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1. acuto-, acu- (sharp, point; needle, pin) dictionary words: acicula to superacute, part 1 of 1   (13 matching results)
   
   
2. oxy- (sharp, pointed, keen; acidic, pungent) words: oxymora to paroxysm, part 2 of 2   (nine matching results)
   
   
3. oxy- (sharp, pointed, keen; acidic, pungent) words: anoxia to oxymel, part 1 of 2   (eight matching results)
   
   
4. acantho-, acanth-, -acanthid, -acanthous, -acanths (Greek: pointed appendages, spine, spiny, thorn, thorny)  (five matching results)
   
   
5. acid-, -acidity (sour, sharp): acidemia to uricaciduria, part 1 of 1   (four matching results)
   
   
6. acerbo-, acerb- (Latin: bitter, sharp, sour, stinging)  (three matching results)
   
   
7. rhino-, -rhinous (nose) dictionary words: amphirhinal to rhinocoele, part 1 of 2   (three matching results)
   
   
8. phobo-, -phobia (excessive fear; hatred for) words: agraphobia to anthropophobia, part 2 of 13   (two matching results)
   
   
9. aesth-, esth- (feeling, sensation, perception) words: acanthesthesia to autaesthesy, part 1 of 5   (two matching results)
   
   
10. acri- (Latin: bitter, sour, sharp)  (two matching results)
    
    
11. acme, -acmic (Greek: highest point; prime, best time)  (two matching results)
    
    
12. sauro-, -saurian (lizard, serpent) words: Dinosaurs Ichthyosaur to Muttaburrasaurus [plus one pix], part 6 of 10   (one matching result)
    
    
13. tribo-, trib- (Greek: friction, rub, rubbing, grind, wear away; spend, waste time; be busy)  (one matching result)
    
    
14. The Blind Men and the Elephant  (one matching result)
    
    
15. tendo-, tens (stretch, tension) dictionary words: atonic to monotonous, part 1 of 2   (one matching result)
    
    
16. phobo-, -phobia (excessive fear; hatred for) words: bacillophobia to brontephobia, part 4 of 13   (one matching result)
    
    
17. 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)
    
    
18. sauro-, -saurian (lizard, serpent) words: Dinosaurs Dachongosaurus to Eudkelosaurus [plus one pix], part 4 of 10   (one matching result)
    
    
19. phobo-, -phobia (excessive fear; hatred for) words: ablutophobia to agoraphobia, part 1 of 13   (one matching result)
    
    
20. Chemical Elements words: indium to mendelevium, part 4 of 8   (one matching result)
    
    
21. vor-, -vorous (eat, eating; consume, ingest) dictionary words: offivorous to zoosuccivore, part 3 of 3   (one matching result)
    
    
22. sal-, sali- (salt) dictionary words: cum grano salis to soused, part 1 of 1   (one matching result)
    
    
23. 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)
    
    
24. Chemical Elements words: plutonium to samarium, part 6 of 8   (one matching result)
    
    
25. centro-, centr-, centri-, kentro- (Greek > Latin: center)  (one matching result)
    
    
26. pung-, punc-, punct- (Latin: pierce, sting, bite; dot, mark; point, sharp point, pinpoint)  (one matching result)
    
    
27. spiculi- (Latin: little sharp point)  (one matching result)
    
    
28. stigma-, stig-, stix- (Greek > Latin: mark, reproach [from Greek, "puncture, brand, mark, point"])  (one matching result)
    
    
29. acies-, aci- (Latin: a sharp edge or point; mental acuity, sharpness of vision)  (one matching result)
    
    
30. sauro-, -saurian (lizard, serpent) words: Dinosaurs Bactrosaurus to Ctenosaurus [plus one pix], part 3 of 10   (one matching result)
    
    
31. ligyro-, ligyr- (Greek: clear, sharp, distinct)  (one matching result)
    
    
32. picro-, picr- (Greek: bitter, sharp, pungent)  (one matching result)
    
    
33. algesi-, -algia (pain, sense of pain; painful; hurting) words: acromelagia to xiphoidalgia, A-X  (one matching result)
    
    
34. sauro-, -saurian (lizard, serpent) words: Dinosaurs Fabrosaurids to Hypselosaurus [plus one pix], part 5 of 10   (one matching result)
    
    
35. ampho-, amph-, amphi- (Greek: around, about, both, on both sides of, both kinds)  (one matching result)
    
    
36. narco-, narc-, -narcotic, narcotico-, -narcosis, -narcoticism (Greek: numbness, dullness; sleep, stupor, torpor; benumb, deaden)  (one matching result)
    
    
37. algesi-, -algia (pain, sense of pain; painful; hurting) words: acromelagia to audioanalgesia, part 1 of 3   (one matching result)
    
    
38. Chemical Elements words: scandium to thorium, part 7 of 8   (one matching result)
    
    
39. acous-, -acoustical words: acusis to telacousis, part 2 of 2   (one matching result)
    
    
40. vor-, -vorous (eat, eating; consume, ingest) dictionary words: gallivorous to nucivorous, part 2 of 3   (one matching result)
    
    
41. -mancy, -mancer (Greek: divination, prophecy): acutomania to axinomancy, part 1 of 9   (one matching result)
    
    
42. Chemical Elements words: mercury to platinum, part 5 of 8   (one matching result)