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Words for our modern age especially English words from Latin and Greek sources.

Word Unit: -aceous, -acea, -aceae, -aceaen, -aceus (Latin: a suffix; having the quality of, of the nature of, characterized by, belonging to, resembling).

Word Unit: acerb-, acerbo-; acri-, acrid- (Latin: bitter, sharp, sour, stinging).

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


Word Unit: aceto-, acet- + (Latin: vinegar; sour, to be sour).

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


Word Unit: acetyl- + (Latin: derived from aceto- plus the suffix -yl; used in naming chemical radicals).

Word Unit: Achilles, the Heel + (a myth which has become a physical-medical application).

Word Unit: achillo-, achill-, Achilles + (Greek > Latin: tendon at the back of the heel).

Word Unit: achlyo-, achly-, achlys-, achlu- + (Greek: mist, dimness, darkness).

Word Unit: acid-, acidi-, acido-, -acidity + (Latin: sour [sharp]).

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


Word Unit: acies-, aci- + (Latin: a sharp edge or point; mental acuity, sharpness of vision).

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


Word Unit: acin-, acini- + (Latin: grape, grapes in a cluster).

Cross references of word families that are derived directly, or indirectly, from: "grape, grapes": racem-; staphyl-; uveo-; uvul-.


Word Unit: acinac- + (Latin: a kind of short sword or scimiter).

Word Unit: -acious (Latin: a suffix that forms adjectives; inclined to, given to, tendency to be, abounding in).

Word Unit: -acity (Latin: a suffix; quality of).

Word Unit: acme, -acmic (Greek: highest point; prime, best time).

Word Unit: aco-, aceo- + (Greek: remedy, cure).

Related "hear, hearing; listen, listening" units: audio-; ausculto-.


Word Unit: Acoustics + (the study and applications of sound).

Word Unit: -acrasy, -acrasia, -acratia + (Greek: weakness, weak; powerless; incontinence, lack of control; impotent).

Word Unit: acrido-, acrid-, acris- (Greek: grasshopper).

Word Unit: Acridophagy + (eating grasshoppers, locusts, and related insects).

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