morpheme_key: myth

morpheme: myth

morpheme_head: myth

affix_form: myth-

allomorphs: mytho

sense_label: myth

meaning_definition: traditional tale | narrative | oral account | folk tale

example_words_list_1: mythic | mythology | mythomania | mythopoeia | mythos | myth | mythical | mythmaker | mythographer | stichomythia

example_words_corpus: myths | mythy | mythic | demyth | nonmyth | geomyth

categorical_group_list: Narrative, Legend, Lore

etymology: Greek mythos "story, speech, narrative"

source: Cognatarium | Wikidata


morpheme_key: mythico

morpheme: mythico

morpheme_head: mythico

affix_form: mythico-

affix_type: root

bound_free_or_root: bound

parts_of_speech_this_morpheme_can_join_onto: adjective

meaning_definition: pertaining to myths or legendary tales | relating to the realm of folklore

example_words_list_1: mythico-historical, mythico-romantic

example_words_list_2: mythico-historical, mythico-romantic

categorical_group_list: Mythology, Narrative

ancestor_etymon: μυθικός  OED

etymology: < mythic adj. < ancient Greek μυθικός < μῦθος mythos n. speech, narrative, fiction, myth, plot OED

ancestor_etymon_language: Greek  OED

etymological_family: Greek

register: classical

source: MorphoQuantics | Stein

attestation: wiktionary


morpheme_key: myx

morpheme: myx

morpheme_head: myx

affix_form: myx-

bound_free_or_root: root

meaning_definition: viscous fluid | thick bodily secretion

example_words_list_1: match | myxedema | myxoedema | Myxini | myxogastrid | myxocyte | myxoid | myxoma | myxomycete | myxovirus | paramyxovirus | polymyxin

related_morphemes: muc / muc

categorical_group_list: Biology, Secretion

etymology: From Greek myxa (genitive myxos) meaning 'slime' or 'mucus'.

ancestor_etymon_language: Greek

register: scientific

source: Cognatarium


morpheme_key: myxo

morpheme: myxo

morpheme_head: myxo

affix_form: myxo-

affix_type: prefix

parts_of_speech_this_morpheme_can_join_onto: adjective,noun

meaning_definition: mucus | slime

example_words_list_1: myxedema | myxoedema | myxomycetes | myxogastrid | myxovirus | myxomatosis | myxocyte | myxoma

example_words_corpus: myxoma | myxomas | myxovirus | myxogenic | myxomatous | myxomatoid

categorical_group_list: Biological, Secretion

ancestor_etymon: μυξο-  OED

etymology: μύσσομαι | μύξα (múxa) | < ancient Greek μυξο- | combining form of μύξα mucus OED | Greek μύξᾰ (múxa) | mucus | nasal discharge

ancestor_etymon_language: Greek | Greek  OED

source: MorphoQuantics


morpheme_key: myxomatosis

morpheme: myxomatosis

morpheme_head: myxomatosis

affix_form: -myxomatosis-

example_words_list_1: myxoma, myxovirus, myxobacteria

categorical_group_list: Medicine, Pathology

etymology: From Greek myxa 'mucus' + -omatosis (from soma 'body')

attestation: morpholex


morpheme_key: myz

morpheme: myz

morpheme_head: myz

affix_form: myz-

allomorphs: -myza

meaning_definition: sucking | sipping | drinking

example_words_list_1: Myzopoda

example_words_list_2: Myzopoda

categorical_group_list: Action, Sensory

etymology: μυζάω (muzáō) | μύζησις (múzēsis) | μυζάω(muzáō) | μύζησις(múzēsis)


morpheme_key: n

morpheme: n

morpheme_head: n

affix_form: -n

sense_label: made of, similar to what is denoted by the noun

affix_type: suffix

derivational_or_inflectional: derivational suffix affix bound morpheme

part_of_speech_created_by_this_suffix: adjective

meaning_definition: composed of | resembling the noun's referent

example_words_list_1: 121 e) | brazen | golden | woollen

example_words_list_2: brazen, golden, woollen

example_words_corpus: ns | Utahn | slown | Burman | thetan | Median

categorical_group_list: Past Participle, Adjectival Suffix, Germanic Origin

ancestor_etymon: -ῑνο-  OED | en

etymology: From Old English -en, -an, past participle suffix derived from Proto-Germanic *-anaz, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *-eno- or *-no- suffixes used to form adjectives and past participles.

source: Stein

attestation: both


affix_form: n-

sense_label: not, no

meaning_definition: negation | absence

example_words_list_1: anonymous, ateleia, athermia, ataxia, atherosclerosis

categorical_group_list: Negation

etymology: Greek nanos : dwarf

source: Wiktionary | Cognatarium | Wikidata


morpheme_key: n't

morpheme: n't

morpheme_head: n't

affix_form: -n't

derivational_or_inflectional: inflectional | derivational suffix affix bound morpheme

meaning_definition: negation

example_words_list_1: don't, wasn't

example_words_list_2: don't, wasn't

categorical_group_list: Negator

ancestor_etymon: not

etymology: Contraction of 'not'

ancestor_etymon_language: Old English

etymological_family: Germanic

register: vernacular


morpheme_key: nab

morpheme: nab

morpheme_head: nab

affix_form: -nab-

sense_label: to seize

bound_free_or_root: free

meaning_definition: to seize | to catch | to capture

example_words_list_1: nabs | nabbed | nabber | nabman | nabbing | nabbers

categorical_group_list: Action, Capture

etymology: Shortening of 'snatch' or 'grab', first recorded in the 1880s

ancestor_etymon_language: English

source: Wiktionary


morpheme_key: nadir

morpheme: nadir

morpheme_head: nadir

affix_form: -nadir-

meaning_definition: lowest point | bottom | depths

example_words_list_1: nadir

example_words_corpus: nadirs | nadiral

categorical_group_list: Position, Magnitude

etymology: Latin nadir, from Arabic nadhir 'the direction under the foot'

ancestor_etymon_language: Arabic

etymological_family: other


morpheme_key: nado

morpheme: nado

morpheme_head: nado

affix_form: -nado

meaning_definition: etc. | and so on | and the like

example_words_list_1: sushi-nado, ramen-nado, takusan-nado

categorical_group_list: Limitation, Inclusion

etymology: Japanese nado (etc.)

ancestor_etymon_language: Japanese


morpheme_key: nag

morpheme: nag

morpheme_head: nag

affix_form: nag

meaning_definition: An old, useless horse | a term for a worn-out horse | a pejorative reference to an aged, unproductive horse

example_words_list_1: nags | naggy | nagger | nagged | padnag | nagware

etymology: From Old English 'næg' meaning an old horse.

register: archaic

source: MorphoLex | Wikidata


morpheme_key: nai

morpheme: nai

morpheme_head: nai

affix_form: -nai-

bound_free_or_root: stem

part_of_speech_created_by_this_suffix: not suffix

meaning_definition: originate | stem from | arise | origin | genesis | clan | generate | emerge

example_words_list_1: adnascent | adnate | adnation | agnate | agnatic | agnation | binational | cognate | cognatic | cognation | connascence | connascent | connate | connation | connatural | denature | enascent | enate | enatic | enation | impregnate | innate | international | multinational | nada | naïf | naissant | naïve | nascency | nascent | natal | natality | nation | national | nationality | native | nativity | natural | naturality | nature | née | nonnative | postnatal | pregnancy | pregnant | prenatal | preternatural | renaissance | renaissant | renascence | renascent | renature | subnational | supernatural | supranational | transnational | transnationality

categorical_group_list: Capability

ancestor_etymon: nat

etymology: nascere, nāsci (past participle natus)

ancestor_etymon_language: Latin

etymological_family: Latin


morpheme_key: naiad

morpheme: naiad

morpheme_head: naiad

affix_form: -naiad-

meaning_definition: nymph of fresh water

example_words_list_1: naiad

example_words_corpus: naiads | naiades

categorical_group_list: Mythology, Nature, Water

etymology: Greek naiad (nāiadē) from naia (water)


morpheme_key: nail

morpheme: nail

morpheme_head: nail

affix_form: -nail-

meaning_definition: claw | keratinous plate | fastener

example_words_list_1: fingernail, toenail, nailhead

example_words_corpus: nails | naily | nailer | nailed | renail | unnail

categorical_group_list: Anatomy, Tools

etymology: Old English nægl


morpheme_key: naive

morpheme: naive

morpheme_head: naive

affix_form: -naive-

meaning_definition: lacking experience | innocent | simple

example_words_list_1: naive, naivety, naiveté

example_words_corpus: naively | naiveness | chemonaive

categorical_group_list: Innocence, Lack of knowledge

etymology: Latin nātīvus 'of birth, native, natural', from nāscī 'to be born'


morpheme_key: naked

morpheme: naked

morpheme_head: naked

affix_form: naked

meaning_definition: Empty | clean | devoid of content

example_words_list_1: nakedly | unnaked | nakedish | nakedness | seminaked | nakedhood

etymology: From Old English 'nāg', meaning 'naked', reflecting a Germanic origin.

register: neutral


morpheme_key: name

morpheme: name

morpheme_head: name

affix_form: -name-

allomorphs: nam

meaning_definition: name | naming

example_words_list_1: name, rename, nickname, surname, firstname

example_words_corpus: namer | named | rename | namely | byname | nameth

categorical_group_list: Naming, Identity, Core concept

etymology: Latin nomen (genitive nominis) meaning 'name'


morpheme_key: nanny

morpheme: nanny

morpheme_head: nanny

affix_form: -nanny-

meaning_definition: nurse | caregiver | governess

example_words_list_1: nanny

example_words_corpus: nannyism | nannydom | nannyish | Nannygate | nannylike | supernanny

categorical_group_list: Person, Caregiving

etymology: Middle English 'nany', likely from 'nannygoat' or related to 'nurse'


morpheme_key: nano

morpheme: nano

morpheme_head: nano

affix_form: nano-

allomorphs: nan(o)

sense_label: billionth (10−9)

meaning_definition: one part per billion | a fraction equal to one billionth | a value of one divided by a billion

example_words_list_1: nanosecond | nanobucks | nanogram | nanometer | nanotechnology

example_words_corpus: nanoid | nanobot | nanoamp | nanorod | nanogap | nanodot

categorical_group_list: quantity

etymology: Greek nanos "dwarf"

source: Wikipedia | Cognatarium


morpheme_key: nap

morpheme: nap

morpheme_head: nap

affix_form: -nap

sense_label: abduct in order to extract a ransom, seize, steal

example_words_list_1: kidnap | artnap

example_words_list_2: kidnap, artnap

example_words_corpus: naps | nappy | naped | kidnap | catnap | napped

categorical_group_list: Action, Seizure

etymology: Middle English 'nappen' (to seize, catch)

ancestor_etymon_language: Middle English

source: Wikidata


morpheme_key: napalm

morpheme: napalm

morpheme_head: napalm

affix_form: -napalm-

meaning_definition: incendiary gel | flammable substance

example_words_list_1: napalm

example_words_corpus: napalms | napalmlike | antinapalm

categorical_group_list: Weaponry, Chemistry, Destruction

etymology: portmanteau of naphthenic acid and palmitic acid


morpheme_key: naphth

morpheme: naphth

morpheme_head: naphtha

affix_form: -naphth-

allomorphs: naphth

meaning_definition: petroleum-based liquid | asphalt-like substance

example_words_list_1: naphtha, naphthalene, naphthene, naphthol, naphthyl

categorical_group_list: Chemistry, Hydrocarbons

etymology: Greek narkē : numbness, stupor


morpheme_key: naples

morpheme: naples

morpheme_head: naples

affix_form: -naples-

meaning_definition: Naples | city in Italy

example_words_list_1: Neapolitan, Neapolitan ice cream

categorical_group_list: Geography, Proper Noun, City

etymology: From Latin Neapolis, from Greek Neapolis 'new city'


morpheme_key: napoleon

morpheme: napoleon

morpheme_head: napoleon

affix_form: -napoleon-

meaning_definition: Napoleon Bonaparte | First Consul | Emperor of the French

example_words_list_1: Napoleonic, Bonaparte

categorical_group_list: Proper Noun, Historical Figure, Person

etymology: Proper noun derived from the Italian name Napoleone, likely of Germanic origin (Nobele + one)

ancestor_etymon_language: French


morpheme_key: nappy

morpheme: nappy

morpheme_head: nappy

affix_form: -nappy-

meaning_definition: diaper | absorbent garment

example_words_list_1: ['nappy']

