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-elic

-elic suffix: used to form adjectives from chemical names, particularly acids and their derivatives.

Suffix

-elic

  1. Used to form adjectives from chemical names, particularly acids and their derivatives.

Origin of -elic

From -el + -ic.

Words formed from -elic

Questions about -elic

What does -elic mean?
-elic means used to form adjectives from chemical names, particularly acids and their derivatives.
What part of speech is -elic?
-elic is a suffix.

Words near -elic in the dictionary

  1. -eil
  2. -ein
  3. -eine
  4. -el
  5. -elect
  6. -elic
  7. -elle
  8. -eme
  9. -emesis
  10. -emia
  11. -en

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