Suffixes and other word-final elements of English : a compilation of more than 1,500 common and technical free forms, bound forms, and roots that frequently occur at the ends of words, accompanied by a detailed description of each, showing its origin, meanings, history, functions, uses and applications, variant forms, and related forms, together with illustrative examples, the whole uniquely arranged in reverse alphabetical order for ease of use, supplemented by a detailed index, in normal alphabetical order, containing entries for all of the foregoing / Laurence Urdang, editorial director, Alexander Humez, editor, Howard G. Zettler, associate editor