example_words_corpus: nappies | naptural

categorical_group_list: Clothing, Infant care

etymology: Middle English nappe 'napkin, cloth' from Old French nappe

etymological_family: Romance


morpheme_key: nar

morpheme: nar

morpheme_head: nar

affix_form: nar-

sense_label: nostril

meaning_definition: nostril | nose

example_words_list_1: internarial | nares | narial | naris | prenarial

categorical_group_list: Anatomy, Sensory

etymology: naris


morpheme_key: narc

morpheme: narc

morpheme_head: narc

affix_form: narc-

allomorphs: narc(o) | narco

sense_label: numb

meaning_definition: insensate | lack of sensation | torpor

example_words_list_1: narcosis, narcotic, narcotize, narcosis

example_words_corpus: narcs

categorical_group_list: Sensation, Loss of consciousness

etymology: ναρκᾶν (narkân) | νάρκη (nárkē) | Greek


morpheme_key: narciss

morpheme: narciss

morpheme_head: narciss

affix_form: -narciss-

allomorphs: narcissus

meaning_definition: self | ego | vanity

example_words_list_1: narcissism, narcissistic, narcissist

categorical_group_list: Self, Personality, Psychology

etymology: Greek 'narkissos' (Narcissus)


morpheme_key: narr

morpheme: narr

morpheme_head: narr

affix_form: narr-

meaning_definition: relate | tell

example_words_list_1: counternarrative | inenarrable | narration | narrative | narrator | unnarratable

categorical_group_list: Communication, Storytelling

etymology: narrare


morpheme_key: narrate

morpheme: narrate

morpheme_head: narrate

affix_form: -narrate-

meaning_definition: tell | relate | recount

example_words_list_1: narrator, narration, narrative

example_words_corpus: narrated | narrates | narratee | narrateth | narratest | narrateme

etymology: Latin narratus, past participle of narrare 'to tell, relate', from gnarus 'knowing'


morpheme_key: narrow

morpheme: narrow

morpheme_head: narrow

affix_form: -narrow-

meaning_definition: small | thin | limited | restricted

example_words_list_1: narrowly, narrowing, narrowness

example_words_corpus: narrows | narrowly | narrower | narrowed | unnarrow | narrowing

categorical_group_list: Dimension, Limitation

etymology: Old English næger (narrow)


morpheme_key: nas

morpheme: nas

morpheme_head: nas

affix_form: nas-

allomorphs: naso

sense_label: nose

meaning_definition: the facial organ for breathing and smelling | to come into existence | to carry or endure | to be brought into existence

example_words_list_1: intranasal | nasal | nasalance | nasalis | nasality | nasolabial | nonnasal | nascent | renascent Variant Spellings: renaissance | nasturtium | postnasal | native | prenatal | natural | innate | renaissance

related_morphemes: gn / gn | nat1 / nat | nos2 / nos

categorical_group_list: Capability | Anomalous form

etymology: Latin nasus "nose" (from PIE *nas-)

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


morpheme_key: nasal

morpheme: nasal

morpheme_head: nasal

affix_form: -nasal-

meaning_definition: nose

example_words_list_1: nasal, nasality, nasopharynx

example_words_corpus: nasals | nasally | denasal | binasal | nasality | nasalize

etymology: Latin nasus "nose"


morpheme_key: nascent

morpheme: nascent

morpheme_head: nascent

affix_form: -nascent-

meaning_definition: beginning | emerging | developing

example_words_list_1: nascent, nascency, nascently

example_words_corpus: renascent | nascently | connascent

categorical_group_list: Beginnings, Growth, Vitality

etymology: Latin nasci 'to be born', from PIE *gn- 'to know, give birth'


morpheme_key: nasci

morpheme: nasci

morpheme_head: nasc

affix_form: -nasci-

allomorphs: nasci

meaning_definition: to give birth | to come into existence

example_words_list_1: native, prenatal, natural, innate, renaissance

categorical_group_list: Capability

etymology: Latin nasci 'to be born', perfect passive participle stem of nāscor

attestation: wikidata


morpheme_key: nashville

morpheme: nashville

morpheme_head: nashville

affix_form: -nashville-

meaning_definition: Nashville (city in Tennessee, USA)

categorical_group_list: Proper Noun, Location, City

etymology: Named after Don Nash, a pioneer who settled in the area; the name 'Nash' is of English origin.


morpheme_key: nast

morpheme: nast

morpheme_head: nast

affix_form: -nast-

meaning_definition: a category of plant development

example_words_list_1: nastism, nastic, thigmonastic

categorical_group_list: Botany, Growth pattern

etymology: Greek nastos "pressed, crushed"


morpheme_key: nat

morpheme: nat

morpheme_head: nat

affix_form: nat-

allomorphs: nati

sense_label: born

meaning_definition: originate | emerge | origin | kin group | produce

example_words_list_1: adnascent | adnate | adnation | agnate | agnatic | agnation | binational | cognate | cognatic | cognation | connascence | connascent | connate | connation | connatural | denature | enascent | enate | enatic | enation | impregnate | innate | international | multinational | nada | naïf | naissant | naïve | nascency | nascent | natal | natality | nation | national | nationality | native | nativity | natural | naturality | nature | née | nonnative | postnatal | pregnancy | pregnant | prenatal | preternatural | renaissance | renaissant | renascence | renascent | renature | subnational | supernatural | supranational | transnational | transnationality | au naturel | Natalie | naturopathy | neonatal | supernatural Variant Spellings: naïve

example_words_corpus: nats | natting

related_morphemes: gn / gn, nas1 / nas

etymology: Latin nasci 'to be born', past participle natus

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


affix_form: -nat-

sense_label: to swim

meaning_definition: to move through water | to propel oneself in water

example_words_list_1: natant, natatorium, supernatant

example_words_list_2: natant, natatorium, supernatant

categorical_group_list: Motion, Water

etymology: Hebrew nāthan : he has given


morpheme_key: nato

morpheme: nat(o)

allomorphs: nat(o) | nata

meaning_definition: birth

example_words_list_1: neonatology

example_words_list_2: neonatology

example_words_corpus: natos

categorical_group_list: Life, Biology

etymology: Latin natus, past participle of nasci 'to be born'


morpheme_key: natal

morpheme: natal

morpheme_head: natal

affix_form: -natal-

meaning_definition: birth | born | origin

example_words_list_1: prenatal, postnatal, perinatal, natalism

example_words_corpus: natals | conatal | natally | prenatal | neonatal | natalist

categorical_group_list: Birth, Origin

etymology: Latin nātus, past participle of nāscī 'to be born'


morpheme_key: natant

morpheme: natant

morpheme_head: natant

affix_form: -natant-

meaning_definition: swimming | floating

example_words_list_1: natant, natation

example_words_corpus: natantly | subnatant | supernatant | infranatant | undernatant | supernatants

etymology: Latin nāre 'to swim'


morpheme_key: natch

morpheme: natch

morpheme_head: natch

affix_form: -natch-

meaning_definition: not | without | lacking

example_words_list_1: atypical, amoral, anonymous, asymmetry, apathy

categorical_group_list: Negation, Privative, Greek origin

etymology: Greek prefix an- (before vowels) or a- (before consonants) meaning 'not, without'


morpheme_key: nate

morpheme: nate

morpheme_head: nate

affix_form: -nate-

sense_label: entity, person

meaning_definition: entity, person

example_words_list_1: neonate | alternate

example_words_list_2: neonate | alternate

example_words_corpus: nates | nateglinide

categorical_group_list: Grouper

etymology: Latin -natus, past participle of nasci 'to be born'


morpheme_key: nathan

morpheme: nathan

morpheme_head: nathan

affix_form: -nathan-

meaning_definition: present | offering | token

example_words_list_1: Jonathan, Nathan, Nathaniel

example_words_list_2: Jonathan, Nathan, Nathaniel

categorical_group_list: Giving, Positivity

etymology: Hebrew root נָתַן (natan) 'to give'

ancestor_etymon_language: Hebrew


morpheme_key: nation

morpheme: nation

morpheme_head: nation

affix_form: -nation-

meaning_definition: group of people | territory | state

example_words_corpus: nations | national | nationist | nationism | nationals | anational

categorical_group_list: Collective, Identity

etymology: Latin natio 'birth, race, people', from nasci 'to be born'


morpheme_key: nations

morpheme: nations

morpheme_head: nations

affix_form: -nations-

meaning_definition: people | community | state | territory

example_words_list_1: nation, multinational, international, nationhood

categorical_group_list: Sociopolitical, Collective

etymology: Latin natio 'birth, origin, race, people', from nasci 'to be born'


morpheme_key: native

morpheme: native

morpheme_head: native

affix_form: -native-

allomorphs: nativ

meaning_definition: born in | original | inherent

example_words_list_1: native, nativity, nativism

example_words_corpus: natives | natively | unnative | nativeness | nativelike | nativenesses

categorical_group_list: Origin, Essence


morpheme_key: natter

morpheme: natter

morpheme_head: natter

affix_form: -natter-

meaning_definition: chatter | talk incessantly

example_words_list_1: natter, nattering, nattered

example_words_corpus: natters | nattery | nattered | natterer | nattering | natterers

categorical_group_list: Communication, Speech

etymology: imitative of the sound of rapid, continuous speech


morpheme_key: natty

morpheme: natty

morpheme_head: natty

affix_form: -natty-

meaning_definition: neat | tidy | smart | stylish

example_words_list_1: natty

categorical_group_list: Appearance, Quality, Adjective

etymology: From 'natty' meaning neat or trim, possibly from Dutch 'natte' or dialectal English 'natty' (neat), unrelated to the suffix -natty found in words like 'natty' (archaic) or potentially confused with -nasty/-nasty-like formations, but primarily a free-standing adjective root in modern usage.


morpheme_key: nature

morpheme: nature

morpheme_head: nature

affix_form: -nature-

meaning_definition: natural | essence | character | constitution

example_words_list_1: natural, unnatural, supernatural

example_words_corpus: natures | natured | renature | unnature | renatured | renatures

categorical_group_list: Essence, Physicality, Environment

etymology: Latin 'natura' birth, character, from 'nasci' to be born


morpheme_key: nau

morpheme: nau

morpheme_head: nau

affix_form: False

meaning_definition: vessel | craft

example_words_list_1: naumachy, nauplius

example_words_list_2: naumachy, nauplius

related_morphemes: naus / naus, naut / naut

categorical_group_list: Transportation, Water

etymology: Greek naus 'ship'


morpheme_key: naught

morpheme: naught

morpheme_head: naught

affix_form: -naught-

meaning_definition: nothing | zero | nil

example_words_list_1: naught, naughtiness

example_words_corpus: naughty | naughts | naughtily | naughties | fearnaught | naughtiness

categorical_group_list: Nullity, Negation

etymology: Old English naught 'nothing', from negation + naught


morpheme_key: naus

morpheme: naus

morpheme_head: naus

meaning_definition: sickness feeling | revulsion | motion sickness at sea

example_words_list_1: ad nauseam, nausea, nauseant, nauseate, nauseous

related_morphemes: nau / nau, naut / naut

categorical_group_list: Sensation, Physical state

etymology: Greek nauaia 'seasickness', from nauaia 'sick at sea', from naua 'ship'


morpheme_key: nausea

morpheme: nausea

morpheme_head: nausea

affix_form: -nausea-

meaning_definition: nausea | seasickness | disgust

example_words_list_1: nauseating, nauseous, nauseated

example_words_corpus: antinausea

etymology: Latin nausea 'seasickness'


morpheme_key: naut

morpheme: naut

morpheme_head: naut

affix_form: -naut-

sense_label: ship

meaning_definition: ship | boat | seafaring | spaceflight | voyager

example_words_list_1: aeronautic | Argonaut | astronaut | cosmonaut | nausea | nautical | nautilus | antenave | naval | nave | navicular | navigable | navigate | navy | nonnavigable

example_words_corpus: aeronaut | aquanaut | oceanaut | infonaut | moonnaut | cryonaut

categorical_group_list: Navigation, Maritime, Travel

etymology: nāvis | ναῦς (naûs) | ναύτης (naútēs)

ancestor_etymon_language: Latin | Greek


morpheme_key: nautilus

morpheme: nautilus

morpheme_head: nautilus

affix_form: -nautilus-

meaning_definition: nautilus | shellfish | cephalopod

example_words_list_1: nautiloid, nautilite, nautiloclastic

example_words_corpus: nautilite | nautiloid | nautilites | nautiloids

categorical_group_list: Marine biology, Zoology, Greek loanword

etymology: Greek nautilus 'sailor', from nautes 'sailor', from naus 'ship'


morpheme_key: nave

morpheme: nave

morpheme_head: nave

affix_form: -nave-

allomorphs: nav

meaning_definition: ship | vessel

example_words_list_1: navigate, naval, navy, navigation

example_words_corpus: navel | naves | naved | navels | naveless | navelike

categorical_group_list: Transportation, Maritime

etymology: Latin navigare 'to sail', from navis 'ship' + agere 'to drive'


morpheme_key: navy

morpheme: navy

morpheme_head: navy

affix_form: -navy-

meaning_definition: blue | dark blue | maritime

example_words_list_1: navy, navies

example_words_corpus: navyless | antinavy

categorical_group_list: Color, Maritime

etymology: Old French 'nive' (snow) via 'navie' (fleet) or 'navy' (fleet)


morpheme_key: nay

morpheme: nay

morpheme_head: nay

affix_form: -nay-

meaning_definition: no | not | refusal

example_words_list_1: nay

example_words_corpus: nays | nayward | naysayer | naysayers | naycation | naycations

categorical_group_list: Negation, Denial

etymology: Old English nǣg, nǣi 'no', from Proto-Germanic *nai (cf. Old Saxon nē, Old High German nī, Gothic neis), from Proto-Indo-European *ne 'not'


morpheme_key: nazarene

morpheme: nazarene

morpheme_head: nazarene

affix_form: -nazarene-

meaning_definition: of Nazareth | from Nazareth

example_words_list_1: Nazarene

categorical_group_list: Proper Noun, Origin, Religious

etymology: Greek Nazarenos (from Nazareth)


morpheme_key: nd

morpheme: nd

morpheme_head: nd

affix_form: -nd

meaning_definition: past tense | past participle

example_words_list_1: running, walking, talking, singing, jumping

categorical_group_list: Grammar, Verb morphology, Tense

etymology: From Proto-Germanic *-nd- (present participle marker), from Proto-Indo-European *-nt- (active participle suffix).

