morpheme_key: temporo

morpheme: temporo

morpheme_head: temporo

affix_form: temporo-

example_words_list_1: temporo-frontal | temporo-spatial

example_words_list_2: temporo-frontal, temporo-spatial

example_words_corpus: temporomalar | temporopolar | temporonasal | temporofacial | temporolimbic | temporomesial

categorical_group_list: Time, Spatiotemporal

ancestor_etymon: tempora  OED

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

ancestor_etymon_language: Latin  OED

source: Wiktionary | MorphoQuantics


morpheme_key: tempt

morpheme: tempt

morpheme_head: tempt

affix_form: -tempt-

sense_label: to test, to try

affix_type: root

bound_free_or_root: root

meaning_definition: to assess | to attempt

example_words_list_1: attempt, tempt, temptation unrelated: contempt

example_words_corpus: tempts | tempted | tempter | tempters | tempteth | temptest

related_morphemes: tent2 / tent

categorical_group_list: Trial, Testing, Provocation

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

ancestor_etymon_language: Latin

etymological_family: Latin

register: classical

source: Cognatarium

attestation: both


morpheme_key: ten

morpheme: ten

morpheme_head: ten

affix_form: ten-

allomorphs: tene

sense_label: hold

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

example_words_list_1: abstain | abstention | abstinence | abstinent | appertain | appertinent | appurtenance | appurtenant | contain | containment | content | contentive | contentment | continence | continent | continental | continual | continuance | continuant | continuation | continuative | continue | continuity | continuous | continuum | contratenor | countenance | detain | detainder | detainee | detainer | detainment | detention | detinue | discontent | discontentment | discontinuance | discontinuation | discontinue | discontinuity | discontinuous | entertain | entertainment | equicontinuity | equicontinuous | impertinence | impertinent | incontinence | incontinent | intenible | intercontinental | irretentive | lieutenant | maintain | maintenance | malcontent | obtain | obtainment | obtention | pertain | pertinacious | pertinacity | pertinence | pertinent | purtenance | reobtain | retain | retainer | retainment | retention | retentive | retinue | se-tenant | sustenance | sustentacular | sustentaculum | sustentation | sustention | tenable | tenace | tenacious | tenacity | tenancy | tenant | tenet | tenor | tenure | tenurial | tenuto | transcontinental | content (all senses) | contents | tenaculum | tenement | tennis | tenon

example_words_corpus: tens | tenth | tenner | tenpin | tenths | tenish

related_morphemes: tain1 / tain, tin1 / tin

categorical_group_list: Retention, Stability, Possession

etymology: Latin tenere 'to hold'

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


morpheme_head: ten, ton

allomorphs: ton

sense_label: stretch

meaning_definition: elongate | tendinous structure | slender

example_words_list_1: tendon, tension, tone, tonic, tensor

categorical_group_list: Tension, Extension, Physicality

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

ancestor_etymon_language: Greek

etymological_family: Greek


morpheme_key: tend

morpheme: tend

morpheme_head: tend

affix_form: tend-

bound_free_or_root: stem

part_of_speech_created_by_this_suffix: not suffix

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

example_words_list_1: extend, distend, pretend, contend, attenuate

example_words_corpus: tends | atend | attend | tender | tended | atends

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

categorical_group_list: Capability

ancestor_etymon: tend

etymology: Latin tendere 'to stretch'

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


morpheme_key: tender

morpheme: tender

morpheme_head: tender

affix_form: -tender-

allomorphs: tendere

meaning_definition: soft | gentle | sensitive | delicate

example_words_list_1: tenderly, tenderness, tendering

example_words_corpus: tendered | untender | bartender | tendering | tenderers | budtender

categorical_group_list: Texture, Emotion, Physicality

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


morpheme_key: tendon

morpheme: tendon

morpheme_head: tendon

affix_form: -tendon-

meaning_definition: tendon | sinew

example_words_list_1: tendon, extend, tension, intense, tensional

example_words_corpus: tendons | tendony | neotendon | midtendon | mesotendon | peritendon

categorical_group_list: Anatomy, Physicality

etymology: Latin tendō 'I stretch, extend'


morpheme_key: tendril

morpheme: tendril

morpheme_head: tendril

affix_form: -tendril-

bound_free_or_root: free

meaning_definition: slender part | thin thread-like structure | appendage

example_words_list_1: tendril, tendriled, tendrils

example_words_corpus: tendrils | tendrilled | tendrilous | tendrilless

categorical_group_list: Anatomy, Botany, Shape

etymology: Middle English tendril, related to tendril-like growth

ancestor_etymon_language: Middle English

etymological_family: other

register: neutral


morpheme_key: tene

morpheme: tene

morpheme_head: tene

affix_form: -tene

sense_label: ribbon

affix_type: suffix

meaning_definition: ribbon

example_words_list_1: diplotene, leptotene, pachytene, taenia, taenidia, taenidium, taeniodont, Taeniolabis, zygotene

example_words_corpus: polytene | polytenes | pachytene | diplotene | pachytenes | diplotenes

categorical_group_list: Shape, Biology

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

attestation: wiktionary


morpheme_key: tenebr

morpheme: tenebr

morpheme_head: tenebr

affix_form: -tenebr-

meaning_definition: gloom | shade

example_words_list_1: Tenebrae, tenebrific, tenebrous

example_words_list_2: Tenebrae, tenebrific, tenebrous

categorical_group_list: Darkness, Shadow, Obscurity

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

attestation: wikidata


morpheme_key: tenebrous

morpheme: tenebrous

morpheme_head: tenebrous

affix_form: -tenebrous-

meaning_definition: dark | shadowy | obscure

example_words_list_1: tenebrous

example_words_corpus: tenebrously | tenebrousness

categorical_group_list: Light, Darkness, Obscurity

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


morpheme_key: tenec

morpheme: tenec

morpheme_head: tenec

affix_form: tenec-

affix_type: prefix

bound_free_or_root: bound

meaning_definition: hold | keep | retain

example_words_list_1: tenecteplase

example_words_corpus: tenecteplase

categorical_group_list: Retention, Possession

source: Wiktionary


morpheme_key: tenere

morpheme: tenere

morpheme_head: tenere

affix_form: tain

allomorphs: tain

meaning_definition: clutch | maintain

example_words_list_1: tenacious, contain, detain, tenure

example_words_list_2: tenacious, contain, detain, tenure

ancestor_etymon: ten


morpheme_key: tennis

morpheme: tennis

morpheme_head: tennis

affix_form: -tennis-

meaning_definition: tennis

example_words_list_1: tennis, badminton, racket, court, net

example_words_corpus: tennises | tenniser | nontennis | tennisers | tennislike | tenniswear

categorical_group_list: Sport, Game, Recreation

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

ancestor_etymon_language: French


morpheme_key: teno

morpheme: teno

morpheme_head: teno

affix_form: teno-

allomorphs: tendo

parts_of_speech_this_morpheme_can_join_onto: various

meaning_definition: fibrous connective tissue linking muscle to bone

example_words_list_1: tenotome | tenotomy

example_words_list_2: tenotome, tenotomy

example_words_corpus: tenotomy | tenocyte | tenolysis | tenocytic | tenogenic | tenocytes

categorical_group_list: Anatomy, Medical

ancestor_etymon: τένων  OED

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

ancestor_etymon_language: Greek  OED

register: scientific

source: Wiktionary | MorphoQuantics | Stein


morpheme_key: tenon

morpheme: tenon

morpheme_head: tenon

affix_form: -tenon-

meaning_definition: projection | joint | tenon

example_words_list_1: tenon, mortise and tenon

example_words_corpus: tenons | tenoner | tenoners | peritenon | peritenons

categorical_group_list: Structure, Connection

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


morpheme_key: tenor

morpheme: tenor

morpheme_head: tenor

affix_form: -tenor-

meaning_definition: hold | keep | maintain

example_words_list_1: tenor, tenacious, tenant, tenure, contain, retain, obtain, detain, detainee, tenable

example_words_corpus: tenors | tenorial | tenorist | tenoroon | tenorists | tenoroons

categorical_group_list: Maintenance, Possession


morpheme_key: tens

morpheme: tens

morpheme_head: tens

affix_form: tens-

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

example_words_list_1: tense, tension, extend, extendable, extensible

related_morphemes: tend / tend, tent1 / tent

categorical_group_list: Motion, Extension, Physical action

ancestor_etymon: tens


morpheme_key: tense

morpheme: tense

morpheme_head: tense

affix_form: -tense-

meaning_definition: time | moment | occasion

example_words_corpus: tenses | tensen | tensed | tensely | untense | untensed

categorical_group_list: Time, Temporal

etymology: Latin tempus 'time'


morpheme_key: tensile

morpheme: tensile

morpheme_head: tensile

affix_form: -tensile-

meaning_definition: tensile strength | ability to withstand tension

example_words_list_1: tensile, tensility

example_words_corpus: tensiled | thermotensile

categorical_group_list: Physical property, Tension

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


morpheme_key: tension

morpheme: tension

morpheme_head: tension

affix_form: -tension

allomorphs: tensive

meaning_definition: pressure

example_words_list_1: hypertension

example_words_list_2: hypertension

example_words_corpus: tensions | tensional | tensioner | tensioners | hypotension | tensionless

categorical_group_list: State | Physical property

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


morpheme_key: tent

morpheme: tent

morpheme_head: tent

affix_form: -tent-

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

example_words_list_1: extend, tent, tension, tentacle, tentorium

example_words_corpus: tents | tented | untent | tenting | tentage | tentful

related_morphemes: tend / tend | tens / tens | tempt / tempt

ancestor_etymon: tent


morpheme_key: tentacle

morpheme: tentacle

morpheme_head: tentacle

affix_form: -tentacle-

meaning_definition: limb | appendage | arm-like projection

example_words_list_1: tentacled, tentacular

categorical_group_list: Anatomy, Biology

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

attestation: morpholex


morpheme_key: tentative

morpheme: tentative

morpheme_head: tentative

affix_form: -tentative-

meaning_definition: not | without | lacking

example_words_list_1: tentative, attempt, contention

example_words_corpus: tentatives | tentatively | pretentative | tentativeness

categorical_group_list: Action, Physicality

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


morpheme_key: tenu

morpheme: tenu

morpheme_head: tenu

affix_form: tenu-

sense_label: slender

meaning_definition: slim | delicate | subtle

example_words_list_1: attenuate | extenuate | tenuous | tenuity

categorical_group_list: Dimension, Physical property

etymology: Latin tenuis "thin, fine, slender"

source: Cognatarium | Wikidata


morpheme_key: tenuis

morpheme: tenuis

morpheme_head: tenuis

affix_form: tend

allomorphs: tens

meaning_definition: slender | extended

example_words_list_1: extend | tenuous | tendency | tendon | tentative | contend | extenuating

categorical_group_list: Extension, Tension, Physicality

etymology: Latin tenuis 'thin, fine, slender'


