Connected word reference

English words and connected roots — page 2

Explore 617 selected English words with curated root connections. The interactive app contains the full dictionary.

• benefit

  an advantage or profit gained from something

• benevolent

  well meaning and kindly

• bibliography

  a list of the books referred to in a scholarly work

• bibliophile

  a person who collects or loves books

• bibliotheca

  A library.

• bilateral

  involving two parties or sides

• biochem

  Biochemistry (science or industry).

• biofilm

  A structured community of microorganisms, such as bacteria, that adhere to a surface and are embedded in a self-produced protective matrix of mucuslike extracellular material.

• biogenesis

  The principle that living organisms are produced only from other living organisms.

• biography

  an account of a person's life written by someone else

• biology

  the study of living organisms

• bionic

  Related to bionics.

• biopsy

  The removal and examination of a sample of tissue, cells, or bodily fluid from a living body for diagnostic purposes.

• biosphere

  The part of the Earth and its atmosphere capable of supporting life.

• biotech

  Biotechnology.

• biotechnological

  Of or pertaining to biotechnology.

• biotic

  Of, pertaining to, or produced by life or living organisms.

• biped

  An animal, being, or construction that goes about on two feet (or two legs).

• boatman

  A sailor on a small vessel (boat), particularly its captain.

• bureaucracy

  Government by bureaus or their administrators or officers.

• bureaucrat

  An official who is part of a bureaucracy.

• businessman

  A man in business, one who works at a commercial institution.

• buxom

  Having a full, voluptuous figure, especially possessing large breasts.

• calorimeter

  An apparatus for measuring the heat generated or absorbed by either a chemical reaction, change of phase or some other physical change.

• calorimetry

  The science of measuring the heat absorbed or evolved during the course of a chemical reaction or change of state.

• capture

  to take into one's possession by force

• cardiac

  Pertaining to the heart.

• cardiology

  the branch of medicine dealing with the heart

• catalogue

  a complete list of items arranged systematically

• catalysis

  The increase of the rate of a chemical reaction, induced by a catalyst.

• cathode

  An electrode, of a cell or other electrically polarized device, through which a positive current of electricity flows outwards (and thus, electrons flow inwards). It can have either a negative or a positive voltage with respect to anode of the same polarized device (depending on whether the device is a load or a source, respectively).

• century

  a period of one hundred years

• cephalopod

  Any mollusc of the class Cephalopoda, which includes squid, cuttlefish, octopus, nautiloids etc.

• chloroform

  A halogenated hydrocarbon, trichloromethane, CHCl₃; it is a volatile, sweet-smelling liquid, used extensively as a solvent and formerly as an anesthetic.

• choreograph

  To design and record the choreography for a dramatic work such as a ballet.

• choreography

  The art of creating, arranging and recording the dance movements of a work, such as a ballet.

• chromatography

  Any of various techniques for the qualitative or quantitative separation of the components of mixtures of compounds; all characterized by the use of a mobile phase (gas or liquid) moving relative to a stationary phase (liquid or solid) – the differences between the rates of migration of the compounds between the two phases affect the separation.

• chromosome

  A linear arrangement of condensed DNA and associated proteins (such as chaperone proteins) which contains the genetic material (genome) of an organism.

• chronic

  Of a problem, that continues over an extended period of time.

• chronograph

  A chronogram.

• chronological

  Relating to time, or units of time.

• chronology

  the arrangement of events in the order of their occurrence

• chronometer

  A device for measuring time, particularly a precision mechanism for measuring time of day.

• circumference

  the enclosing boundary of a circle

• civilization

  an advanced stage of human social and cultural development

• claimant

  One who claims; one who makes a claim.

• claustrophobia

  extreme or irrational fear of confined places

• collect

  to bring or gather together

• compose

  to create a work of art, especially music or writing

• conclude

  to bring to an end; to arrive at a judgment

• conduct

  to organize and carry out; to lead or guide

• confidence

  the feeling of self-assurance from trust in one's abilities

• conifer

  A plant belonging to the order Coniferales; a cone-bearing seed plant with vascular tissue, usually a tree.

• conscience

  a person's moral sense of right and wrong

• consecutive

  following continuously in unbroken order

• consent

  permission for something to happen

• constitute

  to be a part of a whole; to establish or set up

• construct

  to build or make something by putting parts together

• contact

  the state of physical touching

• contents

  the things held or contained in something

• contradict

  to deny the truth of a statement by asserting the opposite

• convene

  to come or bring together for a meeting

• convert

  to change from one form or purpose to another

• convince

  to cause someone to believe firmly in something

• corporation

  a large company or group authorized to act as a single entity

• correct

  free from error; in accordance with fact

• cosmology

  the science of the origin and development of the universe

• cosmonaut

  An astronaut, especially a Russian or Soviet one.

• cosmopolitan

  familiar with and at ease in many different countries and cultures

• credit

  the ability of a customer to obtain goods before payment

• critic

  a person who expresses an unfavorable opinion or judges merit

• cryptography

  The discipline that embodies the principles, means, and methods for transforming data to hide its semantic content, prevent unauthorized use, or detect modifications, while also ensuring information security through confidentiality, integrity, authentication, and nonrepudiation.

• cryptology

  The science or study of mathematical, linguistic, and other coding patterns and histories.

• current

  belonging to the present time; happening now

• cytokine

  Any of various small regulatory proteins that regulate the cells of the immune system.

• cytomegalovirus

  Any of several herpes viruses, of the genus Cytomegalovirus, that infect the salivary glands of certain primates, including humans.

• defect

  a shortcoming, imperfection, or lack

• define

  to state the exact meaning of a word or concept

• dehydrate

  to remove water from; to lose a large amount of water from the body

• demagogue

  a political leader who seeks support by appealing to popular desires and prejudices