morpheme_key: hemi

morpheme: hemi

morpheme_head: hemi

affix_form: hemi

meaning_definition: portion | incomplete

example_words_list_1: Examples: Hemicyon ("half-dog") | hemichordate ("half-chordate") | Hemiptera ("half-wing") | cerebral hemisphere | hemisphere | hemicycle | hemifacial | hemimorphic | anhemitonic | hemiballismus | hemicryptophyte | hemicube | hemidesmosome | hemimelia | hemimetabolic | hemimetabolism | hemimetaboly | hemiparesis | hemiplegia | hemipolyhedron | hemitonic | hemidemisemiquaver | Hemiptera | hemistich | hemitrope ●see also semi-

example_words_list_2: Examples: Hemicyon ("half-dog") | hemichordate ("half-chordate") | Hemiptera ("half-wing") | hemisphere | hemicycle | hemifacial | hemimorphic | anhemitonic | hemiballismus | hemicryptophyte | hemicube | hemidesmosome | hemimelia | hemimetabolic | hemimetabolism | hemimetaboly | hemiparesis | hemiplegia | hemipolyhedron | hemitonic | hemidemisemiquaver | Hemiptera | hemistich | hemitrope ●see also semi-

example_words_corpus: hemiopia | hemicube | hemipore | hemiface | hemiarch | hemiloop

categorical_group_list: Medical and Scientific | Quantity | Amount

ancestor_etymon: ἡμι- (hēmi-) | hemi | ἡμι-  OED

etymology: Greek ἡμι- (hēmi-) | half | < Greek ἡμι- | comb. Form OED | ἥμισυς (hḗmisus) | From Gr hēmi- : half

ancestor_etymon_language: Ancient Greek | Greek | Greek  OED

pronunciation: /hɛmi/

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


morpheme_key: hemo

morpheme: hemo

morpheme_head: hemo

affix_form: hemo-

affix_type: root

bound_free_or_root: stem

parts_of_speech_this_morpheme_can_join_onto: noun

part_of_speech_created_by_this_suffix: not suffix

meaning_definition: fluid in the circulatory system | bodily liquid

example_words_list_1: hemoglobin, hemorrhage, hemolysis

example_words_corpus: hemochromatosis | ichthyohemotoxin | ichthyohemotoxins

categorical_group_list: Biology, Anatomy, Medical

ancestor_etymon: heme

etymology: haimo | From Gr haima (gen. haimatos) (comb. form -aimia) : flowing blood From †

ancestor_etymon_language: Greek | See entries for haem(o)-

etymological_family: Greek

register: scientific

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

attestation: wiktionary


morpheme_key: hemorrhage

morpheme: hemorrhage

morpheme_head: hemorrhage

affix_form: -hemorrhage-

bound_free_or_root: root

meaning_definition: excessive bleeding | blood loss

example_words_list_1: hemorrhagic, hemorrhage

example_words_corpus: hemorrhaged | hemorrhages | microhemorrhage | microhemorrhages

categorical_group_list: Medical, Biological, Fluid

etymology: Greek haima 'blood' + rhegnynai 'to burst'

ancestor_etymon_language: Greek

attestation: both


morpheme_key: hemosiderin

morpheme: hemosiderin

morpheme_head: hemosiderin

affix_form: -hemosiderin-

meaning_definition: iron | blood

categorical_group_list: Biology, Chemistry, Medical

etymology: Greek haima 'blood' + sideros 'iron'

attestation: morpholex


morpheme_key: hemp

morpheme: hemp

morpheme_head: hemp

affix_form: -hemp-

bound_free_or_root: free

meaning_definition: hemp | cannabis

example_words_list_1: hemp, hempen

example_words_corpus: hemps | hempy | hempen | hempie | hempies | hempish

categorical_group_list: Plants, Materials

etymology: PIE *kemp-

ancestor_etymon_language: Proto-Indo-European

etymological_family: Germanic

register: vernacular


morpheme_key: hen

morpheme: hen

morpheme_head: hen

affix_form: hen

allomorphs: hens

meaning_definition: A hard clam, a bivalve shellfish | a bird (as in peahen) | a term used in compound words to denote specific types of birds or clams

example_words_list_1: hens | henny | peahen | mudhen | gorhen | hennery

etymology: From Old English 'henn', ultimately from Proto-Germanic *hainnaz.

ancestor_etymon_language: Old English

register: neutral

source: MorphoLex | Wikidata


morpheme_key: hence

morpheme: hence

morpheme_head: hence

affix_form: -hence-

meaning_definition: from this source | as a consequence

example_words_list_1: hence

example_words_corpus: henced | herehence | hencefrom | henceforth | henceforward | henceforwards

categorical_group_list: Consequence, Causality

etymology: Old English hēan, from hēan (high) + from

register: classical


morpheme_key: hench

morpheme: hench

morpheme_head: hench

affix_form: -hench-

meaning_definition: hench | ready | prepared

example_words_list_1: henchman, henchwoman, henchfolk

example_words_corpus: henchwoman

categorical_group_list: Readiness, Preparation, State

etymology: From Old English 'hencen' meaning 'to prepare' or 'to fit', related to 'hence' and 'hinder'.


morpheme_key: hend

morpheme: hend

morpheme_head: hend

affix_form: -hend

meaning_definition: grasp

example_words_list_1: apprehend, reprehensible, apprehensive

example_words_list_2: apprehend, reprehensible, apprehensive

example_words_corpus: hends | overhend | overhends

categorical_group_list: Action, Perception

etymology: Latin 'prehendere' (to seize, grasp); 'hend' is a truncated form of the root 'prehend-'.

ancestor_etymon_language: Latin

etymological_family: Latin


morpheme_key: hendeca

morpheme: hendec(a)

morpheme_head: hendec(a)

affix_form: hendec-

allomorphs: hendec

affix_type: prefix

bound_free_or_root: bound

parts_of_speech_this_morpheme_can_join_onto: adjective,noun

meaning_definition: denoting the number eleven | relating to or characterized by having eleven

example_words_list_1: hendecachord | hendecagon

example_words_list_2: hendecachord, hendecagon

example_words_corpus: hendecad | hendecads | hendecagon | hendecagons | hendecagram | hendecahedron

categorical_group_list: Number, Quantity

ancestor_etymon: ἕνδεκα  OED

etymology: combining form of Greek ἕνδεκα eleven OED

ancestor_etymon_language: Greek  OED

source: MorphoQuantics | Stein


morpheme_key: henge

morpheme: henge

morpheme_head: henge

affix_form: -henge-

meaning_definition: circle | enclosure | ring

example_words_list_1: Stonehenge, Woodhenge

categorical_group_list: Shape, Structure

etymology: Old English hengest "stall, enclosure"


morpheme_key: henico

morpheme: henico-

morpheme_head: henico-

affix_form: henico-

meaning_definition: Used in forming taxonomic genus names | related to 'ingle' (a hearth or fireplace)

example_words_list_1: Henicophaps

example_words_corpus: Henicophaps

etymological_family: other

source: Wiktionary


morpheme_key: heort

morpheme: heort

morpheme_head: heort

affix_form: heort-

meaning_definition: feast | celebration | festival

example_words_list_1: heortday, heortweorc

categorical_group_list: Time, Celebration, Religious

etymology: Old English heort 'feast, celebration', from Proto-Germanic *harjōną


morpheme_key: hepar

morpheme: hepar

morpheme_head: hepar

affix_form: hepar-

meaning_definition: liver

example_words_list_1: heparin, hepatic, hepatitis, hepatocyte, hepatology, hepatomancy, hepatoscopy, hepatotoxic, hepatotoxin, hepatotropic

categorical_group_list: Anatomy, Organ

etymology: ἧπαρ, ἥπατος (hêpar, hḗpatos), ἡπατικός (hēpatikós)


morpheme_key: hepato

morpheme: hepato

morpheme_head: hepato

affix_form: hepato-

allomorphs: hepat

parts_of_speech_this_morpheme_can_join_onto: adjective

meaning_definition: organ | pertaining to the liver | the organ

example_words_list_1: hepatitis, hepatology, hepatoma

example_words_corpus: hepatoma | hepatoid | hepatomas | hepatosis | hepatocyte | hepatology

categorical_group_list: Body Parts and Substances

ancestor_etymon: ἡπατ-  OED

etymology: ἧπαρ | ἥπατος (hêpar | hḗpatos) | ἡπατικός (hēpatikós) | comb. form of Greek ἧπαρ | ἡπατ- liver OED

ancestor_etymon_language: Greek | Greek  OED

source: Wikipedia | MorphoQuantics | Stein


morpheme_key: hept

morpheme: hept

morpheme_head: hept

affix_form: hept-

allomorphs: hept(a)

meaning_definition: the numeral seven | the cardinal number seven | the ordinal number seventh

example_words_list_1: heptachord | heptagon | heptagram | heptagraph | heptahedron | heptamer | heptameric | heptameter | Heptateuch | heptathlete | heptathlon | heptatonic | heptode | heptad | heptamerous | heptane | heptavalent | heptose ●hebdomad ●see also sept-1 | hebdomad | heptagon (7-sided shape)

categorical_group_list: Anomalous form

etymology: ἑπτά (heptá) | From Gr hepta : seven

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


morpheme_key: heptakis

morpheme: heptakis

morpheme_head: heptakis

affix_form: heptakis-

meaning_definition: seven-fold | consisting of seven

example_words_list_1: heptakis

etymology: Greek hepta- 'seven' + -akis (diminutive/suffixal element)


morpheme_key: her

morpheme: her

morpheme_head: her

affix_form: her-

sense_label: army

meaning_definition: military force | armed forces | troops

example_words_list_1: herald, Herbert, heriot, Herman, Luther, Walther (Walter) ●same as har-

example_words_corpus: hers | herself | herness | herstory | whatshername

categorical_group_list: Military, People

etymology: From OE From Gmc stem harja : army

ancestor_etymon_language: Germanic

source: Cognatarium


affix_form: -her-

sense_label: heir

meaning_definition: successor | adhere | grasp | cling | group of thinkers | faction | remain | stay put | cling together | fasten

example_words_list_1: heir | heiress | hereditary | heredity | heritage | inherit | inheritance | disinherit | hereditament | inherit ●heir | adhere | cohere | coherent | incoherent | inherent ●same as hes- | heretic | heresy | coherence | adhesive | cohesive | adherent | inherent

categorical_group_list: Capability | Anomalous form

ancestor_etymon: her | hes

etymology: Latin heres (genitive heredis) 'heir', possibly from PIE *ser- 'to protect'


morpheme_key: heraclitus

morpheme: heraclitus

morpheme_head: heraclitus

affix_form: -heraclitus-

meaning_definition: Heraclitus | philosopher | flux | change

example_words_list_1: Heraclitean, Heraclitusian

categorical_group_list: Proper Name, Philosophy, History, Person

etymology: Proper name of the pre-Socratic Greek philosopher Heraclitus (Hērakleitos), derived from 'Hera' (Hera) and 'kleos' (glory/fame).


morpheme_key: herald

morpheme: herald

morpheme_head: herald

affix_form: herald-

sense_label: messenger, envoy

meaning_definition: messenger, envoy

example_words_list_1: herald, heraldic, heraldry

example_words_list_2: herald, heraldic, heraldry

example_words_corpus: heralds | heraldry | heralded | coherald | heralder | heraldric

categorical_group_list: Communication, Agency

etymology: heraldus

source: Wikidata


morpheme_key: herba

morpheme: herba

morpheme_head: herba

affix_form: herba-

meaning_definition: grass, plant

example_words_list_1: herbaceous, herbage, herbal, herbalist, herbicide, herbivore

categorical_group_list: Nature, Botany

etymology: herba

attestation: wikidata


morpheme_key: herculean

morpheme: herculean

morpheme_head: herculean

affix_form: -herculean-

meaning_definition: possessing great strength | heroic | mighty

example_words_list_1: Herculean, Hercules

categorical_group_list: Strength, Heroism

etymology: derived from the name Hercules (Herakles)


morpheme_key: hercules

morpheme: hercules

morpheme_head: hercules

affix_form: -hercules-

meaning_definition: great strength | hero

example_words_list_1: herculean

example_words_corpus: Herculean | Hercverse | Herculian

categorical_group_list: Mythology, Heroism

etymology: Greek Herakles 'Hera's glory'


morpheme_key: herd

morpheme: herd

morpheme_head: herd

affix_form: -herd-

meaning_definition: group of animals | collection | gathering

example_words_list_1: herd, herder, herding

example_words_corpus: herds | herder | oxherd | hogherd | herding | cowherd

categorical_group_list: Collective, Animals

etymology: Old English 'hēord'


morpheme_key: hered

morpheme: hered

morpheme_head: hered

affix_form: hered-

meaning_definition: heir, stick, hold

example_words_list_1: heir, heiress, hereditary, heredity, heritage, inherit, inheritance

categorical_group_list: Continuity, Possession, Lineage

etymology: Latin heres (genitive heredis) 'heir, inheritor'


