morpheme_key: bear

morpheme: bear

morpheme_head: bear

affix_form: -bear-

meaning_definition: to hold | to sustain

example_words_list_1: bear, bearing, forbear, overbearing

example_words_list_2: bear, bearing, forbear, overbearing

example_words_corpus: abear | bears | beary | upbear | bearer | abears

categorical_group_list: Movement, Support, Endurance

etymology: Middle English beren : Old English beran


morpheme_key: beard

morpheme: beard

morpheme_head: beard

affix_form: -beard-

affix_type: root

bound_free_or_root: free

meaning_definition: hair | facial hair

example_words_list_1: beard

example_words_corpus: beardo | beards | beardy | bearded | beardos | beardie

categorical_group_list: Anatomy, Physical attribute

etymology: From Old English 'barbe', from Proto-Germanic '*barbaz', from Proto-Indo-European '*bhardho-' (beard).

ancestor_etymon_language: Proto-Germanic

etymological_family: Germanic

register: vernacular

attestation: both


morpheme_key: beast

morpheme: beast

morpheme_head: beast

affix_form: beast

bound_free_or_root: root

meaning_definition: An animal of exceptional size or strength | A creature perceived as more powerful than usual | A being regarded as formidable in size or capability

example_words_list_1: beasts | obeast | beastly | beastie | obeasts | unbeast

etymology: Derived from Old English 'beast', meaning a large or powerful animal.

ancestor_etymon_language: Old English

register: neutral

source: MorphoLex | Wikidata


morpheme_key: beat

morpheme: beat

morpheme_head: beat

affix_form: -beat-

allomorphs: beati

meaning_definition: consecrated | favored by divine power | spiritually endowed

example_words_list_1: beatific, beatify, beatitude, Beatrice

example_words_list_2: beatific, beatify, beatitude, Beatrice

example_words_corpus: beats | abeat | beaten | beater | upbeat | beated

categorical_group_list: Divinity, Happiness, Positivity

etymology: Latin beatus 'happy, blessed', past participle of beare 'to make happy'

ancestor_etymon_language: Latin

etymological_family: Latin

register: classical

source: Cognatarium


morpheme_key: beatnik

morpheme: beatnik

morpheme_head: beatnik

affix_form: -beatnik-

meaning_definition: a person belonging to a subculture of writers and artists characterized by nonconformity and bohemianism

example_words_list_1: beatnik

categorical_group_list: Subculture, Person

etymology: blend of 'beat' (meaning exhausted or beaten down) and 'hipster'

ancestor_etymon_language: English

etymological_family: other

attestation: morpholex


morpheme_key: beau

morpheme: beau

morpheme_head: beau

affix_form: -beau-

meaning_definition: attractiveness | visual appeal

example_words_list_1: beau, beau geste, beau monde, beautician, beautiful, beauty, beaux-arts

example_words_corpus: beauish | beauship | beauless | beautillion | beautillions

categorical_group_list: Aesthetics, Positive attribute

etymology: From Latin bellus "pretty, fine"

ancestor_etymon_language: French


morpheme_key: beaulieu

morpheme: beaulieu

morpheme_head: beaulieu

affix_form: -beaulieu-

meaning_definition: beautiful | lovely | pleasant

example_words_list_1: Beaulieu, Beauvoir, Beaumont

categorical_group_list: Aesthetics, Nature

etymology: Old French 'bel lieu' (beautiful place)

ancestor_etymon_language: Old French


morpheme_key: beaumont

morpheme: beaumont

morpheme_head: beaumont

affix_form: -beaumont-

meaning_definition: beautiful | fine | good

example_words_list_1: Beaumont, Beaumontia, Beaumonde

categorical_group_list: Nature, Aesthetics

etymology: Old French 'beau' (beautiful) + 'mont' (mountain)


morpheme_key: beaut

morpheme: beaut

morpheme_head: beaut

affix_form: beaut-

bound_free_or_root: stem

part_of_speech_created_by_this_suffix: not suffix

meaning_definition: consecrate | joyful | favored

example_words_list_1: beatification | beauty | beautiful

example_words_list_2: beatification | beauty | beautiful

example_words_corpus: beauts

categorical_group_list: Positive, Emotion, State of being

ancestor_etymon: beat

etymology: beare, beatus

attestation: wiktionary


morpheme_key: beauty

morpheme: beauty

morpheme_head: beauty

affix_form: -beauty-

meaning_definition: aesthetic pleasure | attractiveness | loveliness

example_words_list_1: beautiful, beautify, beautician

example_words_corpus: unbeauty | nonbeauty | beautydom | beautyless | antibeauty | beautylessness

etymology: Old French 'beauté'

etymological_family: Romance


morpheme_key: beaver

morpheme: beaver

morpheme_head: beaver

affix_form: beaver

meaning_definition: A man with a beard | a person who has a beard | someone who wears a beard

example_words_list_1: beavers | beavery | beavered | beaverly | beavering | beaverite

register: archaic


morpheme_key: bebop

morpheme: bebop

morpheme_head: bebop

affix_form: -bebop-

meaning_definition: a style of jazz characterized by fast tempos and complex harmonies

example_words_list_1: bebop

example_words_corpus: beboppers

categorical_group_list: Music, Jazz

etymology: onomatopoeic or nonsense word used in jazz culture


morpheme_key: became

morpheme: became

morpheme_head: became

affix_form: -became-

meaning_definition: to undergo change | to transition into

example_words_list_1: became

example_words_corpus: becamest

categorical_group_list: Change, Motion, Transformation

etymology: Old English beon 'to be' + cam 'past tense of come'


morpheme_key: because

morpheme: because

morpheme_head: because

affix_form: -because-

meaning_definition: for the reason that | since

example_words_list_1: because

example_words_corpus: becauseness

categorical_group_list: Causality, Conjunction

etymology: Old English 'be' (by) + 'cæswæ' (case/cause)


morpheme_key: beckon

morpheme: beckon

morpheme_head: beckon

affix_form: -beckon-

allomorphs: beck

meaning_definition: to signal | to summon | to call

example_words_list_1: beckoning, beckoned, beckons

categorical_group_list: Motion, Communication, Signaling

etymology: Middle English beckon, from beck (a gesture) + -en (verb suffix)

ancestor_etymon_language: Middle English


morpheme_key: bed

morpheme: bed

morpheme_head: bed

affix_form: -bed-

allomorphs: bede

meaning_definition: place for sleep | foundation | base

example_words_list_1: bed, bedspread, bedridden, bedchamber

example_words_corpus: abed | beds | embed | beddy | unbed | bedbug

categorical_group_list: Rest, Physical Object, Foundation

etymology: Old English 'bedd'


morpheme_key: bedlam

morpheme: bedlam

morpheme_head: bedlam

affix_form: -bedlam-

meaning_definition: chaos | confusion | uproar

example_words_list_1: ['bedlam']

example_words_corpus: bedlams | bedlamite | bedlamites | bedlamisms

categorical_group_list: Chaos, Disorder

etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French bedlam, from Medieval Latin Bethlem, from Greek Bethlehem


morpheme_key: bedouin

morpheme: bedouin

morpheme_head: bedouin

affix_form: -bedouin-

meaning_definition: nomadic | desert-dweller

example_words_list_1: bedouinism

categorical_group_list: People, Lifestyle

etymology: Arabic badawī (بادوي) 'of the desert', from bada (بدا) 'to be open, to appear'

ancestor_etymon_language: Arabic


morpheme_key: bee

morpheme: bee

morpheme_head: bee

affix_form: -bee-

meaning_definition: bee

example_words_list_1: bee, beekeeping, beeswax

example_words_corpus: bees | beey | beely | beedom | beeswax | beehive

categorical_group_list: Fauna, Nature

etymology: Old English bēo


morpheme_key: beech

morpheme: beech

morpheme_head: beech

affix_form: -beech-

meaning_definition: beech tree

example_words_list_1: beech, beechwood, beechnut

example_words_corpus: beechy | beeches | beechen | beechnut | beechnuts | beechwood

categorical_group_list: Nature, Flora

etymology: From Old English bēce, from Proto-Germanic *bōkiz (source also of German Buche, Dutch beuk), from PIE *bhāg- 'beech tree'


morpheme_key: beef

morpheme: beef

morpheme_head: beef

affix_form: -beef-

meaning_definition: meat from cattle | bovine flesh

example_words_list_1: beef, beefy, beefsteak

example_words_corpus: beefy | beefs | beefer | beefalo | beefing | beefily

categorical_group_list: Food, Animal

etymology: Old French bief, boef 'beef, ox', from Latin bubo 'ox'


morpheme_key: beer

morpheme: beer

morpheme_head: beer

affix_form: -beer-

meaning_definition: an alcoholic beverage made from fermented cereal grains

example_words_list_1: beer

example_words_corpus: beers | beery | beerily | beerish | nonbeer | beerful

categorical_group_list: Food and Drink, Liquid

etymology: From Proto-Germanic *beuzą, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂w- 'to flow, foam'


morpheme_key: beetle

morpheme: beetle

morpheme_head: beetle

affix_form: -beetle-

meaning_definition: beetle | coleopteran insect

example_words_list_1: beetle

example_words_corpus: beetled | beetlers | dorbeetle | beetleskin | beetlelike | beetlehead

categorical_group_list: Fauna, Insect

etymology: Middle English beetle, related to Old English bēotela


morpheme_key: before

morpheme: before

morpheme_head: before

affix_form: -before-

meaning_definition: prior in time | in front of | preceding

example_words_list_1: beforehand, beforehand, beforehand

example_words_corpus: beforely | beforehand | beforeness | beforetime | beforemath | beforesaid

categorical_group_list: Temporal, Spatial

etymology: Old English beforan "in front of, before"


morpheme_key: beg

morpheme: beg

morpheme_head: beg

affix_form: -beg-

meaning_definition: to implore | to entreat | to ask for

example_words_list_1: beg, beggar, begging, beggary

example_words_corpus: begs | beggar | begged | outbeg | begger | begging

categorical_group_list: Communication, Request

etymology: Old English bēgan 'to entreat, beseech'


morpheme_key: began

morpheme: began

morpheme_head: began

affix_form: -began-

meaning_definition: to start | to commence | to initiate

example_words_list_1: begin, beginning, beginner

example_words_corpus: begannest

categorical_group_list: Temporal, Action, Initiation

etymology: Old English 'beginnan'


morpheme_key: begin

morpheme: begin

morpheme_head: begin

affix_form: -begin-

meaning_definition: start | commence | initiate

example_words_list_1: beginning, beginner, beginnings

example_words_corpus: begins | rebegin | beginner | rebegins | begining | beginning

etymology: Old English beginnan 'to take in hand, undertake'


morpheme_key: begot

morpheme: begot

morpheme_head: begot

affix_form: -begot-

meaning_definition: to produce | to father | to generate

example_words_list_1: beget, begotten, begot

categorical_group_list: Generation, Kinship, Creation

etymology: Old English begietan 'to get, obtain'


morpheme_key: begun

morpheme: begun

morpheme_head: begun

affix_form: -begun-

meaning_definition: to start | to commence | to set in motion

example_words_list_1: begin, beginning, begun

example_words_corpus: unbegun | misbegun

categorical_group_list: Inception, Action

etymology: Old English begyan 'to begin'


morpheme_key: behave

morpheme: behave

morpheme_head: behave

affix_form: -behave-

meaning_definition: act | conduct | perform

example_words_list_1: behave, behaving, behaved, behavior

categorical_group_list: Action, Conduct

etymology: Old English be-' (about) + háfan (to hold)


morpheme_key: behemoth

morpheme: behemoth

morpheme_head: behemoth

affix_form: -behemoth-

meaning_definition: huge | enormous | massive creature

example_words_list_1: behemoth

example_words_corpus: behemoths | behemothic | behemothian

categorical_group_list: Size, Entity

etymology: Hebrew בְּהֵמוֹת (behemot), plural of בְּהֵמָה (behemah) 'beast, cattle'

ancestor_etymon_language: Hebrew

etymological_family: Hebrew


morpheme_key: behind

morpheme: behind

morpheme_head: behind

affix_form: -behind-

meaning_definition: at the back of | in a position further back | following

example_words_list_1: behind, behinder, behindness

categorical_group_list: Spatial, Position, Sequence

etymology: Old English bēgen 'back, rear'


morpheme_key: behove

morpheme: behove

morpheme_head: behove

affix_form: -behove-

meaning_definition: to be necessary | to be proper | to be incumbent

example_words_list_1: behove

categorical_group_list: Necessity, Obligation

etymology: Old English behoffan 'to need, to be necessary'


morpheme_key: beige

morpheme: beige

morpheme_head: beige

affix_form: -beige-

meaning_definition: pale yellowish-brown | light tan

example_words_list_1: beige

example_words_corpus: beiges | beigey | beigeist | beigeists

categorical_group_list: Color

etymology: Named after the village of Béage in the Ardèche department of France, where the wool was originally produced.


