Root Word

Meaning
ablutophobia: washing or bathing
acarophobia: itching
acerophobia: sourness
achluophobia: darkness
acousticophobia: noise
acrophobia: heights
aeroacrophobia: open high places
aeronausiphobia: vomiting secondary to airsickness
aerophobia: drafts, air
aeruophobia: flying
agliophobia: pain
agoraphobia: open spaces
agraphobia: sexual abuse
agrizoophobia: wild animals
agyrophobia: streets or crossing the street
aichmophobia: needles or pointed objects
ailurophobia: cats
albuminurophobia: kidney disease
alektorophobia: chickens
algophobia: pain
alliumphobia: garlic
allodoxaphobia: opinions
altophobia: heights
amathophobia: dust
amaxophobia: riding in a car, or vehicles
ambulophobia: walking
amnesiphobia: amnesia
amychophobia: scratches or being scratched
anablephobia: looking up
ancraophobia: wind
androphobia: men
anemophobia: air drafts or wind
anginophobia: angina, choking or narrowness
Anglophobia: England, English culture, etc
angrophobia: becoming angry
ankylophobia: immobility of a joint
anthophobia: flowers
anthrophobia: people
anthropophobia: people or society
antlophobia: floods
anuptaphobia: staying single
apeirophobia: infinity
aphenphosmphobia: being touched
apiphobia: bees
apotemnophobia: persons with amputations
arachibutyrophobia: peanut butter sticking to the roof of the mouth
arachnophobia: spiders
arithmophobia: numbers
arrhenphobia: men
arsonphobia: fire
asthenophobia: fainting or weakness
astraphobia: thunder and lightning
astrophobia: stars and celestial space
asymmetriphobia: asymmetrical things
ataxiophobia: ataxia (muscular in coordination)
ataxophobia: disorder or untidiness
atelophobia: imperfection
atephobia: ruin or ruins
athazagoraphobia: being forgotten or ignored
atomosophobia: atomic explosions
atychiphobia: failure
aulophobia: flutes
aurophobia: gold
auroraphobia: northern lights
autodysomophobia: one that has a vile odor
automatonophobia: ventriloquist dummies or wax statues
automysophobia: being dirty
autophobia: being alone or of oneself
aviophobia: flying

bacillophobia: microbes
bacteriophobia: bacteria
bactrachophobia: reptiles
ballistophobia: missiles or bullets
barophobia: gravity
basophobia: inability to stand
bathophobia: depth
batonophobia: plants
batophobia: heights
batrachophobia: amphibians
belonephobia: pins and needles
bibliophobia: books
blennophobia: slime
bogyphobia: the bogeyman
Bolshephobia: Bolsheviks
botanophobia: plants
bromidrosiphobia: body smells
brontophobia: thunder and lightning
bufonophobia: toads
cacophobia: ugliness
cainophobia: newness, novelty
caligynephobia: beautiful women
carcinophobia: cancer
cardiophobia: the heart
carnophobia: meat
catagelophobia: being ridiculed
catapedaphobia: jumping from high and low places
cathisophobia: sitting
catoptrophobia: mirrors
cenophobia: new things or ideas
ceraunophobia: thunder
chaetophobia: hair
cheimaphobia or cheimatophobia: cold
chemophobia: chemicals
cherophobia: gaiety
chionophobia: snow
chiraptophobia: being touched
cholerophobia: anger
chorophobia: dancing
chrometophobia: money
chromophobia: colors
chronomentrophobia: clocks
chronophobia: time
cibophobia: food
claustrophobia: enclosed spaces
cleisiophobia: being locked in
cleptophobia: stealing
climacophobia: stairs
clinophobia: going to bed
clithrophobia: being enclosed
cnidophobia: stings
coimetrophobia: cemeteries
cometophobia: comets
contreltophobia: sexual abuse
coprastasophobia: constipation
coprophobia: feces
coulrophobia: clowns
cremnophobia: precipices
cryophobia: extreme cold, ice or frost
crystallophobia: crystals or glass
cyberphobia: computers or working on a computer
cyclophobia: bicycles
cymophobia: waves or wave like motions
cynophobia: dogs
decidophobia: making decisions
defecaloesiophobia: painful bowel movements
deipnophobia: dining
dementophobia: insanity
demonophobia: demons
demophobia: crowds (Agoraphobia)
dendrophobia: trees
dentophobia: dentists
dermatophobia: skin lesions
dermatosiophobia: skin disease
dextrophobia: objects at the right side of the body
diabetophobia: diabetes
didaskaleinophobia: going to school
dikephobia: justice
dinophobia: dizziness
diplophobia: double vision
dipsophobia: drinking
dishabiliophobia: undressing in front of someone
domatophobia: houses or being in a house
doraphobia: fur or skins of animals
dromophobia: crossing streets
dutchphobia: the Dutch
dysmorphophobia: deformity
dystychiphobia: accidents

