morpheme_key: fanfare

morpheme: fanfare

morpheme_head: fanfare

affix_form: -fanfare-

meaning_definition: triumphant sound | celebratory display

example_words_list_1: fanfare

example_words_corpus: fanfares | fanfarelike

categorical_group_list: Sound, Celebration

etymology: French fanfare, from Provençal fanfarre, of imitative origin


morpheme_key: fang

morpheme: fang

morpheme_head: fang

affix_form: -fang-

affix_type: root

bound_free_or_root: free

meaning_definition: sharp tooth | canine tooth

example_words_list_1: fang, fangs

example_words_corpus: fangs | fangy | fanged | defang | unfang | befang

categorical_group_list: Anatomy, Body part

etymology: Old English 'fang' (tooth)

ancestor_etymon_language: Old English

etymological_family: Germanic

register: vernacular

attestation: both


morpheme_key: fantasy

morpheme: fantasy

morpheme_head: fantasy

affix_form: -fantasy-

bound_free_or_root: root

meaning_definition: imagination | non-reality | mythic

example_words_list_1: fantasy, fantastical,phantasm

example_words_corpus: stfantasy | fantasying | nonfantasy | fantasylike | telefantasy | paleofantasy

categorical_group_list: Imagination, Perception, Abstract concept

etymology: Greek phantasia 'appearance, imagination'

ancestor_etymon_language: Greek

etymological_family: Greek

register: classical


morpheme_key: far

morpheme: far

morpheme_head: far

affix_form: -far-

meaning_definition: ground food | cereal

example_words_list_1: confarreation, farina, farinaceous, farrago

example_words_corpus: afar | fars | farsee | farfet | faraway | farside

categorical_group_list: Food, Agriculture

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

ancestor_etymon_language: Latin

etymological_family: Latin

source: Cognatarium


morpheme_key: farce

morpheme: farce

morpheme_head: farce

affix_form: -farce-

allomorphs: farc

meaning_definition: absurdity | mockery | comic deception

example_words_list_1: farce, farcical

example_words_corpus: farces | farced | farcelike | farcement | workfarce | farcements

categorical_group_list: Comedy, Absurdity

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


morpheme_key: fare

morpheme: fare

morpheme_head: fare

affix_form: -fare-

meaning_definition: to journey | to proceed

example_words_list_1: farewell, thoroughfare, wharf, fare

example_words_corpus: fared | fares | farer | afare | farest | fareth

categorical_group_list: Motion, Travel

etymology: Old English fær 'journey, passage, sudden danger'


morpheme_key: fari

morpheme: fari

morpheme_head: fari, fab, fam

affix_form: fab

allomorphs: fab | fam

bound_free_or_root: stem

part_of_speech_created_by_this_suffix: not suffix

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

example_words_list_1: fame, fable, affable, famous

example_words_list_2: fame, fable, affable, famous

categorical_group_list: Communication, Speech

ancestor_etymon: fabul

etymology: Latin root fari 'to speak'

attestation: wiktionary


morpheme_key: farina

morpheme: farina

morpheme_head: farina

affix_form: -farina-

meaning_definition: flour | meal | powder

example_words_list_1: farinaceous, farinose, farinaceousness

example_words_corpus: farinas

categorical_group_list: Food, Substance

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


morpheme_key: farious

morpheme: farious

morpheme_head: farious

affix_form: -farious-

meaning_definition: potential | options | legal aspects | paths

example_words_list_1: bifarious, multifarious, nefarious, omnifarious

categorical_group_list: Variety, Multiplicity, Diversity

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

attestation: morpholex


morpheme_key: farrier

morpheme: farrier

morpheme_head: farrier

affix_form: -farrier-

meaning_definition: blacksmith | horse-shoeing specialist

example_words_list_1: farrier, farriery, farrieral

example_words_corpus: farriers

categorical_group_list: Occupation, Animal husbandry

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

ancestor_etymon_language: Middle English


morpheme_key: farsi

morpheme: farsi

morpheme_head: farsi

affix_form: -farsi-

meaning_definition: pertaining to Persia | Persian

example_words_list_1: ['Farsi']

example_words_corpus: Fenglish

categorical_group_list: Language, Nationality, Culture

etymology: From Farsi, the endonym for the Persian language

ancestor_etymon_language: Persian

etymological_family: other

register: neutral


morpheme_key: fart

morpheme: fart

morpheme_head: fart

affix_form: fart

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

example_words_list_1: farts | farty | farted | farter | farting | farters

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

source: MorphoLex | Wikidata


morpheme_key: farthest

morpheme: farthest

morpheme_head: farthest

affix_form: -farthest-

meaning_definition: most distant | greatest extent

example_words_list_1: farthest, farthestest

categorical_group_list: Distance, Degree

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


morpheme_key: fasc

morpheme: fasc

morpheme_head: fasc

affix_form: fasc-

sense_label: bundle

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

example_words_list_1: fasciculation | fascism | fasces | fascicle | fasciculate | fasciculus | fascine | fascism unrelated: fascinate | fascia | fasciate | fasciation | fascioliasis unrelated: fascinate

categorical_group_list: Collection, Unity, Structure

etymology: Latin fascis 'bundle, bundle of rods'

source: Cognatarium | Wikidata


morpheme_key: fascia

morpheme: fascia

morpheme_head: fasci

affix_form: -fascia-

allomorphs: fascia | fascio

meaning_definition: band | strip | bundle | bandage

example_words_list_1: fascia, myofascial

example_words_corpus: fascial | myofascia | fascialike | myofascial | subfascial | epifascial

categorical_group_list: Anatomy, Structure, Binding

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


morpheme_key: fascicle

morpheme: fascicle

morpheme_head: fascicle

affix_form: -fascicle-

meaning_definition: bundle | small group | section

example_words_list_1: fascicle

example_words_corpus: fascicles | fascicled | minifascicle | interfascicle | minifascicles | interfascicles

categorical_group_list: Structure, Collection

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


morpheme_key: fascinate

morpheme: fascinate

morpheme_head: fascinate

affix_form: -fascinate-

meaning_definition: to attract | to charm | to captivate

example_words_list_1: fascination, fascinating, fascinated

example_words_corpus: fascinator

categorical_group_list: Emotion, Perception, Influence

etymology: Latin fascinare 'to bewitch, enchant'


morpheme_key: fashion

morpheme: fashion

morpheme_head: fashion

affix_form: -fashion-

meaning_definition: manner | style | way

example_words_list_1: fashionable, fashionista, fashioning

example_words_corpus: fashions | fashiony | fashioner | refashion | fashional | fashioners

categorical_group_list: Style, Manner, Appearance

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


morpheme_key: fast

morpheme: fast

morpheme_head: fast

affix_form: -fast-

meaning_definition: steadfast | immovable | stable

example_words_list_1: breakfast | fast (all senses) | fasten | steadfast Variant Spellings: avast | avast

example_words_corpus: fasts | faster | fasten | fasted | fastly | unfast

categorical_group_list: Anomalous form

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

ancestor_etymon_language: Germanic


morpheme_key: fastidi

morpheme: fastidi

morpheme_head: fastidi

affix_form: -fastidi-

meaning_definition: aversion | repulsion

example_words_list_1: fastidious

example_words_list_2: fastidious

categorical_group_list: Emotion, Disgust

ancestor_etymon: fastidi

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

attestation: wikidata


morpheme_key: fastidious

morpheme: fastidious

morpheme_head: fastidious

affix_form: -fastidious-

meaning_definition: attentive to detail | meticulous | difficult to please

example_words_list_1: fastidiously, fastidiousness

categorical_group_list: Precision, Temperament

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


morpheme_key: fastig

morpheme: fastig

morpheme_head: fastig

affix_form: -fastig-

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

example_words_list_1: fastigiate, fastigium

example_words_list_2: fastigiate, fastigium

categorical_group_list: Architecture, Shape, Topography

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


morpheme_key: fate

morpheme: fate

morpheme_head: fat

affix_form: -fate-

meaning_definition: destiny | inevitability | predetermined course of events

example_words_list_1: fateful, fatefully, fateless, fatality, fatalism

example_words_corpus: fated | fates | fateful | fatedly | unfated | fatelike

categorical_group_list: Destiny, Causality

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


morpheme_key: father

morpheme: father

morpheme_head: father

affix_form: -father-

meaning_definition: male parent

example_words_list_1: fatherhood, stepfather, fatherless

example_words_corpus: fathers | fatherly | fathered | fatherer | unfather | godfather

categorical_group_list: Kinship, Human, Core concept

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


morpheme_key: fathom

morpheme: fathom

morpheme_head: fathom

affix_form: -fathom-

meaning_definition: understand | comprehend | measure depth

example_words_list_1: fathom, unfathomable

example_words_corpus: fathoms | fathomed | fathomer | unfathom | fathomly | fathoming

categorical_group_list: Cognition, Measurement

etymology: Old English fæthm "outstretched arms, embrace"


morpheme_key: fatig

morpheme: fatig

morpheme_head: fatig

affix_form: fatig-

affix_type: prefix

meaning_definition: exhausted | drain | drained | exhaust

example_words_list_1: fatigue, fatigable, fatigues

categorical_group_list: Exhaustion, Physical state

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


morpheme_key: fatigue

morpheme: fatigue

morpheme_head: fatigue

affix_form: -fatigue-

sense_label: tiredness

meaning_definition: tiredness | exhaustion | weariness

example_words_list_1: fatigue, fatigued, fatiguing

example_words_corpus: fatigues | fatigued | unfatigued | antifatigue | prefatigued | overfatigue

categorical_group_list: State, Physical condition

etymology: Old French fatiguier 'to tire, weary'

ancestor_etymon_language: Old French


morpheme_key: fatu

morpheme: fatu

morpheme_head: fatu

affix_form: fatu-

meaning_definition: weak | unwise | absurd | ineffectual

example_words_list_1: fatuous | infatuation | infatuate | ignis fatuus | fatuity

categorical_group_list: Intellect, Quality

ancestor_etymon: fatu

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


morpheme_key: fatuous

morpheme: fatuous

morpheme_head: fatuous

affix_form: -fatuous-

meaning_definition: silly | foolish | lacking intelligence

example_words_list_1: fatuous, fatuity

example_words_corpus: fatuously | fatuousness | fatuousnesses

categorical_group_list: Intelligence, Quality

etymology: Latin fatuus 'foolish, silly'


morpheme_key: faucet

morpheme: faucet

morpheme_head: faucet

affix_form: -faucet-

meaning_definition: device for controlling the flow of liquid | tap

example_words_list_1: faucet, faucetage

example_words_corpus: faucets | faucetlike | faucetless

categorical_group_list: Object, Utility, Liquid control

etymology: Middle French 'fausset' (a nozzle or spout)

ancestor_etymon_language: French


morpheme_key: faul

morpheme: faul

morpheme_head: faul

affix_form: faul-

meaning_definition: deceive

example_words_list_1: default | fault

example_words_list_2: default | fault

categorical_group_list: Deception, Error

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


morpheme_key: fault

morpheme: fault

morpheme_head: fault

affix_form: -fault-

meaning_definition: incorrect | erroneous | to miss the mark

example_words_list_1: default, fault

example_words_list_2: default, fault

example_words_corpus: faulty | faults | faulted | upfault | faulter | faulting

related_morphemes: fall / fall

categorical_group_list: Error, Failure, Deficiency

etymology: Latin 'fallere' 'to deceive, trick'


morpheme_key: fauna

morpheme: fauna

morpheme_head: fauna

affix_form: -fauna-

allomorphs: faun

meaning_definition: animals | wildlife

example_words_list_1: fauna, megafauna, microfauna

example_words_corpus: faunal | faunas | epifauna | faunally | megafauna | mesofauna

