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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. -alike, comb. form View full entry 1935
...With a verb, denoting someone or something that performs the action expressed by the verb in a similar or identical manner to another....
3. alterna-, comb. form View full entry 1992
...Forming compounds denoting a form or genre of popular music considered unorthodox or outside of the mainstream, as alterna-funk, alterna-metal, alterna-pop, etc. Cf. alternative music...
4. aqua-, comb. form View full entry 1887
...Latin aqua ‘water’ used as a combining form or quasi-, esp. in expressions referring to aquatic entertainment; aquacadeˈækwəkeɪd-cadeU.S....
5. 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...
6. -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, ...
7. back-, comb. form View full entry ?c1225
...General senses in combination....
8. bio-, comb. form View full entry 1808
...With the sense ‘biographical’, ‘comprising elements of biography’....
9. blow-, comb. form View full entry 1530
...With adverbs, denoting actions; as See also blow-out, blow-up...
10. break-, comb. form View full entry c1300
...With verb + object....
11. bromo-, comb. form View full entry 1837
...before a vowel brom-. Chem. Combining form of bromine, as in ˌbromaˈcetic acidbroˈmacetatesˈbromanilbroˈmargyritebromˈhydrinˌbromobenˈzoic acidˌbromo-ˈbenzoatesˈbromoformbromoˈphenol blueˌbromoˈpicrinˈbromo-seltzer...
12. bull-, comb. form View full entry a1450
...A prefix occurring in certain names of plants....
13. -burger, comb. form View full entry
...Forming nouns denoting persons characterized by the initial element....
14. burn-, comb. form View full entry c1485
...With verb + object....
15. -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....
16. check-, comb. form View full entry 1487
...Used attrib. ‘that serves to “check” or control’....
17. crini-, comb. form View full entry 1656
...Chiefly forming adjectives, with other combining forms....
18. 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...
19. drive-, comb. form View full entry 1678
...the verb-stem used in Comb.: See also driveway...
20. drop-, comb. form View full entry 1578
...the verb-stem used in Comb....
