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1. luna, luni-, lun-, lunu- (Latin: moon, light, shine)  (ten matching results)
   
   
2. malleo-, malle- (Latin: hammer)  (six matching results)
   
   
3. acuto-, acu- (sharp, point; needle, pin) dictionary words: acicula to superacute, part 1 of 1   (four matching results)
   
   
4. umbra-, umbro-, umbr-, umbel- (Latin: shade, shadow)  (three matching results)
   
   
5. pineal-, pinea- (Latin: pine tree, relating to the pine; shaped like a cone)  (three matching results)
   
   
6. cylindro-, cylindr-, cylindri- (Greek: roller, roller-shaped figure; used in the sense of being "roller-shaped, column-shaped")  (three matching results)
   
   
7. ichthyo-, ichthy-, -ichth- (fish) words: ichthyarchy to ichthytaxidermy   (three matching results)
   
   
8. stauro-, staur- (Greek: upright stake; hence, "rood, cross"; cross-shaped, crosslike, crossed)  (two matching results)
   
   
9. gladi- (Latin: sword)  (two matching results)
   
   
10. hyo- (Greek: denoting u-shaped [upsilon-shaped]; hyoid bone, literally, "mere" or "simple" y, ypsilon)  (two matching results)
    
    
11. sauro-, -saurian (lizard, serpent) words: Dinosaurs Aachenosaurus to Azendohsaurus [plus one pix], part 2 of 10   (two matching results)
    
    
12. ampho-, amph-, amphi- (Greek: around, about, both, on both sides of, both kinds)  (two matching results)
    
    
13. scapho-, scaph- (Greek: boat-shaped [often refers to bones]; shaped like the hull of a boat; dug out like a boat; trench; deep vessel)  (two matching results)
    
    
14. mastoido-, mastoid- (Greek: breast; "breast-shaped")  (two matching results)
    
    
15. Plankton words: phytoplankton to zooplankton, part 2 of 2   (two matching results)
    
    
16. sigmoido-, sigmo- (Greek: sigmoeides, shaped like the letter sigma; pertaining to the sigmoid flexure, the S-shaped bend in the colon; a combining form that usually denotes the sigmoid colon)  (two matching results)
    
    
17. lenticulo-, lenticul- (Latin: lentil-shaped, lentil; a term later used to refer to "the lentil-shaped lens of the eye")  (two matching results)
    
    
18. calyc-, calyci- (Greek: shell; husk; cup [of a flower], used primarily in the specialized senses of "pertaining to or of a cup-shaped bodily organ or cavity")  (two matching results)
    
    
19. ambo- (Latin: both; the two)  (one matching result)
    
    
20. bacillo-, bacill-, bacilli- (Latin: rod, staff; a rod-shaped bacterium)  (one matching result)
    
    
21. -mancy, -mancer (Greek: divination, prophecy) words: pedomancy to spasmatomancy, part 8 of 9   (one matching result)
    
    
22. allanto-, allant- (Greek: sausage)  (one matching result)
    
    
23. philo-, -philia (love, fondness for, attraction to) words: abrakophile to autophilous, part 1 of 10   (one matching result)
    
    
24. multi-, mult- (many, much) words: multangular to multungulate   (one matching result)
    
    
25. 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)
    
    
26. helico-, helic-, helici-, heli-, helix- (Greek: spiral, coil; twisted, bent; spiral-shaped; a coil; by extension, "snail")  (one matching result)
    
    
27. monstr-, monst- (Latin: an omen; a supernatural manifestation; hence, "horrific-supernatural being; supernatural manifestation")  (one matching result)
    
    
28. lemma- [singular], lemmata- [plural] (Greek > Latin: to take [something for granted])  (one matching result)
    
    
29. The planet earth, words from myths   (one matching result)
    
    
30. papillo-, papill-, papilli- (Latin: nipple; nipple-shaped elevation or growth)  (one matching result)
    
    
31. gyno-, gyn- (woman, women, female, females): gynemimetophilia to trigynous, part 2 of 2   (one matching result)
    
    
32. tri-(three, thrice, threefold) dictionary words: triact to tricycle, part 1 of 4   (one matching result)
    
    
33. ped-, -pedia (foot, feet) words: palmiped to velocipede, part 2 of 2   (one matching result)
    
    
34. staphylo-, staphyl- (Greek: bunch of grapes, uvula [that which resembles a grape hanging from a stock]; staphylococci, grape-shaped bacteria occurring in irregular clusters)  (one matching result)
    
    
35. bacterio-, bacteri-, bacter-, -bacteria, -bacterial, -bacterially, -bacterium (Greek: rod-shaped micro-organism; used in biomedical terminology)  (one matching result)
    
    
36. duct-, -duction (to lead, lead, leading, bring, take, draw) vocabulary words: deduce to inductee, part 2 of 4   (one matching result)
    
    
37. patho-, -pathy (perception, suffering, disease [medical]): oculopathy to pathogens, part 4 of 6 medical words   (one matching result)
    
    
38. allotrio- , allotri- (Greek: different, of or belonging to another; foreign, strange; abnormal; perverse)  (one matching result)
    
    
39. stalac-, stalag- (Greek > Latin: dropping, dripping; trickling; to drip, to drop, to trickle)  (one matching result)
    
    
40. phono-, -phonia- (sound, voice, speech) words: phonodynamograph to phony, part 4 of 5   (one matching result)
    
