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1. audio-, comb. form View full entry 1913
...of or pertaining to interactive language learning, esp. in a language laboratory, in which the student is able to listen and respond to course material through a headset linked to a tape...
2. back-, comb. form View full entry ?c1225
...General senses in combination....
3. blow-, comb. form View full entry 1530
...With adverbs, denoting actions; as See also blow-out, blow-up...
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. cami-, comb. form View full entry 1908
...abbreviated form of camisole2b, used in Comb., as cami-bocker(knicker)bockercami-knickersalso cami-knickscami-petticoat, etc....
6. 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 )...
7. check-, comb. form View full entry 1487
...Used attrib. ‘that serves to “check” or control’....
8. chrys-, comb. form View full entry 1842
...combining form, before a vowel, of Greek χρῡσ-ός gold; chiefly in chemical terms; properly denoting compounds of a golden-yellow colour....
9. cross-, comb. form View full entry c1330
...General uses in combination....
10. dactylo-, comb. form View full entry 1721
...combining form of Greek δάκτυλος finger, as in ˌdactyloˈdeiktous(nonce-wd.)Greekδακτυλόδεικτος, pointed at with the finger; ˈdactylogramGreekγράμμα letterdactyˈlographergraph- (indactyˈlography...
11. diazo-, comb. form View full entry 1859
...A formative used in chemical nomenclature to denote the substituent =N+=N− (as in diazomethane, CH2N2) and also the...
12. draw-, comb. form View full entry 1488
...the verb-stem in combination:...
13. drop-, comb. form View full entry 1578
...the verb-stem used in Comb....
14. electro-, comb. form View full entry 1810
...Used, chiefly in scientific and technical contexts, with the senses ‘carried out by electrical means’, ‘involving or utilizing electricity’, ‘relating to electrons or their electric charge’....
15. entero-, comb. form View full entry 1661
...In many compounds of mod. formation, occurring in Biology, Pathology, etc. The most important only are here given....
16. Euro-, comb. form View full entry 1850
...General uses. (Often spec. with reference to western or continental Europe.)...
17. galvano-, comb. form View full entry 1838
...used as combining form of galvanic or galvanism, in various hyphened compounds....
18. 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....
19. guarda-, comb. form View full entry 1602
...stem of Italian guardare and Spanish guardar to guard, used in several combinations (Obs. exc. Hist.)....
20. hack-, comb. form View full entry 1411
...stem of hack in Comb., in sense ‘hacking, chopping’....
