- indicating a person or thing that bears something specified: crucifer, conifer
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-fer n combining form
fer
(fûr; unstressed fər),USA pronunciation prep., conj. [Informal.]
-fer,
- for.
-fer,
- a combining form meaning "that which carries'' the thing specified by the initial element, used in the formation of compound words:aquifer;conifer;foraminifer.
- Latin, derivative of ferre to bear1, in Latin generally forming adjs; the corresponding English adjs. add -ous; see -ferous
'-fer' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
afar
- casino
- chemin de fer
- fer-de-lance
- -ferous
- foraminifer
- metro
- afferent
- antennifer
- aquifer
- auriferous
- bacciferous
- banco
- barba amarilla
- Bardeen-Cooper-Schrieffer theory
- bear
- black-footed ferret
- bulbiferous
- chamfer bit
- chapel de fer
- chemmy
- cholecalciferol
- chronopher
- circumference
- commercial fertilizer
- complete fertilizer
- conifer
- cross-fertilize
- crucifer
- cupferron
- dealing box
- Dobbs Ferry
- dye transfer
- efferent
- electronic funds transfer
- embryo transfer
- far
- farrier
- feirie
- fer
- feral
- ferbam
- Fergus Falls
- ferine
- ferity
- ferly
- Fermi-Dirac statistics
- ferocious
- ferredoxin
- Ferrel's law