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on-ice
on-label
on-message
on-pack premium
on-scene show
on-site
on-stream
on-the-job
on-the-spot loan
onager
onanism
onboard
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onchocerciasis
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oncogene
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-on (1)
-on


suffix 
Definition:
 
1. subatomic particle
fermion
2. chemical substance
fenuron
3. fundamental hereditary unit
muton
4. unit, quantum
chronon
5. inert gas
radon
[<ion, influenced by the Greek neuter present participle on "being" or neuter noun ending -on]
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