-lite -lith
Combining forms fr. Gr. li`qos a stone; -- used chiefly in naming minerals and rocks.
Nearby words
A verb suffix signifying to make, to do, to practice; as, apologize, baptize, theorize, tyrannize.
A diminutive suffix; as, manikin; lambkin.
A noun suffix having a diminutive force; as in streamlet, wavelet, armlet.
An oily liquid substance, C8H13O2N, the chief alkaloid of the betel nut, to which the latter owes its anthelmintic action.
A noun suffix, commonly having a diminutive or a depreciatory force; as in duckling, gosling, hireling, fosterling, firstling, underling.
See -lith.
A combining form denoting a discourse, treatise, doctrine, theory, science; as, theology, geology, biology, mineralogy.
A suffix forming adjectives and adverbs, and denoting likeness or resemblance; as, housewifely duties.
A suffix denoting master or professional practitioner, as in spinmeister or hypemeister.
A solution of silver phosphate in an aqueous solution of ethylene diamine, used as an antiseptic astringent and as a disinfectant.
A suffix attached to other words indicating a person with certain characteristics or associated with a certain group or behavior; as, beatnik, kibbutznik; it is sometimes used derogatorily; as in no-goodnik, peacenik.
A suffix or combining form meaning like, resembling, in the form of; as in anthropoid, asteroid, spheroid.