-sphere

a combining form of sphere (planisphere); having a special use in the names of the layers of gases and the like surrounding the earth and other celestial bodies (ionosphere).

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-speak, -sperm, -spermal, -spermic, -spermous, -sphere, -splain, -spore, -sporous, -st, -stasis

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British Dictionary definitions for -sphere

-sphere

n combining form

having the shape or form of a spherebathysphere

indicating a spherelike enveloping massatmosphere

Derived forms of -sphere

-spheric, adj combining form

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