usk: Prefix, Suffix and Derived words
Prefixes of usk
- dusk«Word Popularity Bar4/5
dusk
- noun the time of day immediately following sunset
crepuscle; fall; gloaming; gloam; evenfall; nightfall; twilight; crepuscule.
- he loved the twilight
- they finished before the fall of night
- verb become dusk
- noun the time of day immediately following sunset
- musk3/5
musk
- noun an odorous glandular secretion from the male musk deer; used as a perfume fixative
- noun the scent of a greasy glandular secretion from the male musk deer
- noun an odorous glandular secretion from the male musk deer; used as a perfume fixative
- rusk3/5
rusk
- noun slice of sweet raised bread baked again until it is brown and hard and crisp
zwieback; Brussels biscuit; twice-baked bread.
- noun slice of sweet raised bread baked again until it is brown and hard and crisp
- husk3/5
husk
- noun material consisting of seed coverings and small pieces of stem or leaves that have been separated from the seeds
stubble; chaff; straw; stalk; shuck.
- noun outer membranous covering of some fruits or seeds
- noun material consisting of seed coverings and small pieces of stem or leaves that have been separated from the seeds
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tusk
- noun a hard smooth ivory colored dentine that makes up most of the tusks of elephants and walruses
ivory.
- noun a long pointed tooth specialized for fighting or digging; especially in an elephant or walrus or hog
- noun a hard smooth ivory colored dentine that makes up most of the tusks of elephants and walruses
- mollusk2/5
mollusk
- noun invertebrate having a soft unsegmented body usually enclosed in a shell
mollusc; shellfish.
- noun invertebrate having a soft unsegmented body usually enclosed in a shell
- lusk2/5
lusk
Lazy; slothful. Obs.
- busk2/5
busk
- verb play music in a public place and solicit money for it
- three young men were busking in the plaza
- verb play music in a public place and solicit money for it
- cornhusk1/5
cornhusk
- noun the husk of an ear of corn
- noun the husk of an ear of corn
- cusk1/5
cusk
- noun the lean flesh of a cod-like fish of North Atlantic waters
- noun large edible marine fish of northern coastal waters; related to cod
torsk; Brosme brosme.
- noun the lean flesh of a cod-like fish of North Atlantic waters
- brusk1/5
brusk
- adjective satellite marked by rude or peremptory shortness
brusque; curt; short.
- try to cultivate a less brusque manner
- a curt reply
- the salesgirl was very short with him
- adjective satellite marked by rude or peremptory shortness
Derived words of usk
- ruskin«Word Popularity Bar4/5
ruskin
- noun British art critic (1819-1900)
John Ruskin.
- noun British art critic (1819-1900)
- musket3/5
musket
- noun a muzzle-loading shoulder gun with a long barrel; formerly used by infantrymen
- noun a muzzle-loading shoulder gun with a long barrel; formerly used by infantrymen
- husky3/5
husky
- noun breed of heavy-coated Arctic sled dog
Eskimo dog.
- adjective satellite muscular and heavily built
buirdly; beefy; burly; strapping.
- a beefy wrestler
- had a tall burly frame
- clothing sizes for husky boys
- a strapping boy of eighteen
- `buirdly' is a Scottish term
- noun breed of heavy-coated Arctic sled dog
- muskets3/5
musket
- noun a muzzle-loading shoulder gun with a long barrel; formerly used by infantrymen
- noun a muzzle-loading shoulder gun with a long barrel; formerly used by infantrymen
- dusky3/5
dusky
- adjective satellite lighted by or as if by twilight
twilight; twilit.
- The dusky night rides down the sky/And ushers in the morn"-Henry Fielding
- the twilight glow of the sky
- a boat on a twilit river
- adjective satellite naturally having skin of a dark color
swart; swarthy; dark-skinned.
- a dark-skinned beauty
- gold earrings gleamed against her dusky cheeks
- a smile on his swarthy face
- `swart' is archaic
- adjective satellite lighted by or as if by twilight
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tuskegee
- noun a town in eastern Alabama
- noun a town in eastern Alabama
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tusk
- noun a hard smooth ivory colored dentine that makes up most of the tusks of elephants and walruses
ivory.
