1. (n.) A minute part or portion of matter; a morsel; a little bit; an atom; a jot; as, a particle of sand, of wood, of dust.

2. (n.) Any very small portion or part; the smallest portion; as, he has not a particle of patriotism or virtue.

3. (n.) A crumb or little piece of consecrated host.

4. (n.) The smaller hosts distributed in the communion of the laity.

5. (n.) A subordinate word that is never inflected (a preposition, conjunction, interjection); or a word that can not be used except in compositions; as, ward in backward, ly in lovely.

K-meson ace adjectival adjective adverb adverbial adversative conjunction atom attributive beta particle bit butt chip chunk clip clipping collop conjunction conjunctive adverb coordinating conjunction copulative copulative conjunction correlative conjunction crumb cut cutting dab damn disjunctive disjunctive conjunction dole dollop dot dram dribble driblet drop droplet dwarf electron end exclamatory noun farthing fleck flyspeck form class form word fragment function class gerundive gleam gnat gob gobbet grain granule graviton groat hair handful hint hoot hunk interjection iota jot little little bit lota lump meson mesotron microbe microorganism midge minim minimum minutia minutiae mite modicum moiety molecule morsel mote neutron nutshell ounce paring part of speech participle past participle pebble perfect participle photon piece pinch pinhead pinpoint pion pittance point preposition present participle proton quark rasher ray scintilla scoop scrap scruple shard shaving shiver shred slice sliver smidgen smidgin smitch smithereen snack snap snatch snip snippet spark speck splinter spoonful spot stitch stump subordinating conjunction suggestion suspicion syllable tatter thimbleful tiny bit tittle trifling amount trivia vanishing point verbal adjective whit whoop