morpheme_key: heres

morpheme: heres

morpheme_head: heres

affix_form: heres-

sense_label: choose, take

meaning_definition: choose, take

example_words_list_1: heresy, heretic, heretical

example_words_list_2: heresy, heretic, heretical

categorical_group_list: Action, Selection

etymology: αἱρεῖν (haireîn) ~to take, choose~


morpheme_key: heret

morpheme: heret

morpheme_head: heret

affix_form: heret-

categorical_group_list: Selection, Action


morpheme_key: herit

morpheme: herit

morpheme_head: herit

affix_form: herit-

meaning_definition: heir | stick | hold

example_words_list_1: heir | heiress | hereditary | heredity | heritage | inherit | inheritance

categorical_group_list: Continuity, Possession

etymology: Latin heres (genitive heredis) 'heir', from Proto-Indo-European *koi- 'to leave, bequeath'


morpheme_key: herm

morpheme: herm

morpheme_head: herm

affix_form: herm-

meaning_definition: Hermes

example_words_list_1: herm | hermaphrodite | hermeneutic | hermeneutics | hermetic

example_words_corpus: herms | hermie

categorical_group_list: Communication, Interpretation, Sealing

etymology: Ἑρμῆς (Hermês) | ἑρμηνεύς (hermēneús) | ἑρμηνεύω (hermēneúō) | ἑρμηνευτικός (hermēneutikós) | ἑρμήνευσις | ἑρμήνευμα


morpheme_key: herman

morpheme: herman

morpheme_head: herman

affix_form: -herman-

meaning_definition: person | individual | character

example_words_list_1: human, humanity, humane, humanitarian, hominid

categorical_group_list: Human, Identity, Person

etymology: Latin 'homo' meaning 'man' or 'human being'


morpheme_key: hermaphrodite

morpheme: hermaphrodite

morpheme_head: hermaphrodite

affix_form: -hermaphrodite-

meaning_definition: having | possessing | both

example_words_list_1: hermaphroditic, hermaphroditism

categorical_group_list: Biology, Gender, Mythology

etymology: Greek hermaphroditos 'of Hermaphroditus'


morpheme_key: hermeneutics

morpheme: hermeneutics

morpheme_head: hermeneutics

affix_form: -hermeneutics-

meaning_definition: interpretation | explanation | theory of interpretation

example_words_list_1: hermeneutical, hermeneutician

categorical_group_list: Cognition, Communication, Theory

etymology: Greek hermēneuein 'to interpret'


morpheme_key: hermetic

morpheme: hermetic

morpheme_head: hermetic

affix_form: -hermetic-

meaning_definition: sealed | airtight | insulated | obscure

example_words_list_1: hermeticism, hermetically

categorical_group_list: Sealing, Obscurity, Alchemy

etymology: From Greek hermetikos 'of Hermes Trismegistus', from Hermes (the god associated with secrecy and alchemy)


morpheme_key: hermit

morpheme: hermit

morpheme_head: hermit

affix_form: -hermit-

meaning_definition: recluse | solitary | isolated

example_words_list_1: hermit, hermitage, hermitism

example_words_corpus: hermits | hermitic | hermitry | hermitize | hermitess | hermitism

categorical_group_list: Solitude, Isolation

etymology: Greek 'eremites' from 'eremos' 'desert, solitary'


morpheme_key: hero

morpheme: hero

morpheme_head: hero

affix_form: hero-

sense_label: hero

meaning_definition: hero

example_words_list_1: heroic, heroine, heroism, heroics

example_words_corpus: heros | shero | heroic | heroes | heroine | heroics

categorical_group_list: Person, Archetype

etymology: ἥρως, ἥρωος (hḗrōs, hḗrōos), ἡρωίνη (hērōínē), ἡρωϊκός (hērōïkós), ἡρωϊσμός (hērōïsmós)


morpheme_key: herod

morpheme: herod

morpheme_head: herod

affix_form: -herod-

meaning_definition: king | ruler

example_words_list_1: herod, tetrarch, basileus

example_words_corpus: Herodian

categorical_group_list: Royalty, Leadership, Monarchy

etymology: Greek 'basileus' meaning king or sovereign


morpheme_key: heroic

morpheme: heroic

morpheme_head: heroic

affix_form: -heroic-

meaning_definition: having | possessing | exhibiting the qualities of a hero

example_words_list_1: heroic, heroically

categorical_group_list: Virtue, Character trait

etymology: Greek heros 'hero' + -ic suffix


morpheme_key: heroin

morpheme: heroin

morpheme_head: heroin

affix_form: heroin

meaning_definition: A potent and addictive opioid derived from opium, known for causing intense euphoria and classified as an illegal narcotic | A substance associated with severe addiction and legal restrictions in most countries | A term used in medical and legal contexts to denote a highly addictive drug

example_words_list_1: heroins | heroinism | heroinist | heroinlike | heroinware | antiheroin

etymology: Derived from the German word 'Heroin,' coined by Bayer in the late 19th century as a marketing term.

ancestor_etymon_language: German

register: pejorative


morpheme_key: heron

morpheme: heron

morpheme_head: heron

affix_form: -heron-

meaning_definition: heron

example_words_list_1: heron

example_words_corpus: heroners | heronries

categorical_group_list: Fauna, Avian

etymology: Old English 'heron'


morpheme_key: herp

morpheme: herp

morpheme_head: herp

affix_form: herp-

meaning_definition: move stealthily | cold-blooded vertebrate | the act of moving stealthily | snake-like creature

example_words_list_1: herpetology, herpetologist

categorical_group_list: Animals, Movement

etymology: ἕρπειν (hérpein) | ἕρπης | ἕρπητος (hérpēs | hérpētos) | From Gr herpein : to creep To herpeton : reptile


morpheme_key: herpet

morpheme: herpet

morpheme_head: herpet

affix_form: herpet-

allomorphs: herpeto

meaning_definition: creep, reptile

example_words_corpus: herpetiform

categorical_group_list: Animals, Biology

etymology: ἕρπειν (hérpein), ἕρπης, ἕρπητος (hérpēs, hérpētos)


morpheme_key: herpetology

morpheme: herpetology

morpheme_head: herpetology

affix_form: -herpetology-

meaning_definition: study of amphibians and reptiles

example_words_list_1: ['herpetology']

categorical_group_list: Science, Biology, Zoology

etymology: Greek herpeton 'creeping thing' + -logia 'study of'


morpheme_key: herr

morpheme: herr

morpheme_head: herr

affix_form: -herr-

meaning_definition: lord | master | gentleman

example_words_list_1: herr, herrschaft, herrship

categorical_group_list: Status, Authority, Person

etymology: Old English 'heres' (army, host) + '-weard' (guardian, keeper); literally 'army-guardian' or 'chieftain'.


morpheme_key: herring

morpheme: herring

morpheme_head: herring

affix_form: -herring-

meaning_definition: small oily fish

example_words_list_1: herring, pickled herring, herring fillet

categorical_group_list: Fauna, Food

etymology: Middle Dutch 'haring'

ancestor_etymon_language: Middle Dutch


morpheme_key: hertz

morpheme: hertz

morpheme_head: hertz

affix_form: -hertz-

meaning_definition: cycles per second

example_words_list_1: hertz, kilohertz, megahertz, gigahertz

example_words_corpus: exahertz | subhertz | megahertz | gigahertz | kilohertz | terahertz

categorical_group_list: Measurement, Physics, Frequency

etymology: named after physicist Heinrich Hertz


morpheme_key: hes

morpheme: hes

morpheme_head: hes

affix_form: hes-

meaning_definition: cling | adhere | impede progress | attach | hold fast

example_words_list_1: adhere | adherence | adherend | adherent | adhesion | adhesive | cohere | coherence | coherent | cohesion | cohesive | decoherence | hesitancy | hesitant | hesitate | hesitation | hesitator | incoherent | inhere | inherency | inherent | inhesion | nonadherence | nonadherent | nonadhesive | hesitate ●same as her-2

categorical_group_list: Capability

ancestor_etymon: hes

etymology: Latin hes- (variant of haerere 'to stick')

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


morpheme_key: hesit

morpheme: hesit

morpheme_head: hesit

affix_form: -hesit-

meaning_definition: waver | pause | delay

example_words_list_1: hesitate, hesitation, hesitating

categorical_group_list: Motion, Uncertainty

etymology: From Latin hesitatus, past participle of hesitare 'to hesitate', possibly from haeus- 'stuck' (related to haerere 'to stick') or onomatopoeic of a faltering sound.


morpheme_key: hesperus

morpheme: hesperus

morpheme_head: hespero

affix_form: -hesperus-

allomorphs: hesperus

meaning_definition: evening | west | evening star

example_words_list_1: hesperian, vesper

categorical_group_list: Time, Celestial, Direction

etymology: Greek 'Hesperos' (evening star)


morpheme_key: hessian

morpheme: hessian

morpheme_head: hessian

affix_form: -hessian-

meaning_definition: of or relating to Hesse | from Hesse

example_words_list_1: Hessian

categorical_group_list: Proper Noun, Locative, Adjectival

etymology: From German 'Hesse', referring to the region of Hesse in central Germany.


morpheme_key: hetero

morpheme: hetero

morpheme_head: hetero

affix_form: -hetero-

allomorphs: heter | heter(o)

sense_label: different

meaning_definition: different | other | dissimilar

example_words_list_1: heterogeneous, heterodox, heteromorphic

example_words_corpus: heteronym | heterosis | heterotic | azahetero | heterosex | heterodont

categorical_group_list: Difference, Distinction

etymology: Greek heteros 'other, another'


morpheme_key: hetman

morpheme: hetman

morpheme_head: hetman

affix_form: -hetman-

meaning_definition: commander | military leader | officer

example_words_list_1: hetman

example_words_corpus: hetmans | hetmanate | hetmanates | hetmanship | hetmanships

categorical_group_list: Leadership, Military, Rank

etymology: Hungarian 'hetér' (army) + '-man' (person/man)

ancestor_etymon_language: Slavic


morpheme_key: heuristic

morpheme: heuristic

morpheme_head: heuristic

affix_form: -heuristic-

meaning_definition: discovery | finding | learning

example_words_list_1: heuristic, heuristics

example_words_corpus: heuristics | metaheuristic | semiheuristic | hyperheuristic | hyperheuristics

categorical_group_list: Cognition, Discovery

etymology: Greek 'heuriskein' 'to find'


morpheme_key: hew

morpheme: hew

morpheme_head: hew

affix_form: -hew-

meaning_definition: to chop | to cut

example_words_list_1: hew, hewer, hewing

example_words_corpus: hews | hewed | hewer | tohew | behew | rehew

categorical_group_list: Action, Physical motion

etymology: Old English hewian 'to chop, strike, or cut'


morpheme_key: hewn

morpheme: hewn

morpheme_head: hewn

affix_form: -hewn

meaning_definition: hewn, sown

example_words_list_1: hand-hewn, roughhewn, unhewn

example_words_list_2: hand-hewn, roughhewn, unhewn

example_words_corpus: unhewn

categorical_group_list: State, Physical modification

etymology: Old English heawen, past participle of heawian 'to hew'


morpheme_key: hex

morpheme: hex

morpheme_head: hex

affix_form: hex-

meaning_definition: numeric value six | cardinal number six | ordinal number sixth

example_words_list_1: hexachord | hexad | hexadic | hexagon | hexagram | hexahedron | hexamer | hexamerous | hexameter | hexapod | hexastyle | hexasyllabic | Hexateuch | hexatonic | hexode | tetrahemihexahedron | hexachlorophene | hexadecimal | hexaemeron | hexane | hexastich | hexavalent ●unrelated: hex ●see also sex-2 | hexagon (6-sided shape)

example_words_corpus: hexed | hexes | hexyl | unhex | dehex | dihex

categorical_group_list: quantity

etymology: ἕξ (héx) | ἑξάς | ἑξάδος (hexás | hexádos) | From Gr hex : six

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


morpheme_key: hexa

morpheme: hex(a)

morpheme_head: hex(a)

derivational_or_inflectional: derivational prefix affix morpheme

meaning_definition: the number six or something with six components | the numeral for six | the ordinal form of six

example_words_list_1: hexagon | hexasyllable | hexahedron | hexachord | hexad | hexadic | hexagram | hexamer | hexamerous | hexameter | hexapod | hexastyle | hexasyllabic | Hexateuch | hexatonic | hexode | tetrahemihexahedron

example_words_corpus: hexagon | hexamer | hexapod | hexanol | hexaene | hexagram

categorical_group_list: Number forms | quantity

ancestor_etymon: ἕξ  OED | hexa

etymology: hexa-: combining form of Greek ἕξ six OED | ἕξ (héx) | ἑξάς | ἑξάδος (hexás | hexádos)

ancestor_etymon_language: Greek  OED | Greek

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


morpheme_key: hexacosi

morpheme: hexacosi

morpheme_head: hexacosi

affix_form: hexacosi-

meaning_definition: sixty

example_words_list_1: hexacosichoron | hexacosichorons

example_words_corpus: hexacosichoron | hexacosichorons

categorical_group_list: Number, Quantity

etymology: Greek hexēkonta (sixty) via hexakosioi (six hundred) + -osi (suffix variation)


morpheme_key: hexahedro

morpheme: hexahedro

morpheme_head: hexahedro

affix_form: hexahedro-

meaning_definition: six | six-sided

example_words_list_1: hexahedron

categorical_group_list: Number, Shape, Geometry

etymology: Greek hexa- "six" + hedron "face, seat"


morpheme_key: hexakis

morpheme: hexakis

morpheme_head: hexakis

affix_form: hexakis-

meaning_definition: six | sixty

example_words_list_1: hexakisphosphate | hexakisphosphates

example_words_corpus: hexakisphosphate | hexakisphosphates

categorical_group_list: Number, Multiplicity

etymology: Greek hex (six) + -akis (suffix denoting a group or related quantity)


morpheme_key: hexaprismo

morpheme: hexaprismo

morpheme_head: hexaprismo

affix_form: hexaprismo-

example_words_list_1: hexapod, hexagon, hexameter, hexagram, hexathlon

categorical_group_list: Number, Shape

etymology: Greek hexa- 'six' + prisman 'prism'


morpheme_key: hey

morpheme: hey

morpheme_head: hey

affix_form: -hey-

meaning_definition: greeting | interjection

example_words_list_1: hey, heyday, heythere

example_words_corpus: heys

categorical_group_list: Greeting, Interjection, Discourse marker

etymology: From Old English 'hēg' or 'hǣg', an interjection of greeting, possibly related to 'hā' (hail).


