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(leap back).
#semi# = half.
1. semicircle 2. semicolon 3. semidiameter 4. semilunar 5. semivowel 6.
semiweekly
#super# = over, above, beyond.
1. super annu ate, year 2. super cili ous, pride 3. super fic ial, face 4.
super flu
ous, flow 5. super natur al, nature 6. super numer ary, number
7. super pose, put 8. super script ion, write 9. super struct ure, build. 10.
super vise, see
1. A superannuate is one who has become impaired or disabled by
length of years. Specifically, one living beyond the years of active
service and allowed to retire on a pension.
2. Lofty with pride; overbearing. "A supercilious nabob of the east,

haughty and purse-proud."
3. Literally, not extending below (i. e. in depth beyond) the surface;
shallow. "She despised superficiality, and looked deeper than the color
of things."
4. Overflowing; more than is needed; as, a composition abounding with
superfluous words.
5. Being beyond or exceeding the powers of nature. Miracles were
performed by supernatural power.
6. Beyond a stated or required number; as, a supernumerary officer in a
regiment.
7. To put over or upon; as to superpose one rock upon another.
8. A superscription is a writing over or upon; especially an address on a
letter.
9. A superstructure is something built over something else; particularly
an edifice in relation to its foundation.
10. To oversee; as, to supervise the erection of a house.
#tri# = three.
1. tri angle, angle 2. tri cuspid, point 3. tri cycle, circle 4. tri dent, tooth
5. tri enni al, year 6. tri gam ist, marriage. 7. tri gon ometry, measure 8.
tri later al, side 9. tri nomi al, term 10. trio 11. tri pod, foot 12. tri sect,
cut 13. tri syllable, syllable 14. trium vir, man 15. tri une, one 16. tri via
l, way
2. A tricuspid tooth has three points.
4. A three-toothed or three-pronged spear. Specifically, a fishing spear.
"His nature is too noble for the world; He would not flatter Neptune for
his trident
, Or Jove for his power to thunder."

6. A trigamist is one who has been three times married; especially one
who has three wives or three husbands at the same time.
7. Trigonometry literally means three angle measure. That branch of
mathematics which treats of the relations of sides and angles of
triangles, and applies them to other figures.
9. A trinomial in algebra is a quantity consisting of three terms.
10. A trio is a musical composition in three parts.
11. A tripod has three feet or legs; as a three-legged table or stool, a
three-footed kettle or vase.
14. A triumvir is one of three men united in office; specifically in
ancient Rome.
15. The triune is three in one; the three-fold personality of one divine
being,--Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.
16. Trivial formerly meant, pertaining to three ways; where three ways
or roads cross; of the cross roads; hence, common, commonplace, such
as may be picked up anywhere; ordinary; trifling; of little worth.
#due# = lead, draw.
1. ab duct, away 2 ad duce, to 3. aque duct, water 4. con duct, with 5.
de duct, from 6. duct ile, capable of 7. duke, a leader 8. e duc ate, out 9.
in duce, into 10. in duce ment, that which 11. intro duce, into 12. pro
duce, forth 13. se duce, aside 14. re duce, back
1. To lead or carry away wrongfully and usually by force; to kidnap; as,
to abduct a child.
2. To lead or bring to; to bring forward or offer as an argument in a
case. "I too prize facts and shall adduce nothing else."
3. An aqueduct is a leadway or artificial channel for conveying water
.

4. A guide conducts a traveler when he goes with him and, in a sense,
leads him along a safe route.
5. To deduct is to take from; to draw away.
6. A ductile metal is one capable of being drawn into wire; as, copper,
platinum, steel, etc.
8. To develop mentally and morally by instruction. Educate literally
means to lead forth, to draw out.
11. An introduction is the initial step which leads people into one
another's acquaintance.
14. (1) To lead or bring back to a former state; as,
"It were but right And equal to reduce me to my dust."
(2) To bring to any specific state or form.
#fac, fact# = do, make.
(fec, fic, fy, fea, fash are variations.)
1. fact 2. fact ory, place where 3. facil ity, quality of 4. bene fact or,
good 5. manu fact ure, hand 6. ef fect, (ex.) out 7. per fect, thoroughly 8.
im perfect, not 9. arti ficial, skill 10. bene ficial, good 11. sacri fice,
sacred 12. paci fic, peace 13.