| A | B |
|---|
| abecedarian | person learning or teaching ABC's |
| antediluvian | before the flood |
| ante | Latin--before |
| anteroom | room before a bigger one |
| antebellum | before the war |
| antemeridiem | time before the sun is directly overhead |
| bioluminescent | light coming from a living source |
| biology | study of living things |
| illuminated | something that is lighted |
| luminous | glows, gives off light |
| symbiosis | two organisms living together in a good way for both |
| cacophony | harsh, raucous, quarelsome sound |
| phone | Greek--sound or voice |
| kakos | Greek- bad, evil or harsh |
| telephone | voice from far away |
| cacography | bad writing |
| cacoethes | bad habit |
| ethos | Greek-custom or habit |
| phonograph | instrument that write or record voice or music |
| phonetics | way a word sounds |
| cacophonophilist | a man in love with unpleasant noises |
| postscript | something added to a letter |
| phony/Forney | fake, fainne(fawney) Irish word for ring |
| character | distinctive mark |
| diagnostician | doctor skilled in detecting causes of illness |
| dia | apart or between |
| gnosis | knowledge |
| agnostic | non-knower |
| dialogue | speech between two persons |
| ician | fastened underneath, person whose field is.... |
| mortician | person who works with the dead |
| beautician | person who runs a beauty parlor |
| encyclopedia | contain all knowledge |
| cyclo | circle |
| paideia | education |
| pais | child |
| flammable | could be set on fire |
| flamboyant | exagerate or set fire to |
| flambeau | torches to light houses in Middle Ages |
| flamingo | a bright colored bird |
| flame | person you feel warmly about |
| floccinaucinihilipilification | worthless if not understood or wanted |
| blurb | talk like a publisher |
