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5th Roots: man/ped
Term | Definition |
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biped | (n.) a creature with two feet |
centipede | (n.) a creature with 100 feet |
impediment | (n.) something that stands in one's way |
millipede | (n.) a creature with 1,000 feet |
pedal | (n.) a lever moved with one's foot |
peddler | (n.) a person who goes from door to door on foot trying to sell a product |
pedestrian | (n.) a person who walks across the street on foot |
pedicure | (n.) a foot treatment that could include soaking the feet and polishing the toenails |
quadruped | (n.) a four-footed creature |
tripod | (n.) a three-footed stand often used to balance a camera |
emancipate | (v.) to set free; to lend a hand in freeing someone; to release from someone else's hands |
manacles | (n.) handcuffs |
manager | (n.) a person who has the upper hand; a person who is in charge of someone or something |
mandate | (n.) an order or command placed in one's hands |
maneuver | (v.) to handily or skillfully go around something |
manicure | (n.) a treatment for the hands and nails |
manipulate | (v.) to skillfully operate by hand |
manual | (n.) a handbook; a book of directions |
manufacture | (v.) to make by hand or by machine; to change raw material into a new product |
manuscript | (n.) a handwritten or typed piece of writing, such as a book |