-phane
noun combining form
: substance having a (specified) form, quality, or appearance
hydrophane
Word History
Etymology
borrowed from Greek -phanēs "appearing," adjective derivative from the stem of phaínō, phaínein (active voice) "to bring to light, cause to appear," and phaínomai, phaínesthai (middle voice) "to become visible, come to light, appear" — more at fantasy entry 1
- diffidences
- diffidency
- diffident
- diffidently
- diffidentness
- diffing
- diffluence
- difflugia
- difflugiae
- difflugias
- difform
- difformities
- difformity
- diffract
- diffracted
- diffracting
- diffraction
- diffraction disk
- diffraction grating
- diffractions
- diffractivenesses
- diffractometer
- diffractometers
- diffractometric
- diffractometries