Element (n.) One of the simplest or essential parts or principles of which anything consists, or upon which the constitution or fundamental powers of anything are based. |
Element (n.) One of the ultimate, undecomposable constituents of any kind of matter. Specifically: (Chem.) A substance which cannot be decomposed into different kinds of matter by any means at present employed |
Element (n.) One of the ultimate parts which are variously combined in anything |
Element (n.) One out of several parts combined in a system of aggregation, when each is of the nature of the whole |
Element (n.) One of the smallest natural divisions of the organism, as a blood corpuscle, a muscular fiber. |
Element (n.) One of the simplest essential parts, more commonly called cells, of which animal and vegetable organisms, or their tissues and organs, are composed. |
Element (n.) An infinitesimal part of anything of the same nature as the entire magnitude considered |
Element (n.) Sometimes a curve, or surface, or volume is considered as described by a moving point, or curve, or surface, the latter being at any instant called an element of the former. |
Element (n.) One of the terms in an algebraic expression. |
Element (n.) One of the necessary data or values upon which a system of calculations depends, or general conclusions are based |
Element (n.) The simplest or fundamental principles of any system in philosophy, science, or art |
Element (n.) Any outline or sketch, regarded as containing the fundamental ideas or features of the thing in question |
Element (n.) One of the simple substances, as supposed by the ancient philosophers |
Element (n.) The four elements were, air, earth, water, and fire |
Element (n.) the conditions and movements of the air. |
Element (n.) The elements of the alchemists were salt, sulphur, and mercury. |
Element (n.) The whole material composing the world. |
Element (n.) The bread and wine used in the eucharist or Lord's supper. |
Element (v. t.) To compound of elements or first principles. |
Element (v. t.) To constitute |
Formation (n.) The act of giving form or shape to anything |
Formation (n.) The manner in which a thing is formed |
Formation (n.) A substance formed or deposited. |
Formation (n.) Mineral deposits and rock masses designated with reference to their origin |
Formation (n.) A group of beds of the same age or period |
Formation (n.) The arrangement of a body of troops, as in a square, column, etc. |
Re-formation (n.) The act of forming anew |
Word (n.) The spoken sign of a conception or an idea |
Word (n.) Hence, the written or printed character, or combination of characters, expressing such a term |
Word (n.) Talk |
Word (n.) Account |
Word (n.) Signal |
Word (n.) Language considered as implying the faith or authority of the person who utters it |
Word (n.) Verbal contention |
Word (n.) A brief remark or observation |
Word (v. i.) To use words, as in discussion |
Word (v. t.) To express in words |
Word (v. t.) To ply with words |
Word (v. t.) To flatter with words |
Word-catcher (n.) One who cavils at words. |
constitution establishment formation organization organisation | the act of forming or establishing something, the constitution of a PTA group last year, it was the establishment of his reputation, he still remembers the organization of the club |
re-formation regeneration | forming again (especially with improvements or removal of defects), renewing and reconstituting |
word division hyphenation | division of a word especially at the end of a line on a page |
word game | any game involving the formation or alteration or discovery of words |
word play | playing on words or speech sounds |
whole-word method | teaching reading by training beginners to associate printed words with spoken words |
formation shaping | the act of fabricating something in a particular shape |
formation | creation by mental activity, the formation of sentences, the formation of memories |
verbolatry grammatolatry word-worship | the worship of words |
component constituent element | an artifact that is one of the individual parts of which a composite entity is made up, especially a part that can be separated from or attached to a system, spare components for cars, a component or constituent element of a system |
detector sensor sensing element | any device that receives a signal or stimulus (as heat or pressure or light or motion etc.) and responds to it in a distinctive manner |
formation | a particular spatial arrangement |
heating element | the component of a heater or range that transforms fuel or electricity into heat |
logic element | an electronic device that performs an elementary logic operation |
pixel pel picture element | (computer science) the smallest discrete component of an image or picture on a CRT screen (usually a colored dot), the greater the number of pixels per inch the greater the resolution |
threshold element threshold gate | a logic element that performs a threshold operation |
chic chicness chichi modishness smartness stylishness swank last word | elegance by virtue of being fashionable |
reticular formation RF | a complex neural network in the central core of the brainstem, monitors the state of the body and functions in such processes as arousal and sleep and attention and muscle tone |
hairsplitting word-splitting | making too fine distinctions of little importance, they didn't take his hairsplitting seriously |
plot element | a component or element of the plot of a story |
component constituent element factor ingredient | an abstract part of something, jealousy was a component of his character, two constituents of a musical composition are melody and harmony, the grammatical elements of a sentence, a key factor in her success, humor: an effective ingredient of a speech |
morphology sound structure syllable structure word structure | the admissible arrangement of sounds in words |
word | a unit of language that native speakers can identify, words are the blocks from which sentences are made, he hardly said ten words all morning |
antonym opposite word opposite | a word that expresses a meaning opposed to the meaning of another word, in which case the two words are antonyms of each other, to him the antonym of `gay' was `depressed' |
back-formation | a word invented (usually unwittingly by subtracting an affix) on the assumption that a familiar word derives from it |
blend portmanteau word portmanteau | a new word formed by joining two others and combining their meanings, `smog' is a blend of `smoke' and `fog', `motel' is a portmanteau word made by combining `motor' and `hotel', `brunch' is a well-known portmanteau |
cognate cognate word | a word is cognate with another if both derive from the same word in an ancestral language |
content word openlass word | a word to which an independent meaning can be assigned |
deictic deictic word | a word specifying identity or spatial or temporal location from the perspective of a speaker or hearer in the context in which the communication occurs, words that introduce particulars of the speaker's and hearer's shared cognitive field into the message- R.Rommetveit |
dirty word | a word that is considered to be unmentionable, `failure' is a dirty word to him |
form word form signifier descriptor | the phonological or orthographic sound or appearance of a word that can be used to describe or identify something, the inflected forms of a word can be represented by a stem and a list of inflections to be attached |
four-letter word four-letter Anglo-Saxon word | any of several short English words (often having letters) generally regarded as obscene or offensive |
function word closedlass word | a word that is uninflected and serves a grammatical function but has little identifiable meaning |
guide word guideword catchword | a word printed at the top of the page of a dictionary or other reference book to indicate the first or last item on that page |
head head word | (grammar) the word in a grammatical constituent that plays the same grammatical role as the whole constituent |
headword head word | a content word that can be qualified by a modifier |
hypernym superordinate superordinate word | a word that is more generic than a given word |
hyponym subordinate subordinate word | a word that is more specific than a given word |
key word | a significant word used in indexing or cataloging |
monosyllable monosyllabic word | a word or utterance of one syllable |
nonce word hapax legomenon | a word with a special meaning used for a special occasion |
ghost word | a word form that has entered the language through the perpetuation of an error |
root root word base stem theme radical | (linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed, thematic vowels are part of the stem |
citation form main entry word entry word | the form of a word that heads a lexical entry and is alphabetized in a dictionary |
calque calque formation loan translation | an expression introduced into one language by translating it from another language, `superman' is a calque for the German `Ubermensch' |
polysemant polysemantic word polysemous word | a word having more than one meaning |
polysyllable polysyllabic word | a word of more than three syllables |
synonym equivalent word | two words that can be interchanged in a context are said to be synonymous relative to that context |
vocable spoken word | a word that is spoken aloud |
part of speech form class word class | one of the traditional categories of words intended to reflect their functions in a grammatical context |