Words similar to suffix

Example sentences for: suffix

How can you use “suffix” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

Mussalchee `torchbearer' combines mussal `torch, usually of oilsoaked rags,' adapted from Hindi masal or mashal , the Hindi version of Arabic mash'al , and Turkic - ci (or chi, ji ), a suffix denoting an agent.
The suffix - ization , which indicates `process,' is often in demand, since it makes one think something is actively being done.
Because of the use of the efficient suffix tree procedures, the system runs very fast, with the all-versus-all BLAST search consuming approximately 80% of the computation time.
Frontier Province), Kashmir, and Sind (at the same time producing the word pak, meaning “pure”), and adding “stan,” the Persian suffix for the word “country. ”
Nor, at the other end of the scale, can we match the Spanish superlative suffix - ísimo , e.g., grandísimo, altísimo, bellísimo (rendered in English as the `biggest,' the `highest,' the `most beautiful,' although for an exact equivalency one would use the other superlative form in Spanish, más grande, más alto, más bello ). Nothing I have ever heard in English can match the breadth of lighthearted insult expressed by a Spanish wit some years ago who used the suffix with reference to the notoriously pampered, well-connected, well-heeled, well-placed brother-in-law ( cu ñado ) of Francisco Franco.