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Dictionary List of "B" words.

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English vocabulary words from Latin Greek etymologies and their prefixes and roots.

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Words: baro-, -bary (Greek: weight, heavy; atmospheric pressure; a combining form meaning “pressure”, as in barotaxis, or sometimes “weight”, as in baromacrometer). In an extended sense, these elements may mean “difficult, slow”.

baro-, bary- : words, "abarognosis" to "thermobarograph".

Words: bentho-, benth- (Greek: deep; the fauna and flora of the bottom of the sea; sea bottom; depth [by extension, this element includes lake, river, and stream bottoms]).
bentho-, benth- : words, "abyssobenthic" to "zoobenthos".

Words: berserk berserkr- (Old Norse: literally, “bear’s skin”; a Norse-myth warrior).
berserk : words, "berserk" to "berserkly".

Words: biblio-, bibli- (Greek: book).
biblio-, bibli- , part 1 of 3: words, "Bible" to "bibliography".
biblio-, bibli- , part 2 of 3: words, "biblioklept" and "bibliokleptomania" including "monastery-library thefts".
biblio-, bibli- , part 3 of 3: words, "bibliokleptomaniac" to "unbiblical".

Words: bio-, -biotic (Greek: life; living, live, alive).
bio-, -biotic , part 1 of 20: words, "abiocoen" to "Amphibion".
bio-, -biotic , part 2 of 20: words, "amphibiosis" to "autobiosphere".
bio-, -biotic , part 3 of 20: words, "bioaccumulation" to "biochrome".
bio-, -biotic , part 4 of 20: words, "biochron" to "biodynamics".
bio-, -biotic , part 5 of 20: words, "bioecologist" to "biofraud".
bio-, -biotic , part 6 of 20: words, "biofuel" to "biogravics".
bio-, -biotic , part 7 of 20: words, "biohacker" to "biolistics".
bio-, -biotic , part 8 of 20: words, "biolite" to "biolytic".
bio-, -biotic , part 9 of 20: words, "abiocoen" to "Amphibion".
bio-, -biotic , part 10 of 20: words, "biometrics" to "bionomics".
bio-, -biotic , part 11 of 20: words, "bionic" to "biophylaxis".
bio-, -biotic , part 12 of 20: words, "biophysics" to "biopyoculture".
bio-, -biotic , part 13 of 20: words, "biorational" to "biosomes".
bio-, -biotic , part 14 of 20: words, "biosonar" to "biotaxy".
bio-, -biotic , part 15 of 20: words, "biotechnology" to "biozone".
bio-, -biotic , part 16 of 20: words, "calobiosis" to "eremobiontic".
bio-, -biotic , part 17 of 20: words, "eubiosphere" to "hypobiosis".
bio-, -biotic , part 18 of 20: words, "i-biology" to "myrmecosymbiosis".
bio-, -biotic , part 19 of 20: words, "necrobiosis" to "stenobiontic".
bio-, -biotic , part 20 of 20: words, "symbiosis" to "zoobiosis".
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Words: brevi-, brev- (Latin: short; shorten).
brevi-, brev- : words, "abbreviate" to "unabridged".

Words: broma- (Greek > Latin: food).
broma- : words, "abros" to "bromatotoxin".

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