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1. aero-, comb. form View full entry 1865
...With reference to air or the air....
2. astro-, comb. form View full entry 1652
...Forming terms relating to stars, other celestial objects, or outer space....
3. 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,...
4. auto-, comb. form2 View full entry 1895
...Prefixed to the names of vehicles with the sense 'self-propelled; powered by motor', as autobus, autocab, autocar, etc....
5. back-, comb. form View full entry ?c1225
...General senses in combination....
6. bio-, comb. form View full entry 1808
...With the sense ‘biographical’, ‘comprising elements of biography’....
7. blow-, comb. form View full entry 1530
...With adverbs, denoting actions; as See also blow-out, blow-up...
8. burn-, comb. form View full entry c1485
...With verb + object....
9. 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,...
10. catch-, comb. form View full entry 1592
...With ns., etc., in objective relation. (The resulting combination is a , but capable also of being used attrib. or as )...
11. check-, comb. form View full entry 1487
...Used attrib. ‘that serves to “check” or control’....
12. cœlo-, comb. form2 View full entry 1883
...properly cælo-, combining form of Latin cælum, long spelt cœlum sky, heavens....
13. cosmo-, comb. form View full entry 1656
...before a vowel cosm-, combining form of Greek κόσμοςcosmos...
14. cross-, comb. form View full entry c1330
...General uses in combination....
15. cyclo-, comb. form View full entry 1823
...Combining form of Greek κύκλος circle (see cycle), occurring in many technical terms; e.g....
16. draw-, comb. form View full entry 1488
...the verb-stem in combination:...
17. drive-, comb. form View full entry 1678
...the verb-stem used in Comb.: See also driveway...
18. drop-, comb. form View full entry 1578
...the verb-stem used in Comb....
19. † eft-, comb. form View full entry a1522
...obs. Sc. form of aft (see aft); only in eft castle, eft ship...
20. equi-, comb. form View full entry 1579
...repr. Latin æqui-, combining form of æquus equal, prefixed originally to words of Latin origin, as equiangular, but occasionally to those from other sources, as ...