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

Word Unit: dolo-, dol- + (Greek > Latin: guile, deceit, deception).

Word Unit: doloro-, dolor-, dolori- , dol- + (Latin: to feel pain, to grieve; sorrow, grief, mourning).

Cross references related to "pain, hurt; suffering, injury" word families: -agra; algesi-; algo-; angina-; Masochism; noci-; odyno-; poen-; pono- (toil, work; pain); Sadism.


Word Unit: dom-, domo-, domat-, domato- + (Greek > Latin: house, home ["master, lord" of the house]).

Related "home; house" word units: ecdemo-; eco-; nosto-.

Cross references of word families related directly, or indirectly, to: "master, lead, leading, ruler, ruling, govern": -agogic; agon-; arch-; -crat; gov-; magist-; poten-; regi-; tyran-.


Word Unit: dorm-, dormi- + (Latin: sleep, sleeping).

Related "sleep" units: hypno-; letho-; narco-; oneiro- (dream); somni-; sopor-.


Word Unit: dorso-, dors-, dorsi-, -dorsal (Latin: back, on the back, pertaining to the back, near the back).

Word families with similar applications: "back, backside" word units: lumbo- (loin, lower back); nuch- (nape of the neck); pygo- (rump, rear end, back side).


Word Unit: dos-, dot- + (Greek > Latin: to give; a giving, a gift).

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


Word Unit: Doublespeak, Doubletalk, et cetera (euphemisms, question-begging, declarifications, and cloudy vagueness sometimes designed to make lies sound truthful).

Word Unit: doul-, dulo-, dul- (Greek: slave, servile, slavish; servitude; serving).

Word Unit: dox-, -doxy, dog-, dogma-, dogmato- (Greek: believe, belief; that which is thought to be true; opinion, doctrine, decree; praise; confidence).

Cross references of word families that are related directly, or indirectly, to: "faith, trust; faithful, trusting; believe, belief": cred-; fid-.


Word Unit: draco-, drac- (Greek > Latin: dragon; a kind of serpent; a kind of fish).

Word Unit: Dracunculiasis or Guinea worm infestation ("affliction with little dragons" or "empty granary").

A cross reference of other word family units that are related directly, or indirectly, with: "insects, bugs, worms; invertebrates": aphidi-; api-; ascari-; culci-; Dung Beetle Survival; Dung Beetles Important; Eating Worms; entomo-; formic-; helmintho-; insecto-; Insects: Importance; isopter-; larvi-; lepidopter-; meliss-; mosquito; Mosquito, other Languages; Mosquitoes, Pt. 1; Mosquitoes, Pt. 2; myrmeco-; scarab; scoleco-; sphec-; taeni-; termit-; vermo-.


Word Unit: drama- (Greek > Late Latin: to do, to accomplish).

Word Unit: drepano-, drepan- + (Greek: sickle).

Word Unit: dromo-, drom-, -drome, -dromic, -dromical, -dromous (Greek: running, course; race, racecourse).

Word Unit: droso-, dros- (Greek: dew).

Word Unit: dry-, dryo- + (Greek: oak tree; by extension, "tree").

Word Unit: duc-, -duce, -duct, -ducent, -ductor, -duction, -ductive, -ducer, -ducement, -ducation + (Latin: to lead, leading; bringing; to take; to draw along or out).

Cross references of word families related to "bear, carry, bring": -fer; ger-; later-, -lation; phoro-; port-.


Word Unit: dulci-, dulc- (Latin: sweet, pleasant, charming).

Word Unit: Dung Beetle Survival Is Essential (Animal health and dung beetle health: they are both vital).

A cross reference of other word family units that are related directly, or indirectly, with: "insects, bugs, worms; invertebrates": aphidi-; api-; ascari-; culci-; Dung Beetles Important; Eating Worms; entomo-; formic-; Guinea worms; helmintho-; insecto-; Insects: Importance; isopter-; larvi-; lepidopter-; meliss-; mosquito; Mosquito, other Languages; Mosquitoes, Pt. 1; Mosquitoes, Pt. 2; myrmeco-; scarab; scoleco-; sphec-; taeni-; termit-; vermo-.


A cross reference of other word family units that are related directly, or indirectly, with: "insects, bugs, worms; invertebrates": aphidi-; api-; ascari-; culci-; Dung Beetle Survival; Eating Worms; entomo-; formic-; Guinea worms; helmintho-; insecto-; Insects: Importance; isopter-; larvi-; lepidopter-; meliss-; mosquito; Mosquito, other Languages; Mosquitoes, Pt. 1; Mosquitoes, Pt. 2; myrmeco-; scarab; scoleco-; sphec-; taeni-; termit-; vermo-.


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