Dictionary
Found: 111,717 words.
of Centesimo
A suffix added to the names of certain numerals or to the numerals themselves, to indicate the number of leaves made by folding a sheet of paper; as, sixteenmo or 16mo; eighteenmo ...
A combining form denoting form, shape; as, isomorphous.
of Calcaneum
A suffix used to form abstract nouns expressive of quality or state; as, goodness, greatness.
of Calcaneum
of Theophany
A suffix used to form diminutives; as, bullock, hillock.
A suffix or combining form meaning like, resembling, in the form of; as in anthropoid, asteroid, spheroid.
A suffix denoting that the substance in the name of which it appears belongs to the series of alcohols or hydroxyl derivatives, as carbinol, glycerol, etc.
A suffix used in medical terms to denote a morbid condition of some part, usually some kind of tumor; as in fibroma, glaucoma.
-one
2 defs
A suffix indicating that the substance, in the name of which it appears, is a ketone; as, acetone.
of Pleurosteon
-or
2 defs
A noun suffix denoting an act; a state or quality; as in error, fervor, pallor, candor, etc.
-ory
2 defs
A noun suffix denoting that which pertains to, or serves for; as in ambulatory, that which serves for walking; consistory, factory, etc.
-ose
2 defs
A suffix denoting full of, containing, having the qualities of, like; as in verbose, full of words; pilose, hairy; globose, like a globe.
See -or.
-ous
2 defs
A suffix denoting that the element indicated by the name bearing it, has a valence lower than that denoted by the termination -ic; as, nitrous, sulphurous, etc., as contrasted with...
A combining form signifying developing, forming, growing; as, heteroplastic, monoplastic, polyplastic.
A combining form denoting the act or process of forming, development, growth; as, autoplasty, perineoplasty.
A combining form or suffix from Gr. poy`s, podo`s, foot; as, decapod, an animal having ten feet; phyllopod, an animal having leaflike feet; myriapod, hexapod.
A New Latin plural combining form or suffix from Gr. /, /, foot; as, hexapoda, myriapoda. See -pod.
of Nol-pros
of Nol-pros
Containing two atoms or equivalents of carbon in the molecule.
of Sacrarium
of Planaria
A suffix signifying dominion, jurisdiction; as, bishopric, the district over which a bishop exercises authority.
-ries
16 defs
of Bursary
-s
3 defs
An adverbial suffix; as in towards, needs, always, -- originally the genitive, possesive, ending. See -'s.
A combining form usually signifying an instrument for viewing (with the eye) or observing (in any way); as in microscope, telescope, altoscope, anemoscope.
of Apophysis
A suffix denoting state, office, dignity, profession, or art; as in lordship, friendship, chancellorship, stewardship, horsemanship.
-some
2 defs
A combining form or suffix from Gr. sw^ma (gen. sw`matos) the body; as in merosome, a body segment; cephalosome, etc.
of Ostensory
of Ostensory
of Zoosporangium
of Flagstaff
of Flagstaff
A suffix denoting the agent (originally a woman), especially a person who does something with skill or as an occupation; as in spinster (originally, a woman who spins), songster, b...
of Thunderstrike
of Divertimento
-ties
7 defs
of Incompatibility
of Vigesimo-quarto
The point of intersection of a vertical line through the center of gravity of the fluid displaced by a floating body which is tipped through a small angle from its position of equi...
-trices
3 defs
of Impropriatrix
-tries
2 defs
of Baptistry
-trixes
3 defs
of Impropriatrix
of Hypodactylum
A combining form signifying impressed form; stamp; print; type; typical form; representative; as in stereotype phototype, ferrotype, monotype.