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-able, -ible
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capable of, worthy of, able to be, fit for, tending to, causing, given to, liable to
"friable" - easily broken into small fragments or reduced to powder, as in "Friable sandstone" |
Latin "friabilis" - easily crumbled or broken
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-ac, -ic, -iac
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related to
"alkalic" - rocks which contain above average amounts of sodium and/or potassium |
alkali is an Arabic word
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-aceous,-acious
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having the quality, containing
"carbonaceous" - rich in carbon |
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-acle
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that which [oracle]
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-acy, -cy
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state, quality, act [dormancy]
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-ad
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group [triad]
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-al
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like, related to
"continental" - related to a continent |
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-an, ian
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one who, related to
"Devonian" - geological era, from the English county of Devon, where the Old Red Sandstone formations of that age are prominent. |
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-ane
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like, related [montane]
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-aneous
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having the quality of [extraneous]
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-arium, -ary
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place where [terrarium]
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-asm, -ism
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state, quality, act [asterism]
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-ate
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to make, to act, to do
"evacuate" - to empty. From Latin "evacuatus"; used by Pliny in reference to the bowels |
Several suffixes [-ate, -en, -ite, and -ize] all mean "to make or do." They turn the word they're added on to into a verb.
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-cide
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to kill [herbicide]
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-cle, -cule
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small [molecule]
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-crat
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to rule [democrat]
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-em, -eme
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something done [strategem]
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-er, -yer
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one who, that which, the "doer" or the "carrier"
"aquifer" - underground bed or layer yielding ground water for wells and springs etc |
from Latin aqui- (water)
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-escent
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becoming or showing [phosphorescent, fluorescent]
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-esis
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state, quality, act [orogenesis]
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-ferous
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bearing,causing [metalliferous]
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-ia
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condition [anorexia]
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-ion, -tion
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state, quality, act
"extrusion" - something that bulges out or is protuberant, projecting out from a form |
Latin "extrusionem", from ex- "out" + trudere "to thrust, push"
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-ist
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one who [geologist]
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-logy, -ology
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discourse, study [astrogeology]
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-ment
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that which; an action, process, or act of a specified kind [inducement]
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-mony
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state, quality, that which
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-oid
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resembling [geoid]
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-orama
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view [panorama, diorama]
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-osis, -sis
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condition, act [hydrolysis]
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-tude
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state, quality, act [magnitude, latitude]
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–cess, –cede
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to go, to yield [recede, recess]
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-cis
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cut
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-ify, –efy)
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to make [petrify]
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-ity
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"-ity" turns any word into a noun
"unconformity" - lack of parallelism between strata which are in contact |
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–ize, –ise
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to make [fossilize]
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Several suffixes [-ate, -en, -ite, and -ize] all mean "to make or do." They turn the word they're added on to into a verb.
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–ous
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full of, full of to an extreme [hydrous]
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-en
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Several suffixes [-ate, -en, -ite, and -ize] all mean "to make or do." They turn the word they're added on to into a verb.
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-ite
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Several suffixes [-ate, -en, -ite, and -ize] all mean "to make or do." They turn the word they're added on to into a verb.
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-ion
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act, result of an act, or state or condition
"eruption" - pouring out fumes or lava, or a deposit formed in this way |
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-ence, -ance
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quality or state; an action or process [impedence]
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-sphere
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a shell near or within the earth
"Asthenosphere" - the shell within the earth tens of kilometers below the surface which is of undefined thickness. This is a zone of weakness where plastic movements take place to permit pressure adjustments. |
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-ment
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turns a word into a noun
"detachment" - the process of releasing from an attachment or connection |
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-age
"cleavage" - the act of cleaving or splitting; tendency of some crystalline materials to split along definite planes, creating smooth surfaces |
turns a word into a noun
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-ite
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turns a mineral or rock description into a mineral name or a rock name
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-ant
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state of being
"dormant" - state of being quite or asleep. |
From "dormir" - to sleep
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-a
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turns a word into a noun
"ejecta" - matter ejected; material thrown out |
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-ive
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turns a word into an adjective
"eruptive" volcano - a volcano currently erupting or tending to erupt |
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-ness
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quality or property of being
"hardness" - the property of being rigid and resistant to pressure; not easily scratched; measured on Mohs scale |
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-cene
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fairly recent or new
"Eocene" - second epoch of the Tertiary Period, coined in England in 1831, from Greek eos "dawn" (see eohippus) + kainos "new;" |
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-ile
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pertaining to
"juvenile" - pertaining to youth - L. juvenilis "of or belonging to youth," from juvenis "young person," originally "young" |
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-ile
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pertaining to, relating to
"juvenile" - relating to youth |
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-ile
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pertaining to, relating to
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petr-, petra-
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rock, stone
[petrology] |
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terra-
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land
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terra-
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land
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volve-
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roll
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-i
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little, tiny
"lapilli"- little stone |
from Latin, diminutive of lapis, stone
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