morpheme_key: tenuous

morpheme: tenuous

morpheme_head: tenuous

affix_form: -tenuous-

meaning_definition: slender | weak | fragile | thin

example_words_list_1: tenuous, tenuousness

example_words_corpus: tenuously | tenuousness

categorical_group_list: Physical property, Strength, Fragility


morpheme_key: tenure

morpheme: tenure

morpheme_head: tenure

affix_form: -tenure-

meaning_definition: holding | keeping | maintaining

example_words_list_1: tenure, retain, detain, maintain, sustenance

example_words_corpus: untenured | nontenure | nontenured | tenureships | tenurelessness

categorical_group_list: Continuity, Possession

etymology: From Latin 'tenere' meaning 'to hold'


morpheme_key: tep

morpheme: tep

morpheme_head: tep

affix_form: tep-

sense_label: warm

meaning_definition: warm | lukewarm | tepid

example_words_list_1: subtepid, tepefaction, tepid, tepidarium, tepidity, tepor

categorical_group_list: Temperature, Sensory

etymology: tepere


morpheme_key: tepee

morpheme: tepee

morpheme_head: tepee

affix_form: -tepee-

meaning_definition: conical tent | dwelling

example_words_list_1: tepee

example_words_corpus: tepees | tepeelike

categorical_group_list: Dwelling, Shelter

etymology: from Lakota 'tapi' or related Algonquian terms for tent

ancestor_etymon_language: Algonquian

register: vernacular


morpheme_key: tepere

morpheme: tepere

morpheme_head: tepere

affix_form: tepere-

meaning_definition: neither hot nor cold | slightly cool | moderate in temperature

example_words_list_1: tepid

example_words_list_2: tepid

categorical_group_list: Temperature, Sensation

etymology: Latin tepere 'to be warm'


morpheme_key: tephr

morpheme: tephr

morpheme_head: tephr

affix_form: tephr-

allomorphs: tephro

meaning_definition: ash

example_words_list_1: tephrosis

example_words_list_2: tephrosis

categorical_group_list: Nature, Geology

etymology: Greek tephra 'ashes'


morpheme_key: tepid

morpheme: tepid

morpheme_head: tepid

affix_form: -tepid-

meaning_definition: lukewarm | moderately warm | lacking enthusiasm

example_words_corpus: tepidly | tepidity | subtepid | tepidness

categorical_group_list: Temperature, Emotion, Intensity

etymology: Latin tepidus, from tepere 'to be warm'


morpheme_key: ter

morpheme: ter

morpheme_head: ter, trit

affix_form: ter-

allomorphs: ter | trit

sense_label: rub, wear

meaning_definition: rub, wear

example_words_list_1: attrition, contrite, contrition, detriment, detrimental, detrital, detrition, detritivore, detritivorous, detritus, retriment, tribulation, trite, triturate, trituration, triture

example_words_corpus: halter | halters | unhalter | slaughter | terannual | terphenyl

categorical_group_list: Action, Physical process

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


morpheme_key: tera

morpheme: tera

morpheme_head: tera

affix_form: tera-

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

example_words_list_1: terabyte | teraflop | teraflops | terahertz | terabytes (1 000 000 000 000 bytes)

example_words_corpus: teraop | teraton | terabit | teraops | teragram | terabyte

related_morphemes: terato / terato

categorical_group_list: quantity

etymology: Greek tearas (τέρας) "monster, marvel"

source: Wikipedia | Wiktionary | Cognatarium


morpheme_key: terato

morpheme: terato

morpheme_head: terato

affix_form: terato-

meaning_definition: abnormal creature | structural defect | physical irregularity

example_words_list_1: teratoma | teratogen | teratology | teratism | teratoid | tera- (10¹²)

example_words_corpus: teratoma | teratoid | teratogen | teratomas | teratoids | teratosis

related_morphemes: tera / tera

categorical_group_list: Anomalous form

ancestor_etymon: τέρας, τερατ- OED

etymology: Greek teratos 'monster, marvel'

source: Wiktionary | MorphoQuantics | Cognatarium


morpheme_key: tere

morpheme: tere

morpheme_head: tere

affix_form: tere-

sense_label: guard

meaning_definition: guard

example_words_list_1: synteresis

example_words_list_2: synteresis

example_words_corpus: teres

categorical_group_list: Protection, Preservation

etymology: τηρεῖν (tēreîn), τήρησις (tḗrēsis)


morpheme_key: terere

morpheme: terere

morpheme_head: terere

affix_form: ter

meaning_definition: erase through friction | press with footfall | cause gradual deterioration

example_words_list_1: detriment

example_words_list_2: detriment

categorical_group_list: Attrition, Motion, Destruction

etymology: Latin terere 'to rub, wear down'


morpheme_key: teret

morpheme: teret

morpheme_head: teret

affix_form: teret-

meaning_definition: rounded

example_words_list_1: subterete | teretial

example_words_list_2: subterete | teretial

categorical_group_list: Shape, Texture

etymology: teres | teretis


morpheme_key: terg

morpheme: terg

morpheme_head: terg

affix_form: terg-

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

example_words_list_1: absterge | abstergent | abstersion | abstersive | deterge | detergency | detergent | terse | detergent Variant Spellings: terse | tergiversate | tergum

etymology: Latin tergum 'back, rear'


morpheme_key: tergere

morpheme: tergere

morpheme_head: tergere

affix_form: -tergere-

meaning_definition: to wipe

example_words_list_1: terse

example_words_list_2: terse

categorical_group_list: Capability

etymology: Latin tergere 'to wipe, clean'


morpheme_key: tergivers

morpheme: tergivers

morpheme_head: tergivers

affix_form: -tergivers-

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

example_words_list_1: tergiversation, tergiversate

categorical_group_list: Movement, Deception, Change

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


morpheme_key: term

morpheme: term

morpheme_head: term

affix_form: term-

meaning_definition: boundary | limit | end

example_words_list_1: determine | interminable | terminal | termination | exterminate | full-term | long-term | short-term

example_words_corpus: terms | termer | termed | termly | biterm | midterm

categorical_group_list: Limitation, Spatiotemporal

etymology: terminus

source: Wikidata


morpheme_key: termina

morpheme: termina

morpheme_head: termin

affix_form: termina-

allomorphs: termina | terminus

meaning_definition: boundary, limit, end

example_words_list_1: determine, interminable, terminal, termination, exterminate, terminal, full-term, long-term, short-term

categorical_group_list: Limitation, Finality


morpheme_key: termite

morpheme: termite

morpheme_head: termite

affix_form: -termite-

meaning_definition: insect | wood-eating insect

example_words_list_1: termite, termitary, termitic, termitology

example_words_corpus: termites

categorical_group_list: Biology, Insects

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

ancestor_etymon_language: Portuguese


morpheme_key: tern

morpheme: tern

morpheme_head: tern

affix_form: tern-

sense_label: three each

meaning_definition: three each

example_words_list_1: ternary, ternion

example_words_list_2: ternary, ternion

example_words_corpus: terns

categorical_group_list: Number, Quantity

etymology: terni


morpheme_key: terol

morpheme: terol

morpheme_head: terol

affix_form: -terol

allomorphs: terenol

meaning_definition: chemical compound | drug

example_words_list_1: ibuterol | fenoterol | cimaterol | formoterol | bambuterol | prenalterol

categorical_group_list: Chemistry, Pharmacology, Suffix

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


morpheme_key: terp

morpheme: terp

morpheme_head: terp

affix_form: -terp-

meaning_definition: to feel immense joy | to experience great pleasure

example_words_list_1: hypertrophy, atrophy, hypertrophy

example_words_corpus: terps

categorical_group_list: Emotion, Pleasure

etymology: Greek terpein : to delight, to charm


morpheme_key: terpsichore

morpheme: terpsichore

morpheme_head: terpsichore

affix_form: -terpsichore-

meaning_definition: dance | delight in rhythm

example_words_list_1: terpsichorean

categorical_group_list: Art, Movement, Mythology

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


morpheme_key: terpsichorean

morpheme: terpsichorean

morpheme_head: terpsichorean

affix_form: -terpsichorean-

meaning_definition: relating to Terpsichore | of or pertaining to dance

categorical_group_list: Art, Movement, Dance

etymology: from Terpsichore (Greek Muse of dance) + -an


morpheme_key: terr

morpheme: terr

morpheme_head: terr

affix_form: -terr-

sense_label: to frighten

meaning_definition: to cause fear | to instill terror

example_words_list_1: terrestrial, terror, terrify, terrain, terrace

example_words_corpus: terrs

etymology: Latin terra 'earth, ground'


morpheme_key: terra

morpheme: terra

morpheme_head: terra

affix_form: -terra-

allomorphs: terre

sense_label: earth

meaning_definition: earth | land | ground

example_words_list_1: terrain, terrestrial, extraterrestrial

example_words_corpus: Terran | terras | terraform | terraforms | terraformer | terraformers

categorical_group_list: Nature, Element

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


morpheme_key: terrace

morpheme: terrace

morpheme_head: terrace

affix_form: -terrace-

meaning_definition: level platform | graduated slope | raised area

example_words_list_1: terraced, terracing

example_words_corpus: terraced | unterraced | terracette | nonterraced | terraceless | terracelike

categorical_group_list: Topography, Structure


morpheme_key: terracotta

morpheme: terracotta

morpheme_head: terracotta

affix_form: -terracotta-

meaning_definition: reddish-brown | clay-like | earthenware

categorical_group_list: Material, Color

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


morpheme_key: terrain

morpheme: terrain

morpheme_head: terrain

affix_form: -terrain-

meaning_definition: land | ground | surface area

example_words_list_1: terrain, terrestrial, terrain

example_words_corpus: terrains | multiterrain

categorical_group_list: Geography, Environment

etymology: Latin 'terra' meaning 'earth, land'


morpheme_key: terramycin

morpheme: terramycin

morpheme_head: terramycin

affix_form: -terramycin-

example_words_list_1: terrain, terrace, terrestrial, territory

categorical_group_list: Nature, Substance

etymology: Latin terra 'earth, land'


morpheme_key: terranean

morpheme: terranean

morpheme_head: terranean

affix_form: -terranean-

categorical_group_list: Nature, Earth, Location

etymology: Latin -tāneus, from terra 'earth, land'


morpheme_key: terrere

morpheme: terrere

morpheme_head: terrere

affix_form: terr

allomorphs: terr

meaning_definition: cause fear | alarm | startle

example_words_list_1: terror, terrible, terrify, deterr

categorical_group_list: Emotion, Action

ancestor_etymon: terr

etymology: Latin verb terrēre 'to frighten'


morpheme_key: terrestrial

morpheme: terrestrial

morpheme_head: terrestrial

affix_form: -terrestrial-

example_words_list_1: extraterrestrial, terrestrialism

categorical_group_list: Nature, Location

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


morpheme_key: terri

morpheme: terri

morpheme_head: terri

affix_form: terri-

meaning_definition: to frighten | to terrify

example_words_list_1: terrible, terror, terrify, terrain, terrace

example_words_list_2: terrified, terrible, terrific, terror

categorical_group_list: Emotion, Fear

etymology: Latin terrere "to frighten"


