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1. bull-, comb. form View full entry a1450

...A prefix occurring in certain names of plants....

2. burn-, comb. form View full entry c1485

...With verb + object....

3. cedr-, comb. form View full entry c1420

...repr. Latin cedr-us cedar, forming terms of chemistry, etc. (New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon)...

4. check-, comb. form View full entry 1487

...Used attrib. ‘that serves to “check” or control’....

5. draw-, comb. form View full entry 1488

...the verb-stem in combination:...

6. hack-, comb. form View full entry 1411

...stem of hack in Comb., in sense ‘hacking, chopping’....

7. hang-, comb. form View full entry 1411

...the verb-stem used in comb. in various constructions....

8. ill-, comb. form View full entry c1480

...General uses....

9. pick-, comb. form View full entry c1400

...Forming nouns and adjectives, chiefly where the second element would be the object of the verb to pick....

10. pseudo-, comb. form View full entry a1425

...Forming nouns and adjectives with the sense ‘false, pretended, counterfeit, spurious, sham; apparently but not really, falsely or erroneously called or represented, falsely, spuriously’....

11. rob-, comb. form View full entry c1450

...Forming nouns denoting someone who robs a specified person or place. See also rob-pot...

12. snatch-, comb. form View full entry 1485

...the verb-stem used in combs.:...

13. tetra-, comb. form View full entry 1471

...As a general etymological element....

14. tri-, comb. form View full entry 1425

...Forming adjs. (and derived ns. and advbs.) with the senses:...

15. ˈwhirly-, comb. form View full entry 14..

...obs. or dial. var. of whirl- in comb....

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