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1. port-, portat- (carry, bring, bear) words: apport-transportation   (three matching results)
   
   
2. sal-, sali- (salt) dictionary words: cum grano salis to soused, part 1 of 1   (three matching results)
   
   
3. sauro-, -saurian (lizard, serpent) words: Dinosaurs Bactrosaurus to Ctenosaurus [plus one pix], part 3 of 10   (three matching results)
   
   
4. -crat, -cracy (govern, rule; power) words: albocracy to gynecocracy, part 1 of 2   (two matching results)
   
   
5. phono-, -phonia- (sound, voice, speech) words: phonodynamograph to phony, part 4 of 5   (two matching results)
   
   
6. cred-, creed- (believe, trust) words: accredit-uncreditable  (two matching results)
   
   
7. tempo-, tempor- (Latin: time, occasion)  (two matching results)
   
   
8. Voyagers 1 and 2 Exploration of the Planets   (two matching results)
   
   
9. pater-, patri-, -patria (father, dad; fatherland, country) words: allopatric to sympatria  (two matching results)
   
   
10. Chemical Elements words: erbium to hydrogen, part 3 of 8   (two matching results)
    
    
11. pan-, panto- (all, every, entire) words: panimmunity to panzootic, part 2 of 2   (two matching results)
    
    
12. eco-, oeco- (house, household affairs; environment) words: autecology to economy, part 1 of 2   (two matching results)
    
    
13. acro-, acr- words: acroneurosis to polyacron, part 2 or 2   (two matching results)
    
    
14. porno-, porn- (Greek: harlot, prostitute)  (two matching results)
    
    
15. dox-, -dogma (believe, belief) vocabulary words: adoxal-unorthodoxy  (two matching results)
    
    
16. narco-, narc-, -narcotic, narcotico-, -narcosis, -narcoticism (Greek: numbness, dullness; sleep, stupor, torpor; benumb, deaden)  (two matching results)
    
    
17. Prefixes a-, an- words: asemia to tritanopia, part 4 of 4   (two matching results)
    
    
18. psych-, psycho- (mind, mental process, life, soul, spirit) dictionary words: Psyche to psychoanalyst, part 3 of 7   (two matching results)
    
    
19. libr-, libel (Latin: book; originally, the "inner bark of a tree", whence "the text written on this", "collection of leaves for writing", and finally "book")  (two matching results)
    
    
20. veno-, ven- (Latin: poison)  (one matching result)
    
    
21. sauro-, -saurian (lizard, serpent) words: Dinosaurs Ichthyosaur to Muttaburrasaurus [plus one pix], part 6 of 10   (one matching result)
    
    
22. grapho-, graph-, -graphy (to scratch; write, record, draw, describe) words: oceanographer to photobiography, part 8 of 11   (one matching result)
    
    
23. aphrodi-, -aphrodisia, -aphrodisiac, -aphroditic (Greek: Greek goddess of love; originally from afros ["foam"] because Aphrodite was thought to have been born from the foam of the sea)  (one matching result)
    
    
24. sen-, sene-, seni-, sir- (Latin: old age, old, elder)  (one matching result)
    
    
25. scrib-, -scription (write, record) words: adscript to typescript   (one matching result)
    
    
26. malleo-, malle- (Latin: hammer)  (one matching result)
    
    
27. hymeno-, hymen- (Greek: membrane, skin; virginal membrane; hymen originally denoted any membrane)  (one matching result)
    
    
28. botano-, botan- (Greek > Latin: plants, plant life [originally, "herb, grass, pasture"])  (one matching result)
    
    
29. pass-, pati- (suffering, feeling; enduring): compassion to ncompassionate   (one matching result)
    
    
30. lemma- [singular], lemmata- [plural] (Greek > Latin: to take [something for granted])  (one matching result)
    
    
31. sauro-, -saurian (lizard, serpent) words: Dinosaur Background Information [plus 2 pix], part 1 of 10   (one matching result)
    
    
32. stratio-, strati-, strato-, strat- stratus (Latin: horizontal layer; "stretched, spread out"; layer, cloud layer)  (one matching result)
    
