Term: back-formation: a word invented (usually unwittingly by subtracting an affix) on the assumption that a familiar word derives from it
Broader: part: something determined in relation to something that includes it | Unrelated: soul brother: a fellow Black man
Broader: part: something determined in relation to something that includes it | Unrelated: tetrahedron: any polyhedron having four plane faces
Broader: part: something determined in relation to something that includes it | Unrelated: mealie: an ear of corn
Broader: part: something determined in relation to something that includes it | Unrelated: duplex apartment: an apartment having rooms on two floors that are connected by a staircase
Broader: part: something determined in relation to something that includes it | Unrelated: heaviness: the property of being comparatively great in weight
Broader: part: something determined in relation to something that includes it | Unrelated: biometric identification: the automatic identification of living individuals by using their physiological and behavioral characteristics
Broader: part: something determined in relation to something that includes it | Unrelated: attention span: the length of time you can concentrate on some idea or activity
Broader: part: something determined in relation to something that includes it | Unrelated: lasiocampa: type genus of the Lasiocampidae: eggars
Broader: part: something determined in relation to something that includes it | Unrelated: market town: a (usually small) town where a public market is held at stated times
Broader: part: something determined in relation to something that includes it | Unrelated: nuclear propulsion: the use of a nuclear reactor either to produce electricity to power an engine (as in a nuclear submarine) or to directly heat a propellant (as in nuclear rockets)