-ice

(Latin: a suffix that forms nouns; meaning, quality of, state of)


accomplice
apprentice
1. Someone who is bound by a legal agreement to serve another person for a fixed period of time in order to learn a trade or a business.
2. Any learner or beginner.
3. Etymology: from Old French aprentiz, "someone learning", from aprendre, (Modern French apprendre) "to learn, to teach"; contracted from Latin apprehendere, "to take hold of, to grasp"; from ad-, "to" + prehendere, "to seize".
armistice
artifice
1. An artful or crafty expedient; a stratagem; trick intended to deceive or to ensnare.
2. A subtle but base deception; trickery.
3. Cleverness or skill; ingenuity.
auspice
A favorable omen.
avarice
1. An insatiable greed for riches; inordinate, miserly desire to gain and hoard wealth.
2. An excessive desire for gain; greediness after wealth; covetousness; cupidity.
benefice
dentifrice
A powder or other preparation for rubbing or cleansing the teeth; a tooth-powder or tooth-paste; also applied to liquid preparations.
edifice
1. A building, especially one of imposing appearance or size.
2. An elaborate conceptual structure or concept on which to build a theory or process.
3. Any large, complex system, or organization.
4. A system which has been established for a long time: "It looks as if the whole political edifice of our country is about to collapse."
fellatrice
hospice
injustice
1. Violation of another's rights or of what is right; lack of justice.
2. A specific unjust act; a wrong.
3. A violation of a person's rights; unfair treatment of another person or other people.
4. An unjust or unfair act; wrong.
interstice
malpractice
1. Improper treatment or culpable neglect of a patient by the physician.
2. Illegal action by which a person seeks to benefit himself at the cost of others, while in a position of trust.
orifice
1. An aperture, or hole, opening into a bodily cavity.
2. The entrance, or outlet, of any body cavity.
3. An opening, especially the mouth, anus, vagina, or other opening into a cavity or passage in the body.

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