| A | B |
|---|
| ar [adjective suffix] (stellar; solar; circular) | relating to |
| -a [suffix] (phyla; data; phenomena; bacteria) | plural |
| ase (luciferase;permease; proteinase) | enzyme |
| -ate [suffix] (create; domesticate; dominate) | cause |
| -i [suffix] (fungi; alumni; octopi; literati) | plural |
| ician (physician; technician; beautician) | specialist |
| -ics (politics; ethics; economics; aesthetics) | art |
| -ine [suffix] (canine; bovine; saturnine) | nature of |
| ish (smallish; ghoulish; snobbish) | like |
| ism (capitalism; centrism; tribalism) | doctrine/belief |
| ist (artist; centrist; atheist; sophist) | one who |
| itis (appendicitis; tonsilitis; bursitis) | infection |
| ium (sodium; radium; iridium; uranium) | element |
| lent (corpulent; virulent; excellent; succulent) | full of |
| less (hopeless; motherless; hapless) | without |
| let (piglet; booklet; hamlet) | little |
| lite (stalactite; anthracite; coprolite) | mineral |
| mony (matrimony; testimony; harmony; acrimony) | condition |
| ness (kindness; shallowness) | quality |
| nomy (astronomy; economy) | law |
| oid (asteroid; paranoid; android) | appearance |
| ose (lactose; fructose; dextrose) | sugar |
| osis (meiosis; psychosis; neurosis) | condition |
| -ous [suffix] (luminous; jealous; zealous; vivacious; glorious) | full of |
| sis (genesis; photosynthesis; osmosis; symbiosis) | condition |
| -tion (action; promotion; sedition; premonition) | act or state (noun suffix)) |
| tude (multitude; solitude; turpitude) | state of |
| ess (lioness; princess; governess) | female |
