(phonology) A morpheme or element of a morpheme that contains no consonants or vowels, but only tone. It cannot be pronounced by itself, but affects the tones of neighbouring morphemes.

ambergris

plural of floating ground

An electrical conductor that should be connected to the ground but lacks that connection.

plural of floating screed

plural of floating feeling

plural of free float

plural of information float

Either of the two lowermost (the eleventh and twelfth) pairs of ribs, which are attached only to the vertebrae and not to the sternum or its cartilage.

plural of floating rib