-iatry Look up -iatry at Dictionary.com
word-forming element meaning "medical treatment," from French -iatrie, from Greek iatreia "healing, medical treatment" (see -iatric).
magni- Look up magni- at Dictionary.com
word-forming element meaning "great," from Latin magni-, comb. form of magnus "great" (see magnate (n.)).
magneto- Look up magneto- at Dictionary.com
word-forming element meaning "magnetic, magnetism," from Greek magneto-, combining form of magnes (see magnet).
marrowbone (n.) Look up marrowbone at Dictionary.com
late 14c., from marrow + bone (n.). A poetic Old English word for "bone" was mearhcofa "marrow-chamber."
matri- Look up matri- at Dictionary.com
word-forming element meaning "mother," from comb. form of Latin mater (genitive matris) "mother" (see mother (n.1)).
loco- Look up loco- at Dictionary.com
word-forming element meaning "from place to place," from comb. form of Latin locus (see locus).
longi- Look up longi- at Dictionary.com
word-forming element meaning "long," from Latin longi-, comb. form of longus (see long (adj.)).
lumbo- Look up lumbo- at Dictionary.com
word-forming element meaning "loin, loins," from comb. form of Latin lumbus (see lumbago).
-lyze Look up -lyze at Dictionary.com
word-forming element for making verbs corresponding to nouns in -lysis. Chiefly U.S.; the British preferring -lyse.
latterly (adv.) Look up latterly at Dictionary.com
1734, from latter (adj.) + -ly (2). Called by Johnson [1755] "a low word lately hatched." Related: Lattermost.
biblico- Look up biblico- at Dictionary.com
word-forming element meaning "biblical," from comb. form of Medieval Latin biblicus, from biblia (see bible).
bloop (n.) Look up bloop at Dictionary.com
1931, from bloop (v.), 1926, a word from the early days of radio (see blooper). Related: Blooped; blooping.
anarch (n.) Look up anarch at Dictionary.com
"leader of leaderlessness," 1660s, a deliciously paradoxical word used by Milton, Pope, Byron; see anarchy.
aceto- Look up aceto- at Dictionary.com
before vowels acet-, word-forming element from comb. form of acetic and generally indicating compounds from or related to acetic acid.
undertaking (n.) Look up undertaking at Dictionary.com
"enterprise," early 15c., verbal noun from undertake (v.). An Old English word for this was underfangenes.
mini- Look up mini- at Dictionary.com
word-forming element meaning "miniature, minor," abstracted from miniature, with sense perhaps influenced by minimum.
medio- Look up medio- at Dictionary.com
word-forming element from comb. form of Latin medius "middle" (see medial (adj.)).
mechano- Look up mechano- at Dictionary.com
word-forming element meaning "mechanics, mechanism," from Greek mekhano-, comb. form of mekhane (see machine (n.)).
moto- Look up moto- at Dictionary.com
word-forming element meaning "motion, motor," from Latin motus, past participle of movere (see move (v.)).
radical (n.) Look up radical at Dictionary.com
1630s, "root part of a word, from radical (adj.) Political sense from 1802; chemical sense from 1816.
nona- Look up nona- at Dictionary.com
before vowels non-, word-forming element from comb. form of Latin nonus "ninth" (see nones).
noso- Look up noso- at Dictionary.com
word-forming element meaning "disease," from comb. form of Greek nosos "disease, sickness, malady," of unknown origin.
-oidal Look up -oidal at Dictionary.com
word-forming element making adjectives from nouns in -oid; see -oid + -al (1).
oeno- Look up oeno- at Dictionary.com
also oino-, word-forming element meaning "pertaining to wine," from comb. form of Greek oinos "wine" (see wine (n.)).
oneiro- Look up oneiro- at Dictionary.com
before vowels oneir-, word-forming element meaning "dream," from Greek oneiros "a dream," from PIE *oner- "dream."
