Irene 17 Posted December 16, 2016 Report Share Posted December 16, 2016 Each poster posts a word (in no particular order) in which the prefix denotes a number... The prefix can be repeated as many times as you wish. I will begin with: Bicycle (Bi = 2 ) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Belatucadrus 23 Posted December 16, 2016 Report Share Posted December 16, 2016 Tenacious ( Ten = 10 ) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Irene 17 Posted December 16, 2016 Author Report Share Posted December 16, 2016 2 hours ago, Belatucadrus said: Tenacious ( Ten = 10 ) Not exactly what I first intended, but what the hell, it's Christmas! We can make our own rules and use either the original prefix strategy intended, but also include the actual prefix of the written number. Below are the one's from the original 'thought', but please feel free to use either. These are slight variations to the ones you listed, mostly due to the difference of Greek and Latin prefixes: Number Greek- Latin ------ ----- ----- 1 mono- uni- 2 duo-/di- duo-/bi- 3 tri- tri- 4 tetra- quad- 5 penta- quint- 6 hex- sex- 7 hept- sept- 8 oct- oct- 9 ennea- non- 10 dec- dec- 20 icosa- vigint- 30 triaconta- trigint- 40 tetraconta- quadragint- 50 pentaconta- quinquagint- 60 hexaconta- sexagint- 70 heptaconta- septuagint- 80 octaconta- octogint- 90 enneaconta- nonagint- 100 hect - cent- Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Belatucadrus 23 Posted December 16, 2016 Report Share Posted December 16, 2016 OK Heptatonic - musical scale that has seven pitches per octave Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Irene 17 Posted December 17, 2016 Author Report Share Posted December 17, 2016 Monocle Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Belatucadrus 23 Posted December 17, 2016 Report Share Posted December 17, 2016 Hexapod - Animal with six legs Quote Link to post Share on other sites
-pops- 26 Posted December 17, 2016 Report Share Posted December 17, 2016 Octane - a hydrocarbon with a chain of eight carbon atoms per molecule. Used as a standard for assessing fuel efficiency for internal combustion engines. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Irene 17 Posted December 17, 2016 Author Report Share Posted December 17, 2016 Tripod Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Belatucadrus 23 Posted December 17, 2016 Report Share Posted December 17, 2016 A genuine Rodney Matthews tripod, had that on a calendar of his many moons ago. Monotreme - Egg laying mammal such as Echidna or Duck billed platypus. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
-pops- 26 Posted December 17, 2016 Report Share Posted December 17, 2016 Tricorn hat Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Belatucadrus 23 Posted December 17, 2016 Report Share Posted December 17, 2016 Icosahedron - twenty face polygon Quote Link to post Share on other sites
-pops- 26 Posted December 18, 2016 Report Share Posted December 18, 2016 Nonagenarian a person between 90 - 99 years old Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Belatucadrus 23 Posted December 18, 2016 Report Share Posted December 18, 2016 University Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Irene 17 Posted December 18, 2016 Author Report Share Posted December 18, 2016 Biplane Quote Link to post Share on other sites
-pops- 26 Posted December 18, 2016 Report Share Posted December 18, 2016 Triplane Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Belatucadrus 23 Posted December 18, 2016 Report Share Posted December 18, 2016 Sesquiplane - Sesqui a combined word meaning one and a half, refers to a biplane where the lower wing was about half the size of the upper Quote Link to post Share on other sites
-pops- 26 Posted December 18, 2016 Report Share Posted December 18, 2016 Biped - having two legs Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Irene 17 Posted December 18, 2016 Author Report Share Posted December 18, 2016 Triangle - having 3 sides Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Belatucadrus 23 Posted December 18, 2016 Report Share Posted December 18, 2016 Quinquereme - 5 tier ancient Greek / Carthaginian / Roman war galley Quote Link to post Share on other sites
-pops- 26 Posted December 19, 2016 Report Share Posted December 19, 2016 Trident A three pronged spear (as favoured by Neptune/Poseidon) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Irene 17 Posted December 19, 2016 Author Report Share Posted December 19, 2016 Centipede (100 legs) What goes 99-bonk? - A centipede with a wooden leg! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Belatucadrus 23 Posted December 19, 2016 Report Share Posted December 19, 2016 Monoclinius = Single horned Ceratopsian dinosaur. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
-pops- 26 Posted December 19, 2016 Report Share Posted December 19, 2016 Monotonous Having a single tone deverloped into meaning flat and boring as of a voice Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Belatucadrus 23 Posted December 19, 2016 Report Share Posted December 19, 2016 Unicycle - One wheeled pedal device used by clowns and pretentious twonks Quote Link to post Share on other sites
-pops- 26 Posted December 20, 2016 Report Share Posted December 20, 2016 Nonagon A nine sided polygon. To be consistent with pentagon, hexagon, etc., the name of this figure should be enneagon Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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