morpheme_key: bel

morpheme: bel

morpheme_head: bel

affix_form: -bel-

sense_label: beautiful, fair, fine

meaning_definition: beautiful, fair, fine

example_words_list_1: embellish, belle, belvedere, belmont

example_words_list_2: embellish, belle, belvedere, belmont

example_words_corpus: decibel | gigabel | nanobel | decibels | centibel | belchild

categorical_group_list: Aesthetics, Positive attribute

etymology: Old French bel 'beautiful'


morpheme_key: belch

morpheme: belch

morpheme_head: belch

affix_form: -belch-

meaning_definition: to emit gas from the stomach through the mouth

example_words_list_1: belch

example_words_corpus: belchy | belched | belches | belcher | inbelch | belching

categorical_group_list: Bodily function

etymology: Middle English belchen, related to Old English belcan


morpheme_key: belfry

morpheme: belfry

morpheme_head: belfry

affix_form: -belfry-

meaning_definition: bell tower | turret

example_words_list_1: belfries, belfryman

example_words_corpus: belfries

categorical_group_list: Architecture, Structure

etymology: Middle English 'belfry', from Old French 'belefry'


morpheme_key: belgian

morpheme: belgian

morpheme_head: belgian

affix_form: -belgian-

meaning_definition: of or relating to Belgium or its people

example_words_list_1: ['belgian']

categorical_group_list: Nationality, Demonym

etymology: from Latin Belgica


morpheme_key: belgium

morpheme: belgium

morpheme_head: belgium

affix_form: -belgium-

meaning_definition: Belgium

example_words_list_1: Belgian, Belgica

categorical_group_list: Geography, Proper Noun, Country

etymology: From Latin 'Belgae', the name of a Gallic tribe, via Old French 'Belgique'


morpheme_key: belief

morpheme: belief

morpheme_head: belief

affix_form: -belief-

meaning_definition: trust | conviction | acceptance of truth

example_words_list_1: belief, unbelievable, unbelief

example_words_corpus: beliefs | unbelief | disbelief | misbelief | nonbelief | unbeliefs

categorical_group_list: Cognition, Abstract concept

etymology: Old English 'geleafa' (faith, trust), from 'ge-' (intensive prefix) + 'leaf' (consent, permission, belief)


morpheme_key: believe

morpheme: believe

morpheme_head: believe

affix_form: -believe-

meaning_definition: to accept as true | to have faith | to trust

example_words_list_1: believable, unbelievable, belief, believer

example_words_corpus: believer | believes | believed | believeth | believers | believest

categorical_group_list: Cognition, Belief, Trust

etymology: Proto-Germanic *belaiban 'to remain, stay'


morpheme_key: bell

morpheme: bell

morpheme_head: bell

affix_form: -bell-

sense_label: bellows

meaning_definition: a tool for blowing air, typically with a flexible bag | a loud sound produced by a metallic object

example_words_list_1: bellows, belly

example_words_list_2: bellows, belly

example_words_corpus: bells | belled | cowbell | bellboy | barbell | bellman

categorical_group_list: Anatomy, Body parts

etymology: Old English belwes (pl. of beli) : bellows Old English belg : leather bag, purse, bellows


sense_label: war

meaning_definition: armed conflict | battle | strife

example_words_list_1: bellicose, belligerent, antebellum, bellum

categorical_group_list: Anomalous form

etymology: Latin bellum "war"


morpheme_key: belle

morpheme: belle

affix_form: -belle-

allomorphs: bella | belle

sense_label: beautiful

meaning_definition: beautiful | handsome | fine

example_words_list_1: belle, bel, belle-ile, belle-fille

example_words_corpus: belles | belledom

categorical_group_list: Aesthetics, Quality

etymology: From Latin bellus "pretty, fine, handsome"


morpheme_key: bellicose

morpheme: bellicose

morpheme_head: bellicose

affix_form: -bellicose-

meaning_definition: war | warfare | martial

example_words_list_1: belligerent, bellicose

example_words_corpus: bellicosely

categorical_group_list: Conflict, Aggression


morpheme_key: belliger

morpheme: belliger

morpheme_head: belliger

affix_form: -belliger-

meaning_definition: waging war | engaging in conflict

example_words_list_1: belligerent, belligerence, belligerency

categorical_group_list: Conflict, Action

etymology: From Latin belliger 'waging war', from bellum 'war' + gerere 'to wage, carry'


morpheme_key: bellow

morpheme: bellow

morpheme_head: bellow

affix_form: -bellow-

meaning_definition: to roar | to shout | to make a deep sound

example_words_list_1: bellow, bellowing, bellowed

example_words_corpus: bellows | bellowed | bellower | rebellow | bellowing | bellowers

categorical_group_list: Sound, Vocalization

etymology: imitative of deep, resonant sound


morpheme_key: belly

morpheme: belly

morpheme_head: belly

affix_form: -belly-

meaning_definition: stomach | abdomen | midsection

example_words_list_1: bellyache, bellyband, bellybutton, bellyful, bellyless, bellypump, bellywrap

example_words_corpus: bellyfuls | bellyings | bellyakes | bellyaches | bellyached | bellyflops

categorical_group_list: Anatomy, Body part

etymology: Old English 'bellic' or 'belge'


morpheme_key: belmont

morpheme: belmont

morpheme_head: belmont

affix_form: -belmont-

meaning_definition: Belmont | family name | place name

example_words_list_1: Belmont, Belmonte, Belmontini

categorical_group_list: Proper Noun, Toponym, Surname

etymology: From Old French 'belmont', meaning 'beautiful mountain' (bel + mont)


morpheme_key: belong

morpheme: belong

morpheme_head: belong

affix_form: -belong-

meaning_definition: to be a member of | to be part of | to be in the possession of

example_words_list_1: belonging, belonged, belongs

example_words_corpus: belongs | belonger | belonging | belongeth | belongers | belongest

categorical_group_list: Connection, Possession, Membership

etymology: Old English belǣgan 'to surround, encompass'


morpheme_key: below

morpheme: below

morpheme_head: below

affix_form: -below-

meaning_definition: under | underneath | at a lower level

example_words_list_1: below, belowground, belowstated

categorical_group_list: Spatial, Position

etymology: Old English be- 'by' + under 'under'


morpheme_key: belt

morpheme: belt

morpheme_head: belt

affix_form: -belt-

meaning_definition: strip of material | band | encircling strap

example_words_list_1: belt, seatbelt, waistband

example_words_corpus: belts | belty | belted | belter | unbelt | Belter

categorical_group_list: Object, Clothing, Binding

etymology: Old English belt 'band, girdle, strip of cloth'


morpheme_key: belvidere

morpheme: belvidere

morpheme_head: belvidere

affix_form: -belvidere-

meaning_definition: beautiful view | lovely sight

example_words_list_1: Belvidere

categorical_group_list: Visual, Aesthetic

etymology: Italian belvedere 'beautiful view', from bello 'beautiful' + vedere 'to see'


morpheme_key: ben

morpheme: ben

morpheme_head: ben

affix_form: -ben-

sense_label: son of [in names of Hebraic origin]

meaning_definition: offspring of [in Hebrew-derived names]

example_words_list_1: Ben-Gurion, Benjamin, Reuben

example_words_list_2: Ben-Gurion, Benjamin, Reuben

example_words_corpus: bens | Benno

categorical_group_list: Kinship, Lineage

etymology: Hebrew ben 'son'


morpheme_key: bene

morpheme: ben(e)

morpheme_head: bene

affix_form: ben-

allomorphs: bon(i)

sense_label: good

derivational_or_inflectional: derivational prefix affix morpheme

part_of_speech_created_by_this_suffix: not suffix | adjective/adverb

meaning_definition: virtuous | effectively

example_words_list_1: benefactor | benefit | beneficial | beneficent | beneficence | benevolent | benign | benignant | benignity | benevolence | benevolent (good hearted) | benediction (good speech | prayer) | benefit (good deed) | benefactor (good doer) | beneficiary (good doee | good receiver)

example_words_corpus: benes

categorical_group_list: Descriptives | Attribute adder

ancestor_etymon: ben

etymology: Latin 'bene' (adv.) 'well, good', from PIE *bheh₂- 'to speak, praise'

source: Wikipedia | http://www.palosverdes.com/jesse/pvphs/www—freecollege—com—vocab.htm | http://leonsplanet.com/index.html | Wikidata


morpheme_key: bench

morpheme: bench

morpheme_head: bench

affix_form: -bench-

meaning_definition: long seat | platform | series of items

example_words_list_1: bench, benchwork, benchpress

example_words_corpus: benched | benches | bencher | benching | benchtop | benchlet

categorical_group_list: Object, Furniture, Arrangement

etymology: Old English benc 'bench, seat, table'


morpheme_key: bend

morpheme: bend

morpheme_head: bend

affix_form: -bend-

meaning_definition: to curve | to flex | to deviate from a straight line

example_words_list_1: bend, bending, bendable, unbend

example_words_corpus: bendy | bends | bender | unbend | bended | rebend

categorical_group_list: Motion, Shape, Physicality

etymology: Proto-Germanic *bendaną "to bend, bind" (from PIE *bʰendʰ- "to bind, tie"), related to Old English bēon "to be" and Old Norse binda.


morpheme_key: benefice

morpheme: benefice

morpheme_head: benefice

affix_form: -benefice-

meaning_definition: good | well | beneficial

example_words_list_1: beneficiary, beneficial, beneficence

categorical_group_list: Positivity, Quality

etymology: Latin beneficus 'doing good', from bene 'well' + facere 'to do'


morpheme_key: beneficiary

morpheme: beneficiary

morpheme_head: beneficiary

affix_form: -beneficiary-

meaning_definition: one who receives | for the benefit of

example_words_list_1: beneficiary, benefaction, beneficent

example_words_corpus: nonbeneficiary | beneficiaryship | beneficiaryships

categorical_group_list: Agent, Recipient

etymology: Latin beneficus 'doing good', from bonus 'good' + facere 'to make'


morpheme_key: benefit

morpheme: benefit

morpheme_head: benefit

affix_form: -benefit-

meaning_definition: good | advantage | well-being

example_words_list_1: beneficial, beneficiary, beneficent, benefaction

example_words_corpus: benefits | benefited | benefiter | benefiting | benefitted | benefiters

categorical_group_list: Positive, Advantage, Utility


morpheme_key: benelux

morpheme: benelux

morpheme_head: benelux

affix_form: -benelux-

meaning_definition: Belgium | Netherlands | Luxembourg

example_words_list_1: benelux

categorical_group_list: Geography, Proper Noun

etymology: Portmanteau of Belgium, Netherlands, and Luxembourg

ancestor_etymon_language: Dutch


morpheme_key: bengal

morpheme: bengal

morpheme_head: bengal

affix_form: -bengal-

meaning_definition: Bangla region | Bengal

example_words_list_1: Bengali, Bengal

example_words_corpus: Bengali | Bengalese | Bengalize | Bengaliness

categorical_group_list: Geographic, Ethno-linguistic

etymology: From Bengali 'Bānglā', derived from 'Bangā'

ancestor_etymon_language: Sanskrit

etymological_family: Sanskrit


morpheme_key: benign

morpheme: benign

morpheme_head: benign

affix_form: -benign-

meaning_definition: kind | gentle | harmless

example_words_list_1: benign, benignity, benignly

example_words_corpus: benignly | unbenign | benignant | nonbenign | benignness | benignancy

categorical_group_list: Goodness, Nature

etymology: Latin benignus 'kindly, well-disposed', from bene 'well' + genus 'birth, race, kind'


morpheme_key: bent

morpheme: bent

morpheme_head: bent

affix_form: -bent-

meaning_definition: curved | crooked | turned

example_words_list_1: bent, unbent, bending

example_words_corpus: benty | bentgrass | bentwoods

categorical_group_list: Shape, Physical state

etymology: Old English bende "a curve, a ring"


morpheme_key: benth

morpheme: benth

morpheme_head: benth

affix_form: benth-

affix_type: prefix

meaning_definition: depth within the sea | measure of oceanic depth

example_words_list_1: benthic, benthos, epibenthos

example_words_list_2: benthic, benthos, epibenthos

categorical_group_list: Marine, Depth

etymology: Greek benthos : depth of the sea

ancestor_etymon_language: Greek

etymological_family: Greek

register: scientific


morpheme_key: benz

morpheme: benz

morpheme_head: benz

affix_form: benz-

allomorphs: benzo

meaning_definition: a cyclic aromatic hydrocarbon with six carbon atoms in a ring structure | a colorless, volatile liquid with a sweet odor

example_words_list_1: Benzedrine™ | benzene | benzine | benzocaine | benzoic | benzoin | benzoyl | benzyl

example_words_list_2: Benzedrine™, benzene, benzine, benzocaine, benzoic, benzoin, benzoyl, benzyl

example_words_corpus: benzyl | benzylic | dibenzyl | bibenzyl | benzamide | benzyloxy

categorical_group_list: Chemistry

etymology: Greek benzene (from benzoin)


morpheme_key: benzine

morpheme: benzine

morpheme_head: benzine

affix_form: -benzine-

meaning_definition: benzene-derived | hydrocarbon | solvent

example_words_list_1: benzine, benzine-based

example_words_corpus: benzines

categorical_group_list: Chemistry, Hydrocarbons

etymology: From French benzine, from German Benzol, from Latin benzoic acid (via Arabic luban jawi 'frankincense'), referring to the resin from which it was originally derived.


