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 |
|---|---|
| paedonymic | anthropology, a name taken from one's child |
| paedonymy | anthropology, naming a parent from the child |
| paedotribe | Gk. antiquity, a gymnastic trainer |
| paedotrophist | medical, an expert in rearing children |
| pagiopod | zoology, a bug of the Pagiopoda |
| pagoscope | meteorology, an instrument showing frost |
| pagurian | zoology, a hermit crab |
| pagurine | zoology, of the hermit crabs |
| paisanite | petrology, a quartz-riebeckite dike rock |
| palaeechinoid | paleontology, a fossil echinoid |
| palaeechinoidean | paleontology, of the Palaeechinoidea |
| palaeentomology | paleontology, study of fossil insects |
| palaeethnologic | of palaeoethnology, prehistoric peoples |
| palaeethnologist | a student of prehistoric peoples |
| palaeethnology | the study of prehistoric peoples |
| palaeic | geology, of an ancient land surface |
| palaeichthyan | zoology, a fish of the Palaeichthyes |
| palaeichthyic | zoology, of the Palaeichthyes |
| palaeoanthropography | the description of early man |
| palaeoatavism | biology, reversion to a remote ancestor |
| palaeoatavistic | biology, of palaeoatavism |
| palaeochorology | study of past geographic distribution |
| palaeocosmic | geology, of the ancient world, palaeolithic |
| palaeocosmology | the cosmology of ancient peoples |
| palaeocrystal | geology, of ancient polar ice |
| palaeocrystallic | geology, of ancient polar ice |
| palaeocrystalline | geology, of ancient crystalline rocks |
| palaeocyclic | geology, of an ancient cycle |
| palaeodendrologic | of the study of fossil trees |
| palaeodendrological | of palaeodendrology |
| palaeodendrologist | a student of fossil trees |
| palaeodendrology | the study of fossil trees |
| palaeodictyopteran | entomology, of the Palaeodictyoptera |
| palaeodictyopteron | entomology, one of the Palaeodictyoptera |
| palaeodictyopterous | entomology, of the Palaeodictyoptera |
| palaeoencephala | anatomy, the ancient parts of the brain |
| palaeoentomologic | of the study of fossil insects |
| palaeoeremology | the study of ancient deserts |
| palaeoethnic | of prehistoric races of men |
| palaeogaean | zoogeography, of the Old World realm |
| palaeogenesis | biology, appearance of ancestral characters |
| palaeoglyph | archaeology, an ancient rock carving |
| palaeognathic | ornithology, of the ratite palate |
| palaeolithoid | archaeology, like palaeolithic implements |
| palaeolithy | archaeology, the palaeolithic condition |
| palaeometallic | archaeology, of the earliest metal age |
| palaeonemertine | zoology, of the Palaeonemertea worms |
| palaeophysiography | geology, physiography of past epochs |
| palaeopotamology | geology, study of ancient rivers |
| palaeopsychic | psychology, of the primitive mind |
| palaeoptychology | geology, study of fossil impressions |
| palaeornithine | zoology, of the parrot subfamily Palaeornithinae |
| palaeornithology | study of fossil birds |
| palaeosophy | ancient learning or wisdom |
| palaeostracan | zoology, member of the Palaeostraca |
| palaeostriatal | anatomy, of the palaeostriatum |
| palaeostriatum | anatomy, primitive part of the corpus striatum |
| palaeostylic | zoology, of primitive jaw suspension |
| palaeostyly | zoology, primitive jaw suspension |
| palaeotechnic | of the early industrial age |
| palaeotherian | zoology, of Palaeotherium |
| palaeotheriodont | zoology, toothed like Palaeotherium |
| palaeotherioid | zoology, resembling Palaeotherium |
| palaeotheroid | zoology, resembling Palaeotherium |
| palamate | zoology, web-footed |
| palatinite | petrology, an augite-dolerite of the Palatinate |
| palatognathous | zoology, with palate joined to the jaw |
| palatoplegia | medical, paralysis of the soft palate |
| palatorrhaphy | surgery, suture of a cleft palate |
| palechinoid | zoology, of the fossil urchin Palechinus |
| paleentomology | study of fossil insects |
| paleethnographer | student of prehistoric ethnography |
| paleethnologic | of prehistoric ethnology |
| paleethnologist | student of prehistoric ethnology |
| paleichthyologic | of the study of fossil fishes |
| paleichthyologist | student of fossil fishes |
| paleiform | botany, shaped like a palea |
| paleoandesite | petrology, an ancient andesite |
| paleoanthropography | description of early man |
| paleoatavism | biology, reversion to an ancient type |
| paleoatavistic | biology, of paleoatavism |
| paleochorologist | student of past distribution of organisms |
| paleochorology | study of past distribution of organisms |
| paleoclimatologic | geology, of paleoclimatology |
| paleocosmic | geology, of the ancient world |
| paleocosmology | study of the ancient universe |
| paleocrystal | geology, of ancient polar ice |
| paleocrystallic | geology, of ancient polar ice |
| paleocrystalline | geology, anciently crystallized |
| paleocyclic | geology, of ancient cycles |
| paleodendrologic | of the study of fossil trees |
| paleodendrological | of the study of fossil trees |
| paleodendrologically | adverb of paleodendrological |
| paleodendrologist | student of fossil trees |
| paleodendrology | study of fossil trees |
| paleoentomologic | of the study of fossil insects |
| paleoeremology | study of ancient deserts |
| paleoethnic | of prehistoric races |
| paleogenesis | biology, ancestral course of development |
| paleoglaciologist | student of ancient glaciers |
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