    
41. rhino-, -rhinous (nose) dictionary words: rhinodacryolith to trichorhinophalangeal, part 2 of 2   (one matching result)
    
    
42. ala-, ali-, al- (Latin: wing)  (one matching result)
    
    
43. spirochet-, spirochaet-, spirocheta-, spirocheti- (Greek: coil; [long flowing] hair; hence, "hair, bristle"; spirochetes, coil-shaped microorganisms)  (one matching result)
    
    
44. spheno-, sphen- (Greek: wedge; the sphenoid bone, a wedge-shaped bone found at the base of the skull)  (one matching result)
    
    
45. rani-, ran- (Latin: frog)  (one matching result)
    
    
46. patho-, -pathy (perception, suffering, disease [medical]): pathognomonic to psychopath, part 5 of 6 medical words  (one matching result)
    
    
47. disco-, disc-, disko-, disk- (Greek > Latin: disk)  (one matching result)
    
    
48. techno-, -techny (art, skill, craft): agrotechnology to zymotechnology  (one matching result)
    
    
49. cteno- cten- (Greek: comb, rake; comblike, comb-shaped)  (one matching result)
    
    
50. petalo-, petal-, -petalous (Greek: leaf; from the adjective petalos, "flat, spread out")  (one matching result)
    
    
51. cotylo-, cotyl- (Greek: cup, any cup-shaped hollow; a seed leaf)  (one matching result)
    
    
52. chordo-, chord-, cordo-, cord- (Greek: gut string [of a lyre]; used in an extended sense to mean sinew, flexible rod-shaped organ; string, cord)  (one matching result)
    
    
53. -ine [suffix] (similar to, resembling, like, characterized by, of the nature of) words: macropine to ovine, part 5 of 7   (one matching result)
    
    
54. costo-, cost-, costi- (Latin: rib, ribs; side; coast)  (one matching result)
    
    
55. dendro-, dendr-, dendri-, -dendria, -dendrite, -dendritic, -dendra, -dendron (Greek: tree, tree-like structure)  (one matching result)
    
    
56. zygo-, zyg-, -zygous (Greek: yoke, forming pairs; joined, union; or denoting relationship to a junction)  (one matching result)
    
    
57. sal-, sali- (salt) dictionary words: cum grano salis to soused, part 1 of 1   (one matching result)
    
    
58. galeo-, galea-, galeat-, galei-, galer- (Latin: helmet, helmet shaped, to cover with a helmet; cap)  (one matching result)
    
    
59. gibb-, gibbo-, gibboso- (Latin: hump, humpbacked)  (one matching result)
    
    
60. rhabdo-, rhabd- (Greek: rod; twig, stick, strip, branch; rod-shaped, striated)  (one matching result)
    
    
61. pelveo-, pelvo-, pelvio- (Latin: basin; basin-shaped structure of the body)  (one matching result)
    
    
62. brachio-, brachi- (Greek: arm [especially the upperarm from the shoulder to the elbow])  (one matching result)
    
    
63. thyro-, thyr-, thyre-, thyreo-, thyroid-, thyroido-, -thyrea, -thyreosis, -thyroidism, -thyroid (Greek: pertaining to the thyroid gland)  (one matching result)
    
    
64. Sesquipedalian words or the use of obscure sespuipedalia verbal usages; sesqui-, part 1 of 2, groups 1-17   (one matching result)
    
    
65. sauro-, -saurian (lizard, serpent) words: Dinosaurs Bactrosaurus to Ctenosaurus [plus one pix], part 3 of 10   (one matching result)
    
    
66. astro-, astra-, astr- (Greek: star, star shaped; also pertaining to outer space)  (one matching result)
    
    
67. spleno-, splen-, splenico-, spleni-, -splenism, -splenia, -splenic (Greek: spleen, "the inward parts;" the elongated accessory lymphatic organ of the vascular [blood] system)  (one matching result)
    
    
68. amygdalo-, amygdal- (Latin: tonsil [almond, almond shaped])  (one matching result)
    
    
69. oleo-, ole-, -oleic, ol- (Greek > Latin: [olive] oil; fat)  (one matching result)
    
    
70. phono-, -phonia (sound, voice, speech) words: earphone to neurophonia, part 2 of 5   (one matching result)
    
    
71. botul-, botuli- (Latin: [botulus] sausage)  (one matching result)
    
    
72. -ine [suffix] (similar to, resembling, like, characterized by, of the nature of) words: absinthine to axine, part 1 of 7   (one matching result)
    
    
73. caco-, kako- words (bad, harsh, wrong; incorrect; unpleasant): alexicacon to kakistocracy   (one matching result)
    
    
74. hetero-, heter- (different, other, another, unlike) words: heteracanth to heterologous, part 1 of 2   (one matching result)
    
    
75. infundibulo-, infundibul-, infundibuli- (Latin: funnel; literally, "the [little] thing into which something is poured"; a funnel-shaped organ of the body)  (one matching result)
    
    
76. philo-, -philia (love, fondness for, attraction to) words: quamtophilist to syrtidophilous, part 9 of 10   (one matching result)
    
    
77. pilo-, pil-, pili- (Latin: hair)  (one matching result)
    
    
78. pan-, panto- (all, every, entire) words: pan to panic, part 1 of 2   (one matching result)
    
    
79. pisci-, pisc- (Latin: fish)  (one matching result)