morpheme_key: bequeath

morpheme: bequeath

morpheme_head: bequeath

affix_form: -bequeath-

meaning_definition: give | hand down | leave by will

example_words_list_1: bequeathed, bequeathing, bequeathal

categorical_group_list: Transfer, Inheritance

etymology: Old French bequeir 'to leave, bequeath'


morpheme_key: ber

morpheme: ber

morpheme_head: ber

affix_form: ber

allomorphs: bern

meaning_definition: support or carry a load | withstand or tolerate something | give birth to offspring

example_words_list_1: bear, burden, birth, birthrate, burden, burdened, burdensome, bearable, bearish, bearlike, bearskin, beartrap, bearhug, bearberry, bearcat, bearclaw, bearfoot, bearhug, bearlike, bearskin, beartrap, bearhug, bearberry, bearcat, bearclaw, bearfoot, bearhug, bearlike, bearskin, beartrap

categorical_group_list: Animal

etymology: PIE *bher- "to carry"

ancestor_etymon_language: Proto-Indo-European


morpheme_key: berate

morpheme: berate

morpheme_head: berate

affix_form: -berate-

meaning_definition: to scold or criticize severely

example_words_list_1: berate

categorical_group_list: Communication, Criticism

etymology: Latin 're-' (back/again) + 'batterere' (to beat)


morpheme_key: bereave

morpheme: bereave

morpheme_head: bereave

affix_form: -bereave-

meaning_definition: to deprive | to rob | to strip of

example_words_list_1: bereavement, bereft

categorical_group_list: Loss, Deprivation

etymology: Old French 'berever' (to rob, plunder)


morpheme_key: beret

morpheme: beret

morpheme_head: beret

affix_form: -beret-

meaning_definition: soft cap | hat

example_words_list_1: beret

example_words_corpus: berets | bereted | beretlike

categorical_group_list: Clothing, Headwear

etymology: French beret


morpheme_key: berg

morpheme: berg

morpheme_head: berg

affix_form: -berg-

meaning_definition: mountain

example_words_list_1: iceberg, mountainberg

example_words_corpus: bergs | bergen | Bergen | bergens | fatberg | bergwind

categorical_group_list: Nature, Topography

etymology: Old English beorg, Proto-Germanic *bergaz, from Proto-Indo-European *bhergh- 'high, hill'

ancestor_etymon_language: Germanic


morpheme_key: beriberi

morpheme: beriberi

morpheme_head: beriberi

affix_form: -beriberi-

meaning_definition: thiamine deficiency | vitamin B1 deficiency

example_words_list_1: beriberi

categorical_group_list: Disease, Nutrition

etymology: Malay beriberi

ancestor_etymon_language: Malay


morpheme_key: berlin

morpheme: berlin

morpheme_head: berlin

affix_form: -berlin-

meaning_definition: Berlin (city in Germany)

example_words_list_1: Berlinale, Berliner, Berlin Wall

example_words_corpus: berlins | Berliner | Berlinese | berlinite

categorical_group_list: Geography, Proper Noun, Location

etymology: From Polabian *berl- or *berlъ, meaning 'swamp' or 'marsh', referring to the city's location on the Spree River.

ancestor_etymon_language: Polabian


morpheme_key: berman

morpheme: berman

morpheme_head: berman

affix_form: -berman-

meaning_definition: man | person

example_words_list_1: berman

categorical_group_list: Animate, Human

etymology: Old English 'berman' (to bear, carry) < Proto-Germanic '*beraną'


morpheme_key: berne

morpheme: berne

morpheme_head: berne

affix_form: -berne-

meaning_definition: fire

example_words_list_1: burn, burning, burnt, burner, burnish

categorical_group_list: Fire, Combustion, Action

etymology: From Old English 'bærnan' (to burn), related to 'bærn' (barn, originally a place for burning/drying grain).


morpheme_key: bernhard

morpheme: bernhard

morpheme_head: bernhard

affix_form: -bernhard-

meaning_definition: brave | bear | strong

example_words_list_1: Bernhard, Bernhardine, Bernhardin

categorical_group_list: Strength, Bravery

etymology: Germanic personal name Bernhard, composed of the elements 'bern' (bear) and 'hard' (brave, strong, hardy)

ancestor_etymon_language: Old High German


morpheme_key: bernstein

morpheme: bernstein

morpheme_head: bernstein

affix_form: -bernstein-

meaning_definition: amber

example_words_list_1: amber, ambergris, succinite

categorical_group_list: Material, Gemstone

etymology: From the town of Bernstein (now Starogard Gdański, Poland), named for the amber trade; the word itself derives from Old High German 'bern' (amber) + 'stein' (stone)

ancestor_etymon_language: German


morpheme_key: berry

morpheme: berry

morpheme_head: berry

affix_form: -berry-

meaning_definition: small fleshy fruit

example_words_list_1: strawberry, blueberry, raspberry

example_words_corpus: pineberry | berryings | gooseberry | goldenberry | berrypecker | blueberrying

categorical_group_list: Food, Nature

etymology: Old English bærige 'berry, fruit'

ancestor_etymon_language: Old English


morpheme_key: bert

morpheme: bert

morpheme_head: bert

affix_form: -bert-

meaning_definition: luminous | vivid | clear

example_words_list_1: Adelbert, Albert, Bertha, Bertram, Egbert, Englebert, Gilbert, Herbert, Humbert, Robert, Wilbert

categorical_group_list: Light, Luminosity

etymology: Proto-Germanic *berhtaz "bright, famous" (from PIE *bhergh- "to rise high, be visible")


morpheme_key: berth

morpheme: berth

morpheme_head: berth

affix_form: -berth-

meaning_definition: functional resting place

example_words_list_1: berth, बर्थ (berth)

categorical_group_list: Location, Rest

ancestor_etymon: berth

etymology: Old English berth (a place to lie in)


morpheme_key: beryl

morpheme: beryl

morpheme_head: beryl

affix_form: -beryl-

meaning_definition: a transparent precious stone | green mineral

example_words_list_1: beryl

example_words_corpus: beryllium | berylline | beryllide | beryllate | beryllides | berylliums

categorical_group_list: Gemstone, Mineral

etymology: Greek 'beryllos'


morpheme_key: beseech

morpheme: beseech

morpheme_head: beseech

affix_form: -beseech-

meaning_definition: to implore | to beg | to entreat

example_words_list_1: beseech

example_words_corpus: beseechers | beseechings | beseechingly | beseechments | beseechingness

categorical_group_list: Communication, Request

etymology: Old English besēcan 'to seek, search for'


morpheme_key: bestow

morpheme: bestow

morpheme_head: bestow

affix_form: -bestow-

meaning_definition: give | confer | present

example_words_list_1: bestowed, bestowing, bestowal

categorical_group_list: Giving, Action

etymology: Old French bestowen (to prepare, equip)


morpheme_key: beta

morpheme: beta

morpheme_head: beta

affix_form: -beta-

allomorphs: bet

meaning_definition: second | secondary | following

example_words_list_1: beta, betaversion, beta testing

example_words_corpus: betas | nonbeta | betager | betaware | labetalol | betalight

categorical_group_list: Ordinality, Sequence

etymology: Greek beta (β) 'second letter of the alphabet'


morpheme_key: betake

morpheme: betake

morpheme_head: betake

affix_form: -betake-

meaning_definition: take | seize | carry off

example_words_list_1: betake, betook, betaken, betaking

categorical_group_list: Verb, Action, Movement

etymology: From Old English 'bētan' (to take, seize) + 'ac' (away, off), related to 'take'.


morpheme_key: betel

morpheme: betel

morpheme_head: betel

affix_form: -betel-

meaning_definition: areca nut | chewing leaf

example_words_list_1: betel nut, betel leaf, betel quid

example_words_corpus: betels

categorical_group_list: Flora, Substance

etymology: Malay 'betel' (pinang)


morpheme_key: beth

morpheme: beth

morpheme_head: beth

affix_form: -beth-

meaning_definition: dwelling | residence [in Hebrew-derived names]

example_words_list_1: Beth, Bethany, Bethel, Bethesda, Bethlehem

example_words_corpus: beths

categorical_group_list: Location, Shelter, Structure

etymology: Hebrew beth, bet : house bet : second letter of the Hebrew alphabet: ב beta, second letter of the Greek alphabet: Β alphabet


morpheme_key: bethel

morpheme: bethel

morpheme_head: bethel

affix_form: -bethel-

meaning_definition: house of God | sanctuary

example_words_list_1: Bethel

example_words_corpus: Bethelite

categorical_group_list: Sacred, Place

etymology: Hebrew beth-el 'house of God'


morpheme_key: bethlehem

morpheme: bethlehem

morpheme_head: bethlehem

affix_form: -bethlehem-

meaning_definition: house of bread

example_words_list_1: Bethlehem

categorical_group_list: Place, Food, Religious

etymology: Hebrew beth-lechem (beth "house" + lechem "bread")


morpheme_key: betray

morpheme: betray

morpheme_head: betray

affix_form: -betray-

meaning_definition: to abandon | to deceive | to violate trust

example_words_list_1: betrayal, betrayed, betrayer

categorical_group_list: Deception, Violation, Action

etymology: Old French 'trair' from Frankish '*trajan'


morpheme_key: better

morpheme: better

morpheme_head: better

affix_form: -better-

meaning_definition: more good | superior | improved

example_words_list_1: better

example_words_corpus: betters | bettered | embetter | betterer | betterfy | bettering

categorical_group_list: Quality, Comparison, Positive

etymology: Old English 'betera', comparative of 'gōd'


morpheme_key: bevel

morpheme: bevel

morpheme_head: bevel

affix_form: -bevel-

meaning_definition: sloping | angled | edge

example_words_list_1: beveled, beveling, bevelled

categorical_group_list: Shape, Geometry

etymology: Middle English bevel (sloping surface)


morpheme_key: beverage

morpheme: beverage

morpheme_head: beverage

affix_form: -beverage-

meaning_definition: a drink | liquid for drinking

example_words_list_1: beverage

example_words_corpus: beverages | beverageware

categorical_group_list: Food and Drink, Substance

etymology: Old French 'bevrage' from 'boire' 'to drink'


morpheme_key: bey

morpheme: bey

morpheme_head: bey

affix_form: -bey-

meaning_definition: person | individual | being

example_words_list_1: bey, beylik, beylerbeyi

example_words_corpus: beys | beydom | beydoms

categorical_group_list: Person, Identity, Agent

etymology: Persian 'bēy' or 'bāy' meaning lord, master, or person

ancestor_etymon_language: Persian


morpheme_key: beyond

morpheme: beyond

morpheme_head: beyond

affix_form: -beyond-

meaning_definition: on the further side of | exceeding | surpassing

example_words_list_1: beyond, beyondness

example_words_corpus: beyonds | beyondish | beyondness | beyondward | therebeyond

categorical_group_list: Spatial, Degree, Limit

etymology: Old English be- "by" + ginnan "gap/void"


morpheme_key: bin

morpheme: bi(n)

morpheme_head: bi

affix_form: bi-

allomorphs: bi(n) | bi-

sense_label: two

bound_free_or_root: bound

parts_of_speech_this_morpheme_can_join_onto: adjective,noun

meaning_definition: dual | characterized by two parts | performed two times | numeral two | done once again

example_words_list_1: bicycle, binary, bisect, bilateral, biennial

example_words_corpus: rebin | binned | binman | binbag | binner | binful

categorical_group_list: Number format | Anomalous form

ancestor_etymon: bi-  OED | bi

etymology: Latin 'bis' meaning 'twice'

ancestor_etymon_language: Latin  OED | Latin

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


morpheme_key: bianco

morpheme: bianco

morpheme_head: bianco

affix_form: -bianco-

meaning_definition: white

example_words_list_1: bianco, bianchezza, biancheggiare

categorical_group_list: Color, Visual property

etymology: Latin blancus 'white'

ancestor_etymon_language: Latin


morpheme_key: bib

morpheme: bib

morpheme_head: bib

affix_form: bib-

meaning_definition: consume liquid | ingest liquid

example_words_list_1: bibulous, imbibe, imbibition

example_words_corpus: bibber | bibbers | biblike | bibless | Bibgate | biballs

categorical_group_list: Capability

ancestor_etymon: ingest

etymology: Latin bibere 'to drink'

