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 |
|---|---|
| panostitis | medical, inflammation of a whole bone |
| pansexism | psychology, doctrine that all is sexual |
| pansinuitis | medical, inflammation of all the sinuses |
| pantachromatic | optics, achromatic for all colors |
| pantacosm | the entire universe |
| pantamorph | that which takes all forms |
| pantamorphia | capacity of assuming all forms |
| pantanemone | engineering, a windmill working from any wind |
| pantanencephalia | medical, complete absence of the brain |
| pantanencephalic | medical, wholly without a brain |
| pantatrophia | medical, general wasting |
| pantatrophy | medical, total atrophy |
| panteleologism | philosophy, universal teleology |
| panthelematism | philosophy, doctrine that all is will |
| panthelism | philosophy, doctrine that will is the essence of all |
| pantochrome | photography, a panchromatic plate |
| pantochromic | showing all colors |
| pantoganglitis | medical, inflammation of all the ganglia |
| pantogelastic | laughing at everything |
| pantoglossical | pertaining to all languages |
| pantoglot | one who speaks all languages |
| pantoglottism | command of all languages |
| pantoiatrical | medical, curing all diseases |
| pantomancer | one who divines by every means |
| pantomania | medical, mania on every subject |
| pantometric | of the pantometer, a universal measurer |
| pantometrical | of the pantometer |
| pantomnesia | psychology, memory of everything |
| pantomnesic | psychology, of pantomnesia |
| pantomorph | that which takes all forms |
| pantomorphia | state of taking all forms |
| pantopelagian | zoology, living in all seas |
| pantophobous | medical, fearing everything |
| pantoplethora | medical, general plethora |
| pantopterous | zoology, winged all round |
| pantostomate | zoology, ingesting at any point of the body |
| pantostome | zoology, taking food at any part of the surface |
| pantotactic | biology, responding to stimuli from all sides |
| pantotype | photography, an early printing process |
| panzootia | veterinary, a disease attacking all animals |
| panzooty | veterinary, a panzootic |
| papayaceous | botany, of the papaya family |
| papilionine | entomology, of the butterflies Papilioninae |
| papilloadenocystoma | medical, papillary adenocystic tumor |
| papillocarcinoma | medical, papillary carcinoma |
| papilloretinitis | medical, optic papilla and retina inflamed |
| papillosarcoma | medical, papillary sarcoma |
| pappescent | botany, becoming or bearing a pappus |
| papulan | zoology, of the papulae, dermal gills |
| papulate | medical, covered with papules |
| papuloerythematous | medical, papular and erythematous |
| papyroplastics | art of modelling objects in paper |
| parabasic | of the parabasis in Greek comedy |
| parabematic | architecture, of the parabema side chapel |
| parableptic | medical, of parablepsis, false vision |
| parabranchiate | zoology, having accessory gills |
| parabulia | psychiatry, perversion of the will |
| parabulic | psychiatry, of parabulia, not parabolic |
| paracanthosis | medical, disease of the prickle-cell layer |
| paracephalus | teratology, fetus with a defective head |
| paracholia | medical, disordered secretion of bile |
| parachroia | medical, discoloration of the skin |
| parachroma | medical, discoloration of the skin |
| parachromatosis | medical, abnormal skin pigmentation |
| parachrome | chemistry, a yellow plant pigment |
| parachromoparous | biology, forming pigment outside the cell |
| parachromophorous | bacteriology, pigment outside the body |
| paracmasis | medical, declining stage of a disease |
| paracoele | anatomy, lateral ventricle of the brain |
| paracoelian | anatomy, of the paracoele |
| paracolitis | medical, inflammation around the colon |
| paracolpium | anatomy, tissue around the vagina |
| paracondyloid | anatomy, beside a condyle |
| paraconic | chemistry, paraconic acid |
| paracotoin | chemistry, substance from paracoto bark |
| paracoumaric | chemistry, para-coumaric acid |
| paracusic | medical, of paracusis, disordered hearing |
| paracystic | anatomy, around the bladder |
| paracystium | anatomy, tissue around the bladder |
| paradentitis | dentistry, inflamed tissue around a tooth |
| paradentium | dentistry, tissues surrounding a tooth |
| paradichlorbenzene | chemistry, para-dichlorobenzene |
| paradichlorbenzol | chemistry, para-dichlorobenzol |
| paradichlorobenzol | chemistry, para-dichlorobenzol |
| paradidym | anatomy, the paradidymis |
| paradidymal | anatomy, of the paradidymis |
| paradoxidian | geology, of the trilobite Paradoxides |
| paradromic | running alongside, parallel |
| paraenesize | rhetoric, to deliver a paraenesis, exhort |
| paragastral | zoology, of a sponge's paragaster |
| paragastrula | embryology, a modified gastrula |
| paragastrular | embryology, of the paragastrula |
| paragenesia | biology, defective or crossed generation |
| paragerontic | biology, of the period nearing old age |
| paraglossate | entomology, having paraglossae |
| paraglycogen | biochemistry, a glycogen-like substance |
| paragnathism | anatomy, condition of having equal jaws |
| paragnosia | medical, disordered perception |
| paragogize | grammar, to add a paragogic sound |
| parahematin | chemistry, a hematin derivative |
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