morpheme_key: heyday

morpheme: heyday

morpheme_head: heyday

affix_form: -heyday-

meaning_definition: peak period | time of greatest success | prime

example_words_list_1: golden heyday, heyday of the empire, heyday of the band

categorical_group_list: Time, Success

etymology: Compound of 'hey' (interjection of attention or joy) + 'day' (24-hour period), first attested in the 19th century to denote a time of high spirits or prosperity.

ancestor_etymon_language: English


morpheme_key: hi

morpheme: hi

morpheme_head: hi

affix_form: hi-

meaning_definition: gape

example_words_list_1: dehisce | dehiscence | dehiscent | hiatal | hiatus | indehiscence | indehiscent | inhiation

example_words_corpus: rehi

categorical_group_list: Opening, Physical state

etymology: hiare


morpheme_key: hiatus

morpheme: hiatus

morpheme_head: hiatus

affix_form: -hiatus-

meaning_definition: gap | break | separation

example_words_list_1: hiatus

example_words_corpus: prehiatus

categorical_group_list: Gap, Separation, Void

etymology: Latin hiatus 'gap, opening' (from hiantem, present participle of hiare 'to gape')


morpheme_key: hibern

morpheme: hibern

morpheme_head: hibern

affix_form: hibern-

meaning_definition: frosty | cold season

example_words_list_1: hibernacle | hibernaculum | hibernal | hibernate | hibernation | hibernator | hibernate ●unrelated: Hibernia ●compare estiv- | vern-

categorical_group_list: Season, Nature

etymology: hibernus | From L hībernus : of winter | wintry To hībernare : to spend the winter


morpheme_key: hibernate

morpheme: hibernate

morpheme_head: hibernate

affix_form: -hibernate-

meaning_definition: to sleep | dormant | inactive

example_words_list_1: hibernation, hibernating, hibernaculum

example_words_corpus: hibernated | hibernates

categorical_group_list: State, Biological process

etymology: Latin hibernus 'of winter' (from hiems 'winter') + -ate verb suffix


morpheme_key: hibit

morpheme: hibit

morpheme_head: hibit

affix_form: -hibit-

meaning_definition: possess | retain

example_words_list_1: adhibit, exhibit, inhibit, prohibit ●same as habit- ●see also habil-

categorical_group_list: Possession, Retention

etymology: From L -hibitum, pp. of -hibēre (comb. form) From habēre : to have, to hold


morpheme_key: hiccup

morpheme: hiccup

morpheme_head: hiccup

affix_form: -hiccup-

meaning_definition: involuntary contraction of the diaphragm | spasm

example_words_list_1: ['hiccup']

categorical_group_list: Physiology, Bodily function

etymology: Middle English hiccup, likely imitative of the sound produced

ancestor_etymon_language: Middle English


morpheme_key: hick

morpheme: hick

morpheme_head: hick

affix_form: -hick-

meaning_definition: not | without | lacking

example_words_list_1: amoral, atypical, anonymous, asymmetrical, apolitical

example_words_corpus: hicks | hickock | hickish | hickster | hickocks | hicksters

categorical_group_list: Negation, Privative, Core concept

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


morpheme_key: hide

morpheme: hide

morpheme_head: hide

affix_form: -hide-

meaning_definition: to conceal | to cover | to keep out of sight

example_words_list_1: hide, hidden, hiding

example_words_corpus: hides | hider | hided | hiders | unhide | oxhide

categorical_group_list: Concealment, Action

etymology: Old English 'hydan' 'to hide, conceal'


morpheme_key: hideous

morpheme: hideous

morpheme_head: hideous

affix_form: -hideous-

meaning_definition: ugly | repulsive | revolting

example_words_list_1: hideousness

categorical_group_list: Appearance, Emotion, Quality

etymology: Latin 'hideosus' (abhorrent, odious), from 'horrere' (to bristle, shudder)


morpheme_key: hiem

morpheme: hiem

morpheme_head: hiem

affix_form: hiem-

meaning_definition: winter

example_words_list_1: hiemal

example_words_list_2: hiemal

etymology: hiems


morpheme_key: hier

morpheme: hier

morpheme_head: hier

affix_form: hier-

allomorphs: hiera | hiero

meaning_definition: venerable | pious

example_words_list_1: hieroglyphics | hierarch | hierarchy | hieratic | hierocracy | hierodeacon | hieroglyph | hierogram | hierolatry | hieromonk | hierurgy | hieroglyphic | Hieronymus | hierophant

categorical_group_list: Attribute adder

ancestor_etymon: hier

etymology: ἱερός (hierós) | From Gr hieros : sacred | holy


morpheme_key: hieronymus

morpheme: hieronymus

morpheme_head: hieronymus

affix_form: -hieronymus-

meaning_definition: holy | sacred | name

example_words_list_1: hieronymy

categorical_group_list: Religion, Identity

etymology: Greek hieros 'sacred' + onyma 'name'


morpheme_key: high

morpheme: high

morpheme_head: high

affix_form: -high-

sense_label: great

meaning_definition: great | elevated | lofty | large in amount

example_words_list_1: high, highway, highlight, highly

example_words_corpus: highs | ahigh | highly | highth | highen | highway

categorical_group_list: Dimension, Magnitude, Quality

etymology: Old English hēah 'high, lofty'


morpheme_key: highfalutin

morpheme: highfalutin

morpheme_head: highfalutin

affix_form: -highfalutin-

meaning_definition: pretentious | elaborate | affectedly refined

example_words_list_1: highfalutin, highfaluting

categorical_group_list: Pretension, Style

etymology: 1840s American English, likely a humorous alteration of 'high-falutin'' or 'high-flown', possibly influenced by 'falutin' (a dialectal variant of 'flown' or 'fallen')


morpheme_key: highly

morpheme: highly

morpheme_head: highly

affix_form: highly-

meaning_definition: high

example_words_list_1: highclass, highhanded, highlevel, highrise, highly-strung

categorical_group_list: Degree, Intensity

etymology: Old English hēah 'high'


morpheme_key: hike

morpheme: hike

morpheme_head: hike

affix_form: -hike-

meaning_definition: to walk | to trek | to climb

example_words_list_1: hike, hiker, hiking

example_words_corpus: hiker | hikes | hiked | hikers | unhiked | outhike

categorical_group_list: Motion, Physical activity

etymology: From Old English 'hīcian' meaning 'to go, travel, or journey', related to Old Norse 'hika' (to hesitate) and Old High German 'hīhan' (to hasten).


morpheme_key: hilar

morpheme: hilar

morpheme_head: hilar

affix_form: -hilar-

meaning_definition: joyful | upbeat | to cheer | festive

example_words_list_1: exhilarate | hilarious | hilarity | Hilary

categorical_group_list: Capability

ancestor_etymon: hilar

etymology: From L hilarus, hilaris From Gr hilaros : cheerful, merry


morpheme_key: hild

morpheme: hild

morpheme_head: hild

affix_form: hild-

meaning_definition: combat | conflict | struggle

example_words_list_1: Brunhilde, Clothilde, Hilda, Hildegarde, Mathilda

categorical_group_list: Conflict, War

etymology: From Gmc *hild- : battle, war

ancestor_etymon_language: Proto-Germanic


morpheme_key: hill

morpheme: hill

morpheme_head: hill

affix_form: -hill-

meaning_definition: a small raised area of land | mound

example_words_list_1: foothill, hilly

example_words_corpus: hills | hilly | uphill | unhill | hilled | hiller

categorical_group_list: Topography, Nature

etymology: Old English 'hyll'


morpheme_key: hilt

morpheme: hilt

morpheme_head: hilt

affix_form: -hilt-

meaning_definition: handle | grip

example_words_list_1: hilt

example_words_corpus: hilts | hilted | uphilt | uphilts | hiltless | unhilted

categorical_group_list: Object, Tool part

etymology: Old English heilt, from Proto-Germanic *hailaz (whole, safe)


morpheme_key: hilum

morpheme: hilum

morpheme_head: hil

affix_form: -hilum-

allomorphs: hilum

meaning_definition: navel | center | point of attachment

example_words_list_1: hilum

categorical_group_list: Anatomy, Center, Point

etymology: Latin hilum 'a small weight, a trifle' (from Greek elatton 'less')


morpheme_key: himalaya

morpheme: himalaya

morpheme_head: himalaya

affix_form: -himalaya-

meaning_definition: snow | icy | mountain of snow

example_words_list_1: Himalayas

categorical_group_list: Nature, Geography, Cold

etymology: Sanskrit hima "snow" + alaya "abode"

ancestor_etymon_language: Sanskrit

etymological_family: Sanskrit


morpheme_key: hind

morpheme: hind

morpheme_head: hind

affix_form: -hind-

sense_label: back, rear, behind

meaning_definition: posterior | back end | posterior side

example_words_list_1: behind, hind, hinder, hindmost, hindquarters, hindrance, hindsight ●hinterland

example_words_corpus: hinds | ahind | behind | oxhind | behinds | hindgut

categorical_group_list: Location, Position

etymology: From OE From Gmc root


morpheme_key: hinder

morpheme: hinder

morpheme_head: hinder

affix_form: -hinder-

meaning_definition: obstruct | impede | delay

example_words_list_1: hinder, hindrance, hindering

example_words_corpus: hinderers | unhindered | hinderling | hinderances | hinderingly | hinderlings

categorical_group_list: Obstruction, Impediment

etymology: Middle English hinderen 'to delay, obstruct'


morpheme_key: hindoo

morpheme: hindoo

morpheme_head: hindoo

affix_form: hindoo

meaning_definition: member of the Hindu religion | relating to India or its people

example_words_list_1: Hindooism

example_words_corpus: Hindooism

register: archaic

source: MorphoLex


morpheme_key: hindu

morpheme: hindu

morpheme_head: hindu

affix_form: -hindu-

meaning_definition: of or relating to the Indus River | of or relating to Hinduism

example_words_list_1: Hinduism, Hindustani

example_words_corpus: Hinduism | Hindudom | Hinduize | Hinduist | Hinduish | Hinduness

categorical_group_list: Religion, Identity, Geography

etymology: from Sanskrit Hindu, referring to the Indus River


morpheme_key: hindustan

morpheme: hindustan

morpheme_head: hindustan

affix_form: -hindustan-

meaning_definition: India | region of South Asia

example_words_list_1: Hindustani, Hindustan

categorical_group_list: Proper Noun, Geography

etymology: Persian hind (India) + stan (place/land)


morpheme_key: hinge

morpheme: hinge

morpheme_head: hinge

affix_form: -hinge-

meaning_definition: a joint or pivot point | a place of turning or connection

example_words_list_1: hinge

example_words_corpus: hinged | hinges | hinger | unhinge | rehinge | hingers

categorical_group_list: Mechanism, Connection

etymology: Old English hing


morpheme_key: hint

morpheme: hint

morpheme_head: hint

affix_form: -hint-

meaning_definition: clue | suggestion | sign

example_words_list_1: hint, hinted, hinting

example_words_corpus: hints | hinter | hinted | hinting | hinters | unhinted

categorical_group_list: Communication, Information

etymology: Old English 'hȳnt' (a signal, sign, or clue)


morpheme_key: hip

morpheme: hip

morpheme_head: hip

affix_form: -hip-

meaning_definition: hip | hip bone

example_words_list_1: hippopotamus, ischium, acetabulum

example_words_corpus: hips | unhip | hiply | hipped | nonhip | hipdom

categorical_group_list: Anatomy, Body parts

etymology: Greek 'hipe' meaning hip bone


morpheme_key: hippie

morpheme: hippie

morpheme_head: hippie

affix_form: -hippie-

meaning_definition: counterculture | unconventional | bohemian

example_words_list_1: hippie

example_words_corpus: hippies | hippiedom | nonhippie | ecohippie | neohippie | hippieism

categorical_group_list: Social movement, Lifestyle

etymology: short for hippy, from hippy (variant of hippie), possibly from hippy-dippy or influenced by hippy (carefree)


morpheme_key: hippo

morpheme: hippo

morpheme_head: hippo

affix_form: hippo

allomorphs: hipp | hippus

sense_label: horse.

