1. _bi_ mana, two
2. e man _cip_ ate, take
3. man _acle_, cuff
4. man _euver_, work
5. man (n) _er_, relating to
6. manu _al_, pert. to
7. manu _fact_ ory, make
8. manu _script_, write

1. _Bimana_ is a term applied to man as a special order of mammalia.
Animals having _two hands_.

2. To _emancipate_ a slave is to _take_ him _out_ of the _hands_ of
his master.

3. The word _manacle_ comes from _manicula_, which means _handcuff_.

4. Literally, _maneuver_ means a _working_ with the _hands_. To make
adroit and artful moves; as, of an army.

5. _Manner relates to_ the way of _handling_ or doing things.

6. _Manual._ Performed, made, or used by the _hands_; as manual labor,
manual arts.

#mater# = mother.

1. _alma_ mater, foster
2. matern _al_, pert. to
3. matern _ity_, state of being
4. matri _cide_, kill
5. metro _polis_, city
6. metropolit _an_, relating to
7. matron
8. matron _ly_, like

1. Literally, _alma mater_ means _foster mother_. It is applied by
students to the university or college in which they have been trained.

5. _Metropolis_ means _mother city_; the chief city of a state or
country. Chicago is the metropolis of Illinois.

6. _Metropolitan._ _Relating to_ the metropolis; as, a metropolitan
newspaper.

7. A _matron_ is a woman with _motherly_ duties; as the _matron_ of a
school or hospital.

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#able# = capable of, fit to be.

1. _ar_ able, plow
2. _cap_ able, take, hold
3. _dur_ able, last, hard
4. _lia_ ble, bind
5. _mut_ able, change
6. _laud_ able, praise
7. _port_ able, carry
8. _soci_ able, companion
9. _ten_ able, hold
10. _us_ able, use.

1. _Arable_ land is _capable_ of being _plowed_.

2. A _capable_ mind can _take_ and _hold_ ideas (understand and
remember).

4. One is _liable_ for a debt when legally _bound_ to pay it.

7. A _portable_ library is one fitted for being _carried_ from place
to place.

9. _Tenable_ ground for argument is ground which is _capable of_ being
_held_ or maintained.

#acy# = state of being, office of.

1. _celib_ acy, unmarried
2. _delic_ acy, pleasing
3. _magistr_ acy, master
4. _obdur_ acy, hard
5. _obstin_ acy, firmly set
6. _pap_ acy, pope
7. _intim_ acy, inmost
8. _intric_ acy, entangle

1. _Celibacy_ is the _state of being unmarried_; especially that of a
bachelor or of one bound by vows not to marry.

3. _Magistracy._ The _office of master_; of one clothed with powe