-iferous
suffix
containing or yielding carboniferous
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- -iffic
-ific suffix used to form adjectives extremely marked by what is indicated: horrific/ beautific [fr terrific]
- -ific
-ific suffix used to form adjectives extremely marked by what is indicated: horrific/ beautific [fr terrific]
- -iformes
a combining form used in taxonomic names of animals, especially orders of birds and fish, meaning “having the form of”: beryciformes; p-sseriformes.
- -ify
variant of -fy after a consonant: intensify. -ify suffix a variant of -fy intensify derived forms
- -il
variant of -ile: civil.