Suffixes

-cide

-cycle

-cracy

-ic

-ism

-ist

-ography

-oid

-ology

-omics

-onomy

-onym

-philia

-phobia

-scope

-stan

-ware

The English suffix -cide denotes an act related to killing or death. From Latin caedere

List

• aborticide killing of a fetus; abortion
• acaricide killer of mites and ticks
• algicide killer of algae
• amicicide murder of a friend
• aphicide killer of aphids
• aphidicide killer of aphids
• avicide killing of birds
• bacillicide killer of berries
• bactericide killer of bacteria
• biocide killing living material
• bovicide slaughter of cattle; one who kills cattle
• ceticide killing of whales and other cetaceans
• cimicide substance used to kill bed-bugs
• deicide destruction or killing of a god
• ecocide destruction of the environment
• episcopicide killing of bishops
• felicide killing of a cat
• femicide killing of a woman
• feticide killing of a fetus
• filicide killing of one's own child
• floricide killing or killer of flowers
• foeticide killing a fetus
• formicide substance that kills ants
• fratricide killing of one's brother
• fungicide killing of fungus
• genocide killing of a race or ethnic group
• germicide substance that kills germs
• giganticide killing of a giant
• gynaecide killing of women
• herbicide killing of plants
• hereticide killing of heretics
• homicide killing of a human being
• infanticide killing of an infant
• insecticide killing of insects
• larvicide killing of larvae
• liberticide destruction of liberty
• lupicide killing of a wolf
• mariticide killing or killer of one's husband
• matricide killing of one's mother
• menticide reduction of mind by psychological pressure
• miticide agent which kills mites
• molluscicide killing of mollusks
• muscicide substance for killing flies
• ovicide sheep-killing
• ovicide killing insect eggs
• parasiticide killing of parasites
• parasuicide harmful act appearing to be an attempt at suicide
• parenticide killing or killer of one's parents
• parricide killing of parent or close relative
• patricide killing of one's father
• perdricide killer of partridges
• pesticide killing of pests
• prolicide killing of offspring; killing of the human race
• pulicide flea-killer
• raticide substance or person who kills rats
• regicide killing of a monarch
• rodenticide killing of rodents
• senicide killing of old men
• serpenticide killing or killer of a snake
• siblicide killing or killer of a sibling
• silvicide substance that kills trees
• sororicide killing of one's own sister
• speciocide destruction of an entire species
• spermicide killing of sperm
• sporicide killing of spores
• suicide killing of oneself
• taeniacide killing of tapeworms
• tauricide killing or killer of a bull
• trypanocide killing of trypanosomes
• tyrannicide killing or killer of a tyrant
• urbicide destruction of a city
• ursicide killing or killer of a bear
• utricide one who stabs an inflated skin vessel instead of killing someone
• uxoricide killing of one's own wife
• vaticide killing or killer of a prophet
• verbicide destroying the meaning of a word
• vermicide killing of worms
• vespacide substance or person who kills wasps
• viricide killing of viruses; killing of men or of husbands
• virucide killing of viruses
• vulpicide killing of a fox
• weedicide something that kills weeds
• Xenocide Destruction of an entire sentient species, coined by Orson Scott Card