source: Cognatarium | http://www.palosverdes.com/jesse/pvphs/www—freecollege—com—vocab.htm | http://leonsplanet.com/index.html | Wikidata


morpheme_key: bibl

morpheme: bibl

morpheme_head: bibl

affix_form: bibl-

allomorphs: bible

meaning_definition: written work | textual composition

example_words_list_1: bibliography, bibliography, biblical, bible, bibliophile

categorical_group_list: Literature, Knowledge

etymology: βίβλος (bíblos) | βιβλίον (biblíon) ~book~ | βιβλίον (biblíon) "book" | Greek biblion : book biblos : papyrus Byblos (now Dschebēl) in Phoenicia were papyrus was grown


morpheme_key: biblical

morpheme: biblical

morpheme_head: biblical

affix_form: -biblical-

meaning_definition: book | scripture

example_words_list_1: biblical, biblically

categorical_group_list: Religion, Literature

etymology: Greek biblion 'little book' (diminutive of biblos 'book')


morpheme_key: biblio

morpheme: biblio

morpheme_head: biblio

affix_form: biblio-

sense_label: book

parts_of_speech_this_morpheme_can_join_onto: various

meaning_definition: volume | volumes

example_words_list_1: bibliography, bibliophile, bibliomania

example_words_corpus: bibliotics | bibliology | bibliomane | biblioblog | bibliogram | bibliophile

categorical_group_list: Literature, Knowledge, Writing

ancestor_etymon: βιβλίο-  OED | book

etymology: βίβλος (bíblos) | βιβλίον (biblíon) ~book~ | < Greek βιβλίο- stem and comb. form of βιβλίον book OED | Greek

ancestor_etymon_language: Greek | Greek  OED

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


morpheme_key: bibulous

morpheme: bibulous

morpheme_head: bibulous

affix_form: -bibulous-

meaning_definition: fond of | excessive | drinking

example_words_list_1: bibulous

example_words_corpus: bibulously | bibulousness | omnibibulous

categorical_group_list: Consumption, Behavior


morpheme_key: bicker

morpheme: bicker

morpheme_head: bicker

affix_form: -bicker-

meaning_definition: argue | quarrel | dispute

example_words_list_1: bicker, bickering, bickered

example_words_corpus: bickers | bickered | bickerer | bickerers | bickerment | bickerments

categorical_group_list: Conflict, Communication

etymology: From Middle Dutch 'bickeren' meaning 'to quarrel' or 'to bicker', possibly of imitative origin.

ancestor_etymon_language: Middle Dutch


morpheme_key: bid

morpheme: bid

morpheme_head: bid

affix_form: -bid-

allomorphs: bide

meaning_definition: to offer | to propose | to command

example_words_list_1: bid, bidding, bidder, rebid

example_words_corpus: bids | rebid | forbid | outbid | bidder | rebids

categorical_group_list: Action, Communication, Commerce

etymology: Old English biddan 'to ask, entreat, or command'


morpheme_key: bidet

morpheme: bidet

morpheme_head: bidet

affix_form: -bidet-

meaning_definition: a device for washing the nether regions with a spray of water

example_words_list_1: ['bidet']

example_words_corpus: bidets

categorical_group_list: Hygiene, Objects

etymology: French 'bidet' (little ass), diminutive of 'cul'

ancestor_etymon_language: French

etymological_family: French

register: pejorative


morpheme_key: bien

morpheme: bien

morpheme_head: bien

affix_form: -bien-

meaning_definition: good | well | properly

example_words_list_1: beneficial, beneficiary, benevolence

categorical_group_list: Quality, Positivity

etymology: Latin 'bene' (adv.) 'well, good', from PIE *bheh₂- 'to speak, say, praise'


morpheme_key: bier

morpheme: bier

morpheme_head: bier

affix_form: -bier-

meaning_definition: beer

example_words_list_1: biergarten, bierstube, bierkrug

example_words_corpus: biers | abier | bierbalk | bierbalks

categorical_group_list: Beverage, Food, Loanword

etymology: German 'Bier', from Old High German 'bīr', from Latin 'bibere' (to drink)


morpheme_key: bifurcate

morpheme: bifurcate

morpheme_head: bifurcate

affix_form: -bifurcate-

meaning_definition: split | divide into two | fork

example_words_list_1: bifurcation, bifurcated

categorical_group_list: Division, Number, Shape

etymology: Latin bifurcus 'two-pronged', from bi- 'two' + furca 'fork'


morpheme_key: big

morpheme: big

morpheme_head: big

affix_form: -big-

meaning_definition: large | great | considerable

example_words_list_1: big, bigger, biggest, biggie

example_words_corpus: bigs | biggy | bigly | bigwig | biggen | bigfin

categorical_group_list: Size, Magnitude

etymology: Old English 'big'


morpheme_key: bight

morpheme: bight

morpheme_head: bight

affix_form: -bight-

meaning_definition: a deep bay or inlet | a bend in a rope

example_words_list_1: Chesapeake Bay, Long Island Sound, Narragansett Bay

example_words_corpus: bights

categorical_group_list: Geography, Nautical, Shape

etymology: From Old English 'bīht' (bend, curve), from Proto-Germanic '*bihtaz', related to 'bend'.


morpheme_key: bigot

morpheme: bigot

morpheme_head: bigot

affix_form: -bigot-

meaning_definition: intolerant | prejudiced

example_words_list_1: bigot, bigotry

example_words_corpus: bigots | bigoty | bigoted | bigotly | bigotous | unbigoted

categorical_group_list: Attitude, Social identity

etymology: French 'bigot' (devout person, later used derisively)


morpheme_key: bijou

morpheme: bijou

morpheme_head: bijou

affix_form: -bijou-

meaning_definition: small | elegant | precious

example_words_list_1: bijou, bijouterie, bijoutier

categorical_group_list: Size, Value, Aesthetics

etymology: French 'bijou' (jewel)


morpheme_key: bike

morpheme: bike

morpheme_head: bike

affix_form: -bike-

meaning_definition: bicycle | cycle | wheel-based vehicle

example_words_list_1: bicycle, motorbike, tricycle, unicycle

example_words_corpus: biker | bikes | biked | bikers | bikeway | skybike

categorical_group_list: Transportation, Motion

etymology: shortened from 'bicycle', from Greek 'kyklos' (wheel)


morpheme_key: bikini

morpheme: bikini

morpheme_head: bikini

affix_form: -bikini-

meaning_definition: two-piece swimsuit

example_words_list_1: bikini

example_words_corpus: bikinis | bikinied | bikinilike | bikiniless

categorical_group_list: Clothing, Apparel

etymology: named after the Bikini Atoll


morpheme_key: bile

morpheme: bile

morpheme_head: bile

affix_form: -bile-

allomorphs: bil

meaning_definition: gall | bitter | anger

example_words_list_1: bile, bilious, gallbladder

example_words_corpus: biles | bileful | bilestone | bilestones

categorical_group_list: Bodily fluid, Emotion

etymology: Latin 'bilem' (nominative 'bilis') meaning 'gall, bitterness'


morpheme_key: bilge

morpheme: bilge

morpheme_head: bilge

affix_form: -bilge-

meaning_definition: bottom of a ship | waste | filth

example_words_list_1: bilge, bilgy

example_words_corpus: bilged | bilges | bilgeway | bilgeways | bilgewater | bilgewaters

categorical_group_list: Nautical, Waste

etymology: Middle English bilge (bottom of a ship)

ancestor_etymon_language: Middle English


morpheme_key: bili

morpheme: bili

morpheme_head: bili

affix_form: bili-

meaning_definition: billion | thousand million

example_words_list_1: biliation | biliferous

example_words_corpus: biliation | biliferous

categorical_group_list: Number, Quantity

etymology: Latin bilingi 'having two sides', from bi- 'two' + -lingus 'tongue, side'


morpheme_key: bilious

morpheme: bilious

morpheme_head: bilious

affix_form: -bilious-

meaning_definition: bile

example_words_list_1: bile, bilious

example_words_corpus: biliously | unbilious | nonbilious | biliousness | antibilious | biliousnesses

categorical_group_list: Bodily fluids, Temperament

etymology: Latin bilis 'bile'


morpheme_key: bility

morpheme: bility

morpheme_head: bility

affix_form: -bility

allomorphs: -bility

affix_type: suffix

parts_of_speech_this_morpheme_can_join_onto: adjective

part_of_speech_created_by_this_suffix: noun

meaning_definition: state of | quality of | ability to

example_words_list_1: nobility, stability

example_words_list_2: nobility, stability

categorical_group_list: State, Quality, Ability

etymology: From Latin '-abilitas', from '-abilis' (capable of) + '-tas' (state/quality)

ancestor_etymon_language: French from Latin OED


morpheme_key: bilk

morpheme: bilk

morpheme_head: bilk

affix_form: -bilk-

meaning_definition: to cheat | to swindle | to defraud

example_words_list_1: ['bilk']

example_words_corpus: bilks | bilker | bilked | bilkers | bilking

categorical_group_list: Deception, Action


morpheme_key: bill

morpheme: bill

morpheme_head: bill

affix_form: -bill-

meaning_definition: written record | formal paper

example_words_list_1: bill (document), billboard, billet (position, lodging), billet-doux, billfold

example_words_corpus: bills | rebill | billed | biller | Billie | waybill

categorical_group_list: Communication, Documentation

etymology: Latin billa 'bill, list' or bilis 'gall, bile' (etymology is uncertain, possibly from Gaulish)


morpheme_key: billet

morpheme: billet

morpheme_head: billet

affix_form: -billet-

meaning_definition: a written order or note | a banknote | a ticket

example_words_list_1: billet-doux, billet of exchange, greenback, banknote

example_words_corpus: billets | billeted | billeting | billethead | billetings | billetless

categorical_group_list: Document, Currency, Ticket, Written Communication

etymology: Middle French billet 'small letter, note', from Old French billette 'little piece of wood', diminutive of bille 'stick, log'


morpheme_key: billiards

morpheme: billiards

morpheme_head: billiards

affix_form: -billiards-

meaning_definition: game of cue sports | pocket billiards

example_words_list_1: ['billiards']

categorical_group_list: Games, Sports

etymology: Middle French 'billiart'


morpheme_key: billow

morpheme: billow

morpheme_head: billow

affix_form: -billow-

meaning_definition: swell | surge | move in waves

example_words_list_1: billowing

example_words_corpus: billowy | billowed | embillow | billowing | billoweth | embillows

categorical_group_list: Motion, Fluidity

etymology: Middle English billow (a large wave)


morpheme_key: bind

morpheme: bind

morpheme_head: bind

affix_form: -bind-

meaning_definition: to tie | to fasten | to secure | to obligate

example_words_list_1: bind, binding, binder, bondage, unbind, rebind

example_words_corpus: binds | upbind | rebind | unbind | binder | binded

categorical_group_list: Action, Connection, Constraint

etymology: Latin 'bindere' meaning 'to tie, fasten'


morpheme_key: binge

morpheme: binge

morpheme_head: binge

affix_form: -binge-

meaning_definition: to consume excessively | to do in excess

example_words_list_1: binge, binging, binged

example_words_corpus: binged | binges | binger | bingers | bingeing | bingeful

categorical_group_list: Action, Quantity

etymology: From Old English 'bēgan' meaning 'to bend, bow, or stoop', referring to the physical posture of leaning over food.


morpheme_key: bio

morpheme: bio

morpheme_head: bio

affix_form: bio-

sense_label: life

meaning_definition: existence | relating to living organisms | material of organisms | active

example_words_list_1: biology, biography, biosphere, antibiotic

example_words_corpus: biome | biose | bionic | biotic | biodot | biotag

categorical_group_list: Life, Biology

ancestor_etymon: βίο-  OED | bio

etymology: Greek bios 'life'

