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 |
|---|---|
| parahemoglobin | chemistry, a modified hemoglobin |
| paralambdacismus | medical, defective pronunciation of l |
| paralimnion | ecology, the shore zone of a lake |
| parallelinervate | botany, with parallel leaf veins |
| parallelinervous | botany, parallel-veined |
| parallelith | coinage, parallel- + -lith, parallel stone |
| parallelodrome | botany, having parallel veins |
| parallelograph | instrument for drawing parallel lines |
| parallelotropic | botany, orienting parallel to a stimulus |
| parallelotropism | botany, growth parallel to a stimulus |
| paraluminite | mineralogy, a hydrous aluminium sulphate |
| paramandelic | chemistry, paramandelic acid |
| paramastigate | zoology, with a lateral flagellum |
| paramastitis | medical, inflammation around the breast |
| parameron | zoology, lateral part beside the meros |
| parametritic | medical, of parametritis |
| paramid | chemistry, paramide, pyromellitic imide |
| paramide | chemistry, pyromellitic imide |
| paramimia | medical, gestures at odds with speech |
| paramorphia | medical, abnormality of form |
| paramyelin | chemistry, a myelin-like substance |
| paramyosinogen | biochemistry, a muscle protein |
| paramyotone | medical, of paramyotonia, muscle stiffness |
| paranephric | anatomy, beside the kidney |
| paranephritic | medical, of paranephritis |
| paranephros | anatomy, the adrenal gland |
| paranepionic | biology, stage following the nepionic |
| paranitraniline | chemistry, para-nitraniline |
| paranitrosophenol | chemistry, para-nitrosophenol |
| paranosic | psychiatry, of primary gain from illness |
| paranucleic | chemistry, of paranuclein |
| paranuclein | biochemistry, a nucleoprotein derivative |
| paranucleinic | chemistry, of paranuclein |
| parapathia | psychiatry, Stekel's term for neurosis |
| parapathy | psychiatry, neurosis, Stekel's term |
| paraperiodic | chemistry, paraperiodic acid |
| paraphemia | medical, speech disorder of wrong words |
| paraphenetidine | chemistry, para-phenetidine |
| paraphoniac | medical, one having a voice disorder |
| paraphototropism | botany, orientation across the light |
| paraphronesis | medical, delirium, derangement of mind |
| paraphrosyne | medical, delirium, mental derangement |
| paraphysiferous | botany, bearing paraphyses |
| paraplasis | medical, faulty formation of a part |
| paraplastin | biology, substance of the paraplasm |
| parapleuritis | medical, false pleurisy |
| paraprostatitis | medical, inflammation around the prostate |
| parapsidan | zoology, of the reptile group Parapsida |
| parapsychosis | psychiatry, an atypical psychosis |
| pararosolic | chemistry, pararosolic acid, aurin |
| parasalpingitis | medical, inflammation beside a tube |
| parascene | theater, a side scene or wing |
| parasemidin | chemistry, a semidine derivative |
| parasemidine | chemistry, para-semidine |
| parasigmatismus | medical, defective pronunciation of s |
| parasiticidic | medical, of a parasite-killing agent |
| parasitogenic | medical, caused by parasites |
| parasitotrope | medical, agent with affinity for parasites |
| parasitotropic | medical, having affinity for parasites |
| parasitotropism | medical, drug affinity for parasites |
| parasitotropy | medical, affinity for parasites |
| parastatic | of the parastata, pilaster or epididymis |
| parastemon | botany, an organ beside the stamen |
| parastemonal | botany, of a parastemon |
| parasternum | anatomy, part beside the sternum |
| parasynaptist | biology, holder of the parasynapsis theory |
| parasyndesis | biology, side-by-side chromosome pairing |
| parasynesis | philology, word altered by false analogy |
| parasynetic | philology, of parasynesis |
| parasynovitis | medical, inflammation beside a joint sac |
| parasyphilosis | medical, a parasyphilitic condition |
| paratartaric | chemistry, paratartaric or racemic acid |
| paratherian | zoology, of the mammal group Paratheria |
| parathyroprival | medical, due to loss of the parathyroids |
| parathyroprivia | medical, state from parathyroid removal |
| parathyroprivic | medical, of parathyroid deprivation |
| paratoluic | chemistry, para-toluic acid |
| paratoluidine | chemistry, para-toluidine |
| paratomial | ornithology, of the paratomium |
| paratomium | ornithology, cutting edge of a bird's bill |
| paratransversan | anatomy, beside a transverse process |
| paratrichosis | medical, abnormality of hair growth |
| paratriptic | medical, of chafing or friction |
| paratrophic | biology, feeding on living matter |
| paratrophy | medical, disordered nutrition |
| paratungstic | chemistry, paratungstic acid |
| paratyphlitis | medical, inflammation around the caecum |
| paravaginitis | medical, inflammation beside the vagina |
| paraxon | anatomy, a collateral branch of an axon |
| parcidentate | zoology, having few teeth |
| parellic | chemistry, parellic acid from lichen |
| parencephalic | anatomy, of the parencephalon |
| parepididymal | anatomy, beside the epididymis |
| parepigastric | anatomy, beside the epigastric region |
| parerethesis | medical, perverted irritability |
| parhomologous | biology, homologous in part |
| parhomology | biology, partial homology |
| parietojugal | anatomy, of parietal and jugal bones |
| parietoquadrate | anatomy, of parietal and quadrate |
| parietosphenoid | anatomy, parietal and sphenoid |
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