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 |
|---|---|
| paleoglyph | archaeology, an ancient carving |
| paleokinetic | physiology, of the primitive motor system |
| paleolatry | worship of antiquity |
| paleolithoid | archaeology, resembling Paleolithic work |
| paleolithy | archaeology, Paleolithic culture |
| paleomammologist | student of fossil mammals |
| paleomammology | study of fossil mammals |
| paleometallic | archaeology, of the early metal age |
| paleometeorologist | student of ancient weather |
| paleophysiography | geology, physiography of past epochs |
| paleophysiologist | student of ancient physiology |
| paleopicrite | petrology, an ancient picrite |
| paleopotamology | geology, study of ancient rivers |
| paleopsychic | psychology, of the primitive mind |
| paleostylic | zoology, of primitive jaw suspension |
| paleostyly | zoology, primitive jaw suspension |
| paleothalamus | anatomy, primitive part of the thalamus |
| paleoytterbium | chemistry, old name for a ytterbium fraction |
| paletiology | science explaining the past by present causes |
| palikinesia | medical, involuntary repetition of movements |
| palilogetic | rhetoric, of palilogy, repetition |
| palinopic | medical, of palinopia, recurring images |
| paliphrasia | medical, pathological repetition of phrases |
| palistrophia | medical, a turning back or repetition |
| palladammin | chemistry, a palladium-ammonia compound |
| palladammine | chemistry, a palladium ammine complex |
| palladinize | chemistry, to coat or charge with palladium |
| palladize | chemistry, to coat with palladium |
| palladodiammine | chemistry, a palladium diammine complex |
| palladosammine | chemistry, a palladous ammine complex |
| pallanesthesia | medical, loss of vibration sense |
| pallidiflorous | botany, pale-flowered |
| pallidipalpate | entomology, with pale palps |
| palliditarsate | entomology, with pale tarsi |
| pallidiventrate | entomology, with a pale belly |
| palliocardiac | zoology, of the mantle and heart |
| pallioessexite | petrology, a variety of essexite |
| palliopedal | zoology, of the mantle and foot |
| palliostratus | meteorology, old name for a cloud form |
| pallographic | of the pallograph, a vibration recorder |
| pallometric | medical, measuring vibration sense |
| palmanesthesia | medical, loss of vibratory sense |
| palmerite | mineralogy, a phosphate mineral |
| palmesthesia | medical, the sense of vibration |
| palmic | chemistry, of palmic acid from castor oil |
| palmicoleus | biology, growing on palm trees |
| palmilobate | botany, palmately lobed |
| palmilobated | botany, palmately lobed |
| palmilobed | botany, palmately lobed |
| palminervate | botany, palmately veined |
| palmitinic | chemistry, of palmitin |
| palmiveined | botany, palmately veined |
| palmodic | medical, of palmus, twitching |
| palmoscopy | medical, examination of the pulse |
| palmospasmus | medical, spasmodic twitching |
| palpulus | entomology, a minute palp |
| paludiferous | producing marshes or marshy ground |
| paludrin | pharmacy, the antimalarial proguanil |
| pamaquin | pharmacy, pamaquine, an antimalarial |
| pamphysic | philosophy, holding nature to be all |
| pamphysicism | philosophy, doctrine that nature is all |
| pampination | viticulture, pruning of vine shoots |
| pampinocele | medical, varicocele of the pampiniform plexus |
| pamprodactylism | zoology, having all toes turned forward |
| panapospory | botany, complete apospory |
| panautomorphic | petrology, wholly automorphic |
| panclastic | explosives, of the panclastite class |
| pancreatemphraxis | medical, obstruction of the pancreas |
| pancreathelcosis | medical, ulceration of the pancreas |
| pancreaticoduodenostomy | surgery, pancreas joined to duodenum |
| pancreatism | medical, doctrine of pancreatic function |
| pancreatization | medical, digestion by pancreatic extract |
| pancreatize | medical, to treat with pancreatic enzymes |
| pancreatoenterostomy | surgery, pancreas joined to intestine |
| pancreatogenous | medical, arising in the pancreas |
| pancreatoid | medical, resembling pancreatic tissue |
| pancreatolipase | biochemistry, pancreatic lipase |
| pancreatolith | medical, a pancreatic stone |
| pancreatoncus | medical, a tumor of the pancreas |
| pancreatorrhagia | medical, hemorrhage from the pancreas |
| pandurated | botany, fiddle-shaped |
| panesthetic | psychology, of panesthesia, total sensation |
| pangamous | biology, mating indiscriminately |
| pangenic | biology, of pangenes or pangenesis |
| panhematopenia | medical, deficiency of all blood elements |
| panhygrous | moist throughout |
| panhyperemia | medical, general excess of blood |
| panichthyophagous | feeding entirely on fish |
| paniconograph | printing, a paniconographic relief block |
| paniconographic | printing, of paniconography |
| paniconography | printing, Gillot's zinc relief process |
| panmelodicon | music, an early keyboard instrument |
| panmerism | biology, doctrine that organisms are built of units |
| panmeristic | biology, of panmerism |
| panmnesia | psychology, memory of all impressions |
| panneuritic | medical, of panneuritis |
| panneuritis | medical, inflammation of all the nerves |
| panophthalmia | medical, inflammation of the whole eye |
| panornithic | zoology, common to all birds |
| panorpian | entomology, of the scorpionflies |
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