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Privative :: Privative (a.) Implying privation or negation; giving a negative force to a word; as, alpha privative; privative particles; -- applied to such prefixes and suffixes as a- (Gr. /), un-, non-, -less..

#NAME? :: -er () A suffix used to form the comparative degree of adjectives and adverbs; as, warmer, sooner, lat(e)er, earl(y)ier..

Kin :: kin () A diminutive suffix; as, manikin; lambkin..

#NAME? :: -ic () A suffix signifying, in general, relating to, or characteristic of; as, historic, hygienic, telegraphic, etc..

#NAME? :: -ion () A noun suffix denoting act, process, result of an act or a process, thing acted upon, state, or condition; as, revolution, the act or process of revolving; construction, the act or process of constructing; a thing constructed; dominion, territory ruled over; subjection, state of being subject; dejection; abstraction..

#NAME? :: -ol () 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..

Derivative :: Derivative (n.) A word formed from another word, by a prefix or suffix, an internal modification, or some other change; a word which takes its origin from a root..

#NAME? :: -oid () A suffix or combining form meaning like, resembling, in the form of; as in anthropoid, asteroid, spheroid..

Mason :: Mason (v. t.) To build stonework or brickwork about, under, in, over, etc.; to construct by masons; -- with a prepositional suffix; as, to mason up a well or terrace; to mason in a kettle or boiler..

Suffix :: Suffixing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Suffi.

#NAME? :: -ist () A noun suffix denoting an agent, or doer, one who practices, a believer in; as, theorist, one who theorizes; socialist, one who holds to socialism; sensualist, one given to sensuality..

Suffixion :: Suffix (v. t.) To add or annex to the end, as a letter or syllable to a word; to append..

#NAME? :: -gerous () A suffix signifying bearing, producing; as, calcigerous; dentigerous..

-ana :: -ana () A suffix to names of persons or places, used to denote a collection of notable sayings, literary gossip, anecdotes, etc. Thus, Scaligerana is a book containing the sayings of Scaliger, Johnsoniana of Johnson, etc..

-ation :: -ation () A suffix forming nouns of action, and often equivalent to the verbal substantive in -ing. It sometimes has the further meanings of state, and that which results from the action. Many of these nouns have verbs in -ate; as, alliterate -ation, narrate -ation; many are derived through the French; as, alteration, visitation; and many are formed on verbs ending in the Greek formative -ize (Fr. -ise); as, civilization, demoralization..

#NAME? :: -wards (v. i.) Suffixes denoting course or direction to; motion or tendency toward; as in backward, or backwards; toward, or towards, etc..

Postfix :: Postfix (n.) A letter, syllable, or word, added to the end of another word; a suffix..

#NAME? :: -graphy () A suffix denoting the art of writing or describing; also, the writing or description itself; a treatise; as, calligraphy, biography, geography..

-arch :: -arch (a.) A suffix meaning a ruler, as in monarch (a sole ruler)..

#NAME? :: -ine () A suffix, indicating that those substances of whose names it is a part are basic, and alkaloidal in their nature..

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