Word: anamonics
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: a
na
mo
nics
Definition: Plural of anamonic. A mnemonic used for recalling lists of words, particularly in Scrabble, consisting of a "stem" of base letters and an accompanying phrase, each of whose letters can combine with the stem to form an anagram of a word.
Morphemes:
Affix: ana-
Language: en
Meaning: up, back
Etymology Compounds: Affix: ἀνα-
Language: grc
Decoded: ana-
PoS: Prefix
Meaning: back, backwards
Affix: -gram
Language: en
Meaning: letter
Affix: mnemonic
Language: en
PoS: Adjective
Meaning: Of or relating to mnemonics: the study of techniques for remembering anything more easily.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: μνήμων
Language: grc
Decoded: mnemon
Meaning: remembering
Affix: -ικός
Language: grc
Decoded: -ikos
Meaning: relative to
Affix: -s
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form the plurals of numerals, letters, some abbreviations and some nouns, usually because the omission of an apostrophe would make the meaning unclear or ambiguous.