ecclesiophobia: church
eicophobia: home surroundings
eisoptrophobia: mirrors or seeing oneself in a mirror
electrophobia: electricity
eleutherophobia: freedom
elurophobia: cats (Ailurophobia)
emetophobia: vomiting
enetophobia: pins
enochlophobia: crowds
enosiophobia: committing an unpardonable sin
entomophobia: insects
eosophobia: dawn or daylight
epistaxiophobia: nosebleeds
epistemophobia: knowledge
equinophobia: horses
eremophobia: being oneself
ereuthrophobia: blushing
ergasiophobia: surgical instruments
ergophobia: work
erotophobia: sexual love
erythrophobia: the color red
euphobia: hearing good news
eurotophobia: female genitalia

febriphobia: fever
felinophobia: cats
Francophobia: France, French culture
frigophobia: cold

galeophobia: cats
gallophobia or galiophobia: fear France, French culture
gamophobia: marriage
gatophobia: cats
geliophobia: laughter
geniophobia: chins
genophobia: sex
genuphobia: knees
gephyrophobia: crossing bridges
gerascophobia: growing old
germanophobia: Germany, German culture
gerontophobia: old people or of growing old
geumaphobia: taste
glossophobia: speaking in public
gnosiophobia: knowledge
graphophobia: writing
gymnophobia: nudity
gynophobia: women

hadephobia: hell
hagiophobia: saints or holy things
hamartophobia: sinning
haphephobia: being touched
harpaxophobia: being robbed
hedonophobia: feeling pleasure
heliophobia: the sun
hellenologophobia: Greek terms
helminthophobia: worms
hemophobia: blood
herpetophobia: reptiles
heterophobia: the opposite sex (sexophobia)
hierophobia: priests
hippophobia: horses
hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia: long words
hobophobia: bums or beggars
hodophobia: road travel
homichlophobia: fog
homilophobia: sermons
hominophobia: men
homophobia: homosexuality
hoplophobia: firearms
hormephobia: shock
hydrargyophobia: mercurial medicines
hydrophobia: water
hydrophobophobia: rabies
hyelophobia or hyalophobia: glass
hygrophobia: liquids, dampness, or moisture
hylephobia: materialism
hylophobia: forests
hypegiaphobia: responsibility
hypnophobia: sleep
hypsiphobia: height

iatrophobia: doctors
ichthyophobia: fish
ideophobia: ideas
illyngophobia: vertigo
insectophobia: insects
iophobia: poison
isolophobia: solitude, being alone
isopterophobia: termites
ithyphallophobia: erection

