Word: upwellings
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: up
we
llings
Definition: Plural of upwelling. An upward movement from a lower source.
Morphemes:
Affix: up-
Language: en
PoS: Prefix
Meaning: Used to indicate increase.
Affix: well
Language: en
PoS: Verb
Meaning: To issue forth, as water from the earth; to flow; to spring.
Affix: -ing
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form uncountable nouns from verbs denoting the act of doing something, an action.
Affix: -s
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form the plural of nouns that correctly take just an "s" in the plural. See greengrocer’s apostrophe.