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1. algesi-, -algia (pain, sense of pain; painful; hurting) words: acromelagia to xiphoidalgia, A-X  (four matching results)
   
   
2. crypto-, crypt- (secret, hidden) words: allocryptic to xylocryptite  (three matching results)
   
   
3. gamo-, gam- (marriage, union; wedding) words: hercogamy to xenogamy, part 2 of 2   (three matching results)
   
   
4. Plankton words: phytoplankton to zooplankton, part 2 of 2   (three matching results)
   
   
5. hades (Greek: the lower world [originally, invisible, to make invisible])  (three matching results)
   
   
6. sauro-, -saurian (lizard, serpent) words: Dinosaurs Fabrosaurids to Hypselosaurus [plus one pix], part 5 of 10   (three matching results)
   
   
7. zoo-, -zoon (animal, living being; life) dictionary words: zoophile to zooxanthella, part 5 of 5   (two matching results)
   
   
8. costo-, cost-, costi- (Latin: rib, ribs; side; coast)  (two matching results)
   
   
9. aniso-, anis- (unequal, dissimilar, uneven) words: aniseikonia to anisotropy   (two matching results)
   
   
10. ileo-, ile- (Greek > Latin: ile, ileum, or ilium [singular], ilia [plural], groin, flank, lower part of the body, gut, bowels, abdomen, loins; from Greek eileos, verbal of eilein, to roll or twist up tightly; used earlier interchangeably with ilium, but later referred to the entire intestine], last division of the small intestine)  (two matching results)
    
    
11. tri-(three, thrice, threefold) dictionary words: tritagonist to trixenous, part 4 of 4   (two matching results)
    
    
12. algesi-, -algia (pain, sense of pain; painful; hurting) words: neogamalgia, and xiphoidalgia, part 3 of 3   (two matching results)
    
    
13. Capnomania and fumimania, tobacco or smoking addictions words, part 2 of 4   (two matching results)
    
    
14. mandibulo-, mandibul-, mandibuli- (Latin: jaw, lower jaw; from mandere, "to chew")  (one matching result)
    
    
15. sauro-, -saurian (lizard, serpent) words: Dinosaurs Ichthyosaur to Muttaburrasaurus [plus one pix], part 6 of 10   (one matching result)
    
    
16. sacro-, sacr- (Latin: bone at the lower end of the spine; os sacrum, "sacred bone")  (one matching result)
    
    
17. duct-, -duction (to lead, lead, leading, bring, take, draw) vocabulary words: produce to viaduct, part 4 of 4   (one matching result)
    
    
18. aorto-, aort-, aortico- (Greek: lower extremity of the windpipe; by extension, extremity of the heart, the great artery)  (one matching result)
    
    
19. scrib-, -scription (write, record) words: adscript to typescript   (one matching result)
    
    
20. crico-, cric- (Greek: ring; used in the extended sense of pertaining to the [ring-shaped] cartilage that forms the back and lower part of the laryngeal cavity)  (one matching result)
    
    
21. lax- (Latin: loose; slack)  (one matching result)
    
    
22. decibels (Latin: "ten" plus "bel" [Alexander Graham Bell]; a list of decibel levels and the examples that show the various decibel scales)  (one matching result)
    
    
23. zoo-, -zoon (animal, living being; life) dictionary words: zoomancy to zoophagy, part 4 of 5   (one matching result)
    
    
24. potamo-, potam- (Greek: river, stream)  (one matching result)
    
    
25. stratio-, strati-, strato-, strat- stratus (Latin: horizontal layer; "stretched, spread out"; layer, cloud layer)  (one matching result)
    
    
26. omento-, oment- (Latin: fat, adipose tissue; and by extension, caul, intestines)  (one matching result)
    
    
27. ultim- (Latin: end, last, final)  (one matching result)
    
    
28. flocc-, floccu- (Latin: tuft or cluster, as of wool)  (one matching result)
    
    
29. cata-, cat-, cath-, kata- (Greek: down, downward; under, lower; against; entirely, in accordance with, completely, back; used as a prefix)  (one matching result)
    
    
30. phospho-, phosphor- (light, light bringer, shine; morning star) words: dephosphorize to tribophosphoroscope   (one matching result)
    
    
31. rami-, ram- (Latin: branch)  (one matching result)
    
    
32. algesi-, -algia (pain, sense of pain; painful; hurting) words: cardialgia to myalgia, part 2 of 3   (one matching result)
    
    
33. pali-; palim-, palin- (Greek: recurrence, repetitious; back, backward, again; returning, repeating)  (one matching result)
    
    
34. thermo-, -thermy (heat, hot, warm) dictionary words: thermocauterectomy to thermogravimeter, part 4 of 6   (one matching result)
    
    
35. acid-, -acidity (sour, sharp): acidemia to uricaciduria, part 1 of 1   (one matching result)
    
    
36. Uranus, the seventh planet from the sun, words from myths   (one matching result)
    
    
37. acous-, -acoustical words: acouasm to acoutometer, part 1 of 2   (one matching result)
    
    
38. lemmo-, lemm-, lemma- (Greek: sheath, husk)  (one matching result)
    
    
39. phono-, -phonia- (sound, voice, speech) words: phonodynamograph to phony, part 4 of 5   (one matching result)
    