categorical_group_list: Biology, Nature

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


morpheme_key: faust

morpheme: faust

morpheme_head: faust

affix_form: -faust-

meaning_definition: contract | bargain | pact

example_words_list_1: faustian, faust, pact, contract

categorical_group_list: Agreement, Action, Deed

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


morpheme_key: faustus

morpheme: faustus

morpheme_head: faustus

affix_form: -faustus-

meaning_definition: lucky | fortunate | happy

example_words_list_1: laudatory, fortuitous

categorical_group_list: Fortune, Positivity

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


morpheme_key: faux

morpheme: faux

morpheme_head: faux

affix_form: faux-

meaning_definition: deceptive | untrue

example_words_list_1: faux, faux pas

example_words_list_2: faux, faux pas

example_words_corpus: fauxlex | fauxhawk | fauxgasm | fauxcest | fauxmance | fauxgasms

categorical_group_list: Negation, Deception

etymology: French 'faux' meaning 'false'


morpheme_key: fav

morpheme: fav

morpheme_head: fav

affix_form: fav-

meaning_definition: goodwill, to be favorably inclined

example_words_list_1: favorite, favor

example_words_list_2: favorite, favor

categorical_group_list: Affection, Positivity

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


morpheme_key: favor

morpheme: favor

morpheme_head: favor

affix_form: -favor-

meaning_definition: favor | goodwill | kindness

example_words_list_1: favorable, unfavorable, favoritism

example_words_corpus: favors | favored | favorer | unfavor | favoring | favorise

categorical_group_list: Affection, Utility, Positive Sentiment

etymology: Latin favere 'to be favorable to, support'


morpheme_key: favour

morpheme: favour

morpheme_head: favour

affix_form: -favour-

meaning_definition: goodwill | preference | assistance

example_words_list_1: favour, favourable, unfavourable, favourite

example_words_corpus: favours | favoured | favourer | favouring | favourers | favourest

categorical_group_list: Affection, Support, Preference

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


morpheme_key: favoured

morpheme: favoured

morpheme_head: favoured

affix_form: -favoured

affix_type: suffix

bound_free_or_root: bound

derivational_or_inflectional: derivational suffix affix bound morpheme

meaning_definition: past tense | past participle

example_words_list_1: favoured, loved, hated, wanted

categorical_group_list: Verb morphology, Past tense, Past participle

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


morpheme_key: fawn

morpheme: fawn

morpheme_head: fawn

affix_form: -fawn-

meaning_definition: to show affection | to be submissive | to flatter

example_words_list_1: fawning

example_words_corpus: fawny | fawner | fawned | fawning | fawners | outfawn

categorical_group_list: Behavior, Emotion

etymology: Middle English fawnen, related to fawn (the animal)


morpheme_key: faze

morpheme: faze

morpheme_head: faze

affix_form: -faze-

meaning_definition: to disconcert | to disturb | to disconcerted state

example_words_list_1: faze, unfazed

example_words_corpus: fazed | fazes | unfazed

categorical_group_list: Emotion, State of being

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

ancestor_etymon_language: Middle French


morpheme_key: fe

morpheme: fe

morpheme_head: fe

affix_form: -fe-

meaning_definition: riches | assets

example_words_list_1: fee | fellow | feoff | feu | feud (estate) | feudalism | feudatory | infeudate Variant Spellings: fief | fief

example_words_corpus: fetiasite

categorical_group_list: Anomalous form

etymology: Frankish *fēhu "cattle, wealth"

ancestor_etymon_language: Frankish


morpheme_key: fear

morpheme: fear

morpheme_head: fear

affix_form: fear

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

example_words_list_1: fears | feared | fearer | unfear | fearful | fearing

etymology: from Old English 'fēor', meaning fear or reverence


morpheme_key: feas

morpheme: feas

morpheme_head: feas

affix_form: -feas-

meaning_definition: perform | create

example_words_list_1: feasance, feasible, malfeasance, misfeasance, tort-feasor

related_morphemes: fac1 / fac

categorical_group_list: Action, Agency

etymology: Latin facere 'to do, to make'


morpheme_key: feat

morpheme: feat

morpheme_head: feat

affix_form: feat-

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

example_words_list_1: affair | affect | affectation | amplify | artifact | artifice | benefactor | benefice | benefit | confection | counterfeit | defeat | defect | disaffect | edifice | effect | effectible | effection | effective | effectivity | effector | effectual | effectuality | effectuate | effectuation | efficacious | efficacity | efficacy | efficiency | efficient | enface | enfacement | facade/façade | face | facet | facette | facial | faciend | facient | facile | facilitate | facilitation | facilitative | facilitator | facilitatory | facility | facinorous | facsimile | fact | faction | factional | factionary | factious | factitious | factor | factorable | factorial | factory | factotum | factual | fake | fashion | feasible | feat | feature | feckless | fiat | forfeit | infect | inofficious | interoffice | laissez-faire | malefaction | manufacture | modify | nonofficial | office | official | officiant | officiary | officiate | officious | olfaction | omnificence | omnificent | parfait | perfect | perfecta | perfectibility | perfectible | perfection | perfective | perfector | pluperfect | prefect | prefectural | prefecture | prequalification | proficiency | proficient | profit | profitability | profitable | profiteer | profiterole | prolific | qualification | quasiperfect | rarefy | refactorable | refashion | refect | refection | refectory | reinfect | remanufacture | resurface | reunification | sacrifice | scientific | semelfactive | suboffice | subprefect | suffice | sufficiency | sufficient | superficial | superficiality | surface | surfeit | surficial | transfection | trifacial | trifecta | uniface | unifacial | unifactorial | unification | fiction | faint | feign | specific | benefaction | calefaction | dissatisfaction | liquefaction | patefaction | petrifaction | clarification | classification | codification

example_words_corpus: feats | featly | outfeat | unfeaty | outfeats | featness

categorical_group_list: Action, Creation, Formation

etymology: Latin facere 'to do, make'


morpheme_key: feather

morpheme: feather

morpheme_head: feather

affix_form: -feather-

meaning_definition: plumage | light | weightless

example_words_list_1: featherweight, featherbed, featherbrain

example_words_corpus: featherily | befeathers | unfeathers | featherers | defeathers | pinfeathers

categorical_group_list: Nature, Anatomy, Weight

etymology: Old English fēðer


morpheme_key: feature

morpheme: feature

morpheme_head: feature

affix_form: -feature-

meaning_definition: characteristic | attribute | trait

example_words_list_1: featureless, features

example_words_corpus: features | featured | defeature | featurely | featurette | misfeature

categorical_group_list: Attribute, Property

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


morpheme_key: febri

morpheme: febri

morpheme_head: febr

affix_form: febri-

allomorphs: febri

parts_of_speech_this_morpheme_can_join_onto: various

meaning_definition: elevated body temperature | feverish state

example_words_list_1: febrile | febriferous | febrifuge

example_words_list_2: febrile | febriferous | febrifuge

categorical_group_list: Medical, Physical state

ancestor_etymon: febri-  OED

etymology: From Latin febris 'fever'

ancestor_etymon_language: Latin  OED

source: MorphoQuantics | Stein


morpheme_key: febrile

morpheme: febrile

morpheme_head: febrile

affix_form: -febrile-

meaning_definition: feverish | fever | fever-related

example_words_list_1: febrile, febricity

example_words_corpus: afebrile | unfebrile | nonfebrile | subfebrile | antefebrile | antifebrile

categorical_group_list: Medical, Temperature, Sensation

etymology: Latin febris 'fever'

register: scientific


morpheme_key: fec

morpheme: fec

morpheme_head: fec

affix_form: -fec-

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

example_words_list_1: affair, affect, affectation, amplify, artifact, artifice, benefactor, benefice, benefit, confection, counterfeit, defeat, defect, disaffect, edifice, effect, effectible, effection, effective, effectivity, effector, effectual, effectuality, effectuate, effectuation, efficacious, efficacity, efficacy, efficiency, efficient, enface, enfacement, facade/façade, face, facet, facette, facial, faciend, facient, facile, facilitate, facilitation, facilitative, facilitator, facilitatory, facility, facinorous, facsimile, fact, faction, factional, factionary, factious, factitious, factor, factorable, factorial, factory, factotum, factual, fake, fashion, feasible, feat, feature, feckless, fiat, forfeit, infect, inofficious, interoffice, laissez-faire, malefaction, manufacture, modify, nonofficial, office, official, officiant, officiary, officiate, officious, olfaction, omnificence, omnificent, parfait, perfect, perfecta, perfectibility, perfectible, perfection, perfective, perfector, pluperfect, prefect, prefectural, prefecture, prequalification, proficiency, proficient, profit, profitability, profitable, profiteer, profiterole, prolific, qualification, quasiperfect, rarefy, refactorable, refashion, refect, refection, refectory, reinfect, remanufacture, resurface, reunification, sacrifice, scientific, semelfactive, suboffice, subprefect, suffice, sufficiency, sufficient, superficial, superficiality, surface, surfeit, surficial, transfection, trifacial, trifecta, uniface, unifacial, unifactorial, unification, fiction, faint, feign, scientific, specific, benefaction, calefaction, dissatisfaction, liquefaction, malefaction, olfaction, patefaction, petrifaction, clarification, classification, codification

categorical_group_list: Action, Creation, Transformation

etymology: facere, factus


morpheme_key: feck

morpheme: feck

morpheme_head: feck

affix_form: -feck-

example_words_list_2: affair, affect, affectation, amplify, artifact, artifice, benefactor, benefice, benefit, confection, counterfeit, defeat, defect, disaffect, edifice, effect, effectible, effection, effective, effectivity, effector, effectual, effectuality, effectuate, effectuation, efficacious, efficacity, efficacy, efficiency, efficient, enface, enfacement, facade/façade, face, facet, facette, facial, faciend, facient, facile, facilitate, facilitation, facilitative, facilitator, facilitatory, facility, facinorous, facsimile, fact, faction, factional, factionary, factious, factitious, factor, factorable, factorial, factory, factotum, factual, fake, fashion, feasible, feat, feature, feckless, fiat, forfeit, infect, inofficious, interoffice, laissez-faire, malefaction, manufacture, modify, nonofficial, office, official, officiant, officiary, officiate, officious, olfaction, omnificence, omnificent, parfait, perfect, perfecta, perfectibility, perfectible, perfection, perfective, perfector, pluperfect, prefect, prefectural, prefecture, prequalification, proficiency, proficient, profit, profitability, profitable, profiteer, profiterole, prolific, qualification, quasiperfect, rarefy, refactorable, refashion, refect, refection, refectory, reinfect, remanufacture, resurface, reunification, sacrifice, scientific, semelfactive, suboffice, subprefect, suffice, sufficiency, sufficient, superficial, superficiality, surface, surfeit, surficial, transfection, trifacial, trifecta, uniface, unifacial, unifactorial, unification, fiction, faint, feign, scientific, specific, benefaction, calefaction, dissatisfaction, liquefaction, malefaction, olfaction, patefaction, petrifaction, clarification, classification, codification

example_words_corpus: fecks | fecker | feckly | feckers | feckful | feckfully


morpheme_key: fect

morpheme: fect

morpheme_head: fect

affix_form: -fect-

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

example_words_list_1: affair | affect | affectation | amplify | artifact | artifice | benefactor | benefice | benefit | confection | counterfeit | defeat | defect | disaffect | edifice | effect | effectible | effection | effective | effectivity | effector | effectual | effectuality | effectuate | effectuation | efficacious | efficacity | efficacy | efficiency | efficient | enface | enfacement | facade/façade | face | facet | facette | facial | faciend | facient | facile | facilitate | facilitation | facilitative | facilitator | facilitatory | facility | facinorous | facsimile | fact | faction | factional | factionary | factious | factitious | factor | factorable | factorial | factory | factotum | factual | fake | fashion | feasible | feat | feature | feckless | fiat | forfeit | infect | inofficious | interoffice | laissez-faire | malefaction | manufacture | modify | nonofficial | office | official | officiant | officiary | officiate | officious | olfaction | omnificence | omnificent | parfait | perfect | perfecta | perfectibility | perfectible | perfection | perfective | perfector | pluperfect | prefect | prefectural | prefecture | prequalification | proficiency | proficient | profit | profitability | profitable | profiteer | profiterole | prolific | qualification | quasiperfect | rarefy | refactorable | refashion | refect | refection | refectory | reinfect | remanufacture | resurface | reunification | sacrifice | scientific | semelfactive | suboffice | subprefect | suffice | sufficiency | sufficient | superficial | superficiality | surface | surfeit | surficial | transfection | trifacial | trifecta | uniface | unifacial | unifactorial | unification | fiction | faint | feign | specific | benefaction | calefaction | dissatisfaction | liquefaction | patefaction | petrifaction | clarification | classification | codification | affettuoso | affection | defect (all senses) | disinfectant | refectory Variant Spellings: confetti | confetti

