Real Words Without Definition
This one is a judgement call.
A scientific or medical word built out of Greek and Latin roots. This is the biggest group in the list, about a third of everything.
Medicine gives us anconitis, inflammation of the elbow, and adenalgy, pain in a gland. Chemistry gives us acetylsalicylic. Anatomy, botany and zoology all do the same thing.
Once you know the roots they are completely predictable, which is why no dictionary lists them all. You can keep making new ones forever.
18,355 words · sorted A to Z · each with a line on why it is here
Matches the word itself, not the note beside it. Case does not matter.
| Word, sorted Z to A | Field and meaning |
|---|---|
| myonosus | medical, any muscle disease |
| myopachynsis | medical, thickening of muscle |
| myoparalysis | medical, muscular paralysis |
| myoparesis | medical, slight muscular paralysis |
| myoperitonitis | medical, inflam. of muscle and peritoneum |
| myophorous | zoology, muscle-bearing |
| myopolar | physiology, of muscle polarity |
| myoporad | botany, plant of the Myoporaceae |
| myoproteid | chemistry, proteid of muscle |
| myoproteose | chemistry, proteose from muscle |
| myosarcomatous | medical, of a myosarcoma |
| myosinose | chemistry, proteose from myosin |
| myospasmia | medical, spasm of muscle |
| myosuture | surgery, suture of a muscle |
| myosynizesis | medical, adhesion of muscles |
| myotacismus | speech defect, excessive use of m |
| myotenotomy | surgery, division of a muscle tendon |
| myothermic | physiology, of heat produced by muscle |
| myotonus | medical, tonic muscular spasm |
| myotony | medical, muscular tonus, myotonia |
| myriacanthous | zoology, many-spined |
| myriapodan | zoology, of the Myriapoda |
| myriapodous | zoology, many-footed, of Myriapoda |
| myricylic | chemistry, of myricyl (from beeswax) |
| myringodectomy | surgery, excision of the eardrum |
| myringodermatitis | medical, inflam. of the eardrum skin |
| myriophyllite | paleobotany, fossil of Myriophyllum type |
| myriophyllous | botany, having very many leaves |
| myriopodous | zoology, of the Myriopoda |
| myriosporous | botany, bearing very many spores |
| myriotrichiaceous | botany, of the Myriotrichiaceae |
| myristicivorous | zoology, nutmeg-eating |
| myrmecobiine | zoology, of the Myrmecobiinae |
| myrmecobine | zoology, of the genus Myrmecobius |
| myrmecophagine | zoology, of the anteaters |
| myrmecophagoid | zoology, resembling an anteater |
| myrmicid | zoology, ant of the family Myrmicidae |
| myrmicoid | zoology, resembling a myrmicid ant |
| myrmotherine | zoology, of the ant-thrushes Myrmotherinae |
| myrothamnaceous | botany, of the Myrothamnaceae |
| myrsinad | botany, plant of the Myrsinaceae |
| myrtal | botany, plant of the myrtle alliance |
| myrtol | chemistry, distillate of oil of myrtle |
| mysidean | zoology, of the Mysidae, opossum shrimps |
| mysoid | zoology, resembling Mysis, opossum shrimp |
| mystacine | zoology, moustached; of Mystacina bats |
| mystacinous | zoology, having a moustache-like band |
| mystacocete | zoology, a whalebone whale |
| mytilacean | zoology, of the Mytilacea |
| mytilaceous | zoology, mussel-like, of Mytilus |
| myxadenitis | medical, inflam. of a mucous gland |
| myxadenoma | medical, tumor of a mucous gland |
| myxaemia | medical, mucin in the blood |
| myxangitis | medical, inflam. of a mucous duct |
| myxedematoid | medical, resembling myxedema |
| myxemia | medical, mucin in the blood |
| myxobacteriaceous | botany, of the Myxobacteriaceae |
| myxoblastoma | medical, mucous blastoma |
| myxochondrosarcoma | medical, mixed mucous-cartilage sarcoma |
| myxocystoma | medical, cystic mucous tumor |
| myxocyte | histology, cell of mucous tissue |
| myxoenchondroma | medical, mucous enchondroma |
| myxogaster | botany, a slime mould of the Myxogastres |
| myxogastric | botany, of the Myxogastres |
| myxogastrous | botany, of the slime moulds |
| myxoglioma | medical, glioma with mucous change |
| myxoinoma | medical, mucous fibrous tumor |
| myxolipoma | medical, lipoma with mucous tissue |
| myxomyoma | medical, myoma with mucous tissue |
| myxoneuroma | medical, neuroma with mucous tissue |
| myxopapilloma | medical, papilloma with mucous tissue |
| myxophobia | medical, morbid dread of slime |
| myxophycean | botany, of the blue-green algae |
| myxopodan | zoology, of the Myxopoda |
| myxopodium | zoology, a slimy pseudopodium |
| myxopodous | zoology, having myxopodia |
| myxopoiesis | medical, formation of mucus |
| myxospongian | zoology, of the Myxospongiae |
| myxotheca | zoology, mucous investing sheath |
| myzodendraceous | botany, of the Myzodendraceae |
| myzont | zoology, a cyclostome, sucking fish |
| myzostomatous | zoology, of the Myzostomata |
| myzostomidan | zoology, a member of the Myzostomidae |
| myzostomous | zoology, of the myzostomes |
| naemorhedine | zoology, of the goral genus Naemorhedus |
| nanander | botany, a dwarf male plant |
| nanitic | entomology, dwarf, of first ant workers |
| nannander | botany, a dwarf male plant |
| nanninose | chemistry, a sugar (cf. manninose) |
| nannoplanktonic | biology, of nannoplankton, minute plankton |
| nanocephalism | medical, abnormal smallness of the head |
| nanomelous | medical, having abnormally small limbs |
| nanomelus | teratology, a dwarf-limbed monster |
| nanosoma | medical, dwarfism, small body |
| nanosomus | teratology, a dwarf |
| naphthalenesulphonic | chemistry, of naphthalenesulphonic acid |
| naphthalenoid | chemistry, resembling naphthalene |
| naphthamine | chemistry, a naphthalene-derived amine |
| naphthanthracene | chemistry, naphthalene-anthracene compound |
| naphthionate | chemistry, salt of naphthionic acid |
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