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acid adverb aircraft Amer anatomy Anglo-Saxon animal archit astron atoms Austral ball behaviour belonging or relating biol bird blood body Brit colloq called carbon cause cell chem chemical chemical compound chiefly church clothes colour combining form Compare compounds computing consisting containing denoting derog device drug Early 20c especially film flowers formal French gemstone geol give Greek Italian language Latin liquid living meaning medicine metal N Amer native noun a large noun a person noun a small noun a type noun sense noun someone obsolete sense one's oneself organic compounds organization originally particular past participle pathol perennial plant physics piece plant play plural noun produced round Scottish Gaelic sexual intercourse singular noun slang someone's sound specified substance surface tr & intr tree usually vehicle verb word