18 B Stems
ORANGE
VAS
• vessel
Cardiovascular –
relating to the heart and
blood vessels.
https://www.youtube.co
m/watch?v=NF68qhyfc
oM
FORE
• front
Forehead – the front
part of the face above
the eyes.
ISH
• like
Squeamish – easily
made sick.
LESS
• without
Fruitless – without fruit;
not able to bear fruit,
barren.
***Some women might be referred
to as “fruitless”.
BARO
• pressure
Barometer - an
instrument that
measures the pressure
of the atmosphere to
determine possible
weather changes.
https://www.youtube.co
m/watch?v=GRxglLS1Y
WI
FERRO
• iron
Ferrous - of, relating to,
or containing iron.
QUASI
• somewhat
Quasi-military – somewhat
like the military.
Most police departments are
also quasi‐military
organizations. Police
officers wear uniforms, tote
guns, carry ranks (for
example, patrol officer,
sergeant, lieutenant, and
captain), and operate under
an authoritarian command
structure in which orders
flow one‐way—from the top
down.
http://www.cliffsnotes.com/moresubjects/criminal-justice/policefunction/police-organization
NESIA
• island
Polynesia - islands of
the central & South
Pacific.
LEPSY
• attack
Narcolepsy - is a sleep
disorder characterized
by overwhelming
drowsiness and sudden
attacks of sleep.
https://www.youtube.co
m/watch?v=Myaonferpl
k
LET
• little
Piglet – a little, young
pig.
https://www.youtube.co
m/watch?v=qcJ12ubswi
w
NANO
• billionth
Nanosecond - one
billionth of a second.
https://www.youtube.co
m/watch?v=Gfwls4dRV
Qo
PICO
• trillionth
Picosecond - one
trillionth of a second.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qVK3Z2aq
AvY
IDEO
• idea
Ideology – the study of
the science of ideas.