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15 Cards in this Set
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barometer
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(baros - weight/pressure) - device to measure air pressure
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phillumenist
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(lumen - light) - one who collects match covers
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phobophobia
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fear of fear itself
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photophobia
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(phobos - fear) fear of light
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autograph
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(autos - self) - to write one's own name
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zoophobia
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(zoon - animal) - fear of animals
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tropophilous
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(philia - love) - plants or trees which like a change or turning of seasons
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diameter
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(dia - through/across) - measuring across
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telethon
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a telephone fund raiser which runs on non-stop, as on the batte of Marathon
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phonogram
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(phono - sound) - writeen symbol for a sound
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photosynthesis
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(syn - together; thesis - putting) - a process of putting things together by using light
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thermotropism
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(thermos - heat) - turning toward heat (as cats do)
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toxikophobia
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(toxikos - poison) - fear of poison
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centimeter
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(centum - hundred) - one hundredth of a meter
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hologram
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(holos - complete) - a three-dimensional photograph of a whole object
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