Prefixes/suffixes

Front 1

A/An-

Back 1

Not/Without

Hint 1

The shape is asymmetrical.

Front 2

Aero-

Back 2

Needing Oxygen

Hint 2

The car is aerodynamic.

Front 3

Anti-

Back 3

Against

Hint 3

I am an antiabortionist. I am against abortion.

Front 4

Bi-

Back 4

Two

Hint 4

The meeting is held biweekly, which will mean every other week.

Front 5

Bio-

Back 5

Life

Hint 5

A biography is a story of someones life.

Front 6

Centi-

Back 6

1/100

Hint 6

The worm is only 10 centimeters long.

Front 7

Chem-

Back 7

Chemistry

Hint 7

Chemicals can hurt your eyes.

Front 8

Chromo-

Back 8

Color

Hint 8

Chromogenic bacteria can grow chromogen.

Front 9

Com-

Back 9

Together

Hint 9

Things are very compact when they are close.

Front 10

Cyto-

Back 10

Cell

Hint 10

Cytoanalysis is when you study cell samples.

Front 11

Deca-

Back 11

10

Hint 11

A decade is 10 years.

Front 12

Deci-

Back 12

1/10

Hint 12

A decimeter would be one tenth of a meter.

Front 13

Epi-

Back 13

Over/Above

Hint 13

An epicenter is the point of the earth's surface, directly above the focus of an earthquake.

Front 14

Exo-/Ecto-/Extra

Back 14

Outside

Hint 14

Crabs have hard exoskeletons, which serves as a sort of armor.

Front 15

Geo-

Back 15

Earth

Hint 15

Geology would be the study of study of the earth.

Front 16

Hetero-

Back 16

Different

Hint 16

Heterosexual people take interest in the opposite gender.

Front 17

Homo-/Homeo-

Back 17

Same

Hint 17

A homosexual takes interest in the same gender as him/herself.

Front 18

Hydro-

Back 18

Water

Hint 18

I visited the hydroelectric dam.

Front 19

Hypo-

Back 19

Below

Hint 19

Hypoallergenic material has a small chance of making you have an allergic reaction.

Front 20

Inter-

Back 20

Between

Hint 20

To intercept something would be to come between it and it's destination.

Front 21

Intra-

Back 21

Within

Hint 21

The intraocular part of the eye is the inside part of the eye.

Front 22

Lys-

Back 22

To break apart

Hint 22

Lysis is getting rid of a disease gradually, not abruptly.

Front 23

Iso-

Back 23

Same

Hint 23

Isoantigen is a type of antigen which is only present in a subset of species.

Front 24

Kilo-

Back 24

1000

Hint 24

A kilometer has 1000 meters.

Front 25

Macro-

Back 25

Large

Hint 25

Macroeconomics focuses on large scale or general economic factors, such as interest rates and natural productivity.

Front 26

Micro-

Back 26

Small

Front 27

Mid-

Back 27

Center

Front 28

Milli-

Back 28

1/1000

Front 29

-ology

Back 29

The study of

Front 30

-osis

Back 30

Condition

Front 31

Intra-

Back 31

Within

Front 32

Lys-

Back 32

To break apart

Front 33

Iso-

Back 33

Same

Front 34

Kilo-

Back 34

1000

Front 35

Macro-

Back 35

Large

Front 36

Micro-

Back 36

Small

Hint 36

A microscope can look at very small objects.

Front 37

Mid-

Back 37

Center

Front 38

Milli-

Back 38

1/1000

Front 39

-ology

Back 39

The study of

Hint 39

Biology is the study of life.

Front 40

-osis

Back 40

Condition

Front 41

Penta-

Back 41

Five

Hint 41

A pentagon has five sides.

Front 42

Photo-

Back 42

Light

Front 43

Pod-/Ped-

Back 43

Foot

Hint 43

A pedal is pushed by your foot.

Front 44

Quad-

Back 44

Four

Hint 44

A quadrangle has four sides.

Front 45

Static/Stasis

Back 45

Stationary

Front 46

Sub-

Back 46

Below/Underneath

Front 47

Super-

Back 47

Above

Front 48

Sym-/Syn-

Back 48

Put Together

Front 49

Them-

Back 49

Heat

Front 50

Trans-

Back 50

Across