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 |
|---|---|
| parietosphenoidal | anatomy, of parietal and sphenoid |
| parietovaginal | anatomy, parietal and vaginal |
| parine | ornithology, of the titmice, Parinae |
| parisonic | rhetoric, of parison, balanced clauses |
| parivincular | malacology, of a bivalve ligament type |
| parnassiaceous | botany, of the family Parnassiaceae |
| paroarion | anatomy, the parovarium |
| paroarium | anatomy, the parovarium |
| parode | Greek drama, the chorus's entrance ode |
| parodinia | medical, difficult childbirth |
| parodontia | dentistry, the tissues around a tooth |
| parodontitia | dentistry, inflamed periodontium |
| parolfactory | anatomy, beside the olfactory area |
| paromologetic | rhetoric, of paromologia, conceding a point |
| paromphalocele | medical, hernia beside the navel |
| paromphalocelic | medical, of paromphalocele |
| paroophoric | anatomy, of the paroophoron |
| paroophoritis | medical, inflammation beside the ovary |
| paroptesis | medical, treatment by dry heat |
| parorchid | anatomy, of the parorchis, the epididymis |
| parosteitis | medical, inflammation beside a bone |
| parosteosis | medical, bone forming beside a bone |
| parostotis | medical, bone formed outside the periosteum |
| parousiamania | psychiatry, mania about the Second Coming |
| parovariotomy | surgery, excision of the parovarium |
| paroxazine | chemistry, an oxazine derivative |
| paroxytonize | grammar, to accent on the penult |
| parthenocarpelly | botany, carpels formed without fertilizing |
| parthenogenitive | biology, reproducing parthenogenetically |
| parthenogone | biology, a parthenogenetic offspring |
| parthenogonidium | biology, an asexual reproductive cell |
| parthenoparous | biology, bearing young without males |
| parthenosperm | botany, spore formed without fertilization |
| partigen | immunology, a partial antigen |
| partinium | metallurgy, a light aluminium alloy |
| partiversal | geology, dipping partly around a centre |
| parvifoliate | botany, small-leaved |
| parvirostrate | ornithology, small-billed |
| paryphodrome | botany, veins running along the margin |
| patagiate | zoology, having a patagium |
| patellaroid | zoology, resembling the limpet genus Patella |
| patellidan | zoology, a limpet of the family Patellidae |
| pathochemistry | medical, chemistry of diseased processes |
| pathocure | medical, cure of one disease by another |
| pathoformic | medical, marking the onset of disease |
| pathogenesy | medical, origin and course of disease |
| pathogerm | medical, a disease-producing germ |
| pathogermic | medical, of or by disease germs |
| patholysis | medical, dissolution of a disease process |
| patholytic | medical, destroying disease |
| pathometabolism | medical, metabolism altered by disease |
| pathomimesis | medical, feigning of disease |
| pathomimicry | medical, feigning of disease |
| pathoneurosis | medical, neurosis fixed on a diseased organ |
| pathonomia | medical, the laws of disease |
| pathonomy | medical, science of the laws of disease |
| pathophoresis | medical, conveyance of disease |
| pathophoric | medical, disease-carrying |
| pathophorous | medical, disease-bearing |
| pathopoietic | medical, disease-producing |
| pathopsychology | medical, psychology of mental disease |
| pathopsychosis | medical, psychosis arising from organic disease |
| pathoradiography | medical, radiography of diseased parts |
| pathosocial | medical, relating disease to social conditions |
| patrization | anthropology, resemblance to the father's line |
| patrogenesis | biology, development from the paternal line |
| patroiophobia | medical, morbid fear of heredity |
| pauciarticulate | zoology, having few joints |
| pauciarticulated | zoology, having few joints |
| paucifolious | botany, having few leaves |
| paucipinnate | botany, having few pinnae |
| pauciplicate | biology, having few folds |
| pauciradiated | zoology, having few rays |
| paucispirated | zoology, with few spiral turns |
| paulopast | grammar, tense denoting the near past |
| paulopost | grammar, the paulo-post future of Greek |
| paulospore | mycology, a kind of resting spore |
| pauropodous | zoology, of the Pauropoda, few-footed myriapods |
| pawdite | petrology, a dark igneous rock |
| paytamine | chemistry, an alkaloid from payta bark |
| peccatiphobia | medical, morbid fear of sinning |
| peccatophobia | medical, morbid fear of sinning |
| pecopteroid | paleobotany, like the fossil fern Pecopteris |
| pectinatodenticulate | botany, comblike and finely toothed |
| pectinatofimbricate | botany, comblike and fringed |
| pectinatopinnate | botany, comblike and pinnate |
| pectinibranchian | zoology, of the comb-gilled gastropods |
| pectinic | chemistry, of pectin, as pectinic acid |
| pectiniferous | zoology, bearing a comblike organ |
| pectinirostrate | zoology, having a comb-toothed beak |
| pectinite | paleontology, a fossil pecten shell |
| pectinogen | chemistry, a precursor of pectin |
| pectoriloque | medical, one exhibiting pectoriloquy |
| pectosase | chemistry, enzyme acting on pectose |
| pectosic | chemistry, of pectose, as pectosic acid |
| pectosinase | chemistry, a pectin-splitting enzyme |
| pectunculate | zoology, like Pectunculus, the dog-cockle |
| pedalferic | soil science, of pedalfer soils |
| pedanalysis | psychology, psychoanalysis of children |
| pedatilobate | botany, pedately lobed |
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