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• -nut

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• -o

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  a combining form used in the names of chemical compounds containing the ester or >c=o group of the compound specified by the initial element: benzoate.

• -ock

  a native english suffix of nouns, used to form descriptive names (ruddock, lit., the red one) and diminutives (hillock). -ock suffix indicating smallness hillock word origin old english -oc, -uc

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