Japanophobia: Japanese
Judeophobia: Jews

kainolophobia: novelty
kakorraphiaphobia: failure
katagelophobia: ridicule
kathisophobia: sitting down
kenophobia: voids
keraunophobia: thunder
kinetophobia: movement or motion
kleptophobia: stealing
koinoniphobia: rooms
koniophobia: dust (Amathophobia)
kopophobia: fatigue
kosmikophobia: cosmic phenomenon
kymophobia: waves
kynophobia: rabies
kyphophobia: stooping

lachanophobia: vegetables
laliophobia: speaking
leprophobia: leprosy
leukophobia: the color white
levophobia: things to the left side of the body
ligyrophobia: loud noises
lilapsophobia: tornadoes and hurricanes
limnophobia: lakes
linonophobia: string
liticaphobia: lawsuits
lockiophobia: childbirth
logizomechanophobia: computers
logophobia: words
luiphobia: syphilis
lutraphobia: otters
lygophobia: darkness
lyssophobia: rabies or of becoming mad

macrophobia: long waits

mageirocophobia: cooking
maieusiophobia: childbirth
malaxophobia: love play
maniaphobia: insanity
mastigophobia: punishment
mechanophobia: machines
megalophobia: large things
melanophobia: the color black
melissophobia: bees
melophobia: fear or hatred of music
meningitophobia: brain disease
menophobia: menstruation
merinthophobia: being bound or tied up
metallophobia: metal
metathesiophobia: changes
meteorophobia: meteors
methyphobia: alcohol
metrophobia: fear or hatred of poetry
microbiophobia: microbes (bacillophobia)
microphobia: small things
misophobia: being contaminated with dirt of germs
mnemophobia: memories
molysmophobia: dirt or contamination
monopathophobia: definite disease
monophobia: solitude or being alone
motorphobia: automobiles
mottephobia: moths
musophobia: mice
mycophobia: fear or aversion to mushrooms
mycrophobia: small things
myctophobia: darkness
myrmecophobia: ants
mysophobia: germs or contamination or dirt
mythophobia: myths or stories or false statements
myxophobia: slime (blennophobia)

nebulaphobia: fog (homichlophobia)

necrophobia: death
nelophobia: glass
neopharmaphobia: new drugs
neophobia: anything new
nephophobia: clouds
noctiphobia: the night
nomatophobia: names
nosemaphobia: illness
nosocomephobia: hospitals
nosophobia: disease
nostophobia: returning home
novercaphobia: step-mothers
nucleomituphobia: nuclear weapons
nudophobia: nudity
numerophobia: numbers
nyctophobia: the dark or of night

obesophobia: gaining weight

ochlophobia: crowds or mobs
ochophobia: vehicles
octophobia: the figure 8
odontophobia: dental surgery
odynophobia: pain
oenophobia: wines
oikophobia: home surroundings, house
olfactophobia: smells
ombrophobia: rain
ommetaphobia: eyes
oneirogmophobia: wet dreams
oneirophobia: dreams
onomatophobia: hearing a certain word
ophidiophobia: snakes
ophthalmophobia: being stared at
optophobia: opening one's eyes
ornithophobia: birds
orthophobia: property
osmophobia: smells or odors
osphresiophobia: smells
ostraconophobia: shellfish
ouranophobia: heaven

pagophobia: ice or frost

panophobia: everything
panthophobia: disease
pantophobia: fears
Papaphobia: the pope
papyrophobia: paper
paralipophobia: neglecting duty
paraphobia: sexual perversion
parasitophobia: parasites
paraskavedekatriaphobia: Friday the 13th
parthenophobia: virgins or young girls
parturiphobia: childbirth
pathophobia: disease
patroiophobia: heredity
peccatophobia: sinning (imaginary crime)
pediculophobia: lice
pediophobia: dolls
pedophobia: children
peladophobia: bald people
pellagrophobia: pellagra
peniaphobia: poverty
pentheraphobia: mother-in-law
phagophobia: swallowing
phalacrophobia: becoming bald
phallophobia: a penis, esp erect
pharmacophobia: taking medicine
pharmacophobia: drugs
phasmophobia: ghosts
phengophobia: daylight or sunshine
philemaphobia: kissing
philophobia: falling in love
philosophobia: philosophy
phobophobia: one's own fears
phonophobia: noises or voices
photoaugliaphobia: glaring lights
photophobia: light
phronemophobia: thinking
phthiriophobia: lice (pediculophobia)
phthisiophobia: tuberculosis
pinigerophobia: smothering
placophobia: tombstones
plutophobia: wealth
pluviophobia: rain or of being rained on
pneumatiphobia: spirits
pnigophobia: choking or being smothered
pocrescophobia: gaining weight (obesophobia)
pogonophobia: beards
poinephobia: punishment
poliosophobia: contracting poliomyelitis
politicophobia: politicians
polyphobia: many things
ponophobia: overworking or of pain
porphyrophobia: the color purple
potamophobia: rivers or running water
potophobia: alcohol
proctophobia: rectum
prosophobia: progress
psellismophobia: stuttering
psychophobia: mind
psychrophobia: cold
pteromerhanophobia: flying
pteronophobia: being tickled by feathers
pupaphobia: puppets pyrexiophobia
pyrophobia: fire

