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-Kin
- - A diminutive suffix; as, manikin; lambkin.
-Let
- - A noun suffix having a diminutive force; as in streamlet, wavelet, armlet.
-Lin
- - An oily liquid substance, C8H13O2N, the chief alkaloid of the betel nut, to which the latter owes its anthelmintic action.
-Ly
- - A suffix forming adjectives and adverbs, and denoting likeness or resemblance; as, housewifely duties.
-Min
- - A solution of silver phosphate in an aqueous solution of ethylene diamine, used as an antiseptic astringent and as a disinfectant.
-Mo
- - A suffix added to the names of certain numerals or to the numerals themselves, to indicate the number of leaves made by folding a sheet of paper; as, sixteenmo or 16mo; eighteenmo or 18mo. It is taken from the Latin forms similarly used; as, duodecimo, sextodecimo, etc. A small circle, placed after the number and near its top, is often used for -mo; as, 16
-Nik
- - A suffix attached to other words indicating a person with certain characteristics or associated with a certain group or behavior; as, beatnik, kibbutznik; it is sometimes used derogatorily; as in no-goodnik, peacenik.
-Ock
- - A suffix used to form diminutives; as, bullock, hillock.
-Oid
- - A suffix or combining form meaning like, resembling, in the form of; as in anthropoid, asteroid, spheroid.
-Ol
- - A suffix denoting that the substance in the name of which it appears belongs to the series of alcohols or hydroxyl derivatives, as ethanol, carbinol, phenol, glycerol, etc. Such compounds contain the hydroxy radical (-OH).