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Lists Of English Words
The following articles list English words that share certain features in common. Lists of words With unusual spelling * English words without vowels * List of English words containing Q not followed by U, List of English words containing ''Q'' not followed by ''U'' * List of English words that may be spelled with a ligature By formation * List of English apocopations * List of English back-formations * List of portmanteaus * List of retronyms * List of words ending in ology * -graphy * -ism By pronunciation * List of English words without rhymes * List of the longest English words with one syllable * List of onomatopoeias By provenance * List of calques * Lists of English words by country or language of origin By part of speech * List of collective nouns * List of English auxiliary verbs * List of English copulae * List of English determiners * List of English irregular verbs * List of English prepositions * List of eponymous adjectives in English * Post-positive adjective Re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Animal Names
In the English language, many animals have different names depending on whether they are male, female, young, domesticated, or in groups. The best-known source of many English words used for collective groupings of animals is ''Book of St. Albans, The Book of Saint Albans'', an essay on hunting published in 1486 and attributed to Juliana Berners. Most terms used here may be found in common dictionaries and general information web sites. Generic terms The terms in this table apply to many or all taxon, taxa in a particular biological Family (biology), family, Class (biology), class, or clade. Terms by species or taxon Usage of collective nouns ''Merriam-Webster'' writes that most terms of venery fell out of use in the 16th century, including a "murder" for crows. It goes on to say that some of the terms in ''The Book of Saint Albans'' were "rather fanciful", explaining that the book extended collective nouns to people of specific professions, such as a "poverty" of pipe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Retronyms
A retronym is a newer name for an existing subject, that differentiates the original form or version from a subsequent one. Retronyms are typically used as a self-explanatory adjective for a subject. Retronyms are introduced to differentiate the already existing things from the newer ones. Retronymic adjectives ; ''Analog'': Describes non-digital electronic devices that deal with analog signals, devices (electronic or otherwise) that display a readout analogously (i.e., clocks, gauges), or more colloquially, non-electronic means of accomplishing a task: * ''Analog clock'': Before digital clocks, most clocks had faces and hands. See also: ''Analog watch''. * '' Analog drawing'': Drawing with conventional tools on a paper or canvas, as opposed to drawing on a computer using a software * ''Analog photography'' * ''Analog video'' * ''Analog synthesizer'': Before synthesizers contained microchips, every stage of the internal electronic signal flow was analogous to a sound that would e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of English Irregular Verbs
This is a list of irregular verbs in the English language. Past tense irregular verbs For each verb listed, the citation form (the bare infinitive) is given first, with a link to the relevant Wiktionary entry. This is followed by the simple past tense (preterite), and then the past participle. If there are irregular present tense forms (see below), these are given in parentheses after the infinitive. (The present participle and gerund forms of verbs, ending in ''-ing'', are always regular. In English, these are used as verbs, adjectives, and nouns.) In the case of modal verbs the present and preterite forms are listed, since these are the only forms that exist, with the present form identical for all persons. The right-hand column notes whether the verb is weak or strong and whether it belongs to a subclass, and links to descriptions elsewhere. Information about the development of these verbs generally can be found at English irregular verbs; details of the etymology and usage ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of English Determiners
This is a list of English determiners. Alphabetical List (excluding numerals above three) * a * a few * a little * all * an * another * any * anybody * anyone * anything * anywhere * both * certain (also adjective) * each * either * enough * every * everybody * everyone * everything * everywhere * few * fewer * fewest * last (also adjective) * least * less (also adverb and preposition) * little (also adjective) * many * many a * more (also adverb) * most (also adverb) * much * neither * next (also adjective) * no (also interjection) * no one * nobody * none * nothing * nowhere * once * one (also noun and pronoun) * said (also verb) * several (also adjective) * some * somebody * something * somewhere * sufficient (also adjective) * that * the * these * this * those * three (also noun) * thrice * twice * two (also noun) * us (also pronoun) * various * we (also pronoun) * what (also pronoun and adjective) * whatever * which (also pronoun) * whichever * you (also pronoun) * zero ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of English Copulae
This is a non-exhaustive list of copulae in the English language, i.e. words used to link the subject of a sentence with a predicate (a subject complement). Because many of these copulative verbs may be used non-copulatively, examples are provided. Also, there can be other copulative verbs depending on the context and the meaning of the specific verb used. Therefore, this list is not an exhaustive one. *'' act'' "Tom ''acted'' suspicious." *'' appear'' "Tom ''appears'' satisfied, but really is not." *'' be'' "Tom ''is'' a coward." *'' become'' (inchoative) "Tom ''became'' wealthy." *'' call in'' "Tom ''called in'' sick." *'' come'' "The prediction ''came'' true;" "the belt ''came'' loose;" "the characters in the story ''come'' alive" *'' come out'' "It ''came out'' burnt." *'' constitute'' "Verbs ''constitute'' one of the main word classes in the English language" *'' die'' "He ''died'' poor." *''eat'' "Tom ''eats'' healthy." *'' emerge'' "Tom ''emerged'' unharmed after the in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of English Auxiliary Verbs