radiophobia: radiation, x-rays

ranidaphobia: frogs
rhabdophobia: being severely punished or beaten by a rod
rhypophobia: defecation
rhytiphobia: getting wrinkles
rupophobia: dirt
Russophobia: Russians

samhainophobia: Halloween
sarmassophobia: love play
satanophobia: satan
scabiophobia: scabies
scelerophibia: bad men, burglars
schlionophobia: school
sciophobia: shadows
scoleciphobia: worms
scolionophobia: school
scopophobia: being stared at
scotomaphobia: blindness in visual field
scotophobia: darkness
scriptophobia: writing in public
selaphobia: light flashes
selenophobia: the moon
seplophobia: decaying matter
sesquipedalophobia: long words
sexophobia: the opposite sex
siderodromophobia: trains
siderophobia: stars
sinistrophobia: left-handedness
sinophobia: chinese, chinese culture
sitophobia: food or eating
snakephobia: snakes (ophidiophobia)
soceraphobia: parents-in-law
social phobia: being evaluated negatively
sociophobia: society
somniphobia: sleep
sophophobia: learning
soteriophobia: dependence on others
spacephobia: outer space
spectrophobia: specters or ghosts
spermophobia: germs
sphexsophobia: wasps
stasibasiphobia: standing or walking
staurophobia: crosses or the crucifix
stenophobia: narrow things or places
stygiophobia: hell
suriphobia: mice
symbolophobia: symbolism
symmetrophobia: symmetry
syngenesophobia: relatives
syphilophobia: syphilis

tachophobia: speed
taeniophobia or teniophobia: tapeworms
taphephobia: being buried alive
tapinophobia: being contagious
taurophobia: bulls
technophobia: technology
teleophobia: definate plans
telephonophobia: telephones
telosphobia: being last
teratophobia: bearing a deformed child
testophobia: taking tests
tetanophobia: lockjaw, tetanus
teutophobia: German or German things
textophobia: certain fabrics
thaasophobia: sitting
thalassophobia: the ocean
thanatophobia: death or dying
theatrophobia: theatres
theologicophobia: theology
theophobia: god(s) or religion
thermophobia: heat
tocophobia: childbirth
tomophobia: surgical operations
tonitrophobia: thunder
topophobia: performing (stage fright)
toxiphobia: poison
traumatophobia: injury
tremophobia: trembling
trichinophobia: trichinosis
trichopathophobia: hair
triskaidekaphobia: the number 13
tropophobia: moving or making changes
trypanophobia: injections
tuberculophobia: tuberculosis
tyrannophobia: tyrants

uranophobia: heaven
urophobia: urine or urinating

vaccinophobia: vaccination
venustraphobia: beautiful women
verbophobia: words
verminophobia: germs
vestiphobia: clothing
virginitiphobia: rape
vitricophobia: step-fathers

Walloonphobia: the Walloons

wiccaphobia: witches and witchcraft

xanthophobia: the color yellow

xenophobia: strangers
xerophobia: dryness
xylophobia: forests

zelophobia: jealousy
zemmiphobia: the great mole rat
zeusophobia: God or gods
zoophobia: animals
General Roots and Prefixes