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


morpheme_key: fecund

morpheme: fecund

morpheme_head: fecund

affix_form: -fecund-

meaning_definition: productive | yielding plentiful results

example_words_list_1: fecund, fatuity

example_words_list_2: fecund, fatuity

example_words_corpus: fecundly | infecund | unfecund | fecundate | fecundist | fecundify

categorical_group_list: Abundance, Vitality

ancestor_etymon: fecund

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


morpheme_key: fed

morpheme: fed

morpheme_head: fed

affix_form: -fed-

meaning_definition: fed, meal

example_words_list_1: fed, feeding, feeder, fedora

example_words_corpus: unfed | nonfed | unfeds | malfed | cornfed | overfed

categorical_group_list: Nourishment, Sustenance

etymology: Old English fēdan 'to give food to'


morpheme_key: feder

morpheme: feder

morpheme_head: feder

affix_form: feder-

sense_label: treaty

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

example_words_list_1: confederacy | confederation | federal | federate | federation | confederate | federated

categorical_group_list: Agreement, Unity, Law

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

source: Cognatarium | Wiktionary


morpheme_key: fee

morpheme: fee

morpheme_head: fee

affix_form: -fee-

meaning_definition: payment | charge | cost

example_words_list_1: fee, fees, fee-based

example_words_corpus: feed | fees | feeing | feeded | nonfee | unfeed

categorical_group_list: Finance, Transaction

etymology: Old French 'fée' (payment, tribute)


morpheme_key: feeble

morpheme: feeble

morpheme_head: feeble

affix_form: -feeble-

meaning_definition: weak | lacking strength | frail

example_words_list_1: feeble, feebleness, feebler

example_words_corpus: feebled | feebles | enfeeble | enfeebled | enfeebles | enfeebler

categorical_group_list: Weakness, Physicality

etymology: Old English fēol, related to Middle English feble


morpheme_key: feed

morpheme: feed

morpheme_head: feed

affix_form: -feed-

meaning_definition: to provide food | to nourish | to sustain

example_words_list_1: feed, feeder, feeding, feedstock

example_words_corpus: feeds | feeder | refeed | infeed | feedee | feeding

categorical_group_list: Nourishment, Sustenance, Action

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


morpheme_key: feel

morpheme: feel

morpheme_head: feel

affix_form: -feel-

meaning_definition: perceive via touch | experience emotion | sense

example_words_list_1: feeling, feeler, feelable

example_words_corpus: feels | feely | feeler | feelie | feeled | feelth

categorical_group_list: Sensation, Emotion, Perception

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


morpheme_key: feet

morpheme: feet

morpheme_head: feet

affix_form: -feet-

meaning_definition: part of the leg | unit of measurement

example_words_list_1: feet

example_words_corpus: feets | feetsy | forefeet | feetlong | feetless | feetsies

categorical_group_list: Anatomy, Measurement

etymology: Old English fōt


morpheme_key: feign

morpheme: feign

morpheme_head: feign

affix_form: -feign-

sense_label: to pretend

meaning_definition: to pretend | to simulate | to feign

example_words_list_1: feign, feigned, feigning

example_words_corpus: feigns | feigned | feigner | feigning | feigneth | feignest

categorical_group_list: Deception, Simulation

etymology: Latin fingere 'to shape, form, feign'


morpheme_key: feint

morpheme: feint

morpheme_head: feint

affix_form: -feint-

meaning_definition: deceptive | deceptive movement | to dodge

example_words_list_1: feint, feinting

example_words_corpus: feints | feinted | feinter | feinting | feinters

categorical_group_list: Deception, Motion

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


morpheme_key: feit

morpheme: feit

morpheme_head: feit

affix_form: False

meaning_definition: to perform | to produce

example_words_list_1: counterfeit, forfeit, surfeit

example_words_list_2: counterfeit, forfeit, surfeit

categorical_group_list: Action, Creation

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


morpheme_key: fel

morpheme: fel

morpheme_head: fel

affix_form: fel-

allomorphs: feli

sense_label: cat

meaning_definition: feline | cat

example_words_list_1: Felinae | feline | felid | Felidae

example_words_list_2: Felinae | feline | felid | Felidae

categorical_group_list: Animal

etymology: Latin felis 'cat'


morpheme_key: feldspar

morpheme: feldspar

morpheme_head: feldspar

affix_form: -feldspar-

meaning_definition: a group of rock-forming silicate minerals

example_words_list_1: Feldspat, Orthoklas, Plagioklas

example_words_corpus: feldspars | feldsparlike

categorical_group_list: Mineralogy, Geology

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

ancestor_etymon_language: German


morpheme_key: felic

morpheme: felic

morpheme_head: felic

affix_form: felic-

sense_label: happy

meaning_definition: joyful | festive | joy

example_words_list_1: felicity | Felicia | felicitations | felicitous | felicity Variant Spellings: Felix | Felix

categorical_group_list: Anomalous form

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


morpheme_key: feline

morpheme: feline

morpheme_head: feline

affix_form: -feline-

meaning_definition: cat | feline

example_words_list_1: feline, felid

example_words_corpus: felines | felinely | unfeline | nonfeline | nonfelines | felineness

categorical_group_list: Animals, Biology

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


morpheme_key: felis

morpheme: felis

morpheme_head: felis

affix_form: felis

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

example_words_list_1: Examples: Dinofelis ("terrible cat"); Eofelis ("dawn cat"); Pardofelis ("leopard cat")

example_words_corpus: Felidae | Felinae | Feloidea

categorical_group_list: Medical and Scientific

ancestor_etymon: felis, feles

etymology: Latin 'felis' meaning 'cat'

pronunciation: /fiːlɪs/

source: Wikipedia


morpheme_key: felix

morpheme: felix

morpheme_head: felix

affix_form: -felix-

meaning_definition: lucky | happy | fortunate

example_words_list_1: felicitous, felicity, infelicitous, infelicitousness

categorical_group_list: Emotion, Fortune

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


morpheme_key: fell

morpheme: fell

morpheme_head: fell

affix_form: fell-

sense_label: gallbladder

meaning_definition: gallbladder

example_words_list_1: fellatio, felleous, felleus

example_words_corpus: felly | fells | feller | felled | fellers | felling

categorical_group_list: Body Parts and Substances

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


sense_label: to cut

meaning_definition: to cut | to fell

example_words_list_1: deforest, fellmonger, fellable

categorical_group_list: Action, Destruction

etymology: fellāre

source: Wikidata


morpheme_key: fella

morpheme: fella

morpheme_head: fella

affix_form: -fella-

meaning_definition: man | fellow | companion

example_words_list_1: fella

example_words_corpus: fellas | Redfella | goodfella | blackfella | whitefella | goodfellas

categorical_group_list: Animate, Person

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


morpheme_key: feller

morpheme: feller

morpheme_head: feller

affix_form: -feller-

meaning_definition: person | individual | fellow

example_words_list_1: fellah, fellas, feller's

example_words_corpus: fellermelad | blackfellers | whitefellers

categorical_group_list: Person, Social relation, Informal

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

ancestor_etymon_language: English


morpheme_key: fellow

morpheme: fellow

morpheme_head: fellow

affix_form: -fellow-

meaning_definition: companion | associate | peer

example_words_list_1: fellowship, fellowman, fellow traveler

example_words_corpus: fellows | unfellow | fellowly | byfellow | bedfellow | unfellows

categorical_group_list: Social relation, Companionship

etymology: Old English fēlagan 'to accompany'


morpheme_key: felon

morpheme: felon

morpheme_head: felon

affix_form: -felon-

meaning_definition: criminal | offender | wrongdoer

example_words_list_1: felon

example_words_corpus: felonwort

categorical_group_list: Crime, Person

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


morpheme_key: felspar

morpheme: felspar

morpheme_head: felspar

affix_form: -felspar-

meaning_definition: feldspar

example_words_list_1: felspar, feldspar, orthoclase, plagioclase

example_words_corpus: felspars

categorical_group_list: Mineral, Geology, Material

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

ancestor_etymon_language: Swedish


morpheme_key: felt

morpheme: felt

morpheme_head: felt

affix_form: -felt-

meaning_definition: perceived | sensed | experienced

example_words_list_1: felt, felted, felting

example_words_corpus: felts | felting | feltwork | feltmaker | needlefelt | underfelts

categorical_group_list: Sensation, Perception

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


morpheme_key: female

morpheme: female

morpheme_head: female

affix_form: -female-

meaning_definition: woman | feminine | female

example_words_list_1: female, femininity, femaleness

example_words_corpus: females | hefemale | unfemale | femalely | isofemale | nonfemale

categorical_group_list: Gender, Biological sex

etymology: Latin femina "woman"


morpheme_key: femino

morpheme: femin(o)

morpheme_head: femin

affix_form: femin-

allomorphs: femin(o)

meaning_definition: female individual or individuals

example_words_list_1: feminophobia, feminology

example_words_list_2: feminophobia, feminology

categorical_group_list: Gender, Person

ancestor_etymon: fēmina  OED

etymology: Latin femin- (stem of femina) 'woman'


morpheme_key: femme

morpheme: femme

morpheme_head: femme

affix_form: -femme-

meaning_definition: woman | female | feminine

example_words_list_1: femme, feminine, feminity

example_words_corpus: femmes | femmeslash | transfemme | femmephobic | femmephobia | transfemmes

etymology: Latin femina 'woman'


morpheme_key: femmes

morpheme: femmes

morpheme_head: femmes

affix_form: -femmes-

meaning_definition: woman | female

example_words_list_1: feminine, feminism, feminity


morpheme_key: femor

morpheme: femor

morpheme_head: femor

affix_form: femor-

allomorphs: femora | femoro

sense_label: thigh

meaning_definition: thigh

example_words_list_1: femoral, femur, femoroplasty

categorical_group_list: Anatomy, Body part

etymology: femur (genitive femoris)


morpheme_key: femto

morpheme: femto

morpheme_head: femto

affix_form: femto-

meaning_definition: quadrillionth (10−15) | quadrillionth

example_words_list_1: femtosecond

example_words_list_2: femtosecond

example_words_corpus: femtogram | femtomole | femtobarn | femtometre | femtograms | femtobarns

categorical_group_list: Number, Magnitude, Metric prefix

etymology: Greek femtos 'small'


morpheme_key: femur

morpheme: femur

morpheme_head: femur

affix_form: -femur-

meaning_definition: thigh bone

example_words_list_1: femoral, femur, interphalangeal

example_words_corpus: femurs | prefemur | forefemur | mesofemur | metafemur | forefemurs

categorical_group_list: Anatomy, Biology

etymology: Latin femur (genitive femoris) meaning 'thigh'


morpheme_key: fen

morpheme: fen

morpheme_head: fen

affix_form: -fen-

meaning_definition: to oppose | to strike | to attack

example_words_list_1: defend, offend, offense

example_words_list_2: defend, offend, offense

example_words_corpus: fens | fenny | femfen | fenman | fenland | fenlike

categorical_group_list: Capability

ancestor_etymon: fen

etymology: Latin -fendere 'to strike, to ward off'


