tom

cut

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ton, ten

stretch; tone

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chir

hand

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A bird in the hand is worth more than two in the bush.

Chirp!

pod

foot

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cephal

head

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dactyl

finger; toe

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gloss; glott; glot

tongue; language

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osteo

bone

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derm, dermat

skin

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Dumbo is a pachyderm.

plas, plasm, plast

mold; shape; form

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pachy

thick

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tauto

same

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algia, algy

pain

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itis

inflammation

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machy, -machia

war; fight

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Telemachus did this with Odysseus.

atom

Smallest particle of matter that cannot be cut

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not cut

osteotomy

Surgical cutting and removal of bone

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bone cut

monotone

Vocal utterance in one unvaried tone

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one tone

chirography

Penmanship; handwriting

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handwrite

cephalopod

Mollusks with tentacles aroundthe head

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headfoot

chiromancy

foretelling of future by reading palm or hand

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handprophecy

cephalalgia

headache

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headpain

dactylology

Sign language

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finger

polyglot

One who speaks several or many languages

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manylanguage

pachyderm

thick skinned

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thickskin

dermatitis

Inflammation of the skin

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skininflammation

hypodermic

Under the skin

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underskin

plastic

capable of being molded

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mold, shape, form, substance

tautology

Needless repetition; saying the same thing over and over

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same

logomachy

fight or battle using words

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word; speech

War; fight