lei: Prefix, Suffix and Derived words
Prefixes of lei
- nuclei«Word Popularity Bar4/5
nucleus
- noun a part of the cell containing DNA and RNA and responsible for growth and reproduction
karyon; cell nucleus.
- noun the positively charged dense center of an atom
- noun a part of the cell containing DNA and RNA and responsible for growth and reproduction
- lorelei2/5
lorelei
- noun a Siren of German legend who lured boatmen in the Rhine to destruction
- noun a Siren of German legend who lured boatmen in the Rhine to destruction
- galilei2/5
galilei
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- pronuclei1/5
pronucleus
- noun the nucleus of the ovum or sperm after fertilization but before they fuse to form the nucleus of the zygote
- noun the nucleus of the ovum or sperm after fertilization but before they fuse to form the nucleus of the zygote
- mallei1/5
malleus
- noun the ossicle attached to the eardrum
hammer.
- noun the ossicle attached to the eardrum
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- vlei1/5
vlei
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- subnuclei1/5
subnuclei
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- glei1/5
glei
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- whipplei1/5
whipplei
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Suffixes of lei
- leisure«Word Popularity Bar5/5
leisure
- noun time available for ease and relaxation
leisure time.
- his job left him little leisure
- noun freedom to choose a pastime or enjoyable activity
- he lacked the leisure for golf
- noun time available for ease and relaxation
- leipzig4/5
leipzig
- noun a city in southeastern Germany famous for fairs; formerly a music and publishing center
- noun a city in southeastern Germany famous for fairs; formerly a music and publishing center
- leiden4/5
leiden
- noun a city in the western Netherlands; residence of the Pilgrim Fathers for 11 years before they sailed for America in 1620
Leyden.
- noun a city in the western Netherlands; residence of the Pilgrim Fathers for 11 years before they sailed for America in 1620
- leicester4/5
leicester
- noun a largely agricultural county in central England
Leicestershire.
- noun an industrial city in Leicestershire in central England; built on the site of a Roman settlement
- noun a largely agricultural county in central England
- leibniz4/5
leibniz
- noun German philosopher and mathematician who thought of the universe as consisting of independent monads and who devised a system of the calculus independent of Newton (1646-1716)
Leibnitz; Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz; Gottfried Wilhelm Leibnitz.
- noun German philosopher and mathematician who thought of the universe as consisting of independent monads and who devised a system of the calculus independent of Newton (1646-1716)
- leisurely4/5
leisurely
- adjective satellite not hurried or forced
easygoing; easy.
- an easy walk around the block
- at a leisurely (or easygoing) pace
- adverb in an unhurried way or at one's convenience
at leisure.
- read the manual at your leisure
- he traveled leisurely
- adjective satellite not hurried or forced
- leigh4/5
leigh
- noun English film actress (1913-1967)
Vivien Leigh.
- noun English film actress (1913-1967)
- leila3/5
leila
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- leighton3/5
leighton
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- leith3/5
leith
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- leif3/5
leif
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- leis2/5
lei
- noun flower arrangement consisting of a circular band of foliage or flowers for ornamental purposes
coronal; wreath; chaplet; garland.
- noun the basic unit of money in Moldova
leu.
- noun flower arrangement consisting of a circular band of foliage or flowers for ornamental purposes
- leibnitz2/5
leibnitz
- noun German philosopher and mathematician who thought of the universe as consisting of independent monads and who devised a system of the calculus independent of Newton (1646-1716)
Leibniz; Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz; Gottfried Wilhelm Leibnitz.
- noun German philosopher and mathematician who thought of the universe as consisting of independent monads and who devised a system of the calculus independent of Newton (1646-1716)
- leitmotif2/5
leitmotif
- noun a melodic phrase that accompanies the reappearance of a person or situation (as in Wagner's operas)
leitmotiv.
- noun a melodic phrase that accompanies the reappearance of a person or situation (as in Wagner's operas)
- leitmotiv2/5
leitmotiv
- noun a melodic phrase that accompanies the reappearance of a person or situation (as in Wagner's operas)
leitmotif.
- noun a melodic phrase that accompanies the reappearance of a person or situation (as in Wagner's operas)
- leitmotifs2/5
leitmotif
- noun a melodic phrase that accompanies the reappearance of a person or situation (as in Wagner's operas)
leitmotiv.