    
33. tri-(three, thrice, threefold) dictionary words: tridactyl to trimorphous, part 2 of 4   (one matching result)
    
    
34. glypto-, -glyph (carving, engrave; write) words: aglyphous to triglyph   (one matching result)
    
    
35. arch-, archi-, -arch (chief, principal leader, first in position or rank) words: archabbey to archvillain  (one matching result)
    
    
36. pedo-, paedo (child, boy) words: callipedia to pedantry, part 1 of 2   (one matching result)
    
    
37. agora-, -gor- (Greek: assembly, market place; open space, public speaking; originally, "to unite")  (one matching result)
    
    
38. vagino-, vagin- (Latin: originally, "sheath, scabbard, the husk of grain"; in medical science, the vagina or lowest part of the female genital tract, the canal that leads from the vulva to the uterus)  (one matching result)
    
    
39. phono-, -phonia (sound, voice, speech) words: pneumatophony to xylophonist, part 5 of 5   (one matching result)
    
    
40. theo-, the-, -theism, -theist, -theistic (Greek [theorein, theoria]; Latin [theoria]: looking at, contemplation, speculation; viewing)  (one matching result)
    
    
41. tragico-, tragi-, trago-, trag- (Greek: goat)  (one matching result)
    
    
42. tracheo-, trache- (Greek: windpipe; originally, "rough" artery)  (one matching result)
    
    
43. acid-, -acidity (sour, sharp): acidemia to uricaciduria, part 1 of 1   (one matching result)
    
    
44. vir-, viri-, virtu-(Latin: man, manliness; manhood; husband)  (one matching result)
    
    
45. tyro-, tiro- (Latin: beginner, novice [also, originally, a "young soldier" or "recruit"])  (one matching result)
    
    
46. grapho-, graph-, -graphy (to scratch; write, record, draw, describe) words: cathodography to cystourethrography, part 3 of 11   (one matching result)
    
    
47. vexill- (Latin: flag, standard)  (one matching result)
    
    
48. peri- (Greek: around, about, near, enclosing; used as a prefix)  (one matching result)
    
    
49. sump-, -sum- (Latin: a taking, to take up, select; to use, spend, consume)  (one matching result)
    
    
50. -ine [suffix] (similar to, resembling, like, characterized by, of the nature of) words: sabelline to zibeline, part 7 of 7   (one matching result)
    
    
51. alphito-, alphit- (Greek: barly, pearl barley, groats; originally, "white grain")  (one matching result)
    
    
52. quas- (Latin: to make void, annul; originally from the Latin meaning of, "to shake violently, to shatter")  (one matching result)
    
    
53. umbra-, umbro-, umbr-, umbel- (Latin: shade, shadow)  (one matching result)
    
    
54. alcoholo-, alcohol-, alcoho- (Arabic > Latin: alcohol, originally an "essence or very fine powder", from Arabic al-kuhl which is from al-, "the", and kohl or kuhl, "antimony sulfide" )  (one matching result)
    
    
55. patho-, -pathy (perception, suffering, disease [medical]): pathognomonic to psychopath, part 5 of 6 medical words  (one matching result)
    
    
56. techno-, -techny (art, skill, craft): agrotechnology to zymotechnology  (one matching result)
    
    
57. butyro-, butyr- (Greek > Latin: butter; from bou[s] , "ox, cow" plus tyro[s], "cheese")  (one matching result)
    
    
58. acuto-, acu- (sharp, point; needle, pin) dictionary words: acicula to superacute, part 1 of 1   (one matching result)
    
    
59. irido-, irid-, iri-, iris- (Greek: iris [relating to the eye]; the rainbow; colored circle, colored portion of the eye [originally, "something bent or curved"])  (one matching result)
    
    
60. 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])  (one matching result)
    
    
61. Chemical Elements words: actinium to bromine, part 1 of 8   (one matching result)
    
    
62. fumi-, fum- (smoke, vapor) words: effumation to perfumery   (one matching result)
    
