the embedded part of a bodily structure such as a tooth, nail, or hair | a baby bed with sides and rockers |
(linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed | a trough that can be rocked back and forth; used by gold miners to shake auriferous earth in water in order to separate the gold |
a simple form inferred as the common basis from which related words in several languages can be derived by linguistic processes | where something originated or was nurtured in its early existence |
the set of values that give a true statement when substituted into an equation | birth of a person |
the place where something begins, where it springs into being | |
someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent) | |
(botany) the usually underground organ that lacks buds or leaves or nodes; absorbs water and mineral salts; usually it anchors the plant to the ground | |
a number that, when multiplied by itself some number of times, equals a given number | |