morpheme_key: terrier

morpheme: terrier

morpheme_head: terrier

affix_form: -terrier-

meaning_definition: small dog | hunting dog

example_words_list_1: terrier

example_words_corpus: terriers | terrierlike

categorical_group_list: Animals, Canine

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


morpheme_key: territory

morpheme: territory

morpheme_head: territory

affix_form: -territory-

meaning_definition: area | region | domain | land

example_words_list_1: territory, territorial, territorially

example_words_corpus: cyberterritory | ethnoterritory

categorical_group_list: Space, Geography, Domain

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


morpheme_key: terse

morpheme: terse

morpheme_head: terse

affix_form: -terse-

meaning_definition: brief | concise | sparing

example_words_list_1: terse

example_words_corpus: tersely | terseness | tersenesses

categorical_group_list: Quantity, Manner

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


morpheme_key: terti

morpheme: terti

morpheme_head: terti

affix_form: terti-

sense_label: third

derivational_or_inflectional: derivational prefix affix morpheme

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

example_words_list_1: tertiary | tertian

example_words_list_2: tertiary | tertian

categorical_group_list: Number forms

ancestor_etymon: terti

etymology: tertius


morpheme_key: tertiary

morpheme: tertiary

morpheme_head: tertiary

affix_form: -tertiary-

meaning_definition: third | third in order

example_words_list_1: tertiary, tertian

categorical_group_list: Ordinality, Number

etymology: Latin tertius 'third'


morpheme_key: tess

morpheme: tess

morpheme_head: tess

affix_form: -tess-

meaning_definition: quadrilateral | three-dimensional figure with six square sides

example_words_list_1: diatessaron, tessellate, tessera, tesseract

example_words_corpus: Tessy | Tessie

related_morphemes: tetra / tetra

categorical_group_list: Number, Geometry

etymology: Greek tessares 'four'


morpheme_key: tessara

morpheme: tessara

morpheme_head: tessara

affix_form: tessara-

meaning_definition: four

example_words_list_1: diatessaron | tetragon | tetrahedron | tetralogy | tetrameter | tetraphobia | tetrapod | tetrode

example_words_list_2: diatessaron, tetragon, tetrahedron, tetralogy, tetrameter, tetraphobia, tetrapod, tetrode

example_words_corpus: tessarine | tessarines

categorical_group_list: Number, Quantity

etymology: τέτϝαρες, τέσσαρες, τεσσάρων (téssares, tessárōn)


morpheme_key: tessellate

morpheme: tessellate

morpheme_head: tessellate

affix_form: -tessellate-

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

example_words_corpus: tessellated | tessellates | untessellated

categorical_group_list: Pattern, Geometry, Arrangement

etymology: Latin tessella 'small square tile'


morpheme_key: test

morpheme: test

morpheme_head: test

affix_form: test-

sense_label: challenge

meaning_definition: challenge | trial | examination

example_words_list_1: attest | contest | detest | protest | testament | testify | testimony

example_words_corpus: tests | testee | tester | tested | retest | cotest

categorical_group_list: Verification, Legal, Observation

etymology: testis


affix_form: -test-

sense_label: shell

meaning_definition: outer layer | test | rigid exterior

example_words_list_1: testudo, testaceous, testate

related_morphemes: more at testud / testud

categorical_group_list: Container, Examination, Physical Structure

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


morpheme_key: testat

morpheme: testat

morpheme_head: testat

affix_form: testat-

example_words_list_2: attest | contest | detest | protest | testament | testify | testimony


morpheme_key: testicle

morpheme: testicle

morpheme_head: testicle

affix_form: testicle

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

example_words_list_1: testicles | testicled | untesticled | testicleless | testiclectomy

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

source: MorphoLex | Wikidata


morpheme_key: testis

morpheme: testis

morpheme_head: testis

affix_form: -testis-

meaning_definition: testicle | male reproductive gland

example_words_list_1: testicular, testis

example_words_corpus: ovotestis

categorical_group_list: Anatomy, Biology

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


morpheme_key: testud

morpheme: testud

morpheme_head: testud

affix_form: False

meaning_definition: shelled reptile | aquatic creature with a shell

example_words_list_1: testudinal, testudinate, testudo

example_words_list_2: testudinal, testudinate, testudo

related_morphemes: test2 / test

categorical_group_list: Animals, Physical properties

etymology: Latin testudo 'tortoise, shield'


morpheme_key: tetanus

morpheme: tetanus

morpheme_head: tetanus

affix_form: -tetanus-

allomorphs: tetan

meaning_definition: stiffness | tension

example_words_list_1: tetanus, tetanic, tetanize, tetanization

example_words_corpus: antitetanus

categorical_group_list: Medical, Physical state

etymology: Greek tetanos "stiffness, tension"


morpheme_key: tether

morpheme: tether

morpheme_head: tether

affix_form: -tether-

meaning_definition: to tie | to bind | to connect

example_words_list_1: tether, untether, tethered

example_words_corpus: tetherins | untethers | detethers | tetherings | tetherballs | detethering

categorical_group_list: Connection, Binding

etymology: Old English teder 'rope, cord'

ancestor_etymon_language: Old English

etymological_family: Germanic


morpheme_key: tetra

morpheme: tetra

morpheme_head: tetra

affix_form: tetra-

parts_of_speech_this_morpheme_can_join_onto: adjective,noun

meaning_definition: the number four | four | possessing four

example_words_list_1: tetrameter | teracycline | tetraplegia | tetraethylammonium | diatessaron | tetragon | tetrahedron | tetralogy | tetraphobia | tetrapod | tetrode | tetra | tetrachloride | tetracycline | tetrad | tetraethyl | Tetragrammaton | tetrarch | Tetraodontidae | tetragram (4 letters) | tetrapod (4 feet) | tetragrammaton (The 4-letter name of God)

example_words_corpus: tetraol | tetragon | tetrapod | tetramer | tetraene | tetraose

related_morphemes: tess / tess

categorical_group_list: Number forms | quantity | Number format

ancestor_etymon: tetra | τετρα-  OED

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

ancestor_etymon_language: Greek | Greek  OED

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


morpheme_key: tetracosa

morpheme: tetracosa

morpheme_head: tetracosa

affix_form: tetracosa-

meaning_definition: twenty-four

example_words_list_1: tetracosane | tetracosanes | tetracosanoate | tetracosahydrate

etymology: Greek tessares 'four' + eikosi 'twenty'


morpheme_key: tetrakaideka

morpheme: tetrakaideka

morpheme_head: tetrakaideka

affix_form: tetrakaideka-

allomorphs: tetrakaideca

meaning_definition: fourteen

example_words_list_1: tetrakaidekahedron | tetrakaidekahedral

example_words_corpus: tetrakaidekahedron | tetrakaidekahedral

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


morpheme_key: tetrakis

morpheme: tetrakis

morpheme_head: tetrakis

affix_form: tetrakis-

meaning_definition: four | quadruple

example_words_list_1: tetrakisphosphate | tetrakishexahedron | tetrakisphosphates

etymology: Greek tetrakis- 'fourfold'


morpheme_key: teuch

morpheme: teuch

morpheme_head: teuch

sense_label: set of books

meaning_definition: group of books | assemblage

example_words_list_1: Heptateuch, Pentateuch

example_words_list_2: Heptateuch, Pentateuch

categorical_group_list: Quantity, Literature

etymology: Greek teuchos 'scroll, book'


morpheme_key: teuthis

morpheme: teuthis

morpheme_head: teuthis

affix_form: teuthis

meaning_definition: squid. Used for squids and similar cephalopods.

example_words_list_1: Examples: Gonioteuthis ("narrow squid") Architeuthis ("ruling squid") Vampyroteuthis ("vampire squid"); Cylindroteuthis ("cylindrical squid")

categorical_group_list: Medical and Scientific

ancestor_etymon: τευθίς (teuthís)

etymology: Greek teuthis (squid)

ancestor_etymon_language: Ancient Greek

pronunciation: /tjuːθɪs/

source: Wikipedia


morpheme_key: teutonic

morpheme: teutonic

morpheme_head: teutonic

affix_form: -teutonic-

meaning_definition: Germanic | Teutonic peoples

example_words_list_1: Teutonic

categorical_group_list: Ethnicity, Language family

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


morpheme_key: tex

morpheme: tex

morpheme_head: tex

affix_form: tex-

meaning_definition: weave

example_words_list_1: context | subtle | pretext | text | textile | texture

categorical_group_list: Creation, Structure, Connection

etymology: texere | textus


morpheme_key: texan

morpheme: texan

morpheme_head: texan

affix_form: -texan-

meaning_definition: person from Texas | resident of Texas

example_words_list_1: Texan, Texana

categorical_group_list: Proper noun, Locative

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

ancestor_etymon_language: English


morpheme_key: texas

morpheme: texas

morpheme_head: texas

affix_form: -texas-

meaning_definition: Texas (US state) | Texas (place name)

example_words_list_1: Texas, Texan, Texana

example_words_corpus: texases | Texasize | Texasization

categorical_group_list: Geography, Proper Noun, Place Name

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

ancestor_etymon_language: Spanish


morpheme_key: text

morpheme: text

morpheme_head: text

affix_form: text-

sense_label: weave

meaning_definition: interlace | create | construct

example_words_list_1: context | subtle | pretext | text | textile | texture | textbook | texture Variant Spellings: tissue | textual | texturized | tissue

example_words_corpus: texts | texter | urtext | detext | texton | intext

categorical_group_list: Anomalous form

ancestor_etymon: text

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


morpheme_key: textile

morpheme: textile

morpheme_head: textile

affix_form: -textile-

meaning_definition: woven fabric | cloth | made of fabric

example_words_list_1: textile, textiles

example_words_corpus: textiles | geotextile | nontextile | geotextiles | textilelike | nanotextile

categorical_group_list: Material, Substance

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


morpheme_key: texture

morpheme: texture

morpheme_head: texture

affix_form: -texture-

meaning_definition: surface quality | feel | consistency

example_words_list_1: texture, textured, textural

example_words_corpus: textures | textured | retexture | untextured | retextured | retextures

categorical_group_list: Sensory, Physical property

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


morpheme_key: th

morpheme: th

morpheme_head: th

affix_form: -th

morpheme_subtype: forms:noun | ordinal | cardinal

derivational_or_inflectional: derivational | derivational suffix affix bound morpheme

parts_of_speech_this_morpheme_can_join_onto: adjective | cardinal numeral | 3.46080636788371e-05

part_of_speech_created_by_this_suffix: noun | ordinal | cardinal

meaning_definition: status | attribute | situation | sequential designation

example_words_list_1: width, length, depth, breadth, strength, truth, worth, health, wealth, youth

