Word: handsearching
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: hand
sear
ching
Definition: The process of manually searching through academic journals, etc. rather than using electronic search facilities.
Morphemes:
Affix: hand
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: Management, domain, control.
Affix: search
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: The act of searching in general.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: circum
Language: la
Decoded: circum
PoS: Preposition
Meaning: nearby, at, in the neighbourhood of
Affix: eā
Language: la
Decoded: ea
PoS: Determiner
Meaning: Used in various prepositional phrases.
Affix: -ing
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form uncountable nouns from various parts of speech denoting materials or systems of objects considered collectively.