- noun a melodic phrase that accompanies the reappearance of a person or situation (as in Wagner's operas)
- leibnizian2/5
leibnizian
- adjective of or relating to Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz or to his mathematics or philosophy
Leibnitzian.
- adjective of or relating to Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz or to his mathematics or philosophy
- leicestershire2/5
leicestershire
- noun a largely agricultural county in central England
Leicester.
- noun a largely agricultural county in central England
- leishmaniasis2/5
leishmaniasis
- noun sores resulting from a tropical infection by protozoa of the genus Leishmania which are spread by sandflies
leishmaniosis; kala azar.
- noun sores resulting from a tropical infection by protozoa of the genus Leishmania which are spread by sandflies
- leishmania2/5
leishmania
- noun flagellate protozoan that causes leishmaniasis
genus Leishmania.
- noun flagellate protozoan that causes leishmaniasis
- leisured2/5
leisured
- adjective satellite free from duties or responsibilities
- he writes in his leisure hours
- life as it ought to be for the leisure classes"- J.J.Chapman
- even the artist and the sculptor were not regarded...as leisured men"- Ida Craven
- adjective satellite free from duties or responsibilities
- leiomyoma2/5
leiomyoma
- noun benign tumor of smooth muscle (usually in the uterus or digestive tract)
- noun benign tumor of smooth muscle (usually in the uterus or digestive tract)
- leiomyomas2/5
leiomyoma
- noun benign tumor of smooth muscle (usually in the uterus or digestive tract)
- noun benign tumor of smooth muscle (usually in the uterus or digestive tract)
- leiomyosarcoma2/5
leiomyosarcoma
- noun sarcoma of smooth muscle; occurs most often digestive tract or uterus or bladder or prostate
- noun sarcoma of smooth muscle; occurs most often digestive tract or uterus or bladder or prostate
- leinster2/5
- leisler2/5
- leiss1/5
lei
- noun flower arrangement consisting of a circular band of foliage or flowers for ornamental purposes
coronal; wreath; chaplet; garland.
- noun the basic unit of money in Moldova
leu.
- noun flower arrangement consisting of a circular band of foliage or flowers for ornamental purposes
- leister1/5
leister
- noun a spear with three or more prongs; used for spearing fish (especially salmon)
- noun a spear with three or more prongs; used for spearing fish (especially salmon)
- leicesters1/5
leicester
- noun a largely agricultural county in central England
Leicestershire.
- noun an industrial city in Leicestershire in central England; built on the site of a Roman settlement
- noun a largely agricultural county in central England
- leitmotivs1/5
leitmotiv
- noun a melodic phrase that accompanies the reappearance of a person or situation (as in Wagner's operas)
leitmotif.
- noun a melodic phrase that accompanies the reappearance of a person or situation (as in Wagner's operas)
- leisures1/5
leisure
- noun time available for ease and relaxation
leisure time.
- his job left him little leisure
- noun freedom to choose a pastime or enjoyable activity
- he lacked the leisure for golf
- noun time available for ease and relaxation
- leisureliness1/5
leisureliness
- noun slowness by virtue of being leisurely
- noun slowness by virtue of being leisurely
- leibnitzian1/5
leibnitzian
- adjective of or relating to Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz or to his mathematics or philosophy
Leibnizian.
- adjective of or relating to Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz or to his mathematics or philosophy
- leir1/5
leir
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- leiomyomata1/5
- leics1/5
leics
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- leix1/5
leix
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- leisurewear1/5
leisurewear
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- leishmanial1/5
Derived words of lei
- klein«Word Popularity Bar4/5
klein
- noun German mathematician who created the Klein bottle (1849-1925)
Felix Klein.
- noun United States psychoanalyst (born in Austria) who was the first to specialize in the psychoanalysis of small children (1882-1960)
Melanie Klein.
- noun German mathematician who created the Klein bottle (1849-1925)
- raleigh4/5
raleigh
- noun English courtier (a favorite of Elizabeth I) who tried to colonize Virginia; introduced potatoes and tobacco to England (1552-1618)
Sir Walter Raleigh; Sir Walter Ralegh; Walter Ralegh; Walter Raleigh; Ralegh.
