Combining form is a form of a word that can combine with another word or another combining form to get a new word. Combining form adds extra meaning to the new word. Combining form is added to the beginning or end of another word or another combining form. Alphabetical list of Combing words in English - Sample This: Combining Forms -- A -- AERO- Used to form: adjectives, adverbs and nouns; General meaning: connected with aircraft-- Examples: aerobatics / aerodrome / aerodynamics / aerofoil / aerogramme / aeronaut / aeronautics / aerospace / aerostat ****** AGRO- Used to form: adjectives, adverbs and nouns; General meaning: connected with farming Examples: agrochemical / agro-forestry / agro-industry / agronomist / agronomy ****** ALL- Used to form: adjectives and adverbs; General meaning: totally - in the highest degree-- Examples: all-American / all-around / all-British / all-Canadian / all-clear / all-consuming / all-embracing / all-encompassing / all-important / all-inclusive / all-night / all-nighter / all-out / all-over / all-party / all-pervading / all-powerful / all-purpose / all-round / all-rounder / all-star / all-ticket / all-time ****** ANGLO- Used to form: adjectives and nouns; General meaning: English or British-- Examples: Anglo-American / Anglo-Catholic / Anglo-Catholicism / Anglo-Dutch / Anglo-Indian / Anglo-Irish / Anglomania / Anglo-Norman / Anglophile / Anglophobia / Anglophobic / Anglophone / Anglo-Saxon ****** ANTHROPO- Used to form: adjectives, adverbs and nouns; General meaning: connected with humans-- Examples: anthropocentric / anthropocentrism / anthropoid / anthropological / anthropologist / anthropology / anthropomorphic / anthropomorphism / anthroposophy ****** ARCH- Used to form: nouns; General meaning: most important; chief or main-- Examples: archbishop / archangel / archduke / archenemy / archrival ****** ASTRO- Used to form: adjectives, adverbs and nouns; General meaning: connected with the stars or universe-- Examples: astrolabe / astrologer / astrological / astrology / astrometry / astronaut / astronomer / astronomical / astronomically / astronomy / astrophysicist / astrophysics ****** AUDIO- Used to form: adjectives, adverbs and nouns; General meaning: connected with hearing or sound-- Examples: audio-book / audio-cassette / audio-lingual / audiology / audio-meter / audio-metric / audiophile / audiotape / audio-typist / audio-visual ****** AUTO- Used to form: adjectives, adverbs and nouns; General meaning: by yourself or itself-- Examples: autobiographical / autobiography / autoclave / autocracy / autocrat / autocratic / autocratically / autocross / autodidact / auto-exposure / autofocus / autogenic / autograph / autohypnosis / autoimmune / automate / automatic / automation / automobile / autonomous / autonomy / autopilot / autosave / autotroph / auto-wind ****** -AFFECTED Used to form: adjectives; General meaning: suffering from the thing that is mentioned-- Examples: cyclone-affected / explosion-affected / famine-affected / militancy-affected / quake-affected / violence-affected ******