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1. tribo-, trib- (Greek: friction, rub, rubbing, grind, wear away; spend, waste time; be busy)  (two matching results)
   
   
2. malleo-, malle- (Latin: hammer)  (two matching results)
   
   
3. stratio-, strati-, strato-, strat- stratus (Latin: horizontal layer; "stretched, spread out"; layer, cloud layer)  (two matching results)
   
   
4. papyro-, papyr- (Greek: papyrus [singular], papyri [plural]; paper, papyros > Latin > Old French; papyrus, an Egyptian rush [a reed plant] from which material was made for writing or drawing Used in the sense of "fibrous material on which to write or draw")  (two matching results)
   
   
5. lepto-, lept- (Greek: thin, small, fine, delicate; from "peeled, husked"; used primarily in the sense of "abnormally thin, narrow, or delicate")  (two matching results)
   
   
6. Professional-Egyptian scribe story, part 2 of 2; [plus 7 pix]   (two matching results)
   
   
7. bracte-, bract- (Latin: thin plate)  (one matching result)
   
   
8. orexi-, orex-, -orexia, -orexic, -oretic, -orectic, -rexia (Greek: appetite [hunger]; to stretch out for; to desire)  (one matching result)
   
   
9. -mancy, -mancer (Greek: divination, prophecy) words: belomancy to cheiromancy, part 2 of 9   (one matching result)
   
   
10. bio-, bi- (life; living, live, alive) words  (one matching result)
    
    
11. Pluto, planet and Greek god of wealth, words from myths   (one matching result)
    
    
12. areo- (Greek: thin, slight, weak; small space)  (one matching result)
    
    
13. mania-, -mania (mental disorder; excessive enthusiasm) words: lagneuomania to ornithomania, part 3 of 4   (one matching result)
    
    
14. vor-, -vorous (eat, eating; consume, ingest) dictionary words: offivorous to zoosuccivore, part 3 of 3   (one matching result)
    
    
15. bio-, bi- (life; living, live, alive) words: bioecologist to biofraud, part 5 of 20   (one matching result)
    
    
16. -cole, -colous (inhabit, live, dwell) words: agaricole to hylocole, part 1 of 2   (one matching result)
    
    
17. legi-,-lectic (read, recite) words: collect to sortilege   (one matching result)
    
    
18. phono-, -phonia (sound, voice, speech) words: pneumatophony to xylophonist, part 5 of 5   (one matching result)
    
    
19. duct-, -duction (to lead, lead, leading, bring, take, draw) vocabulary words: deduce to inductee, part 2 of 4   (one matching result)
    
    
20. Chemical Elements words: thulium to zirconium, part 8 of 8   (one matching result)
    
    
21. -aceous, -acea, -aceae, -aceaen, -aceus (Latin: a suffix; having the quality of, of the nature of, characterized by, belonging to, resembling)  (one matching result)
    
    
22. lemmo-, lemm-, lemma- (Greek: sheath, husk)  (one matching result)
    
    
23. angusti-, angust- (Latin: narrow, tight, slender, thin)  (one matching result)
    
    
24. thino-, thini-, thin- (Greek > Latin: sand bank, sand dunes; shore)  (one matching result)
    
    
25. mano-, man- (Greek: sparse, thin, rare; slack, loose; by extension, "gas, vapor")  (one matching result)
    
    
26. aero-, aer- (air, mist, wind) words: aero-odontalgia to aura, part 2 of 2   (one matching result)
    
    
27. lamelli-, lamell- (Latin: thin plate or layer)  (one matching result)
    
    
28. scopi- (Latin: thin branches; hence, broom, brush)  (one matching result)
    
    
29. ichor- (Greek: fluid [distinct from blood] that flows through the veins of the gods; by extension, "watery part of blood or milk," used in the sense of "thin, serous or sanious fluid, especially from a wound or sore")  (one matching result)
    
    
30. lipo-, lip- (fat, fatty): adenolipoma to lipodology, part 1 of 2   (one matching result)
    
    
31. phono-, -phonia (sound, voice, speech) words: earphone to neurophonia, part 2 of 5   (one matching result)
    
    
32. bronto-, bront- (Greek: thunder)  (one matching result)
    
    
33. rhino-, -rhinous (nose) dictionary words: amphirhinal to rhinocoele, part 1 of 2   (one matching result)
    
    
34. Voyagers 1 and 2 Exploration of the Planets   (one matching result)
    
    
35. faun-, fauni-, fauna-, -fauna (Latin: animal; a collective name for the animals of a certain region or time)  (one matching result)
    
    
36. -ine [suffix] (similar to, resembling, like, characterized by, of the nature of) words: belluine to cypseline, part 2 of 7   (one matching result)
    
    
37. bentho-, benth- (deep, depth; sea bottom) words: abyssobenthic to zoobenthos  (one matching result)
    
    
38. eido-, eid-; ido-, id- (Greek: image, figure, form, shape; literally, "that which is seen")  (one matching result)
    
    
39. lamino-, lamin-, lamina-, lamn- lamell- (Latin: thin plate or layer; the neurophysis of a vertebra)  (one matching result)
    
    
40. Chemical Elements words: actinium to bromine, part 1 of 8   (one matching result)
    
    
41. amnio- (Greek: "bowl", or "lamb")  (one matching result)
    
    
42. pilo-, pil-, pili- (Latin: hair)  (one matching result)
    
    
43. pleuro-, pleur- (Greek: side, rib; a thin membrane with two layers that line the chest cavity)  (one matching result)