Vocabulary: Parts of the Body CORP=body PED/POD=foot MAN=hand CARD/COUR=heart DENT/DONT=teeth www.wordcentral.com

CORPSE NOUN a dead body

CORPS sounds like “core” NOUN An organized group of people working together under one direction

CORPORATION NOUN An organized group of people working together as in a business; group functions as one whole

CORPULENT ADJECTIVE Very fat; obese

Corpus Christi, Texas

pedal NOUN a lever worked by the foot, like the pedal on a bike VERB To use or work the pedals of something

pedestrian NOUN A person who travels about on foot; a walker

peddler NOUN Someone who travels about on foot selling things from a cart or wagon

podiatrist NOUN A doctor who specializes in treatment of the foot

manual ADJECTIVE Worked or operated by hand

manufacture VERB To make or create something by hand or, in modern times, machinery

manacles NOUN Old-fashioned word for handcuffs

emancipate VERB To free from someone else’s power or control ex: Abraham Lincoln emancipated the slaves.

cardiology NOUN The study of the heart (like medicine!)

cardiac ADJECTIVE Related to the heart Example: cardiac arrest—heart stops!

cardinal NOUN A bright red bird; state bird of Virginia

courage NOUN bravery; ability (having the heart) to carry on even when you are terrified French=coeur=heart

dental ADJECTIVE Relating to the teeth

orthodontist NOUN A doctor who specializes in teeth and their placement in the mouth

indent VERB To set in from the margin; tooth-like notches in something

dentures NOUN Set of fake teeth