ancestor_etymon_language: Proto-Germanic


morpheme_key: ne

morpheme: ne

morpheme_head: ne

affix_form: ne-

allomorphs: ne(o)

sense_label: new

meaning_definition: new | recent

example_words_list_1: Neolithic | neologism | neon | neonate | neophyte

example_words_corpus: ned | neds | never | nevers | neverwet | nevermind

categorical_group_list: Temporality, Novelty

etymology: νέϝος | νέος (néos)


sense_label: not

derivational_or_inflectional: derivational prefix affix morpheme

meaning_definition: negation | denial

example_words_list_1: neuter | neutral

example_words_list_2: neuter, neutral

categorical_group_list: Negator

ancestor_etymon: ne

etymology: Latin negative prefix ne- (also n- before vowels), from Proto-Indo-European *ne- 'not'

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


sense_label: spin, thread

meaning_definition: spin, thread

example_words_list_1: axoneme, diplonema, leptonema, nematocyst, nematocyte, nematode, nematology, pachynema, synnema, treponema, zygonema

categorical_group_list: Biology, Structure

etymology: νεῖν (neîn), νῆσις ~spinning~, νῆμα, νήματος (nêma, nḗmatos)


morpheme_key: ne'er

morpheme: ne'er

morpheme_head: ne'er

affix_form: -ne'er-

meaning_definition: not ever | never

example_words_list_1: ne'er

categorical_group_list: Negation, Time

etymology: Contraction of 'never'


morpheme_key: neanderthal

morpheme: neanderthal

morpheme_head: neanderthal

affix_form: -neanderthal-

meaning_definition: extinct species of archaic human | archaic human

example_words_list_1: neanderthal

categorical_group_list: Biology, Anthropology, Prehistory

etymology: Proper name from the Neander Valley (Neander Tal)

ancestor_etymon_language: German


morpheme_key: neapolitan

morpheme: neapolitan

morpheme_head: neapolitan

affix_form: -neapolitan-

meaning_definition: of or relating to Naples | from Naples

example_words_list_1: Neapolitan ice cream, Neapolitan dialect, Neapolitan cat

categorical_group_list: Proper Noun, Locative, Identity

etymology: From Italian 'Napoli' (Naples), derived from Latin 'Neapolis' (new city), from Greek 'Nea' (new) + 'polis' (city).


morpheme_key: near

morpheme: near

morpheme_head: near

affix_form: -near-

meaning_definition: close | adjacent | proximity

example_words_list_1: nearby, nearish, nearness

example_words_corpus: nears | nearby | nearly | neared | unnear | nearest

categorical_group_list: Spatial, Proximity

etymology: Old English nære "close, near"


morpheme_key: neat

morpheme: neat

morpheme_head: neat

affix_form: -neat-

meaning_definition: tidy | orderly | clean

example_words_list_1: neat, neatly, neatness

example_words_corpus: neats | neato | neatly | neaten | neatnik | neatens

categorical_group_list: Order, Quality

etymology: Middle English 'niet' (clean, tidy)


morpheme_key: neath

morpheme: neath

morpheme_head: neath

affix_form: neath-

meaning_definition: under, beneath | downward, lower than

example_words_list_1: beneath, underneath Variant Spellings: nether

example_words_corpus: beneath | beneathness

categorical_group_list: Spatial, Position

etymology: Old English underne + beneath


morpheme_key: neb

morpheme: neb

morpheme_head: neb

affix_form: neb-

meaning_definition: cloud

example_words_list_1: nebula | nebular | nebulosity | nebulous | nuance | nubilous | obnubilate

example_words_corpus: nebby | nebbie

categorical_group_list: Nature, Weather, Atmosphere

etymology: nebula | nubes


morpheme_key: nebul

morpheme: nebul

morpheme_head: nebul

affix_form: -nebul-

meaning_definition: a visible mass of condensed vapor | a collection of airborne water droplets

example_words_list_1: nebula, nebulize, nebulous

example_words_list_2: nebula, nebulize, nebulous

related_morphemes: neph / neph

categorical_group_list: Nature, Atmosphere

etymology: Latin nebula 'mist, cloud'


morpheme_key: nec

morpheme: nec

morpheme_head: nec

affix_form: -nec-

meaning_definition: lifeless | lifeless form | lifeless remains

example_words_list_1: necrosis, necromancer, necropolis, necrophilia, necrotic

example_words_list_2: necromancy | necrophilia | necrophobia | necropolis | necropsy | necrosis | necrospermia | necrotic | necrotize | necrotomy | internecine Variant Spellings: pernicious | internecine | innocuous | obnoxious | pernicious

related_morphemes: necro / necro

categorical_group_list: Capability | Anomalous form

ancestor_etymon: noc

etymology: νεκρός (nekrós) | νέκρωσις (nékrōsis) | Greek

ancestor_etymon_language: Greek | Latin


morpheme_key: necess

morpheme: necess

morpheme_head: necess

affix_form: -necess-

meaning_definition: must | required | indispensable

example_words_list_1: necessary, necessitate, necessity, nonetheless

categorical_group_list: Requirement, Necessity

etymology: Latin necessus, past participle of nectere 'to bind, tie'


morpheme_key: neck

morpheme: neck

morpheme_head: neck

affix_form: -neck-

meaning_definition: part of the body connecting the head to the torso | the upper part of the body

example_words_list_1: neckline, necktie, neckband

example_words_corpus: necks | necked | necker | redneck | wryneck | necktie

categorical_group_list: Anatomy, Body part

etymology: Old English 'hnecca'


morpheme_key: necro

morpheme: necro-

morpheme_head: necro-

affix_form: necro-

allomorphs: necr

meaning_definition: relating to death | pertaining to dead tissue | associated with the deceased

example_words_list_1: necropsy | necronym | necrosol | necrology | necropost | necrotomy

etymology: derived from Greek 'nekros' meaning dead


morpheme_key: necrosis

morpheme: necrosis

morpheme_head: necrosis

affix_form: necrosis

meaning_definition: localized death of cells or tissues | tissue death due to injury or disease | cell death from interrupted blood supply

example_words_list_1: bionecrosis | pannecrosis | myonecrosis | aponecrosis | pyronecrosis | cytonecrosis

etymology: from Greek nekros (dead) + -sis (suffix for process or condition)


morpheme_key: nect

morpheme: nect

morpheme_head: nect

affix_form: nect-

sense_label: swimming

meaning_definition: swimming

example_words_list_1: nectopod, nekton

example_words_list_2: nectopod, nekton

categorical_group_list: Movement, Biology

etymology: νηκτός (nēktós)


morpheme_key: nectar

morpheme: nectar

morpheme_head: nectar

affix_form: -nectar-

meaning_definition: sweet liquid | food for bees | drink of the gods

example_words_list_1: nectar, nectary, nectarine, nectarous

example_words_corpus: nectars | nectared | nectarine | nectarous | nectarize | nectarines

categorical_group_list: Nature, Food, Substance

etymology: Greek nektar 'drink of the gods'


morpheme_key: need

morpheme: need

morpheme_head: need

affix_form: -need-

meaning_definition: lack | requirement | necessity

example_words_list_1: need, needy, needless, needlessness

example_words_corpus: needs | needy | needed | needly | needer | needing

categorical_group_list: Necessity, Lack

etymology: Old English nēod 'need, necessity, hardship'


morpheme_key: needle

morpheme: needle

morpheme_head: needle

affix_form: -needle-

meaning_definition: sharp | slender | piercing | tool

example_words_list_1: needlework, needlepoint, needleless

example_words_corpus: needles | needled | needler | needlet | needlers | needlets

categorical_group_list: Tool, Sharpness, Pointed object

etymology: Old English nēdl


morpheme_key: nefarious

morpheme: nefarious

morpheme_head: nefarious

affix_form: -nefarious-

meaning_definition: wicked | evil | villainous

example_words_list_1: nefariousness

categorical_group_list: Evil, Malice

etymology: Latin nefarius 'wicked, impious', from nefas 'impious, forbidden'


morpheme_key: neg

morpheme: neg

morpheme_head: neg

affix_form: neg-

sense_label: deny

meaning_definition: refuse to accept | cancel out | refusal to acknowledge | act of denying

example_words_list_1: abnegation | negative | renegade | renege | abnegate | negate | neglect | negligee | negligent | negligible | negotiate

example_words_corpus: negs | negger | neggers | negative | negamile | negatives

related_morphemes: n-

categorical_group_list: Negation, Denial

etymology: Latin negare 'to deny, say no', from neg- (no) + -are (verb suffix)


morpheme_key: nega

morpheme: nega

morpheme_head: nega

affix_form: nega-

meaning_definition: to disavow | to reject

example_words_list_1: negation | abnegate

example_words_list_2: negation, abnegate

example_words_corpus: negarchy | negabinary | negarchical | negadecimal

categorical_group_list: negator

ancestor_etymon: nega

etymology: Latin prefix neg- (variant of ne- 'not') + -atus (past participle suffix)


morpheme_key: negat

morpheme: negat

morpheme_head: negat

affix_form: negat-

meaning_definition: deny | negate

example_words_list_1: abnegation | negative | renegade | renege

categorical_group_list: Negation

etymology: negare


morpheme_key: neglect

morpheme: neglect

morpheme_head: neglect

affix_form: -neglect-

meaning_definition: fail to care for | disregard | ignore

example_words_list_1: neglect, neglectful, neglecting, neglectable

example_words_corpus: neglects | neglected | neglecter | neglectee | neglectful | neglecteth

categorical_group_list: Lack of attention, Negation

etymology: Latin neglectus, past participle of negligere 'to disregard' (neg- 'not' + legere 'to gather, choose')


morpheme_key: negoti

morpheme: negoti

morpheme_head: negoti

affix_form: negoti-

sense_label: do business

meaning_definition: do business

example_words_list_1: negotiate, negotiation, prenegotiate

example_words_list_2: negotiate, negotiation, prenegotiate

categorical_group_list: Commerce, Interaction

etymology: Latin negotium 'business, occupation' (neg- 'not' + opium 'work, effort')


morpheme_key: negro

morpheme: negro

morpheme_head: negr

affix_form: negro

allomorphs: nigro

meaning_definition: Black | dark brown | dark in color

example_words_list_1: negros | negroid | negroes | benegro | negrofy | negroids

etymology: From Spanish 'negro' meaning black.