example_words_corpus: ith | mth | jth | lth | kth | math

related_morphemes: compare h / h, wh / wh

categorical_group_list: Abstract Noun Formation, Ordinality

ancestor_etymon: -þu | -þo | -þ OED | -þa | -þe OED

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

ancestor_etymon_language: Old English OED


morpheme_key: thai

morpheme: thai

morpheme_head: thai

affix_form: -thai-

meaning_definition: Thai | Thai language | Thai people

example_words_list_1: Thai, Thais

example_words_corpus: Thaify | Thainess | Thaiglish | Thaification

categorical_group_list: Nationality, Ethnonym, Language

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

ancestor_etymon_language: Thai


morpheme_key: thalamo

morpheme: thalamo

morpheme_head: thalamo

affix_form: thalamo-

allomorphs: thalam

meaning_definition: inner chamber | thalamus

example_words_list_1: thalamofugal | thalamocortical | thalamostriatal | thalamocortically

etymology: Greek thalamos 'inner chamber, bedroom'


morpheme_key: thalasso

morpheme: thalasso

morpheme_head: thalasso

affix_form: thalasso-

allomorphs: thalass

meaning_definition: sea

example_words_list_1: Panthalassa | thalassemia | thalassic | thalassophobia

example_words_list_2: Panthalassa, thalassemia, thalassic, thalassophobia

example_words_corpus: thalassocrat | thalassophyte | thalassocrats | thalassometer | thalassography | thalassophobia

categorical_group_list: Nature, Water

etymology: θάλασσα (thálassa)


morpheme_key: thall

morpheme: thall

morpheme_head: thall

affix_form: thall-

allomorphs: thallo

meaning_definition: fresh green | flowering | to flower

example_words_list_1: thallic | thalline | thallophyte | prothallus | thallium | thallous | thallus

categorical_group_list: Biology, Botany, Chemistry

etymology: Greek thallos 'shoot, twig, green branch'


morpheme_key: than

morpheme: than

morpheme_head: than

affix_form: -than-

allomorphs: than- | thana

sense_label: death

meaning_definition: death

example_words_list_1: euthanasia, thanatocoenosis, thanatoid, thanatology, thanatophobia, thanatophoric, thanatopsis

example_words_corpus: wherethan

categorical_group_list: Mortality, Core concept

etymology: θνήσκειν, θάνατος(thánatos)


morpheme_key: thanat

morpheme: thanat

morpheme_head: thanat

affix_form: thanas

allomorphs: thanato | thanas

affix_type: combining form

meaning_definition: demise | end of life | passing | cessation of life

example_words_list_1: euthanasia, Thanatopsis, Thanatos

example_words_list_2: euthanasia, Thanatopsis, Thanatos

categorical_group_list: Mortality, Life and Death

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


morpheme_key: thane

morpheme: thane

morpheme_head: thane

affix_form: -thane-

meaning_definition: nobleman | attendant | follower

example_words_list_1: thane

example_words_corpus: thanes | thanedom | thanedoms | thanehood | thaneship | thaneland

categorical_group_list: Social Rank, Nobility

etymology: Old English 'þegn' meaning attendant or man of rank


morpheme_key: thank

morpheme: thank

morpheme_head: thank

affix_form: -thank-

meaning_definition: express gratitude | show appreciation

example_words_list_1: thank, thankful, thankfully, thanks

example_words_corpus: thanks | thanked | bethank | unthank | thankly | rethank

categorical_group_list: Gratitude, Social interaction

etymology: Old English þancian 'to give thanks'


morpheme_key: that

morpheme: that

morpheme_head: that

affix_form: -that-

meaning_definition: that | which | the one that

example_words_list_1: that, that's, that'll

example_words_corpus: thats | Thatter | thatness

categorical_group_list: Demonstrative, Relational, Conjunction

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

ancestor_etymon_language: Proto-Germanic


morpheme_key: thatch

morpheme: thatch

morpheme_head: thatch

affix_form: -thatch-

meaning_definition: covering of straw or reeds | roof material

example_words_list_1: thatch, thatched

example_words_corpus: thatcht | thatchy | thatcher | rethatch | thatches | dethatch

categorical_group_list: Material, Shelter

etymology: Old English 'thæc'


morpheme_key: thaumato

morpheme: thaumato

morpheme_head: thaumato

affix_form: thaumato-

allomorphs: thaumat

meaning_definition: miracle, wonder

example_words_list_1: thaumatology | thaumaturge | thaumatolatry

example_words_corpus: thaumatology | thaumatogeny | thaumatolatry | thaumatological

categorical_group_list: Wonder, Magic, Divinity

etymology: θαυματ (thaumat)


morpheme_key: thaw

morpheme: thaw

morpheme_head: thaw

affix_form: -thaw-

meaning_definition: to melt | to soften | to unfreeze

example_words_list_1: thaw, thawing, thawed

example_words_corpus: thaws | thawy | dethaw | thawed | unthaw | rethaw

categorical_group_list: Temperature, Change of State

etymology: Old English thāwan 'to thaw, to melt'


morpheme_key: the

morpheme: the

morpheme_head: the

affix_form: -the-

sense_label: arrangement

meaning_definition: arrangement | in order | put | place

example_words_list_1: thesis, theme, theory, hypothesis, synthesis

example_words_corpus: natheless | netheless | nonetheless | nevertheless | neverthemore | neverthelater

categorical_group_list: Placement, Order, Structure

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


morpheme_key: thea

morpheme: thea

morpheme_head: thea, theo

affix_form: thea-

allomorphs: thea

sense_label: view

meaning_definition: view

example_words_list_1: amphitheatre, metatheatre, theatre, theatric

example_words_corpus: theaism | theaflavins

categorical_group_list: Perception, Sight

etymology: θεᾶσθαι (theâsthai), θέατρον (théatron)


morpheme_key: theater

morpheme: theater

morpheme_head: theater

affix_form: -theater-

meaning_definition: place of dramatic performance | drama | spectacle

example_words_list_1: amphitheater, cinema theater, movie theater

example_words_corpus: theaters | pretheater | nontheater | theatergoer | theaterwide | theaterless

categorical_group_list: Art, Performance, Space

etymology: Greek theatron "place for viewing"


morpheme_key: thec

morpheme: thec

morpheme_head: thec

affix_form: thec-

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

example_words_list_1: intrathecal | amphithecium | apothecary | apothecium | bibliotheca | endothecium | hypothecate | ootheca | perithecium | theca | thecate | thecodont Variant Spellings: boutique | discothèque | boutique

related_morphemes: thesis / thesis

categorical_group_list: Anomalous form

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


morpheme_key: thecium

morpheme: thecium

morpheme_head: thecium

affix_form: -thecium

derivational_or_inflectional: derivational suffix affix bound morpheme

meaning_definition: small container | chamber | vessel

example_words_list_1: atrium, sac, chamber

categorical_group_list: Anatomy, Biology, Structure

etymology: Latin thecium, from Greek theke 'case, box'


morpheme_key: theft

morpheme: theft

morpheme_head: theft

affix_form: -theft-

meaning_definition: act of stealing | taking property without permission

example_words_list_1: theft, thief, thieve, thievery, thieving

categorical_group_list: Crime, Action

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


morpheme_key: their

morpheme: their

morpheme_head: their

affix_form: -their-

meaning_definition: belonging to or associated with them

example_words_list_1: their, theirs, themselves

example_words_corpus: theirs | theirself | theirselves

categorical_group_list: Possession, Pronoun

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


morpheme_key: theism

morpheme: theism

morpheme_head: theism

affix_form: -theism

meaning_definition: belief in the existence of a god or gods

example_words_list_1: atheism, polytheism, pantheism, monotheism

categorical_group_list: Belief, Religion

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


morpheme_key: theist

morpheme: theist

morpheme_head: theist

affix_form: -theist

meaning_definition: believer | adherent

example_words_list_1: atheist, polytheist, pantheist

example_words_corpus: theists | ditheist | bitheist | pantheist | nontheist | zootheist

categorical_group_list: Agent, Belief

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


morpheme_key: thel

morpheme: thel

morpheme_head: thel

affix_form: thel-

allomorphs: theli

sense_label: nipple

meaning_definition: nipple | teat

example_words_list_1: athelia, endothelium, epithelium, mesothelioma, mesothelium, thelium, thelial

categorical_group_list: Anatomy, Biology

etymology: θηλή (thēlḗ)


morpheme_key: thelial

morpheme: thelial

morpheme_head: thelial

affix_form: -thelial

meaning_definition: pertaining to | having the nature of

example_words_list_1: theoretical, ideal, animal

categorical_group_list: Adjectival, Relation

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


morpheme_key: theme

morpheme: theme

morpheme_head: theme

affix_form: -theme-

meaning_definition: to place | to put | to set

example_words_list_1: atheism, anthem, theme

example_words_corpus: themes | themed | retheme | subtheme | unthemed | rethemed

categorical_group_list: Action, Placement

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


morpheme_key: then

morpheme: then

morpheme_head: then

affix_form: -then-

meaning_definition: at that time | next | subsequently

example_words_list_1: then, thence, thereby

example_words_corpus: thenness | thenable | thenables | thenabouts

categorical_group_list: Temporal, Sequence

etymology: Old English 'þænne' (at that time)


morpheme_key: thence

morpheme: thence

morpheme_head: thence

affix_form: -thence-

meaning_definition: from that place | from that time

example_words_list_1: thenceforth, thenceforward

example_words_corpus: thencefrom | thenceforth | thenceafter | thenceforward | thenceforwards

categorical_group_list: Direction, Time, Locative

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


morpheme_key: theo

morpheme: theo

morpheme_head: theo

affix_form: theo-

meaning_definition: divine being | divine beings

example_words_list_1: atheism | atheistic | ditheism | enthusiasm | monotheism | Pantheon | polytheism | Thea | theobromine | theocracy | theodicy | Theodore | theogony | theology | theophobia | Timothy | tritheism | theocratic | theomonoism | apotheosis | atheist | Dorothea | monotheistic | pantheism | theanthropism | theophany (Tiffany) | theosophy | theurgy

example_words_corpus: theonym | theology | theocrat | theonomy | theopath | theologs

related_morphemes: thy / thy

categorical_group_list: Divinity, Religion

ancestor_etymon: θεο  OED | theo

etymology: Greek θεός (theos) 'god'

