-podous
a combining form meaning “footed, having a foot” of the kind or number specified by the initial element; often occurring in adjectives corresponding to nouns ending in -pod:
cephalopodous.
-podous
combining form
having feet of a certain kind or number cephalopodous
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- -poiesis
a combining form meaning “making, formation,” used in the formation of compound words: hematopoiesis. -poiesis combining form indicating the act of making or producing something specified haematopoiesis derived forms -poietic, combining_form:in_adjective word origin from greek, from poiēsis a making; see poesy -poiesis suff. production; creation; formation: hemopoiesis.
- -poietic
a combining form occurring in adjectives that correspond to nouns ending in -poiesis: hematopoietic. -poietic suff. productive; formative: galactopoietic.
- -polis
a combining form, meaning “city,” appearing in loanwords from greek (metropolis), and used in the formation of placenames (annapolis).
- -pounder
/ˈpaʊndə/ noun (in combination) something weighing a specified number of pounds a 200-pounder something worth a specified number of pounds a ten-pounder a gun that discharges a sh-ll weighing a specified number of pounds a two-pounder
- -proof
a combining form meaning “resistant, impervious to” that specified by the initial element: burglarproof; childproof; waterproof. -proof adjective, combining form secure against (damage by); (make) impervious to waterproof, mothproof, childproof word origin from proof (adj)