-logy
A combining form denoting a discourse, treatise, doctrine, theory, science; as, theology, geology, biology, mineralogy.
Nearby words
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.
Combining forms fr. Gr. li`qos a stone; -- used chiefly in naming minerals and rocks.
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.
A suffix denoting that the substance in the name of which it appears belongs to the series of alcohols or hydroxyl derivatives, as ethanol, carbinol, phenol, glycerol, etc. Such compounds contain the hydroxy radical (-OH).