ancestor_etymon_language: Spanish

etymological_family: Spanish

register: pejorative


morpheme_key: neigh

morpheme: neigh

morpheme_head: neigh

affix_form: -neigh-

meaning_definition: near | adjacent | close by

example_words_list_1: neighbor, neighborhood, neighbored

example_words_corpus: neighs | neighed | neigher | neighing | neighers | neighings

categorical_group_list: Proximity, Space

etymology: Old English nēah 'near'


morpheme_key: neighbor

morpheme: neighbor

morpheme_head: neighbor

affix_form: -neighbor-

meaning_definition: near | adjacent | beside

example_words_list_1: neighborly, neighborhood, neighboring

example_words_corpus: neighbors | neighbored | neighboring | neighborhood | neighborless | neighborship

categorical_group_list: Proximity, Relation

etymology: Old English nægebura (neah 'near' + gebura 'dweller')


morpheme_key: neighbour

morpheme: neighbour

morpheme_head: neighbour

affix_form: -neighbour-

example_words_list_1: neighbourhood, neighbouring

etymology: Old English nēahgebūr, from nēah 'near' + gebūr 'dweller, farmer'


morpheme_key: nem

morpheme: nem

morpheme_head: nem, nom

affix_form: nem-

allomorphs: nom

meaning_definition: arrangement, law

example_words_list_1: anomie, anomy, antinome, antinomic, antinomy, archnemesis, autonomy, isonomy, metronomic, nemesis, nomad, nomadic, nomadism, nomadize, nomarch, nomarchy, nome, nomology, nomothetic, Numidia, numismatics

example_words_corpus: nems

categorical_group_list: Order, Law, Distribution

etymology: νέμειν (némein), νομός (nomós), νόμος(nómos), νέμεσις (némesis), νομάς, νομάδος (nomás, nomádos), νομαδικός (nomadikós), νομαδία, νομή, νομίζειν(nomízein), νόμισμα (nómisma)


morpheme_key: nema

morpheme: nema

morpheme_head: nema

affix_form: -nema

meaning_definition: not | without | lacking

example_words_list_1: anemia, aneurysm, anemone, anhydrous

categorical_group_list: Negation, Absence, Greek-derived

etymology: Greek a- 'without' + nema 'thread, strand'


morpheme_key: nemat

morpheme: nemat

morpheme_head: nemat

affix_form: nemat-

allomorphs: nemato

meaning_definition: fine filament | slender fiber | filamentous | parasitic organism with a threadlike body

example_words_list_1: nematocyst | nematocyte | nematode | nematology | chromonema | nemathelminth | nematic | Nematomorpha | protonema | treponema

example_words_corpus: nematogen | nematocide | nematicide | nematocyst | nematogens | nematology

categorical_group_list: Biology, Anatomy, Texture

etymology: νῆμα | νήματος (nêma | nḗmatos) | Greek neos : young | new


morpheme_key: neme

morpheme: neme

morpheme_head: neme

affix_form: -neme

meaning_definition: element | part | portion

example_words_list_1: mononeme | mononemes

example_words_corpus: mononeme | mononemes

categorical_group_list: Composition, Material, Abstract Noun

etymology: From Greek -nēma, from nein 'to spin, weave'


morpheme_key: nemeses

morpheme: nemeses

morpheme_head: nemeses

affix_form: -nemeses-

meaning_definition: vengeance | retribution | divine retribution

example_words_list_1: ['nemesis']

categorical_group_list: Retribution, Conflict, Fate

etymology: Greek nemesis 'retribution, vengeance'


morpheme_key: nemo

morpheme: nemo

morpheme_head: nemo

affix_form: -nemo-

meaning_definition: forest | cluster of trees

example_words_list_1: nemophila

example_words_list_2: nemophila

categorical_group_list: Nature, Vegetation

ancestor_etymon: nemo

etymology: Latin nemus, nemor- 'grove, wood'


morpheme_key: nemor

morpheme: nemor

morpheme_head: nemor

affix_form: nemor-

meaning_definition: grove | woods

example_words_list_1: denude, denudation, denudate

etymology: nemus | nemoris


morpheme_key: neon

morpheme: neon

morpheme_head: neon

affix_form: -neon-

meaning_definition: new

example_words_list_1: neology, neonatal, neonate

example_words_corpus: neons | neonist | neonide | neonists | radioneon

categorical_group_list: Novelty, Freshness

etymology: Greek neos 'new'


morpheme_key: nephew

morpheme: nephew

morpheme_head: nephew

affix_form: -nephew-

meaning_definition: son of one's brother or sister

example_words_list_1: nephew

example_words_corpus: nephews | nephewly | stepnephew | nephewless | stepnephews | grandnephews

categorical_group_list: Kinship, Family

etymology: Old English neveu, from Latin nepos 'grandson, descendant'


morpheme_key: nepho

morpheme: nepho

morpheme_head: nepho

affix_form: nepho-

allomorphs: neph

meaning_definition: cloud

example_words_list_1: nephology | nephoscope

example_words_list_2: nephology, nephoscope

example_words_corpus: nephogram | nephomancy | nephoscopy | nephograms | nephograph | nephophobia

categorical_group_list: Nature, Meteorology

etymology: Greek nephos 'cloud'


morpheme_key: nephro

morpheme: nephro

morpheme_head: nephro

affix_form: nephro-

allomorphs: nephra | nephri

sense_label: the kidney(s)

parts_of_speech_this_morpheme_can_join_onto: various

meaning_definition: relating to the kidney or kidneys | concerning the kidney | kidney

example_words_list_1: nephrolith | nephritis | nephrology

example_words_list_2: nephrolith | nephritis | nephrology

example_words_corpus: nephroma | nephroid | nephrosis | nephrosic | nephroids | nephromas

categorical_group_list: Body Parts and Substances

ancestor_etymon: νεϕρο-OED

etymology: < ancient Greek νεϕρο- | combining form of νεϕρός kidney OED | Greek νεφρός (nephrós) | kidney

ancestor_etymon_language: Greek  OED | Greek

source: MorphoQuantics | Wikipedia | Stein | Wikidata


morpheme_key: nepotism

morpheme: nepotism

morpheme_head: nepotism

affix_form: -nepotism-

meaning_definition: nephew | relation

example_words_list_1: nepotist, nepotistic

example_words_corpus: nepotisms | antinepotism

categorical_group_list: Kinship, Social hierarchy

etymology: Latin nepotismus, from nepos 'grandson, nephew'


morpheme_key: neptun

morpheme: neptun

morpheme_head: neptune

affix_form: neptun-

allomorphs: neptun

meaning_definition: the Roman god of the sea | the deity known as Neptune

example_words_list_1: Neptune, Neptunian, neptunium

example_words_list_2: Neptune, Neptunian, neptunium

categorical_group_list: Astronomical

etymology: From Latin Neptunus, the god of the sea, possibly of Etruscan origin (Nethuns).


morpheme_key: nereid

morpheme: nereid

morpheme_head: nereid

affix_form: -nereid-

meaning_definition: sea nymph | female spirit of the sea

example_words_list_1: nereid

example_words_corpus: nereids | nereides

categorical_group_list: Mythology, Nature, Water

etymology: From Greek nereis (genitive nereidos), a sea nymph, from nereus (the sea)


morpheme_key: nero

morpheme: nero

morpheme_head: nero

affix_form: -nero-

meaning_definition: black | dark

example_words_list_1: necromancy, netherworld, nigritude

categorical_group_list: Color, Darkness

etymology: Latin niger, nig- 'black'


morpheme_key: nerv

morpheme: nerv

morpheme_head: nerv

affix_form: nerv-

allomorphs: nervo

sense_label: sinew

meaning_definition: fibrous tissue | nerve | tendon

example_words_list_1: enervate | enervation | enervative | innervate | innervation | nerval | nervate | nerve | nervose | nervosity | nervous | reinnervation | trinervate | anorexia nervosa | nervy

related_morphemes: neur / neur

categorical_group_list: Anatomy, Biology, Strength

ancestor_etymon: neur

etymology: nervus | Greek nēsos : island


morpheme_key: nes

morpheme: nes

morpheme_head: nes

affix_form: nes-

sense_label: island

meaning_definition: a land area surrounded by water

example_words_list_1: Chersonesus | Indonesia | Micronesia | Peloponnese | Polynesia | chersonese | Dodecanese | Melanesia | Peloponnesus

categorical_group_list: Geography, Nature

etymology: νῆσος (nêsos) | Greek neuron : nerve | tendon


morpheme_key: nesia

morpheme: nesia

morpheme_head: nesia

affix_form: -nesia-

meaning_definition: island | group of islands

example_words_list_1: Polynesia, Micronesia, Melanesia

categorical_group_list: Geography, Location

etymology: Greek nēsos 'island'


morpheme_key: ness

morpheme: ness

morpheme_head: ness

affix_form: -ness-

allomorphs: -ness

sense_label: the state

derivational_or_inflectional: derivational

part_of_speech_created_by_this_suffix: noun

meaning_definition: state | quality | condition | occurrence of a specific trait | similarity

example_words_list_1: happiness, darkness, kindness

example_words_corpus: Nessie | nesses | isness | PCness | upness | meness

categorical_group_list: Abstractness, State of being

ancestor_etymon: -nes OED

etymology: Old English -nes, from Proto-Germanic *-izō, from PIE *-ti- (abstract noun suffix)

ancestor_etymon_language: Old English from Germanic OED


morpheme_key: nest

morpheme: nest

morpheme_head: nest

affix_form: -nest-

meaning_definition: place of breeding | home | hollow | cluster

example_words_list_1: nest, nested, nesting, nestling

example_words_corpus: nestle | nested | nester | renest | unnest | nesting

categorical_group_list: Habitat, Shelter, Collection

etymology: From Proto-Germanic *nizdą, from PIE *nid- 'nest'


morpheme_key: net

morpheme: net

morpheme_head: net

affix_form: -net-

meaning_definition: net | netting | mesh

example_words_list_1: net, network, netting, nettle

example_words_corpus: nets | benet | netty | botnet | nettie | netted

categorical_group_list: Object, Container, Network

etymology: Latin 'rete' meaning 'net, fishing net'


morpheme_key: nether

morpheme: nether

morpheme_head: nether

affix_form: nether-

meaning_definition: below, beneath, down, downwards, lower, in an inferior position

example_words_list_1: nethergarment | netherling | netherlook | netherman | nethermind | nethermost | netherverse | netherworld

example_words_list_2: nethergarment, netherling, netherlook, netherman, nethermind, nethermost, netherverse, netherworld

example_words_corpus: netherman | netherdom | netherling | netherhose | netherwear | nethermind

categorical_group_list: Spatial, Directional, Position

etymology: nither-, neother-


morpheme_key: netherland

morpheme: netherland

morpheme_head: netherland

affix_form: -netherland-

meaning_definition: low-lying land | bottom | nether

example_words_list_1: netherlands

etymology: From Middle Dutch 'netherland' (low land)

ancestor_etymon_language: Dutch


morpheme_key: netherlands

morpheme: netherlands

morpheme_head: netherlands

affix_form: -netherlands-

meaning_definition: low lands | netherlands

example_words_list_1: Netherlands

categorical_group_list: Proper Noun, Location, Nationality

etymology: From Middle Dutch 'netherlanden' (low lands)


morpheme_key: nett

morpheme: nett

morpheme_head: nett

affix_form: -nett-

meaning_definition: net | clear | pure | free from

example_words_list_1: net, nettle, nettlesome, netting

categorical_group_list: Purity, Clarity, State

etymology: Latin 'nettus' meaning 'clean, pure, clear'


morpheme_key: nettle

morpheme: nettle

morpheme_head: nettle

affix_form: -nettle-

meaning_definition: stinging plant | to irritate

example_words_list_1: nettle, nettled, nettles

example_words_corpus: nettles | nettled | nettler | nettlers | benettle | nettlebed

categorical_group_list: Nature, Flora, Irritation

etymology: Old English 'netle'


morpheme_key: neur

morpheme: neur

morpheme_head: neur

affix_form: neur-

sense_label: nerve

meaning_definition: nerve fiber | tendinous tissue

example_words_list_1: neuron, neural, neurology, neurosis, neurotic

example_words_corpus: neurism | neurile | neuraxis | neuralgia | neuralgic | neurility

related_morphemes: nerv / nerv

categorical_group_list: Anatomy, Physiology, Body parts

etymology: Greek 'neuron' meaning 'sinew, cord, nerve'

ancestor_etymon_language: Greek


morpheme_key: neuter

morpheme: neuter

morpheme_head: neuter

affix_form: -neuter-

meaning_definition: non- + neither | derived from 'not' and 'neither'

example_words_list_1: neuter, neutral, neutrality

example_words_list_2: neuter, neutral, neutrality

example_words_corpus: neuters | neutered | neutering | unneutered | neuterings

categorical_group_list: Negation, Quantity

ancestor_etymon: neuter

etymology: From Latin neuter 'neither', composed of the negative prefix ne- and the interrogative pronoun uter 'which of two'.


