Any of various physical objects making up the constituent parts of an atom; an elementary particle or subatomic particle.
A part of speech which cannot be inflected.
A little bit.
A very small piece of matter, a fragment; especially, the smallest possible part of something.
A part of speech that has no inherent lexical definition but must be associated with another word to impart meaning, often a grammatical category: for example, the English word to in a full infinitive phrase (to eat) or O in a vocative phrase (O Canada), or as a discourse marker (mmm).
In the Roman Catholic church, a crumb of consecrated bread; also the smaller breads used in the communion of the laity.
A thick resistant particle produced by a bacterium or protist to survive in harsh or unfavorable conditions.
A reproductive particle, usually a single cell, released by a fungus, alga, or plant that may germinate into another.
To produce spores.