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 |
|---|---|
| physoclistic | zoology, fish with closed air-bladder duct |
| physogastrism | entomology, swelling of the abdomen |
| physonectous | zoology, of the Physonectae |
| physophoran | zoology, of the Physophorae |
| physophore | zoology, a siphonophore of Physophora |
| physophorous | zoology, bearing an air-sac |
| physopodan | zoology, a thrips of the Physapoda |
| physostomatous | zoology, with open air-bladder duct |
| phytalbumose | chemistry, albumose of plant origin |
| phytiferous | botany, bearing or producing plants |
| phytiform | botany, plant-shaped |
| phytin | chemistry, calcium-magnesium phytate |
| phytoclimatologic | botany, of plant climatology |
| phytoclimatological | botany, of plant climatology |
| phytogamy | botany, cross-fertilization of plants |
| phytogenous | botany, produced by plants |
| phytoglobulin | chemistry, globulin of plant origin |
| phytograph | botany, a descriptive figure of a plant |
| phytokinin | botany, plant growth hormone |
| phytolatrous | of plant-worship |
| phytoma | botany, a plant body or vegetable growth |
| phytome | botany, the plant tissue system |
| phytonomist | botany, student of the laws of plant life |
| phytophenological | botany, of plant phenology |
| phytophenology | botany, seasonal timing in plants |
| phytophylogenetic | botany, of plant phylogeny |
| phytophylogenic | botany, of plant phylogeny |
| phytophylogeny | botany, evolutionary descent of plants |
| phytoplasm | botany, plant protoplasm |
| phytopsyche | botany, the supposed plant soul |
| phytoptose | botany, of galls made by Phytoptus mites |
| phytoptosis | botany, gall disease from Phytoptus mites |
| phytorhodin | chemistry, red plant pigment |
| phytoserologic | botany, of plant serology |
| phytoserological | botany, of plant serology |
| phytoserologically | botany, by plant-serological means |
| phytoserology | botany, serology applied to plants |
| phytotaxonomy | botany, the classification of plants |
| phytotechny | botany, the art of plant cultivation |
| phytoteratologic | botany, of plant malformations |
| phytoteratologist | botany, student of plant monstrosities |
| phytovitellin | chemistry, vitellin from plant seeds |
| pianic | medical, of pian or yaws |
| piarhaemic | medical, having fat in the blood |
| piarhemia | medical, fattiness of the blood |
| piarhemic | medical, of piarhemia |
| piazin | chemistry, a diazine ring compound |
| piazine | chemistry, pyrazine-type compound |
| picary | zoology, a bird of the Picariae |
| pichuric | chemistry, pichuric acid of the pichurim bean |
| picrorhizin | chemistry, bitter glucoside of Picrorhiza |
| picrotin | chemistry, cleavage product of picrotoxin |
| piezocrystallization | chemistry, crystallizing under pressure |
| pigmentolysis | medical, dissolution of pigment |
| pigmentophage | biology, pigment-devouring cell |
| piitis | medical, inflammation of the pia mater |
| pilandite | petrology, rock of the Pilandsberg |
| pileolated | zoology, capped, of birds with a pileolus |
| pileorhize | botany, the root-cap |
| piliganin | chemistry, alkaloid of piligan |
| piliganine | chemistry, alkaloid from the piligan plant |
| pilocystic | medical, of a hair-containing cyst |
| pilosin | chemistry, jaborandi alkaloid |
| pilosine | chemistry, alkaloid of Pilocarpus |
| pilotaxitic | petrology, felted groundmass texture |
| pimaric | chemistry, pimaric acid of pine resin |
| pimelitis | medical, inflammation of fatty tissue |
| pinachrome | chemistry, photographic sensitizing dye |
| pinacoline | chemistry, ketone from pinacol |
| pinatype | photography, a dye-imbibition print process |
| pinaverdol | chemistry, a green photographic sensitizing dye |
| pinealism | medical, pineal-gland functioning |
| pinguiculaceous | botany, of the butterwort family |
| pinguiferous | producing or yielding fat |
| pinguinitescent | becoming greasy in appearance |
| pinguite | mineralogy, a greasy green clay mineral |
| pinic | chemistry, pinic acid from pine resin |
| pinicoline | ecology, dwelling among pines |
| pinicolous | ecology, inhabiting pine woods |
| pinipicrin | chemistry, bitter glucoside of pine |
| pinitannic | chemistry, pinitannic acid of pine bark |
| pinnatiped | zoology, having lobed fin-like feet |
| pinnatisected | botany, cut pinnately to the midrib |
| pinnatodentate | botany, pinnately toothed |
| pinnatopectinate | botany, pinnately comb-toothed |
| pinnatulate | botany, minutely pinnate |
| pinniferous | zoology, bearing fins |
| pinnigerous | zoology, bearing fins or wings |
| pinninervate | botany, pinnately veined |
| pinnisect | botany, cut pinnately to the midrib |
| pinnisected | botany, pinnately divided |
| pinnitarsal | zoology, having feathered tarsi |
| pinnitentaculate | zoology, with feather-like tentacles |
| pinnotere | zoology, a pea-crab of Pinnotheres |
| pinnotherian | zoology, of the pea-crab family |
| pinolin | chemistry, an oil distilled from turpentine |
| pinonic | chemistry, pinonic acid from pinene |
| pinyl | chemistry, the pinyl radical from pinene |
| pionnotes | mycology, the fatty spore-mass of Fusarium |
| pioscope | instrument for testing the fat in milk |
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