U-Z Root Words

Front 1

Ucler

Back 1

Open sore

Front 2

Ulna

Back 2

Bone in the arm

Front 3

Umbilic

Back 3

The navel (something depressed)

Hint 3

Umbilical cord, umbilcate

Front 4

Vacc

Back 4

Cow

Hint 4

Vaccine

Front 5

Val

Back 5

To be strong, well

Hint 5

Invalid

Front 6

Valv

Back 6

Folding doors

Hint 6

Valve, bivalve

Front 7

Vas

Back 7

Vessel

Hint 7

Vascular, vasodilation, vas deferens

Front 8

Ven

Back 8

Poison

Hint 8

Venom, antivenom

Front 9

Verm

Back 9

Worm

Hint 9

Vermin, vermiform appendix

Front 10

Vert, vers, verg

Back 10

Turn

Hint 10

Introvert, invert, converge, conversion

Front 11

Vertebr

Back 11

Joint

Hint 11

Vertebra

Front 12

Vesic

Back 12

Bladder, sac

Hint 12

Vesicle, vesicourethral

Front 13

Vestig

Back 13

Trace

Hint 13

Vestigial organ

Front 14

Vill

Back 14

Hair

Hint 14

Villus, villi, villose

Front 15

Vir

Back 15

Poison

Hint 15

Virus, virulent

Front 16

Visc

Back 16

Sticky, slimy

Hint 16

Viscous, viscosity

Front 17

Vit, vi

Back 17

Life

Hint 17

Viable, vital

Front 18

Viv

Back 18

Life

Hint 18

Viviparous, vivacious, vivisection

Front 19

Vitr

Back 19

Glass

Hint 19

Vitreous humor, in vitro

Front 20

Volv, volu

Back 20

To roll

Hint 20

Evolve, revolve, convoluted, volvox

Front 21

Vor

Back 21

Eat

Hint 21

Herbivore

Front 22

Womb

Back 22

Belly

Front 23

Wrist

Back 23

Twist

Front 24

Xen

Back 24

Foreign, stranger

Hint 24

Xenophobia

Front 25

Xer

Back 25

Dry

Hint 25

Xerophyte, xeroderma

Front 26

Xyl

Back 26

Wood

Hint 26

Xylem, xylophagus

Front 27

Zoo

Back 27

Animal

Hint 27

Zoology

Front 28

Zyg

Back 28

Yoked, joined, union

Hint 28

Zygote

Front 29

Zyme

Back 29

Ferment, leaven

Hint 29

Enzyme, lysozyme, zymase