    
63. lumen-, lumin- (light, shine; torch, lamp; heavenly body) words: bioluminescence to unilluminated  (one matching result)
    
    
64. pudendum- [singular] pudenda- [plural] (Latin: originally, "that which one should be ashamed of"; the external organs of generation)  (one matching result)
    
    
65. dryo-, dry- (Greek: oak tree; by extension, "tree")  (one matching result)
    
    
66. brevi- (short) words: abbreviate to unabridged  (one matching result)
    
    
67. eco-, oeco- (house, household affairs; environment) words: eco-organ to synoecy, part 2 of 2   (one matching result)
    
    
68. gram- (write, written): words accelerogram to fathogram, part 1 of 3   (one matching result)
    
    
69. valid-, val-, vale-, -vail, -valent, -valence (Latin: valere, to be strong, be well, to be worth; strong; power, strength; and "fare well" [go with strength])  (one matching result)
    
    
70. sex (Latin: sexus; originally it meant "division" and is related to secare, "to cut" Don t confuse this "sex" element with another one that means "six")  (one matching result)
    
    
71. potash (Dutch > New Latin: potassium carbonate)  (one matching result)
    
    
72. septi-, sept-, septem- (Latin: seven, seventh)  (one matching result)
    
    
73. mort-, mor- (death, dead) words: abmortal to postmortem  (one matching result)
    
    
74. albo-, alb-, -albify (Latin: the color white)  (one matching result)
    
    
75. tribo-, trib- (Greek: friction, rub, rubbing, grind, wear away; spend, waste time; be busy)  (one matching result)
    
    
76. carus (masculine)  (one matching result)
    
    
77. academ- (Greek > Latin: [originally, Academus Akademus, a name of a hero in Greek mythology; then it became a gymnasium near Athens where Plato taught])  (one matching result)
    
    
78. nosto-, nost- (Greek: return home)  (one matching result)
    
    
79. cris-, crit-, cri- (Greek: a separating, putting apart; a decision; to judge)  (one matching result)
    
    
80. Pluto, planet and Greek god of wealth, words from myths   (one matching result)
    
    
81. stygio- (hate, abhorrence; loathsome) dictionary words: stygiophobia to Styx, part 1 of 1   (one matching result)
    
    
82. lard (Greek: fat > Latin: [lardum] bacon)  (one matching result)
    
    
83. fascinat-, fascina- (Latin: to enchant, bewitch, charm)  (one matching result)
    
    
84. centro-, centr-, centri-, kentro- (Greek > Latin: center)  (one matching result)
    
    
85. agape- (Greek > Latin: love feast of the early Christians; love, love feast; to love)  (one matching result)
    
    
86. eureka (Greek: "I have found ")  (one matching result)
    
    
87. tropo-, trop-, -tropal, -trope(s)  (one matching result)
    
    
88. phoro-, phor-, -phora, -phorous, -phoresis, -phore, -phori, -phoria (Greek > Latin: bearer, to bear, carrying; producing, transmission; directing, turning)  (one matching result)
    
    
89. rheum-, rheuma-, rheumato-, rheumat- (Greek: flux, that which flows; a stream; discharge)  (one matching result)
    
    
90. edif- (Latin: to build, to erect a building; a building, sanctuary, temple; originally, "to build a hearth")  (one matching result)
    
    
91. saccharo-, sacchari-, sacchar- (Greek > Latin: sugar; originally from Sanskrit, "gravel, grit")  (one matching result)
    
    
92. agryp- (Greek: sleeplessness, wakefulness; originally it meant "sleeping in the field")  (one matching result)
    
    
93. phalango-, phalang- (Greek via Latin: bone between two joints of a finger or toe; line of battle; from phalanx, heavy infantry in close order [from Greek antiquity])  (one matching result)
    
    
94. plaud-, plaus-, plod-, plos- (Latin: applause, to clap, strike, beat, to clap the hands)  (one matching result)
    
    
95. -itis (Greek: a suffix; inflammation, burning sensation; by extension, disease associated with inflammation)  (one matching result)
    