-phyte Look up -phyte at Dictionary.com
word-forming element meaning "plant, plant characteristic; planting, growth; abnormal growth," from Greek phyton "plant" (see phyto-).
-phage Look up -phage at Dictionary.com
word-forming element meaning "eater," from stem of Greek phagein "to eat" (see -phagous).
Panavision (n.) Look up Panavision at Dictionary.com
1955, proprietary name of a type of wide-screen lens, word formed from elements of panorama + vision.
musculo- Look up musculo- at Dictionary.com
word-forming element meaning "involving or pertaining to muscles," from comb. form of Latin musculus "muscle" (see muscle (n.)).
myelo- Look up myelo- at Dictionary.com
before vowels myel-, word-forming element meaning "marrow, spinal cord," from Greek myelos "marrow; the brain," of unknown origin.
oleo- Look up oleo- at Dictionary.com
word-forming element meaning "oil" or "oleic," from Latin oleum (see oil (n.)).
omphalo- Look up omphalo- at Dictionary.com
before vowels omphal-, word-forming element meaning "navel," from Greek omphalos (see omphalos).
plani- Look up plani- at Dictionary.com
word-forming element meaning "level, plane," from Latin plani-, from planus "flat, level" (see plane (n.1)).
petro- (2) Look up petro- at Dictionary.com
word-forming element used from mid-20c. to mean "of or having to do with petroleum products," from petroleum.
phago- Look up phago- at Dictionary.com
word-forming element meaning "eating," from Greek phago- "eating, devouring," (see -phagous).
physico- Look up physico- at Dictionary.com
word-forming element meaning "physical, physically; natural," from Latinized comb. form of Greek physikos "natural, physical" (see physic).
captaincy (n.) Look up captaincy at Dictionary.com
1818, from captain (n.) on the model of lieutenancy or some similar word where the -c- is etymologically justified.
cero- Look up cero- at Dictionary.com
word-forming element meaning "waxy," from Latinized form of Greek kero-, comb. form of keros (see cere (n.)).
dextro- Look up dextro- at Dictionary.com
word-forming element meaning "toward or on the right-hand side," from comb. form of Latin dexter (see dexterity).
pitheco- Look up pitheco- at Dictionary.com
before vowels pithec-, word-forming element meaning "pertaining to an ape or monkey," from Greek pithekos "ape."
plumbo- Look up plumbo- at Dictionary.com
word-forming element meaning "lead" (the metal), from comb. form of Latin plumbum "lead" (see plumb (n.)).
pneumo- Look up pneumo- at Dictionary.com
before vowels pneum-, word-forming element meaning "lung," from comb. form of Greek pneumon (see pneumonia).
psittacine (adj.) Look up psittacine at Dictionary.com
"pertaining to parrots," 1826, from Latin psittacinus, from psittacus "parrot," from Greek psittakos "a parrot," said to be a foreign word.
Christ-like (adj.) Look up Christ-like at Dictionary.com
1670s, from Christ + like (adj.). Old English had cristlic, but the modern word appears to be a more recent formation.
chromato- Look up chromato- at Dictionary.com
before vowels chromat-, word forming element indicating "color; chromatin," from Latinized form of Greek khromato-, from khroma (see chroma).
cirro- Look up cirro- at Dictionary.com
word-forming element meaning "involving cirrus clouds," from comb. form of Latin cirrus (see cirrus).
politico- Look up politico- at Dictionary.com
word-forming element meaning "political and," from Latinized comb. form of Greek politikos (see political).
polysyllable (n.) Look up polysyllable at Dictionary.com
1560s; see poly- + syllable. As a rule, a word of more than three syllables.
potage (n.) Look up potage at Dictionary.com
"thick soup," 1560s, from French potage "soup, broth" (see pottage, which is an earlier English borrowing of the same French word).
pyo- Look up pyo- at Dictionary.com
word-forming element meaning "pus," from comb. form of Greek puon "pus" (see pus).