Root or Prefix Meaning Examples

a, an not, without atheist, anarchy, anonymous apathy,
aphasia, anemia, atypical, anesthesia
ab away from absent, abduction, aberrant,
abstemious, abnormal, abstract,
absorb
acro high, tip, top acrobat, acrophobia, acronym,
acromegaly
admit, addition, advertisement,
ad to, toward adherent, admonish, address,
adhesive, adept, adjust
altitude, altimiter, alto, contralto,
alt high
altocumulus
ambulatory, amble, ambulance,
ambul to walk
somnambulist, perambulate, preamble
ante before anteroom, antebellum, antedate
antecedent, antediluvian
anti, ant against, opposite antisocial, antiseptic, antithesis,
antibody, antichrist, antinomies,
antifreeze, antipathy, antigen,
antibiotic, antidote, antifungal,
antidepressant
audi to hear audience, auditory, audible,
auditorium, audiovisual, audition,
audiobook
auto self automobile, automatic, autograph,
autonomous, autoimmune, autopilot,
autobiography
be thoroughly bedecked, besmirch, besprinkled,
begrudge, begrime, belie, bemoan
belligerent, antebellum, bellicose,
bell war
rebel
bene good, well benefactor, beneficial, benevolent,
benediction, beneficiary, benefit
 bicycle, bifocals, biceps, billion,
bi two binary, bivalve, bimonthly, bigamy,
bimetal, biathlete, bicarbonate
cede, ceed, cess to go, to yield succeed, proceed, precede, recede,
secession, exceed, succession, excess 
chron time chronology, chronic, chronicle,
chronometer, anachronism
cide, cis to kill, to cut fratricide, suicide, incision, excision,
circumcision, precise, concise,
precision 
circum around circumnavigate, circumflex,
circumstance, circumcision,
circumference, circumorbital,
circumlocution, circumvent,
circumscribe, circulatory
clud, clus claus to close include, exclude, clause,
claustrophobia, enclose, exclusive,
reclusive, conclude, preclude
con, com with, together convene, compress, contemporary,
converge, compact, confluence,
concatenate, conjoin, combine,
convert, compatible, consequence
contra, counter against, opposite contradict, counteract, contravene,
contrary, counterspy, contrapuntal,
contraband
cred to believe credo, credible, credence, credit,
credential, credulity, incredulous,
creed, incredible
commune, community, communism,
commun to share communicable, communication,
commonality, incommunicado
cycl circle, wheel bicycle, cyclical, cycle, encliclical,
motorcycle, tricycle, cyclone
de from, down, away detach, deploy, derange, deodorize,
devoid, deflate, degenerate, deice,
descend, derail, depress, depart,
decompose, destruction
dei, div God, god divinity, divine, deity, divination,
 deify
demo people democracy, demagogue, epidemic,
demographic
dia through, across, between diameter, diagonal, dialogue, dialect,
dialectic, diagnosis, diachronic,
diagram, diaphragm
dict speak predict, verdict, malediction,
dictionary, dictate, dictum, diction,
indict, contradict 
dis, dys, dif away, not, negative dismiss, differ, disallow, disperse,
dissuade, disconnect, dysfunction,
disproportion, disrespect, distemper,
distaste, disarray, dyslexia
duc, duct to lead, pull produce, abduct, product, transducer,
viaduct, aqueduct, induct, deduct,
reduce, induce
dyn, dyna power dynamic, dynamometer, heterodyne,
dynamite, dynamo, dynasty
ecto outside, external ectomorph, ectoderm, ectoplasm,
ectopic, ectothermal
endo inside, withing endotoxin, endoscope, endogenous
equi equal equidistant, equilateral, equilibrium,
equinox, equitable, equation, equator
e, ex out, away, from emit, expulsion, exhale, exit, express,
exclusive, enervate, exceed, explosion
exter, extra outside of external, extrinsic, exterior,
extraordinary, extrabiblical,
extracurricular, extrapolate,
extraneous, exterminator, extract,
extradite, extraterrestrial,
extrasensory, extravagant, extreme
flu, flux flow effluence, influence, effluvium,
fluctuate, confluence, reflux, influx
flect, flex to bend flexible, reflection, deflect,
circumflex, inflection, reflex
graph, gram to write polygraph, grammar, biography,
 graphite, telegram, autograph,