morpheme_key: fence

morpheme: fence

morpheme_head: fence

affix_form: -fence-

meaning_definition: strike

example_words_list_1: defend, fend, offend, offense, indefensible, defensive, offensive

example_words_corpus: fencer | fences | fenced | fencers | unfence | geofence

categorical_group_list: Action, Conflict

etymology: fendere, -fensus


morpheme_key: fend

morpheme: fend

morpheme_head: fend

affix_form: fend-

sense_label: strike

meaning_definition: hit | to hit

example_words_list_1: defend | fend | offend | offense | indefensible | defensive | offensive | fender | forfend

example_words_corpus: fends | fender | fended | forfend | fenders | fending

related_morphemes: fenc / fenc, fens / fens

categorical_group_list: Action, Combat

etymology: Latin 'fendere' meaning 'to strike'


morpheme_key: fenestr

morpheme: fenestr

morpheme_head: fenestr

affix_form: fenestr-

meaning_definition: window

example_words_list_1: defenestration

example_words_list_2: defenestration

categorical_group_list: Architecture, Physical Object

etymology: fenestra


morpheme_key: fennel

morpheme: fennel

morpheme_head: fennel

affix_form: -fennel-

meaning_definition: herbaceous plant | aromatic herb

example_words_list_1: fennel, fenugreek

example_words_corpus: fennels | dogfennel

categorical_group_list: Flora, Botany

etymology: Latin foeniculum, diminutive of foenum 'hay'


morpheme_key: fer

morpheme: fer

morpheme_head: fer

affix_form: fer-

allomorphs: fere

sense_label: bear

part_of_speech_created_by_this_suffix: not suffix | verb

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

example_words_list_1: transfer, refer, defer, confer, suffer, infer

example_words_corpus: gofer | gofers | pygofer | pygofers | alkanofer | alkanofers

related_morphemes: lat1 / lat, pher / pher, phor / phor

ancestor_etymon: fer

etymology: Latin ferre 'to bear, carry'

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


morpheme_key: feral

morpheme: feral

morpheme_head: feral

affix_form: -feral-

meaning_definition: wild | untamed | in a natural state

example_words_list_1: feral, ferality

example_words_corpus: ferals | ferally | feralize | semiferal | feralized | feralizes

categorical_group_list: Nature, State of Being

etymology: Latin ferus 'wild, untamed'


morpheme_key: ference

morpheme: ference

morpheme_head: ference

affix_form: -ference-

meaning_definition: carrying | bearing | bringing

example_words_list_1: difference, interference, preference, reference

categorical_group_list: Action, Motion

etymology: Latin ferre 'to carry, bear'


morpheme_key: ferent

morpheme: ferent

morpheme_head: ferent

affix_form: -ferent

meaning_definition: bear, carry, bear, send, bring

example_words_list_1: aquifer, circumference, confer, conifer, defer, differ, ferry, fertile, infer, offer, prefer, refer, suffer, transfer, vociferous, refer, reference, referee, suffer, defer, infer, confer, fertile, transfer, odoriferous, circumference, afferent, circumferent, deferent, different, efferent, indifferent, preferent, referent

categorical_group_list: Motion, Action

etymology: ferre


morpheme_key: ferm

morpheme: ferm

morpheme_head: ferm

affix_form: ferm-

meaning_definition: cause to rise, leaven

example_words_list_1: ferment, fermentation

example_words_list_2: ferment, fermentation

example_words_corpus: ferms

categorical_group_list: Motion, Transformation, Vitality

etymology: Latin fermentum 'leaven, yeast'


morpheme_key: ferment

morpheme: ferment

morpheme_head: ferment

affix_form: -ferment-

meaning_definition: to undergo chemical change | to undergo alcoholic/acidic transformation

example_words_list_1: fermentation, fermentable, fermenter

example_words_corpus: ferments | fermented | fermentor | fermenter | referment | coferment

categorical_group_list: Process, Transformation, Biology


morpheme_key: fern

morpheme: fern

morpheme_head: fern

affix_form: -fern-

meaning_definition: fern (plant)

example_words_list_1: fern, fernery, fernseed

example_words_corpus: ferns | ferny | fernery | fernane | ferning | fernowl

categorical_group_list: Flora, Nature

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


morpheme_key: feroc

morpheme: feroc

morpheme_head: feroc

affix_form: feroc-

sense_label: fierce

meaning_definition: fierce | wild | savage

example_words_list_1: ferocity

example_words_list_2: ferocity

categorical_group_list: Intensity, Emotion

etymology: ferōx, ferōcis


morpheme_key: ferous

morpheme: ferous

morpheme_head: ferous

affix_form: -ferous

allomorphs: iferous

parts_of_speech_this_morpheme_can_join_onto: noun

part_of_speech_created_by_this_suffix: adjective

meaning_definition: bearing | producing | carrying

example_words_list_1: coniferous | pestiferous

example_words_list_2: coniferous, pestiferous

example_words_corpus: biferous | oviferous | vociferous | coniferous | radiferous | aeriferous

categorical_group_list: Production, Physical property

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


morpheme_key: ferr

morpheme: ferr

morpheme_head: ferr

affix_form: -ferr-

allomorphs: ferri | ferro | ferrum

sense_label: iron

meaning_definition: the metal iron | element iron

example_words_list_1: ferrous | ferrate | ferric | ferriferous | ferro- | ferroconcrete | ferrotype | ferruginous Variant Spellings: chemin de fer | fer-de-lance | farrier | chemin de fer

example_words_corpus: ferrian

categorical_group_list: Anomalous form

etymology: From Latin ferrum 'iron'


morpheme_key: ferris

morpheme: ferris

morpheme_head: ferris

affix_form: -ferris-

meaning_definition: iron

example_words_list_1: ferrous, ferriferic, ferriferous

categorical_group_list: Material, Element


morpheme_key: ferry

morpheme: ferry

morpheme_head: ferry

affix_form: -ferry-

meaning_definition: transport | carry | boat

example_words_list_1: transfer, defer, confer, suffer, refer

example_words_corpus: ferrying | ferryman | ferryboat | ferryings | ferryboats | ferrywoman

categorical_group_list: Motion, Transport


morpheme_key: fertile

morpheme: fertile

morpheme_head: fertile

affix_form: -fertile-

allomorphs: fertil

meaning_definition: fruitful | productive | capable of producing offspring

example_words_list_1: fertility, infertility, fertilization

example_words_corpus: unfertile | fertilely | nonfertile | subfertile | semifertile | postfertile

categorical_group_list: Growth, Vitality, Productivity

etymology: Latin fertilis, from ferre 'to bear, carry'


morpheme_key: ferv

morpheme: ferv

morpheme_head: ferv

affix_form: ferv-

sense_label: boil

meaning_definition: intense heat | radiate warmth | heat vigorously | sour process

example_words_list_1: ferment | fervent | fervid | fervor | perfervid | effervesce | effervescent | perfervid Variant Spellings: ferment

ancestor_etymon: ferv

etymology: From Latin fervēre 'to boil, be hot'

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


morpheme_key: fervid

morpheme: fervid

morpheme_head: fervid

affix_form: -fervid-

meaning_definition: hot | burning | fervent | ardent

example_words_list_1: fervidly, fervor, fervidness

example_words_corpus: fervidly | perfervid | perfervidly | perfervidness

categorical_group_list: Emotion, Intensity, Temperature

etymology: Latin fervidus, from fervere 'to boil, seethe'


morpheme_key: fess

morpheme: fess

morpheme_head: fess

affix_form: -fess-

meaning_definition: speak | talk | to admit | to declare | verbal exchange

example_words_list_1: confess | profess | confession | professional | professor

example_words_corpus: fesswise | fessways

related_morphemes: fa / fa

categorical_group_list: Communication, Expression

ancestor_etymon: fess

etymology: Latin fari 'to speak'


morpheme_key: fest

morpheme: fest

morpheme_head: fest

affix_form: fest-

allomorphs: -fest

sense_label: feast

part_of_speech_created_by_this_suffix: noun

meaning_definition: banquet | ceremony | assembly | event | special occasion or informal gathering | celebration

example_words_list_1: festival | festive | feast | rockfest | songfest | talkfest | festal | festivity | festoon | Oktoberfest Variant Spellings: feast | fete | fiesta

example_words_corpus: fests | gabfest | hugfest | fanfest | funfest | sexfest

ancestor_etymon: fest Quinion

etymology: German 'Fest' (celebration) < Middle High German 'veste' (enclosure, stronghold)

ancestor_etymon_language: German Quinion

source: Cognatarium | Stein | Wikidata


morpheme_key: fester

morpheme: fester

morpheme_head: fester

affix_form: -fester-

meaning_definition: to decay | to rot | to become infected | to intensify (of negative emotions)

example_words_list_1: festering, festered

example_words_corpus: festers | festered | festering | festerous | festerment | festerings

categorical_group_list: Decay, Malice, Growth

etymology: Middle English fester, related to 'fist' (swelling)


morpheme_key: festoon

morpheme: festoon

morpheme_head: festoon

affix_form: -festoon-

meaning_definition: decorate | adorn | hang in a curve

example_words_list_1: festooned

example_words_corpus: festoons | festoony | festooned | festooning | festoonery | festoonings

categorical_group_list: Decoration, Ornamentation

etymology: French feston 'scallop, edging'


morpheme_key: fet

morpheme: fet

morpheme_head: fet

affix_form: fet-

sense_label: stink

meaning_definition: emit an offensive odor | having an unpleasant scent

example_words_list_1: fetid | fetor | asafetida | fetid (also sp. foetid)

example_words_corpus: fets | farfet | forthfet | forthfets

categorical_group_list: Olfaction, Sensory, Decay

etymology: Latin foetere 'to stink'


morpheme_key: fetch

morpheme: fetch

morpheme_head: fetch

affix_form: -fetch-

meaning_definition: to go and get | to bring back

example_words_list_1: fetch

example_words_corpus: fetched | fetcher | fetches | fetchers | prefetch | farfetch

categorical_group_list: Motion, Acquisition

etymology: Old English fecce 'to fetch, to bring'


morpheme_key: fete

morpheme: fete

morpheme_head: fete

affix_form: -fete-

meaning_definition: celebration | festival | party

example_words_list_1: fete, festival, festive

example_words_corpus: feted | fetes | unfeted

categorical_group_list: Event, Celebration

etymology: From Latin festa (plural of festum) meaning 'feast' or 'festival', derived from festus meaning 'joyful' or 'festive'.