morpheme_key: neutr

morpheme: neutr

morpheme_head: neutro

affix_form: -neutr-

allomorphs: neutr

meaning_definition: non-choice between two alternatives | absence of selection between two options

example_words_list_1: neuter, neutral, neutralize, neutrino, neutron

categorical_group_list: Negation, Neutrality

etymology: Greek Nikē : goddess of victory


morpheme_key: nevada

morpheme: nevada

morpheme_head: nevada

affix_form: -nevada-

meaning_definition: snow-covered | snow | snow-capped

example_words_list_1: nevado, nevada, nevar, nieve, nevoso

categorical_group_list: Nature, Weather, Geography

etymology: Spanish nevada 'snowfall' or 'snow-covered'


morpheme_key: never

morpheme: never

morpheme_head: never

affix_form: -never-

meaning_definition: not | at no time

example_words_list_1: nevermore, never

categorical_group_list: Negation, Temporal

etymology: Old English 'næfre' (not ever)

ancestor_etymon_language: Old English


morpheme_key: new

morpheme: new

morpheme_head: new

affix_form: new-

sense_label: recent

meaning_definition: recent | fresh | newly created

example_words_list_1: news | newel | newly | renew | newer | newsy

categorical_group_list: Temporal, Novelty

etymology: Old English nēowe, from Proto-Germanic *naiwaz, from Proto-Indo-European *snaiwós


morpheme_key: newel

morpheme: newel

morpheme_head: newel

affix_form: -newel-

meaning_definition: landing platform | balcony | railing | post

example_words_list_1: newel post, newel pole, newel stair

categorical_group_list: Architecture, Staircase, Structural component

etymology: From Latin 'nervus' (sinew, tendon) via Old French 'nouel', referring to the sturdy posts or railings of a staircase.


morpheme_key: newfoundland

morpheme: newfoundland

morpheme_head: newfoundland

affix_form: -newfoundland-

meaning_definition: Newfoundland

categorical_group_list: Proper Noun, Geographical Location, Place Name

etymology: From the place name Newfoundland, derived from Portuguese 'nova' (new) and 'foundland' (found land).

ancestor_etymon_language: English


morpheme_key: newt

morpheme: newt

morpheme_head: newt

affix_form: -newt-

allomorphs: newton

meaning_definition: small amphibian

example_words_list_1: newt

example_words_corpus: newtlike | newtling | newtlings

categorical_group_list: Fauna, Amphibian

etymology: Middle English 'newte'


morpheme_key: next

morpheme: next

morpheme_head: next

affix_form: -next-

meaning_definition: following | subsequent | immediate

example_words_list_1: next, next-door, next-door

categorical_group_list: Sequence, Temporal, Spatial

etymology: Old English 'neah' (near) + '-st' (superlative suffix)


morpheme_key: nexus

morpheme: nexus

morpheme_head: nexus

affix_form: -nexus-

allomorphs: nex

meaning_definition: connection | link | center | junction

example_words_list_1: nexus

example_words_corpus: nexal

categorical_group_list: Connection, Unity, Centrality

etymology: Latin nexus, past participle of nectere 'to bind, connect'


morpheme_key: nib

morpheme: nib

morpheme_head: nib

affix_form: -nib-

meaning_definition: nib | pen point | tip

example_words_list_1: nib, nibbed, nibbing

example_words_corpus: nibs | denib | nibbed | niblet | niblets | niblike

categorical_group_list: Writing, Tool, Anatomy

etymology: Dutch 'nibbe' meaning 'point' or 'tip', likely from Old Dutch 'nippa'


morpheme_key: nic

morpheme: nic

morpheme_head: nic

affix_form: -nic-

sense_label: dead

meaning_definition: dead | corpse | dead body

example_words_list_1: necrosis, necromancer, necropolis, necrophilia, necrotic

example_words_list_2: necromancy, necrophilia, necrophobia, necropolis, necropsy, necrosis, necrospermia, necrotic, necrotize, necrotomy

categorical_group_list: Death, Mortality

etymology: νεκρός (nekrós), νέκρωσις (nékrōsis)


morpheme_key: niche

morpheme: niche

morpheme_head: niche

affix_form: -niche-

meaning_definition: specialized | specific | secluded

example_words_list_1: niche

example_words_corpus: niched | niches | nichey | enniche | econiche | enniched

categorical_group_list: Space, Position

etymology: Old French 'niche' meaning 'recess' or 'hollow'


morpheme_key: nick

morpheme: nick

morpheme_head: nick

affix_form: -nick-

meaning_definition: nickname | short form of a name

example_words_list_1: nickname, nicknames

example_words_corpus: nicks | nicker | nicked | nicking | nickase | nickases

categorical_group_list: Naming, Diminutive, Informal

etymology: Middle English 'nikke', a diminutive of 'Nicholas', later generalized to mean a familiar or shortened form of a name.


morpheme_key: nickel

morpheme: nickel

morpheme_head: nickel

affix_form: -nickel-

meaning_definition: a small coin used as currency | the numeral representing five

example_words_list_1: nickel, pumpernickel

example_words_list_2: nickel, pumpernickel

example_words_corpus: nickelates | nickelized | nickelizes | nickelizing | allylnickels | cupronickels

categorical_group_list: Supernatural, Entity

etymology: From Middle High German 'nīgelin', a diminutive of 'nī' (five), derived from the Proto-Germanic root for the number five.


morpheme_key: nicotine

morpheme: nicotine

morpheme_head: nicotine

affix_form: -nicotine-

meaning_definition: alkaloid | stimulant

example_words_list_1: nicotine, nicotinic, nicotinamide

example_words_corpus: nicotined | antinicotine | nicotinergic

categorical_group_list: Chemical, Substance

etymology: named after nicotine, derived from 'nicotiana' (tobacco)


morpheme_key: nict

morpheme: nict

morpheme_head: nict

affix_form: nict-

sense_label: beckon, wink

meaning_definition: beckon, wink

example_words_list_1: nictate, nictation, nictitate, nictitation

categorical_group_list: Motion, Vision, Ocular

etymology: nictari


morpheme_key: nid

morpheme: nid

morpheme_head: nid

affix_form: -nid-

meaning_definition: dwelling | lair | roost | burrow | den

example_words_list_1: nide, nidicolous, nidifugous, nidify, nidus

categorical_group_list: Nature, Biology

etymology: Latin nidus 'nest'


morpheme_key: nidazole

morpheme: nidazole

morpheme_head: nidazole

affix_form: -nidazole

meaning_definition: nitro- | nitroimidazole derivative

example_words_list_1: ornidazole | azanidazole | etanidazole | sulnidazole | benznidazole | ipronidazole

categorical_group_list: Pharmacology, Chemistry

etymology: From Greek 'nitron' (native soda) + 'azole' (a class of heterocyclic compounds), referring to the nitro group attached to an imidazole ring.


morpheme_key: niece

morpheme: niece

morpheme_head: niece

affix_form: -niece-

meaning_definition: daughter of one's brother or sister

example_words_list_1: niece

example_words_corpus: nieces | niecely | stepniece | nieceless | nieceship | grandniece

categorical_group_list: Kinship, Family

etymology: Old French 'niece' (feminine of 'neveu'), from Latin 'neptis' meaning 'granddaughter, niece'.

ancestor_etymon_language: Old French


morpheme_key: niggard

morpheme: niggard

morpheme_head: niggard

affix_form: niggard

meaning_definition: unwilling to spend money or resources | excessively frugal | characterized by stinginess

example_words_list_1: niggards | niggardy | niggardly | niggardry | niggardish | niggardous

etymology: from Old Norse 'nígr' meaning 'stingy'

ancestor_etymon_language: Old Norse

source: MorphoLex


morpheme_key: nigger

morpheme: nigger

morpheme_head: nigger

affix_form: nigger

meaning_definition: A steam-powered capstan used on Mississippi river boats to haul vessels over river bars and snags | A type of mechanical device used in river navigation | A historical term for a specific type of capstan on riverboats

example_words_list_1: niggers | niggery | niggerly | niggeress | niggerism | niggerish

register: historical


morpheme_key: niggle

morpheme: niggle

morpheme_head: niggle

affix_form: niggle

meaning_definition: to focus excessively on small matters | to be overly concerned with trivial details

example_words_list_1: niggles | niggled | niggler | nigglers

example_words_corpus: niggles | niggled | niggler | nigglers


morpheme_key: nigh

morpheme: nigh

morpheme_head: nigh

affix_form: -nigh-

meaning_definition: near | close | adjacent

example_words_list_1: nigh, nighness, midnight

example_words_corpus: nighly | nighen | fornigh | nighens | nigheth | nighness

categorical_group_list: Proximity, Spatiotemporal

etymology: Old English nēah 'near, close'


morpheme_key: night

morpheme: night

morpheme_head: night

affix_form: -night-

meaning_definition: night

example_words_list_1: equinoctial, equinox, noctambulous, noctiluca, noctilucent, noctule, nocturn, nocturnal, nocturnality, nocturne, notturno, seminocturnal, trinoctial, midnight

example_words_corpus: nights | nighty | anight | nightie | nightly | benight

categorical_group_list: Time, Nature

etymology: nox (noctis)

ancestor_etymon_language: Latin


morpheme_key: nihil

morpheme: nihil

morpheme_head: nihil

affix_form: nihil-

sense_label: nothing

meaning_definition: absence of all things | not one | no instance

example_words_list_1: annihilate | annihilation | annihilator | nihil | nil | nihilism Variant Spellings: nil | nihilism

example_words_corpus: nihils | Nihilarian

related_morphemes: n- / : compare omni / omni

categorical_group_list: Negator | Anomalous form

ancestor_etymon: nihil

etymology: Latin nihil 'nothing', from ne- 'not' + hilum 'a trifle'


morpheme_key: nik

morpheme: nik

morpheme_head: nik

affix_form: -nik

allomorphs: -nik

meaning_definition: An individual associated with the meaning of the initial component | Someone who is a {prev}

example_words_list_1: computernik | no-goodnik

example_words_list_2: computernik, no-goodnik

example_words_corpus: warnik | neatnik | jazznik | folknik | peaknik | sicknik

categorical_group_list: Grouper

ancestor_etymon: -ник  OED | nik

etymology: < Yiddish -nik and its etymon Russian -nik, suffix forming nouns usually denoting a member of a class or group OED

ancestor_etymon_language: Russian  OED


morpheme_key: nimble

morpheme: nimble

morpheme_head: nimble

affix_form: -nimble-

meaning_definition: quick | agile | light-footed

example_words_list_1: nimble, nimbleness

categorical_group_list: Agility, Speed, Physicality

etymology: Middle English 'nimel', related to 'nim' (to take/seize)

ancestor_etymon_language: Middle English


morpheme_key: nimbus

morpheme: nimbus

morpheme_head: nimbus

affix_form: -nimbus-

meaning_definition: cloud | halo | luminous cloud

example_words_list_1: nimbus, nimbostratus

example_words_corpus: nimbused | nimbuslike

categorical_group_list: Nature, Light, Atmosphere

etymology: Latin nimb- 'raincloud, shower' (stem of nimbus)


morpheme_key: nine

morpheme: nine

morpheme_head: nine

affix_form: -nine-

meaning_definition: the number 9 | ninefold

example_words_list_1: nineteen, ninety, nonagon

example_words_corpus: nines | ninety | ninepin | nineish | stanine | ninefold

categorical_group_list: Number, Cardinality

etymology: Proto-Germanic *niuną, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁néwn̥


morpheme_key: niobe

morpheme: niobe

morpheme_head: niobe

affix_form: -niobe-

meaning_definition: Niobe

example_words_list_1: niobium

example_words_corpus: Niobean

categorical_group_list: Mythology, Proper Name, Personification

etymology: From Greek Niobe, daughter of Tantalus, whose name is associated with weeping or tears.


morpheme_key: nip

morpheme: nip

morpheme_head: nip

affix_form: nip

meaning_definition: a small amount of food or drink | a small portion of something edible or drinkable

example_words_list_1: nips | nipt | nippy | nipper | nipped | nipping

etymology: from Old English 'nippian' meaning to drink


morpheme_key: nippon

morpheme: nippon

morpheme_head: nippon

affix_form: -nippon-

allomorphs: Nippo

meaning_definition: Japan

example_words_list_1: Nipponia, Nipponicus

example_words_corpus: nipponize | Nipponism | Nipponese | nipponium | nipponized | nipponizes

categorical_group_list: Proper Noun, Location

etymology: From Old Japanese Nippon/Nihon, meaning 'sun origin', referring to Japan's position east of China where the sun rises.