parts_of_speech_this_morpheme_can_join_onto: various

meaning_definition: equine | equine | equines

example_words_list_1: Examples: Eohippus ("dawn horse") | Hippodraco ("horse dragon") | Hippopotamus ("river horse") | ephippium | hippeis | hippocampus | hippodrome | hippology | Hippolyte | hippomancy | hippophagy | hippophile | hippophobia | hippopotamus | parahippocampus | hippocastanum

example_words_corpus: hippolith | hippology | hippotomy | hippodrome | hippomancy | hippoliths

categorical_group_list: Medical and Scientific

ancestor_etymon: ἵππος (híppos) | ἵππος  OED | hippo

etymology: ἵππος (híppos) | combining form of Greek ἵππος horse OED

ancestor_etymon_language: Ancient Greek | Greek | Greek  OED

pronunciation: /hɪpəs/, /hɪpoʊ/

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


morpheme_key: hippocrat

morpheme: hippocrat

morpheme_head: hippocrat

affix_form: -hippocrat-

meaning_definition: horse | horseman

example_words_list_1: hippocratic

categorical_group_list: Medical, Person

etymology: Proper name Hippocrates (Hippokrates)


morpheme_key: hippocrates

morpheme: hippocrates

morpheme_head: hippocrates

affix_form: -hippocrates-

meaning_definition: Hippocrates

example_words_corpus: Hippocratism

categorical_group_list: Proper noun, Medicine

etymology: Proper name of the physician Hippocrates


morpheme_key: hippopotami

morpheme: hippopotami

morpheme_head: hippopotami

affix_form: -hippopotami-

meaning_definition: river | hippopotamus

example_words_list_1: hippopotamus, hippopotami

categorical_group_list: Animals, Nature

etymology: Greek hippopotamos (hippo- 'horse' + potamos 'river')


morpheme_key: hirsute

morpheme: hirsute

morpheme_head: hirsut

affix_form: -hirsute-

allomorphs: hirsute

meaning_definition: hairy | covered with hair

example_words_list_1: hirsute

example_words_corpus: unhirsute | hirsutely | hirsuteness

categorical_group_list: Physical attribute, Texture

etymology: Latin hirsutus 'shaggy, rough', past participle of hirsēre 'to be shaggy'


morpheme_key: his

morpheme: his

morpheme_head: his

affix_form: -his-

meaning_definition: possessive pronoun | genitive case marker

example_words_list_1: his, his own, his sake

example_words_corpus: hiss | hissy | hisser | hisses | hissed | Hislam

categorical_group_list: Possession, Pronoun, Genitive

etymology: Old English his, from Proto-Germanic *hizaz, from Proto-Indo-European *syo-


morpheme_key: hispanic

morpheme: hispanic

morpheme_head: hispanic

affix_form: -hispanic-

meaning_definition: Hispanic | relating to Spain or Spanish-speaking countries

example_words_list_1: Hispanic

example_words_corpus: Hispanicize | Hispanicism | prehispanic | Hispanicness | Paleohispanic | Hispanicization

categorical_group_list: Ethnicity, Geography

etymology: From Latin 'Hispania' (Spain) + '-ic'


morpheme_key: hispid

morpheme: hispid

morpheme_head: hispid

affix_form: hispid-

sense_label: bristly

meaning_definition: bristly

example_words_list_1: hispidity, hispidulous

example_words_list_2: hispidity, hispidulous

example_words_corpus: hispidity

categorical_group_list: Texture, Physical property

etymology: hispidus


morpheme_key: histamine

morpheme: histamine

morpheme_head: histamine

affix_form: -histamine-

meaning_definition: tissue

example_words_list_1: ['histamine']

categorical_group_list: Biology, Chemistry

etymology: Greek histos "tissue" + amine "ammonia-like"


morpheme_key: histo

morpheme: histo

morpheme_head: histo

affix_form: -histo-

sense_label: history

meaning_definition: history | record | story

example_words_corpus: histoid | histosol | histowax | histology | histosols | histogeny

categorical_group_list: Time, Knowledge, Narrative

etymology: Greek histōria "inquiry, knowledge acquired by investigation"


affix_form: histo

allomorphs: histio

sense_label: tissue

meaning_definition: biological material | tissue present in animals or plants

example_words_list_1: histology | histochemistry | histologist | histiocyte | histiocytosis | histogram | histogenesis | antihistamine | histamine | histidine | histogen | histolysis | histopathology

categorical_group_list: Biology, Anatomy

ancestor_etymon: ἱστός  OED

etymology: Greek ἱστός (histós) | web | tissue | < ancient Greek ἱστός  mast | (upright) beam of a loom | (woven) web OED | From Gr histos : loom

source: MorphoQuantics | Cognatarium | Stein | Wikidata


morpheme_key: historico

morpheme: historico

morpheme_head: historico

affix_form: historico-

meaning_definition: pertaining to history | relating to the past

example_words_list_1: historico-critical | historico-social

example_words_list_2: historico-critical, historico-social

example_words_corpus: historicocritical

categorical_group_list: Time, Relation

ancestor_etymon: historico-  OED

etymology: From Latin 'historicus' (historical), derived from 'historia' (history/inquiry)

ancestor_etymon_language: Latin  OED


morpheme_key: historio

morpheme: historio

morpheme_head: historio

affix_form: historio-

meaning_definition: chronological account of past events | record of past occurrences

example_words_list_1: historiography | historiographer

example_words_list_2: historiography, historiographer

example_words_corpus: historiosophy | historiometry | historiography | historiometric | historiosophic | historiographer

categorical_group_list: Time, Knowledge

ancestor_etymon: ἱστοριο-  OED

etymology: Greek historia 'inquiry, account'


morpheme_key: history

morpheme: history

morpheme_head: history

affix_form: -history-

meaning_definition: record of past events | chronicle | account of the past

example_words_corpus: prehistory | nonhistory | subhistory | geohistory | ecohistory | historyless

categorical_group_list: Time, Knowledge, Record

etymology: Greek historia 'inquiry, knowledge acquired by investigation'

ancestor_etymon_language: Greek


morpheme_key: histri

morpheme: histri

morpheme_head: histri

affix_form: histri-

sense_label: actor

meaning_definition: actor

example_words_list_1: histrionic

example_words_list_2: histrionic

categorical_group_list: Performance, Person

etymology: histrio, histrionis


morpheme_key: histrio

morpheme: histrio

morpheme_head: histrio

affix_form: -histrio-

meaning_definition: one who performs in dramatic works

example_words_list_1: histrionics

example_words_list_2: histrionics

ancestor_etymon: histrio

etymology: Greek histriones 'actor' from histrio 'actor'


morpheme_key: histrionic

morpheme: histrionic

morpheme_head: histrionic

affix_form: -histrionic-

meaning_definition: theatrical | dramatic | exaggerated

example_words_list_1: histrionics, histrionicism

categorical_group_list: Emotion, Performance, Behavior

etymology: From Latin 'histrionicus' meaning 'of an actor', derived from 'hister' (actor), which is likely of Etruscan origin.


morpheme_key: hit

morpheme: hit

morpheme_head: hit

affix_form: -hit-

meaning_definition: to strike | to contact | to impact

example_words_list_1: hit, hitting, hitter

example_words_corpus: hits | hitz | unhit | hitman | hitter | hitjob

categorical_group_list: Action, Physical contact

etymology: Old English 'hittan' (to hit, strike, reach), of uncertain origin, possibly from Proto-Germanic *kittaną


morpheme_key: hitch

morpheme: hitch

morpheme_head: hitch

affix_form: -hitch-

meaning_definition: to fasten | to connect | to snag

example_words_list_1: hitch, hitchhiker, hitchhike, hitching post, hitch up

example_words_corpus: hitchy | hitched | hitches | hitcher | unhitch | hitchers

categorical_group_list: Connection, Motion, Obstruction

etymology: Middle English hichen, from Old English hīcian 'to rise, climb'


morpheme_key: hither

morpheme: hither

morpheme_head: hither

affix_form: -hither-

meaning_definition: to this place | toward here

example_words_list_1: hither

example_words_corpus: hitherunto

categorical_group_list: Direction, Locative

etymology: Old English hider 'to this place'


morpheme_key: hitler

morpheme: hitler

morpheme_head: hitler

affix_form: hitler

meaning_definition: A person who is excessively authoritarian | someone characterized by dictatorial behavior | an individual who exercises power in an oppressive manner

example_words_list_1: Shitler | Hitlerish | Hitlerian | Hitlerite | Bushitler | Hitlerlike


morpheme_key: hive

morpheme: hive

morpheme_head: hive

affix_form: -hive-

meaning_definition: collection of insects | dwelling of bees

example_words_list_1: hive

example_words_corpus: hives | hiver | hived | hivers | unhive | inhive

categorical_group_list: Nature, Insects, Collective

etymology: From Old English 'hifu' (nest, hive), from Proto-Germanic '*hibą' (hive, nest), from Proto-Indo-European '*kēb-' (to cover, hide).


morpheme_key: hoar

morpheme: hoar

morpheme_head: hoar

affix_form: -hoar-

meaning_definition: gray | white | hoary

example_words_list_1: hoarfrost, hoary

example_words_corpus: hoary | hoars | hoared | hoarily | hoarhead | hoarfrost

categorical_group_list: Color, Age, Nature

etymology: Old English hār 'gray, white, hoary'


morpheme_key: hoard

morpheme: hoard

morpheme_head: hoard

affix_form: -hoard-

meaning_definition: a collection | a cache | to accumulate

example_words_list_1: hoard, hoarding, hoarder

example_words_corpus: hoards | uphoard | hoarder | hoarded | unhoard | hoarding

categorical_group_list: Accumulation, Quantity, Possession

etymology: Old English hord 'treasure, cache'


morpheme_key: hoarse

morpheme: hoarse

morpheme_head: hoarse

affix_form: -hoarse-

meaning_definition: rough | harsh | raspy

example_words_list_1: hoarsely, hoarseness

example_words_corpus: hoarsen | hoarsely | hoarsens | hoarseness | hoarsenesses

categorical_group_list: Sensory, Sound, Texture

etymology: Old English 'hars' meaning rough or harsh


morpheme_key: hoax

morpheme: hoax

morpheme_head: hoax

affix_form: -hoax-

meaning_definition: deception | trick | fabrication

example_words_list_1: hoax, hoaxed, hoaxing

example_words_corpus: hoaxes | hoaxer | hoaxed | hoaxee | hoaxers | hoaxees

categorical_group_list: Deception, Trickery

etymology: From Middle Dutch 'hoxen' or 'hoken', meaning 'to deceive' or 'to trick', possibly related to 'hok' (pen/cage) implying entrapment.


morpheme_key: hobble

morpheme: hobble

morpheme_head: hobble

affix_form: -hobble-

meaning_definition: to walk with difficulty | to limp | to move clumsily

example_words_list_1: hobble, hobbled, hobbling

example_words_corpus: hobbles | hobbled | unhobble | unhobbles | hobblebush | hobblerope

categorical_group_list: Motion, Physical impairment

etymology: Middle English hobbelen


morpheme_key: hobby

morpheme: hobby

morpheme_head: hobby

affix_form: -hobby-

meaning_definition: activity | pastime | interest

example_words_list_1: hobbyist, hobbies

example_words_corpus: hobbyist | hobbyism | hobbyists | hobbyisms | hobbyless | hobbyistic

categorical_group_list: Activity, Leisure

etymology: Middle English hobby, possibly related to 'hob' (a small person/fellow) or a diminutive of 'horse'


morpheme_key: hobo

morpheme: hobo

morpheme_head: hobo

affix_form: hobo

meaning_definition: a homeless person who travels by rail illegally | a penniless, unemployed person | someone without a permanent home

example_words_list_1: hobos | hoboes | hoboism | hobodom | hoboish | hobolike


morpheme_key: hoc

morpheme: hoc

morpheme_head: hoc

affix_form: -hoc-

meaning_definition: this

example_words_list_1: hoc loco, hoc tempore, hoc pacto

categorical_group_list: Demonstrative, Deictic

etymology: Latin demonstrative pronoun 'hic' (this)


morpheme_key: hock

morpheme: hock

morpheme_head: hock

affix_form: -hock-

meaning_definition: hook | hook-like object

example_words_list_1: hock, hockshop, hockeystick

example_words_corpus: hocks | hocked | hocker | hocking | hockers | hockshop

categorical_group_list: Object, Shape, Tool

etymology: From Old English 'hoc' meaning hook, related to Old Norse 'hokkr'.


