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Drugs ending with "ine" are alkaloids. They are bitter tasting and in all cases poisonous, probably a protection for the plants that produce them. All of them contain nitrogen, and in small doses are used as drugs. Although opium does not end in "ine", it contains a cocktail of 26 alkaloids that do end in "ine", the most significant being morphine and codeine.
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What is a suffix for hero?
ine
What is the suffix for the word linguist?
ine
What is a suffix with fluor or chlor?
-ide, -ine
What language is chlorine from?
It is an English transliteration of the Greek word for green plus the suffix -ine.
Do halogen names typically end in -ine?
Yes, they all end in "ine": Fluorine, Chlorine, Bromine, Iodine, Astatine.
Words that end in ine?
bovine famine
Words that start with re and end in ine?
recline
What is the suffix for the word hero?
A suffix for the word hero is -ine, as in heroine. A heroine is the feminine version of the word hero.
Adding the suffix word ine to a root word forms what part of speech?
The suffix '-ine' means 'to have the nature of', and changes a noun to an adjective; asinine; to have the nature of an ass ursine; to have the nature of a bear vulpine; to have the nature of a vulture marine; to have the nature of the sea saline; to have the nature of salt
Words that end in 'ine'?
1.nine2.vine3.mine4fine5.wine
What are words that end with ine?
Bovine, ovine, lupine, feline, canine, vulpine...
Why is ine the answer to serpent tail in crosswords?
Possibly it is the end of the word 'serpentine'. could it be a fin?
