spec-, spic-, spect-, spectat-, spectro- -spectr, -spectful, -spection, -spective
(Latin: see, look; sight, appear; behold, examine)
spy
Suave, mari magno turbantibus aequora ventis, e terra magnum alterius spectare laborem.
It is pleasant when safe on the land to watch the great struggle of another out on a swelling sea, amid winds churning the deep. -Lucretius
sub specie
Under the appearance of.
suspect
1. To suppose to be true or probable; imagine.
2. To have doubts about; distrust.
3. To think (a person) guilty without proof; such as, one who is suspected of committing a crime.
suspicion
1. The act or an instance of suspecting a wrong, crime, or guilt, without sufficient evidence or proof.
2. The condition of being suspected, especially of wrongdoing.
3. Uncertainty, doubt.
4. A minute amount; a trace; such as, a suspicion of garlic.
suspicious
1. Arousing or apt to arouse suspicion; questionable.
2. Tending to suspect; distrustful.
3. Exhibiting suspicion; such as, a suspicious glance.
suspiciously
suspiciousness
telespectroscope
Tene mensuram et respice finem.
Be moderate, think of the consequences.
Motto of German Emperor Maximilian I (1493-1519).
transpicuous
Transparent; easily seen through or understood.
unauspicious
Inauspicious.
unauspiciously
Inauspiciously.
Cross references of word families that are related directly, or indirectly, to: "appear, visible, visual, manifest, show, see, reveal, look":
blep-;
delo-;
demonstra-;
opt-;
-orama;
pare-;
phanero-;
phant-;
pheno-;
scopo-;
vela-, veal-;
video-, visuo-.
Subscribe to this FREE Focusing on Words Newsletter