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	noun • (linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed • a slender or elongated structure that supports a plant or fungus or a plant part or plant organ • cylinder forming a long narrow part of something • the tube of a tobacco pipe • front part of a vessel or aircraft • a turn made in skiing; the back of one ski is forced outward and the other ski is brought parallel to it verb • grow out of, have roots in, originate in • cause to point inward • stop the flow of a liquid • remove the stem from
	30%	9		Word extensions after the main part
	noun • Suffix. verb • To suffix. • To subject a sample to postfixation
	30%	11		Word fragments before the main part
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	Clue	Source
1	A compound word where the first part describes the whole and the second part describes a part of it
2	From the Latin for “body”, word for a collection of writings; or, the main part or substance of anything Telegraph Giant General Knowledge - 25 Mar 2023	Telegraph Giant General Knowledge / 25 Mar 2023
3	Holy water fonts near main doors of churches; or, a dialect word for beakers, buckets, flagons or posts Telegraph Giant General Knowledge - 04 Mar 2023	Telegraph Giant General Knowledge / 04 Mar 2023
4	Of or relating to a phrase in which the main word carries the main semantic load
5	Part of speech, word for word? First half Telegraph Cryptic - 25 Sep 2023	Telegraph Cryptic / 25 Sep 2023
6	Word for something rapid, such as a “devil bird”, “screech martin”, fast-flying moth, carding machine’s main cylinder or a reel for winding a skein of wool or other yarn Telegraph Giant General Knowledge - 23 Sep 2023	Telegraph Giant General Knowledge / 23 Sep 2023
7	Word that's only coincidentally made up of the four main compass points New York Times - 04 Aug 2014	New York Times / 04 Aug 2014

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