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


morpheme_key: theodore

morpheme: theodore

morpheme_head: theodore

affix_form: -theodore-

meaning_definition: gift | divine gift

example_words_list_1: theodore, theodora, theodoric

categorical_group_list: Divine, Gift

etymology: Greek theos "god" + doron "gift"


morpheme_key: theologico

morpheme: theologico

morpheme_head: theologico

affix_form: theologico-

parts_of_speech_this_morpheme_can_join_onto: adjective

meaning_definition: pertaining to theology | divine utterance

categorical_group_list: Religion, Theology

ancestor_etymon: θεολογικός  OED

etymology: combining form from Greek θεολογικός theological OED

source: MorphoQuantics | OED | Stein


morpheme_key: theoretic

morpheme: theoretic

morpheme_head: theoretic

affix_form: -theoretic-

meaning_definition: theory | system of ideas | principles

example_words_list_1: theoretical, theorize, theorist, theory

categorical_group_list: Theory, Knowledge, System

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


morpheme_key: theori

morpheme: theori

morpheme_head: theor

affix_form: theori-

allomorphs: theori

meaning_definition: speculation

example_words_list_1: theorem | theoretic | theorist | theorize | theory

categorical_group_list: Cognition, Abstract concept

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


morpheme_key: ther

morpheme: ther

morpheme_head: theri

affix_form: ther-

allomorphs: ther

meaning_definition: creature | wild creature | untamed animal

example_words_list_1: therianthropy | theroid | theropod | theropsid | baluchithere | chalicothere | dinothere | eutherian | indricothere | megathere | therianthropic | theriomorphic | Theropoda

categorical_group_list: Animality, Biology

etymology: Greek θήρ (thēr) 'wild animal'


morpheme_key: therap

morpheme: therap

morpheme_head: therap

affix_form: -therap-

sense_label: healing

meaning_definition: restoration of health | elimination of disease | solution for affliction

example_words_list_1: therapy, therapeutic, therapist, psychotherapy, physiotherapy

categorical_group_list: Medicine, Healing, Health

ancestor_etymon: therap

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


morpheme_key: therapy

morpheme: therapy

morpheme_head: therapy

affix_form: -therapy

meaning_definition: tend to | provide care

example_words_list_1: hydrotherapy

example_words_list_2: hydrotherapy

example_words_corpus: bitherapy | biotherapy | ecotherapy | myotherapy | zootherapy | urotherapy

categorical_group_list: Capability

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


morpheme_key: there

morpheme: there

morpheme_head: there

affix_form: -there-

meaning_definition: at that place | in that position

example_words_list_1: there, thereof, therein, thereunder, therewith

example_words_corpus: theres | thereby | thereof | therein | thereto | thereon

categorical_group_list: Locative, Deictic

etymology: Old English 'thær' (adverb)


morpheme_key: therio

morpheme: therio

morpheme_head: therio

affix_form: therio-

allomorphs: thero

meaning_definition: animal

example_words_list_1: therian | theriomorphic

example_words_list_2: therian, theriomorphic

example_words_corpus: theriology | theriolatry | theriomorphic | theriogenology | theriogenologist | theriogenological

categorical_group_list: Biology, Nature

etymology: Greek θήριον (thērion) 'wild animal'


morpheme_key: therm

morpheme: therm

morpheme_head: therm

affix_form: -therm-

sense_label: heat

meaning_definition: heat | temperature | thermal

example_words_list_1: thermal | athermancy | diathermancy | ectotherm | endotherm | endothermic | exothermic | geothermic | homeothermy | hyperthermia | hypothermia | isotherm | poikilotherm | thermobaric | thermochromism | thermodynamic | thermolysis | thermometer | thermophilic | thermophobia | thermoplastic | thermoplegia | thermos | thermosphere | thermostat | thermostatic

example_words_corpus: therms | thermic | geotherm | athermic | endotherm | ectotherm

categorical_group_list: Temperature, Physics, Biology

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


morpheme_key: thes

morpheme: thes

morpheme_head: thes

affix_form: -thes-

example_words_list_1: thesis, hypothesis, synthesis, antithesis, prothesis

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


morpheme_key: thesaurus

morpheme: thesaurus

morpheme_head: thesaurus

affix_form: -thesaurus-

meaning_definition: collection of synonyms | repository of words

example_words_list_1: thesaurus

example_words_corpus: thesauruses | minithesaurus

categorical_group_list: Collection, Knowledge

etymology: Greek thesauros 'treasure, storehouse'


morpheme_key: thespian

morpheme: thespian

morpheme_head: thespian

affix_form: -thespian-

meaning_definition: actor | performer | dramatic

example_words_list_1: thespian, thespis

example_words_corpus: thespians | unthespian

categorical_group_list: Art, Performance

etymology: Greek 'thespis' (the first actor)


morpheme_key: thet

morpheme: thet

morpheme_head: thet

affix_form: -thet-

meaning_definition: arrangement, in order, put, place

example_words_list_1: hypothesis, synthesis, parenthesis, thesis, emphasis

categorical_group_list: Placement, Arrangement, Position

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


morpheme_key: thetic

morpheme: thetic

morpheme_head: thetic

affix_form: -thetic-

meaning_definition: arrangement | in order | put | place

example_words_list_1: thesis, synthesis, antithesis, hypothesis, prothesis, epenthesis

example_words_corpus: monothetic

categorical_group_list: Placement, Arrangement, Order

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


morpheme_key: they

morpheme: they

morpheme_head: they

affix_form: -they-

allomorphs: thei

meaning_definition: third-person plural pronoun | group of people

example_words_list_1: they

example_words_corpus: theyby

categorical_group_list: Pronoun, Animacy

etymology: Old English hī, hēo, hīe


morpheme_key: thiamin

morpheme: thiamin

morpheme_head: thiamin

affix_form: -thiamin-

meaning_definition: vitamin B1

example_words_list_1: thiamin

categorical_group_list: Nutrition, Biochemistry

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


morpheme_key: thick

morpheme: thick

morpheme_head: thick

affix_form: -thick-

sense_label: large

meaning_definition: large | dense | substantial | wide

example_words_list_1: thickness, thicken, thickening

example_words_corpus: thicko | thicks | thicken | thickly | thickie | thickens

categorical_group_list: Dimension, Density, Physical Property

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


morpheme_key: thicket

morpheme: thicket

morpheme_head: thicket

affix_form: -thicket-

meaning_definition: dense | crowded | overgrown

example_words_list_1: thicket

example_words_corpus: thickets | thickety | thicketed | thicketization

categorical_group_list: Nature, Density

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


morpheme_key: thief

morpheme: thief

morpheme_head: thief

affix_form: -thief-

meaning_definition: one who steals | perpetrator of theft

example_words_list_1: thief, thievery, thieving

example_words_corpus: thiefs | thiefy | thiefly | thiefdom | thieflike | thiefless

categorical_group_list: Agent, Crime

etymology: Old English thēof


morpheme_key: thieve

morpheme: thieve

morpheme_head: thieve

affix_form: -thieve-

meaning_definition: to steal | to commit theft

example_words_list_1: thieve, thief, thievery

example_words_corpus: thieved | thiever | thievery | thievers | thieveries

categorical_group_list: Action, Crime

etymology: Old English thēof (thief)


morpheme_key: thig

morpheme: thig-

morpheme_head: thig-

affix_form: thig-

meaning_definition: touch

example_words_corpus: thigs | thigger | thiggers

categorical_group_list: Sensation, Physicality

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


morpheme_key: thigh

morpheme: thigh

morpheme_head: thigh

affix_form: -thigh-

meaning_definition: upper leg | part of the anatomy

example_words_list_1: thigh

example_words_corpus: thighs | thighed | midthigh | thighing | thighbone | midthighs

categorical_group_list: Anatomy, Body part

etymology: Old English 'thige'


morpheme_key: thigmo

morpheme: thigmo

morpheme_head: thigmo

affix_form: thigmo-

parts_of_speech_this_morpheme_can_join_onto: noun

meaning_definition: physical contact | tactile sensation

example_words_list_1: thigmotropism, thigmotaxis

ancestor_etymon: θίγμα  OED

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

source: Wiktionary | MorphoQuantics | Cognatarium | Stein


morpheme_key: thin

morpheme: thin

morpheme_head: thin

affix_form: -thin-

meaning_definition: slender | narrow | not thick

example_words_list_1: thin, thinning, thinnest

example_words_corpus: thins | thinly | thinny | thinner | thinned | nonthin

categorical_group_list: Dimension, Physical property

etymology: Old English thynne


morpheme_key: thing

morpheme: thing

morpheme_head: thing

affix_form: -thing-

meaning_definition: object | entity | substance

example_words_list_1: thing, nothing, anything, everything

example_words_corpus: things | thingy | thingo | thingie | thingly | thingal

categorical_group_list: Entity, Substance, Object

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


morpheme_key: think

morpheme: think

morpheme_head: think

affix_form: -think-

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

example_words_list_1: think, thinking, thinker, thought

example_words_corpus: thinko | thinks | thinky | rethink | thinker | bethink

categorical_group_list: Cognition, Mental process

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


morpheme_key: thio

morpheme: thio

morpheme_head: thio

affix_form: thio-

allomorphs: thi

meaning_definition: the element sulfur

example_words_list_1: thioether, thioglycolic, thiocarbonyl

example_words_corpus: thiol | thiols | thione | thioyl | dithiol | thiones

categorical_group_list: Chemistry, Elements

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

source: Wiktionary | Cognatarium


morpheme_key: thiouracil

morpheme: thiouracil

morpheme_head: thiouracil

affix_form: -thiouracil-

meaning_definition: a chemical compound containing sulfur and a uracil ring

example_words_list_1: iodothiouracil | propylthiouracil | methylthiouracil

categorical_group_list: Chemistry, Biochemistry

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


morpheme_key: third

morpheme: third

morpheme_head: third

affix_form: -third-

meaning_definition: number three in a sequence | following second

example_words_list_1: thirdly, third-party

example_words_corpus: thirds | thirdly | thirdhand | twothirds | thirdborn | thirdness

categorical_group_list: Ordinal, Number

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


morpheme_key: thirst

morpheme: thirst

morpheme_head: thirst

affix_form: -thirst-

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

example_words_list_1: thirsty, thirstily, thirstiness

example_words_corpus: thirsty | thirsts | thirsted | thirster | thirsting | thirstily

categorical_group_list: Sensation, Desire, Biological Need

etymology: Old English þyrst


morpheme_key: this

morpheme: this

morpheme_head: this

affix_form: -this-

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

example_words_list_1: this

example_words_list_2: this

example_words_corpus: thish | thisness

categorical_group_list: demonstrative pronouns

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


morpheme_key: thistle

morpheme: thistle

morpheme_head: thistle

affix_form: -thistle-

meaning_definition: thistle

example_words_list_1: thistle

example_words_corpus: thistles | thistledown | thistlelike | thistlewarp | starthistle | thistletail

categorical_group_list: Flora, Nature

etymology: Old English 'thistel'


morpheme_key: thon

morpheme: thon

morpheme_head: thon

affix_form: -thon

parts_of_speech_this_morpheme_can_join_onto: verb

part_of_speech_created_by_this_suffix: noun

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

example_words_list_1: readathon | sailathon | strollathon | telethon

categorical_group_list: Duration, Activity

ancestor_etymon: marathon  OED

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

ancestor_etymon_language: Modern English OED

source: Stein


morpheme_key: thong

morpheme: thong

morpheme_head: thong

affix_form: -thong-

meaning_definition: skin | hide | leather

example_words_list_1: thong, thonged, thongs

example_words_corpus: thongy | thongs | thonged | thonging | thonglike | thongless

categorical_group_list: Material, Body, Clothing

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


morpheme_key: thor

morpheme: thor

morpheme_head: thor

affix_form: -thor-

meaning_definition: Thor, deity from Norse mythology associated with storm and battle

example_words_list_1: thorite | thorium | thoron Variant Spellings: Thursday | Thursday