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


morpheme_key: bionic

morpheme: bionic

morpheme_head: bionic

affix_form: -bionic-

meaning_definition: relating to life | pertaining to living organisms

example_words_list_1: bionics, bionic

categorical_group_list: Technology, Biology, Augmentation

etymology: Greek bios 'life' + -ic


morpheme_key: biont

morpheme: biont

morpheme_head: biont

affix_form: -biont

meaning_definition: organism | living being | entity

example_words_list_1: eobiont | symbiont | epibiont | eobionts | probiont | geobiont

etymology: Greek -bios 'life' + -ont 'being' (from participle of einai)


morpheme_key: biopsy

morpheme: biopsy

morpheme_head: biopsy

affix_form: -biopsy-

meaning_definition: examination of tissue | specimen sampling

example_words_list_1: biopsied, biopsies

example_words_corpus: rebiopsy | prebiopsy | postbiopsy | cryobiopsy | neurobiopsy

categorical_group_list: Medical, Biological

etymology: Greek bios "life" + logos "study/reason" (via biological roots)


morpheme_key: bios

morpheme: bios

morpheme_head: bios

affix_form: -bios-

meaning_definition: life

example_words_list_1: biology, biography, biome, antibiotic, photosynthesis

categorical_group_list: Life, Biology, Core concept


morpheme_key: biosis

morpheme: biosis

morpheme_head: biosis

affix_form: -biosis

allomorphs: -biosis

meaning_definition: manner of existing | lifestyle | approach to life | state of being

example_words_list_1: symbiosis, antibiosis, antibiosis

example_words_corpus: eubiosis | symbiosis | anabiosis | dysbiosis | probiosis | antibiosis

categorical_group_list: Life, Process

ancestor_etymon: βίος + -ωσις OED

etymology: From Greek bios 'life'

ancestor_etymon_language: Greek  OED

source: Stein


morpheme_key: biotic

morpheme: biotic

morpheme_head: biotic

affix_form: -biotic

allomorphs: -biotic

part_of_speech_created_by_this_suffix: adjective

meaning_definition: relating to life | relating to existence | relating to living organisms

example_words_list_1: aerobiosis | anabiosis | anhydrobiosis | anoxybiosis | antibiosis | catabiosis | chemobiosis | cryobiosis | cryptobiosis | ectosymbiosis | endosymbiosis | necrobiosis | osmobiosis | symbiosis | trophobiosis | anabiotic | aero-biotic | symbiotic

example_words_corpus: endobiotic | aerobiotic | parabiotic | metabiotic | xylobiotic | ectobiotic

ancestor_etymon: βιωτικός  OED

etymology: < ancient Greek βιωτικός ...Forming adjectives relating to states or strategies of existence OED

ancestor_etymon_language: Greek OED


morpheme_key: birch

morpheme: birch

morpheme_head: birch

affix_form: -birch-

meaning_definition: birch tree

example_words_list_1: birch, birchwood, birchbark

example_words_corpus: birchy | birches | birched | birchen | Bircher | bircher

categorical_group_list: Nature, Flora

etymology: From Old English birc(e) (Northumbrian), birce (West Saxon), from Proto-Germanic *berkiz, from PIE *bherH- 'to shine, brown'

ancestor_etymon_language: Proto-Germanic


morpheme_key: bird

morpheme: bird

morpheme_head: bird

affix_form: bird

meaning_definition: An aircraft with fixed wings and powered by propellers or jets | A type of flying machine | A vehicle with wings and engines

example_words_list_1: birdo | birdy | birder | birdie | birded | birdly

ancestor_etymon_language: Germanic


morpheme_key: birth

morpheme: birth

morpheme_head: birth

affix_form: -birth-

meaning_definition: origin | beginning | production

example_words_list_1: birth, newborn, rebirth, childbirth

example_words_corpus: births | rebirth | birthed | birther | unbirth | inbirth

categorical_group_list: Existence, Origin, Life cycle

etymology: Old English 'byrth' (noun of action from 'byrgan' to give birth), from Proto-Germanic '*burthiz', from PIE '*bher-' to bear, carry


morpheme_key: bis

morpheme: bis

morpheme_head: bis

affix_form: bis-

meaning_definition: two times | pair | twofold

example_words_list_1: bilingual, bisect, biscuit, bisque, bisecting

example_words_corpus: aquabis | bisamide | bisimide | bisimine | bisureas | bisphenol

categorical_group_list: Quantity, Amount

etymology: bis | ~twice~ | bini | ~in twos~ | Latin bis : double

source: Wikipedia | Cognatarium


morpheme_key: bishop

morpheme: bishop

morpheme_head: bishop

affix_form: -bishop-

meaning_definition: high-ranking religious official | overseer

example_words_list_1: bishop, episcopal, episcopate, episcopacy

example_words_corpus: bishops | unbishop | cobishop | bishoply | bishopric | unbishops

categorical_group_list: Religion, Hierarchy, Person

etymology: Greek episkopos 'overseer'

ancestor_etymon_language: Greek


morpheme_key: bismuto

morpheme: bismuto

morpheme_head: bismuto

affix_form: bismuto-

meaning_definition: bismuth

example_words_list_1: bismuto, subsalitrato de bismuto, bismuto subgálico

example_words_corpus: bismutoferrite | bismutomicrolite

categorical_group_list: Elemental, Chemical

etymology: Spanish 'bismuto' (bismuth)

ancestor_etymon_language: Spanish


morpheme_key: bisque

morpheme: bisque

morpheme_head: bisque

affix_form: -bisque-

meaning_definition: twice | double | repeated

example_words_list_1: bisected, bisect

example_words_corpus: bisques | bisqued | bisqueware | bisquewares

categorical_group_list: Number, Multiplicity

etymology: Latin bis 'twice'


morpheme_key: bistro

morpheme: bistro

morpheme_head: bistro

affix_form: -bistro-

meaning_definition: small restaurant | cafe

example_words_list_1: bistro

example_words_corpus: bistros | bistronomy

categorical_group_list: Food, Place

etymology: French 'bistro'


morpheme_key: bit

morpheme: bit

morpheme_head: bit

affix_form: -bit-

meaning_definition: small | piece | fragment

example_words_list_1: bit, bitcoin, bitpart

example_words_corpus: bits | qubit | biter | bitty | bitsy | rebit

categorical_group_list: Size, Quantity

etymology: Old English bitt 'a piece, fragment'


morpheme_key: bital

morpheme: bital

morpheme_head: bital

affix_form: -bital

meaning_definition: bit | two

example_words_list_1: bilateral, bilateralism, bilateralist, bilateralism

categorical_group_list: Number, Quantification

etymology: Latin 'bis' meaning 'twice' or 'two'


morpheme_key: bitter

morpheme: bitter

morpheme_head: bitter

affix_form: -bitter-

meaning_definition: sharp | pungent | acrid | resentful

example_words_list_1: bitter, bitterness, bittersweet

categorical_group_list: Taste, Emotion, Sensation

etymology: From Proto-Germanic *bitrą (bitter), from PIE *bheidh- (to pierce, split)


morpheme_key: bittern

morpheme: bittern

morpheme_head: bittern

affix_form: -bittern-

meaning_definition: bittern (bird)

example_words_list_1: bittern

example_words_corpus: bitterns | sunbittern | sunbitterns

categorical_group_list: Birds, Animals, Nature

etymology: From Old French bitorne, from Late Latin bitto, bitonis, of unknown origin, possibly imitative of the bird's call.

ancestor_etymon_language: Old French


morpheme_key: bitumen

morpheme: bitumen

morpheme_head: bitumen

affix_form: -bitumen-

allomorphs: bitumin

meaning_definition: bitumen | pitch | asphalt

example_words_list_1: bitumen

example_words_corpus: bitumens | pyrobitumen

categorical_group_list: Substance, Material

etymology: Greek bitume (pitch) via Latin bitumen


morpheme_key: bituminous

morpheme: bituminous

morpheme_head: bituminous

affix_form: -bituminous-

meaning_definition: resembling | containing | consisting of bitumen

example_words_list_1: bituminous, bitumen

categorical_group_list: Material, Substance

etymology: Latin bitumen 'pitch, bitumen'


morpheme_key: biz

morpheme: biz

morpheme_head: biz

affix_form: -biz-

meaning_definition: business | commerce | trade

example_words_list_1: business, businessman, businesswoman, businessmanlike, businesslike

example_words_corpus: bizzo | bizjet | showbiz | bizjets | bizspeak | showbizzy

categorical_group_list: Commerce, Work, Activity

etymology: From Old French 'biznes' or 'besogne', meaning 'business, occupation, toil', derived from the verb 'besogner' (to work, to do business).


morpheme_key: bizarre

morpheme: bizarre

morpheme_head: bizarre

affix_form: -bizarre-

meaning_definition: strange | unusual | peculiar

example_words_list_1: bizarre

example_words_corpus: bizarrely | unbizarre | bizarreness | bizarrenesses

categorical_group_list: Quality, Perception

etymology: Italian bizzarro 'strange, erratic'

ancestor_etymon_language: Italian


morpheme_key: blab

morpheme: blab

morpheme_head: blab

affix_form: -blab-

meaning_definition: to talk foolishly | to chatter | idle talk

example_words_list_1: blab, blabber, blabbing

example_words_corpus: blabs | blabby | blabbed | blabbing | blabtale | blabbings

categorical_group_list: Speech, Communication

etymology: imitative/onomatopoeic origin

ancestor_etymon_language: English


morpheme_key: black

morpheme: black

morpheme_head: black

affix_form: black

meaning_definition: to apply blacking | to make black | to darken

example_words_list_1: blacks | Blacky | blacken | blacked | blacker | blackly

etymology: From Old English 'blæc', meaning black.

ancestor_etymon_language: Old English


morpheme_key: blackstone

morpheme: blackstone

morpheme_head: blackstone

affix_form: blackstone

meaning_definition: Proper noun referring to a place or person named Blackstone | A language or dialect associated with Blackstone (e.g., Blackstonian)

example_words_list_1: Blackstonian

example_words_corpus: Blackstonian

source: MorphoLex


morpheme_key: bladder

morpheme: bladder

morpheme_head: bladder

affix_form: -bladder-

meaning_definition: sac | pouch | swelling

example_words_list_1: bladder

example_words_corpus: bladderfuls | bladderpods | neobladders | gallbladders | bladderworts | bladderworms

categorical_group_list: Anatomy, Container

etymology: Middle English 'bladdere', from Old English 'blædre'


morpheme_key: blade

morpheme: blade

morpheme_head: blade

affix_form: -blade-

meaning_definition: sharp edge | cutting tool | thin leaf-like part

example_words_list_1: sword, dagger, knife, razor, scythe

example_words_corpus: blades | bladed | bladers | bladelet | axeblade | twiblade

categorical_group_list: Weaponry, Sharpness, Tool

etymology: Old English blæd 'leaf, petal, blade of grass'


morpheme_key: blame

morpheme: blame

morpheme_head: blame

affix_form: -blame-

meaning_definition: assign responsibility for | fault | censure

example_words_list_1: blame, blameworthy, blameless

example_words_corpus: blamed | blames | blamer | blamers | blameth | blamest

categorical_group_list: Responsibility, Negation, Emotion

etymology: Old French 'blamer' from Frankish '*blaman'


morpheme_key: blanc

morpheme: blanc

morpheme_head: blanc

affix_form: blanc

allomorphs: blank

meaning_definition: colorless | empty

example_words_list_1: blanch, Blanche, blancmange, blank, blanket, carte blanche, Casablanca, Mont Blanc

example_words_corpus: blancs

categorical_group_list: Color, Absence

etymology: Old French 'blanc', from Frankish '*blank'


morpheme_key: blanch

morpheme: blanch

morpheme_head: blanch

affix_form: -blanch-

allomorphs: blanche

meaning_definition: white | to make white | to bleach

example_words_list_1: blanch, blanching, blanched

example_words_corpus: blanched | blanches | blancher | emblanch | blanching | blanchers

categorical_group_list: Color, Change of state

etymology: Old French blanchir 'to make white'


morpheme_key: blancmange

morpheme: blancmange

morpheme_head: blancmange

affix_form: -blancmange-

meaning_definition: a sweet food made from milk, sugar, and gelatin or cornstarch

example_words_list_1: blancmange

example_words_corpus: blancmanges | blancmangey

categorical_group_list: Food, Dessert

etymology: French blanc 'white' + mange 'eat'


morpheme_key: bland

morpheme: bland

morpheme_head: bland

affix_form: -bland-

meaning_definition: lacking | uninteresting | dull

example_words_list_1: ['bland']

example_words_corpus: blands | blandly | blandish | blandify | blandness | blandiose

categorical_group_list: Quality, Sensory

etymology: Middle French bland 'mild, gentle, or sweet'

ancestor_etymon_language: Middle French


morpheme_key: blandish

morpheme: blandish

morpheme_head: blandish

affix_form: -blandish-

meaning_definition: to flatter | to coax | to persuade through gentle flattery

example_words_list_1: blandish, blandishment, blandishing

categorical_group_list: Communication, Persuasion

etymology: Middle English blandish (to flatter)


morpheme_key: blanket

morpheme: blanket

morpheme_head: blanket

affix_form: -blanket-

meaning_definition: covering | cloth | layer

example_words_list_1: blanket

example_words_corpus: blankets | blankety | blanketed | blanketly | blanketing | blanketman

categorical_group_list: Covering, Material

etymology: Old English 'blanket' (a covering)


morpheme_key: blare

morpheme: blare

morpheme_head: blare

affix_form: -blare-

meaning_definition: loud | harsh | ringing

example_words_list_1: blare

example_words_corpus: blares | blared | ablare

categorical_group_list: Sound, Auditory

etymology: imitative of loud, harsh sound


morpheme_key: blase

morpheme: blase

morpheme_head: blase

affix_form: -blase-

meaning_definition: unimpressed | indifferent | bored

example_words_list_1: blasé

categorical_group_list: Emotion, Attitude

etymology: French blasé 'indifferent, unimpressed'


