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1. -alicious, comb. form View full entry 1878
...Forming adjectives (sometimes nonce-wds.) with the sense ‘embodying the qualities denoted or implied by the first element to a delightful or attractive degree’....
2. astro-, comb. form View full entry 1652
...Forming terms relating to stars, other celestial objects, or outer space....
3. auto-, comb. form1 View full entry c1833
...Forming chiefly scientific terms relating to chemical, biological, or organic processes, with the sense ‘originating within or acting on the body or organism in question; self-produced; self-induced’;human activity or behaviour,...
4. -babble, comb. form View full entry 1982
...Used as the second element in compounds denoting various types of confusing or pretentious jargon, esp. that characteristic of a specified field or group. See also eco-babbleeco-4, ...
5. back-, comb. form View full entry ?c1225
...General senses in combination....
6. bitter-, comb. form View full entry 1551
...Adverbial and parasynthetic....
7. blow-, comb. form View full entry 1530
...With adverbs, denoting actions; as See also blow-out, blow-up...
8. -burger, comb. form View full entry
...Forming nouns denoting persons characterized by the initial element....
9. burn-, comb. form View full entry c1485
...With verb + object....
10. -buster, comb. form View full entry 1835
...Forming nouns denoting a person who or thing which ‘busts’ or breaks the first element (literally or figuratively), as belly-buster, knuckle-buster, rate-buster, skull-buster, etc....
11. -busting, comb. form View full entry 1761
...Forming adjectives designating something which bursts or breaks something denoted by the first element (literally or figuratively), as belly-busting, brain-busting, heart-busting, tooth-busting, etc. Also...
12. chill-, comb. form View full entry 1567
...completely chilled, thoroughly cold; also as , chill coldness....
13. cram-, comb. form View full entry 1382
...compare cram2, cram1....
14. cross-, comb. form View full entry c1330
...General uses in combination....
15. cyber-, comb. form View full entry 1961
...Forming esp. temporary and nonce-words, as cybercubicle, cyberfeminist, cyberfriend, cyberlover, cybersnob, etc.; cyber-sheepishly adv....
16. dod-, comb. form View full entry 1829
...(dod), used as an intensive with verbs and pa. pples. U.S.colloq. See also dodgast, dod-rot...
17. 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, ...
18. Euro-, comb. form View full entry 1850
...General uses. (Often spec. with reference to western or continental Europe.)...
19. femto-, comb. form View full entry 1963
...Prefixed to the name of a unit of measurement to denote a factor of 10−15 (one thousand-million-millionth), as femtoampere, femtogram, etc. Also: forming corresponding adjectives, as...
20. Franken-, comb. form View full entry 1992
...Forming nouns with the sense ‘genetically modified ——’; (also occas.) ‘—— relating to genetic modification’. Esp. in Frankenfood; cf. Frankenstein foodFrankenstein....