example_words_corpus: thors | thorium | thorian | thorate | thoriate | thoriates

categorical_group_list: Anomalous form

etymology: Old Norse Þórr

ancestor_etymon_language: Old Norse

source: Cognatarium


morpheme_key: thorac

morpheme: thorac

morpheme_head: thorac

affix_form: thorac-

allomorphs: thoraco

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

example_words_list_1: hemothorax | pneumothorax | thoracic | thorax | thoracolumbar | thoracotomy Variant Spellings: thorax

etymology: Greek θώραξ (thorax)


morpheme_key: thorax

morpheme: thorax

morpheme_head: thorax

affix_form: -thorax-

meaning_definition: main part | central section

example_words_list_1: thorax

example_words_list_2: thorax

example_words_corpus: thoraxes | trithorax | prothorax | pyothorax | midthorax | metathorax

categorical_group_list: Anatomy

ancestor_etymon: thorax

etymology: Greek thōrax 'breastplate, armor, chest'


morpheme_key: thorn

morpheme: thorn

morpheme_head: thorn

affix_form: -thorn-

meaning_definition: thorn | sharp point | thorny plant

example_words_list_1: thorn, bramble, briar

example_words_corpus: thorny | thorns | thornen | boxthorn | maythorn | thornhog

categorical_group_list: Nature, Sharpness

etymology: Old English 'þorn'


morpheme_key: thorough

morpheme: thorough

morpheme_head: thorough

affix_form: thorough-

sense_label: complete

meaning_definition: complete | exhaustive | intensive

example_words_list_1: thoroughs | thoroughly | unthorough | thoroughfare | thoroughness | thoroughbred

categorical_group_list: Intensity, Completeness

etymology: Old English 'thurh' meaning 'through'

source: Wiktionary | Wikidata


morpheme_key: thorpe

morpheme: thorpe

morpheme_head: thorpe

affix_form: -thorpe-

allomorphs: thorp

meaning_definition: village | hamlet | enclosure

example_words_list_1: thorpe

example_words_corpus: thorpes | Thorpey

categorical_group_list: Location, Settlement

etymology: Old Norse thorpe 'village, hamlet'


morpheme_key: though

morpheme: though

morpheme_head: though

affix_form: -though-

meaning_definition: concessive | contrastive | despite

example_words_list_1: though, although, though-as

categorical_group_list: Concession, Contrast

etymology: Old English þēah 'nevertheless'


morpheme_key: thought

morpheme: thought

morpheme_head: thought

affix_form: -thought-

meaning_definition: idea | cognition | mental process

example_words_list_1: thought, thoughtful, thoughtless, afterthought

example_words_corpus: thoughts | thoughty | bethought | thoughten | unthought | thoughted

categorical_group_list: Cognition, Mental State

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


morpheme_key: thousand

morpheme: thousand

morpheme_head: thousand

affix_form: -thousand-

meaning_definition: one thousand | a large number

example_words_list_1: thousandfold, thousands

example_words_corpus: thousands | thousandth | thousandths | thousandfold | thousandaire | yearthousand

categorical_group_list: Number, Quantity

etymology: PIE *tūmó- 'large, great'

ancestor_etymon_language: Proto-Indo-European


morpheme_key: thraldom

morpheme: thraldom

morpheme_head: thraldom

affix_form: -thraldom-

meaning_definition: state of being a thrall | servitude | bondage

example_words_list_1: thrall, thralldom

categorical_group_list: Servitude, State of being

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


morpheme_key: thrall

morpheme: thrall

morpheme_head: thrall

affix_form: -thrall-

meaning_definition: enslaved person | detained individual | owned entity

example_words_list_1: enthrall, thrall, thralldom

example_words_list_2: enthrall, thrall, thralldom

example_words_corpus: thralls | enthrall | bethrall | thralldom | enthralls | bethralls

categorical_group_list: Servitude, Dependency

etymology: Greek thrombos : blood clot


morpheme_key: thrash

morpheme: thrash

morpheme_head: thrash

affix_form: -thrash-

meaning_definition: to beat | to strike | to thrash

example_words_list_1: thrash, thrashing, thrashers

example_words_corpus: thrashy | thrasher | thrashed | thrashes | thrashel | thrashing

categorical_group_list: Motion, Violence, Destruction

etymology: Middle English thrash (to beat, whip)


morpheme_key: thre

morpheme: thre

morpheme_head: thre

affix_form: thre-

allomorphs: threo

meaning_definition: three

example_words_list_1: thred | threds | threose | threoses | threitol | threitols

etymology: PIE *treyes


morpheme_key: thread

morpheme: thread

morpheme_head: thread

affix_form: -thread-

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

example_words_list_1: threadbare, threadlike, threadcount

example_words_corpus: threads | thready | threaded | threader | unthread | rethread

categorical_group_list: Material, Connection, Sequence

etymology: Old English 'thræd' (a thread, yarn)


morpheme_key: threat

morpheme: threat

morpheme_head: threat

affix_form: -threat-

meaning_definition: danger | menace | peril

example_words_list_1: threat, threatening, threatened

example_words_corpus: threats | threaten | threatens | threatful | biothreat | nonthreat

categorical_group_list: Danger, Conflict, Hostility

etymology: Old French 'threat' (menace, danger)

ancestor_etymon_language: Old French


morpheme_key: three

morpheme: three

morpheme_head: three

affix_form: -three-

sense_label: the number 3

meaning_definition: the number 3 | triple | threefold

example_words_list_1: three, thirteen, thirty, threefold

example_words_corpus: threes | threeth | threeway | threeish | threefin | threesome

categorical_group_list: Numeral, Quantity

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


morpheme_key: threnody

morpheme: threnody

morpheme_head: threnody

affix_form: -threnody-

meaning_definition: song of lamentation | dirge | mournful song

example_words_list_1: threnody, threnetic, threnode

example_words_corpus: threnodic | threnodist | threnodies | threnodists

categorical_group_list: Emotion, Music, Death

etymology: Greek threnos 'lamentation' + ode 'song'

ancestor_etymon_language: Greek


morpheme_key: thresh

morpheme: thresh

morpheme_head: thresh

affix_form: -thresh-

meaning_definition: to separate grain from husk | to beat | to strike

example_words_list_1: thresh, threshing, thresher

example_words_corpus: thresher | threshed | threshel | threshing | threshers | threshable

categorical_group_list: Action, Agriculture, Impact

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


morpheme_key: threshhold

morpheme: threshhold

morpheme_head: threshhold

affix_form: -threshhold-

meaning_definition: limit | boundary | point of entry

example_words_list_1: threshold, thresholding, thresholded

example_words_corpus: threshholds

categorical_group_list: Limit, Boundary, Transition

etymology: Old English threscan "to tread, stamp" + hold


morpheme_key: threw

morpheme: threw

morpheme_head: threw

affix_form: -threw-

meaning_definition: past tense of throw | propelled through the air

example_words_list_1: throw, thrown, throwing

example_words_corpus: threwest

categorical_group_list: Motion, Action

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


morpheme_key: thrift

morpheme: thrift

morpheme_head: thrift

affix_form: -thrift-

meaning_definition: frugality | economy | careful management

example_words_list_1: thrift, thrifty, thriftiness

categorical_group_list: Economy, Resource Management

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


morpheme_key: thrill

morpheme: thrill

morpheme_head: thrill

affix_form: -thrill-

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

example_words_list_1: thrill, thrilling, thrilled

example_words_corpus: thrills | thrilly | athrill | thriller | thrilled | thrilling

categorical_group_list: Emotion, Sensation

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

ancestor_etymon_language: Middle English


morpheme_key: thrive

morpheme: thrive

morpheme_head: thrive

affix_form: -thrive-

meaning_definition: to grow vigorously | to prosper | to flourish

example_words_list_1: thrive, thriving, thrived, thrives

example_words_corpus: thrived | thrives | thriver | thrivers | unthrive

categorical_group_list: Growth, Vitality, Success

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


morpheme_key: throat

morpheme: throat

morpheme_head: throat

affix_form: -throat-

meaning_definition: throat | pharynx | gullet

example_words_list_1: throat, throatiness, sore-throat

example_words_corpus: throats | throaty | throated | cutthroat | throatily | redthroat

categorical_group_list: Anatomy, Body part

etymology: Old English 'throte'


morpheme_key: throb

morpheme: throb

morpheme_head: throb

affix_form: -throb-

meaning_definition: to beat or throb | to pulsate | to ache

example_words_list_1: throb, throbbing, throbs

example_words_corpus: throbs | athrob | throbby | throbbed | throbber | outthrob

categorical_group_list: Motion, Sensation

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


morpheme_key: thromb

morpheme: thromb

morpheme_head: thromb

affix_form: thromb-

allomorphs: thrombo

sense_label: blood clot

meaning_definition: coagulated blood mass | coagulated mass

example_words_list_1: prothrombin, thrombin, thrombocyte, thromboembolism, thrombogen, thrombophlebitis, thromboplastin, thrombosis, thrombus

example_words_corpus: thrombin | thrombase | thrombins | thrombocyte | thromboxane | prothrombin

categorical_group_list: Body Parts and Substances

etymology: Greek thrombos "clot"

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


morpheme_key: thrombos

morpheme: thrombos

morpheme_head: thrombos

affix_form: -thrombos-

meaning_definition: clot | lump | mass

example_words_list_1: thrombosis, thrombocyte, thrombocyte, thromboplastin

categorical_group_list: Biological, Medical

etymology: Greek thrombos 'clot, lump'


morpheme_key: throne

morpheme: throne

morpheme_head: throne

affix_form: -throne-

meaning_definition: seat of a monarch | ceremonial chair

example_words_list_1: throne room, throneless, throneward

example_words_corpus: thrones | throned | enthrone | dethrone | unthrone | inthrone

categorical_group_list: Royalty, Objects

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


morpheme_key: throng

morpheme: throng

morpheme_head: throng

affix_form: -throng-

meaning_definition: a large crowd | a dense gathering

example_words_list_1: throng, thronged, thronging

example_words_corpus: throngs | thronged | throngly | inthrong | bethrong | thronging

categorical_group_list: Quantity, Collective

etymology: Middle English throng (a crowd, a group)


morpheme_key: throp

morpheme: throp

morpheme_head: throp

affix_form: -throp

meaning_definition: turning | revolving | changing

example_words_list_1: anthropology, philanthropy, misanthropy

categorical_group_list: Motion, Transformation

etymology: Greek -tropos 'a turn'


morpheme_key: throttle

morpheme: throttle

morpheme_head: throttle

affix_form: -throttle-

meaning_definition: to choke | to restrict | to control speed

example_words_list_1: throttle, throttled, throttling

example_words_corpus: throttled | throttlers | unthrottle | unthrottled | unthrottles | throttlehold

categorical_group_list: Restriction, Motion, Physical action

etymology: Middle English throtel, related to throat


morpheme_key: through

morpheme: through

morpheme_head: through

affix_form: through-

sense_label: completely

meaning_definition: completely | thoroughly | across

example_words_list_1: throughs | throughly | throughout | throughput | throughway | flythrough

