former
latter
dual
tone
divalent
other
bivalent
aforementioned
ternion
one
polyspecific
binominal
duo-
pendant
one little duck
twi-
triverbal
ditrichotomous
coselection
multisentence
quadrinomial
up
trimaximal
tooth
of
between
either
Huey, Dewey and Louie
trijugate
quaternate
firstable
thirding
binary
choice
both
edition
option
interlexical
interword
trinomial
alternative
term
biverbal
redondilla
cup of tea
azygous
tri-
tribasilar
Janus-headed
azygos
quaternary
parathesis
disubstituted
threeven
dithecal
fellow
mate
trionymous
-ed
tetranary
biordinal
number
deutero-
semilanguage
double
duple
bisegmental
4
four
binomial
iv
trijugous
trinomialism
lower
roundel
threes
triangulator
bipartite
multiclause
iii
polybasal
collocation
in turn
three
trivalent
multiclausal
3
in a row
alpha
dual
divalent
bivalent
former
polyspecific
binominal
triverbal
ditrichotomous
multisentence
quadrinomial
up
latter
trimaximal
trijugate
quaternate
binary
both
interlexical
interword
trinomial
biverbal
azygous
tribasilar
Janus-headed
azygos
quaternary
disubstituted
threeven
dithecal
trionymous
tetranary
biordinal
double
duple
bisegmental
4
four
binomial
iv
trijugous
lower
bipartite
multiclause
iii
polybasal
three
trivalent
multiclausal
3
alpha
firstable
former
latter
other
aforementioned
ternion
pendant
one little duck
coselection
Huey, Dewey and Louie
thirding
choice
edition
option
alternative
term
redondilla
cup of tea
parathesis
binominal
fellow
mate
number
semilanguage
trinomialism
roundel
threes
triangulator
collocation
tooth
adj
- Pertaining to two, pertaining to a pair of.
- Characterized by having two (usually equivalent) components.
- Pertaining to a grammatical number in certain languages that refers to two of something, such as a pair of shoes.
- Exhibiting duality.
- Being the dual of some other category; containing the same objects but with source and target reversed for all morphisms.
- Being the space of all linear functionals of (some other space).
verb
noun
- Of a vector in an inner product space, the linear functional corresponding to taking the inner product with that vector. The set of all duals is a vector space called the dual space.
- The dual number.
- Of an item that is one of a pair, the other item in the pair.
- Of a regular polyhedron with V vertices and F faces, the regular polyhedron having F vertices and V faces.
pron
verb
- to change the colour of
- to give a particular tone to
- to utter with an affected tone.
- to make (something) firmer
noun
- The quality of being respectable or admirable.
- The pitch of a word that distinguishes a difference in meaning, for example in Chinese.
- The manner in which speech or writing is expressed.
- The character of a sound, especially the timbre of an instrument or voice.
- A specific pitch.
- (in a Gregorian chant) A recitational melody.
- The state of a living body or of any of its organs or parts in which the functions are healthy and performed with due vigor.
- a gun
- The shade or quality of a colour.
- The favourable effect of a picture produced by the combination of light and shade, or of colours.
- The definition and firmness of a muscle or organ; see also: tonus.
- (in the diatonic scale) An interval of a major second.
- Normal tension or responsiveness to stimuli.
- The general character, atmosphere, mood, or vibe (of a situation, place, etc.).
pron
- The first mentioned of two things or people, as opposed to the other.
- Functions as a relative pronoun at the end of a relative clause.
- Any person (applying to people in general).
- One thing (among a group of others); one member of a group.
- Any person, entity or thing.
- Used as a noun substituent following a possessive determiner.
particle
- Used to emphasize or explain something, with an implied antecedent.
- Used at the end of a sentence to highlight the characteristics of someone or something.
- A nominalizer; used to form a noun phrase without a head noun.
num
- The cardinality of the smallest nonempty set.
- The first positive number in the set of natural numbers.
- The number represented by the Arabic numeral 1; the numerical value equal to that cardinal number.
- The ordinality of an element which has no predecessor, usually called first or number one.
verb
adj
- Whole, entire.
- Being an unknown person with the specified name; see also "a certain".
- The same.
- In agreement.
- Being a preeminent example.
- Sole, only.
- Being a single, unspecified thing; a; any.
- Of a period of time, being particular.
noun
- One run scored by hitting the ball and running between the wickets; a single.
- A joke or amusing anecdote.
- A particularly special or compatible person or thing.
- A one-dollar bill.
- Used instead of ! to amplify an exclamation, parodying unskilled typists who forget to press the shift key while typing exclamation points, thus typing "1".
- The neutral element with respect to multiplication in a ring.
- One o'clock, either a.m. or p.m.
- The digit or figure 1.
prefix
noun
- One of a pair; a counterpart.
- A short rope hanging down, used to attach hooks for tackles; a pennant.
- A lamp hanging from the roof.
- A piece of jewellery which hangs down as an ornament, especially worn on a chain around the neck.
- A long narrow flag at the head of the principal mast in a royal ship.