- noun a long pointed tooth specialized for fighting or digging; especially in an elephant or walrus or hog
- noun a hard smooth ivory colored dentine that makes up most of the tusks of elephants and walruses
- husks3/5
husk
- noun material consisting of seed coverings and small pieces of stem or leaves that have been separated from the seeds
stubble; chaff; straw; stalk; shuck.
- noun outer membranous covering of some fruits or seeds
- noun material consisting of seed coverings and small pieces of stem or leaves that have been separated from the seeds
- musketry3/5
musketry
- noun musketeers and their muskets collectively
- noun the technique of using small arms (especially in battle)
- noun musketeers and their muskets collectively
- mollusks2/5
mollusk
- noun invertebrate having a soft unsegmented body usually enclosed in a shell
mollusc; shellfish.
- noun invertebrate having a soft unsegmented body usually enclosed in a shell
- musketeers2/5
musketeer
- noun a foot soldier armed with a musket
- noun a foot soldier armed with a musket
- huskily2/5
huskily
- adverb in a hoarse or husky voice
hoarsely.
- `Excuse me,' he said hoarsely
- adverb in a hoarse or husky voice
- muskrat2/5
muskrat
- noun the brown fur of a muskrat
muskrat fur.
- noun beaver-like aquatic rodent of North America with dark glossy brown fur
Ondatra zibethica; musquash.
- noun the brown fur of a muskrat
- musky2/5
musky
- adjective satellite resembling the smell of musk
- adjective satellite resembling the smell of musk
- muskie2/5
musky
- adjective satellite resembling the smell of musk
- adjective satellite resembling the smell of musk
- muskogee2/5
muskogee
- noun a member of the Muskhogean people formerly living in Georgia and eastern Alabama and constituting the core of the Creek Confederacy
- noun a town in eastern Oklahoma on the Arkansas River
- noun a member of the Muskhogean people formerly living in Georgia and eastern Alabama and constituting the core of the Creek Confederacy
- huskies2/5
husky
- noun breed of heavy-coated Arctic sled dog
Eskimo dog.
- adjective satellite muscular and heavily built
buirdly; beefy; burly; strapping.
- a beefy wrestler
- had a tall burly frame
- clothing sizes for husky boys
- a strapping boy of eighteen
- `buirdly' is a Scottish term
- noun breed of heavy-coated Arctic sled dog
- musketeer2/5
musketeer
- noun a foot soldier armed with a musket
- noun a foot soldier armed with a musket
- muskrats2/5
muskrat
- noun the brown fur of a muskrat
muskrat fur.
- noun beaver-like aquatic rodent of North America with dark glossy brown fur
Ondatra zibethica; musquash.
- noun the brown fur of a muskrat
- husking2/5
husking
- noun the removal of covering
uncovering; stripping; baring; denudation.
- verb remove the husks from
shell; husk.
- husk corn
- noun the removal of covering
- husked2/5
husk
- noun material consisting of seed coverings and small pieces of stem or leaves that have been separated from the seeds
stubble; chaff; straw; stalk; shuck.
- noun outer membranous covering of some fruits or seeds
- noun material consisting of seed coverings and small pieces of stem or leaves that have been separated from the seeds
- kosciusko2/5
kosciusko
- noun Polish patriot and soldier who fought with Americans in the American Revolution (1746-1817)
Thaddeus Kosciusko; Tadeusz Andrzej Bonawentura Kosciuszko; Kosciuszko.
- noun Polish patriot and soldier who fought with Americans in the American Revolution (1746-1817)
- euskadi1/5
euskadi
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- buskin1/5
buskin
- noun a boot reaching halfway up to the knee
desert boot; half boot; combat boot; top boot.
- noun a boot reaching halfway up to the knee
- tunguska1/5
tunguska
- noun a river in Siberia that flows northwest to become a tributary of the Yenisei River
Stony Tunguska.
- noun a river that arises to the north of Lake Baikal and flows north and west to the Yenisei River
Lower Tunguska.