morpheme_key: hockey

morpheme: hockey

morpheme_head: hockey

affix_form: -hockey-

meaning_definition: a game played on ice with sticks and a puck

example_words_list_1: hockey, field hockey, ice hockey

example_words_corpus: hockeys | hockeyist | nonhockey | unihockey | hockeyists | hockeylike

categorical_group_list: Sport, Game

etymology: Middle English 'hokke' (stick/club)


morpheme_key: hod

morpheme: hod

morpheme_head: hod

affix_form: hod-

allomorphs: hodo

sense_label: path, way

meaning_definition: route | course

example_words_list_1: hodometer, hodoscope

example_words_list_2: hodometer, hodoscope

example_words_corpus: hods | hodman | hoddie | hodder | hoddies | coalhod

related_morphemes: ●see od-1

categorical_group_list: Movement, Direction, Path

etymology: ὁδός (hodós)

source: Cognatarium | Wikidata


morpheme_key: hog

morpheme: hog

morpheme_head: hog

affix_form: -hog-

meaning_definition: swine | pig

example_words_list_1: hog, hogwash, hogtied

example_words_corpus: hogs | hoggy | hogger | hogged | hogleg | hogsty

categorical_group_list: Animals, Fauna

etymology: Old English hog 'swine, pig'


morpheme_key: hogg

morpheme: hogg

morpheme_head: hogg

affix_form: -hogg-

meaning_definition: hog | swine | pig

example_words_list_1: hog, hoggery, hogwash, hogback

categorical_group_list: Animal, Farming, Core concept

etymology: From Old English 'hogga' (swine), of Germanic origin; cognate with Dutch 'hok' and German 'Hogge'.


morpheme_key: hoist

morpheme: hoist

morpheme_head: hoist

affix_form: -hoist-

meaning_definition: to lift | to raise | to pull up

example_words_list_1: hoist, hoisting, hoisted

example_words_corpus: hoists | hoisted | uphoist | hoister | hoisting | hoistway

categorical_group_list: Motion, Upward movement

etymology: Middle Dutch 'hissen'


morpheme_key: holand

morpheme: holand

morpheme_head: holand

affix_form: -holand-

meaning_definition: Holland | Dutch

example_words_list_1: Dutch, Holland, Hollander, Hollanderite

categorical_group_list: Geography, Nationality, Demonym

etymology: From Dutch 'Holland', the name of a province in the Netherlands, historically associated with the Dutch Republic and its maritime trade dominance.

ancestor_etymon_language: Dutch


morpheme_key: hole

morpheme: hole

morpheme_head: hole

affix_form: hole

meaning_definition: An opening or passage, specifically the anus; when combined with 'shut,' refers to the mouth.

example_words_list_1: holey | holed | holer | uphole | holers | dihole

etymology: Derived from Old English 'hōl' meaning a hollow or opening.

ancestor_etymon_language: Old English


morpheme_key: holic

morpheme: holic

morpheme_head: holic

affix_form: -holic

affix_type: suffix

meaning_definition: addiction to | obsession with

example_words_list_1: wikiholic | aquaholic | infoholic | rageholic | sodaholic | netaholic

categorical_group_list: Addiction, Obsession

etymology: Greek -holikos 'pertaining to'


morpheme_key: holism

morpheme: holism

morpheme_head: holism

affix_form: -holism

meaning_definition: state of | doctrine of | system of

example_words_list_1: sexaholism | talkaholism

example_words_corpus: sexaholism | talkaholism

categorical_group_list: State, Doctrine, Philosophy

etymology: From Greek holos 'whole' + -ism


morpheme_key: holler

morpheme: holler

morpheme_head: holler

affix_form: -holler-

meaning_definition: to shout | to yell | to call out

example_words_list_1: ['holler']

example_words_corpus: hollerers | hollerings

categorical_group_list: Communication, Sound

etymology: Middle English holren, from Old English holian 'to make a hole' (related to hole)


morpheme_key: hollow

morpheme: hollow

morpheme_head: hollow

affix_form: -hollow-

meaning_definition: empty | void | unfilled

example_words_list_1: hollow, hollowed, hollowness

example_words_corpus: hollowings | unhollowed | hollowwares | hollownesses | hollowhearted | hollowheartedly

categorical_group_list: Space, Absence, Void

etymology: Old English holh "cavity, hollow place"


morpheme_key: holly

morpheme: holly

morpheme_head: holly

affix_form: -holly-

meaning_definition: holly (the plant)

example_words_list_1: holly

example_words_corpus: Hollyweird | Hollywoodish | Hollywoodian | Hollywoodize | Hollywoodese | Hollywooding

categorical_group_list: Nature, Flora

etymology: Old English holm, from Proto-Germanic *holmaz, related to Old Norse holmr 'islet, small island' (referring to the plant's habitat or leaf shape)


morpheme_key: hollywood

morpheme: hollywood

morpheme_head: hollywood

affix_form: -hollywood-

meaning_definition: film industry | motion picture production | celebrity culture

example_words_list_1: hollywood, hollywoodian

categorical_group_list: Entertainment, Place, Culture

etymology: Proper noun referring to the district in Los Angeles


morpheme_key: holo

morpheme: holo

morpheme_head: holo

affix_form: -holo-

allomorphs: hol | hol(o) | holi

sense_label: whole

meaning_definition: whole | entire | complete

example_words_list_1: hologram, holotype, holism

example_words_corpus: holon | holons | holonym | holovid | holonic | hologram

categorical_group_list: Totality, Completeness

etymology: Greek holos 'whole, entire'


morpheme_key: holocaust

morpheme: holocaust

morpheme_head: holocaust

affix_form: -holocaust-

meaning_definition: burning sacrifice | destruction | total devastation

example_words_list_1: holocaust

example_words_corpus: holocausts | holocaustic | holocaustal | postholocaust

categorical_group_list: Destruction, Fire, Sacrifice

etymology: From Greek holokaustos, from holos 'whole' + kaustos 'burnt', referring to a burnt offering.


morpheme_key: holstein

morpheme: holstein

morpheme_head: holstein

affix_form: -holstein-

meaning_definition: Holstein region

example_words_list_1: Holstein, Holstein-Friesian

example_words_corpus: holsteins

categorical_group_list: Proper Noun, Toponym, Biological Breed

etymology: From Middle Low German Holstien, from Old Saxon hol 'forest' + stem 'land, territory'


morpheme_key: holster

morpheme: holster

morpheme_head: holster

affix_form: -holster-

meaning_definition: case | sheath | holder

example_words_list_1: holster

example_words_corpus: holsters | unholster | reholster | unholsters | reholsters

categorical_group_list: Container, Equipment

etymology: Middle English holster, from Old French holster

etymological_family: Romance


morpheme_key: holy

morpheme: holy

morpheme_head: holy

affix_form: -holy-

meaning_definition: sacred | divine | consecrated

example_words_list_1: holiness, unholy

categorical_group_list: Sacredness, Divinity

etymology: Old English halig, from hal 'whole' + -ig (adjective suffix)


morpheme_key: hom

morpheme: hom

morpheme_head: hom

affix_form: hom-

allomorphs: home(o) | homo- | homi

sense_label: alike

meaning_definition: similar | identical | Earth's inhabitant | person

example_words_list_1: homogeneous, homonym, homophone, homograph, homology

categorical_group_list: Similarity, Identity

etymology: ὁμός (homós) | Latin


morpheme_key: homage

morpheme: homage

morpheme_head: homage

affix_form: -homage-

meaning_definition: special honor | respect | reverence

example_words_list_1: homage, homager

example_words_corpus: homages | homager | homaged | homagers

categorical_group_list: Respect, Social Relation

etymology: Old French 'homage' from 'homme' (man)

ancestor_etymon_language: French


morpheme_key: home

morpheme: home

morpheme_head: home

affix_form: -home-

sense_label: place of residence

meaning_definition: place of residence | origin | domestic

example_words_list_1: homeland, homecoming, homeward

example_words_corpus: homey | homer | homes | homed | homely | homeys

categorical_group_list: Location, Domesticity

etymology: Proto-Germanic *haima- 'house, home', from PIE *koi- 'to settle, remain'


morpheme_key: homeo

morpheme: homeo

morpheme_head: homeo

affix_form: homeo-

sense_label: even, flat

meaning_definition: even, flat

example_words_list_1: anomalous, anomaly

example_words_list_2: anomalous, anomaly

example_words_corpus: homeobox | homeopath | homeopathy | homeopaths | homeotherm | homeoboxes

categorical_group_list: Similarity, Equality

etymology: ὁμαλός (homalós) ~even~, from ὁμός (homós) ~same~


morpheme_key: homer

morpheme: homer

morpheme_head: homer

affix_form: -homer-

meaning_definition: one who commits a specific act | one who is characterized by a specific state

example_words_list_1: homer, tyrant, tyrannos, tyrannize

example_words_corpus: Homeric | Homerism | Homerian

categorical_group_list: Agent, Nominalizer, Greek

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


morpheme_key: homini

morpheme: homin(i)

morpheme_head: homin

affix_form: homin-

allomorphs: homin(i)

meaning_definition: human being

example_words_list_1: hominivorous, hominoid

example_words_list_2: hominivorous, hominoid

categorical_group_list: Humanity, Biology

ancestor_etymon: hominem  OED

etymology: From Latin 'homin-' (stem of 'homo') meaning 'man' or 'human being'.


morpheme_key: homœ

morpheme: homoe

morpheme_head: homoe

affix_form: homœ-

allomorphs: homœ

meaning_definition: same | together

example_words_list_1: homœophony | homœopathy | homœopathist | homœopathize | homœopathists

categorical_group_list: Similarity, Unity

etymology: From Greek homos meaning 'same' or 'together'


morpheme_key: homoi

morpheme: homoi

morpheme_head: homo

affix_form: homoi-

allomorphs: homoio

meaning_definition: same | like | similar

example_words_list_1: homogeneous, homogenize, homology, homonym, homophony

example_words_corpus: homoiophone | homoiophones

etymology: Greek homoios 'similar, like'


morpheme_key: hone

morpheme: hone

morpheme_head: hone

affix_form: -hone-

meaning_definition: to sharpen | to refine | to perfect

example_words_list_1: hone, honing, honeable

example_words_corpus: honed | hones | honer | honers | rehone | unhoned

categorical_group_list: Action, Improvement, Sharpness

etymology: Old English hān (edge, blade)


morpheme_key: honest

morpheme: honest

morpheme_head: honest

affix_form: -honest-

meaning_definition: truthful | sincere | trustworthy

example_words_list_1: honesty, dishonest, dishonestness

example_words_corpus: honests | honestly | honester | unhonest | dishonest | honestness

categorical_group_list: Virtue, Character trait

etymology: From Old French 'honeste', derived from Latin 'honestus' meaning 'honorable, respected', from 'honor' (honor, respect).

ancestor_etymon_language: Old French


morpheme_key: honey

morpheme: honey

morpheme_head: honey

affix_form: honey

meaning_definition: sweet liquid produced by bees | nectar | viscous sweet substance

example_words_list_1: honeys | honeyed | behoney | enhoney | honeybee | honeydew

etymology: From Old English 'honey', meaning nectar.