- The dangling part of an earring.
- An ornament of wood or of stone hanging downwards from a roof.
- A supporting post attached to the main rafter.
- The stem and ring of a watch, by which it is suspended.
noun
prefix
adj
adj
- Said of the higher-ranking pair in a two pair.
- Traveling towards a major terminus.
- At university (especially Oxford or Cambridge).
- Aloft.
- Larger; greater in quantity, volume, value etc.
- Functional; working.
- Raised; lifted.
- Above the horizon, in the sky.
- well-known; renowned
- Awake and out of bed.
- Willing; ready.
- Indicating a larger or higher quantity.
- Headed or designated to go upward (as an escalator, stairway, elevator etc.) or toward (as a run-up).
- Finished, to an end
- On or at a physically higher level.
- Chilled and served without ice.
- Erect.
- Ahead; leading; winning.
- Happening; new; of concern. See also what's up, what's up with.
- Facing upwards.
- Well-informed; current.
- In a good mood.
- Built, constructed.
- Fitted or fixed at a high or relatively high position, especially on a wall or ceiling.
- Available to view or use; made public; posted.
- Riding the horse; mounted.
- Standing; upright.
- Next in a sequence.
prep
- From south to north of.
- At (a given place, especially one imagined to be higher or more distant from a central location).
- From the mouth towards the source of (a river or waterway).
- Further along (in any direction).
- Of a man: having sex with.
- Toward the center, source, or main point of reference; toward the end at which something is attached.
- Toward the top of.
noun
- The direction opposed to the pull of gravity.
- An up quark.
- An upstairs room of a two story house.
- A positive thing, or a time or situation when things are going well.
verb
- To upload.
- To physically raise or lift.
- To increase the level or amount of.
- To promote.
- To rise to a standing position; hence, by extension, to act suddenly; see also up and.
adv
- Away from the surface of the Earth or other planet; in opposite direction to the downward pull of gravity.
- Aside or away, so as no longer to be present or in use.
- Towards or at a central place, or any place that is visualised as 'up' by virtue of local features or local convention, or arbitrarily, irrespective of direction or elevation change.
- To or from one's possession or consideration.
- To or at a physically higher or more elevated position.
- Used as an aspect marker to indicate a completed action or state; thoroughly, completely.
- To or in a position of equal advance or equality; not short of, back of, less advanced than, away from, etc.; usually followed by to or with.
- Towards the principal terminus, towards milepost zero.
- In a positive vertical direction.
- North.
- Against the wind or current.
- To a higher level of some quantity or notional quantity, such as price, volume, pitch, happiness, etc.
- Without additional ice.
- Relatively close to the batsman.
verb
noun
- An irreducible component of a comb that intersects the handle in exactly one point, that point being distinct from the unique point of intersection for any other tooth of the comb.
- A hard, calcareous structure present in the mouth of many vertebrate animals, generally used for eating.
- The rough surface of some kinds of cel or other films that allows better adhesion of artwork.
- A pointed projection from the margin of a leaf.
- A projection on the edge of a gear that meshes with similar projections on adjacent gears, or on the circumference of a cog that engages with a chain.
- A sharp projection on the blade of a saw or similar implement.
- Liking, fondness (compare toothsome).
- A projection or point in other parts of the body resembling the tooth of a vertebrate animal.
prep
- Links two nouns in near-apposition, with the first qualifying the second; "which is also".
- Indicates quantity, age, price, etc.
- Indicating an ancestral source or origin of descent.
- Indicates a quality or characteristic; "characterized by".
- Often used without the hour
- Links to a genitive noun or possessive pronoun, with partitive effect (though now often merged with possessive senses, below).
- Indicates duration of a state, activity etc.
- Used to indicate the material of the just-mentioned object.
- Indicating removal, absence or separation, with resulting state indicated by an adjective.
- Introduces its subject matter; about, concerning.
- Indicates a given part.
- Links an intransitive verb, or a transitive verb and its subject (especially verbs to do with thinking, feeling, expressing etc.), with its subject-matter; concerning, with regard to.
- Since, from (a given time, earlier state etc.).
- Used to indicate the material or substance used.
- Belonging to, existing in, or taking place in a given location, place or time. Compare "origin" senses, above.}}
- Indicating removal, absence or separation, with the action indicated by a transitive verb and the quality or substance by a grammatical object.
- Denotes the number of minutes before the hour;Before (the hour); to.
- During the course of (a set period of time, day of the week etc.), now specifically with implied repetition or regularity.
- From, away from (a position, number, distance etc.).
- Indicating a (non-physical) source of action or emotion; introducing a cause, instigation; from, out of, as an expression of.
- Indicates the source or cause of the verb.
- Introducing an epithet that indicates a birthplace, residence, dominion, or other place associated with the individual.
- Indicates the agent (for most verbs, now usually expressed with by).
- Used to indicate the agent of something described by the adjective.
- Introduces the whole for which is indicated only the specified part or segment; "from among".
- Belonging to (a place) through having title, ownership or control over it.
