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availability available,
Nouns unavailable
Adjectives Verbs Adverbs
avoidance avoidable,
advisable, avoid
advice, adviser unavoidable
inadvisable, advise
awareness aware, unaware unawares
FAMILIES
advisory
base, the basics, baseless, basic base basically
Nouns
agreement,
basis Adjectives
agreeable Verbs
agree, disagree Adverbs
agreeably
disagreement
Ability,
bearer Able, Unable,
bearable, bear
aim aimless aim aimlessly
Disability,
amazement Disabled
unbearable
amazed, enable, disable
amaze ably
amazingly
beat, beating
Inabilit unbeatable, beat
amazing
anger acceptable,
unbeaten
angry anger angrily
beauty,
Acceptance
announcement, beautiful
unacceptable,
unannounced accept
announce beautifully
Acceptably,
unannounced
beautician
announcer accepted unacceptably
beginner,
appearance, begin
appear,
beginning
disappearance, disappear, accidentally
behaviour/US
Accident accidental
reappearance reappear
behavior,
applicant, behavioural/US
applicable, behave,
apply
Accuracy,
misbehaviour/U accurate,
behavioral misbehave accurately,
application applied
S Inaccuracy
misbehavior inaccurate inaccurately
appreciation appreciable, appreciate appreciatively
belief, disbelief believable,
appreciative believe, unbelievably
Accusation, the
approval, unbelievable
approving, disbelieve
approve, approvingly
accused, accusing accuse accusingly
block, blockage disapproving
disapproval blocked, block, unblock
disapprove
Accuser
approximation unblocked
approximate approximate approximately
achievement,
blood,
argumentbleeding bloodless,
arguable, bleed
argue arguably
achiever achievable achieve
bloody
argumentative
the boil, boiler
arrangement boiling boil
arrange,
bore,
Act, boredom
action, bored, boring bore
rearrange boringly
break,
art, outbreak,
artist, unbreakable,
artistic break artistically
inaction, acting act
breakage
artistry broken,
interaction,
unbroken
ashamed, shamefully,
reaction,
breath, breather,
shame breathless
unashamed, breathe
shame breathlessly
shamelessly
transaction
breathing shameful,
active, inactive,
brother, brotherly
activity, shameless
interactive, activate actively
brotherhood attached,
inactivity proactive
build, builder, build, rebuild
attachment unattached, attach, detach
building
addition detachable,
additional add additionally
burn, burner burning, burnt burn
burial detached
buried bury
Admiration,
attack, counter-
calculation, incalculable, attack, counter-
calculate
admirer admirable admire admirably
attack, attacker
calculator calculated, attack
attention
advertisement, attentive, attend attentively
calculating
advertiser,
calm, calmness inattentive
calm advertise
calm calmly
attraction,
advertising
capability attractive,
capable, attract attractively
capably
attractiveness unattractive
Nouns Adjectives Verbs Adverbs
celebration, celebrated, celebrate
celebrity celebratory
centre/US centre/US
center, central, center, centrally
centralization, centralized centralize,
decentralization decentralize
certainty, certain, certainly,
uncertainty uncertain uncertainly
challenge, challenging challenge
challenger
changeable,
change interchangeabl change
e,
unchanged,
changing
character, characteristic, characterize characteristicall
characteristic, uncharacteristic y
characterization
chemical, chemical chemically
chemist,
chemistry
circle, circular circle, circulate
semicircle,
circulation
cleaner, cleaning, clean, unclean clean cleanly
cleanliness
clarity, clear, unclear clear clear, clearly
clearance,
clearing
close, closure closed, closing close
closeness close close, closely
clothes, clothing clothed, clothe
unclothed
collection, collected, collect collectively
collector collective
coloured/US
colored,
colour/US discoloured/US
color, discolored, colour/US color colourfully/US
colouring/US colourful/US colorfully
coloring colorful,
colourless/US
colorless
combination combined combine
comfortable,
comfort, uncomfortable, comfort comfortably
Nouns Adjectives Verbs Adverbs
competition, competitive, compete competitively
competitor uncompetitive
completion, complete, complete completely,
incompleteness incomplete incompletely
complication complicated, complicate
uncomplicated
computer,
computing, computerize
computerization
concentration concentrated concentrate
concern concerned, concern
unconcerned
conclusion concluding, conclude conclusively
conclusive,
inconclusive
condition, conditionally,
precondition, conditional, condition unconditionally
conditioner, unconditional
conditioning
confidence confident, confide confidently,
confidential confidentially
confirmation confirmed, confirm
unconfirmed
confusion confused, confuse confusingly
confusing
connected,
connection disconnected, connect,
unconnected disconnect
Subconscious, Conscious, Consciously,
unconscious, subconscious, unconsciously
consciousness, unconscious
unconsciousness
consequence consequent, consequently
inconsequential
considerable, consider, considerably,
consideration considerate, reconsider considerately
inconsiderate,
considered