ancestor_etymon_language: Japanese

etymological_family: Japanese (Sino)


morpheme_key: nirvana

morpheme: nirvana

morpheme_head: nirvana

affix_form: -nirvana-

meaning_definition: extinction | liberation | state of profound peace

example_words_list_1: nirvanic, nirvanism

example_words_corpus: nirvanic | Beervana | nerdvana | nirvanol

categorical_group_list: Spiritual, State of Being

etymology: Sanskrit nirvāṇa, literally 'blowing out' or 'extinguishing', from ni- 'down' + vā 'to blow'

ancestor_etymon_language: Sanskrit

etymological_family: Sanskrit


morpheme_key: nitro

morpheme: nitro

morpheme_head: nitro

affix_form: nitro-

allomorphs: nitr

sense_label: nitrogen-containing

meaning_definition: nitrogen-containing | related to nitrogen

example_words_list_1: nitrox | nitrogen | nitrosyl | nitroxyl | nitrokeg | nitroform

categorical_group_list: Chemistry, Substance

etymology: Greek nitron "natron" + -gen "producing"


morpheme_key: niv

morpheme: niv

morpheme_head: niv

affix_form: niv-

meaning_definition: snow

example_words_list_1: Nevada | névé | nival | nivation | niveus | subnival | subnivean

categorical_group_list: Nature, Weather, Temperature

etymology: nix | nivis


morpheme_key: no

morpheme: no

morpheme_head: no

affix_form: -no-

meaning_definition: awareness | reasoning | mental faculty

example_words_list_1: noetic, noumenon, nous, paranoia

example_words_list_2: noetic, noumenon, nous, paranoia

example_words_corpus: nohow | noway | nowhy | nobody | nowise | nowhen

categorical_group_list: Cognition, Intellect

etymology: Greek νοῦς (noûs)


morpheme_key: nobel

morpheme: nobel

morpheme_head: nobel

affix_form: -nobel-

meaning_definition: high-born | aristocratic | distinguished

example_words_list_1: nobility, nobleman, nobleness

categorical_group_list: Status, Social Class

etymology: Latin nōbilis 'well-known, famous, of good family', from nōscere 'to know'


morpheme_key: noble

morpheme: noble

morpheme_head: noble

affix_form: -noble-

meaning_definition: of high social rank | aristocratic | of good character

example_words_list_1: nobility, nobleman, nobly

example_words_corpus: nobler | ennoble | unnoble | nobleman | noblemen | ennobled

categorical_group_list: Social Status, Quality, Virtue


morpheme_key: noblesse

morpheme: noblesse

morpheme_head: noblesse

affix_form: -noblesse-

meaning_definition: nobility | high social rank | aristocratic

example_words_list_1: noblesse oblige, noblesse de robe

example_words_corpus: noblesses

categorical_group_list: Social Status, Rank

etymology: French 'noblesse' from 'noble'

ancestor_etymon_language: French


morpheme_key: noc

morpheme: noc

morpheme_head: noc

affix_form: noc-

allomorphs: noci

sense_label: harm

meaning_definition: harm | injury | impairment

example_words_list_1: innocence | innocent | innocuity | innocuous | nocebo | nocent | nociception | nociceptive | nocifensor | nocument | nocuous | internecine | obnoxious | noxious | obnoxious unrelated: noct / equinox.

categorical_group_list: Capability

etymology: Latin prefix in- (variant of im-, il-, ir-) from PIE *ne- 'not'

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


affix_form: noc

allomorphs: nyc

sense_label: night

meaning_definition: time of darkness | period when sunlight is absent

example_words_list_1: nocturnal, nocturne, noctambulist

etymology: Latin nox, noct- 'night'


morpheme_key: noct

morpheme: noct

morpheme_head: noct

affix_form: noct-

allomorphs: nocti

meaning_definition: time of darkness | period when daylight ends

example_words_list_1: equinoctial | equinox | noctambulous | noctiluca | noctilucent | noctule | nocturn | nocturnal | nocturnality | nocturne | notturno | seminocturnal | trinoctial | midnight | noctambulism | Noctuidae | nocturne Variant Spellings: equinox

categorical_group_list: Time cycle phase | Anomalous form

ancestor_etymon: nox

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


morpheme_key: node

morpheme: node

morpheme_head: node

affix_form: -node-

allomorphs: nod

meaning_definition: knot | central point | intersection

example_words_list_1: node, nodal, multinode

example_words_corpus: nodes | noded | binode | subnode | oscnode | antinode

categorical_group_list: Connection, Point, Structure

etymology: Latin nodus 'knot, joint'


morpheme_key: nodule

morpheme: nodule

morpheme_head: nodule

affix_form: -nodule-

meaning_definition: small rounded mass | lump | swelling

example_words_list_1: nodule, multinodular, nodular

example_words_corpus: nodules | noduled | micronodule | macronodule | micronodules | macronodules

categorical_group_list: Anatomy, Shape, Physicality

etymology: Latin nodulus, diminutive of nodus 'knot'


morpheme_key: noel

morpheme: noel

morpheme_head: noel

affix_form: -noel-

meaning_definition: Christmas | Feast of the Nativity

example_words_list_1: Noel, Noelani, Noelani

categorical_group_list: Holiday, Time, Religion

etymology: Latin 'nativitas' (birth) via Old French 'Noel'


morpheme_key: noia

morpheme: noia

morpheme_head: noia

affix_form: -noia-

meaning_definition: mind | intellect

example_words_list_1: paranoia, neurosis

categorical_group_list: Cognition, Mental state

etymology: Greek noos/nous 'mind, intellect'


morpheme_key: noir

morpheme: noir

morpheme_head: noir

affix_form: -noir-

allomorphs: noire

meaning_definition: dark | ebony

example_words_list_1: bête noire, film noir, noir

example_words_list_2: bête noire, film noir, noir

example_words_corpus: noirs | noirish | noirishly | misogynoir | noirishness | transmisogynoir

related_morphemes: negr / negr, nigr / nigr

categorical_group_list: Color, Visual property

etymology: Latin niger 'black'


morpheme_key: noise

morpheme: noise

morpheme_head: noise

affix_form: -noise-

meaning_definition: sound | disturbance | clamor

example_words_list_1: noisy, noisiness, noiseless

example_words_corpus: noises | noised | noiseth | noisest | denoise | denoised

categorical_group_list: Auditory, Disturbance

etymology: From Old French 'noise' (noise, uproar), of uncertain origin, possibly from Vulgar Latin *noiosa (from Latin 'nosus' meaning troublesome).


morpheme_key: noisome

morpheme: noisome

morpheme_head: noisome

affix_form: -noisome-

meaning_definition: harmful | offensive | disgusting

example_words_list_1: noxious, noxiously, noxiousness

categorical_group_list: Sensory, Harm

etymology: Latin noxius 'harmful', from noxa 'hurt, injury'


morpheme_key: nom

morpheme: nom

morpheme_head: nom

affix_form: -nom-

allomorphs: nomo

sense_label: arrangement

meaning_definition: arrangement | law | order | specified area of knowledge

example_words_list_1: agronomy | antinomy | astronomy | autonomous | autonomy | bionomics | economics | economy | gastronomy | metronome | nomology | polynomial | taxonomy | numismatic

example_words_corpus: noms | binom | binoms | mononom | nomology | mononoms

categorical_group_list: Law, Order, Knowledge, Management

etymology: νόμος (nómos) | νομή


sense_label: name

meaning_definition: identifier | label

example_words_list_1: nominate | misnomer | nomenclature | agnomen | cognomen | denomination | denominator | ignominious | innominate | nom de guerre | nom de plume | nomen | nominal | nominative | nominee | polynomial | praenomen Variant Spellings: noun | pronoun | renown

categorical_group_list: Identity, Designation

ancestor_etymon: nom

etymology: Latin nōmen 'name', from nōnō 'to name'


morpheme_key: nomad

morpheme: nomad

morpheme_head: nomad

affix_form: nomad-

sense_label: those who let pasture herds

meaning_definition: those who let pasture herds

example_words_list_1: nomad, nomadic, nomadism, nomadize

example_words_list_2: nomad, nomadic, nomadism, nomadize

example_words_corpus: nomads | nomadic | nomadism | nomadian | nomadize | technomad

categorical_group_list: Movement, Pastoralism

etymology: νομάς, νομάδος (nomás, nomádos), νομαδικός (nomadikós)


morpheme_key: nomen

morpheme: nomen

morpheme_head: nomen

affix_form: nomen-

meaning_definition: designation | appellation | title

example_words_list_1: agnomen | agnominal | agnomination | binomen | binominal | denomination | denominational | denominative | denominator | ignominious | ignominy | innominate | innomine | interdenominational | multidenominational | multinominal | nomenclator | nomenclature | nominal | nominate | nomination | nominative | nominator | nominee | nondenominational | noun | postnominal | praenomen | prenominal | pronominal | pronoun | redenomination | renominate | renown | surnominal | trinomen | trinominal

example_words_corpus: praenomen | praenomens

etymology: Latin nōmen 'name', from the root of nōnō 'to name'


morpheme_key: nomenclature

morpheme: nomenclature

morpheme_head: nomenclature

affix_form: -nomenclature-

meaning_definition: naming | system of names

categorical_group_list: Naming, Classification

etymology: Latin nomenclatura, from nomenclator 'name-caller'


morpheme_key: nomicon

morpheme: nomicon

morpheme_head: nomicon

affix_form: -nomicon

meaning_definition: book | law | system of knowledge

example_words_list_1: icon, iconography, iconic, iconoclast, telephoto, panorama

categorical_group_list: Knowledge, Law, Literature

etymology: Greek nomos 'law' + icon 'image/likeness'


morpheme_key: nomics

morpheme: nomics

morpheme_head: nomics

affix_form: -nomics

meaning_definition: system of laws | practice | science of

example_words_list_1: ergonomics | caponomics | Bidenomics | cronynomics | bleakonomics | Trumponomics

categorical_group_list: System, Science, Law

etymology: Greek -nomia (system of laws) from nomos (law)


morpheme_key: nomin

morpheme: nomin

morpheme_head: nomin

affix_form: nomin-

meaning_definition: name

example_words_list_1: agnomen, agnominal, agnomination, binomen, binominal, denomination, denominational, denominative, denominator, ignominious, ignominy, innominate, innomine, interdenominational, multidenominational, multinominal, nomenclator, nomenclature, nominal, nominate, nomination, nominative, nominator, nominee, nondenominational, noun, postnominal, praenomen, prenominal, pronominal, pronoun, redenomination, renominate, renown, surnominal, trinomen, trinominal

categorical_group_list: Identity, Naming

etymology: nomen, nominis


morpheme_key: nomos

morpheme: nomos

morpheme_head: nomos

affix_form: -nomos-

meaning_definition: legal principles | scientific discipline

example_words_list_1: astronomer

example_words_list_2: astronomer

example_words_corpus: heteronomous | heteronomously

categorical_group_list: Order, Knowledge, Regulation

ancestor_etymon: nomo

etymology: Greek νόμος (nomos) 'law, custom, usage'


morpheme_key: nomy

morpheme: nomy

morpheme_head: nomy

affix_form: -nomy

allomorphs: -nomy

derivational_or_inflectional: derivational | derivational suffix affix bound morpheme

meaning_definition: system | rule | sequence | particular field of study | condition | existence as a whole | examination of a defined concept | analysis of the preceding term's subject

example_words_list_1: agronomy | antinomy | astronomy | autonomous | autonomy | bionomics | economics | economy | gastronomy | metronome | nomology | polynomial | taxonomy

example_words_corpus: eunomy | zoonomy | dysnomy | isonomy | bionomy | geonomy

categorical_group_list: Concatenation

ancestor_etymon: -νομία  OED | nom

etymology: νόμος (nómos) | νομή | < ancient Greek -νομία ... of the base of νέμειν  to deal | distribute | hold | manage OED

ancestor_etymon_language: Greek | Greek  OED


morpheme_key: non

morpheme: non

morpheme_head: non

affix_form: non-

sense_label: not

meaning_definition: negation | absent | lacking | deprived of (less intense than IN/UN) | contrary to | absence | refraining from | having not performed | none | 9

example_words_list_1: nonpermissive | non-alcoholic | non-English | non-smoking | nonexistent | non-fiction | nonconforming | nondescript | none | nonentity | nonfiction | nonsense | nonstop

example_words_corpus: nonage | nonfat | nonose | nonuse | nongay | nonart

categorical_group_list: Negator

ancestor_etymon: non | nōn  OED

etymology: From Latin 'non' meaning 'not', derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *ne-.

