Children's Literature
Three of his most popular books for kids include James and the Giant Peach, The Fantastic Mr. Fox, and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.
ot 7th & not 9th, but the ordinal one in between
E-I-G-H-T-H
Meaning "in place of", this prefix is found in front of "roy" & "principal"
vice
The plant & animal life of a certain region are given the corresponding terms flora & this
fauna
Sometimes combined with "guess", it means to calculate approximately the amount of something
estimate
This Hugh Lofting doctor lives in the fictional English village of Puddleby-on-the-Marsh.
Dr. Dolittle
The element we need to breathe to survive
O-X-Y-G-E-N
When spelled with an "E" at the end, this 4-letter prefix means "before"; with an "I" at the end, it means "opposite"
ante (anti)
An open-handed blow, or a turned-up fold on a trouser leg
cuff
From Greek for "existing at the same time", it's to match one's actions to the timing of another's
synchronize
She's a magical nanny to Jane and Michael Banks.
Mary Poppins
The second month of the year
F-E-B-R-U-A-R-Y
"Vivi-" derives from a word meaning this in Latin, so vivisepulture means burying something that way
alive
It's the name of the device that helps a musician keep the beat, like clockwork
a metronome
Lyft says "45% of Americans have a gig on the side to" do this to their income
supplement
Who said: "Fee-fi-fo-fum! I smell the blood of and Englishman; be he alive, or be he dead, I'll grind his bones to make my bread."
The giant in Jack and the Beanstalk
The written note from a doctor to a pharmacist telling what medicine you need
P-R-E-S-C-R-I-P-T-I-O-N
Originally attached to a word that ended "-netic", this 5-letter prefix now fronts words dealing with futuristic concepts
cyber
It can describe a fast & furious courtship or a spiraling current of air
a whirlwind
In psychology, to contribute to a loved one's pathological behavior
enable
This kiddie book character "monkeys around" with the Man in the Yellow Hat.
Curious George
It sounds exactly like the name of a great lake, but it means weird or uncanny
E-E-R-I-E
It's a little confusing, but the fifth book of the Bible begins with this prefix meaning "second"
deutero
In business it's defined as the practice of giving better jobs & higher pay to relatives
nepotism
An alternate term for a crossroads takes its name in part from this verb meaning what happens when 2 lines cross each other
intersect