Used to form adjectives and nouns describing things and characteristics of a city, region, or country, such as the people and the language spoken by these people.

A language of Oro Province, Papua New Guinea.

plural of E

that end in "(t)ch" (only when pronounced as [tʃ]) — glitch → glitches (but psych → psychs) / that end in "(j)j" — hajj → hajjes ("j" is only final in loan words raj, hajj)

that end in "(t)ch" (only when pronounced as [tʃ]) — impeach → impeaches (but psych → psychs) / that end in "(s)s" — miss → misses / that end in "x" — tax → taxes / that end in "(z)z" — fizz → fizzes

(pharmacology) Used to form names of drugs with a chiral center in the S configuration.

plural of a** / plural of a**e

plural of ese

Pronunciation spelling of yes indicating hesitance: used to show hesitant agreement or acceptance.

Alternative form of legalese