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Word Unit: dacryo-, dacry- + (Greek: tear, tears; the tear-gland).

Related "tear, tears" word unit: lacrimo-.

Word Unit: dactylo-, dactyl-, dactylio-, -dactyl, -dactyla, -dactylia, -dactylic, -dactylism, -dactyloid, -dactylous, -dactyly + (Greek: finger, toe).

Cross references directly, or indirectly, involving the "toes" and "fingers": digit-; hallu-; phalang-.

Word Unit: Dactylography (examination of fingerprints for identification purposes).

Word Unit: Daily Quiz (quiz challenge).

Word Unit: damn-, demn- (Latin: to harm, damage, loss; sentence to punishment, doom; worthy of condemnation).

Word Unit: dasy- + (Greek: thick, shaggy, hairy, dense).

Word Unit: dat-, dow-, don-, dit- (Greek > Latin: dare, to give, given; to grant, to offer).

This unit of "give, gift" words is directly related to these other "give, gift" dos-, dot- words.

Word Unit: de- (Latin: from, away from, off; wholly, entirely, utterly, complete; reverse the action of, undo; the negation or reversal of the notion expressed in the primary word).

Word Unit: deca- [DEK uh], dec-, deka-, dek- (Greek: ten; a decimal prefix used in the international metric system for measurements).

Word Unit: decem-, decim-, deci-, dec- (Latin: ten; also, a decimal prefix used in the international metric system for measurements).

Word Unit: decibels (Latin: "ten" plus "bel" [Alexander Graham Bell]; a list of decibel levels and the examples that show the various decibel scales).

Word Unit: decor- (Latin: proper, dignified, fitting, seemly; ornament, dignity).

Word Unit: dei-, div- + (Latin: God, god [deity, divine nature]).

Related religious-word units: church; ecclesi-; fanati-; hiero-; idol-; -olatry; theo-; zelo-.

Word Unit: deipno-, deipn- (Greek: dinner; dining).

Word Unit: dele-, deli- + (Latin: to destroy, to efface, to abolish, to obliterate).

Word Unit: deleter-, deleteri- + (Greek: to harm, to damage; destroyer).

Word Unit: deliri- (Latin: madness; crazy, rave, deranged; literally, to go off the furrow; from delirare, "to turn aside from the furrow", whence arose the meanings "to deviate, to become deranged, to be crazy, or to be delirious").

Inter-related cross references, directly or indirectly, involving the "mind, mental" word units: anima-; anxi-; hallucina-; menti-; moro-; noo-; nous; phreno-; psych-; thymo-².

Word Unit: delo-, del- (Greek: visible, clear, clearly seen; obvious).

Word Unit: delt-, delto- + (Greek: writing-tablet).

Word Unit: delta, delt- (Greek: triangular; fourth letter [Δ] of the Greek alphabet).

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