-ergicsuff. Activated or produced by: cholinergic.[Greek ergon, work; see werg- in Indo-European roots + -ic.]American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.-ergic a combining form with the meanings ?activated by,? ?sensitive to,? ?releasing,? ?resembling the effect produced by? the substance or phenomenon specified by the initial element: dopaminergic. [appar. orig. in adrenergic and cholinergic, probably on the model of allergic] Random House Kernerman Webster’s College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionaries Ltd. Copyright 2005, 1997, 1991 by Random House, Inc. All rights reserved.
-ergetic
-ergicsuff. Activated or produced by: cholinergic.[Greek ergon, work; see werg- in Indo-European roots + -ic.]American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.-ergic a combining form with the meanings ?activated by,? ?sensitive to,? ?releasing,? ?resembling the effect produced by? the substance or phenomenon specified by the initial element: dopaminergic. [appar. orig. in adrenergic and cholinergic, probably on the model of allergic] Random House Kernerman Webster’s College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionaries Ltd. Copyright 2005, 1997, 1991 by Random House, Inc. All rights reserved.
-erel
-rel suffix forming nouns mainly disparaging indicating a person or thing viewed as diminutive, trivial, or worthless: mongrel; wastrel. Collins English Dictionary ? Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014-rel or -erel a noun suffix having diminutive or pejorative force: wastrel. [Middle English
-er
-er 1suff.1. a. One that performs a specified action: swimmer.b. One that undergoes or is capable of undergoing a specified action: broiler.c. One that has: ten-pounder.d. One that is associated or involved with: banker.2. a. Native or resident of: New Yorker.b. One that is: foreigner.[Middle English, partly from Old English -ere (from Germanic *-?rjaz, from Latin -?rius, -ary), partly from Anglo-French -er (from Old French -ier, from Latin -?rius) and partly from Old French -ere, -eor; see -or1.]-er 2suff. Used to form the comparative degree of adjectives and adverbs: darker; faster.[Middle English, from Old English -re, -ra.]American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.-er suffix forming nouns 1. a person or thing that performs a specified action: reader; decanter; lighter. 2. a person engaged in a profession, occupation, etc: writer; baker; bootlegger. 3. a native or inhabitant of: islander; Londoner; villager. 4. a person or thing having a certain characteristic: newcomer; double-decker; fiver. [Old English -ere; related to German -er, Latin -?rius]-er suffix forming the comparative degree of adjectives (deeper, freer, sunnier, etc) and adverbs (faster, slower, etc) [Old English -rd, -re (adj), -or (adv)]Collins English Dictionary ? Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014er (?, ?r) interj. (used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.) ER 1. efficiency report. 2. emergency room. Er Chem. Symbol. erbium. -er1 , a noun-forming suffix, added to nouns to form words designating persons from the object of their occupation or labor (hatter; moonshiner; roofer), or from their place of origin or abode (Icelander; southerner), or designating persons or things from some special characteristic or circumstance (double-decker; fourth-grader; tanker; teenager). When added to verbs, -er1 forms nouns denoting a person, animal or thing that performs or is used in performing the action of the verb ( baker; eye-opener; fertilizer; pointer; teacher). Compare -ier 1, -yer.[Middle English -er(e), representing Old English -ere agentive suffix (c. Old High German -?ri, Gothic -areis
-eous
-eoussuff. Having the nature of; resembling: gaseous.[Middle English, from Old French -eux, -eus (from Latin -?sus) and from Latin -eus.]American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.-eous suffix forming adjectives relating to or having the nature of: gaseous. Compare -ious [from Latin -eus]Collins English Dictionary ? Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014-eous an adjectival suffix with the meanings ?composed of,? ?resembling, having the nature of,? occurring in loanwords from Latin (igneous; vitreous); also, as a semantically neutral suffix, found on adjectives of diverse origin, sometimes with corresponding nouns ending in -ty2 (beauteous; courteous; homogeneous). [
-ent
-entsuff.1. a. Performing, promoting, or causing a specified action: absorbent.b. Being in a specified state or condition: bivalent.2. One that performs, promotes, or causes a specified action: referent.[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin -?ns, -ent-, present participle suff.]American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.-ent suffix forming adjectives, suffix forming nounscausing or performing an action or existing in a certain condition; the agent that performs an action: astringent; dependent. [from Latin -ent-, -ens, present participial ending]Collins English Dictionary ? Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014ENT ear, nose, and throat. -ent a suffix, equivalent to -ant, appearing in nouns and adjectives of Latin origin: accident; different. [
-ensis
-ensis a Latin adjectival suffix meaning ?pertaining to,? ?originating in,? used in modern Latin scientific coinages, esp. derivatives of place names: canadensis; carolinensis. [
-enne
-enne a personal noun suffix occurring in loanwords from French, where it forms feminine nouns corresponding to masculine nouns ending in -en (comedienne, doyenne); on this model, of very limited productivity in English, forming distinctively feminine nouns from words ending in -an: equestrienne. usage: The English words that end in -enne do not usu. carry an implication of inferiority. Many people, however, prefer to drop the feminine forms and to use the masculine terms for all. See also -ess, -ette, -trix. Random House Kernerman Webster’s College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionaries Ltd. Copyright 2005, 1997, 1991 by Random House, Inc. All rights reserved.
-engined
-engined adj (in combination) equipped with an engine as specified: twin-engined; petrol-engined. Collins English Dictionary ? Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014
-ene
-enesuff. An unsaturated organic compound, especially one containing a double bond between carbon atoms: ethylene.[From Greek -?n?, feminine adj. suff.]American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.-ene n combining form (Chemistry) (in chemistry) indicating an unsaturated compound containing double bonds: benzene; ethylene. [from Greek -?n?, feminine patronymic suffix]Collins English Dictionary ? Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014ENE or E.N.E., east-northeast. -ene a suffix used to form names of unsaturated hydrocarbons (anthracene; benzene), esp. those of the alkene series (butylene). [