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1. cosmo-, comb. form View full entry 1656
...before a vowel cosm-, combining form of Greek κόσμοςcosmos...
2. crini-, comb. form View full entry 1656
...Chiefly forming adjectives, with other combining forms....
3. flucti-, comb. form View full entry 1656
...comb. form of Latin fluctus wave, in the following adjs. given by Blount and Bailey: flucˈtiferousLatin-fer bearing + -ousflucˈtifragousLatinfluctifragusflucˈtisonantLatinsonant-em, present...
4. gastro-, comb. form View full entry 1656
...rarely before a vowel gastr-, combining form of Greek γαστ(ε)ρ-, γαστήρ, belly, stomach, in many mod. terms of Anat., Pathol., etc....
5. ichthyo-, comb. form View full entry 1656
...before a vowel ichthy-, combining form of Greek ἰχθύς, ἰχθύος fish, entering into many scientific terms, of which the following are words of less frequent occurrence:...
6. nocti-, comb. form View full entry 1656
...Forming words in which it has the senses ‘of or relating to night’, ‘at night’....
7. paludi-, comb. form View full entry 1656
...Forming adjectives with the sense ‘of or relating to marshes, marshy’....
8. papyro-, comb. form View full entry 1656
...Forming nouns with the sense ‘of or relating to paper or papyrus’....
9. podo-, comb. form View full entry 1656
...Of or relating to a foot or feet, or a footlike structure....
10. securi-, comb. form View full entry 1656
...Used with the sense ‘of an axe or hatchet’, chiefly in various scientific terms indicating the presence of an organ or part resembling or likened to a hatchet. See also securiform...
11. septem-, comb. form View full entry 1656
...Latin septem seven, used in a few compounds, chiefly adjs. = septi- (which is more frequent):...
12. sphero-, comb. form View full entry 1656
...Variant of sphaero-, used as combining form of sphere (cf. French sphéro-) in various terms, chiefly scientific and technical....
13. spici-, comb. form View full entry 1656
...combining form of Latin spīca ear of corn, spike, occurring in a few words, as ...
14. talpi-, comb. form View full entry 1656
...combining form of Latin talpa mole....
15. viti-, comb. form View full entry 1656
...combining form of Latin vītis vine, occurring in a few forms, as viˈtiferousLatinvītifer,vitiˈgineousLatinvītigineus...
16. xylo-, comb. form View full entry 1656
...before a vowel xyl-, repr. Greek ξυλο-, ξυλ-, comb. form of ξύλον wood: the first element of various scientific and technical words, the more...
