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• -yer

  variant of -er1. after w: bowyer; lawyer; sawyer.

• -yl

  chemistry a suffix used in the names of radicals: ethyl. -yl suffix (in chemistry) indicating a group or radical methyl, carbonyl word origin from greek hulē wood, matter -yl suff. a monovalent organic acid radical: carbonyl. -yl a suffix used to form the chemical names of organic compounds when they are radicals (parts of larger […]

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• -yne

  suffix denoting an organic chemical containing a triple bond alkyne word origin alteration of -ine² -yne a suffix used to form the names of hydrocarbons having one or more triple bonds, as in ethyne.

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