root
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(verb) take root; begin to grow; of plants |
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(noun) the part of a tooth that is embedded in the jaw and serves as support |
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Synonyms: tooth root |
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Related Words: anatomical structure, bodily structure, body structure, complex body part, structure |
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(noun) (linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed; "thematic vowels are part of the stem" |
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Synonyms: base, radical, root word, stem, theme |
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Related Words: form, word form |
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(noun) the usually underground organ that lacks buds or leaves or nodes; absorbs water and mineral salts; usually it anchors the plant to the ground |
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Related Words: Hottentot bread, Hottentot's bread, adventitious root, briarroot, calamus, carrot, cassava, chicory, chicory root, cocoyam, dasheen, eddo, ginseng, horseradish, horseradish root, licorice root, mandrake, mandrake root, manioc, orris, orrisroot, oyster plant, parsnip, plant organ, prop root, radish, rootlet, salsify, sarsaparilla root, senega, taproot, taro |
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(noun) a number that when multiplied by itself some number of times equals a given number |
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Related Words: cube root, number, square root |
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(verb) take sides with; align oneself with; sympathize with |
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Synonyms: side |
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Related Words: back, endorse, plump for, plunk for, support |
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(verb) dig with the snout; "the pig was rooting for truffles" |
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Synonyms: rootle, rout |
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Related Words: cut into, delve, dig, turn over |
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(satellite adjective) arising from or going to the root; "a radical flaw in the plan" |
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Synonyms: radical |
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(noun) the set of values that give a true statement when substituted into an equation |
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Synonyms: solution |
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Related Words: set |
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(noun) the place where something begins, where it springs into being; "the Italian beginning of the Renaissance"; "Jupiter was the origin of the radiation"; "Pittsburgh is the source of the Ohio River"; "communism's Russian root" |
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Synonyms: beginning, origin, source |
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Related Words: birthplace, cradle, derivation, fountainhead, head, headspring, headwaters, home, jumping-off place, jumping-off point, place of origin, point, point source, provenance, spring, wellhead, wellspring |
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