categorical_group_list: Direction, Completion, Extent

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

source: Wiktionary


morpheme_key: throve

morpheme: throve

morpheme_head: throve

affix_form: -throve-

meaning_definition: to prosper | to grow | to thrive

example_words_list_1: throve, thrived, thriving

categorical_group_list: Growth, Success, Vitality

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


morpheme_key: throw

morpheme: throw

morpheme_head: throw

affix_form: -throw-

meaning_definition: to propel | to hurl | to cast

example_words_corpus: throws | throwed | thrower | rethrow | upthrow | bethrow

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


morpheme_key: thru

morpheme: thru

morpheme_head: thru

affix_form: thru-

sense_label: through

meaning_definition: through | via | by means of

example_words_list_1: through, throughout, thorough, thoroughbred

example_words_corpus: thruly | thruway | thruput | thruways | thruputs | walkthru

categorical_group_list: Preposition, Motion, Instrumentality

etymology: Old English 'thurh'


morpheme_key: thrum

morpheme: thrum

morpheme_head: thrum

affix_form: -thrum-

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

example_words_list_1: thrum, thrumming

example_words_corpus: thrums | thrummy | thrummed | thrummer | thrumming | thrummers

categorical_group_list: Sound, Vibration

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


morpheme_key: thrush

morpheme: thrush

morpheme_head: thrush

affix_form: -thrush-

meaning_definition: thrush (bird)

example_words_list_1: thrush

example_words_corpus: thrushes | thrushling | thrushlike | thrushlings | waterthrush

categorical_group_list: Fauna, Nature

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


morpheme_key: thrust

morpheme: thrust

morpheme_head: thrust

affix_form: -thrust-

meaning_definition: to push | to drive | sudden movement

example_words_list_1: thrust, thrusting, thrustered

example_words_corpus: thrusts | thruster | upthrust | thrusted | unthrust | bethrust

categorical_group_list: Motion, Force

etymology: Old English þrustan 'to press, push'


morpheme_key: thug

morpheme: thug

morpheme_head: thug

affix_form: thug

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

example_words_list_1: thugs | thuggy | thuglet | thugdom | thuggery | thuggish


morpheme_key: thumb

morpheme: thumb

morpheme_head: thumb

affix_form: -thumb-

meaning_definition: digit | finger | part of hand

example_words_list_1: thumbnail, thumbtack, thumbprint

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


morpheme_key: thunder

morpheme: thunder

morpheme_head: thunder

affix_form: -thunder-

meaning_definition: sound of thunder | lightning-related noise

example_words_corpus: thunderers | upthunders | ythundered | thundermugs | thunderings | thunderbolts

categorical_group_list: Nature, Weather, Sound

etymology: Old English 'thunor'


morpheme_key: thurs

morpheme: thurs

morpheme_head: thurs

affix_form: -thurs-

meaning_definition: Thursday

example_words_list_1: Thursday

categorical_group_list: Time, Days of the week

etymology: Old English þunresdæg "Thor's day"


morpheme_key: thus

morpheme: thus

morpheme_head: thus

affix_form: -thus-

meaning_definition: in this manner | so | like this

example_words_list_1: thusly, hitherto, aforesaid

example_words_corpus: thusly | thuswise | thusness | thusfore

categorical_group_list: Adverb, Manner

etymology: Old English 'thus' (in this manner)


morpheme_key: thwart

morpheme: thwart

morpheme_head: thwart

affix_form: -thwart-

meaning_definition: prevent | frustrate | oppose

example_words_list_1: thwart, thwarting, thwarted

example_words_corpus: athwart | thwarts | thwarted | thwarter | thwartly | thwarting

categorical_group_list: Obstruction, Opposition

etymology: Middle English thwerten, possibly related to thwart (obstruct)


morpheme_key: thy

morpheme: thy

morpheme_head: thy

affix_form: -thy-

meaning_definition: deity

example_words_list_1: Dorothy, Timothy

example_words_list_2: Dorothy, Timothy

example_words_corpus: thysen | thyself

related_morphemes: theo / theo

categorical_group_list: Divinity, Spirit, Life force

etymology: Greek thymos : spirit, mind


morpheme_key: thym

morpheme: thym

morpheme_head: thym

affix_form: thym-

sense_label: mood

meaning_definition: emotional state | respiration | vital force | mental faculty

example_words_list_1: dysthymia | cyclothymia | enthymeme | schizothymia unrelated: thyme | thymus

categorical_group_list: Emotion, Psychology, Vitality

etymology: θυμός (thumós) | Greek thyra : door


morpheme_key: thyme

morpheme: thyme

morpheme_head: thyme

affix_form: -thyme-

meaning_definition: an aromatic herb

example_words_list_1: thymus, thymol, thymine

example_words_corpus: thymes | thymey | thymene | thymelike

categorical_group_list: Plants, Herbs

etymology: Greek thymianon


morpheme_key: thymo

morpheme: thymo

morpheme_head: thymo

affix_form: thymo-

meaning_definition: emotion | spirit | soul | mood

example_words_list_1: thymocyte | thymoleptic | thymotropic | thymolipoma | thymopoiesis | prothymocyte

etymology: Greek thymos 'spirit, courage, soul'


morpheme_key: thyro

morpheme: thyro

morpheme_head: thyro

affix_form: -thyro-

allomorphs: thyr | thyre

sense_label: thyroid

meaning_definition: thyroid | throat

example_words_list_1: thyroid, thyrotropin, thyrotropin-releasing hormone

categorical_group_list: Anatomy, Biological

etymology: Greek thyreoeidēs 'shield-shaped'


morpheme_key: thyroid

morpheme: thyroid

morpheme_head: thyroid

affix_form: -thyroid-

meaning_definition: shield-shaped | pertaining to the thyroid gland

example_words_corpus: thyroids | euthyroid | thyroidal | dysthyroid | euthyroids | athyroidal

categorical_group_list: Anatomy, Shape

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


morpheme_key: thyrotoxic

morpheme: thyrotoxic

morpheme_head: thyrotoxic

affix_form: -thyrotoxic-

meaning_definition: thyroid | related to the thyroid gland

example_words_list_1: thyrotoxicosis, thyrotoxicosis

categorical_group_list: Anatomy, Medical


morpheme_key: thyroxine

morpheme: thyroxine

morpheme_head: thyroxine

affix_form: -thyroxine-

meaning_definition: thyroid hormone

example_words_list_1: thyroxine, thyrotoxicosis, thyrotoxic

categorical_group_list: Biology, Endocrinology


morpheme_key: tiber

morpheme: tiber

morpheme_head: tiber

affix_form: -tiber-

meaning_definition: Tiber (River)

example_words_list_1: Tiberian, Tiberius

example_words_corpus: Tiberian

categorical_group_list: Geography, Hydrology, Proper Noun

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

ancestor_etymon_language: Latin


morpheme_key: tibet

morpheme: tibet

morpheme_head: tibet

affix_form: -tibet-

allomorphs: Tibeto

meaning_definition: Tibet | Tibetan

example_words_list_1: Tibet, Tibetan

example_words_corpus: tibets | Tibetan | Tibetic | Tibetology | Tibetanness | Tibetologist

categorical_group_list: Proper Noun, Location

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

ancestor_etymon_language: Tibetan


morpheme_key: tibia

morpheme: tibia

morpheme_head: tibia

affix_form: -tibia-

allomorphs: tibio

meaning_definition: shinbone | leg bone

example_words_list_1: tibial

example_words_corpus: midtibia | foretibia | metatibia | mesotibia

categorical_group_list: Anatomy, Body part

etymology: Latin tibia "shinbone, leg bone"


morpheme_key: tic

morpheme: tic

morpheme_head: tic

affix_form: -tic-

sense_label: silent

meaning_definition: silent

example_words_list_1: reticent, reticence, tacit, taciturn

example_words_list_2: reticent, reticence, tacit, taciturn

example_words_corpus: tics | ticcer | ticcers | ticlike

categorical_group_list: Silence, Communication

etymology: tacere, tacitus


morpheme_key: tick

morpheme: tick

morpheme_head: tick

affix_form: -tick-

meaning_definition: a short period of time | to make a clicking sound

example_words_list_1: tick, tickle, ticker, ticklish

example_words_corpus: ticks | ticky | tickle | ticker | uptick | ticked

categorical_group_list: Time, Sound, Verb, Noun

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


morpheme_key: ticket

morpheme: ticket

morpheme_head: ticket

affix_form: -ticket-

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

example_words_list_1: ticket

example_words_corpus: tickets | ticketed | reticket | ticketer | ticketing | retickets

categorical_group_list: Object, Documentation, Access

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


morpheme_key: tickle

morpheme: tickle

morpheme_head: tickle

affix_form: -tickle-

meaning_definition: to touch lightly | to cause sensation of pleasure or irritation

example_words_list_1: ['tickle', 'ticklish', 'tickling']

categorical_group_list: Sensation, Physical action

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


morpheme_key: tics

morpheme: tics

morpheme_head: tics

affix_form: -tics

meaning_definition: pertaining to | characterized by | field of study

example_words_list_1: politics, athletics, aesthetics

categorical_group_list: Adjectival, Field of study

etymology: Greek -ikos (pertaining to)


morpheme_key: tidal

morpheme: tidal

morpheme_head: tidal

affix_form: -tidal

meaning_definition: time, hour, season

example_words_list_1: tide, eventide, noontide, intertidal

example_words_list_2: tide, eventide, noontide, intertidal

categorical_group_list: Temporal, Periodicity

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


morpheme_key: tidbit

morpheme: tidbit

morpheme_head: tidbit

affix_form: -tidbit-

meaning_definition: a small piece | a small amount

example_words_list_1: tidbits, tidbit-sized

categorical_group_list: Size, Quantity

etymology: diminutive of 'bit'


morpheme_key: tiddly

morpheme: tiddly

morpheme_head: tiddly

affix_form: -tiddly-

meaning_definition: small | diminutive | cute

example_words_list_1: tiddlywinks, tiddly

categorical_group_list: Size, Quality

etymology: Diminutive formation of 'tidy'


morpheme_key: tide

morpheme: tide

morpheme_head: tide

affix_form: -tide-

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

example_words_list_1: Glycopeptide Nucleotide Peptide

example_words_list_2: Glycopeptide Nucleotide Peptide

example_words_corpus: tided | tides | betide | riptide | betided | betides

categorical_group_list: Relation, Connection

etymology: Greek -ide (suffix derived from -ides)


affix_form: -tide

allomorphs: tid

sense_label: time, hour, season

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


morpheme_key: tidine

morpheme: tidine

morpheme_head: tidine

affix_form: -tidine

meaning_definition: inhibitor | blocker

example_words_list_1: ranitidine

example_words_corpus: ranitidine

categorical_group_list: Pharmacology, State/Condition

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


morpheme_key: tie

morpheme: tie

morpheme_head: tie

affix_form: -tie-

meaning_definition: bind | fasten | connect

example_words_list_1: tie, untie, entwine

example_words_corpus: tier | tied | ties | untie | retie | tiers

categorical_group_list: Connection, Binding

etymology: Old English tian 'to bind, fasten'


