When.com Web Search

Search results

  1. Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
  2. List of commonly used taxonomic affixes - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_commonly_used...

    Meaning: a prefix used to make words with a sense opposite to that of the root word; in this case, meaning "without" or "-less". This is usually used to describe organisms without a certain characteristic, as well as organisms in which that characteristic may not be immediately obvious.

  3. List of Greek and Latin roots in English/P–Z - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Greek_and_Latin...

    The following is an alphabetical list of Greek and Latin roots, stems, and prefixes commonly used in the English language from P to Z. See also the lists from A to G and from H to O . Some of those used in medicine and medical technology are not listed here but instead in the entry for List of medical roots, suffixes and prefixes .

  4. Glaucus atlanticus - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glaucus_atlanticus

    Glaucus atlanticus (common names include the blue sea dragon, sea swallow, blue angel, blue glaucus, dragon slug, blue dragon, blue sea slug, and blue ocean slug) is a species of sea slug in the family Glaucidae.

  5. List of dragons in mythology and folklore - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_dragons_in...

    In the contemporary Hungarian language, sárkány is used to mean any kind of dragon. Zomok: A giant winged snake. It often serves as flying mount of the garabonciás (a kind of magician). The sárkánykígyó rules over storms and bad weather. Italian dragons Tarantasio: A dragon that lived in Gerundo Lake between Milan, Lodi and Cremona.

  6. List of Latin words with English derivatives - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Latin_words_with...

    This is a list of Latin words with derivatives in English language. Ancient orthography did not distinguish between i and j or between u and v. [1] Many modern works distinguish u from v but not i from j. In this article, both distinctions are shown as they are helpful when tracing the origin of English words. See also Latin phonology and ...

  7. Tiamat - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiamat

    Tiamat was once regarded as a sea serpent or dragon, although Assyriologist Alexander Heidel has previously recognized that a "dragon form can not be imputed to Tiamat with certainty." She is still often referred to as a monster, though this identification has been credibly challenged. [ 11 ]

  8. List of Greek and Latin roots in English/T - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Greek_and_Latin...

    Root Meaning in English Origin language Etymology (root origin) English examples tac-, -tic-be silent: Latin: tacere, tacitus: reticent, reticence, tacit, taciturn tach-

  9. Theli (dragon) - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theli_(dragon)

    Theli (Hebrew: תְּלִי ‎, Təlī; also translated as Tali, Thele, T'li, etc.), according to the Sefer Yetzirah, the earliest extant work of Jewish mysticism, is a celestial being who surrounds the universe.