英文英文字典
英文英文字典
古腾堡计划中的在线英语-英语词典
字典
-men
(pl. )
of Plainsman
-men
(pl. )
of Bedesman
A suffix denoting that which does a thing; an act or process;
the result of an act or process; state or condition; as, aliment, that
which nourishes, ornament, increment; fragment, piece broken, segment;
abridgment, act of abridging, imprisonment, movement, adjournment;
amazement, state of being amazed, astonishment.
A combining form meaning part, portion; as, blastomere,
epimere.
A suffix denoting that by which anything is measured; as,
barometer, chronometer, dynamometer.
A suffix denoting the art, process, or science, of measuring;
as, acidmetry, chlorometry, chronometry.
-mi
(pl. )
of Centesimo
A suffix added to the names of certain numerals or to the
numerals themselves, to indicate the number of leaves made by folding a
sheet of paper; as, sixteenmo or 16mo; eighteenmo or 18mo. It is taken
from the Latin forms similarly used; as, duodecimo, sextodecimo, etc. A
small circle, placed after the number and near its top, is often used
for -mo; as, 16¡, 18¡, etc.
A combining form denoting form, shape; as, isomorphous.
-nea
(pl. )
of Calcaneum
A suffix used to form abstract nouns expressive of quality or
state; as, goodness, greatness.
-neums
(pl. )
of Calcaneum
-nies
(pl. )
of Theophany
A suffix used to form diminutives; as, bullock, hillock.
A suffix or combining form meaning like, resembling, in the
form of; as in anthropoid, asteroid, spheroid.
A suffix denoting that the substance in the name of which it
appears belongs to the series of alcohols or hydroxyl derivatives, as
carbinol, glycerol, etc.
A suffix used in medical terms to denote a morbid condition of
some part, usually some kind of tumor; as in fibroma, glaucoma.
A termination indicating that the hydrocarbon to the name of
which it is affixed belongs to the fourth series of hydrocarbons, or
the third series of unsaturated hydrocarbonsl as, nonone.
A suffix indicating that the substance, in the name of which it
appears, is a ketone; as, acetone.
-ons
(pl. )
of Pleurosteon