lithograph, historiography, graphic,
electrocardiogram, monogram
hetero other heterodox, heterogeneous,
heterosexual, heterodyne
homo same homogenized, homosexual,
homonym, homophone
hyper over, above hyperactive, hypertensive, hyperbolic,
hypersensitive, hyperventilate,
hyperkinetic, hyperlink, hypertext,
hypersonic, hypertrophy
hypo below, less than hypotension, hypodermic,
hypoglycemia, hypoallergenic,
hypothermia, hypothesis
in, im not inviolate, innocuous, intractable,
innocent, impregnable, impossible
infra beneath infrared, infrastructure, infrasonic
inter, intro between international, intercept, intermission,
interoffice, internal, intermittent,
introvert, introduce
intra within, into intranet, intracranial, intravenous,
intramural, intramuscular, intraocular
jac, ject to throw reject, eject, project, trajectory,
interject, dejected, inject, ejaculate
mal bad, badly malformation, maladjusted, dismal,
malady, malcontent, malfeasance,
maleficent, malevolent, malice,
malaria, malfunction, malignant
mega great, million megaphone, megalomaniac,
megabyte, megalopolis
meso middle mesomorph, mesoamerica,
mesosphere
meta beyond, change metaphor, metamorphosis,
metabolism, metahistorical,
metainformation, metacognitive
meter measure perimeter, micrometer, ammeter,
 multimeter, altimeter, geometry,
kilometer
micro small microscope, microprocessor,
microfiche, micrometer, micrograph
mis bad, badly misinform, misinterpret,
mispronounce, misnomer, mistake,
misogynist
mit, miss to send transmit, permit, missile, missionary,
remit, admit, missive, mission
morph shape polymorphic, morpheme, amorphous,
metamorphosis, morphology,
morphing
multi many multitude, multipartite, multiply,
multipurpose, multicolored,
multimedia, multinational
neo new neologism, neonate, neoclassic,
neophyte
non not nonferrous, nonabrasive, nondescript,
nonfat, nonfiction, nonprofit,
nonsense, nonentity
omni all omnipotent, omnivorous, omniscient,
omnibus, omnirange, omnipresent
para beside paraprofessional, paramedic,
paraphrase, parachute, paralegal,
parallel, comparison
per through, intensive permit, perspire, perforate, persuade,
perceive, perfect, permit, perform
peri around periscope, perimeter, perigee,
periodontal
phon sound telephone, phonics, phonograph,
phonetic, homophone, microphone
phot light photograph, photosynthesis, photon
poly many polytheist, polygon, polygamy,
polymorphous
port to carry porter, portable, report, transportation,
deport, import, export
re back, again report, realign, retract, revise, regain,
reflect, rename, restate, recombine,
recalculate, redo
retro backwards retrorocket, retrospect, retrogression,
retroactive
sanct holy sanctify, sanctuary, sanction,
sanctimonious, sacrosanct
scrib, script to write inscription, prescribe, proscribe,
manuscript, conscript, scribble, scribe
sect, sec cut intersect, transect, dissect, secant,
section
semi half semifinal, semiconscious, semiannual,
semimonthly, semicircle
spect to look inspect, spectator, circumspect,
retrospect, prospect, spectacle
sub under, below submerge, submarine, substandard,
subnormal, subvert, subdivision,
submersible, submit
super, supra above superior, suprarenal, superscript,
supernatural, supercede, superficial,
superhero, superimpose
syn together synthesis, synchronous, syndicate,
synergy, snyopsis, syncretism
tele distance, from afar television, telephone, telegraph,
telemetry, telepathy
theo, the God theology, theist, polytheist,
pantheism, atheist
therm, thermo heat thermal, thermometer, thermocouple,
thermodynamic, thermoelectric
tract to drag, draw attract, tractor, traction, extract,
retract, protract, detract, subtract,
contract, intractable
trans across transoceanic, transmit, transport,
transducer
un not uncooked, unharmed, unintended,
unhappy
veh, vect to carry vector, vehicle, convection, vehement
vert, vers to turn convert, revert, advertise, versatile,
vertigo, invert, reversion, extravert,
introvert
vita life vital, vitality, vitamins, revitalize

