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  a suffix meaning “resembling,” “like,” used in the formation of adjectives and nouns (and often implying an incomplete or imperfect resemblance to what is indicated by the preceding element): alkaloid; anthropoid; cardioid; cuboid; lithoid; ovoid; planetoid. compare -ode1 . -oid suffix, suffix indicating likeness, resemblance, or similarity anthropoid word origin from greek -oeidēs resembling, form […]

• -oidea

  a suffix used in the names of zoological cl-sses or entomological superfamilies. -oidea suffix forming the names of zoological cl-sses or superfamilies crinoidea, canoidea word origin from new latin, from latin -oīdēs-oid

• -ol

  a suffix used in the names of chemical derivatives, representing “alcohol” (glycerol; naphthol; phenol), or sometimes “phenol” or less definitely -ssignable phenol derivatives (resorcinol). -ol2 variant of -ole2 . -ol1 suffix denoting an organic chemical compound containing a hydroxyl group, esp alcohols and phenols ethanol, quinol word origin from alcohol -ol2 combining form (not used […]

• -ola

  a formative of no precise significance found in a variety of commercial coinages (crayola; granola; victrola) and jocular variations of words (cr-pola). a suffix extracted from payola, used in coinages that have the general sense “bribery, especially covert payments to an entertainment figure in return for promoting a product, making an appearance, etc.” (playola; plugola). […]

• -ology

  -ology suffix indicating “branch of knowledge, science,” the usual form of -logy, with the -o- belonging to the preceding element.

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