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carcincancer carcinoma card-, cardi-, cardioheart cardiac arrest carn-, carnoflesh carnivore cataheart cardiac caus-, cautburn; burning caustic centione-hundredth (1/100) centimeter -centric, centrocenter concentric cephal-, cephalohead cephalothorax cereb-, cerebrobrain cerebral hemorrhage chemochemistry chemosynthesis chloropale green chlorophyll chromcolor chromatophore circumaround circumference -cide kill genocide circa about circadian rythms cilismall hair cilia clarclear clarity clausenclosed place claustrophobia -clinbend; slope inclination cocc-; cocci-, coccoberry; round shape streptococcus bacteria -coel- (seal) hollow acoelomate comadeep sleep comatose conwith; together continuity conicone; evergreen coniferous contigadjoining contiguous contraagainst; opposite contradict corp-, corpor-, corpubody corpse corpusclittle body corpuscle cosmuniverse cosmic counteropposite; against counterattack -cracy rule; strength democracy craniskull cranium -crypthidden encryption cyandark blue cyanobacteria cytohollow vessel cytoplasm DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD dactylfinger or toe polydactyly defrom; away decomposition deca-, dekaten dekameter decidfalling off deciduous forest decione tenth (1/10) decimeter demihalf demigod demopeople demographics -denttooth dentures -dermskin epidermis didouble; two dichotomy diaacross; through diameter dictsay; pronounce; tell prediction digit finger or toe ten digits dilpodouble diploblastic disseparate; apart disengage diurndaily; in the daytime diurnal divert turn aside divert your attention dormsleep dormant dupl.double duplex dynbe able; power; energy dynamic

EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE eout; without; from emit echinspiny echinoderms ecohouse; dwelling ecology ect-, ectoouter ectoplasm -ectomy cut out tonsillectomy egoself; myself egotistical elect choose election -emia blood sickle cell anemia enin; into enter encephalbrain encephalitis endo-; ento-, enwithin; inner endodermis enterointestine; gut enterology entominsect entomology -ept-; heptseven heptagon epiupon; over; beside epicenter equequal equilateral equinhorse equine estuarthe sea estuary ethnnation ethnicity eutrue; good eukaryote evacuempty evacuation exout; off; from; beyond explore excretthrow out excretory exhibpresent exhibition exhilto cheer up, make glad exhilaration exoout; outside; without exoskeleton expirbreathe out expire explusdriven out expulsion extraoutside; more; beyond; besides extraterrestrial extrinsfrom the outside extrinsic motivation FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF famhungry famished feminfemale feminine -fer, -ferous bearing; carrying coniferous forest fermentyeast; leavening fermentation ferofierce; wild ferocious fertilfruitful fertility fidelfaithful fidelity -filison or daughter filial generation finend; limit grand finale flagellwhip dinoflagellates -flagrburn conflagration flammburn flammable flexbend flexible florflower floral flu-, fluen-, fluoflow fluent -form shape transform fract-, fragbreak fracture frictrub friction -frigcold refrigerator -ful full of bountiful fumsmoke fumigate functperform function fungfungus; mushroom fungicide fur-, furirage fury

GGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG -gaea the earth Pangaea ganglia knot on a string; swelling ganglia gastrstomach; belly gastric gelatjelly-like; frozen gelatin gene-, genetbirth genetics geothe earth geology -genic, -genous producing carcinogenic glaciice glaciation -globsphere hemoglobin -glotttongue epiglottis gluc-, glycsweet glucose -gram- ; -graphletter; writing calligraphy grandgreat; large grand piano gravheavy gravity -gregflock; herd; collect gregarious gynfemale misogyny HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH hal-, halosalt halite haplosingle haploid hecto100 hectogram helithe sun heliocentric helix spiral; coil DNAs double helix herb-, herbigrass herbivore hemblood hemoglobin hemihalf hemisphere hepathe liver hepatitis heterodifferent; other heterogeneous hilarcheerful hilarious histoweb; tissue histology historabout history historical hom-, homosame; alike; man homogenous -hort garden horticulture horri-, horribterrible horrifying hospguest hospitality hostienemy hostility humidmoist; moisture humidity hydrwater hydrosphere hyperover hyperventilation hypounder; beneath hypodermic IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII -ichthyfish ichthyosaur -icul-, -idi-, -ill, -illum, -ium small miniscule ignfire ignite ilnot; without illiterate inciscut; cut into incision industridiligent industrious infrabelow; beneath infrastructure infractbroken infraction infusepour in infusion interbetween; among interoffice intro-, intrins-, intrawithin; inside introspection irriglead water to irrigation isoequal isotonic -ite stone; fossil stalagmites -itis disease dermatitis

JJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJ -jectthrow projectile -jugjoin together conjugate juxtanear to juxtaposition KKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKK -karyonucleus eukaryotic cell kerowax kerosene kilo thousand kilometer kinemovement kinetic LLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL languweak; faint languish laryngullet; larynx laryngitis later-, laterithe side lateral legalaw legality -lepsseizure epilepsy leuc-, leuco-, leuk-, leukowhite leukemia liberafree liberation librar-, libribooks librarian linguthe tongue linguist lip-, lipofat lipid lithstone lithosphere -lumen, -luminlight illuminate lun-, lunamoon lunar eclipse MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM macrolarge; long macronutrients malbad; evil; wrong; imperfect; not malignant mar-, marithe sea marine matr-, matri-, matriomother matriarch megamillion (1,000,000) megagram mesomiddle mesosphere metabchange metabolism meteohigh in the air; weather meteorology micr-, microsmall micron midmiddle midpoint militsoldier military milli1/1000 millimeter minilittle miniature monoone monosomy -morphform amorphous solid -mortdeath mortuary mota-, moti-, motomotion motivate mutachange mutation muticut off mutilate myomuscle myofibril mystsecret mysterious NNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN nasnose nasal necr-, necrodead necrosis neonew; recent neonatal -nimbcloud nimbostratus noctnight nocturnal nonnot nonverbal nonanine nonagon notoback notochord nucleokernel nucleolus

OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO octeight octagon oculeye ocular lens -odontooth orthodontics -oid like; form spheroid -ology study of biology -ose, -ous full of verbose -osis condition; disease halitosis oss-, ostbone osteoporosis ov-, oviegg ovary PPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPP paleoancient paleolithic parabeside parapodium -pathfeeling empathy pedchild pediatric pentafive pentagon periaround pericardial phagoeating phagocytosis pharmdrug pharmacy phobfear claustrophobia photlight photic zone ploymany polydactyly -port carry transportation postafter postmortem prebefore preview primfirst primary probefore prokaryotic cell protofirst protozoa pseud-, pseudofalse pseudonym QQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQ quadrfour quadrangle quintfive quintuplets RRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR reback; again redo recept-, recipireceive reception respirbreathe respiration retr-, retroback; behind; backward retrospect rhiz-, rhizoa root rhizome SSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS sal-, salisalt salinity salivspit salivate saturfull; filled saturation semihalf semipermeable membrane scri-, script-, scriptowrite prescription -solu-, solut-, solvdissolve dissolution somabody somatic -spectlook at; see inspection spher-, sphereround; ball atmosphere -spirbreathe respiration stabilfirm stability staphyl-, staphylocluster; bunch staphylococcus bacteria stell-, stellastar interstellar stimulgoad; instigate stimulate stratlayer stratus clouds -strict tight; drawn together restrict

-struct build construction subbelow; under submarine super-, supraabove; over superhuman -surgrise; raise insurgence sym-, symbio-, synwith symbiosis TTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT tachquickly; speed; fast tachycardia tact-, tacti-, tang-, tangitouch tactile -tardslow retardation tax-, taxi-, taxoarrange; arrangement taxonomy tech-, techni-, technoskill; art technology ten-, tenacitough; holding fast tenacious -tens-, -tentstretched hypertension tepwarm tepid -term-, -termin-, terminaend; limit terminate terr-, terra-, terriland terrestrial tertithird tertiary tetr-, tetrafourth tetrahedral text-, textiweave textiles therap-, therapeutreatment therapy thermheat thermometer titan-, titanogiant titanic tot-, tota-, totiall total transacross; through transcontinental trithree trisomy trigontriangle trigonal planar molecule trimethree months trimester triplthree-fold triple -trophfood; nourishment heterotroph trop- tropochange troposphere tub-, tubipipe; tube tubular tuberlittle knob; swelling tuberculosis -turbcrowd; disturbance disturbance -tuss-, -tussicough Robitussin cough medicine tympan-, tympani-, tympanodrum tympanic membrane UUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU -ule, -uncllittle miniscule ultrultimate ultraviolet light -umbrshade umbrella unnot unrest unione unicycle urb-, urban city urban sprawl -ustscorched; burned combustion utiluseful utility VVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVV vac-, vaca-, vacu-, vaniempty vacate -validstrong validate -vaporsteam; vapor evaporate -vectcarry convection currents veloswift; fast velocity -venovein intravenous venompoison venomous vent- venti-, ventowind ventilation ver-, vera-, verac-, veritruth verify verb-, verbi-, verboword verbal verd-, verdan-, verdi-, verdurgreen verdant fields

-vers-, versa-, -vertchange; turn versatile -vict-, -vince conquer victory -vigoractivity; force invigorate virul-, virus poison virulent visa-, visi-, visulook; see visible vita-, viva-, vivilife vital organs voca-, voci-, vox voice vocal -volut-, -voluta-,-volute- -volvroll; turn evolution -voluntchoice; will volunteer WWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW --------------------------XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX xen-, xeni-, xenoa stranger xenophobia xer-, xerodry xeriscape YYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY -yperabove hypertension -ypobelow hypotension ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ zircongold-colored cubic zirconium zoa-, zodi-, zoi-, zooanimal zoology zygoyolk zygote