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1. aero-, comb. form View full entry 1865
...With reference to air or the air....
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. break-, comb. form View full entry c1300
...With verb + object....
5. 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,...
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. cross-, comb. form View full entry c1330
...General uses in combination....
9. disco-, comb. form View full entry 1879
...combining form of Greek δίσκος quoit, disc, occurring in numerous scientific terms....
10. draw-, comb. form View full entry 1488
...the verb-stem in combination:...
11. drop-, comb. form View full entry 1578
...the verb-stem used in Comb....
12. 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’....
13. eo-, comb. form View full entry 1866
...employed as combining form of Greek ἠώς dawn, in scientific terms of recent origin, chiefly Geol. and Palaeontol. First used in Eocene, with the...
14. Graeco- | Greco-, comb. form View full entry 1667
...mod. combining form of Latin GræcusGreek Like other comb. forms of ethnic adjs. (as Anglo-, Celto-, Franco-, Gallo-, Turco-),...
15. guarda-, comb. form View full entry 1602
...stem of Italian guardare and Spanish guardar to guard, used in several combinations (Obs. exc. Hist.)....
16. half-, comb. form View full entry c893
...With adjectives and pa. pples. Already in Old English: see above. Very common in later use, esp. with pa. pples., to which half- may be prefixed whenever the sense suits:...
17. hang-, comb. form View full entry 1411
...the verb-stem used in comb. in various constructions....
18. hieˈraco-, comb. form View full entry 1716
...combining form of Greek ἱέραξ, -ᾱκος, hawk, as in hieracoˈsophicGreekσοϕία skillhieracosphinxhaɪəˈreɪkəʊsfɪŋksEgyptian Hist....
19. hippo-, comb. form View full entry 1618
...before a vowel hipp-, combining form of Greek ἵππος horse, in words of Greek derivation, most of which will be found in their alphabetical places; the following are...
20. jump-, comb. form View full entry 1834
...the verb-stem used in Comb.:...