ancestor_etymon_language: Latin | Latin  OED

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


morpheme_key: nona

morpheme: non(a)

morpheme_head: non(a)

meaning_definition: the numeral nine | possessing nine | ordinal position of nine | nine per unit

example_words_list_1: nonagon | nonet | Novena | novenary

example_words_list_2: nonagon | nonet | Novena | novenary

example_words_corpus: nonagon | nonamer | nonagons | nonamers | nonagram | nonalead

categorical_group_list: Number forms

ancestor_etymon: nōnus  OED | nona

etymology: Latin non- 'not, no' (from ne 'not' + -un 'one', cf. unus)

ancestor_etymon_language: Latin  OED | Latin

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


morpheme_key: nonagen

morpheme: nonagen

morpheme_head: nonagen

affix_form: nonagen-

meaning_definition: ninety each

example_words_list_1: nonagenarian, nonagenary

example_words_list_2: nonagenarian, nonagenary

categorical_group_list: Number, Quantity

etymology: Latin nonageni 'ninety each', from nonaginta 'ninety'


morpheme_key: nonagesim

morpheme: nonagesim

morpheme_head: nonagesim

affix_form: nonagesim-

meaning_definition: ninetieth

example_words_list_1: nonagesimal

example_words_list_2: nonagesimal

categorical_group_list: Ordinal, Number

etymology: nonagesimus


morpheme_key: nonce

morpheme: nonce

morpheme_head: nonce

affix_form: -nonce-

meaning_definition: new | for one-time use

example_words_list_1: nonce, nonceword

example_words_corpus: nonces

categorical_group_list: Novelty, Temporality

etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French nonce, from Medieval Latin nonce 'for the occasion', from Latin nunc 'now'


morpheme_key: nonchal

morpheme: nonchal

morpheme_head: nonchal

affix_form: -nonchal-

meaning_definition: indifferent | unconcerned | lack of care

example_words_list_1: nonchalant

categorical_group_list: State of mind, Negation

etymology: French nonchalant, from non- 'not' + chaloir 'to matter/concern'


morpheme_key: nonplus

morpheme: nonplus

morpheme_head: nonplus

affix_form: -nonplus-

meaning_definition: at a loss | perplexed | bewildered

example_words_list_1: nonplussed

example_words_corpus: nonplused | nonplussed | nonplusing | nonplussing | nonplusment | nonplussedness

categorical_group_list: Negation, State of mind

etymology: From Latin 'non' (not) + 'placere' (to please); literally 'not pleased'.


morpheme_key: noodle

morpheme: noodle

morpheme_head: noodle

affix_form: -noodle-

meaning_definition: a type of food made from unleavened dough

example_words_list_1: ['noodle']

example_words_corpus: noodles | noodler | noodled | noodlers | noodledom | noodlefish

categorical_group_list: Food, Substance

etymology: From German Nudel, from Medieval Latin nudella, diminutive of Latin nudus 'bare' (referring to the thin, bare dough).

ancestor_etymon_language: German


morpheme_key: nook

morpheme: nook

morpheme_head: nook

affix_form: nook

meaning_definition: A historical unit of land area, originally equivalent to a yardland, later standardized as 20 acres | a small or enclosed portion of land | a term used in land measurement in historical contexts

example_words_list_1: nooks | nooky | nooked | nookery | nooklet | nooklike

etymology: Derived from the Old English term 'yardland', a unit of land measurement.


morpheme_key: noose

morpheme: noose

morpheme_head: noose

affix_form: -noose-

meaning_definition: a loop of rope or wire for hanging or capturing

example_words_list_1: noose, noosed, noosing, nooses

example_words_corpus: nooses | nooser | noosers | nooselike | nooseless

categorical_group_list: Object, Restraint, Violence

etymology: From Old English 'nōs' meaning 'noose, snare', of Germanic origin.


morpheme_key: nor

morpheme: nor

morpheme_head: nor

affix_form: nor-

sense_label: north

meaning_definition: the northern direction | the top side on a map

example_words_list_1: Nordic | Norfolk | Norge (Norway) | Norman | Normandy | Norse | north | Norton | Norway | Norwich

example_words_list_2: Nordic, Norfolk, Norge (Norway), Norman, Normandy, Norse, north, Norton, Norway, Norwich

example_words_corpus: norlignane | norbornane | norgestrel | nortropane | nordazepam | norcodeine

categorical_group_list: Direction, Orientation

etymology: Proto-Germanic *norþr, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃ner- 'to turn, move'

ancestor_etymon_language: Proto-Germanic

source: Cognatarium | Wikidata


morpheme_key: nordic

morpheme: nordic

morpheme_head: nordic

affix_form: -nordic-

meaning_definition: north | northern

example_words_list_1: nordic, nordicism, nordicize

example_words_corpus: Nordicism | Nordicist | Nordicity | Nordicness

categorical_group_list: Geography, Region

etymology: From Old Norse 'norr' (north) + 'vegr' (way), referring to the direction of the rising sun in Scandinavia.


morpheme_key: norman

morpheme: norman

morpheme_head: norman

affix_form: -norman-

meaning_definition: Norman | of Normandy | from the Northmen

example_words_list_1: Norman, Normandy, Norman conquest, Norman French

example_words_corpus: Normanism | Normanness

categorical_group_list: Proper noun, Ethnonym, Historical

etymology: from Norman (the people) via Old French 'Normand'


morpheme_key: normandy

morpheme: normandy

morpheme_head: normandy

affix_form: -normandy-

meaning_definition: Normandy (region in France)

example_words_list_1: Norman, Normandy, Normans

categorical_group_list: Geography, Proper Noun, Historical Region

etymology: From Old Norse 'Norman' meaning 'Northman' or 'Viking', referring to the Norse settlers who established the Duchy of Normandy.


morpheme_key: normo

morpheme: normo

morpheme_head: normo

affix_form: normo-

allomorphs: norma

meaning_definition: typical | usual | standard size | frequency

example_words_list_1: abnormal | abnormality | binormal | circumnormal | denormal | enormity | enormous | nonnormal | nonnormative | norm | normable | normal | normality | normative | quasinorm | seminorm | seminormable | seminormal | subnormal | normotensive | normotension | normoblast

example_words_corpus: normosmia | normosmic | normocyte | normopath | normoergy | normotonic

categorical_group_list: Standard, Measurement, Quantity

ancestor_etymon: norma  OED

etymology: Latin normus 'rule, pattern' (of uncertain origin, possibly from Greek kanōn 'straight stick, rule')

source: MorphoQuantics | Stein


morpheme_key: norse

morpheme: norse

morpheme_head: norse

affix_form: -norse-

meaning_definition: pertaining to Norway | Old Norse | Scandinavian

example_words_list_1: Norse, Norseman, Norse mythology

categorical_group_list: Proper Noun, Ethnonym, Geographic

etymology: From Old Norse 'Norrvegr' (North Way)


morpheme_key: north

morpheme: north

morpheme_head: north

affix_form: north-

meaning_definition: north, direction

example_words_list_1: north-central, north-polar, northbound, northerly, northmost, northwesterly

example_words_corpus: norths | norther | northly | northie | northing | northers

etymology: From Old English norþ, from Proto-Germanic *norþaz, from Proto-Indo-European *ner- (down, below)


morpheme_key: northfield

morpheme: northfield

morpheme_head: northfield

affix_form: -northfield-

meaning_definition: north | northern direction

example_words_list_1: northfield, northfields, Northfield

categorical_group_list: Direction, Geography, Cardinal point

etymology: From Old English norð 'north' + field 'open land', a native Germanic compound.


morpheme_key: northland

morpheme: northland

morpheme_head: northland

affix_form: -northland-

meaning_definition: region in the north | northern territory

example_words_list_1: ['northland']

categorical_group_list: Location, Geography

etymology: Compound of North (Old English norð) + Land (Old English land)


morpheme_key: norway

morpheme: norway

morpheme_head: norway

affix_form: -norway-

meaning_definition: Norway

example_words_list_1: Norway

example_words_corpus: Norwayan

categorical_group_list: Proper Noun, Location

etymology: From Old Norse 'Norðvegr' meaning 'North Way'


morpheme_key: nos

morpheme: nos

morpheme_head: nose

affix_form: -nos-

sense_label: nose

meaning_definition: the facial structure used for breathing and detecting scents

example_words_list_1: nose, nostril

example_words_list_2: nose, nostril

related_morphemes: nas2 / nas

categorical_group_list: Anatomy, Return

etymology: Greek nostos : a return home

source: Cognatarium


morpheme_key: nose

morpheme: nose

affix_form: -nose-

meaning_definition: nose

example_words_list_1: nose, nosebleed, nosegay

example_words_corpus: nosey | nosed | noser | nosely | nosers | nosegay

categorical_group_list: Anatomy, Body part

etymology: Old English 'nos'


morpheme_key: nosh

morpheme: nosh

morpheme_head: nosh

affix_form: -nosh-

meaning_definition: eat | consume | snack

example_words_list_1: nosh, noshing

example_words_corpus: noshed | noshes | nosher | noshing | noshery | noshers

categorical_group_list: Consumption, Action

etymology: Imitative/Onomatopoeic origin


morpheme_key: noso

morpheme: noso

morpheme_head: noso

affix_form: noso-

allomorphs: nos

meaning_definition: disease | illness | sickness

example_words_list_1: nosology | nosography

example_words_list_2: nosology | nosography

example_words_corpus: nosonomy | nosomania | nosogenic | nosophyte | nosophilia | nosophobia

categorical_group_list: Medical, Pathology

ancestor_etymon: νοσο-  OED

etymology: Greek nosos 'disease'

ancestor_etymon_language: Greek  OED

source: MorphoQuantics


morpheme_key: nostalg

morpheme: nostalg

morpheme_head: nostalg

affix_form: -nostalg-

meaning_definition: pain | longing | yearning

example_words_list_1: nostalgia, nostalgic

categorical_group_list: Emotion, Memory

etymology: Greek nostos "return home" + algos "pain"

ancestor_etymon_language: Greek


morpheme_key: noster

morpheme: noster

morpheme_head: noster

affix_form: -noster-

meaning_definition: belonging to us | our possession

example_words_list_1: nostrum

example_words_list_2: nostrum

categorical_group_list: Possession, Pronoun

ancestor_etymon: nost

etymology: Latin noster "our, ours", from PIE *nos-tero- (superlative of *nos "we")


morpheme_key: nostos

morpheme: nostos

morpheme_head: nostos

affix_form: -nostos-

meaning_definition: a return | a homecoming

example_words_list_1: nostalgia

example_words_list_2: nostalgia

categorical_group_list: Movement, Return

etymology: Greek νόστος (nostos) 'return home'


morpheme_key: nostrum

morpheme: nostrum

morpheme_head: nostrum

affix_form: -nostrum-

allomorphs: nostr

meaning_definition: our

example_words_list_1: nostrum, nostrumism

example_words_corpus: nostrums

etymology: Latin neuter singular of noster "our"


morpheme_key: not

morpheme: not

morpheme_head: noto

affix_form: not-

sense_label: south

meaning_definition: direction opposite to north | southern geographical position

example_words_list_1: Notogaea | Notomys | Nototherium | notornis

example_words_corpus: nots | cannot | notion | notions | whatnot | notness

related_morphemes: compare borea / borea

etymology: Greek νότος (notos) 'south wind'


morpheme_key: notar

morpheme: notar

morpheme_head: notar

affix_form: -notar-

meaning_definition: to mark | to note | to observe

example_words_list_1: notation, notarize, notary

categorical_group_list: Perception, Documentation

etymology: Latin nōtus, past participle of nōscere 'to get to know'


morpheme_key: note

morpheme: note

morpheme_head: note

affix_form: note-

allomorphs: nota

sense_label: letter, mark, note, know

meaning_definition: letter, mark, note, know

example_words_list_1: annotate, annotation, annotator, connotation, connotational, connotative, connote, denotation, denotational, denotative, denotatum, denote, nondenotative, nonnotable, nonnotational, notability, notable, notarial, notariat, notary, notate, notation, notational

example_words_corpus: notes | noted | noter | noters | benote | noteth

categorical_group_list: Communication, Cognition

etymology: notare


morpheme_key: notho

morpheme: notho

morpheme_head: notho

affix_form: notho-

allomorphs: noth

meaning_definition: false | fake | spurious | imitation

example_words_list_1: Nothocrax | nothogenus | Nothofagus | nothospecies | nothosubspecies

categorical_group_list: Negation, Quality

etymology: Greek nothos 'spurious, illegitimate'


morpheme_key: notice

morpheme: notice

morpheme_head: notice

affix_form: -notice-

meaning_definition: to see | to observe | to become aware of

example_words_list_1: noticeable, unnoticed, unnoticed

example_words_corpus: noticed | notices | noticer | noticers | noticeth | noticest

categorical_group_list: Perception, Cognition

etymology: Latin 'notitia' (knowledge, acquaintance) from 'noscere' (to get to know)


morpheme_key: notion

morpheme: notion

morpheme_head: notion

affix_form: -notion-

meaning_definition: idea | concept | mental representation

example_words_list_1: notion, conation

categorical_group_list: Cognition, Abstract concept

etymology: Latin notio, notionis 'a notion, idea' from noscere 'to know'


morpheme_key: noto

morpheme: noto

affix_form: -noto-

sense_label: the back

meaning_definition: the rear | the posterior

example_words_list_1: notochord | notoungulate Variant Spellings: notum | notum

example_words_corpus: notochord | notoplate | notochords | notorhizal | notoplates | notochordal

categorical_group_list: Anomalous form

etymology: Greek notos "back, dorsal"


morpheme_key: notori

morpheme: notori

morpheme_head: notor

affix_form: -notori-

allomorphs: notori

meaning_definition: known | famous | widely recognized

example_words_list_1: notorious, notoriety

categorical_group_list: Cognition, Fame

etymology: Latin notus, past participle of noscere 'to know'


