-cide(word root) killExamples of words with the root -cide: homicideAbused, Confused, & Misused Words by Mary Embree Copyright © 2007, 2013 by Mary Embree-cidesuff.1. Killer: bactericide.2. Act of killing: ecocide.[Middle English, from Old French (from Latin -c?da, killer) and from Latin -c?dium, killing, both from caedere, to strike, kill; see ka?-id- in Indo-European roots.]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.-cide n combining form 1. indicating a person or thing that kills: insecticide. 2. (Law) indicating a killing; murder: homicide. [from Latin -c?da (agent), -c?dium (act), from caedere to kill] -cidal adj combining formCollins English Dictionary ? Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014-cide a combining form meaning ?a person or thing that kills? or ?the act of killing? that specified by the initial element: homicide; pesticide. [late Middle English
-cidal
-cidal(word root) killExamples of words with the root -cidal: suicidalAbused, Confused, & Misused Words by Mary Embree Copyright © 2007, 2013 by Mary Embree
-cid
-cide(word root) killExamples of words with the root -cide: homicideAbused, Confused, & Misused Words by Mary Embree Copyright © 2007, 2013 by Mary Embree-cidesuff.1. Killer: bactericide.2. Act of killing: ecocide.[Middle English, from Old French (from Latin -c?da, killer) and from Latin -c?dium, killing, both from caedere, to strike, kill; see ka?-id- in Indo-European roots.]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.-cide n combining form 1. indicating a person or thing that kills: insecticide. 2. (Law) indicating a killing; murder: homicide. [from Latin -c?da (agent), -c?dium (act), from caedere to kill] -cidal adj combining formCollins English Dictionary ? Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014-cide a combining form meaning ?a person or thing that kills? or ?the act of killing? that specified by the initial element: homicide; pesticide. [late Middle English
-chroous
-chroous or -chroicadj combining formcoloured in a specified way: isochroous. [from Greek khr?s skin, complexion, colour]Collins English Dictionary ? Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014-chroous or -chroic a combining form meaning ?having a color? of the kind or number specified by the initial element: isochroous. [comb. form representing Greek chr?s skin, skin color; see -ous] Random House Kernerman Webster’s College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionaries Ltd. Copyright 2005, 1997, 1991 by Random House, Inc. All rights reserved.
-chrome
-chrome(word root) colorExamples of words with the root -chrome: polychromeAbused, Confused, & Misused Words by Mary Embree Copyright © 2007, 2013 by Mary Embree-chromesuff.1. Colored: polychrome.2. Color; pigment: urochrome.[From Greek khr?ma, color.]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.-chrome adj combining form, n combining formcolour, coloured, or pigment: monochrome. [from Greek khr?ma colour]Collins English Dictionary ? Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014chrome (kro?m) n., v. chromed, chrom?ing. n. 1. (not in technical use) chromium (def. 1). 2. chromium-plated or other bright metallic trim, as on an automobile. 3. (in dyeing) the dichromate of potassium or sodium. v.t. 4. to plate, dye, or treat with a compound of chromium. [
-chroism
-chroism , a combining form occurring in nouns that correspond to adjectives ending in -chroous or -chroic: pleochroism. Random House Kernerman Webster’s College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionaries Ltd. Copyright 2005, 1997, 1991 by Random House, Inc. All rights reserved.
-chroic
-chroous or -chroicadj combining formcoloured in a specified way: isochroous. [from Greek khr?s skin, complexion, colour]Collins English Dictionary ? Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014-chroous or -chroic a combining form meaning ?having a color? of the kind or number specified by the initial element: isochroous. [comb. form representing Greek chr?s skin, skin color; see -ous] Random House Kernerman Webster’s College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionaries Ltd. Copyright 2005, 1997, 1991 by Random House, Inc. All rights reserved.
-chory
-chorysuff. Plant dispersal by a specified agency: zoochory.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.
-chorous
-choresuff. A plant distributed by a specified agency: zoochore.[From Greek kh?rein, to spread about, from kh?ros, place, room; see gh?- in Indo-European roots.]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.-chore n combining form (Botany) (in botany) indicating a plant distributed by a certain means: anemochore. [from Greek kh?rein to move] -chorous, -choric adj combining formCollins English Dictionary ? Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014
-choric
-choresuff. A plant distributed by a specified agency: zoochore.[From Greek kh?rein, to spread about, from kh?ros, place, room; see gh?- in Indo-European roots.]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.-chore n combining form (Botany) (in botany) indicating a plant distributed by a certain means: anemochore. [from Greek kh?rein to move] -chorous, -choric adj combining formCollins English Dictionary ? Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014