- ped|i|form
- ped|i|form «PEHD uh frm», adjective.shaped like a foot.╂[< Latin pēs, pedis foot]
Useful english dictionary. 2012.
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form — form·abil·i·ty; form·able; form·ably; form·al·de·hyde; form·amide; form·am·i·dine; form·a·zan; form·ful; form·ism; form·ist; form·less; Form·var; for·nic·i·form; fos·si·form; fo·ve·i·form; fruc·ti·form; fun·gi·form; fun·nel·form; fur·ci·form;… … English syllables
ped- — [ped, pēd] prefix combining form 1. PEDO 1 2. PEDO 2 3. PEDI : Used before a vowel … English World dictionary
-ped — [ped] suffix combining form PEDE … English World dictionary
ped|al|board — «PEHD uhl BRD, BOHRD», noun. the keyboard or set of levers of an organ, played by the feet, and consisting of black and white keys similar in form and arrangement to the manuals, only on a larger scale: »The organ has two full 44 note keyboards… … Useful english dictionary
ped|ant|ry — «PEHD uhn tree», noun, plural ries. 1. an unnecessary or tiresome display of knowledge: »At the risk of seeming to be pedantic about an art whose most despised enemy is pedantry, let s look briefly at some of the attributes of graphic humor… … Useful english dictionary
ped|i|ment|ed — «PEHD uh MEHN tihd», adjective. having or like a pediment: »The pile confronts us in the form of a large rectangle made by a colonnade of Roman Doric; pedimented and columned porches set off the wings (Harper s) … Useful english dictionary
ped- — I. combining form or pedi or pedo Etymology: ped , pedi from Latin, from ped , pes foot; pedo from ped + o more at foot 1 … Useful english dictionary
-ped — I. ˌped adjective combining form Etymology: Latin ped , pes, from ped , pes foot more at foot : having (such or so many) feet scutiped II. noun combining form … Useful english dictionary
-ped — or pede noun combining form Etymology: Latin ped , pes foot < maxilliped > … New Collegiate Dictionary
-ped — a combining form with the meaning having a foot of the kind specified by the initial element: pinnatiped. Also, pede. Cf. pod. [ < L ped , s. of pes footed, adj. deriv. of pes FOOT] * * * … Universalium