- noun capital of the state of North Carolina; located in the east central part of the North Carolina
capital of North Carolina.
- noun English courtier (a favorite of Elizabeth I) who tried to colonize Virginia; introduced potatoes and tobacco to England (1552-1618)
- pleistocene4/5
pleistocene
(Geol.) Of or pertaining to the epoch, or the deposits, following the Tertiary, and immediately preceding man. --n. The Pleistocene epoch, or deposits.
- nucleic4/5
nucleic
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- madeleine4/5
madeleine
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- kaleidoscope3/5
kaleidoscope
- noun a complex pattern of constantly changing colors and shapes
- noun an optical toy in a tube; it produces symmetrical patterns as bits of colored glass are reflected by mirrors
- noun a complex pattern of constantly changing colors and shapes
- rayleigh3/5
rayleigh
- noun English physicist who studied the density of gases and discovered argon; made important contributions to acoustic theory (1842-1919)
Lord Rayleigh; John William Strutt; Third Baron Rayleigh.
- noun English physicist who studied the density of gases and discovered argon; made important contributions to acoustic theory (1842-1919)
- sleigh3/5
sleigh
- noun a vehicle mounted on runners and pulled by horses or dogs; for transportation over snow
sledge; sled.
- verb ride (on) a sled
sled.
- noun a vehicle mounted on runners and pulled by horses or dogs; for transportation over snow
- sleight3/5
sleight
- noun adroitness in using the hands
dexterity; manual dexterity.
- noun adroitness in using the hands
- schleiermacher3/5
schleiermacher
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- bodleian3/5
bodleian
Of or pertaining to Sir Thomas Bodley, or to the celebrated library at Oxford, founded by him in the sixteenth century.
- suleiman3/5
suleiman
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- fleischer3/5
fleischer
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- soleil3/5
soleil
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- linoleic3/5
linoleic
Pertaining to, or derived from, linoleum, or linseed oil; specifically (Chem.) , designating an organic acid, a thin yellow oil, found combined as a salt of glycerin in oils of linseed, poppy, hemp, and certain nuts.
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villein
- noun (Middle Ages) a person who is bound to the land and owned by the feudal lord
serf; helot.
- noun (Middle Ages) a person who is bound to the land and owned by the feudal lord
- villein2/5
villein
- noun (Middle Ages) a person who is bound to the land and owned by the feudal lord
serf; helot.
- noun (Middle Ages) a person who is bound to the land and owned by the feudal lord
- pleiades2/5
pleiades
(Myth.) The seven daughters of Atlas and the nymph Pleione, fabled to have been made by Jupiter a constellation in the sky.
- fraulein2/5
fraulein
- noun a German courtesy title or form of address for an unmarried woman
- noun a German courtesy title or form of address for an unmarried woman
- sternocleidomastoid2/5
sternocleidomastoid
- noun one of two thick muscles running from the sternum and clavicle to the mastoid and occipital bone; turns head obliquely to the opposite side; when acting together they flex the neck and extend the head
sternocleidomastoid muscle; sternocleido mastoideus; musculus sternocleidomastoideus.
- noun one of two thick muscles running from the sternum and clavicle to the mastoid and occipital bone; turns head obliquely to the opposite side; when acting together they flex the neck and extend the head
- kaleidoscopic2/5
kaleidoscopic
- adjective satellite continually shifting or rapidly changing
kaleidoscopical.
- adjective satellite continually shifting or rapidly changing
- heinlein2/5
heinlein
- noun United States writer of science fiction (1907-1988)
Robert Anson Heinlein; Robert A. Heinlein.
- noun United States writer of science fiction (1907-1988)
- macleish2/5
macleish
- noun United States poet (1892-1982)
Archibald MacLeish.
- noun United States poet (1892-1982)
- sleighs2/5
sleigh
- noun a vehicle mounted on runners and pulled by horses or dogs; for transportation over snow
sledge; sled.
- verb ride (on) a sled
sled.
