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1. auto-, comb. form1 View full entry c1833
...Forming chiefly scientific terms relating to chemical, biological, or organic processes, with the sense ‘originating within or acting on the body or organism in question; self-produced; self-induced’;human activity or behaviour,...
2. back-, comb. form View full entry ?c1225
...General senses in combination....
3. bitter-, comb. form View full entry 1551
...Adverbial and parasynthetic....
4. by-, comb. form View full entry c1330
...A Middle English variant spelling of the prefix bi-, be-, under which see most of the words, as, under be-, bycause, bydene,...
5. chill-, comb. form View full entry 1567
...completely chilled, thoroughly cold; also as , chill coldness....
6. chondro-, comb. form View full entry 1859
...combining form of Greek χόνδρο-ς a grain, cartilage, used as the first element in many words, chiefly Med. and Physiol....
7. drop-, comb. form View full entry 1578
...the verb-stem used in Comb....
8. hepta-, comb. form View full entry 1680
...combining form of Greek ἑπτά seven, occurring as the first element of many compounds in Greek, some of which have descended through Latin into the modern langs., while many more...
9. hippo-, comb. form View full entry 1618
...before a vowel hipp-, combining form of Greek ἵππο-ς horse, in words of Greek derivation, most of which will be found in their alphabetical places; the following are...
10. oeno-, comb. form View full entry 1652
...Forming compounds with the sense ‘of, relating to, or resembling wine’....
11. pinch-, comb. form View full entry 1582
...See also pinch-gut, pinchpenny...
12. splash-, comb. form View full entry 1797
...the stem of splash, occurring in some combs....
13. tear-, comb. form View full entry 1605
...With adv., forming ns. or adjs....
14. tie-, comb. form View full entry c1525
...Attributive or objective combinations of tie in various senses....
15. toss-, comb. form View full entry 1659
...the vb.-stem and n. in Comb.: See also tosspot...
16. vomit-, comb. form View full entry 1808
...the stem of vomit used in a few combinations, as vomit-grassObs.vomit-nutvomit-wortU.S....
17. whip-, comb. form View full entry a1529
...Combinations of the n....
18. wrap-, comb. form View full entry 1845
...the verb stem in comb. with a n. or adv., in sense of ‘that which wraps or is wrapped about’, as wrap reelwrap tobacco(also ellipt.)...
19. zymo-, comb. form View full entry 1753
...before a vowel zym-, combining form repr. Greek ζύμη leaven, used in the general sense ‘ferment’, in various scientific terms. (Some of these were formerly written zumo-...
