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Word Unit: acro-, acr- + (Greek: ακρος, high, highest, highest point; top, tip end, outermost; extreme; extremity of the body).

Word Unit: actino-, actin-, actini-, -actinal, actis- (Greek: ray [as of light], radiance, radiating or tentacled structure).

Word Unit: acto-, act-, akto-, akt- + (Greek > Latin: seashore, beach, strand, promontory).

Word Unit: acuto-, acut-, acuti-, acu-, -cusis + (Latin: sharp, to sharpen, point; needle, pin).

Cross references of word families that are related directly, or indirectly, to: "sour, sharp": acerb-; aceto-; acid-; acies- (not "sour"); oxy-; pung- (not "sour").

Word Unit: -acy, -cy (Latin: state, quality, condition, or act of; a suffix that forms nouns).

Word Unit: ad- (Latin: to, a direction toward, addition to, near; at; used as a prefix).

Word Unit: adamant- (Latin: hard as steel, iron).

Word Unit: Addiction + (the state of being enslaved to a habit or practice or to something that is psychologically or physically habit-forming, as narcotics, to such an extent that its cessation causes severe trauma).

Word Unit: Addicts (Compiled from a March, 1932 Reader's Digest article about narcotic addicts).

Word Unit: -ade (Latin: a suffix; forms nouns and, sometimes, verbs; an action done or the product or result of a material or action).

Word Unit: adelpho-, adelph-, -adelphia, -adelphous + (Greek: brother).

Word Unit: adeno-, aden-, adeni- (Greek: gland(s), glandular [from “acorn”]).

Word Unit: adipo-, adip-, adipos- + (Latin: fat, fatty; lard; of or pertaining to fat; fleshy).

Other related units of fat words: lard; lipo-; obeso-; oleo-; omento-; pimelo-; pio-; sebo-; steato-.

Word Unit: adreno-, adren-, -adrenal- (Latin: glands near the kidneys: ad-, "near" plus ren[es], "kidneys").

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Word Unit: aedoeo-, aedoe-, aidoio-, aidoi-; ede-, edeo-, edo- + (Greek: genitals; external genital organs; privy parts; literally, "those things that are regarded with reverence or awe"; pudenda).

Word Unit: aego-, aeg-; ego-, eg- + (Greek > Latin: goat).

Related goat-word units: capri-; hirco-; tragico-.

Word Unit: aello- (Greek: stormy wind, whirlwind; from Greek mythology, Aëllo, a harpy; whose name literally means, "Stormswift").

Cross references of word groups that are related, directly or indirectly, to: "air, wind": aeolo-; aero-; anemo-; atmo-; austro-; flat-, flatu-; phys-; pneo-, -pnea; pneumato-; turb-; vent-; zephyro-.

Word Unit: aeluro-, aelur-, ailuro-, ailouro-, ailur-, eluro- + (Greek: cat).

Cross references of word families that are related directly, or indirectly, to: "cat": cat; feli-, felin-; galeo-; gato-.

Word Unit: aeolo-, aeol- + (Latin: air, wind; rapid, quick).

Cross references of word groups that are related, directly or indirectly, to: "air, wind": aello-; aero-; anemo-; atmo-; austro-; flat-, flatu-; phys-; pneo-, -pnea; pneumato-; turb-; vent-; zephyro-.

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