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1. auro-, comb. form View full entry 1816
...comb. form of Latin aurum gold, used chiefly in Chem. and Min., as in auro-ˈcephalousauro-ˈchlorideauro-plumˈbiferousauro-teˈllurite...
2. back-, comb. form View full entry ?c1225
...General senses in combination....
3. bi-, comb. form View full entry 1572
...Adjectives, with the sense:—...
4. blow-, comb. form View full entry 1530
...With adverbs, denoting actions; as See also blow-out, blow-up...
5. burn-, comb. form View full entry c1485
...With verb + object....
6. 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,...
7. 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 )...
8. cet-, comb. form View full entry 1818
...Used to form names of a series of chemical substances derived from spermaceti, i.e. sperma ceti whale's sperm. The chief are...
9. check-, comb. form View full entry 1487
...Used attrib. ‘that serves to “check” or control’....
10. chill-, comb. form View full entry 1567
...completely chilled, thoroughly cold; also as , chill coldness....
11. convexo-, comb. form View full entry 1693
...In combination = Convexly, convex and ——, as in convexo-concaveconvexo-convexconvexo-plane...
12. cross-, comb. form View full entry c1330
...General uses in combination....
13. cupro-, comb. form View full entry 1905
...used as combining form of Latin cuprumcopper, in Chem. and Min., as cuprammonium, cupro-sulphate; cuproˈmagnesiteˌcupro-ˈnickelcupro-ˈplumbitecuproˈscheelitecupro-ˈtungstite...
14. cylindro-, comb. form View full entry 1823
...combining form of Greek κύλινδροςcylinder, used in many recent combinations, as Archit., formed by the intersection of two cylinders....
15. draw-, comb. form View full entry 1488
...the verb-stem in combination:...
16. drive-, comb. form View full entry 1678
...the verb-stem used in Comb.: See also driveway...
17. drop-, comb. form View full entry 1578
...the verb-stem used in Comb....
18. eco-, comb. form View full entry 1939
...Forming adjectives with the sense ‘ecological and ——’, as eco-cultural, eco-historical, eco-philosophical, eco-religious, etc.; see also ecogeographic, ecogeographical4, ...
19. 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’....
20. ferro-, comb. form View full entry 1819
...Used as combining form of Latin ferrum iron, chiefly Min. in the names of species containing iron....
