English Words: -
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Used to form names of aminoglycosides, antibiotics obtained from various Micromonospora.
Used to form names of clomifene derivatives used as antiestrogens or estrogen receptor modulators.
Used to form words used for categorising fungi based on their evolutionary origin, life history, growth form, or ecological preferences.
Appended in general, often informally, stylistically, or jocularly, for reification of an attribute.
Used to form names of metronidazole derivatives used as antiprotozoals and radiosensitizers.
Creates a nickname for a person who exemplifies, endorses, or is associated with the thing or quality specified (by the base form), often a particular ideology or preference.
a system of rules, laws, or knowledge about a body of a particular field; distribution, arrangement, management
Appended to titles of (often fictional) machines, especially to suggest that the verb to which the suffix is appended is its primary function.
Used to convert the name of an atom or ion to an adjective that means containing cations or anions of that atom or ion.
Resembling; having the likeness of (usually including the concept of not being the same despite the likeness, but counterexamples exist).
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English alphabetical index for the letter - contains 703 headwords drawn from our Wiktionary-derived dictionary table. At 50 entries per page the browse splits into 15 pages, and you are currently viewing page 9. Every row above is a dictionary-backed entry with a canonical slug, and each links through to a full definition page with pronunciation, senses, etymology, and related-word data where available.
On this page 50 of 50 entries carry a part-of-speech tag and 50 carry at least one stored definition. Coverage varies across letters because Wiktionary volunteers build entries at different speeds for different parts of the alphabet, letters with common starting sounds (S, C, T, P) usually have the densest coverage, while less frequent starters (X, Q, Z) tend to have shorter but more specialised lists. PlainSpell surfaces whatever data is present and links back to the source when a definition is not yet recorded.
For readers using this index as a spelling reference, the guarantee is that every form you see on the list is a documented English headword, not a guess, not a derived inflection lacking a lemma row. If a word you expected to find is absent from the "-" list, it usually means the form exists only as an inflection of another lemma (e.g. a past participle stored under the infinitive) or the entry has not yet been imported from Wiktionary. Use the search bar or the misspelling lookup to resolve these cases.