- noun a vehicle mounted on runners and pulled by horses or dogs; for transportation over snow
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phenolphthalein
- noun a laxative used in many preparations under various trade names; also used as an acid-base indicator in titrations involving weak acids and strong bases because it is brilliant red at high alkalinity and colorless below pH 8
- noun a laxative used in many preparations under various trade names; also used as an acid-base indicator in titrations involving weak acids and strong bases because it is brilliant red at high alkalinity and colorless below pH 8
- kleist2/5
kleist
- noun German dramatist whose works concern people torn between reason and emotion (1777-1811)
Heinrich von Kleist; Bernd Heinrich Wilhelm von Kleist.
- noun German dramatist whose works concern people torn between reason and emotion (1777-1811)
- mullein2/5
mullein
- noun any of various plants of the genus Verbascum having large usually woolly leaves and terminal spikes of yellow or white or purplish flowers
flannel leaf; velvet plant.
- noun any of various plants of the genus Verbascum having large usually woolly leaves and terminal spikes of yellow or white or purplish flowers
- acrolein2/5
acrolein
- noun a pungent colorless unsaturated liquid aldehyde made from propene
propenal.
- noun a pungent colorless unsaturated liquid aldehyde made from propene
- kwajalein2/5
kwajalein
- noun an atoll in the western Marshall Islands that was used as a Japanese air and naval base during World War II
- noun an amphibious assault in the Pacific in World War II (January 1944); American forces landed and captured a Japanese air base
- noun an atoll in the western Marshall Islands that was used as a Japanese air and naval base during World War II
- burleigh2/5
- deoxyribonucleic2/5
deoxyribonucleic
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- apuleius2/5
apuleius
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- oleic2/5
oleic
(Physiol.Chem.) Pertaining to, derived from, or contained in, oil; as, . At low temperatures the acid is crystalline, but melts to an oily liquid above 14 C.oleic acid, an acid of the acrylic acid series found combined with glyceryl in the form of olein in certain animal and vegetable fats and oils, such as sperm oil, olive oil, etc
- ribonucleic2/5
ribonucleic
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- plein2/5
plain
- noun extensive tract of level open land
champaign; field.
- they emerged from the woods onto a vast open plain
- he longed for the fields of his youth
- noun a basic knitting stitch
plain stitch; knit; knit stitch.
- noun extensive tract of level open land
- maleic2/5
maleic
(Chem.) Pertaining to, or designating, an acid of the ethylene series, metameric with fumaric acid and obtained by heating malic acid.
- pleiotropic2/5
- poleis2/5
poleis
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- aleichem2/5
aleichem
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- aquileia2/5
- gauleiter2/5
gauleiter
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- dupleix2/5
- harleian2/5
harleian
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- cleisthenes2/5
- pleiotropy2/5
- eleison2/5
eleison
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- kaleidoscopes1/5
kaleidoscope
- noun a complex pattern of constantly changing colors and shapes
- noun an optical toy in a tube; it produces symmetrical patterns as bits of colored glass are reflected by mirrors
- noun a complex pattern of constantly changing colors and shapes
- schleiden1/5
schleiden
- noun German physiologist and histologist who in 1838 formulated the cell theory (1804-1881)
Matthias Schleiden; M. J. Schleiden.
- noun German physiologist and histologist who in 1838 formulated the cell theory (1804-1881)
- marbleized1/5
marbleized
- adjective satellite patterned with veins or streaks or color resembling marble
marbled; marbleised.
- marbleized pink skin
- verb make something look like marble
marbleize; marbleise.
- marbleize the fireplace
- adjective satellite patterned with veins or streaks or color resembling marble
- ileitis1/5
ileitis
- noun inflammation of the ileum
- noun inflammation of the ileum
- villeinage1/5
villeinage
- noun the legal status or condition of servitude of a villein or feudal serf
villainage.
- noun tenure by which a villein held land
- noun the legal status or condition of servitude of a villein or feudal serf
- frauleins1/5
fraulein
- noun a German courtesy title or form of address for an unmarried woman
- noun a German courtesy title or form of address for an unmarried woman
- basileis1/5
- sleighing1/5
sleigh
- noun a vehicle mounted on runners and pulled by horses or dogs; for transportation over snow
sledge; sled.
- verb ride (on) a sled
sled.
- noun a vehicle mounted on runners and pulled by horses or dogs; for transportation over snow
- sleights1/5
sleight
- noun adroitness in using the hands
dexterity; manual dexterity.
