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Synonyms for “extra-”
I'm looking for prefixes similar to extra- in the sense of 'outside of'. I'm attaching it to "mathematical" and in its context "extra-mathematical" or "extramathematical" can be misread as "very ...
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What is the correct Latinate prefix for honey-eaters?
In English, a vegetarian who eats eggs and dairy products can be referred to as an ovo-lacto vegetarian. By the same token, could a person who eats honey but is otherwise vegan be meaningfully called ...
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To either revive or kill something
I'm wondering if there's a word out there for me. I think that a clever use of a prefix would do as well.
So, to revive means to make alive, and to kill means to make dead. Is there a word that means ...
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Words having two prefixes incorporated
There are prefixes of time and order (pre-, post-), of location (sub-, super-), for expressing the reversing of an action (de-, dis-), and go on.
English words may take prefixes from one or two of ...
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Word for a person who knows two or three languages
A polyglot is a person who is fluent in many languages, but what do we call a person who is fluent in only two or three languages?
Is bi-glot a proper term for this?
I don't think the words ...
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Is a prefix any set of letters that could be the beginning of a word?
For example, is it accurate to say that unac is a prefix of unacceptable, or is un the only valid prefix?
If it is not a prefix is there a word for what unac would be in the above case?
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Two cultures — “bicultural”, one culture —?
I am looking for a word that means that somebody only has one culture. For example, somebody immigrating from Country 1 to Country 2 would be bicultural. What is someone who has only one culture. I ...
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What comes in between predecessor and successor?
I'd like a good word for "current item in a succession of items".
Let's say I am looking ahead, towards my successor.
Back behind me, I can also see my predecessor.
What am I?
I'd hate to use the ...
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What is the opposite of “enroll”?
Deenroll? Unenroll? I understand words like cancel and resign would work, but is there an appropriate antonym with "enroll" in it?
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What is a good replacement for “ununderstandable”?
I want to tell a colleague of mine I'm doing something that will prevent her from getting "ununderstandable" errors. I have:
...so that you will not get unnecessary, [ununderstandable] errors.
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