory | facility | facinorous | facsimile | fact | faction | factional | factionary | factious | factitious | factor | factorable | factorial | factory | factotum | factual | fake | fashion | feasible | feat | feature | feckless | fiat | forfeit | infect | inofficious | interoffice | laissez-faire | malefaction | manufacture | modify | nonofficial | office | official | officiant | officiary | officiate | officious | olfaction | omnificence | omnificent | parfait | perfect | perfecta | perfectibility | perfectible | perfection | perfective | perfector | pluperfect | prefect | prefectural | prefecture | prequalification | proficiency | proficient | profit | profitability | profitable | profiteer | profiterole | prolific | qualification | quasiperfect | rarefy | refactorable | refashion | refect | refection | refectory | reinfect | remanufacture | resurface | reunification | sacrifice | scientific | semelfactive | suboffice | subprefect | suffice | sufficiency | sufficient | superficial | superficiality | surface | surfeit | surficial | transfection | trifacial | trifecta | uniface | unifacial | unifactorial | unification | fiction | faint | feign | specific | benefaction | calefaction | dissatisfaction | liquefaction | patefaction | petrifaction | clarification | classification | codification | affettuoso | affection | defect (all senses) | disinfectant | refectory Variant Spellings: confetti | confetti

From Latin -fectus, past participle of facere 'to do, make, form'


fecundly | infecund | unfecund | fecundate | fecundist | fecundify

Latin fœcundus "fruitful, fertile", from fēcundare "to make fertile", from fēs (gen. fœris) "fruit, produce"


unfed | nonfed | unfeds | malfed | cornfed | overfed


formal agreement | mutual understanding | binding arrangement | collective alliance | formal covenant

confederacy | confederation | federal | federate | federation | confederate | federated

Latin fīdera, plural of fīdēs 'faith, trust, pledge'


feed | fees | feeing | feeded | nonfee | unfeed


feebled | feebles | enfeeble | enfeebled | enfeebles | enfeebler

Old English fēol, related to Middle English feble


to provide food | to nourish | to sustain

feeds | feeder | refeed | infeed | feedee | feeding

Old English fēdan 'to give food to', of Germanic origin; related to Dutch voeden and German füttern.


perceive via touch | experience emotion | sense

feels | feely | feeler | feelie | feeled | feelth

Old English fēlan 'to touch, perceive, or experience'


feets | feetsy | forefeet | feetlong | feetless | feetsies


feigns | feigned | feigner | feigning | feigneth | feignest


deceptive | deceptive movement | to dodge

feints | feinted | feinter | feinting | feinters

Old French feint 'a deceptive move' from feindre 'to feign'


Latin factus, past participle of facere 'to do, make'


a group of rock-forming silicate minerals

German Feld (field) + Spat (spar, from Latin spatus)


felicity | Felicia | felicitations | felicitous | felicity Variant Spellings: Felix | Felix

Latin felix (gen. felic-) 'happy, lucky'


felines | felinely | unfeline | nonfeline | nonfelines | felineness

Latin 'fēlis' (genitive 'fēlis') meaning 'cat'


cat. "Felis" alone is the genus name for the group that includes the domestic cat.

Examples: Dinofelis ("terrible cat"); Eofelis ("dawn cat"); Pardofelis ("leopard cat")


felicitous, felicity, infelicitous, infelicitousness

Latin felix (genitive felicis) meaning 'fruitful, fertile, lucky, happy'


felly | fells | feller | felled | fellers | felling

Latin 'fellis' (genitive of 'felles'), meaning gallbladder or bile


fellas | Redfella | goodfella | blackfella | whitefella | goodfellas

Middle English felawe, from Old English feolaga 'partner, associate'


fellermelad | blackfellers | whitefellers

Middle English felawe, from Old English felaga (companion, partner)


fellows | unfellow | fellowly | byfellow | bedfellow | unfellows


Latin fēlōn- (stem of fēlō) meaning 'criminal, villain, traitor'


felspar, feldspar, orthoclase, plagioclase

Swedish fältspat, from fält 'field' + spat 'stone'


felts | felting | feltwork | feltmaker | needlefelt | underfelts

Old English 'felt', past tense of 'felan' (to feel)


females | hefemale | unfemale | femalely | isofemale | nonfemale


femmes | femmeslash | transfemme | femmephobic | femmephobia | transfemmes


femtogram | femtomole | femtobarn | femtometre | femtograms | femtobarns


femurs | prefemur | forefemur | mesofemur | metafemur | forefemurs

Latin femur (genitive femoris) meaning 'thigh'


fens | fenny | femfen | fenman | fenland | fenlike


defend, fend, offend, offense, indefensible, defensive, offensive

fencer | fences | fenced | fencers | unfence | geofence


defend | fend | offend | offense | indefensible | defensive | offensive | fender | forfend

fends | fender | fended | forfend | fenders | fending


Latin foeniculum, diminutive of foenum 'hay'


take | transport | send | deliver | exert | convey | receive | transfer

transfer, refer, defer, confer, suffer, infer

gofer | gofers | pygofer | pygofers | alkanofer | alkanofers

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ferals | ferally | feralize | semiferal | feralized | feralizes


difference, interference, preference, reference


aquifer, circumference, confer, conifer, defer, differ, ferry, fertile, infer, offer, prefer, refer, suffer, transfer, vociferous, refer, reference, referee, suffer, defer, infer, confer, fertile, transfer, odoriferous, circumference, afferent, circumferent, deferent, different, efferent, indifferent, preferent, referent


to undergo chemical change | to undergo alcoholic/acidic transformation

ferments | fermented | fermentor | fermenter | referment | coferment


ferns | ferny | fernery | fernane | ferning | fernowl

Old English 'fern', from Proto-Germanic '*firnaz', from Proto-Indo-European '*per- 'to flourish, green'


biferous | oviferous | vociferous | coniferous | radiferous | aeriferous

From Latin -ferus, from ferre 'to bear, carry'


ferrous | ferrate | ferric | ferriferous | ferro- | ferroconcrete | ferrotype | ferruginous Variant Spellings: chemin de fer | fer-de-lance | farrier | chemin de fer