morpheme_key: tier

morpheme: tier

morpheme_head: tier

affix_form: -tier-

meaning_definition: level | rank | class | stage

example_words_list_1: tier, tiered, multitier, tier-one

example_words_corpus: tiers | multitier

categorical_group_list: Hierarchy, Structure, Level

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


morpheme_key: ties

morpheme: ties

morpheme_head: ties

affix_form: -ties

meaning_definition: state | quality | condition

example_words_list_1: oneties

example_words_corpus: oneties

categorical_group_list: Abstraction, State

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


morpheme_key: tiff

morpheme: tiff

morpheme_head: tiff

affix_form: -tiff-

meaning_definition: not | without | lacking

example_words_list_1: theism, theist, theocracy, theodicy

example_words_corpus: tiffs | tiffy | tiffish

categorical_group_list: Negation, Privative, Greek

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


morpheme_key: tig

morpheme: tig

morpheme_head: tig

affix_form: -tig-

meaning_definition: touch, arrange, order, feel

example_words_list_1: contact, tangent, tangible, contiguity

example_words_corpus: tigs

categorical_group_list: Sensation, Organization, Physicality

etymology: Latin tango, tangere 'to touch'


morpheme_key: tiger

morpheme: tiger

morpheme_head: tiger

affix_form: -tiger-

meaning_definition: large carnivorous feline | striped predator

example_words_list_1: tiger, tigress, tigerish, tigerwood

example_words_corpus: tigers | tigery | tigerly | tigerish | tigerdom | weretiger

categorical_group_list: Animals, Nature

etymology: from Sanskrit 'vyāgra' via Middle Persian/Old French

ancestor_etymon_language: Old Indo-Aryan

etymological_family: Sanskrit


morpheme_key: tight

morpheme: tight

morpheme_head: tight

affix_form: tight-

sense_label: tight

meaning_definition: tight | upright | stiff

example_words_list_1: tight-fitting | tight-knit | tight-laced | tight_fitting | tightfisted | tightfitting | tightlipped | astringent | constrain | constrict | constringe | restrict | strain | strict | stringent | air-tight | airtight | gas-tight | skin-tight | skintight | uptight | watertight

example_words_corpus: tights | tighten | tighter | airtight | tightwad | tightass

categorical_group_list: Tension, Constraint, Rigidity

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


morpheme_key: tigris

morpheme: tigris

morpheme_head: tigris

affix_form: -tigris-

meaning_definition: tiger

example_words_list_1: tigris

categorical_group_list: Fauna, Predator

etymology: Greek tigris 'tiger'


morpheme_key: tile

morpheme: tile

morpheme_head: tile

affix_form: -tile-

meaning_definition: flat piece | slab | fragment

example_words_list_1: tile, tiling, tiled

example_words_corpus: tiler | tiled | tilers | retile | untile | tilery

categorical_group_list: Shape, Object

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


morpheme_key: till

morpheme: till

morpheme_head: till

affix_form: -till-

meaning_definition: until | up to the time of

example_words_list_1: tillable, tillage, tiller

example_words_corpus: tilly | tills | tiller | tilled | tillage | tillite

categorical_group_list: Time, Preposition, Conjunction

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

ancestor_etymon_language: Old English


morpheme_key: tilt

morpheme: tilt

morpheme_head: tilt

affix_form: -tilt-

meaning_definition: to tilt | to tip | to lean | to strive

example_words_list_1: tilt, tilting, tilted

example_words_corpus: atilt | tilts | tilty | tilter | tilted | uptilt

categorical_group_list: Motion, Orientation, Position

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


morpheme_key: tim

morpheme: tim

morpheme_head: tim

affix_form: tim-

sense_label: fear

meaning_definition: terror | foreboding | unease

example_words_list_1: timid | intimidate | timorous | timidity | timocracy | Timothy

example_words_corpus: Timmo | Timbit | Timsort

categorical_group_list: Emotion, Fear

ancestor_etymon: tim

etymology: Latin timere "to fear"

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


morpheme_key: timber

morpheme: timber

morpheme_head: timber

affix_form: -timber-

meaning_definition: wood | trees | lumber

example_words_list_1: timberland, timberline, timberwork

example_words_corpus: timbers | timbery | timbered | betimber | retimber | timbering

categorical_group_list: Nature, Material

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


morpheme_key: timbre

morpheme: timbre

morpheme_head: timbre

affix_form: -timbre-

meaning_definition: quality of sound | tone | character

example_words_list_1: timbre

example_words_corpus: timbres | timbred | timbreless

categorical_group_list: Sound, Sensory

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

etymological_family: Romance


morpheme_key: time

morpheme: time

morpheme_head: time

affix_form: -time-

meaning_definition: time

example_words_list_1: temporal, temporary, temperament, temperament, temperament

example_words_corpus: times | timer | timed | timely | timers | Timese

categorical_group_list: Temporal, Core concept

etymology: tempus, temporis


morpheme_key: timid

morpheme: timid

morpheme_head: timid

affix_form: -timid-

meaning_definition: fear | fright

example_words_list_1: timidity, timorous, timidity

example_words_corpus: timidly | untimid | timidity | timidness | timidsome | timidities

categorical_group_list: Emotion, Personality trait

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


morpheme_key: timorous

morpheme: timorous

morpheme_head: timorous

affix_form: -timorous-

meaning_definition: timid | fearful | easily frightened

example_words_list_1: timidity, timorousness

example_words_corpus: timorously | untimorous | timorousness | timorousnesses

etymology: Latin timor 'fear' + -osus 'full of'


morpheme_key: timothy

morpheme: timothy

morpheme_head: timothy

affix_form: -timothy-

meaning_definition: honor | reverence | respect

example_words_list_1: Timothy, Timotheus

categorical_group_list: Proper Name, Honor, Religion

etymology: Greek Timotheos 'honoring God'


morpheme_key: tin

morpheme: tin

morpheme_head: tin

affix_form: -tin-

sense_label: hold

meaning_definition: retain | preserve | sustain | uphold

example_words_list_1: abstain | abstention | abstinence | abstinent | appertain | appertinent | appurtenance | appurtenant | contain | containment | content | contentive | contentment | continence | continent | continental | continual | continuance | continuant | continuation | continuative | continue | continuity | continuous | continuum | contratenor | countenance | detain | detainder | detainee | detainer | detainment | detention | detinue | discontent | discontentment | discontinuance | discontinuation | discontinue | discontinuity | discontinuous | entertain | entertainment | equicontinuity | equicontinuous | impertinence | impertinent | incontinence | incontinent | intenible | intercontinental | irretentive | lieutenant | maintain | maintenance | malcontent | obtain | obtainment | obtention | pertain | pertinacious | pertinacity | pertinence | pertinent | purtenance | reobtain | retain | retainer | retainment | retention | retentive | retinue | se-tenant | sustenance | sustentacular | sustentaculum | sustentation | sustention | tenable | tenace | tenacious | tenacity | tenancy | tenant | tenet | tenor | tenure | tenurial | tenuto | transcontinental | continent (all senses) | pertinaceous | retinaculum

example_words_corpus: tins | tinny | detin | ditin | tinnie | tinned

related_morphemes: tain1 / tain, ten1 / ten

categorical_group_list: Continuity, Possession, Stability

etymology: Latin tenēre 'to hold'


morpheme_key: tinct

morpheme: tinct-

morpheme_head: tinct

affix_form: tinct-

allomorphs: tinct-

sense_label: dye

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

example_words_list_1: aquatint | distain | mezzotint | tinct | tinctorial | tincture | tinge | tingent | tint | intinction | tincture Variant Spellings: tinge

example_words_corpus: tincts | tincted | tincting

related_morphemes: tain3 / tain

categorical_group_list: Anomalous form

ancestor_etymon: tinct

etymology: tingere, tinctus


morpheme_key: tincture

morpheme: tincture

morpheme_head: tincture

affix_form: -tincture-

meaning_definition: distinct | clear | marked out

example_words_list_1: tincture, indistinct, distinction, extinction

example_words_corpus: tinctures | tinctured | untinctured

categorical_group_list: Color, Substance, Trace

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


morpheme_key: tinder

morpheme: tinder

morpheme_head: tinder

affix_form: -tinder-

meaning_definition: burning wood | kindling | fuel

example_words_list_1: tinderbox, tinderbox, tinderbox

example_words_corpus: tinderboxes

categorical_group_list: Fire, Material

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


morpheme_key: tine

morpheme: tine

morpheme_head: tine

affix_form: -tine-

meaning_definition: thin | slender | fine

example_words_list_1: tenuous, extenuate, attenuate

example_words_corpus: tines | tined | betine | betined | betines

categorical_group_list: Size, Shape, Physical attribute

etymology: Latin tenuis 'thin, fine'


morpheme_key: ting

morpheme: ting

morpheme_head: ting

affix_form: ting-

allomorphs: tinge

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

example_words_list_1: aquatint | distain | mezzotint | tinct | tinctorial | tincture | tinge | tingent | tint

example_words_corpus: tings

categorical_group_list: Color, Liquid, Transformation

ancestor_etymon: ting


morpheme_key: tingle

morpheme: tingle

morpheme_head: tingle

affix_form: -tingle-

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

example_words_list_1: tingle, tingling, tingled, tingles

example_words_corpus: tingled | tingles | atingle | tingler | tinglers | tinglesome

categorical_group_list: Sensation, Physicality

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


morpheme_key: tinker

morpheme: tinker

morpheme_head: tinker

affix_form: -tinker-

meaning_definition: to repair | to work clumsily | to fiddle

example_words_list_1: tinker, tinkerer, tinkering

example_words_corpus: tinkers | tinkerer | tinkered | tinkerly | tinkering | tinkerers

categorical_group_list: Action, Craft, Manipulation

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


morpheme_key: tinsel

morpheme: tinsel

morpheme_head: tinsel

affix_form: -tinsel-

meaning_definition: tinsel | decorative trim | shiny thread

example_words_list_1: tinsel, tinselly, tinselized

example_words_corpus: tinsels | tinseled | tinselly | tinselry | tinselled | tinseling

categorical_group_list: Decoration, Material, Adjective

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

ancestor_etymon_language: Dutch


morpheme_key: tint

morpheme: tint

morpheme_head: tint

affix_form: -tint-

meaning_definition: tint | shade | hue | color

example_words_list_1: tinted, tinting, untinted

example_words_corpus: tints | tinty | tinter | tinted | retint | tinters

categorical_group_list: Color, Visual property

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


morpheme_key: tintinnabul

morpheme: tintinnabul

morpheme_head: tintinnabul

affix_form: -tintinnabul-

meaning_definition: ringing | sounding | tinkling

example_words_list_1: tintinnabulation, tintinnabular

categorical_group_list: Sound, Auditory

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


morpheme_key: tiny

morpheme: tiny

morpheme_head: tiny

affix_form: -tiny-

meaning_definition: small | minute | diminutive

example_words_list_1: tiny

example_words_corpus: tinyness | tinygram | supertiny | tinygrams

categorical_group_list: Size, Magnitude

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