Search References Update
Cross-Reference Groups: qu-sy
From time to time, new units are added to this extended free Cross-reference search area that have been “completed”; that is, with as many definitions as can be found or with a significant number of vocabulary examples.
quant- (Latin: how much; as much as, how many; amount). With
definitions but
no quizzes.
quas- (Latin: to make void, annul; originally from the Latin meaning of, “to shake violently, to shatter”). With
definitions but
no quizzes.
quasi- (Latin: as if, as it were, as though; somewhat like, resembling, seemingly). With
definitions but
no quizzes.
rhem- (Greek: a thing said; word; term). With
definitions but
no quizzes.
rhigo-,
rhig- (Greek: cold, frost; shiver). With
definitions but
no quizzes.
sanct- (Latin: sacred, holy). With
definitions but
no quizzes.
sarmasso-,
sarmass- (Greek [
sarx, flesh plus
massein, to knead, to massage; methodical pressure]: love play, sexual foreplay with a woman; “necking ”). With
definitions but
no quizzes.
sauro-,
saur-, -
saurus, -
saurid, -
saur, -
sauria, -
saurian (Greek: lizard). With
definitions and many
dinosaur names but
no quizzes.
scroto-,
scrot- (Latin: the pouch that holds the testes; a purse; probably a variant of scortum, a skin, hide, or of
scrautum; a leather bag for holding arrows; akin to
scrupus, a sharp stone). With
definitions but
no quizzes.
sebo-,
seb-,
sebi- (Latin: tallow, suet, fat, fatty; grease; oily; by extension, “pertaining to a suetlike secretion of the body”). With
definitions but
no quizzes.
seismo-,
seism-, -
seism, -
seisms, -
seisma, -
seismically, -
seismical, -
seismal, -
seismic (Greek: shake, earthquake [move to and fro’; to shake, move violently]). With
definitions but
no quizzes.
sen-,
sene-,
seni-,
sir- (Latin: old age, old, elder). With
definitions but
no quizzes.
senso-,
sens-,
sensi-,
sensori-,
sent- (Latin: feeling, sensation, perception through the senses, to be aware, awareness, to discern with the senses). With
definitions and
three quizzes.
sequest-,
sequestr- (Latin: to give up for safe keeping; a depository, trustee; to shut up illegally). With
definitions but
no quizzes.
serv- (Latin: to be a slave, to serve; slave). With
definitions but
no quizzes.
serv- (Latin: safe; to save, saved, preserved; from
servare). With
definitions but
no quizzes.
sesqui- (Latin: one and a half; normally used as a prefix; from Latin,
semis “half” +
que “and”). With
definitions but
no quizzes.
sheol (Hebrew: the grave; hell; pit). With
definitions but
no quizzes.
sodom- (Hebrew > Greek > Latin: inhabitant of Sodom). With
definitions but
no quizzes.
sola-,
sol- (Latin: to comfort, to encourage, to cheer). With
definitions but
no quizzes.
soli-,
sol- (Latin: one, alone, only). With
definitions but
no quizzes.
soror-,
sorori-,
soro- (Latin: sister [family member]). With
definitions but
no quizzes.
sphinctero-,
sphincter- (Greek > Latin: that which binds tightly, press together; band, lace; hence, muscle that closes an aperture of the body; a ringlike band of muscle fibers that constricts a passage or closes a natural orifice). With
definitions but
no quizzes.
sphagno-,
sphagni-,
sphagn- (Greek: moss). With
definitions but
no quizzes.
stauro-,
staur- (Greek: upright stake; hence, “rood, cross”; cross-shaped, crosslike, crossed). With
definitions but
no quizzes.
steato-,
steat- (Greek: fat; suet, tallow). With
definitions but
no quizzes.
stratio-,
strati-,
strato-,
strat-
stratus (Latin: horizontal layer; “stretched, spread out”; layer, cloud layer). With
definitions but
no quizzes.
strato- (Greek: army). With
definitions but
no quizzes.
sucho-, -
suchus (Greek: crocodile [Egyptian name for crocodile]). With
definitions but
no quizzes.
syco- (Greek > Latin: fig). With
definitions but
no quizzes.