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suffix
indicating a person or thing that is to be dealt with in a specified way -n-lysand, dividend, multiplicand
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-end
suffix
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- -ene
chemistry a suffix used to form names of unsaturated hydrocarbons (anthracene; benzene), especially those of the alkene series (butylene). -ene combining form (in chemistry) indicating an unsaturated compound containing double bonds benzene, ethylene word origin -ene suff. an unsaturated organic compound, especially one containing a double bond between carbon atoms: ethylene. -ene a suffix used […]
- -enne
a personal noun suffix occurring in loanwords from french, where it forms feminine nouns corresponding to masculine nouns ending in -en (comedienne, doyenne); on this model, of very limited productivity in english, forming distinctively feminine nouns from words ending in -an: equestrienne. usage note
- -enoic
-enoic suff. unsaturated acid, especially one containing at least one double bond: octadecenoic acid.
- -ensis
a latin adjectival suffix meaning “pertaining to,” “originating in,” used in modern latin scientific coinages, especially derivatives of placenames: canadensis; carolinensis.
- -ent
a suffix, equivalent to -ant, appearing in nouns and adjectives of latin origin: accident; different. -ent suffix, suffix causing or performing an action or existing in a certain condition; the agent that performs an action astringent, dependent word origin -ent suffix forming adjectives from nouns or verbs, from fr. -ent, from l. -entem, pp. ending […]