    
40. thermo-, -thermy (heat, hot, warm) dictionary words: thermohaline to thermophyte, part 5 of 6   (one matching result)
    
    
41. meteoro-, meteor- (upraised, high up in the air, lofty) words: agrometeorology to telemeteorograph  (one matching result)
    
    
42. lumbo-, lumb- (Latin: loin)  (one matching result)
    
    
43. thermo-, -thermy (heat, hot, warm) dictionary words: tectonothermal to thermobiology, part 3 of 6   (one matching result)
    
    
44. lumen-, lumin- (light, shine; torch, lamp; heavenly body) words: bioluminescence to unilluminated  (one matching result)
    
    
45. achillo-, achill-, Achilles (Greek > Latin: tendon at the back of the heel)  (one matching result)
    
    
46. gonado-, gonad- (Latin: ovary or testis; based on Greek gonos, "seed" and gone, "that which generates; origination; seed; semen")  (one matching result)
    
    
47. -cern-, -cret- (Latin: separate, sift, distinguish, understand, decide; separated, set apart)  (one matching result)
    
    
48. psych-, psycho- (mind, mental process, life, soul, spirit) dictionary words: omphalopsychic to psychauditory, part 2 of 7   (one matching result)
    
    
49. -suchus (crocodile) dictionary words: Mandasuchus to Youngosuchus, part 2 of 2   (one matching result)
    
    
50. adelpho-, adelph-, -adelphia, -adelphous (Greek: brother)  (one matching result)
    
    
51. pyloro-, pylor-, pylori- (Greek: gatekeeper; lower gastric orifice through which the contents of the stomach enter the duodenum)  (one matching result)
    
    
52. Pluto, planet and Greek god of wealth, words from myths   (one matching result)
    
    
53. scroto-, scrot- (Latin: the pouch that holds the testes; a purse; probably a variant of scortum, a skin, hide, or of scrautum; a leather bag for holding arrows; akin to scrupus, a sharp stone)  (one matching result)
    
    
54. crist- (Latin: crest)  (one matching result)
    
    
55. therap-, -therapy (heal, cure, treatment) dictionary words: radiotherapy to zonetherapy, part 4 of 4   (one matching result)
    
    
56. photo- (light) words: photoesthesia to sthenophotic, part 2 of 2   (one matching result)
    
    
57. anima-, anim- (animal life; breath; soul; mind) words: anima to unanimous   (one matching result)
    
    
58. noso-, -nosia, -nosis (disease, sickness) words: nosomania to zoonosology, part 2 of 2   (one matching result)
    
    
59. talo-, tal- (Latin: the ankle, anklebone)  (one matching result)
    
    
60. ilio-, ili- (Greek > Latin: [ile, ileum, or ilium [singular], ilia [plural], groin, flank, lower part of the body, gut, bowels, abdomen, loins, from Greek eileos, verbal of eilein to roil or twist up tightly; previously used interchangeably with ileum, but later used with os, bone [os ilium] to denote the bone of the soft parts], hip bone)  (one matching result)
    
    
61. lipo-, lip- (fat, fatty): adenolipoma to lipodology, part 1 of 2   (one matching result)
    
    
62. thalasso-, thalass-, thalassi-, thalassio-, thalatto-, thalatt- (Greek: sea)  (one matching result)
    
    
63. patho-, -pathy (feeling, sensation): anthropopathy to unsympathetic, part 1 of 1 "feeling" words   (one matching result)
    
    
64. abdomen (belly, venter) dictionary words: abdomen to vesicoabdominal, part 1 of 1   (one matching result)
    
    
65. thanato-, -thanasia (death, dead) dictionary words: apothanasia to thanatotyphus, part 1 of 1   (one matching result)
    
    
66. algesi-, -algia (pain, sense of pain; painful; hurting) words: acromelagia to audioanalgesia, part 1 of 3   (one matching result)
    
    
67. therio-, -theria (animal, wild beast) dictionary words: arsinoitherium to Titanothere [plus 4 pix], part 1 of 1   (one matching result)
    
    
68. -penia- [singular], -penias [plural], -penic, pen-, penia- (Greek > Modern Latin: abnormal reduction, decrease in, insufficient, deficiency Originally, the meaning was poverty, need; sometimes it is erroneously or incorrectly rendered as -poenia)  (one matching result)
    
    
69. mal- words (bad, badly, harsh, wrong; ill; evil; abnormal, defective) words: malabsorption to malversation   (one matching result)
    
    
70. baro-, bary- (weight, heavy; pressure) words: abarognosis to thermobarograph  (one matching result)
    
    
71. planta-, plant- (Latin: sole of the foot)  (one matching result)
    
    
72. iatro-, -iatria (physician; heal, cure, treat; medical healing): iatrogenic to zoiatrist, part 2 of 2   (one matching result)
    
    
73. Latin numerals: unus to M (mille)  (one matching result)
    
    
74. psych-, psycho- (mind, mental process, life, soul, spirit) dictionary words: Psyche to psychoanalyst, part 3 of 7   (one matching result)
    
    
75. pan-, panto- (all, every, entire) words: pan to panic, part 1 of 2   (one matching result)
    
    
76. -mancy, -mancer (Greek: divination, prophecy) words: dactyliomancy to gyromancy, part 4 of 9   (one matching result)
    
    
77. Prefixes a-, an- words: abacterial to alexia, part 1 of 4   (one matching result)