morpheme_key: fetid

morpheme: fetid

morpheme_head: fetid

affix_form: -fetid-

meaning_definition: emit an offensive odor | exude a noxious scent

example_words_list_1: fetid

example_words_list_2: fetid

example_words_corpus: fetids | fetidly | fetidity | fetidness

categorical_group_list: Capability

ancestor_etymon: fetid

etymology: Latin foetidus, from foetere 'to stink'


morpheme_key: fetish

morpheme: fetish

morpheme_head: fetish

affix_form: fetish

meaning_definition: an object believed to have spiritual or magical powers | a charm or amulet | a thing considered to confer supernatural influence

example_words_list_1: fetishy | fetishes | fetishism | fetishist | fetishize | fetishise

ancestor_etymon_language: Portuguese

etymological_family: Romance


morpheme_key: fetlock

morpheme: fetlock

morpheme_head: fetlock

affix_form: -fetlock-

meaning_definition: the joint on the leg of a horse, just above the hoof

example_words_list_1: fetlocks, fetlockless

categorical_group_list: Anatomy, Equine

etymology: From Old English fetloc, from fet 'foot' + loc 'joint, fold'


morpheme_key: feto

morpheme: feto

morpheme_head: feto

affix_form: feto-

meaning_definition: fetus | embryo | offspring

example_words_list_1: fetology | fetoscope | fetotoxic | fetoscopy | fetofetal | fetometry

categorical_group_list: Biology, Life cycle

etymology: Latin fetu- (past participle stem of fero 'to bear, carry') + -o (noun-forming suffix)


morpheme_key: fetter

morpheme: fetter

morpheme_head: fetter

affix_form: -fetter-

meaning_definition: restraint | chain | limitation

example_words_list_1: fetter, unfettered, unfettering

example_words_corpus: fettered | unfetter | enfetter | fetterer | befetter | fettering

categorical_group_list: Restraint, Limitation

etymology: Old English feter/feterre 'shackle, fetter'


morpheme_key: feud

morpheme: feud

morpheme_head: feud

affix_form: -feud-

meaning_definition: conflict | quarrel | hostility

example_words_list_1: feud, feuding, feuder

example_words_corpus: feuds | feuded | feuder | feuding | feudist | feuders

categorical_group_list: Conflict, Social interaction

etymology: Old French 'feide' (hostility, enmity)


morpheme_key: few

morpheme: few

morpheme_head: few

affix_form: -few-

meaning_definition: small | limited | not many

example_words_list_1: few

example_words_corpus: fewer | fewly | fewness | fewfold | fewscore | fewnesses

categorical_group_list: Quantity, Number

etymology: Old English 'feawa' (few, little)


morpheme_key: fey

morpheme: fey

morpheme_head: fey

affix_form: -fey-

meaning_definition: pertaining to | related to | of the fae

example_words_list_1: fey

example_words_corpus: feyly | feydom | feyness

categorical_group_list: Supernatural, Nature

etymology: Middle English fey, from Old French fae


morpheme_key: fi

morpheme: fi

morpheme_head: fi

affix_form: -fi-

meaning_definition: uncertainty | mistrust | insecurity

example_words_list_1: diffidence, diffident

example_words_list_2: diffidence, diffident

categorical_group_list: Trust, Emotion

ancestor_etymon: fi

etymology: Latin diffidere 'to distrust', from dis- 'apart' + fidere 'to trust'


morpheme_key: fiance

morpheme: fiance

morpheme_head: fiance

affix_form: -fiance-

allomorphs: fiancee

meaning_definition: betrothed | engaged

example_words_list_1: fiance, fiancee

example_words_corpus: fiances | fianced

categorical_group_list: Relationship, Commitment

etymology: Old French 'fiance' from 'fiancer' 'to pledge, trust'


morpheme_key: fiat

morpheme: fiat

morpheme_head: fiat

affix_form: -fiat-

meaning_definition: let it be done | by decree | authoritative command

example_words_list_1: fiat

example_words_corpus: fiats

categorical_group_list: Command, Authority, Creation

etymology: Latin 'fiat' third person singular present subjunctive of 'fieri' (to become, to be made)


morpheme_key: fib

morpheme: fib

morpheme_head: fib

affix_form: -fib-

meaning_definition: fiber | fibrous tissue

example_words_list_1: fiberglass, fibrosis, fibroblast, fibrous

example_words_corpus: fibber | fibbed | outfib | fibbing | fibbers | fibster

categorical_group_list: Anatomy, Material, Structure

etymology: Latin 'fibra' meaning 'fiber, thread'


morpheme_key: fiber

morpheme: fiber

morpheme_head: fiber

affix_form: -fiber-

meaning_definition: thread | strand | filament

example_words_list_1: fiber, microfiber, dietary fiber

example_words_corpus: fibers | fibery | fibered | defiber | myofiber | fiberize

categorical_group_list: Material, Structure

etymology: Latin fibra 'thread, sinew, fiber'


morpheme_key: fibro

morpheme: fibro

morpheme_head: fibro

affix_form: fibro-

allomorphs: fibr

parts_of_speech_this_morpheme_can_join_onto: adjective,noun

meaning_definition: thread-like in structure | composed of fibers | state of being fibrous

example_words_list_1: fibroadenoma | fibroblast | fibrocalcific | fibrocartilage | fibrocartilaginous | fibroid | fibroma | fibromyositis | fibrosis | fibrositis | fibrosity | fibrous | fibre-optic | fibreoptic | fibril | fibrillate | fibrillation | fibrillose | fibrin | fibrinase | fibrinogen | fibrinolysis | fibrinopeptide | fibrinous | fibro-vascular

example_words_corpus: fibroma | fibroid | fibromas | fibroids | fibrosis | fibrotic

categorical_group_list: Texture, Biology

ancestor_etymon: fibra  OED

etymology: Latin fibra 'fiber, thread'

source: MorphoQuantics | OED


morpheme_key: fibula

morpheme: fibula

morpheme_head: fibula

affix_form: -fibula-

meaning_definition: grip tightly | secure

example_words_list_1: fibula, infibulation

example_words_list_2: fibula, infibulation

example_words_corpus: fibular | talofibular | tibiofibula | tibiofibular | tibiofibulas | ischiofibular

categorical_group_list: Fastening, Attachment

etymology: Latin fibula 'brooch, clasp', possibly from PIE *bheudh- 'to pierce'


morpheme_key: fic

morpheme: fic

morpheme_head: fic

affix_form: fic-

sense_label: fig

meaning_definition: fig

example_words_list_1: Ficus, fig

example_words_list_2: Ficus, fig

example_words_corpus: fics | badfic | ficlet | hetfic | genfic | kidfic

categorical_group_list: Nature, Botany

etymology: fīcus


morpheme_key: fication

morpheme: fication

morpheme_head: fication

affix_form: -fication

derivational_or_inflectional: derivational | derivational suffix affix bound morpheme

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

example_words_list_1: affair | affect | affectation | amplify | artifact | artifice | benefactor | benefice | benefit | confection | counterfeit | defeat | defect | disaffect | edifice | effect | effectible | effection | effective | effectivity | effector | effectual | effectuality | effectuate | effectuation | efficacious | efficacity | efficacy | efficiency | efficient | enface | enfacement | facade/façade | face | facet | facette | facial | faciend | facient | facile | facilitate | facilitation | facilitative | facilitator | facilitatory | facility | facinorous | facsimile | fact | faction | factional | factionary | factious | factitious | factor | factorable | factorial | factory | factotum | factual | fake | fashion | feasible | feat | feature | feckless | fiat | forfeit | infect | inofficious | interoffice | laissez-faire | malefaction | manufacture | modify | nonofficial | office | official | officiant | officiary | officiate | officious | olfaction | omnificence | omnificent | parfait | perfect | perfecta | perfectibility | perfectible | perfection | perfective | perfector | pluperfect | prefect | prefectural | prefecture | prequalification | proficiency | proficient | profit | profitability | profitable | profiteer | profiterole | prolific | qualification | quasiperfect | rarefy | refactorable | refashion | refect | refection | refectory | reinfect | remanufacture | resurface | reunification | sacrifice | scientific | semelfactive | suboffice | subprefect | suffice | sufficiency | sufficient | superficial | superficiality | surface | surfeit | surficial | transfection | trifacial | trifecta | uniface | unifacial | unifactorial | unification | fiction | faint | feign | specific | benefaction | calefaction | dissatisfaction | liquefaction | patefaction | petrifaction | clarification | classification | codification

example_words_corpus: uglification | citification | mummification | yuppification | dandification | Oprahfication

categorical_group_list: Nominalization, Process, Result

etymology: facere, factus


morpheme_key: fiche

morpheme: fiche

morpheme_head: fiche

affix_form: -fiche-

meaning_definition: card | ticket | slip

example_words_list_1: fiche, fichu, fichage

example_words_corpus: fiches

categorical_group_list: Object, Document, Gaming

etymology: French fiche 'slip, ticket, card', from Old French fiche 'peg, spike'


morpheme_key: fici

morpheme: fici

affix_form: -fici-

allomorphs: fice | fici

meaning_definition: to make | to cause to be | to produce

example_words_list_1: scientific, beneficial, prolific

categorical_group_list: Causative, Action

etymology: From Latin -fic-, variant of facere 'to make, do'


morpheme_key: fict

morpheme: fict-

morpheme_head: fict-

affix_form: fict-

meaning_definition: create | define | perform | construct | forge

example_words_list_1: fiction, fictitious, fictive, fictility

categorical_group_list: Capability

ancestor_etymon: fac | fict

etymology: fingere ~to touch, handle; devise; fabricate, alter, change~


morpheme_key: fid

morpheme: fid

morpheme_head: fid

affix_form: -fid

allomorphs: -fid

sense_label: split

meaning_definition: separate into parts | divided according to the initial element's count | break apart | split forcefully | partition

example_words_list_1: bifid | palmatifid | pedatifid | pinnatifid | quadrifid | trifid

example_words_corpus: fids | multifid | multifidly

related_morphemes: fiss / fiss

categorical_group_list: Division, Separation

ancestor_etymon: -fidus  OED

etymology: Latin -fidus, past participle suffix of findere 'to split, cleave'

source: Cognatarium | Stein


morpheme_key: fiddle

morpheme: fiddle

morpheme_head: fiddle

affix_form: -fiddle-

meaning_definition: to play a stringed instrument | to fidget | to manipulate aimlessly

example_words_list_1: fiddle, fiddler, fiddlesticks

example_words_corpus: fiddler | fiddles | fiddled | fiddlers | fiddleth | fiddlehead

categorical_group_list: Action, Music, Motion

etymology: Middle English 'fidle' (violin)


morpheme_key: fide

morpheme: fide

morpheme_head: fide

affix_form: fide-

allomorphs: fida

sense_label: faith

meaning_definition: faith | trust | belief

example_words_list_1: fidelity, confide, perfidy

example_words_list_2: confidante | confidence | confident | diffident | faith | fealty | fidelity | fiduciary | infidel | perfidious | perfidy

categorical_group_list: Trust, Belief, Loyalty

etymology: fidēs ~faith | trust~ | from fidere ~to trust~


morpheme_key: fidel

morpheme: fidel

morpheme_head: fidel

affix_form: -fidel-

meaning_definition: faith | trust | loyalty

example_words_list_1: fidelity, infidel, confide

categorical_group_list: Loyalty, Trust

etymology: from Latin fides 'faith, trust'


morpheme_key: fidget

morpheme: fidget

morpheme_head: fidget

affix_form: -fidget-

meaning_definition: to make small, irregular movements | to be restless

example_words_list_1: fidget, fidgety, fidgeting

example_words_corpus: fidgetinesses

categorical_group_list: Motion, Physicality

etymology: From Middle Dutch 'fiden' (to fidget, move restlessly), possibly related to Old English 'fēdan' (to feed) via the notion of 'fretting' or wearing away.

ancestor_etymon_language: Middle Dutch


morpheme_key: fief

morpheme: fief

morpheme_head: fief

affix_form: -fief-

meaning_definition: land | estate | territory held under feudalism

example_words_list_1: fief, fiefdom

example_words_corpus: fiefs | fiefdom | fiefdoms

categorical_group_list: Land, Feudalism, Possession

etymology: Old French fief 'vassal's estate'


morpheme_key: field

morpheme: field

morpheme_head: field

affix_form: -field-

meaning_definition: direction

example_words_list_1: broken-field, downfield, upfield

example_words_list_2: broken-field, downfield, upfield

example_words_corpus: fields | afield | fieldy | fielder | infield | fielded

categorical_group_list: Space, Location

etymology: Old English feld 'open area, ground'

ancestor_etymon_language: Old English


morpheme_key: fiend

morpheme: fiend

morpheme_head: fiend

affix_form: -fiend-

meaning_definition: evil spirit | demon | fiend

example_words_list_1: fiendish, fiendlike, fiendishness

example_words_corpus: fiends | fiendy | fiendly | fiendom | fiendish | fiendful

categorical_group_list: Malice, Supernatural, Entity

etymology: Old English fēond 'enemy, Satan', from Proto-Germanic *fijand- 'hating', from *fij- 'to hate'


morpheme_key: fier

morpheme: fier

morpheme_head: fier

affix_form: -fier

allomorphs: ifier

meaning_definition: agent, one who, that which

example_words_list_1: identifier, satisfier

example_words_list_2: identifier, satisfier

example_words_corpus: fiers

categorical_group_list: Agentive, Verbal derivative

etymology: Latin -fītor, agent noun suffix derived from the past participle stem of verbs ending in -fī (from -fī, perf. of -fiō 'to become, to be made'), ultimately from PIE *bʰuH- 'to become, be'


morpheme_key: fierce

morpheme: fierce

morpheme_head: fierce

affix_form: fierce

meaning_definition: Intimidating in appearance or behavior | Displaying aggression or hostility | Terrifying in look or demeanor

example_words_list_1: fiercen | fiercely | fiercens | unfierce | effierced | enfierced

etymology: Derived from Latin 'ferox', meaning 'fierce' or 'wild'.


