form-, -form, forma-, format-

(Latin: shape, structure, figure, outer appearance, composition, to compose; visual appearance; spacial arrangement; to develop or to acquire; to produce)

formulate
formulation
fungiform
Shaped like a fungus or mushroom; that is, having or consisting of a broad, often branched, free form on a narrower base.
funiform
Having the form of a cord or rope.
funiliform
1. Resembling a rope or cord.
2. Tough, cylindrical, and flexible, like a chord; as the roots of arborescent monocotyledones.
gangliform
gelatiniform (adjective) (not comparable)
Referring to something that has the form of gelatin or formed like gelatin: Dr. Smith helped out operating and discovered a gelatiniform membrane which was attached to a nerve fibre.
heliciform
Having the form of a helix; a spiral.
herpetiform
Resembling a cutaneous herpesvirus infection; said of grouped vesicles.
hippocrepiform
Shaped like a horseshoe.
hyeniform
hysteriform
Resembling hysteria or an overly emotional condition.
inform, informs; informed; informing (verbs)
informant (s), informants (pl) (nouns)
information (usually singular) (noun)
1. Knowledge derived from study, experience, or instruction.
2. Knowledge of specific events or situations that has been gathered or received by communication; intelligence or news.
3. A collection of facts or data; such as, statistical information.
4. The act of informing or the condition of being informed; the communication of knowledge.
5. Computer Science: processed, stored, or transmitted data.

Inter-related cross references, directly or indirectly, involving word units dealing with "form, shape, appearance": eido-; figur-; icono-; ideo-; imag-; morpho-; -oid; typo-.