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 |
|---|---|
| phorometry | ophthalmology, measuring ocular deviation |
| phoronic | zoology, of the phoronid worms |
| phoronomia | mechanics, kinematics, New Latin |
| phoronomy | mechanics, the science of motion |
| phoroscope | optics, instrument for eye deviation |
| phose | medical, subjective sensation of light |
| phosis | medical, luminous sensation, cf. phose |
| phosphamic | chem, of phosphamic acid |
| phosphamidic | chem, of phosphamide |
| phosphammonium | chem, phosphorus-ammonium compound |
| phosphation | chem, treatment with phosphate |
| phosphenyl | chem, a phosphorus radical |
| phosphoaminolipide | chem, phosphorus-bearing aminolipid |
| phosphocarnic | chem, phosphocarnic acid of muscle |
| phospholipin | chem, a phospholipid |
| phosphonuclease | biochem, phosphorus-splitting enzyme |
| phosphoreted | chem, combined with phosphorus |
| phosphoretted | chem, combined with phosphorus |
| phosphorhidrosis | medical, luminous sweat |
| phosphorogen | chem, phosphorescence-producing substance |
| phosphorogene | chem, phosphorescence-producing substance |
| phosphorograph | an image made by phosphorescence |
| phosphorographic | of phosphorography |
| phosphorography | imaging by phosphorescent light |
| phosphotartaric | chem, of phosphotartaric acid |
| phosphyl | chem, a phosphorus radical |
| phoss | trade term, phosphorus, as in phoss jaw |
| photaesthesia | physiology, sensitivity to light |
| photaesthesis | physiology, sensation of light |
| photaesthetic | physiology, sensitive to light |
| photelectrograph | instrument photographing electric effects |
| photerythrous | optics, sensitive to red light |
| photesthesis | physiology, sensation of light |
| photistic | psychology, of photisms, light sensations |
| photoaesthetic | physiology, sensitive to light |
| photoanamorphosis | optics, photographic anamorphosis |
| photobromide | photography, a bromide-paper print |
| photocampsis | optics, the bending of light |
| photocellulose | chem, cellulose formed in light |
| photochemigraphy | a photo-engraving process |
| photochloride | chem, light-sensitive silver chloride |
| photochromascope | instrument for viewing colour photographs |
| photochromolithograph | print by photography and chromolithography |
| photochronographical | of the photochronograph |
| photocinesis | biology, movement induced by light |
| photocollograph | printing, a collotype print |
| photocollographic | printing, of collotype |
| photocollography | printing, the collotype process |
| photocollotype | printing, a collotype plate |
| photocombustion | chem, combustion induced by light |
| photodermatic | medical, of light acting on the skin |
| photodermatism | medical, skin sensitivity to light |
| photodysphoria | medical, painful intolerance of light |
| photoelectronics | physics, science of photoelectric devices |
| photoepinastic | botany, of light-caused epinasty |
| photoesthesis | physiology, sensation of light |
| photoesthetic | physiology, sensitive to light |
| photogalvanograph | printing, photo-etched electrotype plate |
| photoglyph | a photographically etched engraving |
| photoglyphography | Talbot's photographic engraving process |
| photoglyptography | a photographic engraving process |
| photogyric | biology, of turning caused by light |
| photohalide | chem, a light-sensitive halide |
| photohyponastic | botany, of light-caused hyponasty |
| photohyponasty | botany, hyponasty caused by light |
| photoma | medical, a hallucination of light |
| photomicrogram | a photomicrographic record |
| photomicrographical | of photomicrography |
| photonephoscope | meteorology, photographs cloud movement |
| photonosus | medical, snow-blindness from glare |
| photopathic | biology, morbidly affected by light |
| photopathy | biology, morbid effect of light |
| photophily | biology, love of light |
| photopolarigraph | instrument recording polarized light |
| photoptometer | instrument measuring light perception |
| photoregression | biology, movement away from light |
| photosalt | chem, a light-sensitive silver salt |
| photosantonic | chem, of photosantonic acid |
| photospectroscopical | of photographic spectroscopy |
| photostereograph | a stereoscopic photograph |
| photosynthometer | botany, meter of the rate of photosynthesis |
| phototachometric | physics, of the phototachometer |
| phototachometrical | physics, of the phototachometer |
| phototactism | biology, phototaxis |
| phototechnic | of the technical uses of light |
| phototrope | biology, organism that turns to light |
| photovitrotype | a photographic picture on glass |
| photozinco | printing, short for photozincography |
| photozincotype | printing, a photozincographic plate |
| photozincotypy | printing, the photozincotype process |
| phragmoid | biology, resembling a phragma or septum |
| phratriac | anthropology, of a phratry |
| phratrial | anthropology, of a phratry |
| phrenesia | medical, delirium, frenzy |
| phrenesiac | medical, frantic; a maniac |
| phrenicogastric | anatomy, of diaphragm and stomach |
| phrenicoglottic | anatomy, of diaphragm and glottis |
| phrenicopericardiac | anatomy, of diaphragm and pericardium |
| phrenocardia | medical, nervous disorder of the heart |
| phrenocardiac | anatomy, of diaphragm and heart |
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