( added to certain adjectives and adverbs, now especially short ones) More used to form the comparative. ( chemistry) Used to form the names of metal elements, after the style of early-named elements, as well as the isotopes of hydrogen. ( slang) Used to form nouns indicating expertise or mastery of specified skill or area of knowledge ( added to certain adverbs) More used to form the comparative. ( Northern England) Same as -er in Standard English. ( added to a verb or imitative sound) Frequently used to form frequentative verbs. ( pathology) Forms the names of functional diseases or of conditions such as pyrexia or cachexia. Shaped or formed as described by the first element. Marks singular nouns, with a foundation in Greek or Latin, often implying femininity, especially when contrasted with words terminating in -us. ( added to a verb) Instance of (the verbal action) used to form nouns from verbs, especially in legal terms. Used to form adjectives describing related nouns ending in -gon.Īlternative form of -cracy Used following a consonant.ĭialectal) forming adverbs, generally of condition or situationĬhanges an element or substance into an oxide. Used to create nouns indicating a state, similar to the suffix -hood. ( organic chemistry) An unsaturated hydrocarbon having at least one double bond an alkene.
Used to form (usually derogatory) words for people who regularly have their mind focused upon a particular subject, activity, or a specified drug or other substance, or who are addicted in some way.Ī single-atom thick two-dimensional layer of atoms Used to form adjectives, meaning "pertaining to", derived from nouns, most of which end in -esis ( added to a verb or noun) Used to form diminutives. Public school slang) Used to form slang or colloquial equivalents of words. Of leaves) Indicating that the main nerves are lateral and arise from a point distinctly above the base of the leaf. Combined with a numerical prefix: 3-plinerved, 5-plinerved, etc.
( anime and manga fandom) Appended to a young man's name or nickname to indicate familiarity. Marks nouns, with a foundation in Italian, Spanish, or Portuguese, implying femininity.įiction Junior, child, younger person.K-m | n-o | p | r-s | t-z Browse suffixes > Of or relating to a condition of seizing, as in nympholeptic. able Capable of being or doing the thing indicated by the stem or prefix ( agglutinable). ac (1) pertaining to (iliac) (2) affected by ( hypochondriac). Acea In taxonomic classification: indicates a category, usually an order, of animal forms ( Gorgonacea).
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