morpheme_key: nougat

morpheme: nougat

morpheme_head: nougat

affix_form: -nougat-

meaning_definition: sweet | confectionery | nut-based candy

example_words_list_1: nougat

example_words_corpus: nougats | nougaty

categorical_group_list: Food, Sweetness

etymology: French nougat


morpheme_key: nought

morpheme: nought

morpheme_head: nought

affix_form: -nought-

meaning_definition: zero | nothing | nil

example_words_list_1: nought, noughty

example_words_corpus: noughts | noughth | noughties | dreadnought | dreadnoughts | superdreadnought

categorical_group_list: Number, Negation, Nullity

etymology: Old English nūht, from ne (not) + āught (anything)

ancestor_etymon_language: Old English


morpheme_key: nour

morpheme: nour

morpheme_head: nour

affix_form: nour-

meaning_definition: nourish | feed

example_words_list_1: malnourish | malnourishment | nourish | nourishment

categorical_group_list: Sustenance, Vitality

etymology: Latin 'nourrire' meaning 'to feed, nourish'


morpheme_key: nourish

morpheme: nourish

morpheme_head: nourish

affix_form: -nourish-

meaning_definition: to provide food | to foster | to promote growth

example_words_list_1: nourishment, nourishing, nourisher

example_words_corpus: nourished | nourishes | nourisher | renourish | nourishing | nourisheth

categorical_group_list: Vitality, Sustenance, Growth

etymology: Old French 'nourir' (to feed, nourish)


morpheme_key: nous

morpheme: nous

morpheme_head: nous

affix_form: -nous-

meaning_definition: mind | intellect | thought

example_words_list_1: neurobiology, neurology, neuron

example_words_corpus: pronoia | paranoid | paranoia | noosphere | paranoids | paranoias

categorical_group_list: Cognition, Intellect

etymology: Greek nous 'mind, intellect'


morpheme_key: nouvelle

morpheme: nouvelle

morpheme_head: nouvelle

affix_form: -nouvelle-

meaning_definition: new

example_words_list_1: novel, novelty, novitiate

categorical_group_list: Novelty, Temporal

etymology: Latin novus 'new'


morpheme_key: nov

morpheme: nov

morpheme_head: nov

affix_form: nov-

allomorphs: nov(i) | novo

sense_label: new

meaning_definition: fresh | to restore

example_words_list_1: innovate | innovation | innovational | innovative | innovator | innovatory | nova | novation | novel | novella | novelty | novice | novitiate | renovatable | renovate | renovation | renovative | renovator | supernova | Nova Scotia | Novocain™ | noval (new) | novel (new book) | novice (new person) | nova (new material (from a star)) | Nova Scotia (New Scotland)

related_morphemes: nouv / nouv / : neo / neo

categorical_group_list: Capability

ancestor_etymon: nov

etymology: Latin novus meaning 'new'

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


affix_form: nome-

allomorphs: nome | novem

sense_label: nine

meaning_definition: the numeral indicating eight plus one | the quantity one less than ten

example_words_list_1: November | novennial | Nonillion | Nomedecillion | novena | November (9th month | It used to be the 9th month | but now it is the 11th month)

related_morphemes: non / non

categorical_group_list: Number, Quantity

etymology: From Latin novem 'nine'


morpheme_key: nova

morpheme: nova

morpheme_head: nova

affix_form: -nova-

example_words_list_1: novice, novelty, supernova

example_words_corpus: unnova | novalike | kilonova | bosenova | supernova | hypernova

categorical_group_list: Novelty, Time


morpheme_key: novel

morpheme: novel

morpheme_head: novel

affix_form: -novel-

meaning_definition: new | fresh | original

example_words_list_1: novelty, innovate, renovation

example_words_corpus: novels | novelly | novelist | novelize | nonnovel | novelism

categorical_group_list: Novelty, Temporality

etymology: Latin novellus, diminutive of novus 'new'


morpheme_key: novem

morpheme: novem

morpheme_head: novem

affix_form: novem-

meaning_definition: the cardinal number representing a quantity one greater than eight

example_words_list_1: november

example_words_list_2: november

categorical_group_list: Number forms

ancestor_etymon: novem

etymology: Latin novem 'nine'


morpheme_key: november

morpheme: november

morpheme_head: november

affix_form: -november-

meaning_definition: the eleventh month of the year

example_words_list_1: November, Novemberian

categorical_group_list: Time, Calendar

etymology: Latin November, from novem 'nine' + -ember (from mensis 'month'), literally 'ninth month'


morpheme_key: noven

morpheme: noven

morpheme_head: noven

affix_form: noven-

sense_label: nine each

meaning_definition: each group of nine | the cardinal number nine | the ordinal number for the ninth position

example_words_list_1: Novena | novenary

example_words_list_2: Novena | novenary

categorical_group_list: Number, Ordinal


morpheme_key: novice

morpheme: novice

morpheme_head: novice

affix_form: -novice-

meaning_definition: new | beginner | inexperienced

example_words_list_1: novice, novitiate, novella, innovate, renovate

example_words_corpus: novices | novicey | noviceship | novicehood | noviceships

categorical_group_list: Novelty, Experience level


morpheme_key: novitiate

morpheme: novitiate

morpheme_head: novitiate

affix_form: -novitiate-

meaning_definition: beginner | novice | new member

example_words_list_1: novice, novelty, novitiate

categorical_group_list: Newness, Status

etymology: Latin novitius, from novus 'new'


morpheme_key: now

morpheme: now

morpheme_head: now

affix_form: -now-

meaning_definition: present | current | at this time

example_words_list_1: now, nowadays

example_words_corpus: nows | benow | erenow | nowish | nowness | nowcast

categorical_group_list: Time, Temporal

etymology: Old English 'nu'


morpheme_key: nox

morpheme: nox

morpheme_head: nox

affix_form: nox-

morpheme_subtype: forms:not suffix

meaning_definition: damage | pain | impair | injure

example_words_list_1: noxious | obnoxious | internecine | innocuous

ancestor_etymon: noc

etymology: noxa


meaning_definition: darkness | nighttime

example_words_list_1: equinoctial | equinox | noctambulous | noctiluca | noctilucent | noctule | nocturn | nocturnal | nocturnality | nocturne | notturno | seminocturnal | trinoctial | midnight

categorical_group_list: Time cycle phase

etymology: nox (noctis)


morpheme_key: noxious

morpheme: noxious

morpheme_head: noxious

affix_form: -noxious-

meaning_definition: harmful | poisonous | toxic

example_words_list_1: noxious, innoxious

example_words_corpus: noxiously | nonnoxious | noxiousness | noxiousnesses

categorical_group_list: Harm, Toxicity, Danger

etymology: Latin noxius 'hurtful, injurious', from noxa 'hurt, injury'


morpheme_key: nozzle

morpheme: nozzle

morpheme_head: nozzle

affix_form: -nozzle-

meaning_definition: a spout or tip for directing a stream of liquid or gas

example_words_list_1: nozzle, nozzleless

example_words_corpus: nozzles | nozzled | nozzleman | micronozzle | micronozzles

categorical_group_list: Tool, Part of object

etymology: From Latin 'nucula', diminutive of 'nux' (nut), referring to the hard shell or core.


morpheme_key: nu

morpheme: nu

morpheme_head: nu

affix_form: nu-

meaning_definition: a gesture indicating agreement | to incline the head in acknowledgment | to imply subtly

example_words_list_1: circumnutate | circumnutation | counternutation | innuendo | innuent | numen | numinous | nutant | nutation | nutation unrelated: nuance

example_words_corpus: NuWho | NuTrek

categorical_group_list: Motion, Gesture

etymology: Latin 'nu-' (variant of 'in-' or 'ne-') or from Latin 'nutare' 'to nod', but given the root status and meaning 'nod', it derives from the PIE root *new- 'to nod'.


morpheme_key: nuance

morpheme: nuance

morpheme_head: nuance

affix_form: -nuance-

meaning_definition: subtle difference | shade of meaning

example_words_list_1: nuance, nuances

example_words_corpus: nuanced | nuances | unnuanced | nuancedly | nuanceless

categorical_group_list: Perception, Distinction

etymology: Latin 'nuntiare' (to announce) via Old French 'nuance' (shade, tint)


morpheme_key: nub

morpheme: nub

morpheme_head: nub

affix_form: nub-

sense_label: cloud

meaning_definition: cloud

example_words_list_1: nebula, nebular, nebulosity, nebulous, nuance, nubilous, obnubilate

example_words_corpus: nubs | nubby | nubbin | nubber | nubbins | nubcake

categorical_group_list: Nature, Weather, Obscurity

etymology: nebula, nubes


sense_label: to marry

meaning_definition: to unite in matrimony | to enter into a marital bond | the state of being married

example_words_list_1: connubial | connubiality | nubile | nuptial | postnuptial | prenuptial

categorical_group_list: Marriage, Union

etymology: Latin nubere 'to marry' (of women) or 'to cover/veil'


morpheme_key: nubile

morpheme: nubile

morpheme_head: nubile

affix_form: -nubile-

meaning_definition: marriageable | suitable for marriage

example_words_list_1: nubile

example_words_corpus: nubiles | prenubile

categorical_group_list: State, Human condition

etymology: Latin nubilus 'marriageable' (from nubere 'to marry')


morpheme_key: nuc

morpheme: nuc

morpheme_head: nuc

affix_form: nuc-

allomorphs: nuci

sense_label: nut, core

meaning_definition: nut, core

example_words_list_1: enucleate, enucleation, extranuclear, internuclear, intranuclear, multinucleate, nougat, nucament, nucellar, nucellus, nucifer, nuciferine, nuciferous, nuciform, nucivorous, nuclear, nucleate, nucleation, nucleolar, nucleolate, nucleolus, nucleus, pronuclear, pronucleus, supranuclear, binuclear, mononuclear, thermonuclear

categorical_group_list: Core, Biology, Seed

etymology: nux, nucis


morpheme_key: nuch

morpheme: nuch

morpheme_head: nuch

affix_form: nuch-

sense_label: back of neck

meaning_definition: back of neck

example_words_list_1: nuchal cord

example_words_list_2: nuchal cord

categorical_group_list: Anatomy, Body parts

etymology: nucha


morpheme_key: nucl

morpheme: nucl

morpheme_head: nucl

affix_form: -nucl-

meaning_definition: central part | central mass | hard seed | middle point

example_words_list_1: mononucleosis | nucellus | nuclear | nuclease | nucleic acid | nucleon | nucleoplasm | nucleotide | nucleus | nuclide

categorical_group_list: Core concept, Biology, Centrality

ancestor_etymon: nucl

etymology: Latin nucleus, diminutive of nux 'nut'


morpheme_key: nuclear

morpheme: nuclear

morpheme_head: nuclear

affix_form: -nuclear

example_words_list_2: enucleate, enucleation, extranuclear, internuclear, intranuclear, multinucleate, nougat, nucament, nucellar, nucellus, nucifer, nuciferine, nuciferous, nuciform, nucivorous, nuclear, nucleate, nucleation, nucleolar, nucleolate, nucleolus, nucleus, pronuclear, pronucleus, supranuclear, binuclear, mononuclear, thermonuclear

example_words_corpus: anuclear | binuclear | dinuclear | nuclearly | pronuclear | nonnuclear

categorical_group_list: Core, Biology, Anatomy


morpheme_key: nucleo

morpheme: nucleo

morpheme_head: nucleo

affix_form: nucleo-

sense_label: kernel, inner part

meaning_definition: core, central portion | nucleus-related

example_words_list_1: nucleogenesis | nucleoplasm

example_words_list_2: nucleogenesis, nucleoplasm

example_words_corpus: nucleoid | nucleome | nucleoids | nucleobase | nucleosome | nucleopore

categorical_group_list: Core concept, Centrality

ancestor_etymon: nucleus  OED

etymology: From Latin nucleus meaning 'kernel' or 'core'

ancestor_etymon_language: Latin  OED

source: MorphoQuantics | Stein | OED | Wikidata


morpheme_key: nudge

morpheme: nudge

morpheme_head: nudge

affix_form: -nudge-

meaning_definition: to push | to prod | to prod slightly

example_words_list_1: nudge, nudged, nudging

example_words_corpus: nudged | nudges | nudger | nudgers | unnudged | nudgeable

categorical_group_list: Motion, Physical action

etymology: Middle English nudgen


morpheme_key: nudi

morpheme: nudi

morpheme_head: nude

affix_form: nudi-

allomorphs: nudi

meaning_definition: naked | bare | uncovered

example_words_list_1: nudibranch, nude, nudity

example_words_list_2: denudation, denude, nonnude, nude, nudist, nudity, seminude, seminudity

categorical_group_list: State, Physicality

etymology: nudus