morpheme_key: honk

morpheme: honk

morpheme_head: honk

affix_form: honk

meaning_definition: Imitation of a car horn sound used to signal or clear a path | The action of making a loud, short sound resembling a car horn | A vocal imitation of a horn's sound for attention

example_words_list_1: honks | honked | honker | honking | honkers | honkings


morpheme_key: honor

morpheme: honor

morpheme_head: honor

affix_form: honor-

sense_label: esteem

meaning_definition: esteem

example_words_list_1: dishonor, dishonorable, honorable, honorand, honorarium, honorary, honoree, honorific

example_words_corpus: honors | honoree | honorer | unhonor | rehonor | honorary

categorical_group_list: Respect, Value, Status

etymology: honos, honoris

ancestor_etymon_language: Latin


morpheme_key: honshu

morpheme: honshu

morpheme_head: honshu

affix_form: -honshu-

meaning_definition: main island of Japan

example_words_list_1: Honshu

categorical_group_list: Proper Noun, Geography

etymology: From Old Japanese hon (true, original) + shima (island)

ancestor_etymon_language: Japanese

etymological_family: Japanese (Sino)


morpheme_key: hooch

morpheme: hooch

morpheme_head: hooch

affix_form: -hooch-

meaning_definition: strong alcoholic liquor | illicit liquor

example_words_list_1: ['hooch']

example_words_corpus: hooches

categorical_group_list: Substance, Beverage


morpheme_key: hood

morpheme: hood

morpheme_head: hood

affix_form: -hood

allomorphs: -hood

sense_label: the state

derivational_or_inflectional: derivational | derivational suffix affix bound morpheme

parts_of_speech_this_morpheme_can_join_onto: adjective | noun | 0

part_of_speech_created_by_this_suffix: noun

meaning_definition: state or condition | inherent quality | collective defined by the initial term | structured arrangement | similarity | specific state | group

example_words_list_1: childhood, widowhood, brotherhood, manhood, womanhood, falsehood, knighthood, likelihood, neighborhood, adulthood

example_words_list_2: falsehood | motherhood | womanhood | manhood | adulthood | boyhood | childhood | priesthood

example_words_corpus: hoods | hoody | Ihood | hooded | hooden | manhood

categorical_group_list: State, Condition, Group

ancestor_etymon: -hád OED | hood

etymology: < Old English -hád ... Orig. a distinct n., meaning 'person, personality, sex, condition, quality, rank' OED

ancestor_etymon_language: Old English OED | Latin


morpheme_key: hoodlum

morpheme: hoodlum

morpheme_head: hoodlum

affix_form: -hoodlum-

meaning_definition: a person who behaves in a violent or criminal way | a thug

example_words_list_1: hoodlum

example_words_corpus: hoodlums | hoodlumry | hoodlumism | hoodlumish | hoodlumisms

categorical_group_list: Agent, Criminality

etymology: Middle English 'holum' or 'hulume', possibly related to 'hollow' or 'hull'


morpheme_key: hoodoo

morpheme: hoodoo

morpheme_head: hoodoo

affix_form: -hoodoo-

meaning_definition: magic | sorcery | folk magic

example_words_list_1: hoodoo

example_words_corpus: hoodoos | hoodooed | hoodooism | hoodooisms

categorical_group_list: Magic, Supernatural

etymology: From Kongo 'ndu' (witchcraft) via Gullah 'hoodoo', referring to folk magic or conjure.

ancestor_etymon_language: West African (Kongo)


morpheme_key: hoof

morpheme: hoof

morpheme_head: hoof

affix_form: -hoof-

meaning_definition: hard part of the foot of an ungulate

example_words_list_1: hoof, hoofprint, hoofed

example_words_corpus: hoofs | hoofy | hoofed | hoofer | hoofing | hoofers

categorical_group_list: Anatomy, Animal

etymology: Old English hōf

ancestor_etymon_language: Germanic


morpheme_key: hook

morpheme: hook

morpheme_head: hook

affix_form: hook

meaning_definition: a ship's anchor | a curved object used for securing | a nautical tool for holding a vessel in place

example_words_list_1: hooks | hooky | hooker | hooked | unhook | dehook

etymology: from Old English 'hōc', meaning a hook or crook


morpheme_key: hookah

morpheme: hookah

morpheme_head: hookah

affix_form: -hookah-

meaning_definition: water pipe | smoking apparatus

example_words_list_1: hookah, hookah bar, hookah lounge

example_words_corpus: hookahs

categorical_group_list: Object, Tool

etymology: from Hindi 'hukka'

ancestor_etymon_language: Hindi


morpheme_key: hooky

morpheme: hooky

morpheme_head: hooky

affix_form: -hooky-

meaning_definition: characterized by | resembling | inclined to

example_words_list_1: hooky, hooky-looking

categorical_group_list: Adjective, Descriptive, Informal

etymology: Derived from the noun 'hookey' (meaning absence or truancy), with the adjectival suffix '-y' added to form 'hooky' (meaning absent/truant), later generalized to mean 'lazy' or 'shirking work'.

ancestor_etymon_language: English


morpheme_key: hooligan

morpheme: hooligan

morpheme_head: hooligan

affix_form: -hooligan-

meaning_definition: rowdy person | troublemaker | unruly person

example_words_list_1: hooliganism, hoolie

categorical_group_list: Agent, Behavior

etymology: From Russian 'huligan' (хулиган), meaning hooligan, of uncertain origin, possibly from the surname Huligan or Romani 'hul' (to steal).

ancestor_etymon_language: Russian


morpheme_key: hoop

morpheme: hoop

morpheme_head: hoop

affix_form: -hoop-

meaning_definition: ring | circular object | loop

example_words_list_1: hoop, hula-hoop, hoopla

example_words_corpus: hoops | hoopy | hooper | hooped | inhoop | unhoop

categorical_group_list: Shape, Object

etymology: Middle English hoop, from Old English hōp

ancestor_etymon_language: Middle English


morpheme_key: hoosier

morpheme: hoosier

morpheme_head: hoosier

affix_form: -hoosier-

meaning_definition: person from Indiana

example_words_list_1: Hoosier State, Hoosierism, Hoosierize

categorical_group_list: Demonym, Proper noun

etymology: Derived from the name of the Hoosier tribe, a Native American people historically associated with the region that became Indiana.


morpheme_key: hoover

morpheme: hoover

morpheme_head: hoover

affix_form: -hoover-

meaning_definition: to vacuum | to clean with a vacuum cleaner

example_words_list_1: hoover, hoovering, hoovered

example_words_corpus: hoovers | hoovered | hoovering | Hooverian | Hoovercrat | Hoovernomics

categorical_group_list: Action, Cleaning

etymology: Proper noun (brand name) used as a verb


morpheme_key: hop

morpheme: hop

morpheme_head: hop

affix_form: -hop-

meaning_definition: jump | leap | spring

example_words_list_1: hop, hopping, hopped

example_words_corpus: hops | hopt | hoppy | hopper | hopped | barhop

categorical_group_list: Motion, Action

etymology: Old English 'hopian' (to hope/jump) or 'hoppian'


morpheme_key: hope

morpheme: hope

morpheme_head: hope

affix_form: -hope-

meaning_definition: desire for something with expectation of fulfillment | wish | want

example_words_list_1: hope, hopeful, hopeless, hopefully

example_words_corpus: hoped | hoper | hopeth | unhope | hopers | behope

categorical_group_list: Emotion, Cognition

etymology: From Old English 'hopa' meaning 'expectation, confidence', of Germanic origin.


morpheme_key: hoplo

morpheme: hoplo

morpheme_head: hopl

affix_form: hoplo-

allomorphs: hoplo

meaning_definition: shield | weapon | arms

example_words_list_1: hoplology | hoplophobe | hoplolatry | hoplophobia | hoplophobes | hoplophobic

categorical_group_list: Warfare, Combat

etymology: Greek hoplon 'shield' or hoplite 'infantryman'


morpheme_key: hor

morpheme: hor

morpheme_head: hor

affix_form: hor-

allomorphs: horo

sense_label: hour

meaning_definition: unit of time | duration | time of year

example_words_list_1: horology, horological, horoscopic

categorical_group_list: Temporal, Chronology

etymology: ὥρα (hṓra) | From L hora : hour | time


morpheme_key: horde

morpheme: horde

morpheme_head: horde

affix_form: -horde-

meaning_definition: a large group | a collection of valuables

example_words_list_1: horde

example_words_corpus: hordes | horded | hordelike | hordesman

categorical_group_list: Quantity, Collection

etymology: Old English 'hord' (treasure, hoard) or 'horde' (group/multitude)


morpheme_key: horizon

morpheme: horizon

morpheme_head: horizon

affix_form: -horizon-

meaning_definition: line of sight | boundary | limit

example_words_list_1: horizon

example_words_corpus: horizons | subhorizon | horizonless | unhorizoned | horizonward | antihorizon

categorical_group_list: Space, Boundary, Vision

etymology: Greek horizōn 'bounding, limiting'


morpheme_key: horizontal

morpheme: horizontal

morpheme_head: horizontal

affix_form: -horizontal-

meaning_definition: parallel | level | side-to-side

example_words_list_1: horizontalism, horizontality

categorical_group_list: Orientation, Geometry, Position

etymology: Latin horizontalis, from horizont- 'horizon' (from Greek horizein 'to limit') + -alis '-al'


morpheme_key: hormone

morpheme: hormone

morpheme_head: hormone

affix_form: -hormone-

meaning_definition: to excite | to set in motion | to stimulate

example_words_list_1: hormone, hormonal, homeostasis, homeostatic

example_words_corpus: hormones | hormoned | prohormone | nonhormone | prehormone | prohormones

categorical_group_list: Biological process, Activation

etymology: Greek hormon 'to excite, to set in motion'


morpheme_key: horn

morpheme: horn

morpheme_head: horn

affix_form: horn

meaning_definition: A spiral or coiled shape, specifically the Ionic volute | a curved, spiral structure

example_words_list_1: horny | horned | dehorn | hornen | behorn | horner


morpheme_key: hornet

morpheme: hornet

morpheme_head: hornet

affix_form: -hornet-

meaning_definition: large stinging wasp

example_words_list_1: hornet, hornetry

categorical_group_list: Fauna, Insect

etymology: Middle English herne, from Old English horn, from Proto-Germanic *hurnon


morpheme_key: horrendous

morpheme: horrendous

morpheme_head: horrendous

affix_form: -horrendous-

meaning_definition: dreadful | causing horror | extremely bad

example_words_list_1: horrendously, horrendousness

example_words_corpus: horrendously

categorical_group_list: Emotion, Quality, Intensity

etymology: Latin horrendus, from horrere 'to bristle, shudder'


morpheme_key: horror

morpheme: horror

morpheme_head: horror

affix_form: -horror-

meaning_definition: horror | dread | terror | disgust

example_words_list_1: horror, horrific, horrifying

example_words_corpus: horrors | nonhorror | ecohorror | horrorcore | enhorrored | horrorsome

categorical_group_list: Emotion, Fear

etymology: Latin horror 'shuddering, horror', from horere 'to bristle, stand on end'


morpheme_key: horse

morpheme: horse

morpheme_head: horse

affix_form: -horse-

meaning_definition: equine | horse

example_words_list_1: horse, horseback, horseman

example_words_corpus: horsey | horses | ahorse | horsed | horsen | horseys

categorical_group_list: Animals, Living beings

etymology: From Old English 'hors', from Proto-Germanic '*hursa-', of unknown ultimate origin, possibly from Proto-Indo-European '*kʷer-' (to move, go).

ancestor_etymon_language: Proto-Germanic


morpheme_key: hort

morpheme: hort

morpheme_head: hort

affix_form: hort-

sense_label: to urge

meaning_definition: to encourage | from 'ex-' (out) and 'hortari' (to encourage)

example_words_list_1: exhort | hortative | hortatory | exortation

categorical_group_list: Core Concept

ancestor_etymon: hort

etymology: From L hortari : to exhort, incite, encourage To hortātio : exhortation, encouragement


morpheme_key: horti

morpheme: horti

morpheme_head: horti

affix_form: -horti-

allomorphs: hort

meaning_definition: garden

example_words_list_1: horticulture, horticultural

categorical_group_list: Nature, Agriculture

etymology: Latin hortus 'garden'


morpheme_key: hose

morpheme: hose

morpheme_head: hose

affix_form: -hose-

meaning_definition: a flexible tube used for conveying water or other fluids

example_words_list_1: garden hose, fire hose, hose pipe, hose reel

example_words_corpus: hoser | hoses | hosed | hosers | hosebag | unhosed

categorical_group_list: Object, Tool, Container

etymology: From Old French 'hoze' or 'hose', likely from Frankish *hōsi or similar Germanic roots meaning 'covering' or 'garment', later extended to the tube meaning via the shape similarity.


