-alis
a suffix occurring in scientific names from latin:
borealis.
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- -ally
an adverbial suffix attached to certain adjectives with stems in -ic that have no forms ending in -ical: terrifically.
- -ama
variant of -orama, occurring as the final element in compounds when the first element is a disyllable ending in – r, used so that the entire word maintains the same number of syllables as panorama, : rollerama; futurama. -ama related terms -rama
- -amide
-amide also amide, in chemical use, 1850, denoting a compound obtained by replacing one hydrogen atom in ammonia with an element or radical, from fr. amide, from am(monia) + -ide; coined by fr. chemist charles-adolphe wurtz (1817-1884).
- -amine
variant of amino- as final element of a compound word: dramamine. -amine combining form indicating an amine histamine, methylamine -amine suff. amine: phenylamine.
- -an
a suffix occurring originally in adjectives borrowed from latin, formed from nouns denoting places (roman; urban) or persons (augustan), and now productively forming english adjectives by extension of the latin pattern. attached to geographic names, it denotes provenance or membership (american; chicagoan; tibetan), the latter sense now extended to membership in social cl-sses, religious denominations, […]