morpheme_key: blaspheme

morpheme: blaspheme

morpheme_head: blaspheme

affix_form: -blaspheme-

allomorphs: blasphem

meaning_definition: speak irreverently | insult | profane

example_words_list_1: blasphemy, blasphemous, blasphemer

example_words_corpus: blasphemes | blasphemed | blasphemer | blasphemers | blasphemeth | blasphemest

categorical_group_list: Speech, Religion, Negativity

etymology: Greek blasphēmos 'slanderous' + phēmē 'speaking'


morpheme_key: blasto

morpheme: blasto

morpheme_head: blasto

affix_form: blasto-

allomorphs: blast

meaning_definition: early developmental stage | early organism stage | initial outgrowth | nucleated cell | emerging growth

example_words_list_1: blastema | blastochyle | blastocoel | blastocoele | blastocyst | blastoderm | blastoma | blastula | cytotrophoblast | diploblasty | ectoblast | endoblast | entoblast | fibroblast | osteoblast | sideroblast | blastogenesis | blastocyte

example_words_corpus: blastoma | blastoid | blastomas | blastoderm | blastocyte | blastomere

categorical_group_list: Biology, Growth, Development

ancestor_etymon: βλαστο-  OED

etymology: Greek blastos "sprout, bud, germ"

source: MorphoQuantics | OED | Stein


morpheme_key: blastu

morpheme: blastu

morpheme_head: blastu

affix_form: blastu-

meaning_definition: germ, embryo, bud, cell with nucleus

example_words_list_1: blastema, blastochyle, blastocoel, blastocoele, blastocyst, blastoderm, blastoma, blastula, cytotrophoblast, diploblasty, ectoblast, endoblast, entoblast, fibroblast, osteoblast, sideroblast

etymology: Greek blastos 'sprout, shoot'


morpheme_key: blaze

morpheme: blaze

morpheme_head: blaze

affix_form: -blaze-

allomorphs: blazon

meaning_definition: a large, bright fire | to burn fiercely

example_words_list_1: blaze, blazing, blazer

example_words_corpus: ablaze | blazer | blazed | blazen | blazes | blazers

categorical_group_list: Fire, Light, Heat

etymology: Middle English blāse, from Old English blæse 'torch, flame'


morpheme_key: ble

morpheme: ble

morpheme_head: ble

affix_form: -ble

allomorphs: -ble1 | -ble2

morpheme_subtype: forms:adjective | noun

derivational_or_inflectional: derivational suffix affix bound morpheme

parts_of_speech_this_morpheme_can_join_onto: verb | noun

part_of_speech_created_by_this_suffix: adjective | noun

meaning_definition: disposed toward | prone to | fond of | suitable for | capable of executing the base verb | individual/entity inclined toward | possessing the characteristic of | able to be | method | tool | location

example_words_list_1: noble | stable | humble | tumble | fable

categorical_group_list: Location

ancestor_etymon: -bilis  OED | ble

etymology: From Latin -bilis, from -ere + -bilis (capable of), related to the verb stem.

ancestor_etymon_language: Latin OED | Latin  OED | Latin


morpheme_key: bleach

morpheme: bleach

morpheme_head: bleach

affix_form: -bleach-

meaning_definition: to make white | to remove color | to lighten

example_words_list_1: bleached, bleaching, bleacher

example_words_corpus: bleachy | bleacher | bleached | bleaches | rebleach | bleaching

categorical_group_list: Color, Transformation, Cleaning

etymology: Middle English blēchen, from Old English blāecan 'to make white'


morpheme_key: bleak

morpheme: bleak

morpheme_head: bleak

affix_form: -bleak-

meaning_definition: pale | white | bright

example_words_list_1: bleakness, bleakly

example_words_corpus: bleaks | bleakly | bleakish | bleakness | bleaknesses | bleakonomics

categorical_group_list: Emotion, Environment, Appearance

etymology: Old Norse bleikr "pale, white, or bright"

ancestor_etymon_language: Old Norse


morpheme_key: bleat

morpheme: bleat

morpheme_head: bleat

affix_form: -bleat-

meaning_definition: to make a characteristic wavering cry | sound of a sheep or goat

example_words_list_1: bleating, bleated, bleats

example_words_corpus: bleats | bleaty | bleated | bleater | debleat | bleating

categorical_group_list: Sound, Animal behavior

etymology: imitative of the sound made by sheep


morpheme_key: bled

morpheme: bled

morpheme_head: bled

affix_form: -bled-

meaning_definition: to flow | to seep | to lose blood

example_words_list_1: bled

example_words_corpus: bleds | unbled | bleddest

categorical_group_list: Action, Vitality, Injury

etymology: Old English blædan 'to bleed'


morpheme_key: bleed

morpheme: bleed

morpheme_head: bleed

affix_form: -bleed-

meaning_definition: to lose blood | to flow from a wound

example_words_list_1: bleeding, bleedless, bloodletting

example_words_corpus: bleeds | bleeder | bleeded | rebleed | bebleed | bleeding

categorical_group_list: Physical process, Injury

etymology: Old English blēdan 'to bleed'


morpheme_key: blem

morpheme: blem

morpheme_head: blem

affix_form: -blem-

meaning_definition: to cast | to propel

example_words_list_1: emblem, problem

example_words_list_2: emblem, problem

example_words_corpus: blems

categorical_group_list: Action, Motion

etymology: contractions with prefixes Greek ballein : to throw


morpheme_key: blemish

morpheme: blemish

morpheme_head: blemish

affix_form: -blemish-

meaning_definition: flaw | mark | imperfection

example_words_list_1: blemish, unblemished

example_words_corpus: blemishes | blemished | blemisher | blemishing | blemisheth | blemishers

categorical_group_list: Imperfection, Damage

etymology: Middle English blemishen


morpheme_key: blench

morpheme: blench

morpheme_head: blench

affix_form: -blench-

meaning_definition: flinch | recoil | wince

example_words_list_1: blench

example_words_corpus: blenched | blencher | blenching | blenchers | unblenched | unblenching

categorical_group_list: Motion, Reaction, Physicality

etymology: Middle English blenchen


morpheme_key: blenno

morpheme: blenno

morpheme_head: blenn

affix_form: blenno-

allomorphs: blenno

meaning_definition: mucus | slime | phlegm

example_words_list_1: blennorrhea | blennogenous | blennorrheas | blennorrhagia

categorical_group_list: Substance, Biological

etymology: Greek blennos 'mucus'


morpheme_key: blent

morpheme: blent

morpheme_head: blent

affix_form: -blent-

meaning_definition: mixed | blended | combined

example_words_list_1: blended, blend, blending

example_words_corpus: yblent | unblent

categorical_group_list: Combination, Unity

etymology: From Middle English 'blenden', from Old English 'blendan' 'to mix, mingle'


morpheme_key: blepharo

morpheme: blepharo

morpheme_head: blephar

affix_form: blepharo-

allomorphs: blepharo

meaning_definition: eyelid | eyelash | of or pertaining to the eyelid

example_words_list_1: blepharism | blepharitis | blepharospasm | blepharoplasty

example_words_corpus: blepharostat | blepharotomy | blepharospasm | blepharoplast | blepharostats | blepharospasms

categorical_group_list: Body Parts and Substances

etymology: Greek βλέφαρον (blépharon), eyelid

source: Wikipedia


morpheme_key: bless

morpheme: bless

morpheme_head: bless

affix_form: -bless-

meaning_definition: to confer holy status | to consecrate | to confer well-being

example_words_list_1: blessing, blessed, blessedly

example_words_corpus: blessed | blesser | blesses | blessee | unbless | bebless

categorical_group_list: Sanctity, Good fortune

etymology: Old English blētsian 'to consecrate, hallow'


morpheme_key: blest

morpheme: blest

morpheme_head: blest

affix_form: -blest-

meaning_definition: blessed | favored | holy

example_words_list_1: blessed, blessing, bless

example_words_corpus: unblest

categorical_group_list: Divinity, Emotion, State of being

etymology: Old English blētsian 'to consecrate, make holy'


morpheme_key: blether

morpheme: blether

morpheme_head: blether

affix_form: -blether-

meaning_definition: to talk idly | to chatter | to babble

example_words_list_1: blethering, blethered, blethers

example_words_corpus: blethers | blethered | bletherer | blethering | bletherers | bletherings

categorical_group_list: Speech, Communication

etymology: Scots origin, likely imitative or related to dialectal speech

ancestor_etymon_language: Scots


morpheme_key: blight

morpheme: blight

morpheme_head: blight

affix_form: -blight-

meaning_definition: a destructive disease or pestilence | to cause decay or ruin | a state of moral or social corruption

example_words_list_1: blight, blighted, unblighted

example_words_corpus: blights | blighted | blighter | blighten | blighting | blighters

categorical_group_list: Decay, Destruction, Malignancy

etymology: Old English blæst 'blast, sudden gust' or blæce 'blotch'


morpheme_key: blimp

morpheme: blimp

morpheme_head: blimp

affix_form: -blimp-

meaning_definition: large airship | dirigible

example_words_list_1: blimp

example_words_corpus: blimps | blimpy | blimpish | blimplike | blimpishness

categorical_group_list: Aviation, Vehicle

etymology: Likely an onomatopoeic formation or a variation of 'blimp' related to the sound of air or a shortening of a larger term, though origin is somewhat obscure.


morpheme_key: blind

morpheme: blind

morpheme_head: blind

affix_form: blind

meaning_definition: Unable to see due to physical or neurological causes | Lacking sight | Inability to perceive visually.

example_words_list_1: blinds | blinded | blindly | blinder | unblind | blinden

etymology: From Old English 'blēndan' meaning 'to blind'.


morpheme_key: blink

morpheme: blink

morpheme_head: blink

affix_form: -blink-

meaning_definition: to close and open eyes quickly | to flash briefly

example_words_list_1: blink, blinking, blinked

example_words_corpus: blinks | blinky | blinker | blinked | blinkie | blinkle

categorical_group_list: Vision, Motion, Temporal

etymology: imitative of the sound or action of rapid eye movement


morpheme_key: blip

morpheme: blip

morpheme_head: blip

affix_form: -blip-

meaning_definition: a short, sharp sound | a small, indistinct visual spot

example_words_list_1: blip

example_words_corpus: blips | blippy | blipped | blipverts

categorical_group_list: Sound, Visual, Size


morpheme_key: bliss

morpheme: bliss

morpheme_head: bliss

affix_form: -bliss-

meaning_definition: extreme happiness | joy | delight

example_words_list_1: blissful, blissfully, blisslessness

example_words_corpus: blissed | blisses | enbliss | embliss | unbliss | blissen

categorical_group_list: Emotion, Positive state

etymology: Old English blītsa 'joy, delight'


morpheme_key: blister

morpheme: blister

morpheme_head: blister

affix_form: -blister-

meaning_definition: bubble | swelling | sore

example_words_list_1: blister, blistering, blistered

example_words_corpus: blistery | blistered | beblister | blistering | blisterlike | antiblister

categorical_group_list: Physical condition, Injury

etymology: Middle English 'blister', likely related to 'blaze'


morpheme_key: blithe

morpheme: blithe

morpheme_head: blithe

affix_form: -blithe-

meaning_definition: carefree | lighthearted | cheerful

example_words_list_1: blithe, blithely, blithesomeness

example_words_corpus: blithen | blithely | blitheful | blitheness | blithesome | blitheless

categorical_group_list: Emotion, Disposition

etymology: Old English blīthe 'gentle, pleasant'


morpheme_key: blitz

morpheme: blitz

morpheme_head: blitz

affix_form: -blitz-

meaning_definition: lightning

example_words_list_1: blitzkrieg, blitzing

example_words_corpus: blitzed | blitzes | blitzar | blitzing | blitzars | unblitzed

categorical_group_list: Speed, Violence, Suddenness

etymology: German Blitz 'lightning', from Old High German blītzo, from Proto-Germanic *blīhtaz

ancestor_etymon_language: German


morpheme_key: blizzard

morpheme: blizzard

morpheme_head: blizzard

affix_form: -blizzard-

meaning_definition: a severe snowstorm | heavy snow with strong winds

example_words_list_1: blizzard

example_words_corpus: blizzards | blizzardy | blizzardly | blizzardous | blizzardlike

categorical_group_list: Weather, Nature, Cold

etymology: Middle English blizzard, likely from 'bluster'


morpheme_key: bloat

morpheme: bloat

morpheme_head: bloat

affix_form: -bloat-

meaning_definition: swelling | distension | excess

example_words_list_1: bloated, bloating, bloatware

example_words_corpus: bloats | bloaty | bloater | debloat | bloating | bloaters

categorical_group_list: Size, Physical state

etymology: Middle English bloten, from Old French bloater 'to swell', of Germanic origin; related to Dutch blozen 'to blush' and German blähen 'to swell'.

