WORD FORMATION

There are certain common endings for adjectives which are formed from nouns and verbs. These are:
-able: fashionable, moveable, knowledgeable
-al: classical, dental
-ant: petulant – hay hon doi, important
-ar: angular, rectangular
-ary: imaginary
-ate: fortunate
-en: wooden
-ent: dependent
-ean: Shakespearean
-ous: dangerous, courageous
-esque: picturesque
-ful: careful
-ian: Canadian
-ible: possible
-ic: historic
-ical: historical
-ious: hilarious
-ish: reddish
-ist: racist
-less: careless
-like: businesslike
-ly: friendly
-some: troublesome, quarrelsome
-y: lucky

The most common prefixes used with adjectives are:

a-: amoral, atypical
ab-: abnormal
anti-: antisocial
dis-: dishonest
extra-: extracurricular
hyper-: hypersensitive
il-: illegal
im-: immortal
in-: intolerant
ir-: irregular
mal-: malnourished
multi-: multicutural
non-: nonstop
over-: overgrown
post-: post-modern
pre-: premature
pro-: pro-American
sub-: subtropical
super-: superhuman
un-: untrue
under-: undernamed

Compound adjectives:
Adj/adv + V-ing: Long-standing debt, long-playing record
N+Vp2: self-employed, candle-lit restaurant
Cardinal numbers + nouns: one-year-old boy
Prefixes, suffixes: non-stop show, waterproof watch
Adj/Adv+Vp2: well-paid clerk, well-known writer