Number Prefixes

Prefix Meaning Examples

mono, uni one monopoly, monotype, monologue,
mononucleosis, monorail, monotheist,
unilateral, universal, unity,
unanimous, uniform
bi, di two divide, diverge, diglycerides,
bifurcate, biweekly, bivalve, biannual,
billion
tri three triangle, trinity, trilateral, triumvirate,
tribune, trilogy, tricycle, trillion
quat, quad four quadrangle, quadruplets, quaternary,
quarter, quadrillion
quint, penta five quintet, quintuplets, pentagon,
pentane, pentameter, quintillion
hex, ses, sex six hexagon, hexameter, sestet,
sextuplets, sextillion
sept seven septet, septennial, septillion
oct eight octopus, octagon, octogenarian,
octave, octillion
non nine nonagon, nonagenarian, nonillion
dec ten decimal, decade, decalogue, decimate,
decillion
cent hundred centennial, century, centipede,
centillion
mill, kilo thousand (10^3) millennium, kilobyte, kiloton
mega million (10^6) megabyte, megaton, megaflop
giga billion (10^9) gigabyte, gigaflop
tera trillion (10^12) terabyte, teraflop
peta quadrillion (10^15) petabyte
exa quintillion (10^18) exabyte
zetta sextillion (10^21) zettabyte
yotta septilion (10^24) yottabyte
milli thousandth (10^-3) millisecond, milligram, millivolt
micro millionth (10^-6) microgram, microvolt
nano billionth (10^-9) nanosecond, nanobucks
pico trillionth (10^-12) picofarad, picocurie
femto quadrillionth (10^-15) femtosecond
atto quintillionth (10^-18) attosecond, attometer
zepto sextillionth (10^-21) zeptosecond
yocto septillionth (10^-24) yoctosecond

A Handful of Suffixes

 
Suffix Meaning Examples
able, ible able to be, capable of being pourable, drinkable, readable,
washable, curable, visible, flexible,
collectible
performance, reliance, defiance,
ance, ancy state of, process of radiance, acceptance, ascendancy,
discrepancy, infancy
kingdom, freedom, wisdom, sheikdom,
dom condition, office, state
fiefdom, sheikdom
ee one who receives payee, mortgagee, employee,
 appointee, abductee, examinee, referee,
refugee
driver, hiker, reader, manager, polisher,
er, or one who does [the verb] speaker, counselor, author, creator,
director, sculptor
frightful, delightful, wonderful, cupful,
ful filled with wakeful, bashful, bountiful, beautiful,
cheerful, colorful, dreadful, fateful
ify to make into purify, deify, simplify, clarify, petrify
purification, deification, simplifiction,
ification process of making into
clarification, petrification
Cornish, Irish, bookish, freakish,
ish the nature of, resembling foolish, boorish, selfish, sluggish,
priggish
capitalism, heroism, optimism,
doctrine, system,
ism skepticism, realism, patriotism,
characteristic quality
communism, idealism, conservatism
tympanist, cellist, idealist, communist,
one who performs; an
ist realist, moralist, pharamacist,
adherent of an ism
pragmatist
rationalize, normalize, realize,
ize to make into
capitalize
rationalization, normalization,
ization the process of making into
realization, capitalization
loveless, fearless, worthless, nameless,
less without baseless, bottomless, effortless,
friendless, noiseless, harmless