Related Words for root and branch

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overall
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Adjective, Adjective
outright
//
Adjective
thoroughgoing
/xxx
Adjective
flat out
//
Phrase, Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
sweeping
/x
Verb
downright
/x
Adjective
whole
/
Noun
all around
/x/
Phrase, Adjective, Adverb
deep
/
Adjective
intensive
x/x
Adjective
plain
/
Noun
searching
/x
Noun
systematic
xx/x
Adjective
thorough
/x
Adjective
blank
/
Noun
trenching
/x
Noun
flat
/
Adjective
tectonic
x/x
Noun
countrywide
/xx
Adjective
radicalized
/xxx
Verb
profound
x/
Adjective
rooted
/x
Adjective
positive
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Adjective
entire
x/x
Adjective
plump
/
Adjective
institutional
xx/xx
Adjective
eradicated
x/xxx
Verb
scrupulous
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Adjective
roundabout
/xx
Adjective
direct
x/
Adjective
circumferential
x/x/x
Adjective
ramrod straight
/xx
Phrase, Adjective
straightforward
//x
Adjective
precipitous
x/xx
Adjective
passing
/x
Noun
polemical
x/xx
Adjective
pervasive
x/x
Adjective
nationwide
/x/
Adjective
typical
/xx
Adjective
headlong
/x
Noun
verbal
/x
Adjective
immersed
x/
Verb
orderly
/xx
Adjective
firsthand
x/
Noun
symmetric
x/x
Adjective
forthright
//
Adjective
omnidirectional
x/x/xx
Adjective
methodical
x/xx
Adjective
ingenuous
x/xx
Adjective
up and down
///
Phrase, Adverb, Adjective
bilateral
x/xx
Noun
uttermost
/xx
Noun
all there
//
Phrase, Adjective
succinct
x/
Adjective
cursory
/xx
Adjective
incisive
x/x
Adjective
brutal
/x
Adjective
all wet
//
Phrase, Adjective
citywide
/xx
Noun
circular
/xx
Adjective
coterminous
/xxx
Adjective
tripartite
x/x
Noun
selfsame
//
Adjective
stepwise
/x
Noun
abnormal
x/x
Adjective, Noun
aed
/
Name
affiliate
x/xx
Noun, Verb
affluent
/xx
Adjective, Noun
aftermath
/xx
Noun
agency
/xx
Noun
ancestry
/xx
Noun
anchor
/x
Noun, Verb
ancillary
/xxx
Adjective, Noun
antenna
x/x
Noun
apex
/x
Noun
arc
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
area
/xx
Noun
arm
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
assembly
x/x
Noun
authority
x/xx
Noun
auxiliary
x/xx
Adjective, Noun
background
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
band
/
Noun, Verb
bank
/
Noun, Verb
barclay
/x
Name
bark
/
Noun, Verb
basal
/x
Adjective, Noun
base
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
basic
/x
Adjective, Noun
basis
/x
Noun
bedroom
/x
Noun
beer
/
Noun, Verb
beet
/
Noun, Verb
beginning
x/x
Noun, Adjective
bernstein
/x
Name
bifurcation
xx/x
Noun
birth
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
birthplace
/x
Noun
bluefin
/x
Noun
board
/
Noun, Verb
body
/x
Noun, Verb
boil
/
Noun, Verb
bottom
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
bouquet
x/
Noun
braiding
/x
Noun
branched
/
Adjective
brigade
x/
Noun, Verb
bud
/
Noun, Verb
bundle
/x
Noun, Verb
bureau
/x
Noun
buttress
/x
Noun, Verb
bypass
/x
Noun, Verb
can
/
Verb, Noun
canal
x/
Noun, Verb
captain
/x
Noun, Verb
carrot
/x
Noun, Verb
cassava
x/x
Noun
cause
/
Noun, Verb
cement
x/
Noun, Verb
cementum
x/x
Noun
central
/x
Adjective, Noun
centralized
/xx
Adjective
cerebrospinal
x/x/x
Adjective
chamber
/x
Noun, Verb
chapter
/x
Noun, Verb
cheer
/
Noun, Verb
chicory
xxx
Noun
class
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
column
/x
Noun
command
x/
Noun, Verb
compartment
x/x
Noun, Verb
component
x/x
Noun, Adjective
connection
x/x
Noun
consequence
/xx
Noun, Verb
continuous
x/xx
Adjective
cord
/
Noun, Verb
core
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
corps
/
Noun
crack
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
cradle
/x
Noun, Verb
critical
/xx
Adjective, Noun
crucial
/x
Adjective
crux
/
Noun
cusp
/
Noun, Verb
decentralized
x/xx
Adjective
deepwater
/xx
Noun, Adjective
delegation
xx/x
Noun
dendritic
x/x
Adjective, Noun
denomination
xxx/x
Noun
dentine
/x
Noun
department
x/x
Noun
dependence
x/x
Noun
dependency
x/xx
Noun
depth
/
Noun
derivation
xx/x
Noun
descent
x/
Noun
desk
/
Noun, Verb
direction
x/x
Noun
director
x/x
Noun
directorate
x/xx
Noun
dirt
/
Noun, Verb
discipline
/xx
Noun, Verb
district
/x
Noun, Verb, Adjective
diversion
x/x
Noun
division
x/x
Noun
dramatic
x/x
Adjective
drastic
/x
Adjective, Noun
due
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun
duty
/x
Noun
eaten
/x
Adjective
echinacea
xx/xx
Noun
economical
xx/xx
Adjective
entrench
x/
Verb
entrenchment
x/x
Noun
era
/x
Noun
essence
/x
Noun
essential
x/x
Adjective, Noun
estate
x/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
executive
x/xx
Noun, Adjective
extension
x/x
Noun
fault
/
Noun, Verb
favor
/x
Noun, Verb
feeder
/x
Noun
field
/
Noun, Verb
fig
/
Name, Verb
flagellar
x/x
Adjective
fleshy
/x
Adjective
flowered
/x
Adjective
fluoride
/x
Noun
following
/xx
Adjective, Noun
food
/
Noun
foot
/
Noun, Verb
foothold
/x
Noun
fork
/
Noun, Verb
foundation
x/x
Noun
fount
/
Noun
fountainhead
/xx
Noun
fund
/
Noun, Verb
fundamental
xx/x
Adjective, Noun
further
/x
Adjective, Adverb, Verb
gem
/
Noun, Verb
general
/xx
Adjective, Noun, Verb, Adverb
genesis
/xx
Noun
ginseng
/x
Noun
governing
/xx
Noun
governors
/xx
Noun
grave
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
ground
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
group
/
Noun, Verb
grow
/
Verb, Noun
guidance
/x
Noun
head
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
headquarters
/xx
Noun
headwaters
/xx
Noun
heart
/
Noun, Verb
heartfelt
/x
Adjective
hinge
/
Noun, Verb
hold
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
home
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective, Adverb
horseradish
/xx
Noun
house
/
Noun, Verb
hyphal
/x
Adjective