form-, -form, forma-, format-

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

transform (verb), transforms; transformed; transforming
1. To alter or to change the disposition, character, or nature of something: After the snow fell, the little village was transformed into a picturesque place with the snow on the rooftops glistening in the sun like in a picture book!
2. To change in appearance or in shape; to metamorphose into something physically different: Caterpillars, or larvae, transform into beautiful butterflies or moths.
To change the character or personality of someone.
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transformation
transformational
transformer
umbelliform
In the shape or form of umbels.
umbraculiform
Shaped like an expanded umbrella.
unformed
unguiform
1. Having the form of a claw or claws.
2. Shaped like a nail or claw.
uniform
uniformity
uniformly
uniformness
ursiform (adjective), more ursiform, most ursiform
Characteristic of having the form of a bear; bear-shaped; such as, the koala: For the party, Karin's friend, Sam, wore a ursiform costume and won first prize for his creativity.

In fact, Sam's outfit was more ursiform than those of two other guests who had similar bear-like costumes.

Bearlike characteristics such as a bear.
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variform (s) (noun), variforms (pl)
vasifaction, vasoformation
The process in which blood vessels are produced or formed.

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