Nouns Adjectives Verbs Adverbs
continent continental,
intercontinental
continuation, continual, continue, continually,
continuity continued, discontinue continuously
continuous
control, controlling, control uncontrollably
controller uncontrollable
convenience, convenient, inconvenience conveniently
inconvenience inconvenient
convinced, convince convincingly
convincing,
unconvincing
cook, cooker, cooked, cook
Nounscookery,Adjectives uncooked Verbs Adverbs
cooking deceitful,
deceit, deceiver, deceive deceptively
deception
cool, coolness deceptivecool cool coolly
decided, decidedly,
correction, undecided,
decision, correct,
decisive, decidecorrect decisively,
correctly,
indecisioncorrectness indecisive incorrect, indecisively
incorrectly
decoration, corrective decorate
decorative decoratively
decorator countable,
count, recount
deep, depth uncountable,
deep, deepening count, recount
deepen deeply
defeat, defeatism, undefeated,countless defeat
cover,
defeatist coverage, undercover,
defeatist cover, uncover undercover
defence/US defenceless/US
defense,covering defenseless, uncovered defend defensively
creation,
defendant, defender indefensible,creative, create, recreate creatively
creativity, defensive uncreative
definitioncreator definite, define definitely,
crime, criminal,indefinite criminal, incriminate indefinitelycriminally
demand,criminologistdemanding,incriminating demand
critic, criticism
demands undemanding critical, criticize critically
uncritical
democracy, democratic, democratically
crowd, crowded, crowd
democrat undemocratic
overcrowding overcrowded
demonstration, demonstrable, demonstrate demonstrably
cruelty cruel cruelly
demonstratorcry, outcry demonstrative crying cry
denial culture, undeniable cultural, deny undeniably
culturally
dependant,subculture dependable,cultured dependably,
dependence,cure dependent,
cured, incurable dependcure independently
independence, custom, independent customary accustom customarily
dependency customer,
customs describable, descriptively
descriptioncut, cutting cutting
indescribable, cut,
describe undercut
damage, nondescript, damaging, damage
damages undamaged
descriptive
danger endangered, endanger dangerously
desirable,
dangerous
dare, daring daring dare daringly
dark, darkness dark, darkened, darken darkly
darkening
date dated, outdated date, predate
Nouns Adjectives Verbs Adverbs
Nouns
Difference, Adjectives
Different, Verbs
Differ, Adverbs
differently
indifference, indifferent
economic, differentiate
differentiation
economics, economical, economically
desire directness, undesirable, desire redirect
direction, direct, indirect direct, directly,
economist, economize
directions, desired, indirectly
economy
director uneconomic(al)
education undesired
educated, educate educationally
disagreement
destroyer, disagreeable
indestructible, disagree
destroy disagreeably
destructively
disappointment destructive uneducated,
disappointed, disappoint disappointingly
destruction
educational
disappointing
determination, determined, determinedly
effect,
disaster effective,
disastrous effect effectively,
disastrously
determiner predetermined, determine
disciplinarian,
effectiveness, disciplinary,
ineffective, discipline ineffectively
discipline indeterminate
disciplined,
ineffectiveness ineffectual
develope developed
undisciplined
effort effortless effortlessly
r, discoverer,
election, re- , unelected, develop,
discover
elect, re-elect
develop discovery
election, elector, undevelop electoral redevelop
ment, distance
electorate ed, distant distance distantly
redevelopment disturbed, disturbingly
electrician, developin electric, electrify electrically
disturbance undisturbed,
g disturb
electricity electrical
disturbing
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electronics
divide, division, electronic
divided, divide, electronically
embarrassment
subdivision embarrassed,
undivided, embarrass
subdivide embarrassingly
embarrassing
divisible, divisive
emotion
divorce, emotional,
divorced divorce emotionally
divorcee emotive
emphasis
do, doing done,emphatic
overdone, emphasize
do, outdo, emphatically
employee, undone overdo, redo,
employer, unemployed employ
undo
doubt,employment
doubter undoubted, doubt undoubtedly,
unemploymen
doubtful, doubtfully
t
doubtless
dream, dreamer
encouragement, dream,
encouraged, dream
encourage, dreamily
encouragingly
discouragement dreamless,
encouraging discourage
end, ending dreamyendless
unending, end endlessly
dress, dresser,
Energy dressed,
Energetic dress, redress,
Energize dressily
energetically
dressing
Enjoyment undressed, dressy
Enjoyable undress
Enjoy enjoyably
drink, drinker,
Enromity Enormous Enormously drunkenly
drinking, drunk, drunk, drunken
Entrance, drink
enter
drunkenness
entrant, entry
drive, driver,
Entertainer, driving
Entertaining drive
Entertain entertainingly
driving
entretainment
due, dues
enthusiasm, due, undue
enthusiastic, enthuse due, duly,
enthusiastically
enthusiast, unenthusiastic unduly
earner, earnings
unenthusiasticall earn
earthy earthy, earthly, unearth