- Belonging to (someone or something) as something they possess or have as a characteristic; the "possessive genitive". (With abstract nouns, this intersects with the subjective genitive, above under "agency" senses.)
- Indicating the composition of a given collective or quantitative noun.
- Forming the "objective genitive".
- Used to link a given class of things with a specific example of that class.
- Follows an agent noun, verbal noun or noun of action.
- Indicates the subject or cause of the adjective.
- Used to link singular indefinite nouns (preceded by the indefinite article) and attributive adjectives modified by certain common adverbs of degree.
- Introduces its subject matter.
- For (a given length of time).
- Used to introduce the "subjective genitive"; following a noun to form the head of a postmodifying noun phrase (see also 'Possession' senses below).}}
prep
- One of (representing a choice).
- Combined (by effort or ownership).
- In the position or interval that separates (two things), or intermediate in quantity or degree. (See Usage notes below.)
- Taking together the combined effect of.
- Shared in confidence.
- In transit from (one to the other, or connecting places).
- Done together or reciprocally.
noun
adj
adj
adj
noun
noun
- The subject or the predicate of a proposition; one of the three component parts of a syllogism, each one of which is used twice.
- A computer program that emulates a physical terminal.
- Specifically, the conditions in a legal contract that specify the price and also how and when payment must be made.
- A chronological limitation or restriction, a limited timespan.
- The time during which legal courts are open.
- Certain days on which rent is paid.
- Duration of officeholding, or its limit; period in office of fixed length.
- Relations among people.
- That which limits the extent of anything; limit, extremity, bound, boundary, terminus.
- A word or phrase (e.g., noun phrase, verb phrase, open compound), especially one from a specialised area of knowledge; a name for a concept.
- Any value (variable or constant) or expression separated from another term by a space or an appropriate character, in an overall expression or table.
- The maximum period during which the patent can be maintained into force.
- A piece of carved work placed under each end of the taffrail.
- An essential dignity in which unequal segments of every astrological sign have internal rulerships which affect the power and integrity of each planet in a natal chart.
- A statue of the upper body, sometimes without the arms, ending in a pillar or pedestal.
- With respect to a pregnancy, the period during which birth usually happens (approximately 40 weeks from conception).
- One whose employment has been terminated
- Part of a year, especially one of the divisions of an academic year.
- Any of the binding conditions or promises in a legal contract.
verb
adj
noun
- The placing of two or more nouns in the same case; apposition.
- A parenthetical notice, usually of matter to be afterward expanded.
- The matter contained within brackets.
- A thorough examination of a topic, juxtaposing both thesis and antithesis in order to achieve a final synthesis.
- An abstract idea that embodies a shared social worldview.
noun
- one of a pair
- the officer below the master on a commercial ship
- a fellow member of a team
- the partner of an animal (especially a sexual partner)
- a person's partner in marriage
- an exact duplicate
- South American holly; leaves used in making a drink like tea
- informal term for a friend of the same sex
- South American tea-like drink made from leaves of a South American holly called mate
- a chess move constituting an inescapable and indefensible attack on the opponent's king
verb
suffix
- As an extension of the above, used to form possessional adjectives from adjective-noun pairs.
- Used to form past tenses of (regular) verbs. In linguistics, it is used for the base form of any past form. See -t for a variant.
- Used to form possessional adjectives from nouns, in the sense of having the object represented by the noun.
- Used to form past participles of (regular) verbs. See -en and -t for variants.
noun
- the grammatical category for the forms of nouns and pronouns and verbs that are used depending on the number of entities involved (singular or dual or plural)
- the property possessed by a sum or total or indefinite quantity of units or individuals
- a concept of quantity involving zero and units
- a short performance that is part of a longer program
- the number is used in calling a particular telephone
- a symbol used to represent a number
- one of a series published periodically
- a select company of people
- a numeral or string of numerals that is used for identification and may be attached to accounts, memberships, etc.
- a clothing measurement
- a numbered item in a series
- an item of clothing
verb
noun
adj
- consisting of or involving two parts or components usually in pairs
- having more than one decidedly dissimilar aspects or qualities
- twice as great or many
- large enough for two
- having two meanings with intent to deceive
noun
- a base hit on which the batter stops safely at second base
- a stand-in for movie stars to perform dangerous stunts
- someone who closely resembles a famous person (especially an actor)
- a quantity that is twice as great as another
- raising the stakes in a card game by a factor of 2
verb
- increase twofold
- hit a two-base hit
- bend over or curl up, usually with laughter or pain
- do double duty; serve two purposes or have two functions
- make a demand for (a card or suit)
- make or do or perform again
adj
- used of flowers having more than the usual number of petals in crowded or overlapping arrangements
- used of homologous chromosomes associated in pairs in synapsis
adv
prep_phrase
- One after the other; one at a time; in succession; successively.
- In response; in return.
- Having a relationship sequentially comparable to one just mentioned; accordingly or similarly, with respect to sequence, precedence, or hierarchy.
- In due order; in proper sequence; in a determined or measured sequence, as a waiting line or queue.
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