morpheme_key: fife

morpheme: fife

morpheme_head: fife

affix_form: -fife-

meaning_definition: five

example_words_list_1: fifteen, fifty, fifth, fifteenth, fifteenths

example_words_corpus: fifer | Fifer | fifes | fifed | fifers

categorical_group_list: Number, Cardinal, Core concept

etymology: Old English fif, from Proto-Germanic *fimf, from Proto-Indo-European *pempe


morpheme_key: fig

morpheme: fig

morpheme_head: fig

affix_form: fig-

meaning_definition: structure | contour | mold

example_words_list_1: figure, fiction, figment, figural, figuration

example_words_corpus: figs | figgy | figged | figleaf | figwort | figless

categorical_group_list: Anomalous form

etymology: Latin figere 'to fasten, fix, make'


morpheme_key: fight

morpheme: fight

morpheme_head: fight

affix_form: fight

meaning_definition: to engage in combat | to oppose physically | to contest with someone

example_words_list_1: fights | fighty | fighter | refight | fighted | befight


morpheme_key: figure

morpheme: figure

morpheme_head: figure

affix_form: -figure-

allomorphs: figur

meaning_definition: shape | form | appearance | number

example_words_list_1: figurative, configuration, figurehead, figural

example_words_corpus: figured | figures | figurer | figurers | refigure | defigure

categorical_group_list: Form, Shape, Quantity

etymology: Latin figura 'shape, form, figure', from fingere 'to form, fashion'


morpheme: fil

morpheme_head: fil

affix_form: -fil-

allomorphs: fila | fili

sense_label: thread

meaning_definition: thread | line

example_words_list_1: defile | filament | file | filigree | fillet | profile | filter | filet | filibuster

example_words_corpus: fils

categorical_group_list: Line, Connection, Continuity

etymology: fīlum


morpheme_key: filament

morpheme: filament

morpheme_head: filament

affix_form: -filament-

meaning_definition: thin thread | fine fiber | slender strand

example_words_list_1: filamentous, filament

example_words_corpus: filaments | filamented | cofilament | filamental | filamentous | filamentary

categorical_group_list: Physicality, Structure, Dimension

etymology: Latin filum 'thread'


morpheme_key: filch

morpheme: filch

morpheme_head: filch

affix_form: -filch-

meaning_definition: to steal | to pilfer

example_words_list_1: ['filch']

example_words_corpus: filched | filcher | filching | filchers | filchings | filchingly

categorical_group_list: Theft, Action

etymology: Origin unknown, possibly from dialectal 'filch' meaning to steal, or related to 'filcher'

etymological_family: French


morpheme_key: file

morpheme: file

morpheme_head: file

affix_form: -file-

meaning_definition: file | folder | document

example_words_list_1: file, folder, refill, outfile, fileless

example_words_corpus: filed | files | filer | defile | filers | refile

categorical_group_list: Object, Information storage

etymology: Latin 'filum' meaning 'thread', later extended to mean a written record or document.


morpheme_key: filet

morpheme: filet

morpheme_head: filet

affix_form: -filet-

meaning_definition: a thin slice | strip of meat or fish

example_words_list_1: filet, filet mignon

categorical_group_list: Food, Anatomy

etymology: French 'filet', diminutive of 'fil' 'thread'


morpheme_key: fili

morpheme: fili

morpheme_head: fili

affix_form: fili-

sense_label: son

meaning_definition: male offspring | offspring

example_words_list_1: affiliation | affiliate | filial | filicide | filioque | filial (adj) (of son or daughter) | filial piety (respect of son or daughter)

categorical_group_list: Kinship, Family

etymology: Latin filius "son"


morpheme_key: filial

morpheme: filial

morpheme_head: filial

affix_form: -filial-

meaning_definition: son | daughter | child

example_words_list_1: filial, filiation

example_words_corpus: filially | unfilial | nonfilial | filialness | unfilially | unfilialness

categorical_group_list: Kinship, Relation

etymology: Latin filius 'son' or filia 'daughter'


morpheme_key: filibuster

morpheme: filibuster

morpheme_head: filibuster

affix_form: -filibuster-

meaning_definition: prolonged speech | obstruction | delay

example_words_list_1: filibuster, filibustering

example_words_corpus: filibusters | filibustered | filibusterer | filibustering | filibusterers | filibusterism

categorical_group_list: Action, Obstruction

etymology: Spanish filibustero "pirate, freebooter"

ancestor_etymon_language: Spanish


morpheme_key: filipine

morpheme: filipine

morpheme_head: filipine

affix_form: -filipine-

meaning_definition: Philippines | Filipino

example_words_list_1: Filipino, Filipina, Filipino-American

categorical_group_list: Geography, Demonym, Proper Noun

etymology: From Spanish 'Filipinas', named after King Philip II of Spain.


morpheme_key: fill

morpheme: fill

morpheme_head: fill

affix_form: -fill-

meaning_definition: to make full | to occupy | to saturate

example_words_list_1: fill, filling, refill, unfilled

example_words_corpus: upfill | filler | filled | refill | unfill | infill

categorical_group_list: Completeness, Quantity, Action

etymology: Old English fyllan 'to fill, to occupy'


morpheme_key: fillet

morpheme: fillet

morpheme_head: fillet

affix_form: -fillet-

meaning_definition: a thin slice of meat or fish | to remove bones from

example_words_list_1: filleted

example_words_corpus: fillets | filleted | filleter | filleting | filleters | unfilleted

categorical_group_list: Food, Action

etymology: Old French 'filet', diminutive of 'fil' 'thread'


morpheme_key: film

morpheme: film

morpheme_head: film

affix_form: -film-

meaning_definition: thin layer | membrane | coating

example_words_list_1: filiform, microfilm, filmography

example_words_corpus: films | filmy | filmic | filmed | filmer | infilm

categorical_group_list: Material, Physical property

etymology: Latin 'film' meaning 'thin skin, membrane'

ancestor_etymon_language: Latin


morpheme_key: filter

morpheme: filter

morpheme_head: filter

affix_form: -filter-

meaning_definition: to strain | to separate | to sift

example_words_list_1: filter, filtration, filtering, unfiltered

example_words_corpus: filters | filtered | filterer | refilter | filtering | filterers

categorical_group_list: Separation, Process

etymology: Latin filtrum 'felt' (used for straining cheese)


morpheme_key: filth

morpheme: filth

morpheme_head: filth

affix_form: -filth-

meaning_definition: dirt | impurity | uncleanness

example_words_list_1: filth, filthy

categorical_group_list: Impurity, Physical state

etymology: Old English fylth, from fylthan 'to defile'


morpheme_key: filtr

morpheme: filtr

morpheme_head: filtr

affix_form: -filtr-

meaning_definition: separate substances by passing through a medium | remove impurities from a liquid or gas | allow certain elements to pass while blocking others | purify or refine a substance | selectively admit or exclude components

example_words_list_1: filter, filtrate, filtration, infiltrate

etymology: Latin filtrum 'felt' (used in fulling cloth)


morpheme_key: fin

morpheme: fin

morpheme_head: fin

affix_form: fin-

sense_label: end

meaning_definition: termination | restriction | edge | cease

example_words_list_1: affinity | confine | define | final | finale | finance | fine | finish | finite | infinite | refine | indefinite | finesse | definitive | ad infinitum | affine | definite | definition | fine (all senses) | fin de siècle | finery | finial | infinitesimal | infinitive | infinity | paraffin | confinement

example_words_corpus: finny | bowfin | finned | finlet | finner | bigfin

categorical_group_list: Capability

ancestor_etymon: fin

etymology: Latin finis "end, boundary, limit"


morpheme_key: final

morpheme: final

morpheme_head: final

affix_form: -final-

allomorphs: finale

meaning_definition: end | limit | boundary | concluding

example_words_list_1: final, finalize, finality, finalize

example_words_corpus: finals | finally | cofinal | unfinal | finalize | finalist

categorical_group_list: Termination, Boundary, Limit

etymology: Latin 'finalis' meaning 'of the end', derived from 'finis' (end, boundary)


morpheme_key: finance

morpheme: finance

morpheme_head: finance

affix_form: -finance-

meaning_definition: money | management of funds | monetary affairs

example_words_list_1: finance, financing, financier, refinance

example_words_corpus: finances | financer | financed | refinance | financers | cofinance

categorical_group_list: Economy, Commerce

etymology: Old French 'finance' (payment, end, settlement)


morpheme_key: finch

morpheme: finch

morpheme_head: finch

affix_form: -finch-

meaning_definition: finch

example_words_list_1: finch

example_words_corpus: finches | hawfinch | redfinch | cowfinch | chaffinch | goldfinch

categorical_group_list: Fauna, Biology

etymology: Middle English finch, from Old English fince

ancestor_etymon_language: Middle English


morpheme_key: find

morpheme: find

morpheme_head: find

affix_form: find-

sense_label: cleave, split

meaning_definition: cleave, split

example_words_list_1: fission, fissure

example_words_list_2: fission, fissure

example_words_corpus: finds | finder | refind | befind | finded | finding

categorical_group_list: Separation, Division

etymology: findere, fissus


morpheme_key: fine

morpheme: fine

morpheme_head: fine

affix_form: -fine-

meaning_definition: end | limit | boundary

example_words_list_1: define, refine, infinite, confine

example_words_corpus: fined | fines | refine | finely | unfine | refined

categorical_group_list: Limitation, Completion


morpheme_key: finesse

morpheme: finesse

morpheme_head: finesse

affix_form: -finesse-

meaning_definition: skillfulness | subtlety | delicacy | finesse

example_words_list_1: finesse, fineness, refine, finish, final

example_words_corpus: finessed | finesses | finesser | finessers | outfinesse | outfinessed

categorical_group_list: Skill, Dexterity, Quality

etymology: Old French 'finesse' from 'fin' 'fine, delicate'


morpheme_key: fing

morpheme: fing

morpheme_head: fing

affix_form: fing-

meaning_definition: form, shape

example_words_list_1: figure, fiction, finger, finite, finery

categorical_group_list: Creation, Shape, Transformation

etymology: fingere ~to touch, handle; devise; fabricate, alter, change~


morpheme_key: finger

morpheme: finger

morpheme_head: finger

affix_form: -finger-

meaning_definition: digit | extremity of the hand | manual appendage

example_words_list_1: fingerprint, fingerless, fingering

example_words_corpus: fingery | fingered | fingerer | befinger | fingertip | fingering

categorical_group_list: Anatomy, Body part

etymology: From Proto-Germanic *fingraz, from Proto-Indo-European *pn̥ǵḱs (foot, toe)

ancestor_etymon_language: Proto-Germanic


morpheme_key: finial

morpheme: finial

morpheme_head: finial

affix_form: -finial-

meaning_definition: end | conclusion | extremity

example_words_list_1: final, finish, finalize

example_words_corpus: finials | finialed | finialled

categorical_group_list: Termination, Boundary

etymology: Latin finis 'end, boundary, limit'


morpheme_key: finicky

morpheme: finicky

morpheme_head: finicky

affix_form: -finicky-

meaning_definition: fastidious | difficult to please | fussy

example_words_list_1: finickiness, finically

categorical_group_list: Personality, Mannerism

etymology: From Middle Dutch 'finic' or 'finen' meaning 'to finish, complete', related to the concept of being particular about details or finishing touches.


