morphemic
nounHow to pronounce morphemic:
Definition of morphemic:
- morphemic (noun):
- a distinctive collocation of phonemes (such as the free form pin or the bound form -s of pins) having no smaller meaningful parts
Here are some other common 3-syllable words.
- lampara
- profaner
- gorgeously
- fellowship
- eyelash
- allusion
- whenever
- disinclined
- nectarine
- abampere
- psalterion
- opera
- botany
- rollover
- compactly
- theorem
- succeeded
- indisposed
- extirpate
- magenta
- befuddled
- Tibetan
- cannibal
- armory
- pentarchy
- dilative
- agency
- strategies
- crucify
- assuredness
- swooshes
- serial
- dynamo
- thenceforth
- Pramoda
- pitiless
- viridis
- unthinking
- colorant
- takeout
- synthesis
- Josephine
- anancy
- systemize
- set ablaze
- grihastha
- radiates
- nourishing
- cup-bearer
- bad-mannered
- … more
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