ancestor_etymon_language: Middle English


morpheme_key: bloc

morpheme: bloc

morpheme_head: bloc

affix_form: -bloc-

meaning_definition: block | mass | group | unit

example_words_list_1: bloc, blockade, blockhead

example_words_corpus: blocs | nonbloc | superbloc | superblocs

categorical_group_list: Unity, Mass, Structure

etymology: French bloc 'block, chunk'

ancestor_etymon_language: French


morpheme_key: block

morpheme: block

morpheme_head: block

affix_form: -block-

meaning_definition: to obstruct | to hinder | solid mass

example_words_list_1: blockade, blocking, blockbuster

example_words_corpus: blocky | unblock | blocked | blocker | diblock | reblock

categorical_group_list: Obstruction, Physicality

etymology: Middle Dutch 'bloc' (lump, mass)

ancestor_etymon_language: Middle Dutch


morpheme_key: bloke

morpheme: bloke

morpheme_head: bloke

affix_form: -bloke-

meaning_definition: man | fellow | guy

example_words_list_1: bloke

example_words_corpus: blokes | blokey | blokeish | blokedom | blokeyness | blokeishly

categorical_group_list: Animate, Person

etymology: British slang, possibly from 'blockhead'


morpheme_key: blond

morpheme: blond

morpheme_head: blond

affix_form: -blond-

allomorphs: blonde

meaning_definition: pale | light | yellowish

example_words_list_1: blond, blondness

example_words_corpus: blonds | blondie | blonden | blondly | blondish | blondies

categorical_group_list: Color, Physical attribute

etymology: Old French blond/blund


morpheme_key: blood

morpheme: blood

morpheme_head: blood

affix_form: -blood-

meaning_definition: blood | vital fluid

example_words_list_1: bloodletting, bloodlust, bloodshot

example_words_corpus: bloody | bloods | oxblood | blooded | blooden | beblood

categorical_group_list: Biology, Vitality, Essence

etymology: From Old English blōd, from Proto-Germanic *blōdą, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ed- 'to eat' (referring to blood as the 'food' of the body).


morpheme_key: bloom

morpheme: bloom

morpheme_head: bloom

affix_form: -bloom-

meaning_definition: to flower | to flourish | to develop

example_words_list_1: blooming, bloomery, bloomless

example_words_corpus: abloom | blooms | bloomy | bloomed | bloomer | rebloom

categorical_group_list: Growth, Nature, Vitality

etymology: Old English blōma 'flower, blossom'


morpheme_key: blossom

morpheme: blossom

morpheme_head: blossom

affix_form: -blossom-

meaning_definition: to bloom | flower | flourish

example_words_list_1: blossom, blossoming, blossom-like

example_words_corpus: blossoms | blossomy | blossomed | emblossom | reblossom | blossomly

categorical_group_list: Nature, Growth, Vitality

etymology: Old English blōstm


morpheme_key: blot

morpheme: blot

morpheme_head: blot

affix_form: -blot-

meaning_definition: stain | mark | spot

example_words_list_1: blot, blotting, blotchy

example_words_corpus: blots | blotto | blotch | blotty | beblot | reblot

categorical_group_list: Marking, Imperfection

etymology: Middle English blotte 'a spot or stain'


morpheme_key: blotch

morpheme: blotch

morpheme_head: blotch

affix_form: -blotch-

meaning_definition: a spot | a stain | a mark

example_words_list_1: blotch, blotchy, blotched

categorical_group_list: Visual, Mark, Imperfection

etymology: imitative of a spreading mark


morpheme_key: blouse

morpheme: blouse

morpheme_head: blouse

affix_form: -blouse-

meaning_definition: a type of upper garment | shirt

example_words_list_1: ['blouse']

example_words_corpus: blouses | bloused | unblouse | deblouse | unblouses | deblouses

categorical_group_list: Clothing, Apparel

etymology: French blouse, of unknown origin, perhaps from Germanic


morpheme_key: blow

morpheme: blow

morpheme_head: blow

affix_form: blow

meaning_definition: to inflate or swell, either physically or metaphorically (as with pride) | to puff up or expand

example_words_list_1: blows | blowy | ablow | upblow | blower | blowed

etymology: From Old English 'blāwan', meaning to blow or inflate.


morpheme_key: blown

morpheme: blown

morpheme_head: blown

affix_form: -blown

meaning_definition: covered with | penetrated by | affected by

example_words_list_1: blown, blown-out, blown-up, blown-away

example_words_list_2: flyblown, full-blown, overblown, windblown

example_words_corpus: unblown | inblown | outblown | endblown | windblown | handblown

categorical_group_list: State, Resultative

etymology: Old English blāwan 'to blow'


morpheme_key: blubber

morpheme: blubber

morpheme_head: blubber

affix_form: -blubber-

meaning_definition: fatty substance | whale fat

example_words_list_1: blubber

example_words_corpus: blubbery | blubbers | blubbered | beblubber | blubberer | blubbering

categorical_group_list: Substance, Animal anatomy

etymology: Middle English blubere, related to blubbering/fatty mass


morpheme_key: bludgeon

morpheme: bludgeon

morpheme_head: bludgeon

affix_form: -bludgeon-

meaning_definition: to strike with a heavy object | heavy instrument for striking

example_words_list_1: bludgeon, bludgeoning

example_words_corpus: bludgeons | bludgeoned | bludgeoner | bludgeoning | bludgeoners | bludgeonings

categorical_group_list: Violence, Physical action

etymology: likely from Middle English bludgeon (a club)


morpheme_key: blue

morpheme: blue

morpheme_head: blue

affix_form: -blue-

meaning_definition: blue | azure

example_words_list_1: blue, blueberry, bluebird, bluegrass, bluebell

example_words_list_2: black-and-blue, bright_blue, dark-blue, gray-blue, grayish-blue, grey-blue, greyish-blue, light-blue, lilac-blue, mauve-blue, pale_blue, peacock-blue, powder_blue, powdery-blue, purple-blue, purplish-blue, silver-blue, silvery-blue, sky-blue, true-blue, violet-blue

example_words_corpus: blues | Bluey | bluey | blued | bluely | unblue

categorical_group_list: Color, Visual perception

etymology: Old English blæw


morpheme_key: bluff

morpheme: bluff

morpheme_head: bluff

affix_form: -bluff-

meaning_definition: deceive | feign | pretend

example_words_list_1: bluff, bluffing, bluffer

example_words_corpus: bluffs | bluffy | bluffer | bluffly | bluffed | rebluff

categorical_group_list: Deception, Action

etymology: From Dutch 'bluffen' meaning 'to boast' or 'to bluff', possibly from 'bluf' (boldness, bluff).

ancestor_etymon_language: Dutch


morpheme_key: blum

morpheme: blum

morpheme_head: blum

affix_form: -blum-

meaning_definition: flower

example_words_list_1: bloom, blossom, blume, plume

categorical_group_list: Nature, Botany, Core concept

etymology: Latin 'flos' (genitive 'floris') meaning 'flower'

ancestor_etymon_language: Latin


morpheme_key: blunder

morpheme: blunder

morpheme_head: blunder

affix_form: -blunder-

meaning_definition: error | mistake | clumsy mistake

example_words_list_1: blunder, blundering, blundered

example_words_corpus: blunderers | blunderings | blunderingly | blunderheads | blunderously

categorical_group_list: Error, Failure

etymology: Middle English blunderen 'to stumble, blunder'


morpheme_key: blunt

morpheme: blunt

morpheme_head: blunt

affix_form: -blunt-

meaning_definition: not sharp | dull | blunt

example_words_list_1: blunt, bluntness, bluntedly

example_words_corpus: blunts | bluntly | blunted | blunten | blunting | bluntish

categorical_group_list: Physical property, Sharpness

etymology: Middle English blunten 'to make dull'


morpheme_key: blur

morpheme: blur

morpheme_head: blur

affix_form: -blur-

meaning_definition: unclear | indistinct | out of focus

example_words_list_1: blur, blurred, blurring

example_words_corpus: blurs | ablur | blurry | unblur | deblur | beblur

categorical_group_list: Perception, Visual state

etymology: Middle English bluren (to smudge, smear, or blur)


morpheme_key: blurt

morpheme: blurt

morpheme_head: blurt

affix_form: -blurt-

meaning_definition: to utter suddenly | to speak abruptly

example_words_list_1: ['blurt']

example_words_corpus: blurts | blurted | blurter | blurting | blurters | blurtings

categorical_group_list: Speech, Communication

etymology: Imitative/Onomatopoeic origin


morpheme_key: blush

morpheme: blush

morpheme_head: blush

affix_form: -blush-

meaning_definition: to redden | to flush | to show embarrassment

example_words_list_1: blush, blushing, blushed

example_words_corpus: ablush | blushy | blushed | blusher | blushes | blushet

categorical_group_list: Color, Emotion, Physical state

etymology: Middle English blushen, related to blush


morpheme_key: bluster

morpheme: bluster

morpheme_head: bluster

affix_form: -bluster-

meaning_definition: to blow noisily | to speak loudly and aggressively | to act with empty bravado

example_words_list_1: bluster, blustering

example_words_corpus: blustery | blusters | blusterer | blustered | blustering | blusterous

categorical_group_list: Motion, Sound, Speech

etymology: imitative of the sound of wind


morpheme_key: blutwurst

morpheme: blutwurst

morpheme_head: blutwurst

affix_form: -blutwurst-

meaning_definition: blood sausage

example_words_list_1: Blutwurst

example_words_corpus: blutwursts

categorical_group_list: Food, Meat

etymology: Compound of Blut 'blood' + Wurst 'sausage'


morpheme_key: blyth

morpheme: blyth

morpheme_head: blyth

affix_form: -blyth-

meaning_definition: cheerful | merry | joyful

example_words_list_1: blithe

categorical_group_list: Emotion, Positive affect

etymology: Old English blīðe 'gentle, kind, cheerful'


morpheme_key: boa

morpheme: boa

morpheme_head: boa

affix_form: -boa-

meaning_definition: snake | serpent

example_words_list_1: boa constrictor, anaconda, python

example_words_corpus: Boidae | Boinae | Booidea

categorical_group_list: Zoology, Mythology, Animal

etymology: Greek boa (genitive boas) 'serpent'


morpheme_key: boar

morpheme: boar

morpheme_head: boar

affix_form: -boar-

meaning_definition: wild pig | swine

example_words_list_1: boar, boarish

example_words_corpus: boars | boarish | boarhide | boarlike | boarfish | wereboar

categorical_group_list: Animals, Fauna

etymology: Old English 'bror'


morpheme_key: board

morpheme: board

morpheme_head: board

affix_form: -board-

sense_label: flat surface

meaning_definition: flat surface | plank | platform

example_words_list_1: boardwalk, boardroom, boarder, boarder, boarder

example_words_corpus: boards | onboard | boarder | boarded | deboard | reboard

categorical_group_list: Surface, Material, Structure

etymology: Old English bord 'plank, planking, side of a ship'


morpheme_key: boast

morpheme: boast

morpheme_head: boast

affix_form: -boast-

meaning_definition: to speak with excessive pride | to brag

example_words_list_1: boast, boasting, boasted, boasts

example_words_corpus: boasts | boasted | boaster | boastly | boasting | boastful

categorical_group_list: Communication, Pride, Ego

etymology: Middle English boast (to brag, to vaunt)


morpheme_key: boat

morpheme: boat

morpheme_head: boat

affix_form: -boat-

meaning_definition: watercraft | vessel

example_words_list_1: boat, lifeboat, motorboat, speedboat

example_words_corpus: boats | boaty | boater | boated | boates | boatel

categorical_group_list: Transportation, Watercraft

etymology: Old English bāt, from Proto-Germanic *baitōz, from PIE *bʰeyd- 'to build'

ancestor_etymon_language: Proto-Germanic


morpheme_key: bobbin

morpheme: bobbin

morpheme_head: bobbin

affix_form: -bobbin-

meaning_definition: a cylinder or spindle for holding thread or yarn

example_words_list_1: bobbin

example_words_corpus: bobbins | bobbinet | bobbinless | bobbinlike | bobbinwork

categorical_group_list: Tool, Textile

etymology: Middle English boben (to bob, move up and down)


morpheme_key: bod

morpheme: bod

morpheme_head: bod

affix_form: -bod-

allomorphs: bode

meaning_definition: body

example_words_list_1: corporeal, corporation, corpus, corpulent

example_words_corpus: bods | dadbod | dadbods

categorical_group_list: Anatomy, Physical form

etymology: Latin 'corpus' (genitive 'corporis') meaning 'body'


morpheme_key: bodice

morpheme: bodice

morpheme_head: bodice

affix_form: -bodice-

meaning_definition: tight-fitting upper garment | part of a dress

example_words_list_1: bodice, bodiced

categorical_group_list: Clothing, Apparel

etymology: Middle English bodice


morpheme_key: bodied

morpheme: bodied

morpheme_head: bodied

affix_form: -bodied

sense_label: having

meaning_definition: having | possessing | characterized by a certain body

example_words_list_1: two-bodied, three-bodied, four-bodied, six-bodied, many-bodied

categorical_group_list: Creature modifier

etymology: English 'body' + suffix '-ed'

source: Wikidata


morpheme_key: body

morpheme: body

morpheme_head: body

affix_form: -body-

meaning_definition: physical form | corpse | flesh | substance

example_words_list_1: embody, embodyment, bodybuilding

example_words_corpus: nobody | embody | unbody | unibody | orebody | midbody

categorical_group_list: Anatomy, Physicality

etymology: Old English 'bōdy' (corpse, physical form)


morpheme_key: boer

morpheme: boer

morpheme_head: boer

affix_form: -boer-

meaning_definition: farmer | peasant | farmer's wife

example_words_list_1: boer, boeren, boerinnen

categorical_group_list: Occupation, Agriculture, Person

etymology: From Middle Dutch boer, from Old Dutch *bōi, from Proto-Germanic *bōwiz (farmstead, dwelling).


