-idine
a suffix added to the name of one chemical compound to form the name of another compound derived from or related to the first.
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- -idion
a diminutive suffix occurring in loanwords from greek: enchiridion.
- -idium
a diminutive suffix, corresponding to -idion, used in zoological, biological, botanical, anatomical, and chemical terms: peridium.
- -iensis
variant of -ensis.
- -ier
variant of -er1 , usually in nouns designating trades: collier; clothier; furrier; glazier. -ier2 a noun suffix occurring mainly in loanwords from french, often simply a spelling variant of -eer, with which it is etymologically identical (bombardier; brigadier; financier; grenadier); it is also found on an older and semantically more diverse group of loanwords that […]
- -iferous
suffix containing or yielding carboniferous