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Definition of "-in" []

  • Neutral chemical compound, especially: (suffix)
  • Neutral carbohydrate: inulin. (suffix)
  • Protein or protein derivative: albumin. (suffix)
  • Lipid or lipid derivative: lecithin. (suffix)
  • Enzyme: pancreatin. (suffix)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "-in" in a sentence
  • "While teachers are obliged to stop bullying in their individual classrooms, stopping it beyond that---in the hallways, the cafeteria, during recess, after school---isn't part of their job."
  • "Today we were on another culinary adventure or what we like to call our "food experiments" - -in homage to Albert Einstein's famed "thought experiments" of which E=MC2 was the result."
  • "Her "Rolling in the Deep" was a bit out of control at times, but she reigned in her throaty vocals in the battle round duet of Pink's "F---in' Perfect.""
Words like "-in"
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42-inch
ferretlike
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kelo
large-screen
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