morpheme_key: boffin

morpheme: boffin

morpheme_head: boffin

affix_form: -boffin-

meaning_definition: expert | enthusiast | specialist

example_words_list_1: boffin

example_words_corpus: boffins | boffinry

categorical_group_list: Person, Intelligence, Expertise

etymology: British slang, likely related to 'buff'


morpheme_key: bog

morpheme: bog

morpheme_head: bog

affix_form: -bog-

allomorphs: bogus

meaning_definition: marsh | swamp | wetland

example_words_list_1: bog, boggy, bogs

example_words_corpus: bogs | boggy | boglet | bogger | bograt | bogroll

categorical_group_list: Nature, Terrain

etymology: From Old English 'bōg' (marsh, fen), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch 'bogge' and German 'Bog' (archaic/dialectal for marsh).


morpheme_key: bogey

morpheme: bogey

morpheme_head: bogey

affix_form: -bogey-

meaning_definition: ghost | spirit | phantom | specter

example_words_list_1: bogeyman, bogey, bogeywoman

example_words_corpus: bogeys | bogeyed | bogeyman | bogeying | bogeyland | bogeywoman

categorical_group_list: Supernatural, Fear, Entity

etymology: Middle English bogge, from Old English boga or related Germanic roots meaning 'fright' or 'demon'


morpheme_key: boggle

morpheme: boggle

morpheme_head: boggle

affix_form: -boggle-

meaning_definition: to confuse | to bewilder | to disconcert

example_words_list_1: boggled, boggling, boggles

example_words_corpus: boggled | boggles | boggler | bogglers | bogglesome

categorical_group_list: Verb, Mental State, Confusion

etymology: Origin uncertain, possibly from dialectal 'boggle' meaning to hesitate or balk; entered standard English in the 16th century.


morpheme_key: boheme

morpheme: boheme

morpheme_head: boheme

affix_form: -boheme-

meaning_definition: bohemian | artistic | unconventional

example_words_list_1: bohemianism, bohemian

categorical_group_list: Lifestyle, Culture

etymology: French 'bohémien', originally referring to people believed to come from Bohemia


morpheme_key: bohemia

morpheme: bohemia

morpheme_head: bohemia

affix_form: -bohemia-

meaning_definition: Bohemia | Czechia

example_words_list_1: Bohemian, Bohemianism, Bohemianism

categorical_group_list: Proper Noun, Location

etymology: Latin Bohemia, from Old High German Bahaia, from the Slavic name for the region (Boii tribe)


morpheme_key: boil

morpheme: boil

morpheme_head: boil

affix_form: -boil-

meaning_definition: to heat liquid until it bubbles | to cook in boiling liquid

example_words_list_1: boil, boiling, boiled

example_words_corpus: aboil | boiler | boiled | reboil | upboil | emboil

categorical_group_list: Action, Temperature, Cooking

etymology: Old English bōlian 'to bubble, boil'


morpheme_key: boisterous

morpheme: boisterous

morpheme_head: boisterous

affix_form: -boisterous-

meaning_definition: noisy | energetic | rowdy

example_words_list_1: boisterousness, boisterously

example_words_corpus: boisterously | unboisterous | boisterousness | overboisterously

categorical_group_list: Energy, Sound, Behavior

etymology: Middle English boisterous (originally meaning 'rough' or 'wild')


morpheme_key: bol

morpheme: bol

morpheme_head: bol

affix_form: bol-

sense_label: clod

meaning_definition: clod | lump

example_words_list_1: bole | bolus | embolism

example_words_list_2: bole | bolus | embolism

categorical_group_list: Mass, Substance

etymology: βῶλος (bôlos)

ancestor_etymon_language: Greek


morpheme_key: bold

morpheme: bold

morpheme_head: bold

affix_form: -bold-

meaning_definition: brave | thick | prominent

example_words_list_1: boldness, boldly, embolden

example_words_corpus: bolds | boldly | unbold | boldens | nonbold | unbolds

categorical_group_list: Strength, Physicality, Appearance

etymology: Old English 'bald' (thick, prominent) or 'bold' (brave)


morpheme_key: bole

morpheme: bole

morpheme_head: bole

affix_form: -bole-

allomorphs: bol

meaning_definition: to throw | to cast

example_words_list_1: metabolism, catastrophe, hyperbole

example_words_corpus: boles

categorical_group_list: Action, Motion

etymology: Greek -bole (action of throwing)


morpheme_key: bolivar

morpheme: bolivar

morpheme_head: bolivar

affix_form: -bolivar-

meaning_definition: unit of currency

example_words_list_1: bolivar, boliviano, bolivares

categorical_group_list: Currency, Proper Noun, History

etymology: Named after Simón Bolívar, liberator of several South American countries

ancestor_etymon_language: Spanish


morpheme_key: bolivia

morpheme: bolivia

morpheme_head: bolivia

affix_form: -bolivia-

meaning_definition: the nation of Bolivia

example_words_list_1: Bolivian, Boliviano

etymology: From the Quechua name 'Puliwya' or 'Bolivia', named after Simón Bolívar

ancestor_etymon_language: Quechua


morpheme_key: bollard

morpheme: bollard

morpheme_head: bollard

affix_form: -bollard-

meaning_definition: short post or pillar used for mooring boats or controlling traffic

example_words_list_1: ['bollard']

categorical_group_list: Object, Barrier

etymology: from Dutch bollard, from Middle Dutch bolle 'bulb, knob'


morpheme_key: bolshevik

morpheme: bolshevik

morpheme_head: bolshevik

affix_form: -bolshevik-

meaning_definition: majority | greater number

example_words_list_1: Bolshevik, Bolshevism, Bolshevism-era

categorical_group_list: Quantity, Political terminology

etymology: Russian bol'she (more) + -vik (suffix denoting person/agent)

ancestor_etymon_language: Russian


morpheme_key: bolshevism

morpheme: bolshevism

morpheme_head: bolshevism

affix_form: -bolshevism-

meaning_definition: Bolshevik ideology | political movement

example_words_list_1: ['Bolshevik']

categorical_group_list: Ideology, Politics

etymology: Russian bolshevik, from bolshe "more"


morpheme_key: bolshie

morpheme: bolshie

morpheme_head: bolshie

affix_form: -bolshie-

meaning_definition: large | big | great

example_words_list_1: bolshie, bolshie-sized, bolshie-ness

example_words_corpus: bolshies

categorical_group_list: Size, Magnitude

etymology: Russian bol'shoy 'big'


morpheme_key: bolshoi

morpheme: bolshoi

morpheme_head: bolshoi

affix_form: -bolshoi-

meaning_definition: large | great | big

example_words_list_1: bolshoi ballet

etymology: Russian bolshoy 'large'


morpheme_key: bolster

morpheme: bolster

morpheme_head: bolster

affix_form: -bolster-

meaning_definition: strengthen | support | reinforce

example_words_list_1: bolster

example_words_corpus: bolsterers | unbolstered | bolsterings

categorical_group_list: Strength, Support, Augmentation

etymology: Middle French 'boulsier' (to cushion/pad)


morpheme_key: bolt

morpheme: bolt

morpheme_head: bolt

affix_form: -bolt-

meaning_definition: fastening | sudden movement | lightning

example_words_list_1: bolt, bolting, unbolt

example_words_corpus: bolted | unbolt | bolter | rebolt | bolting | unbolts

categorical_group_list: Motion, Fastening, Nature

etymology: Old English 'bolt' (arrow, dart, or fastener)


morpheme_key: bomb

morpheme: bomb

morpheme_head: bomb

affix_form: bomb

meaning_definition: An action or statement that provokes a strong emotional or physical response | A forceful impact or effect | A sudden and intense reaction

example_words_list_1: bomber | bombee | bombed | bombie | bombees | bombers


morpheme_key: bombard

morpheme: bombard

morpheme_head: bombard

affix_form: -bombard-

meaning_definition: to attack with bombs | to strike heavily

example_words_list_1: bombard, bombardment, bombardier

example_words_corpus: bombards | bombarded | bombarder | bombarding | bombardman | bombarders

categorical_group_list: Action, Violence, Intensity

etymology: French bombard (cannon/artillery)


morpheme_key: bombast

morpheme: bombast

morpheme_head: bombast

affix_form: -bombast-

meaning_definition: pompous | inflated | high-sounding

example_words_list_1: bombastic, bombastically

example_words_corpus: bombasts | bombastic | bombastry | bombastical | unbombastic | nonbombastic

categorical_group_list: Speech, Manner, Magnitude

etymology: Italian 'bombast' (originally meaning padding/stuffing)

ancestor_etymon_language: Italian


morpheme_key: bon

morpheme: bon

morpheme_head: bon

affix_form: bon-

allomorphs: bona

meaning_definition: favorable | properly

example_words_list_1: bonify | bonitary | bona fide | bonanza | bon appetit | bon-bon | bonhomie | Bon Homme Richard | bonito | bon mot | bonny | bonus | bon voyage | debonair | pro bono publico | summum bonum | boon | bountiful | bounty

categorical_group_list: Anomalous form

ancestor_etymon: bon

etymology: Latin bonus 'good'

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


morpheme_key: bond

morpheme: bond

morpheme_head: bond

affix_form: -bond-

meaning_definition: connection | tie | link | union

example_words_list_1: bond, bonding, bondman, bondholder

example_words_corpus: bonds | bonded | bonder | rebond | debond | bondman

categorical_group_list: Connection, Unity, Attachment

etymology: Old English bond 'a tie, fastening, or prisoner'

ancestor_etymon_language: Old English


morpheme_key: bone

morpheme: bone

morpheme_head: bone

affix_form: -bone-

meaning_definition: hard part of a vertebrate skeleton | rigid structure

example_words_list_1: backbone, bonehead, boneless

example_words_corpus: boner | bones | boned | debone | boners | unbone

categorical_group_list: Anatomy, Physicality

etymology: Old English bān


morpheme_key: bong

morpheme: bong

morpheme_head: bong

affix_form: bong

meaning_definition: Sound of a doorbell | ringing sound | chime

example_words_list_1: bongs | bonged | bonging | bongwater

example_words_corpus: bongs | bonged | bonging | bongwater


morpheme_key: bonnet

morpheme: bonnet

morpheme_head: bonnet

affix_form: -bonnet-

meaning_definition: head covering | cap

example_words_list_1: bonnet

example_words_corpus: bonnets | unbonnet | bonneted | sunbonnet | unbonnets | bonneting

categorical_group_list: Clothing, Headwear

etymology: Old French bonnet, diminutive of bonnet (bonnet/cap)

ancestor_etymon_language: Old French


morpheme_key: bonus

morpheme: bonus

morpheme_head: bonus

affix_form: -bonus-

meaning_definition: extra | additional | gift

example_words_list_1: bonus, bonanza

example_words_corpus: bonuses | nonbonus | antibonus

categorical_group_list: Addition, Value, Positive

etymology: Latin bonus 'good, fine'


morpheme_key: boo

morpheme: boo

morpheme_head: boo

affix_form: -boo-

meaning_definition: fear | fright | scare

example_words_list_1: boo, boogeyman, boogie

example_words_corpus: boos | booed | booer | booing | booers | booings

categorical_group_list: Emotion, Fear, Core concept

etymology: Middle English, from Old English bōgian 'to fear', of Germanic origin.

ancestor_etymon_language: English


morpheme_key: boob

morpheme: boob

morpheme_head: boob

affix_form: boob

meaning_definition: Stupid, foolish | lacking in intelligence | senseless

example_words_list_1: boobs | boobed | manboob | boobage | boobish | outboob


morpheme_key: booby

morpheme: booby

morpheme_head: booby

affix_form: booby

meaning_definition: A tropical seabird of the Sulidae family | a bird traditionally viewed as foolish | a member of the genera Sula or Papasula

example_words_list_1: boobyish

example_words_corpus: boobyish