- noun a river in Siberia that flows northwest to become a tributary of the Yenisei River
- tusker1/5
tusker
- noun any mammal with prominent tusks (especially an elephant or wild boar)
- noun any mammal with prominent tusks (especially an elephant or wild boar)
- muskeg1/5
muskeg
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- buskins1/5
buskin
- noun a boot reaching halfway up to the knee
desert boot; half boot; combat boot; top boot.
- noun a boot reaching halfway up to the knee
- huskiness1/5
huskiness
- noun the property of being big and strong
ruggedness; toughness.
- noun a throaty harshness
hoarseness; gruffness.
- noun the property of being big and strong
- tusked1/5
tusked
- adjective satellite having tusks
- verb stab or pierce with a horn or tusk
tusk; horn.
- the rhino horned the explorer
- adjective satellite having tusks
- muskmelon1/5
muskmelon
- noun any of several varieties of vine whose fruit has a netted rind and edible flesh and a musky smell
Cucumis melo; sweet melon; sweet melon vine.
- noun the fruit of a muskmelon vine; any of several sweet melons related to cucumbers
sweet melon.
- noun any of several varieties of vine whose fruit has a netted rind and edible flesh and a musky smell
- buskers1/5
busker
- noun a person who entertains people for money in public places (as by singing or dancing), usually while asking for money
- noun a person who entertains people for money in public places (as by singing or dancing), usually while asking for money
- rusks1/5
rusk
- noun slice of sweet raised bread baked again until it is brown and hard and crisp
zwieback; Brussels biscuit; twice-baked bread.
- noun slice of sweet raised bread baked again until it is brown and hard and crisp
- muskox1/5
muskox
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- muskogean1/5
muskogean
- noun a member of any of the peoples formerly living in southeastern United States and speaking Muskhogean languages
Muskhogean.
- noun a family of North American Indian languages spoken in the southeastern United States
Muskhogean; Muskhogean language; Muskogean language.
- noun a member of any of the peoples formerly living in southeastern United States and speaking Muskhogean languages
- ruskinian1/5
- busker1/5
busker
- noun a person who entertains people for money in public places (as by singing or dancing), usually while asking for money
- noun a person who entertains people for money in public places (as by singing or dancing), usually while asking for money
- busking1/5
busk
- verb play music in a public place and solicit money for it
- three young men were busking in the plaza
- verb play music in a public place and solicit money for it
- muskellunge1/5
muskellunge
- noun flesh of very large North American pike; a game fish
- noun large (60 to 80 pounds) sport fish of North America
Esox masquinongy.
- noun flesh of very large North American pike; a game fish
- husker1/5
husk
- noun material consisting of seed coverings and small pieces of stem or leaves that have been separated from the seeds
stubble; chaff; straw; stalk; shuck.
- noun outer membranous covering of some fruits or seeds
- noun material consisting of seed coverings and small pieces of stem or leaves that have been separated from the seeds
- muskies1/5
musky
- adjective satellite resembling the smell of musk
- adjective satellite resembling the smell of musk
- musks1/5
musk
- noun an odorous glandular secretion from the male musk deer; used as a perfume fixative
- noun the scent of a greasy glandular secretion from the male musk deer
- noun an odorous glandular secretion from the male musk deer; used as a perfume fixative
- unhusked1/5
unhusked
Pref. un- not +husked .Not husked; having the husk on. #2. "husked" here means having the husk removed. This word has opposite meanings.
- huskier1/5
husky
- noun breed of heavy-coated Arctic sled dog
Eskimo dog.
- adjective satellite muscular and heavily built
buirdly; beefy; burly; strapping.
- a beefy wrestler
- had a tall burly frame
- clothing sizes for husky boys
- a strapping boy of eighteen
- `buirdly' is a Scottish term
- noun breed of heavy-coated Arctic sled dog
- cornhuskers1/5
cornhusker
- noun a worker who husks corn
- noun a native or resident of Nebraska
Nebraskan.