This is a list of English auxiliary verbs, i.e. helping verbs, which include Modal verbs and Semi-modal verbs. See also auxiliary verbs, light verbs, and catenative verbs. Primary Auxiliary Verbs * be * do * have Single Word Modal Auxiliary Verbs * best * better * can * could * dare * need * may * might * must * ought * shall * should * will * would Two Word Semi-Modal Auxiliary Verb Phrases * be to * dare to * got to (gotta) * have to * had best * had better * need to * ought to (oughta) * would rather * used to Three Word Semi-Modal Auxiliary Verb Phrases * be able to * be about to * be allowed to * be bound to * be forced to * be free to * be going to (be gonna) * be likely to * be obliged to * be required to * be supposed to * be unlikely to * be used to * get used to * have got to {{DEFAULTSORT:English auxiliary verbs English language Auxiliary verbs An auxiliary verb ( abbreviated ) is a verb that adds functional or grammatical mean ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Collective Nouns
In the English language, many animals have different names depending on whether they are male, female, young, domesticated, or in groups. The best-known source of many English words used for collective groupings of animals is '' The Book of Saint Albans'', an essay on hunting published in 1486 and attributed to Juliana Berners. Most terms used here may be found in common dictionaries and general information web sites. Generic terms The terms in this table apply to many or all taxa in a particular biological family, class, or clade. Terms by species or taxon Usage of collective nouns ''Merriam-Webster'' writes that most terms of venery fell out of use in the 16th century, including a "murder" for crows. It goes on to say that some of the terms in '' The Book of Saint Albans'' were "rather fanciful", explaining that the book extended collective nouns to people of specific professions, such as a "poverty" of pipers. It concludes that for lexicographers, many of these do n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lists Of English Words By Country Or Language Of Origin
The following are lists of words in the English language that are known as "loanwords" or "borrowings," which are derived from other languages. For Old English-derived words, see List of English words of Old English origin. * English words of African origin * List of English words of Afrikaans origin ** List of South African English regionalisms ** List of South African slang words * List of English words from indigenous languages of the Americas *List of English words of Arabic origin **List of Arabic star names *List of English words of Australian Aboriginal origin * List of English words of Brittonic origin * Lists of English words of Celtic origin * List of English words of Chinese origin *List of English words of Czech origin * List of English words of Dravidian origin (Kannada, Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu) * List of English words of Dutch origin ** List of English words of Afrikaans origin ** List of South African slang words ** List of place names of Dutch origin ** Australi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Calques
A calque or loan translation is a word or phrase borrowed from another language by literal, word-for-word (Latin: "''verbum pro verbo''") translation. This list contains examples of calques in various languages. English From Mandarin Chinese * '' Running dog'' calques zh, t=走狗, p=zǒu gǒu. * ''brainwashing'' calques zh, t=洗腦, p=xǐ nǎo – usage via U.S. military during Korean War. * '' lose face'' calques zh, t=丟臉, p=diū liǎn * ''Paper tiger'' calques zh, t=紙老虎, p=zhǐ lǎohǔNovotná, Z., "Contributions to the Study of Loan-Words and Hybrid Words in Modern Chinese", ''Archiv Orientální'', (Prague), No. 35 (1967), pp. 613–648. (In English; examples of loan words and calques in Chinese)Novotná, Z., "Contributions to the Study of Loan-Words and Hybrid Words in Modern Chinese", ''Archiv Orientální'', (Prague), No. 36 (1968), pp. 295–325. (In English; examples of loan words and calques in Chinese)Novotná, Z., "Contributions to the Study ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Onomatopoeias
This is a list of onomatopoeias, i.e. words that imitate, resemble, or suggest the source of the sound that they describe. For more information, see the linked articles. Human vocal sounds *Achoo, Atishoo, the sound of a sneeze *Throat clearing#Onomatopoeia, Ahem, a sound made to clear the throat or to draw attention before speaking *Burp, the sound of Gastrointestinal tract, gas being expelled through the mouth *wikt:chomp, Chomp, the sound of someone biting down on food *Cough, the sound made when clearing the throat or Lung, lungs *Hiccup, a repeated, involuntary sound caused by a spasm of the diaphragm *Hum (sound), Hum, a low, continuous sound *Sigh, a deep exhalation suggesting exhasperation *Slurp, the sound of someone drinking or eating *Yawn, the sound someone makes when they're tired or Boredom, bored *Ow (other), Ow, Ouch (other), Ouch, a short sound made when someone is in pain Sounds made by devices or other objects *Awooga, or wikt:aooga, Aooga, the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of The Longest English Words With One Syllable
A list is a set of discrete items of information collected and set forth in some format for utility, entertainment, or other purposes. A list may be memorialized in any number of ways, including existing only in the mind of the list-maker, but lists are frequently written down on paper, or maintained electronically. Lists are "most frequently a tool", and "one does not ''read'' but only ''uses'' a list: one looks up the relevant information in it, but usually does not need to deal with it as a whole". Lucie Doležalová,The Potential and Limitations of Studying Lists, in Lucie Doležalová, ed., ''The Charm of a List: From the Sumerians to Computerised Data Processing'' (2009). Purpose It has been observed that, with a few exceptions, "the scholarship on lists remains fragmented". David Wallechinsky, a co-author of '' The Book of Lists'', described the attraction of lists as being "because we live in an era of overstimulation, especially in terms of information, and lists help ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of English Words Without Rhymes
The following is a list of English words without rhymes, called refractory rhymes—that is, a list of words in the English language that rhyme with no other English word. The word "rhyme" here is used in the strict sense, called a ''perfect rhyme'', that the words are pronounced the same from the vowel of the main lexical stress, stressed syllable onwards. The list was compiled from the point of view of Received Pronunciation (with a few exceptions for General American), and may not work for other accents or dialects. Multiple-word rhymes (a phrase that rhymes with a word, known as a ''phrasal'' or ''mosaic'' rhyme), self-rhymes (adding a prefix to a word and counting it as a rhyme of itself), imperfect rhymes (such as ''purple'' with ''circle''), and identical rhymes (words that are identical in their stressed syllables, such as ''bay'' and ''obey'') are often not counted as true rhymes and have not been considered. Only the list of one-syllable words can hope to be anything near c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
