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• -sch-

  -sch- this letter group can represent five distinct sounds in english; it first was used by m.e. writers to render o.e. sc-, a sound now generally pr-nounced “-sh-.” sometimes it was miswritten for -ch-. it also was taken in from ger. (schnapps) and yiddish (schlemiel). in words derived from cl-ssical languages, it represents l. sch-, […]

• -scopy

  a combining form used to form abstract action nouns corresponding to nouns with stems ending in -scope: telescopy. -scopy combining form indicating a viewing or observation microscopy word origin from greek -skopia, from skopein to look at -scopy suff. viewing; seeing; observation: microscopy.

• -seater

  noun a settee, vehicle, cinema, etc, having a number of seats as specified a forty-seater coach

• -sect

  combining form to cut or divide, esp into a specified number of parts trisect word origin from latin sectus cut, from secāre to cut; see saw1

• -sepalous

  a combining form meaning “having sepals” of the kind or number specified by the initial element: polysepalous. -sepalous combining form having sepals of a specified type or number polysepalous derived forms -sepaly, combining_form:in_noun:countable

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