-manship
a combination of -man and -ship, used as an independent suffix with the meaning “skill in a particular activity, especially of a compet-tive nature”: brinkmanship; grantsmanship; one-upmanship; sometimes compounded with a plural noun by -n-logy with craftsmanship, marksmanship, sportsmanship, etc.
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a combining form used in the formation of adjectives corresponding to nouns ending in -mancy: necromantic. -mantic combining form forming adjectives corresponding to nouns ending in -mancy necromantic
- -mas
combining form indicating a christian festival christmas, michaelmas word origin from m-ss
- -masted
adjective (in combination) (nautical) having a mast or masts of a specified kind or number three-masted, tall-masted
- -meal
a native english combining form, now unproductive, denoting a fixed measure at a time: piecemeal.
- -megalia
variant of -megaly: cardiomegalia.