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 |
|---|---|
| phenylethylene | chemistry, styrene |
| phenylethylmalonylurea | chemistry, phenobarbital |
| phenylglycine | chemistry, indigo precursor, N-phenylglycine |
| phenylglycolic | chemistry, mandelic acid |
| phenylglyoxylic | chemistry, phenylglyoxylic acid |
| pheophyl | botany, brown algal pigment, pheophyll |
| pheophyll | botany, brown pigment of algae |
| phialophore | mycology, flask-shaped spore-bearing cell |
| philadelphite | mineralogy, a vermiculite-like mineral |
| philanthid | entomology, wasp of the family Philanthidae |
| phillipsine | chem, an -ine substance named for Phillips |
| philocalic | Greek coinage, loving the beautiful |
| philocalist | Greek coinage, a lover of beauty |
| philocomal | Greek coinage, fond of the hair |
| philogynaecic | Greek coinage, fond of women |
| philokleptic | Greek coinage, fond of thieves |
| philoleucosis | biology, affinity for white or leucocytes |
| philomythia | Greek coinage, love of fables |
| philonoist | Greek coinage, lover of thought |
| philopatrian | Greek coinage, loving one's fatherland |
| philopogon | Greek coinage, beard-loving |
| philopornist | Greek coinage, a lover of harlots |
| philotherianism | Greek coinage, love of animals |
| philoxygenous | chem, having affinity for oxygen |
| philozoonist | Greek coinage, a lover of animals |
| phlebangioma | medical, angioma of a vein |
| phlebarteriectasia | medical, dilation of veins and arteries |
| phlebarteriodialysis | medical, arteriovenous aneurysm |
| phlebectasia | medical, dilation of a vein |
| phlebectasis | medical, dilation of a vein |
| phlebectasy | medical, dilation of a vein |
| phlebectopia | medical, displacement of a vein |
| phlebectopy | medical, displacement of a vein |
| phlebemphraxis | medical, obstruction of a vein |
| phlebenteric | zoology, of gut-borne circulation |
| phlebenterism | zoology, phlebenteric circulation |
| phlebograph | medical, recorder of the venous pulse |
| phleboid | medical, veinlike |
| phleboidal | medical, veinlike |
| phlebolithiasis | medical, formation of vein-stones |
| phlebometritis | medical, inflammation of uterine veins |
| phlebopexy | medical, surgical fixation of a vein |
| phleboplasty | medical, plastic repair of a vein |
| phleborrhage | medical, bleeding from a vein |
| phleborrhaphy | medical, suture of a vein |
| phleborrhexis | medical, rupture of a vein |
| phlebostasia | medical, venous stasis |
| phlebostenosis | medical, narrowing of a vein |
| phlebostrepsis | medical, twisting a vein to stop bleeding |
| phlebotomisation | medical, the act of phlebotomizing |
| phloeum | botany, the bark or phloem layer |
| phlogisma | medical, inflammation |
| phlogosed | medical, inflamed |
| phlogosin | chem, inflammatory substance from pus |
| phloretic | chem, of phloretic acid |
| phlorina | chem, a phloroglucin derivative |
| phloroglucic | chem, of phloroglucin |
| phlorrhizin | chem, phlorizin, glucoside of apple bark |
| phloxin | chem, the red dye phloxine |
| phlyctaenula | medical, small blister on the cornea |
| phlyctenula | medical, small blister on the cornea |
| phlyzacious | medical, pustular, of a phlyzacium |
| phocaceous | zoology, sealike, of the seals |
| phocaenine | zoology, of the porpoises |
| phocenic | chem, phocenic acid of porpoise oil |
| phociform | zoology, seal-shaped |
| phocodont | zoology, of the seal-toothed whales |
| phocodontic | zoology, of the Phocodontia |
| phocomelous | medical, having seal-like limbs |
| phoenicaceous | botany, of the palm family |
| phoenicite | mineralogy, a red lead-chromate mineral |
| phoenicopter | zoology, a flamingo |
| phoenicopteroid | zoology, flamingo-like |
| phoenicopterous | zoology, of the flamingos |
| phoenicurous | zoology, red-tailed |
| phoenigm | medical, a reddening of the skin |
| pholadian | zoology, a piddock bivalve |
| pholadoid | zoology, resembling Pholas |
| pholcoid | zoology, like the cellar-spider Pholcus |
| pholidolite | mineralogy, a scaly mica-like mineral |
| phonasthenia | medical, weakness of the voice |
| phonesis | phonetics, the act of producing voice |
| phonet | phonetics, a phonetic sign or element |
| phonikon | music, a horn-toned brass instrument |
| phonism | psychology, sound sensation from another sense |
| phonocinematograph | sound-recording cinematograph |
| phonodeik | acoustics, instrument displaying sound waves |
| phonodynamograph | instrument recording the force of sound |
| phonoglyph | a sound-trace made by a phonograph |
| phonophone | acoustics, sound-transmitting instrument |
| phonophorous | acoustics, sound-conveying |
| phonophote | a sound recorded as a light trace |
| phonophotography | photographic recording of sound waves |
| phonophotoscope | instrument showing sound waves optically |
| phonophotoscopic | of the phonophotoscope |
| phonoplex | telegraphy, Edison's phonoplex system |
| phoranthium | botany, receptacle bearing the florets |
| phorbin | chem, a chlorophyll derivative |
| phorology | medical, study of carriers of infection |
| phorometric | ophthalmology, of phorometry |
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