English Words: -

703 words · Page 9 of 15

-micinsuffix

Used to form names of aminoglycosides, antibiotics obtained from various Micromonospora.

-mifenesuffix

Used to form names of clomifene derivatives used as antiestrogens or estrogen receptor modulators.

-misiasuffix

Hatred; dislike; aversion.

-misicsuffix

Hating (something); averse to (something).

-morelinsuffix

Used to form names of growth hormone release–stimulating peptides.

-morphicsuffix

having a specific shape or form

-morphismsuffix

The state of having a specified shape or form.

-morphoussuffix

having a specified shape or form

-morphysuffix

Shaped or formed.

-motidesuffix

Used to form names of immunological agents for active immunization.

-mul-infix

a monoclonal antibody that targets the musculoskeletal system

-mycetesuffix

Used to form words used for categorising fungi based on their evolutionary origin, life history, growth form, or ecological preferences.

-mycinsuffix

Used to form names of antibiotics produced by Streptomyces strains.

-n'tsuffix

Negates the meaning of the clause in which it occurs.

-nadosuffix

Denoting a hurricane or a whirl containing or made of the stem word.

-nakinrasuffix

Used to form names of interleukin-1 receptor antagonists.

-nastsuffix

Pressed, closed.

-nautsuffix

Forms nouns meaning voyager or traveller

-navirsuffix

Used to form names of HIV protease inhibitors used as antivirals.

-nemasuffix

Characteristic of, pertaining to, or possessing a filiform structure.

-nemesuffix

Alternative form of -nema.

-nephrysuffix

Pertaining to or connected with a kidney.

-nerceptsuffix

Used to form names of tumor necrosis factor receptor ligands.

-nesssuffix

Appended in general, often informally, stylistically, or jocularly, for reification of an attribute.

-netantsuffix

Used to form names of neurokinin NK₃ receptor antagonists.

-niclinesuffix

Nicotinic cholinergic receptor partial agonist/agonist.

-nidazolesuffix

Used to form names of metronidazole derivatives used as antiprotozoals and radiosensitizers.

-nidipinesuffix

Used to form names of nifedipine derivatives used as calcium channel blockers.

-niksuffix

Creates a nickname for a person who exemplifies, endorses, or is associated with the thing or quality specified (by the base form), often a particular ideology or preference.

-nikisuffix

plural of -nik

-nikimsuffix

plural of -nik

-nomiconsuffix

Used to form nouns, referring to a book of knowledge on the specified topic.

-nomicssuffix

The rules of a discipline.

-nomysuffix

a system of rules, laws, or knowledge about a body of a particular field; distribution, arrangement, management

-nymsuffix

Alternative form of -onym.

-o-maticsuffix

Appended to titles of (often fictional) machines, especially to suggest that the verb to which the suffix is appended is its primary function.

-oansuffix

Used to convert the name of an atom or ion to an adjective that means containing cations or anions of that atom or ion.

-oatesuffix

Used to form the names of salts and esters of carboxylic acids e.g. benzoate, hexanoate

-ocksuffix

Forming nouns from nouns, originally with a diminutive sense.

-ocracysuffix

Alternative form of -cracy, most often used following a consonant.

-ocraticsuffix

Alternative form of -cratic.

-odontsuffix

tooth; toothed

-odontiasuffix

branch of dentistry

-odyniasuffix

pain

-oecioussuffix

Forms adjectives describing the arrangement of sexual organs.

-oicsuffix

used to form the names of carboxylic groups and acids

-oidsuffix

Resembling; having the likeness of (usually including the concept of not being the same despite the likeness, but counterexamples exist).

-olsuffix

An alcohol or phenol.

-olidinesuffix

Indicating a saturated 5-ring heterocyclic compound with nitrogen

-olinesuffix

Indicating a 5-ring heterocyclic compound with nitrogen and one double bond

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The English alphabetical index for the letter - contains 703 headwords drawn from our Wiktionary-derived dictionary table. At 50 entries per page the browse splits into 15 pages, and you are currently viewing page 9. Every row above is a dictionary-backed entry with a canonical slug, and each links through to a full definition page with pronunciation, senses, etymology, and related-word data where available.

On this page 50 of 50 entries carry a part-of-speech tag and 50 carry at least one stored definition. Coverage varies across letters because Wiktionary volunteers build entries at different speeds for different parts of the alphabet, letters with common starting sounds (S, C, T, P) usually have the densest coverage, while less frequent starters (X, Q, Z) tend to have shorter but more specialised lists. PlainSpell surfaces whatever data is present and links back to the source when a definition is not yet recorded.

For readers using this index as a spelling reference, the guarantee is that every form you see on the list is a documented English headword, not a guess, not a derived inflection lacking a lemma row. If a word you expected to find is absent from the "-" list, it usually means the form exists only as an inflection of another lemma (e.g. a past participle stored under the infinitive) or the entry has not yet been imported from Wiktionary. Use the search bar or the misspelling lookup to resolve these cases.