morpheme_key: finis

morpheme: finis

morpheme_head: finis

affix_form: -finis-

meaning_definition: end | limit | boundary | finish

example_words_list_1: infinite, definitive, final, finalize, infinite

categorical_group_list: Termination, Limitation, Boundary


morpheme_key: finish

morpheme: finish

morpheme_head: finish

affix_form: -finish-

meaning_definition: complete | conclude | end

example_words_list_1: finish, finished, finishing

example_words_corpus: finisht | finished | finishes | refinish | finisher | unfinish

categorical_group_list: Completion, Termination

etymology: Old French 'finir' 'to end, finish', from Latin 'finire' 'to finish, limit'


morpheme_key: fink

morpheme: fink

morpheme_head: fink

affix_form: -fink-

meaning_definition: to think | to consider | to imagine

example_words_list_1: fink, fink on, fink out

example_words_corpus: finks | ratfink | ratfinks

categorical_group_list: Cognition, Mental Process

etymology: From Old English 'finnian' meaning 'to think, consider, imagine', related to 'fencan' (to fight/struggle in thought).


morpheme_key: finland

morpheme: finland

morpheme_head: finland

affix_form: -finland-

meaning_definition: Finland

example_words_list_1: Finland

categorical_group_list: Proper Noun, Location

etymology: Proper noun derived from the endonym 'Suomi' or the Swedish 'Finland', referring to the country in Northern Europe.

ancestor_etymon_language: Finnish


morpheme_key: fir

morpheme: fir

morpheme_head: fire

affix_form: -fir-

allomorphs: fir

meaning_definition: fire

example_words_list_1: fire, fireplace, firefighter, wildfire, firefly

example_words_corpus: firs | firry | firless | firlike | firmoss | firwood

categorical_group_list: Element, Natural Phenomenon, Core concept

etymology: Old English 'fȳr', from Proto-Germanic '*fūraz', from Proto-Indo-European '*péh₂wr̥'


morpheme_key: firm

morpheme: firm

morpheme_head: firm

affix_form: firm-

allomorphs: firma

sense_label: firm

meaning_definition: solid | robust | solidify | reinforce

example_words_list_1: affirm | confirm | confirmation | firm | firmament | infirm | infirmary | affirmative | terra firma Variant Spellings: farm | farm

example_words_corpus: firms | firmly | firmer | firmed | unfirm | firming

categorical_group_list: Capability | Anomalous form

ancestor_etymon: firm

etymology: Latin firmus 'strong, sturdy, solid'


sense_label: pause; a note to be held or sustained

meaning_definition: pause; a note to be held or sustained

example_words_list_1: fermata

example_words_list_2: fermata

categorical_group_list: Stability, Duration

etymology: Latin firmus 'steady, strong'


morpheme_key: firmament

morpheme: firmament

morpheme_head: firmament

affix_form: -firmament-

meaning_definition: the heavens | sky | expanse

example_words_list_1: firmament, firm, firmness, confirm, confirmatory

example_words_corpus: firmaments | firmamental | unfirmamented

categorical_group_list: Nature, Space, Cosmos

etymology: Latin firmamentum 'a support, firmness', from firmus 'firm, strong'


morpheme_key: first

morpheme: first

morpheme_head: first

affix_form: -first-

sense_label: beginning

meaning_definition: beginning | initial | primary

example_words_list_1: firstborn, firsthand, firstmate

example_words_corpus: firsts | firstly | firstie | firster | webfirst | firstborn

categorical_group_list: Order, Time, Primacy

etymology: Old English fyrst 'first, foremost', from Proto-Germanic *furistaz (superlative of *fura 'before'), from Proto-Indo-European *pró 'forward, before'


morpheme_key: fisc

morpheme: fisc

morpheme_head: fisc

affix_form: -fisc-

meaning_definition: government funds | state treasury

example_words_list_1: fiscal, fiscally, exchequer

categorical_group_list: Finance, Government

etymology: Latin fiscus 'basket, purse, public treasury'


morpheme_key: fiscal

morpheme: fiscal

morpheme_head: fiscal

affix_form: -fiscal-

meaning_definition: fiscus | treasury | state revenue

example_words_list_1: fiscalism, fiscality

example_words_corpus: fiscals | fiscally | nonfiscal | fiscalism | fiscalist | parafiscal

categorical_group_list: Finance, Economics

etymology: Latin fiscus 'basket, treasury'


morpheme_key: fish

morpheme: fish

morpheme_head: fish

affix_form: -fish-

meaning_definition: aquatic vertebrate | aquatic animal

example_words_list_1: fishmonger, fishbowl, fisherman

example_words_corpus: fishy | fisho | fishes | fisher | fished | fishie

categorical_group_list: Animals, Nature

etymology: Proto-Germanic *fiskaz, from Proto-Indo-European *peiskos, from *peisk- 'to cut, slice'


morpheme_key: fisk

morpheme: fisk

morpheme_head: fisk

affix_form: -fisk-

meaning_definition: fish

example_words_list_1: fishing, fisherman, fishery

example_words_corpus: fisks | Fiskian

etymology: Old Norse fiskr 'fish'

ancestor_etymon_language: Old Norse


morpheme_key: fiss

morpheme: fiss-

morpheme_head: fiss

affix_form: fiss-

allomorphs: fiss- | fissi

meaning_definition: separate | divide | split apart | divide | divide | rupture

example_words_list_1: fission | fissure | fissile | fissiparous | fissiped | fissirostral

related_morphemes: fid2 / fid

categorical_group_list: Division, Separation

ancestor_etymon: fiss

etymology: Latin findere 'to split'


morpheme_key: fissile

morpheme: fissile

morpheme_head: fissile

affix_form: -fissile-

meaning_definition: split | cleave | divide

example_words_list_1: fission, fissure, fissiparous

example_words_corpus: nonfissile

categorical_group_list: Division, Physical property

etymology: Latin fissilis 'splitting', from findere 'to split'


morpheme_key: fission

morpheme: fission

morpheme_head: fission

affix_form: -fission-

meaning_definition: splitting | dividing | separation

example_words_list_1: fission, fissionable, nuclear fission

example_words_corpus: fissions | fissional | nonfission | fissionist | fissionable | hemifission

categorical_group_list: Division, Separation, Process

etymology: Latin findere 'to split, cleave'


morpheme_key: fissure

morpheme: fissure

morpheme_head: fissure

affix_form: -fissure-

meaning_definition: to split | to break | to crack

example_words_list_1: fissure, fissured, fissural

example_words_corpus: fissured | unfissured | fissurelike | fissureless | nonfissured | microfissure

categorical_group_list: Division, Physical state

etymology: Latin findere 'to split, to cleave'


morpheme_key: fist

morpheme: fist

morpheme_head: fist

affix_form: -fist-

meaning_definition: closed hand | clenched hand

example_words_list_1: fist, fistful

example_words_corpus: fists | fisty | unfist | fistic | fister | fistee

categorical_group_list: Body part, Physical action

etymology: Proto-Germanic *fistuz, from Proto-Indo-European *peys- 'to press, crush'


morpheme_key: fistul

morpheme: fistul

morpheme_head: fistul

affix_form: fistul-

sense_label: hollow

meaning_definition: hollow | channel | duct | sore

example_words_list_1: fistula | fistulous

example_words_list_2: fistula | fistulous

categorical_group_list: Shape, Anatomy, Medical

etymology: Latin fistula 'pipe, tube'


morpheme_key: fit

morpheme: fit

morpheme_head: fit

affix_form: fit-

sense_label: do

meaning_definition: perform | create | construct | mold | confront | arrange | manifest | noun indicating an action or condition | execute | produce

example_words_list_1: affair | affect | affectation | amplify | artifact | artifice | benefactor | benefice | benefit | confection | counterfeit | defeat | defect | disaffect | edifice | effect | effectible | effection | effective | effectivity | effector | effectual | effectuality | effectuate | effectuation | efficacious | efficacity | efficacy | efficiency | efficient | enface | enfacement | facade/façade | face | facet | facette | facial | faciend | facient | facile | facilitate | facilitation | facilitative | facilitator | facilitatory | facility | facinorous | facsimile | fact | faction | factional | factionary | factious | factitious | factor | factorable | factorial | factory | factotum | factual | fake | fashion | feasible | feat | feature | feckless | fiat | forfeit | infect | inofficious | interoffice | laissez-faire | malefaction | manufacture | modify | nonofficial | office | official | officiant | officiary | officiate | officious | olfaction | omnificence | omnificent | parfait | perfect | perfecta | perfectibility | perfectible | perfection | perfective | perfector | pluperfect | prefect | prefectural | prefecture | prequalification | proficiency | proficient | profit | profitability | profitable | profiteer | profiterole | prolific | qualification | quasiperfect | rarefy | refactorable | refashion | refect | refection | refectory | reinfect | remanufacture | resurface | reunification | sacrifice | scientific | semelfactive | suboffice | subprefect | suffice | sufficiency | sufficient | superficial | superficiality | surface | surfeit | surficial | transfection | trifacial | trifecta | uniface | unifacial | unifactorial | unification | fiction | faint | feign | specific | benefaction | calefaction | dissatisfaction | liquefaction | patefaction | petrifaction | clarification | classification | codification | comfit | discomfiture

example_words_corpus: fits | befit | unfit | fitly | refit | fitted

categorical_group_list: Action, Creation, Formation

etymology: Latin facere 'to do, make'


morpheme_key: five

morpheme: five

morpheme_head: five

affix_form: -five-

meaning_definition: the number 5 | fivefold

example_words_list_1: five, fifth, fifty

example_words_corpus: fives | fived | Fiver | fiveth | fiveish | fiveway

categorical_group_list: Number, Quantity

etymology: PIE *pénkʷe

ancestor_etymon_language: Proto-Indo-European


morpheme_key: fix

morpheme: fix

morpheme_head: fix

affix_form: fix-

sense_label: attach

meaning_definition: secure | secured | to secure

example_words_list_1: affix | fix | fixation | fixture | prefix | suffix | transfix | antefix | crucifix | fixative | fixings | idée fixe | infix | prix fixe | transfix Variant Spellings: crucify | crucify

example_words_corpus: fixt | affix | fixed | fixer | fixes | unfix

ancestor_etymon: fix

etymology: Latin fixus, past participle of figere 'to fasten, fix'


morpheme_key: fizzle

morpheme: fizzle

morpheme_head: fizzle

affix_form: -fizzle-

meaning_definition: to fail | to sputter | to dissipate

example_words_list_1: fizzle, fizzled, fizzling

example_words_corpus: fizzled | fizzles | fizzler | fizzlers

categorical_group_list: Failure, Dissipation, Sound

etymology: Onomatopoeic origin


morpheme_key: fjord

morpheme: fjord

morpheme_head: fjord

affix_form: -fjord-

meaning_definition: long narrow inlet | sea arm

example_words_list_1: fjord

example_words_corpus: fjords | fjordic | fjordlike

categorical_group_list: Geography, Nature

etymology: Old Norse fjörðr 'inlet, fjord'


morpheme_key: fl

morpheme: fl

morpheme_head: fl

affix_form: fl-

meaning_definition: to blow | to breathe

example_words_list_1: inflate, deflate, effluent, efflux

example_words_list_2: afflatus | conflate | deflate | flatulence | flatus | flavor | flute | inflate | insufflation | soufflé | sufflate

categorical_group_list: Motion, Air

etymology: flāre | flātus


morpheme_key: fla

morpheme: fla-

morpheme_head: fla-

affix_form: fla-

meaning_definition: to expel air forcefully | to inhale and exhale

example_words_list_1: deflate, inflate, effluent, effluence


morpheme_key: flacc

morpheme: flacc

morpheme_head: flacc

affix_form: flacc-

meaning_definition: flabby

example_words_list_1: flaccid

example_words_list_2: flaccid

categorical_group_list: Physical state, Texture

etymology: flaccus | flaccere


morpheme_key: flaccid

morpheme: flaccid

morpheme_head: flaccid

affix_form: -flaccid-

meaning_definition: soft | limp | lacking firmness

example_words_corpus: flaccidly | flaccidity | nonflaccid | subflaccid | flaccidness | flaccidities