morpheme_key: hosp

morpheme: hosp

morpheme_head: hosp

affix_form: hosp-

meaning_definition: one who welcomes guests | individual providing lodging

example_words_list_1: hospital, hospice, hospitable, hospitality, hostage

categorical_group_list: Hospitality, Social Relation

etymology: hospes | hospitis | From L hospitālis : of a guest or host From hospes : host | guest


morpheme_key: hospice

morpheme: hospice

morpheme_head: hospice

affix_form: -hospice-

meaning_definition: guest | host | stranger | shelter

example_words_corpus: hospices | nonhospice

categorical_group_list: Hospitality, Care, Shelter

etymology: Latin hospes (gen. hospitis) 'host, guest'


morpheme_key: hospit

morpheme: hospit

morpheme_head: hospit

affix_form: hospit-

sense_label: host

meaning_definition: host

example_words_list_1: hospital, hospitable, hospitality, hospice, hospodar

etymology: hospes, hospitis


morpheme_key: hospital

morpheme: hospital

morpheme_head: hospital

affix_form: -hospital-

meaning_definition: place for medical care | institution for healing

example_words_list_1: hospitable, hospitality, hospice, hospodar

example_words_corpus: hospitals | hospitalize | hospitalist | hospitaller | nonhospital | hospitalism

categorical_group_list: Location, Medical, Care

etymology: Latin 'hospitālis' (pertaining to a guest/host), from 'hospes' (host/guest)


morpheme_key: host

morpheme: host

morpheme_head: hosti

affix_form: -host-

sense_label: enemy

meaning_definition: adversary | outsider | non-native individual

example_words_list_1: hostile, hostility, hostilitiy

example_words_corpus: hosts | hosted | hoster | hostee | cohost | rehost

categorical_group_list: Conflict, Social Relation

etymology: hostis | From ML hostis : army | hostile force From earlier meaning: stranger


morpheme_head: host

affix_form: host-

meaning_definition: one who welcomes visitors | person who accommodates guests

example_words_list_1: hostel, hostage, hospital, hospice, hospitable, hospitality, hospodar, hostelry, hostess, hostler

etymology: hospes | hospitis | From OFr From L hospes (gen hospitis) : guest


morpheme_key: hostage

morpheme: hostage

morpheme_head: hostage

affix_form: hostage

meaning_definition: A person forced into a situation by threat or coercion | someone deprived of freedom to act independently | an individual held under duress

example_words_list_1: hostages | hostageship

example_words_corpus: hostages | hostageship

etymology: from Latin hospes via French, originally meaning guest, later extended to mean someone held against their will


morpheme_key: hostel

morpheme: hostel

morpheme_head: hostel

affix_form: -hostel-

meaning_definition: lodging | inn | place of stay

example_words_list_1: hostel, hosteless

example_words_corpus: hostels | hosteller | hostelite | hostelling | hostellers

categorical_group_list: Location, Shelter

etymology: Latin 'hospes' (host, guest) + '-el' (diminutive suffix)


morpheme_key: hostile

morpheme: hostile

morpheme_head: hostil

affix_form: -hostile-

meaning_definition: feeling or showing dislike or antagonism | unfriendly | aggressive

example_words_list_1: hostility, hostilely, unhostile

example_words_corpus: hostiles | hostilely | unhostile | nonhostile | hostileness

categorical_group_list: Emotion, Attitude, Conflict

etymology: from Latin 'hostilis' (of an enemy), from 'hostis' (enemy, stranger)


morpheme_key: hot

morpheme: hot

morpheme_head: hot

affix_form: -hot-

meaning_definition: hot

example_words_list_1: hot, hotter, hottest

example_words_corpus: hots | hotly | unhot | hotty | hotbed | hotbox

categorical_group_list: Temperature, Sensory, Intensity

etymology: Proto-Germanic *haitaz, from PIE *kayt- "to call, name" (cf. Latin catulus, Greek kynos)


morpheme_key: hotel

morpheme: hotel

morpheme_head: hotel

affix_form: -hotel-

meaning_definition: inn | lodging | place of stay

example_words_list_1: hotel

example_words_corpus: hotels | nonhotel | ecohotel | hotelman | hoteldom | hotelward

categorical_group_list: Place, Shelter

etymology: French hôtel, from Old French ostel 'house, dwelling', from Latin hospitale 'guest quarters'


morpheme_key: hound

morpheme: hound

morpheme_head: hound

affix_form: -hound-

meaning_definition: dog | hunter | to pursue

example_words_list_1: hound, greyhound, bloodhound

example_words_corpus: hounds | houndy | hounded | houndly | hounder | foxhound

categorical_group_list: Animals, Verbs of pursuit

etymology: Old English hund 'dog'


morpheme_key: hour

morpheme: hour

morpheme_head: hour

affix_form: -hour-

allomorphs: houri

meaning_definition: unit of time | sixty minutes

example_words_list_1: hourly, hourglass, hourlong

example_words_corpus: hours | hourly | manhour | midhour | hourful | jobhour

categorical_group_list: Time, Measurement

etymology: Old English 'ūre' (genitive of 'īe'), from Proto-Germanic '*ōwrōn', from Proto-Indo-European '*h₂ews-' (dawn, day)


morpheme_key: house

morpheme: house

morpheme_head: house

affix_form: -house-

sense_label: dwelling

meaning_definition: dwelling | structure | residence

example_words_list_1: lighthouse, farmhouse, townhouse

example_words_corpus: houses | housed | houser | housey | rehouse | unhouse

categorical_group_list: Shelter, Physical Object

etymology: Old English hūs


morpheme_key: houston

morpheme: houston

morpheme_head: houston

affix_form: -houston-

meaning_definition: Houston (proper noun) | city in Texas

example_words_list_1: Houston, Houstonian, Houstonians

example_words_corpus: Houstonian

categorical_group_list: Proper Noun, Geographical Name, Anthroponym

etymology: Named after Sam Houston, second president of the Republic of Texas; derived from the Cherokee word 'hustwa' meaning 'town' or 'village'.


morpheme_key: how

morpheme: how

morpheme_head: how

affix_form: -how-

meaning_definition: how | in what way | to what extent

example_words_list_1: however, howbeit, howdy

example_words_corpus: hows | nohow | howso | anyhow | forhow | nohows

categorical_group_list: Interrogative, Adverb, Core concept

etymology: Old English hū, from Proto-Germanic *hwaþa, from Proto-Indo-European *kwo- (interrogative root)


morpheme_key: howdy

morpheme: howdy

morpheme_head: howdy

affix_form: -howdy-

meaning_definition: informal greeting | hello

example_words_list_1: ['howdy']

example_words_corpus: howdies

categorical_group_list: Greeting, Social interaction

etymology: Contraction of 'How do ye?'


morpheme_key: howl

morpheme: howl

morpheme_head: howl

affix_form: -howl-

meaning_definition: to utter a long, loud, mournful sound

example_words_list_1: howl, howling, howler

example_words_corpus: howls | howler | howled | behowl | howling | howlers

categorical_group_list: Sound, Animal behavior

etymology: Old English hāl, related to imitative sounds


morpheme_key: hub

morpheme: hub

morpheme_head: hub

affix_form: -hub-

meaning_definition: center | focal point | connection point

example_words_list_1: hub, hubcap, hubbub

example_words_corpus: hubs | hubby | hubcap | hubbed | hubcaps | datahub

categorical_group_list: Location, Centrality

etymology: Old English 'hebban' (to lift, hold) via sense of a central point or spindle


morpheme_key: hubbub

morpheme: hubbub

morpheme_head: hubbub

affix_form: -hubbub-

meaning_definition: noisy confusion | commotion | uproar

example_words_list_1: ['hubbub']

example_words_corpus: hubbubs

categorical_group_list: Sound, Chaos

etymology: From Middle English hubbub, of imitative origin, possibly influenced by Old French huber 'to make a noise'.


morpheme_key: hubcap

morpheme: hubcap

morpheme_head: hubcap

affix_form: -hubcap-

meaning_definition: a rigid cover for the center of a wheel

example_words_list_1: hubcaps, hubcapless

categorical_group_list: Automotive, Object, Cover

etymology: Compound of 'hub' (center of a wheel) + 'cap' (a cover)


morpheme_key: hubris

morpheme: hubris

morpheme_head: hubris

affix_form: -hubris-

meaning_definition: excessive self-confidence | overblown arrogance

example_words_list_1: hubris

example_words_list_2: hubris

example_words_corpus: hubrises | hubristic

categorical_group_list: Emotion, Character Trait

ancestor_etymon: hubris

etymology: Greek hybris 'pride, insolence'


morpheme_key: huck

morpheme: huck

morpheme_head: huck

affix_form: -huck-

meaning_definition: to throw | to cast | to toss

example_words_list_1: huck, huckster, huckle

example_words_corpus: hucks | huckle | hucker | huckles | huckers | hucklebuck

categorical_group_list: Action, Motion, Throwing

etymology: From Old English 'hucian' meaning 'to throw, cast, or toss'.


morpheme_key: huckster

morpheme: huckster

morpheme_head: huckster

affix_form: -huckster-

meaning_definition: deceptive seller | swindler | promoter

example_words_list_1: hucksterism, hucksterish, hucksters

categorical_group_list: Agent, Deception

etymology: Middle English 'huckster' (peddler)


morpheme_key: hue

morpheme: hue

morpheme_head: hue

affix_form: -hue-

meaning_definition: hue | color | tint

example_words_list_1: hue, hued, unhued

example_words_corpus: hues | hued | huer | behue | unhued | hueful

categorical_group_list: Color, Perception

etymology: From Old English hȳw 'form, shape, appearance', related to hēawan 'to cut, shape'


morpheme_key: huff

morpheme: huff

morpheme_head: huff

affix_form: -huff-

meaning_definition: to breathe loudly | to exhale sharply

example_words_list_1: huff, huffing, huffed

example_words_corpus: huffy | huffed | huffer | huffily | huffing | huffers

categorical_group_list: Action, Sound, Breath

etymology: imitative of the sound of heavy breathing


morpheme_key: hug

morpheme: hug

morpheme_head: hug

affix_form: -hug-

meaning_definition: to clasp | to embrace | to hold closely

example_words_list_1: hug, hugging, hugged

example_words_corpus: hugs | huggy | unhug | hugged | hugger | huggle

categorical_group_list: Physical Action, Affection

etymology: Old English huggian 'to embrace, to hold'


morpheme_key: hugh

morpheme: hugh

morpheme_head: hugh

affix_form: -hugh-

meaning_definition: large | great | vast

example_words_list_1: huge, high, height, highness

example_words_corpus: Hughie

categorical_group_list: Size, Magnitude

etymology: Old English hēah 'high, lofty'


morpheme_key: hulk

morpheme: hulk

morpheme_head: hulk

affix_form: -hulk-

meaning_definition: large | heavy | massive | bulky

example_words_list_1: hulking

example_words_corpus: hulks | hulky | hulked | hulkes | hulking | hulkings

categorical_group_list: Size, Mass, Physicality

etymology: Middle English hulk (large ship, heavy object)


morpheme_key: hull

morpheme: hull

morpheme_head: hull

affix_form: -hull-

meaning_definition: hull | outer covering | protective layer

example_words_list_1: hull, unhulled

example_words_corpus: ahull | hully | huller | hulled | dehull | hulling

categorical_group_list: Container, Protection, Exterior

etymology: From Old English 'hul' meaning 'cover, skin, rind', related to 'hēlan' (to heal, cover).


morpheme_key: hullabaloo

morpheme: hullabaloo

morpheme_head: hullabaloo

affix_form: -hullabaloo-

meaning_definition: noise | commotion | uproar

example_words_list_1: ['hullabaloo']

etymology: Reduplicative formation from 'hullaballoo' (17th c.), possibly influenced by 'hullo' or 'baloo', with no clear foreign etymon.


morpheme_key: hum

morpheme: hum

morpheme_head: hum

affix_form: hum-

allomorphs: hume | humus

sense_label: ground

meaning_definition: surface | the planet Earth | soil | human being

example_words_list_1: disinhume | exhumation | exhume | humate | humation | humble | humic | humicolous | humiliate | humiliation | humility | humus | inhumation | inhume | posthumous | transhumance | dehumanize | human | humane | humanity ●see also hom-

example_words_corpus: hums | hummy | hummer | humbug | humble | hummed

categorical_group_list: Nature, Humanity

etymology: Latin humus 'ground, earth'


sense_label: moisture, fluid

meaning_definition: wetness | liquid

example_words_list_1: aqueous humor, humectant, humid, humidify, humidor, humor, humorous, vitreous humor

categorical_group_list: Moisture, Fluidity

etymology: From L ūmor, hūmor : moisture, fluid From ūmēre, hūmēre : to be wet, to moisten, to water


morpheme_key: human

morpheme: human

morpheme_head: human

affix_form: human-

sense_label: man

part_of_speech_created_by_this_suffix: not suffix | noun

meaning_definition: individual person | all humans collectively | member of the Homo sapiens species

example_words_list_1: humane | humanify | humanity | humane (of humans | human-like) | inhuman (not of humans | unlike humans) | humanity (all humans | collectively)

example_words_corpus: humans | inhuman | humanly | unhuman | abhuman | humanoid

categorical_group_list: Animate, Core concept

ancestor_etymon: human

etymology: Latin 'hūmānus' meaning 'of the earth, earthly, human', derived from 'hūmus' (earth/ground)

