A | B |
cal, kal | beautiful |
cent(r) | center |
cephal | head |
drom | a running, a course |
ge | earth |
ly | to loosen |
morph | form, shape |
necr | the dead |
orth | straight, correct |
pseud | false |
therm | heat |
xen | stranger, foreigner |
anthropomorphic | seeing human traits in nonhuman things |
orthopedics | the correction or prevention of deformities of the skeleton |
egocentric | concerned only with oneself |
cataclysm | a sudden and violent change in the earth's crust |
calico | a cotton cloth with a brightly colored pattern |
pseudoscience | a theory that is concerned to be without scientific foundation |
geodesy | the scientific study of the size and shape of the earth |
necromancy | communicating with the spirits of the dead to predict the future |
cephalopod | any of various ocean mollusks having long tentacles around the mouth |
xenon | colorless, odorless gas that rarely reacts with substances |
thermocouple | a device used to measure very high temperatures accurately |
dromedary | one-humped camel widely used for riding and carrying heavy loads |
catharsis | cleansing |
metamorphosis | transformation |
calligraphy | handwriting |
analysis | investigation |
eccentric | quirky |
necrotomy | dissection |