- noun adroitness in using the hands
- ableism1/5
ableism
- noun discrimination in favor of the able-bodied
able-bodiedism; able-bodism; ablism.
- noun discrimination in favor of the able-bodied
- necropoleis1/5
necropolis
- noun a tract of land used for burials
graveyard; burial ground; memorial park; cemetery; burying ground; burial site.
- noun a tract of land used for burials
- pleione1/5
pleione
- noun small genus of dwarf orchids; India to Thailand and Taiwan
genus Pleione.
- noun small genus of dwarf orchids; India to Thailand and Taiwan
- bobsleigh1/5
bobsleigh
- noun formerly two short sleds coupled together
bobsled.
- noun a long racing sled (for 2 or more people) with a steering mechanism
bobsled; bob.
- noun formerly two short sleds coupled together
- cleistogamous1/5
cleistogamous
- adjective exhibiting or relating to cleistogamy
cleistogamic.
- adjective exhibiting or relating to cleistogamy
- velleity1/5
velleity
- noun a mere wish, unaccompanied by effort to obtain
- noun volition in its weakest form
- noun a mere wish, unaccompanied by effort to obtain
- mulleins1/5
mullein
- noun any of various plants of the genus Verbascum having large usually woolly leaves and terminal spikes of yellow or white or purplish flowers
flannel leaf; velvet plant.
- noun any of various plants of the genus Verbascum having large usually woolly leaves and terminal spikes of yellow or white or purplish flowers
- cleistogamic1/5
cleistogamic
- adjective exhibiting or relating to cleistogamy
cleistogamous.
- adjective exhibiting or relating to cleistogamy
- buddleia1/5
buddleia
- noun tropical shrub having clusters of white or violet or yellow flowers
butterfly bush.
- noun tropical shrub having clusters of white or violet or yellow flowers
- olein1/5
olein
- noun a naturally occurring glyceride of oleic acid that is found in fats and oils
triolein.
- noun a naturally occurring glyceride of oleic acid that is found in fats and oils
- triolein1/5
triolein
- noun a naturally occurring glyceride of oleic acid that is found in fats and oils
olein.
- noun a naturally occurring glyceride of oleic acid that is found in fats and oils
- tholeiitic1/5
- sadleir1/5
- ausgleich1/5
- herakleion1/5
- gauleiters1/5
- cleidocranial1/5
- madeleines1/5
- pleiad1/5
pleiad
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- oleifera1/5
oleifera
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- gleiwitz1/5
- ophicleide1/5
ophicleide
(Mus.) A large brass wind instrument, formerly used in the orchestra and in military bands, having a loud tone, deep pitch, and a compass of three octaves; -- now generally supplanted by bass and contrabass tubas. Moore (Encyc. of Music).
- tholeiites1/5
- palmitoleic1/5
- ableist1/5
ableist
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- aleikum1/5
- nuclein1/5
nuclein
(Physiol. Chem.) A constituent of the nuclei of all cells. It is a colorless amorphous substance, readily soluble in alkaline fluids and especially characterized by its comparatively large content of phosphorus. It also contains nitrogen and sulphur.<--containing protein and nucleic acid-->
- berkeleian1/5
berkeleian
,a.Of or relating to Bishop Berkeley or his system of idealism; --as, Berkeleian philosophy .Berke"ley*ism , n.
- tholeiite1/5
tholeiite
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- ricinoleic1/5
ricinoleic
(Chem.) Pertaining to, or designating, a fatty acid analogous to oleic acid, obtained from castor oil as an oily substance, CHO with a harsh taste. Formerly written ricinolic.
- kaleidoscopically1/5
kaleidoscopical
- adjective satellite continually shifting or rapidly changing
kaleidoscopic.
- adjective satellite continually shifting or rapidly changing
- pleiads1/5
- seattleites1/5
- cleistothecia1/5
- cleithrum1/5
- vleis1/5
- pleis1/5
pleis
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- phthalein1/5
phthalein
(Chem.) One of a series of artificial organic dyes made as condensation products of the phenols with phthalic acid, and well represented by phenol phthaleïn. Their alkaline solutions are fluorescent.
- cerulein1/5
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About Prefix and Suffix Words
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