categorical_group_list: Texture, Physical state

etymology: Latin flaccidus 'limp, flabby', from flaccus 'limp, flabby'


morpheme_key: flag

morpheme: flag

morpheme_head: flag

affix_form: -flag-

meaning_definition: signal | banner | mark

example_words_list_1: flag, flagging, flagstone

example_words_corpus: reflag | unflag | flaggy | flagger | flagged | flagman

categorical_group_list: Sign, Object

etymology: Old English flagge 'banner, standard'

ancestor_etymon_language: Germanic


morpheme_key: flagell

morpheme: flagell

morpheme_head: flagell

affix_form: flagell-

meaning_definition: lash | lash-like

example_words_list_1: flagellant | flagellate | flagellated | flagellated_cell | flagellation | flagellum | flagelliform | phytoflagellate | zooflagellate Variant Spellings: flail | flog | flail

categorical_group_list: Anomalous form

etymology: From Latin flagellum, diminutive of flagrum meaning 'whip'

ancestor_etymon_language: L. flagrum


morpheme_key: flagellate

morpheme: flagellate

morpheme_head: flagellate

affix_form: -flagellate-

meaning_definition: to whip | to lash | to scourge

example_words_list_1: flagellation, flagellant

categorical_group_list: Action, Physical punishment

etymology: Latin flagellatus, past participle of flagellare 'to whip', from flagellum 'whip'


morpheme_key: flageolet

morpheme: flageolet

morpheme_head: flageolet

affix_form: -flageolet-

meaning_definition: small flute | woodwind instrument

example_words_list_1: flageolet

example_words_corpus: flageoletist | flageoletists

categorical_group_list: Music, Instrument

etymology: French 'flageolet', diminutive of 'flageolet' (small flute)

ancestor_etymon_language: French


morpheme_key: flagr

morpheme: flagr

morpheme_head: flagr

affix_form: flagr-

meaning_definition: scorching | searing | ablaze

example_words_list_1: conflagration | flagrant | deflagration | in flagrante delicto | flammable

related_morphemes: phlog / phlog

categorical_group_list: Elemental

ancestor_etymon: flam

etymology: Latin flagrare "to burn"


morpheme_key: flagrant

morpheme: flagrant

morpheme_head: flagrant

affix_form: -flagrant-

meaning_definition: flagrant | glaring | conspicuous

example_words_list_1: flagrant

example_words_corpus: flagrantly | unflagrant

categorical_group_list: Visibility, Intensity

etymology: Latin flagrans (present participle of flagrare) 'to burn, blaze'


morpheme_key: flail

morpheme: flail

morpheme_head: flail

affix_form: -flail-

meaning_definition: to swing wildly | to lash | to brandish

example_words_list_1: flail

example_words_corpus: flails | flaily | flailed | flailing | flailings | flailsome

categorical_group_list: Motion, Violence

etymology: Middle English flaylen, related to flail (the tool)


morpheme_key: flair

morpheme: flair

morpheme_head: flair

affix_form: -flair-

meaning_definition: scent | sense | knack | talent

example_words_list_1: flair

example_words_corpus: flairs | flairless

categorical_group_list: Ability, Style, Sensory

etymology: Middle French 'flair' (scent, sense, or knack)


morpheme_key: flak

morpheme: flak

morpheme_head: flak

affix_form: -flak-

meaning_definition: a barrage of explosive projectiles | anti-aircraft fire

example_words_list_1: flak jacket, flak cannon, anti-flak

example_words_corpus: flaks

categorical_group_list: Military, Warfare, Explosives

etymology: German 'Flak' (short for Fliegerabwehrkanone, meaning 'aircraft defense cannon')

ancestor_etymon_language: German


morpheme_key: flamboyance

morpheme: flamboyance

morpheme_head: flamboyance

affix_form: -flamboyance-

meaning_definition: showy | ostentatious | extravagant

example_words_list_1: flamboyant, flamboyantly

categorical_group_list: Appearance, Mannerism

etymology: French 'flamboyance' from 'flamboyer' (to flame)


morpheme_key: flamboyant

morpheme: flamboyant

morpheme_head: flamboyant

affix_form: -flamboyant-

meaning_definition: showy | ostentatious | flamboyant

example_words_list_1: ['flamboyant']

etymology: French flamboyant 'flaming'


morpheme_key: flame

morpheme: flame

morpheme_head: flame

affix_form: -flame-

allomorphs: flam

meaning_definition: fire | burning | blaze

example_words_list_1: flame, flameless, enflame

example_words_corpus: aflame | flamer | flamed | inflame | flamers | reflame

categorical_group_list: Elemental, Nature, Energy

etymology: Old English 'flæme' (flame, blaze)


morpheme_key: flange

morpheme: flange

morpheme_head: flange

affix_form: flange

meaning_definition: The electronic sound distortion produced by a flanger | A type of audio effect created by modulating the phase of an audio signal

example_words_list_1: flanges | flanged | flanger | flangers | flangeway | flangeways

etymology: from French flange, from Latin flangere meaning to beat


morpheme_key: flank

morpheme: flank

morpheme_head: flank

affix_form: -flank-

meaning_definition: side | edge | border

example_words_list_1: flank, flanking, flanker

example_words_corpus: flanks | flanked | flanker | outflank | flankers | outflanks

categorical_group_list: Anatomy, Position, Spatial

etymology: Old French flanc 'side, flank'

ancestor_etymon_language: Old French


morpheme_key: flannel

morpheme: flannel

morpheme_head: flannel

affix_form: -flannel-

meaning_definition: soft woven fabric | cloth

example_words_list_1: flannel shirt, flannel cloth

example_words_corpus: flannels | flannelly | flanneled | flannelled | flannelette | flannellike

categorical_group_list: Material, Textile

etymology: Middle English via Welsh flannel (flanell)

ancestor_etymon_language: Welsh


morpheme_key: flap

morpheme: flap

morpheme_head: flap

affix_form: -flap-

meaning_definition: to beat | to strike | to move with a fluttering motion

example_words_list_1: flap, flapping, flapped

example_words_corpus: flaps | flappy | flapper | earflap | flapped | mudflap

categorical_group_list: Motion, Action

etymology: imitative of the sound of a striking motion


morpheme_key: flare

morpheme: flare

morpheme_head: flare

affix_form: -flare-

allomorphs: flar

meaning_definition: to set on fire | to burn | to cause to glow

example_words_list_1: flare, flared, flaring

example_words_corpus: aflare | flares | flarer | flareth | flarest | unflare

categorical_group_list: Light, Fire, Expansion

etymology: Latin flamma 'flame' (from fluere 'to flow')


morpheme_key: flash

morpheme: flash

morpheme_head: flash

affix_form: -flash-

meaning_definition: a sudden burst of light | a sudden occurrence | to move with great speed

example_words_list_1: flashlight, flashback, flashbulb

example_words_corpus: flashy | aflash | flasher | flashed | flashes | reflash

categorical_group_list: Light, Speed, Suddenness

etymology: imitative of a sudden burst or sound


morpheme_key: flask

morpheme: flask

morpheme_head: flask

affix_form: -flask-

meaning_definition: container | vessel | bottle

example_words_list_1: flask

example_words_corpus: flasks | flaskful | flasklet | flasklike | flaskless | flaskfuls

categorical_group_list: Object, Container

etymology: Middle Dutch 'flas' or 'flasce'


morpheme_key: flat

morpheme: flat

morpheme_head: flat

affix_form: -flat-

allomorphs: flate | flatus

meaning_definition: emit air forcefully | expand by adding air | take in and expel air

example_words_list_1: afflatus | conflation | deflate | flatulent | flatus | inflate | insufflate Variant Spellings: soufflé | inflation | soufflé

example_words_corpus: flats | aflat | flatly | flatty | flatbed | flatter

categorical_group_list: Capability | Anomalous form

ancestor_etymon: flar

etymology: Latin flat- 'blown', past participle stem of flare 'to blow'


morpheme_key: flation

morpheme: flation

morpheme_head: flation

affix_form: -flation

meaning_definition: economic state, specified state

example_words_list_1: inflation, deflation, disinflation, insufflation, reflation, stagflation, globflation

categorical_group_list: Process, State, Magnitude

etymology: From Latin -flātiō, from flāre 'to blow'


morpheme_key: flatter

morpheme: flatter

morpheme_head: flatter

affix_form: -flatter-

meaning_definition: to praise excessively | to deceive through praise

example_words_list_1: flatter, flattering, flattered, flatterer

example_words_corpus: flattery | flattered | unflatter | unflattered | outflatters | unflattering

categorical_group_list: Action, Communication, Deception

etymology: Middle English 'flateren', possibly from Old French 'flatter'


morpheme_key: flatulence

morpheme: flatulence

morpheme_head: flatulence

affix_form: flatulence

meaning_definition: The state of having trapped gas in the digestive system | the act of passing gas | a smelly emission from the digestive tract

example_words_list_1: flatulences | antiflatulence

example_words_corpus: flatulences | antiflatulence

etymology: Derived from Latin 'flatulentia', meaning the act of blowing or puffing.


morpheme_key: flatulent

morpheme: flatulent

morpheme_head: flatulent

affix_form: -flatulent-

meaning_definition: tending to produce gas | wind-producing

example_words_list_1: flatulence, flatulency

categorical_group_list: Bodily functions, Physical state

etymology: Latin flatulentus, from flatu- 'blowing' (past participle stem of flare 'to blow') + -ulentus 'full of'


morpheme_key: flaunt

morpheme: flaunt

morpheme_head: flaunt

affix_form: -flaunt-

meaning_definition: to display ostentatiously | to show off

example_words_list_1: flaunting, flaunter, flauntily

example_words_corpus: flaunts | aflaunt | flaunted | flaunter | flaunting | flaunters

categorical_group_list: Display, Behavior

etymology: From Old French 'flaunter' meaning to boast or brag, of unknown origin.


morpheme_key: flav

morpheme: flav

morpheme_head: flav

affix_form: flav-

allomorphs: flavo

meaning_definition: golden hue

example_words_list_1: flavonoid | acriflavine | flavescent | flavin | flavone | flavoprotein | riboflavin unrelated: flavor

categorical_group_list: Colors

etymology: flāvus

source: Wikipedia | Cognatarium


morpheme_key: flavor

morpheme: flavor

morpheme_head: flavor

affix_form: -flavor-

meaning_definition: taste | savor | quality of food

example_words_list_1: flavor, flavorful, flavoring

categorical_group_list: Sensory, Taste

etymology: Old French 'flaour' (scent, fragrance, taste)


morpheme_key: flaw

morpheme: flaw

morpheme_head: flaw

affix_form: -flaw-

meaning_definition: defect | imperfection | blemish

example_words_list_1: flawless, flawlessness

example_words_corpus: flaws | flawy | flawed | flawing | flawless | unflawed

categorical_group_list: Imperfection, Defect

etymology: Old French flaw (a fragment, a piece of broken pottery)


morpheme_key: flax

morpheme: flax

morpheme_head: flax

affix_form: -flax-

meaning_definition: flax | linen fiber

example_words_list_1: flaxen

example_words_corpus: flaxy | flaxen | flaxes | toadflax | flaxseed | flaxlike

categorical_group_list: Nature, Material

etymology: From Proto-Germanic *flahsam, from PIE *pleh₁- 'to weave, plait'


morpheme_key: flay

morpheme: flay

morpheme_head: flay

affix_form: -flay-

meaning_definition: to strip skin | to skin | to skin off

example_words_list_1: flay, flayer, flaying

example_words_corpus: flays | flayed | flayer | beflay | flaying | flayers

categorical_group_list: Action, Violence, Physical removal

etymology: Old English flæsc (flesh) or flægan (to fly/strip)