- noun a worker who husks corn
- muskoxen1/5
muskoxen
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- tuskers1/5
tusker
- noun any mammal with prominent tusks (especially an elephant or wild boar)
- noun any mammal with prominent tusks (especially an elephant or wild boar)
- cornhusker1/5
cornhusker
- noun a worker who husks corn
- noun a native or resident of Nebraska
Nebraskan.
- noun a worker who husks corn
- duskiness1/5
duskiness
- noun the state of being poorly illuminated
dimness.
- noun a swarthy complexion
darkness; swarthiness.
- noun the state of being poorly illuminated
- huskers1/5
huskers
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- muskmelons1/5
muskmelon
- noun any of several varieties of vine whose fruit has a netted rind and edible flesh and a musky smell
Cucumis melo; sweet melon; sweet melon vine.
- noun the fruit of a muskmelon vine; any of several sweet melons related to cucumbers
sweet melon.
- noun any of several varieties of vine whose fruit has a netted rind and edible flesh and a musky smell
- cornhusks1/5
cornhusk
- noun the husk of an ear of corn
- noun the husk of an ear of corn
- dusks1/5
dusk
- noun the time of day immediately following sunset
crepuscle; fall; gloaming; gloam; evenfall; nightfall; twilight; crepuscule.
- he loved the twilight
- they finished before the fall of night
- verb become dusk
- noun the time of day immediately following sunset
- eduskunta1/5
- muskat1/5
muskat
- noun any of several cultivated grapevines that produce sweet white grapes
muscat.
- noun any of several cultivated grapevines that produce sweet white grapes
- lusky1/5
lusky
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- duskily1/5
dusky
- adjective satellite lighted by or as if by twilight
twilight; twilit.
- The dusky night rides down the sky/And ushers in the morn"-Henry Fielding
- the twilight glow of the sky
- a boat on a twilit river
- adjective satellite naturally having skin of a dark color
swart; swarthy; dark-skinned.
- a dark-skinned beauty
- gold earrings gleamed against her dusky cheeks
- a smile on his swarthy face
- `swart' is archaic
- adjective satellite lighted by or as if by twilight
- muskhogean1/5
muskhogean
- noun a member of any of the peoples formerly living in southeastern United States and speaking Muskhogean languages
Muskogean.
- noun a family of North American Indian languages spoken in the southeastern United States
Muskogean; Muskhogean language; Muskogean language.
- noun a member of any of the peoples formerly living in southeastern United States and speaking Muskhogean languages
- duskier1/5
dusky
- adjective satellite lighted by or as if by twilight
twilight; twilit.
- The dusky night rides down the sky/And ushers in the morn"-Henry Fielding
- the twilight glow of the sky
- a boat on a twilit river
- adjective satellite naturally having skin of a dark color
swart; swarthy; dark-skinned.
- a dark-skinned beauty
- gold earrings gleamed against her dusky cheeks
- a smile on his swarthy face
- `swart' is archaic
- adjective satellite lighted by or as if by twilight
- tusky1/5
tusky
Having tusks. "The scar indented by the tusky oar." Dryden.
- muskegs1/5
muskegs
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- muskogees1/5
muskogee
- noun a member of the Muskhogean people formerly living in Georgia and eastern Alabama and constituting the core of the Creek Confederacy
- noun a town in eastern Oklahoma on the Arkansas River
- noun a member of the Muskhogean people formerly living in Georgia and eastern Alabama and constituting the core of the Creek Confederacy
- chelyuskin1/5
- buski1/5
buski
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- nusku1/5
nusku
- noun god of fire and light; corresponds to Babylonian Girru
- noun god of fire and light; corresponds to Babylonian Girru
- zakuski1/5
- busked1/5
busk
- verb play music in a public place and solicit money for it
- three young men were busking in the plaza
- verb play music in a public place and solicit money for it
- molluskan1/5
molluskan
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- musketoon1/5
musketoon
A short musket.
- huskie1/5
huskie
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- busks1/5
busk
- verb play music in a public place and solicit money for it
- three young men were busking in the plaza
- verb play music in a public place and solicit money for it
- muskiness1/5
muskiness
- noun having the olfactory properties of musk
- noun having the olfactory properties of musk
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About Prefix and Suffix Words
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About Prefix and Suffix Words
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