Word formation database

able unable, (in)ability, disabled, disability desire (un)desirable

academy academic, academically develop (un)developed, developing, developer,
accept acceptance, accepting, (un)acceptable, development
(un)acceptably differ different(ly), difference
accurate accurately, inaccurate(ly), (in)accuracy direct indirect, direction, director, (in)directly
accuse accused, accusation discover discovery
achieve achievement discuss discussion
act (in)active(ly), acting, actor, actress, disgust disgusting, disgusted
action, (in)activity distant distantly, distance
add added, addition, additional(ly) economy economic, (un)economical(ly),
addict addicted, addictive, addiction economics, economist
advertise advertisement, ad(vert), advertising, edit editor, editorial, edited
advertiser educate education, educator, educational(ly)
allergy allergic effect (in)effective(ly)
allow disallow, allowance, allowable emphasis emphasise, emphatic
amuse (un)amusing(ly), amusement employ (un)employed, (un)employable,
announce announcement, (un)announced (un)employment, employer, employee
anxious anxiously, anxiety end endless(ly), ending, unending
appear appearance, apparently enjoy enjoyment, enjoyable
apply (in)applicable, applied, applicant, enter entrance
application entertain entertaining, entertainment,
appreciate (un)appreciative(ly), appreciation entertainer
argue argument, argumentative enthuse (un)enthusiastic(ally), enthusiasm,
arrange rearrange, arrangement enthusiast
arrive arrival environment environmental(ly), environmentalist
assist assistance, assistant equip equipment, equipped
associate disassociate, association, evident evidence, evidently
(un)associated excite (un)exciting, excited(ly), excitement
attend attention, (in)attentive(ly), attendance, expect (un)expected(ly), expectation,
attendant expectancy
attract (un)attractive(ly), attraction expense (in)expensive(ly), expenses
aware unaware, awareness explain explanation
beauty beautiful(ly) extreme extremely, extremity, extremist
behave behaviour fail failure, failing
belief disbelief, believe, (un)believable, fame (in)famous(ly)
(un)believably fashion (un)fashionable, (un)fashionably
benefit beneficial finance financial(ly), finances
bore boring(ly), bored, boredom fit unfit, fitness
broad breadth, broaden forge forgery, forger
build builder, building fortune misfortune, (un)fortunate(ly)
care careful(ly), careless(ly), (un)caring freeze froze, frozen, freezing, freezer
certify certificate, certified friend friendship, (un)friendly
comfort discomfort, (un)comfortable, globe global(ly)
(un)comfortably great greatly, greatness,
commerce commercial(ly) grow growth, grown-up, growing, grown,
communicate communication, (un)communicative, home-grown, grower
communicator happy unhappy, (un)happiness, (un)happily
compete competition, competitor, harm harmful(ly), harmless(ly), (un)harmed
competitive(ly) help (un)helpful(ly), helpless(ly), helping,
contain container, content(s) helper
converse conversation honest dishonest, (dis)honesty, (dis)honestly
convict convicted, conviction humour humorous, humourless
convince convinced, (un)convincing ill illness
correspond correspondence important unimportant, importance, importantly
create creative(ly), creation, creativity, creator improve improvement, improved
crime criminal industry industrial(ly), industrious(ly)
culture cultural(ly), (un)cultured inform information, (un)informed,
current currently (un)informative
danger dangerous(ly); endanger; endangered inhabit inhabitant
day daily, everyday inject injection
decide decision, (in)decisive(ly), undecided . . . . .
injure inJury, inJuries
dedicate dedicated, dedication intense intensity, intensify, intensely

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interest (un)interesting(ly) qualify (un)qualified, qualifying, qualification
introduce introduction, introductory real unreal, really, realise, realisation, reality,
invent inventor, invention realistical(ly)
invest investment, investor reason (un)reasonable, (un)reasonably,
investigateinvestigative, investigation, reasoning
investigator recognise (un)recognisable, recognition
involve (un)involved, involvement recover recovery
jealous jealousy, jealously relate relative(ly), relation, relationship
journal journalist, journalism, journalistic research researcher
kind unkind, (un)kindness, kindly reside residential, resident, residence
know knowledge, (un)knowledgeable responsible irresponsible, (ir)respo�sibly,
law lawyer, (un)lawful (ir)responsibility
like alike, dislike, unlike, likeness, revise revision, revised
(un)likeable, liking revolution revolutionary
likely unlikely, likelihood ridicule ridiculous(ly), ridiculousness
literate illiterate, (il)literacy, literature rob robbery, robber
lose lost, loss safe unsafe, (un)safely, save, safety, saviour,
low lower, lowness saver
luxury luxuries, luxurious(ly) say saying
machine machinery scholar scholarship, scholarly, scholastic
maintain maintenance science scientist, (un)scientific(ally)
manage managing, management, manager second secondly, secondary
marry marriage, (un)married secure insecure, (in)security
medal medallist, medallion similar dissimilar(ly), similarity
meet met, meeting solve solution, (un)solvable
mix mixed, mixture, mixer strong strength, strengthen, strongly
murder murderer study student, studies, studious
nature (un)natural(ly) style (un)stylish(ly), stylist, stylishness
neighbour neighbourly, neighbouring, succeed success, (un)successful(ly)
neighbourhood suggest suggested, suggestive(ly), suggestion
nerve nervous(ly), nervousness sun sunny, sunshine
obey disobey, (dis)obedient(ly), supervise supervision, supervisor
(dis)obedience surgery surgeon, surgical(ly)
observe observer, observation surprise (un)surprising(ly), surprised
offence offensive, offend, offender sweet sweetly, sweetener, sweetness
operate operation, operator, operating, teach teacher, taught
cooperate, cooperation, technology technological(ly), technical(ly),
(un)cooperative technician, technique
oppose opposition, opponent, opposite, theft thief
opposing think thought, (un)thinkable, thoughtful,
origin (un)original(ly), originate, originator thoughtless
pay paid, payment, payable thorough thoroughly, thoroughness
perform performing, performance, performer time timetable
person (im)personal(ly), personality tour tourism, tourist
photograph photography, photographer, train retrain, trainer
photographic treat treatment
poison poisonous, poisoning understand (mis)understanding, (mis)understood,
polite impolite, (im)politely, (im)politeness understandable, understandably
politics political(ly), politician use usage, useful(ly), useless(ly), user,
pollute (un)polluted, pollution, pollutant (un)usable
poor poorly, poverty value (in)valuable, (in)valuably, valueless,
popular unpopular, popular(ly), popularity valuation
possible impossible, (im)possibility, (im)possibly vary (in)variable, (in)variably, varying, varied,
power powerful(ly), powerless(ly), empower various(ly), variation, variety
practice practise, (im)practical(ly) wealth wealthy
prepare preparation, preparatory, (un)prepared willing unwilling, (un)willingness, (un)willingly
prison prisoner, imprison(ed), imprisonment wood wooden
produce product, producer, production, work working, (un)workable, worker, works
(un)productive(ly) world worldwide
profession (un)professional(ly) write writer, writing, wrote, (un)written
prove proof, (un)proven, disprove
psychology psychologist, psychological(ly)

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