    
96. gyro-, gyr- (Greek: turning, spinning, whirling, bend, circular motion; originally, "circle, curved, ring")  (one matching result)
    
    
97. abort-, aborti- (miscarry, perish by an untimely birth) dictionary words: abort to proabortionist, part 1 of 1   (one matching result)
    
    
98. phono-, -phonia (sound, voice, speech) words: acrophonic to dysphonia, part 1 of 5   (one matching result)
    
    
99. Venus, Roman goddess of love and beauty, words from myths   (one matching result)
    
    
100. luna, luni-, lun-, lunu- (Latin: moon, light, shine)  (one matching result)
     
     
101. therap-, -therapy (heal, cure, treatment) dictionary words: hagiotherapy to ionotherapy, part 2 of 4   (one matching result)
     
     
102. veter- old, many years, aged; part 1 of 1   (one matching result)
     
     
103. toxico-, toxic-, toxi-, tox-, toxin-, -toxically, -toxaemia, -toxemia, -toxaemic, -toxemic, -toxical, -toxy, -toxis, -toxicosis, -toxism, -toxia, -toxin, -toxicity (Greek: poison)  (one matching result)
     
     
104. musico-, music- (Greek: mousike [techne] > Latin: musica, music; originally an art of the Muses)  (one matching result)
     
     
105. ferv- (Latin: to boil; hot; to begin to boil, to be hot; deeply earnest; ardent)  (one matching result)
     
     
106. caval- (Latin: horse [caballus, a horseman; by extension, a gentleman serving as a lady s escort Also said to mean: "an inferior horse, a nag"] > Italian [caballeria from caballo, "horse"] > French [cavalerie])  (one matching result)
     
     
107. hades (Greek: the lower world [originally, invisible, to make invisible])  (one matching result)
     
     
108. thalasso-, thalass-, thalassi-, thalassio-, thalatto-, thalatt- (Greek: sea)  (one matching result)
     
     
109. logo-, log-, -logia (word, talk, speech, speak; word) words: logomania to teralogism, part 2 of 2   (one matching result)
     
     
110. sauro-, -saurian (lizard, serpent) words: Dinosaurs Fabrosaurids to Hypselosaurus [plus one pix], part 5 of 10   (one matching result)
     
     
111. alexo-, alex-, alexi- (Greek: defend, protect, ward off, keep off)  (one matching result)
     
     
112. patho-, -pathy (feeling, sensation): anthropopathy to unsympathetic, part 1 of 1 "feeling" words   (one matching result)
     
     
113. abdomen (belly, venter) dictionary words: abdomen to vesicoabdominal, part 1 of 1   (one matching result)
     
     
114. codex-, codi-, cod- (Latin: a code of laws, a writing tablet; an account book; originally, "the trunk of a tree")  (one matching result)
     
     
115. duct-, -duction (to lead, lead, leading, bring, take, draw) vocabulary words: abduce to conduit, part 1 of 4   (one matching result)
     
     
116. mater-, matri-, matro- matr- (Latin: mother, mama, mom; mum (British)  (one matching result)
     
     
117. -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)
     
     
118. hetero-, heter- (different, other, another, unlike) words: heteracanth to heterologous, part 1 of 2   (one matching result)
     
     
119. a-, ab-, abs- (from, away, away from): abdicate to avert   (one matching result)
     
     
120. organo-, organ- (Greek: an organized structure; pertaining to a specific bodily part with a specific function or set of functions; instrument, tool, implement)  (one matching result)
     
     
121. iatro-, -iatria (physician; heal, cure, treat; medical healing): iatrogenic to zoiatrist, part 2 of 2   (one matching result)
     
     
122. ped-, -pedia (foot, feet) words: aliped to octoped, part 1 of 2   (one matching result)
     
     
123. arena [harena], areni- (Latin: sand, sandy place, sea-shore; place of combat [literally, "place strewn with sand"])  (one matching result)
     
     
124. -mancy, -mancer (Greek: divination, prophecy) words: dactyliomancy to gyromancy, part 4 of 9   (one matching result)