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1. alumino-, comb. form View full entry 1668
...Forming adjectives relating to alum, as alumino-chalybeate, alumino-nitrous. Now rare....
2. aristo-, comb. form View full entry 1660
...comb. Greek ἄριστος best; as in aristo-monarchyaristo-democratical...
3. astro-, comb. form View full entry 1652
...Forming terms relating to stars, other celestial objects, or outer space....
4. atro-, comb. form View full entry 1697
...comb. form of Latin āter black, as in atrorubent reddish-black, atrosanguineous of a dark blood-red colour....
5. avant-, comb. form View full entry 1600
...In a few combinations, partly French, partly hybrid; as See also avant-brace, avant-courier, etc....
6. bili-, comb. form View full entry 1657
...Combining form of the Latin bīlis bile, used in various compounds and derivatives, esp. in the names of bile-pigments; as bilirubin, biliverdin...
7. botano-, comb. form View full entry 1610
...repr. Greek βοτανο-, combining form of βοτάνη plant; cf. botanic, botany Hence in 17th c. were formed many short-lived compounds in imitation of those...
8. Brito-, comb. form View full entry 1654
...Forming adjectives and nouns with the sense ‘British (British1a) and ——’, as Brito-Pictish, Brito-Roman, etc....
9. ˈCalvino-, comb. form View full entry 1667
...in comb. Calvinistic....
10. Cambro-, comb. form View full entry 1612
...modern Latin Cambro-, as in Cambro-Britannicus (1592), used as combining form in the sense ‘pertaining to Cambria, Welsh’. Also in sense ‘Cambrian’ (Geol.)...
11. caˈnonico-, comb. form View full entry 1689
...combining form of canonic...
12. cephalo-, comb. form View full entry 1693
...combining form of Greek κεϕαλή head, used as the first element in many technical words:...
13. char-, comb. form View full entry a1661
...the first element of charwoman, used to form words designating persons who do cleaning work, etc....
14. chemico-, comb. form View full entry 1661
...Forming adjectives with the sense ‘of or relating to chemistry and ——’; ‘of or relating to the chemical branch of ——’....
15. chiro- | chir-, comb. form View full entry 1644
...= Greek χειρο- combining form of χείρ hand, appearing in Greek in a very large number of words; several of these were adopted in Latin with the spelling...
16. Christiˈano-, comb. form View full entry 1635
...combining form of Latin Christiānus or Greek ΧριστιᾱνόςChristian, as in Christiano-gentilism, Christiano-paganism; Christiano-Platonical adj. ChristianographyGreek-γραϕια writing: seeObs....
17. Christo-, comb. form View full entry 1654
...combining form of Greek Χριστός or Latin ChristusChrist...
18. chryso-, comb. form View full entry 1612
...In general combinations and derivatives....
19. chur-, comb. form View full entry 1654
...an obs. repr. of German kur- in such titles as churfurstchurmark...
20. chylo-, comb. form View full entry 1657
...combining form of Greek χῡλός, chyle...
