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 |
|---|---|
| oxycobaltammine | chemistry, a hydroxo-cobaltammine |
| oxycopaivic | chemistry, an acid from copaiba balsam |
| oxycoumarin | chemistry, hydroxycoumarin |
| oxycyanide | chemistry, an oxide-cyanide compound |
| oxydactyl | zoology, having sharp-pointed digits |
| oxydasic | biochemistry, of an oxydase (oxidase) |
| oxydiact | zoology, two-rayed pointed sponge spicule |
| oxyesthesia | medical, abnormally acute sensation |
| oxyether | chemistry, a hydroxy ether |
| oxyethyl | chemistry, the hydroxyethyl radical |
| oxyfatty | chemistry, of the hydroxy fatty acids |
| oxygas | an oxygen-fed gas flame |
| oxygenant | chemistry, an oxygenating agent |
| oxygenerator | an apparatus for generating oxygen |
| oxygenization | chemistry, the act of oxygenizing |
| oxygenizer | chemistry, an oxidizing agent |
| oxygeusia | medical, abnormally acute sense of taste |
| oxygonial | geometry, having acute angles |
| oxyhaematin | chemistry, oxidized haematin |
| oxyhaloid | chemistry, an oxygen-halogen compound |
| oxyhexactine | zoology, six-rayed pointed sponge spicule |
| oxyhydric | chemistry, of oxygen and hydrogen |
| oxyketone | chemistry, a hydroxy ketone |
| oxymandelic | chemistry, hydroxymandelic acid |
| oxynaphthoic | chemistry, hydroxynaphthoic acid |
| oxynarcotine | chemistry, oxidation product of narcotine |
| oxyneurin | chemistry, oxyneurine, betaine |
| oxyophitic | petrology, silica-rich ophitic rock |
| oxyosphresia | medical, abnormally acute sense of smell |
| oxypetalous | botany, having sharp-pointed petals |
| oxyphenyl | chemistry, the hydroxyphenyl radical |
| oxyphil | histology, an acid-staining cell |
| oxyphilous | biology, staining readily with acid dyes |
| oxyphony | medical, shrillness of the voice |
| oxyphosphate | chemistry, a basic phosphate |
| oxyphthalic | chemistry, hydroxyphthalic acid |
| oxyphyllous | botany, having sharp-pointed leaves |
| oxyphyte | botany, a plant of acid soils |
| oxypicric | chemistry, oxypicric or styphnic acid |
| oxypropionic | chemistry, hydroxypropionic (lactic) acid |
| oxyquinone | chemistry, a hydroxyquinone |
| oxyrhine | zoology, sharp-snouted |
| oxyrhinous | zoology, having a sharp snout |
| oxyrhynch | zoology, a sharp-snouted spider crab |
| oxyrhynchid | zoology, a crab of the Oxyrhyncha |
| oxyrrhynchid | zoology, one of the Oxyrrhyncha |
| oxysalicylic | chemistry, hydroxysalicylic acid |
| oxystearic | chemistry, hydroxystearic acid |
| oxystome | zoology, a crab of the Oxystomata |
| oxyterpene | chemistry, an oxygenated terpene |
| oxytocous | medical, hastening childbirth, oxytocic |
| oxytoluic | chemistry, hydroxytoluic (cresotic) acid |
| oxytylotate | zoology, having oxytylote spicules |
| oxytylote | zoology, spicule knobbed at one end |
| oxyurous | zoology, sharp-tailed |
| ozophene | pharmacy, a phenolic antiseptic preparation |
| ozotype | photography, a pigment printing process |
| pachyacria | medical, enlargement of the extremities |
| pachyaemia | medical, thickening of the blood |
| pachycarpous | botany, having a thick pericarp |
| pachycephal | zoology, a thick-skulled animal |
| pachycephalous | zoology, having a thick skull |
| pachychilia | medical, thickening of the lips |
| pachycholia | medical, thickening of the bile |
| pachychymia | medical, thickening of the humors |
| pachydactyl | zoology, thick-toed |
| pachydermateous | zoology, thick-skinned, pachydermatous |
| pachydermatoid | zoology, resembling a pachyderm |
| pachydermatosis | medical, thickening of the skin |
| pachyemia | medical, thickening of the blood |
| pachyglossal | zoology, thick-tongued |
| pachyglossate | zoology, thick-tongued |
| pachyglossous | zoology, thick-tongued |
| pachyhaemia | medical, thickening of the blood |
| pachyhaemic | medical, of thickened blood |
| pachyhaemous | medical, having thickened blood |
| pachyhematous | medical, having thickened blood |
| pachyhemia | medical, thickening of the blood |
| pachyhymenia | medical, thickening of a membrane |
| pachyhymenic | medical, of thickened membranes |
| pachymenic | medical, having thickened membranes |
| pachynathous | zoology, thick-jawed |
| pachynsis | medical, thickening of tissue |
| pachyotia | medical, thickness of the ears |
| pachyotous | zoology, thick-eared |
| pachyperitonitis | medical, peritonitis with thickening |
| pachypleuritic | medical, of pleural thickening |
| pachypodous | zoology, thick-footed |
| pachypterous | zoology, thick-winged |
| pachyrhynchous | zoology, thick-beaked |
| pachysalpingitis | medical, thickening of the Fallopian tube |
| pachysaurian | paleontology, of the thick-boned saurians |
| pachysomia | medical, abnormal thickening of the body |
| pachysomous | zoology, thick-bodied |
| pachystichous | botany, arranged in thick rows |
| pachytrichous | zoology, having thick hair |
| pachyvaginitis | medical, thickening of the vaginal wall |
| paedatrophia | medical, wasting disease of children |
| paedatrophy | medical, wasting disease of children |
| paedometrical | of paedometry, the measuring of children |
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