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


morpheme_key: humane

morpheme: humane

morpheme_head: humane

affix_form: -humane-

meaning_definition: man

example_words_list_1: humane, humanify, humanity

example_words_list_2: humane, humanify, humanity

example_words_corpus: inhumanely | humanenesses | inhumaneness

categorical_group_list: Anthroponym, Core concept

etymology: Latin humanus 'of man, human', derived from homo 'man'


morpheme_key: humble

morpheme: humble

morpheme_head: humble

affix_form: -humble-

meaning_definition: low | lowly | of the earth

example_words_list_1: humble, humility, humbly

example_words_corpus: humbled | humbler | humbles | humbleth | humblers | unhumbled

categorical_group_list: Modesty, Status, Emotion

etymology: Latin humilis 'low, on the ground', from humus 'earth'


morpheme_key: humero

morpheme: humero

morpheme_head: humero

affix_form: humero-

meaning_definition: of or pertaining to the shoulder (or [rarely] the upper arm) | shoulder

example_words_list_1: humerus

example_words_list_2: humerus

example_words_corpus: humeroulnar | humeroradial | humerocubital | humerofemoral | humeroscapular | humerothoracic

categorical_group_list: Body Parts and Substances

etymology: Latin humerus 'shoulder, upper arm'

source: Wikipedia


morpheme_key: humerus

morpheme: humerus

morpheme_head: humerus

affix_form: -humerus-

meaning_definition: upper arm bone

categorical_group_list: Anatomy, Biology


morpheme_key: humid

morpheme: humid

morpheme_head: humid

affix_form: -humid-

meaning_definition: render wet, make damp | produce moisture, induce dampness

example_words_list_1: humid

example_words_list_2: humid

example_words_corpus: humidex | humidly | humidity | humidify | subhumid | humidness

categorical_group_list: Environment, Physical property

ancestor_etymon: humid

etymology: Latin umidus 'moist, wet', from umere 'to be moist'


morpheme_key: humiliate

morpheme: humiliate

morpheme_head: humiliate

affix_form: -humiliate-

meaning_definition: to lower | to debase | to shame

example_words_list_1: humiliation, humiliating, humiliator

categorical_group_list: Emotion, Social status, Action

etymology: Latin humilis 'low, humble'


morpheme_key: humilis

morpheme: humilis

morpheme_head: humilis

affix_form: -humilis-

meaning_definition: humbled in status | of low rank

example_words_list_1: humility, humiliate

example_words_list_2: humility, humiliate

categorical_group_list: Status, Quality

ancestor_etymon: humili

etymology: Latin humilis 'lowly, humble', from humus 'earth, ground'


morpheme_key: humility

morpheme: humility

morpheme_head: humility

affix_form: -humility-

meaning_definition: modesty | lack of pride | lowliness

example_words_list_1: humility, humble

categorical_group_list: Virtue, Abstract concept, Emotion

etymology: Latin humilitas, from humilis 'low, lowly'


morpheme_key: hummock

morpheme: hummock

morpheme_head: hummock

affix_form: -hummock-

meaning_definition: small hill | mound | mound-like elevation

example_words_list_1: hummock

example_words_corpus: hummocks | hummocky | hummocked | hummocking

categorical_group_list: Topography, Landform

etymology: Middle English humok, likely related to 'humus' (earth/ground)


morpheme_key: hump

morpheme: hump

morpheme_head: hump

affix_form: -hump-

meaning_definition: a rounded protuberance | to raise or swell

example_words_list_1: hump, humped, humped-back

example_words_corpus: humpy | humps | humped | humper | humpily | humpity

categorical_group_list: Shape, Physicality

etymology: Middle English hump, likely imitative of the shape


morpheme_key: hun

morpheme: hun

morpheme_head: hun

affix_form: hun

meaning_definition: A type of grey partridge native to Europe | a common species of European game bird

example_words_list_1: huns | Hunnic | hunbot

example_words_corpus: huns | Hunnic | hunbot


morpheme_key: hundred

morpheme: hundred

morpheme_head: hundred

affix_form: -hundred-

meaning_definition: one hundred | a century

example_words_list_1: hundredfold, hundreds

example_words_corpus: hundreds | hundredth | hundreder | hundredal | hundredths | hundreders

categorical_group_list: Number, Quantity

etymology: From Proto-Germanic *hundrathą, from *huntehundaz (ten tens), related to Old English hund, Old High German hundert, Old Norse hundrath.


morpheme_key: hung

morpheme: hung

morpheme_head: hung

affix_form: -hung-

meaning_definition: hung | hanged

example_words_list_1: hang, hanging, hanged, hungover

example_words_corpus: unhung | behung | prehung | underhung

categorical_group_list: Verb, Action, State

etymology: From Old English 'hangian' meaning 'to hang'.


morpheme_key: hungary

morpheme: hungary

morpheme_head: hungary

affix_form: -hungary-

meaning_definition: Hungary

example_words_list_1: Hungarian, Hungaric

categorical_group_list: Geography, Proper Noun, Country

etymology: From the name of the country Hungary, derived from the ethnonym 'Hungar' or 'Magyar'.

ancestor_etymon_language: Hungarian


morpheme_key: hunger

morpheme: hunger

morpheme_head: hunger

affix_form: -hunger-

meaning_definition: hunger | famine | strong desire

example_words_list_1: hunger, hungry, hungering

example_words_corpus: hungers | hungered | hungerly | hungerer | enhunger | hungering

categorical_group_list: Biological drive, Deprivation

etymology: Old English hungor 'hunger, famine'


morpheme_key: hunker

morpheme: hunker

morpheme_head: hunker

affix_form: -hunker-

meaning_definition: to settle | to crouch | to stay in a place

example_words_list_1: hunker, hunkered, hunkering

example_words_corpus: hunkers | hunkered | hunkerer | hunkering | hunkerism | hunkerers

categorical_group_list: Motion, Position, Stability

etymology: Middle English hunkeren, possibly related to hunk (a large piece)


morpheme_key: hunt

morpheme: hunt

morpheme_head: hunt

affix_form: -hunt-

meaning_definition: to chase | to pursue | to search for

example_words_list_1: hunter, hunting, huntsman

example_words_corpus: hunts | hunter | hunted | huntee | hunting | hunters

categorical_group_list: Action, Pursuit

etymology: Old English 'huntian' (to chase, pursue)


morpheme_key: hurdle

morpheme: hurdle

morpheme_head: hurdle

affix_form: -hurdle-

meaning_definition: obstacle | barrier | impediment

example_words_list_1: hurdle

example_words_corpus: hurdler | hurdles | hurdled | hurdlers | hurdlework | hurdleworks

categorical_group_list: Obstacle, Difficulty

etymology: Middle Dutch 'horde' (obstruction)

ancestor_etymon_language: Middle Dutch


morpheme_key: hurl

morpheme: hurl

morpheme_head: hurl

affix_form: -hurl-

meaning_definition: to throw | to fling | to cast

example_words_list_1: hurl, hurling, hurled, hurler

example_words_corpus: hurls | hurler | hurled | uphurl | hurling | hurlers

categorical_group_list: Motion, Action

etymology: Middle English 'hurlen', possibly related to 'whirl'


morpheme_key: hurley

morpheme: hurley

morpheme_head: hurley

affix_form: -hurley-

meaning_definition: stormy | turbulent | rough

example_words_list_1: hurley-burly

categorical_group_list: Weather, Turbulence, Adjectival

etymology: From the adjective 'hurley' (archaic/dialectal for stormy or turbulent), likely related to 'hurl' or 'hurly-burly'.


morpheme_key: hurrah

morpheme: hurrah

morpheme_head: hurrah

affix_form: -hurrah-

meaning_definition: expression of joy | triumph | approval

example_words_list_1: ['hurrah']

example_words_corpus: hurrahed | hurrahing | hurrahings

categorical_group_list: Interjection, Emotion

etymology: Imitative/Onomatopoeic origin


morpheme_key: hurry

morpheme: hurry

morpheme_head: hurry

affix_form: -hurry-

meaning_definition: speed | haste | urgency

example_words_list_1: hurried, hurrying, hurries

example_words_corpus: hurryed | hurrying | hurryings | unhurrying | hurryingly

categorical_group_list: Motion, Speed, Time

etymology: Middle English hurren, likely of imitative origin


morpheme_key: hurt

morpheme: hurt

morpheme_head: hurt

affix_form: -hurt-

meaning_definition: cause | feel | suffer | injury | pain

example_words_list_1: hurt, hurtful, unhurt

example_words_corpus: hurts | hurty | hurtle | hurted | unhurt | hurter

categorical_group_list: Pain, Damage, Emotion

etymology: Old English hirtan 'to wound, injure'


morpheme_key: hurtle

morpheme: hurtle

morpheme_head: hurtle

affix_form: -hurtle-

meaning_definition: move with great speed | dash | rush

example_words_list_1: ['hurtle']

categorical_group_list: Motion, Speed

etymology: Middle English hurten 'to strike, beat'


morpheme_key: husband

morpheme: husband

morpheme_head: husband

affix_form: -husband-

meaning_definition: married man | spouse

example_words_list_1: husband, husbandry

categorical_group_list: Kinship, Human relation

etymology: Old English hūsbonda "master of the house"


morpheme_key: hush

morpheme: hush

morpheme_head: hush

affix_form: -hush-

meaning_definition: silence | quiet | to make quiet

example_words_list_1: hush, hushingly, hushed

example_words_corpus: husht | hushy | hushed | hushes | husher | hushaby

categorical_group_list: Silence, Sound, Action

etymology: imitative of the sound of silence


morpheme_key: husk

morpheme: husk

morpheme_head: husk

affix_form: -husk-

meaning_definition: outer layer | shell | rind | husk

example_words_list_1: husk, husking, husker

example_words_corpus: husky | husked | unhusk | dehusk | husking | huskily

categorical_group_list: Covering, Exterior, Nature

etymology: From Old English 'husc' meaning 'covering, shell, husk', of Germanic origin.


morpheme_key: hustings

morpheme: hustings

morpheme_head: hustings

affix_form: -hustings-

meaning_definition: platform for public speaking | place of election

example_words_list_1: hustings, hustler, hustle

categorical_group_list: Politics, Communication

etymology: Middle English 'hustyng' (to bustle/crowd)


morpheme_key: hustle

morpheme: hustle

morpheme_head: hustle

affix_form: -hustle-

meaning_definition: to move rapidly | to work energetically | to swindle

example_words_list_1: hustler, hustling, hustled, hustles

example_words_corpus: hustler | hustled | hustles | hustlers | outhustle | outhustled

categorical_group_list: Motion, Effort, Deception

etymology: Middle English 'hustlen' (to push, shove, or bustle)


morpheme_key: hut

morpheme: hut

morpheme_head: hut

affix_form: -hut-

meaning_definition: small shelter | dwelling | cabin

example_words_list_1: hut

example_words_corpus: huts | hutlike | hutment | hutments

categorical_group_list: Shelter, Dwelling, Architecture

etymology: From Proto-Germanic *hūtō, from Proto-Indo-European *kūd- 'to cover'


morpheme_key: hutch

morpheme: hutch

morpheme_head: hutch

affix_form: -hutch-

meaning_definition: small shelter | enclosure | shed

example_words_list_1: hutch

example_words_corpus: hutches | hutched | hutchlike

categorical_group_list: Shelter, Container

etymology: Middle English 'hutche' (a box or chest)


morpheme_key: hyacinth

morpheme: hyacinth

morpheme_head: hyacinth

affix_form: -hyacinth-

meaning_definition: purple flower | bulbous plant

example_words_list_1: hyacinth, hyacinthine, hyacinthoides

example_words_corpus: hyacinths | hyacinthine | Hyacinthian | hyacinthlike

categorical_group_list: Botany, Nature

etymology: Greek hyakinthos

ancestor_etymon_language: Greek


morpheme_key: hyal

morpheme: hyal

morpheme_head: hyal

affix_form: hyal-

allomorphs: hyalo

sense_label: glass

meaning_definition: clear material | resembling glass | allowing light to pass through

example_words_list_1: hyaline | hyaloid | hyalin | hyalite | hyalogen | hyaloplasm | hyaluronidase

categorical_group_list: Material, Texture, Visual Property

etymology: ὕαλος (húalos) | hyalos | From Gr hyalos : glass


morpheme_key: hyaline

morpheme: hyaline

morpheme_head: hyaline

affix_form: -hyaline-

meaning_definition: glassy | transparent | clear

example_words_list_1: hyaline, hyalin, hyaline membrane

example_words_corpus: hyalines | hypohyaline | holohyaline

categorical_group_list: Texture, Visual property, Material

etymology: Greek hyalinos 'glassy, transparent'


morpheme_key: hybrid

morpheme: hybrid

morpheme_head: hybrid

affix_form: -hybrid-

meaning_definition: product of crossbreeding different lineages | result of mixed parentage

example_words_list_1: hybrid, hybridize, hybridoma

example_words_list_2: hybrid, hybridize, hybridoma

example_words_corpus: hybrids | dihybrid | hybridal | hybridity | hybridism | hybridize

categorical_group_list: Biology, Mixture

etymology: From Gr hybrida : offspring of mixed parentage


morpheme_key: hyd

morpheme: hyd

morpheme_head: hyd

affix_form: -hyd-

allomorphs: hyde

meaning_definition: aqueous substance | fluid

example_words_list_1: clepsydra, dehydrate, hydathode, hydatid, hydatidosis, hydra, hydrant, hydrate, hydraulic, hydraulics, hydrochloric, hydrodynamics, hydroelectric, hydrogen, hydrologist, hydrology, hydrolysis, hydromancy, hydrophile, hydrophilic, hydrophily, hydrophobia, hydrophobic, hydroponic, hydrosphere, hydrostat, hydrostatic, hydrothermic, hydrous, hydrozoa, polyhydric

categorical_group_list: Nature, Element, Liquid

etymology: ὕδωρ | ὕδατος (húdōr | húdatos) | ὕδρα (húdra) | Greek