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 |
|---|---|
| nephria | medical, Bright's disease of the kidney |
| nephrocele | medical, hernia of the kidney |
| nephrocoele | embryology, cavity of the nephrotome |
| nephrocolopexy | surgery, fixation of kidney and colon |
| nephrocoloptosis | medical, sagging of kidney and colon |
| nephrocystitis | medical, inflammation of kidney and bladder |
| nephrocystosis | medical, cyst formation in the kidney |
| nephrodinic | zoology, gametes voided by the nephridium |
| nephroerysipelas | medical, erysipelas affecting the kidney |
| nephrogastric | anatomy, of the kidney and stomach |
| nephrogonaduct | zoology, duct serving kidney and gonad |
| nephrohydrosis | medical, hydronephrosis |
| nephrohypertrophy | medical, enlargement of the kidney |
| nephrolithosis | medical, formation of kidney stones |
| nephrolysin | medical, a lysin destroying kidney cells |
| nephrolysis | medical, destruction of kidney cells |
| nephrolytic | medical, of nephrolysis |
| nephromalacia | medical, softening of the kidney |
| nephromere | embryology, the nephrotome segment |
| nephroncus | medical, tumor of the kidney |
| nephroparalysis | medical, paralysis of the kidney |
| nephrophthisis | medical, tuberculosis of the kidney |
| nephroptosia | medical, downward displacement of the kidney |
| nephropyeloplasty | surgery, repair of the renal pelvis |
| nephrorrhagia | medical, hemorrhage from the kidney |
| nephrostoma | zoology, funnel opening of a nephridium |
| nephrostomial | zoology, of a nephrostome |
| nephrostomous | zoology, having a nephrostome |
| nephrotomise | surgery, to perform nephrotomy |
| nephrotuberculosis | medical, tuberculosis of the kidney |
| nephrotyphoid | medical, typhoid with kidney involvement |
| nephrotyphus | medical, typhus with nephritis |
| nephrozymosis | medical, infective kidney disease |
| nereidiform | zoology, shaped like a Nereis worm |
| nereidous | zoology, of the Nereidae, marine worms |
| nereite | paleontology, fossil worm trail (Nereites) |
| neritoid | zoology, resembling the mollusc Nerita |
| nerterology | the study of the dead or the underworld |
| nerviduct | anatomy, a channel conveying a nerve |
| nervimotor | physiology, of motion caused by nerves |
| nervism | physiology, doctrine of nervous control |
| nervosanguineous | medical, of the nerves and the blood |
| nesiot | biology, island-dwelling (Gr. nesos) |
| nestorine | ornithology, of the parrot genus Nestor |
| neumatize | music, to set to neumes |
| neuradynamia | medical, nervous debility |
| neurapophyseal | anatomy, of the neurapophysis |
| neurarthropathy | medical, joint disease of nervous origin |
| neurataxia | medical, nervous instability |
| neurataxy | medical, nervous instability |
| neuratrophia | medical, atrophy of the nerves |
| neuratrophic | medical, of nerve atrophy |
| neuratrophy | medical, atrophy of the nerves |
| neuraxitis | medical, inflammation of the neuraxis |
| neurectasia | surgery, stretching of a nerve |
| neurectasis | surgery, stretching of a nerve |
| neurectasy | surgery, stretching of a nerve |
| neurectome | surgery, instrument for excising a nerve |
| neurectomic | surgery, of neurectomy |
| neurectopia | medical, displacement of a nerve |
| neurectopy | medical, displacement of a nerve |
| neurergic | physiology, of nerve action |
| neurexairesis | surgery, avulsion of a nerve |
| neurhypnotist | practitioner of neurhypnotism, hypnotism |
| neuriatry | medical, treatment of nervous disease |
| neurocanal | anatomy, the neural canal of a vertebra |
| neurocele | anatomy, cavity of the nervous system |
| neurocelian | anatomy, of the neurocele |
| neurocental | anatomy, between neural arch and centrum |
| neurochitin | zoology, chitin of nerve sheaths |
| neurochondrite | zoology, cartilage of the neural arch |
| neurochorioretinitis | medical, inflammation of nerve, choroid, retina |
| neurocirculator | medical, of nervous control of circulation |
| neurocity | physiology, nerve force |
| neuroclonic | medical, of nervous clonic spasm |
| neurocoelian | anatomy, of the neurocoele |
| neurocrinism | medical, doctrine of nerve secretion |
| neurodendrite | anatomy, dendrite of a nerve cell |
| neurodendron | anatomy, dendritic process of a neuron |
| neurofil | anatomy, the neurofibrillar network |
| neurogastralgia | medical, nervous pain in the stomach |
| neurogastric | anatomy, of the nerves of the stomach |
| neurogenous | medical, arising in nerve tissue |
| neurogrammic | psychology, of the neurogram, a memory trace |
| neurokyme | physiology, the nerve-impulse wave |
| neuroleptoanalgesia | medical, sedation plus analgesia by drugs |
| neuromalacia | medical, softening of nerve tissue |
| neuromalakia | medical, softening of nerve tissue |
| neuromerism | anatomy, segmentation of the nervous system |
| neuromerous | anatomy, of neuromeres |
| neuronism | the neuron doctrine |
| neuronist | adherent of the neuron doctrine |
| neuronym | anatomy, a name in nerve nomenclature |
| neurophagy | medical, phagocytosis of nerve cells |
| neurophil | medical, having affinity for nerve tissue |
| neuroplasmatic | biology, of neuroplasm |
| neuroplexus | anatomy, a plexus of nerves |
| neurorthopteran | entomology, of the Neurorthoptera |
| neurorthopterous | entomology, of the Neurorthoptera |
| neurosclerosis | medical, hardening of nerve tissue |
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