environment, unearthly
environmental environmentally
ease, unease,
environmentalist easy, uneasy ease easily, uneasily,
easiness
equality, equal, unequal equalize easy
equally,
east,inequality
easterner east, easterly, east, eastward(s) unequally
Nouns Adjectives Verbs Adverbs
escape, escapism escaped, escape inescapably
inescapable
essence, essentials essential essentially
estimate, estimated estimate,
estimation overestimate,
underestimate
event, non-event eventful, eventfully,
uneventful, eventually
eventual
exam,
examination, examine, cross-
cross- examine
examination,
examiner
forest,
deforestation, forested
forestry
forgetfulness forgetful, forget forgetfully
unforgettable
form, formation,
transformation, reformed form, reform,
reformer, transform
transformer
formality formal, formalize formally,
informal informally
fortune fortunate, fortunately,
unfortunate unfortunately
freebie, freedom free free free, freely
Nouns Adjectives Verbs Adverbs
freeze, freezer, ezing, frozen freeze
freezing
frequency, frequent, frequent frequently,
infrequency infrequent infrequently
freshness, fresh, refreshing freshen, refresh freshly,
refreshments refreshingly
friend, friendly, befriend
friendliness unfriendly
fright frightened, frighten frighteningly,
frightening, frightfully
frightful
fruit, fruition fruitful, fruitless, fruitfully,
fruity fruitlessly
fund, refund, funded fund, refund
funding
furnishings, furnished, furnish
furniture unfurnished
garden, gardener, garden
gardening
generalization general generalize generally
generosity generous generously
gentleness gentle gently
gladness glad gladden gladly
glass, glasses glassy
good, goodies, good
goodness, goods
government, governmental, govern governmentally
governor governing
gratitude, grateful, gratefully
ingratitude ungrateful
gratefully great greatly
green, greenery, green
greens
ground, groundless, ground underground
underground, underground
grounding
grounds
grower, growth, growing, grown, grow, outgrow
undergrowth overgrown
guilt, guiltiness guilty guiltily
habit habitual habitually
hair, hairiness hairless, hairy
hand, handful underhand, handy hand
handle, handler, handle
handling
happiness, happy, unhappy happily,
unhappiness unhappily
Nouns Adjectives Verbs Adverbs
happiness, happy, unhappy happily,
unhappiness unhappily
hardship hard harden hard, hardly
harm, unharmed, harm harmlessly
harmfulness harmful, harmless
head, heading, overhead, heady head, behead overhead
overheads
health healthy, healthily,
unhealthy unhealthily
hearing unheard, unheard hear, overhear
of
heart heartened, heartily, heartlessly
heartening,
heartless, hearty
heat, heater, heated, unheated heat, overheat heatedly
heating
height, heights heightened heighten
help, helper, helpful, unhelpful, help helpfully,
helpfulness, helpless helplessly
helping
highness high high, highly
historian, history historic, historically
prehistoric,
historical
hold, holder, hold
holding
home homeless, homely home home
honesty, honest, dishonest honestly,
dishonesty dishonestly
hope, hopefulness, hopeful, hopeless hope hopefully,
hopelessness hopelessly
human,
human, inhuman, humanly, inhumanity
superhuman,
humanism, humane humanely
humanity
hunger hungry hungrily
hurry hurried, hurry hurriedly
unhurried
hurt unhurt, hurtful hurt hurtfully
ice, icicle, icing icy ice icily
identification, identifiable, identify
identity unidentified
imaginable, unimaginably,
imagination unimaginable, imagine imaginatively
imaginary,
imaginative
importance important, importantly
unimportant
Nouns Adjectives Verbs Adverbs
impression impressionable, impress impressively
impressive
improvement improved improve
increase increased increase increasingly
credibility, incredible, incredibly,
incredulity credible, incredulously
incredulous
independence, independent independen
independent tly
industrialist, industrial, industrially,
industrialization, industrialized, industriously
industry industrious
infection, infectious infect, disinfect infectiously
disinfectant
inflation inflatable, inflate, deflate
inflated,
inflationary
informant, informative,
uninformative,
information, informed, inform,
uninformed
informer misinform
married,
marriage unmarried, marry,
marriageable remarry
matching,
match, mismatch unmatched, match matchlessly
matchless
material, material,
materialism, immaterial, materially
materialist, materialistic materialize
materials,
materializati
on
Nouns Adjective Verbs Adverbs
s
measurable,
measure, measurement immeasurable, measure immeasurably
measured
medical,
medical, medication, medicated, medically
medicine medicinal,
medicinally
nature, natural,
naturalist, supernatural,
naturalization, unnatural, naturalize naturally,
naturalness the naturalistic unnaturally
supernatural,
naturist,
naturism
pass, overpass,
underpass, passing, passable pass
passage,
passing
performance, perform
performer
permission, permit, permissible, permit
permissiveness impermissible,
permissive
personal,
impersonal, personalize, personally
person, personality personalized, personify
personable