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Added to the stem (if ending in a consonant d, t, k, s, j, q, x add an appropriate vowel before -d) ширээд xiree + d → xireed on the desk хорвуд horwu + d → horwud in/on the cabinet тосод tos + d → tosod in the oil Instrumental -aar, -eer, -oor: Added to words ending in consonants (except j, q, x) according to vowel harmony
Typically such words are formed by abbreviating or altering the original word and adding "-er". Words to which "-er" is simply suffixed to provide a word with a different , though related, meaning – such as "Peeler" (early Metropolitan policeman, after Sir Robert Peel ) and "exhibitioner" (an undergraduate holding a type of scholarship called ...
This is a list of contractions used in the Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Abbreviations; these are to be avoided anywhere other than in direct quotations in encyclopedic prose.
Adjectives ending -ish can be used as collective demonyms (e.g. the English, the Cornish). So can those ending in -ch / -tch (e.g. the French, the Dutch) provided they are pronounced with a 'ch' sound (e.g., the adjective Czech does not qualify). Where an adjective is a link, the link is to the language or dialect of the same name.
For every 3 non-theme words you find, you earn a hint. Hints show the letters of a theme word. If there is already an active hint on the board, a hint will show that word’s letter order.
The most-notable of these is the -dous puzzle of finding words ending in -dous, which was popular in the 1880s. This took various forms, sometimes simply listing all words or all common words, [ 29 ] [ 30 ] sometimes being posed as a riddle, giving the three common words, tremendous , stupendous , and hazardous , and requesting the rarer fourth ...
The words in this category precede a common four-letter noun (hint: this noun typically refers to the hindmost part of an animal). Related: 300 Trivia Questions and Answers to Jumpstart Your Fun ...
Most new words are of the first group (téléviser, atomiser, radiographier), with some in the second group (alunir). In summary the groups are: 1st conjugation: verbs ending in -er (except aller). There are about 6000 verbs in this group. [2] 2nd conjugation: verbs ending in -ir, with the present participle ending in -issant. There are about ...