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1. sauro-, -saurian (lizard, serpent) words: Dinosaurs Bactrosaurus to Ctenosaurus [plus one pix], part 3 of 10   (five matching results)
   
   
2. siphono-, siphon- (Greek: tube, siphon)  (two matching results)
   
   
3. stele-, stel-, -stele, -stelic (Greek: an inscribed stone slab; a block of stone, gravestone; column, pillar)  (two matching results)
   
   
4. cyto-, cyt-, -cyte, cytio- (Greek: cell, hollow; used primarily in the extended sense of "animal or plant cell" [because cells were originally thought to be hollow])  (two matching results)
   
   
5. cotylo-, cotyl- (Greek: cup, any cup-shaped hollow; a seed leaf)  (one matching result)
   
   
6. anco-, anc- (Greek: ankos: 1 A bend or hollow, an angle 2 A valley; also a crag )  (one matching result)
   
   
7. alveolo-, alveol-, alve-, alveat- (Latin: trough, channel; small cavity, small pit; hollow)  (one matching result)
   
   
8. coelio-, coelo-, coel-, -coele, coeli-, celeo-, cel-, cele-, celi-, celio- (Greek: abdomen [hollow, cavity of the body])  (one matching result)
   
   
9. malaco-, malac-, malako-, -malacia (Greek: soft, softness; abnormal softening, soft-bodied)  (one matching result)
   
   
10. bomb (Greek > Latin [a hollow, deep sound, a humming, a buzzing] > Italian [explosive shell]: booming, humming sound)  (one matching result)
    
    
11. sinu-, sin- (Latin: curve, hollow)  (one matching result)
    
    
12. phono-, -phonia- (sound, voice, speech) words: phonodynamograph to phony, part 4 of 5   (one matching result)
    
    
13. atmo-, atm- (Greek: vapor, steam; air, gas; respiration)  (one matching result)
    
    
14. abdomen (belly, venter) dictionary words: abdomen to vesicoabdominal, part 1 of 1   (one matching result)
    
    
15. glypto-, -glyph (carving, engrave; write) words: aglyphous to triglyph   (one matching result)
    
    
16. aulo-, aul- (Greek: hollow way, tube, pipe; any instrument such as a flute)  (one matching result)
    
    
17. -cole, -colous (inhabit, live, dwell) words: agaricole to hylocole, part 1 of 2   (one matching result)
    
    
18. phono-, -phonia (sound, voice, speech) words: pneumatophony to xylophonist, part 5 of 5   (one matching result)
    
    
19. physo-, phys- (Greek: breath, wind; pertaining to air or gas; bellows, bladder, bubble; swollen; as seen in many modern scientific terms)  (one matching result)
    
    
20. cavo-, cava-, cavi-, cav- (Latin: hollow)  (one matching result)
    
    
21. pilo-, pil-, pili- (Latin: hair)  (one matching result)
    
    
22. syco- (Greek > Latin: fig)  (one matching result)
    
    
23. colpo-, colp-, kolpo-, kolp- (Greek: womb, fold; vagina; from "bosom, lap, bosomlike hollow, womb")  (one matching result)
    
    
24. -mancy, -mancer (Greek: divination, prophecy) words: dactyliomancy to gyromancy, part 4 of 9   (one matching result)
    
    
25. Capnomania and fumimania, tobacco or smoking addictions words, part 3 of 4   (one matching result)
    
    
26. celo- (Greek: hollow; used chiefly in the sense of "concave; pertaining to a bodily cavity")  (one matching result)