-nap
a combining form extracted from kidnap, with the general sense “abduct or steal in order to collect a ransom”:
artnap; petnap; starnap.
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- -nastic
a combining form occurring in adjectives corresponding to nouns ending in -nasty: hyponastic.
- -nasty
a combining form with the meaning “nastic pressure,” of the kind or in the direction specified by the initial element: hyponasty. -nasty combining form indicating a nastic movement to a certain stimulus nyctinasty derived forms -nastic, combining_form:in_adjective word origin from greek nastos pressed down, close-pressed
- -naut
combining form indicating a person engaged in the navigation of a vehicle, esp one used for scientific investigation astronaut