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Endings in -or
ENDINGS IN -IN OE -INE, -ID OR -IDE
The common words canine, feline, marine, divine, clandestine, are always spelled with the final e, and this was the preferred form for chlorin, cholesterin, creatin, fibrin, protein, etc.; but authors who now write on medicine or therapeutics reject the final e. The old chemical terms chloride, oxide, etc., are now written chlorid, oxid, etc.[1]
NOUNS ENDING IN -OR
Words ending in -or and -er are often especially misleading in illegibly written manuscript. The following lists of these words will be found helpful :
- abbreviator
- abductor
- abettor (law)
- abominator
- abrogator
- accelerator
- acceptor (law)
- accommodator
- accumulator
- actor
- adjudicator
- adjutor
- administrator
- admonitor
- adulator
- adulterator
- aggravator
- aggressor
- agitator
- amalgamator
- animator
- annotator
- antecessor
- apparitor
- appreciator
- arbitrator
- assassinator
- assessor
- benefactor
- bettor (one who bets)
- calculator
- calumniator
- captor
- castor (oil)
- censor (examiner, critic)
- coadjutor
- ↑ The new spellings of chemical words, which appear in the Century and the Standard dictionaries, and in the last edition of Gould's Dictionary of Medicine, were recommended by the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
