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 |
|---|---|
| pleromorph | biology, a form derived from the plerome |
| plerophoric | theology, of full assurance or conviction |
| plerosis | medical, filling up or restoration of tissue |
| plessimetric | medical, of percussion measurement |
| plessimetry | medical, percussion with a plessimeter |
| pleuracanthoid | palaeontology, resembling Pleuracanthus |
| pleurenchymatous | botany, of pleurenchyma, elongated cells |
| pleuriseptate | botany, having several septa |
| pleurobranchia | zoology, a gill on the side wall of the thorax |
| pleurobranchial | zoology, of a lateral gill |
| pleurobranchiate | zoology, bearing pleurobranchs |
| pleurobronchitis | medical, inflammation of pleura and bronchi |
| pleurocapsaceous | botany, of the Pleurocapsaceae |
| pleurocele | medical, hernia of the pleura |
| pleurocerebral | anatomy, of the pleural and cerebral ganglia |
| pleuroceroid | conchology, resembling Pleurocera |
| pleurococcaceous | botany, of the Pleurococcaceae |
| pleurodiscous | biology, having a lateral disk |
| pleurodynic | medical, of pleurodynia, pain in the side |
| pleurogenic | medical, arising in the pleura |
| pleurogenous | biology, originating at the side |
| pleurohepatitis | medical, inflammation of pleura and liver |
| pleuroid | zoology, resembling a pleuron |
| pleurolysis | medical, freeing of pleural adhesions |
| pleuronect | zoology, a flatfish of the Pleuronectidae |
| pleuropericarditis | medical, inflammation of pleura and pericardium |
| pleuropodium | entomology, abdominal appendage of insect embryos |
| pleuropterygian | zoology, of the fossil sharks Pleuropterygii |
| pleurorrhea | medical, effusion into the pleural cavity |
| pleurospasm | medical, spasm of the chest-wall muscles |
| pleurothotonic | medical, of pleurothotonus, sideways tetanic bending |
| pleurotomid | zoology, gastropod of the Pleurotomidae |
| pleurotomine | zoology, of the Pleurotominae gastropods |
| pleurotomoid | zoology, resembling Pleurotoma |
| pleurotonic | medical, of pleurotonus, lateral spasm |
| pleurotonus | medical, tetanic bending to one side |
| pleurotribal | botany, of flowers dusting pollen on the bee's side |
| pleurotropous | botany, of an ovule with lateral hilum |
| pleurotyphoid | medical, typhoid with pleurisy |
| pleurum | entomology, the lateral plate of a segment, pleuron |
| plexal | anatomy, of a plexus |
| plexicose | much interwoven or plaited (Latin plexus) |
| plexodont | zoology, having teeth with interwoven dentine |
| pliciferous | botany, bearing folds or plicae |
| ploceiform | ornithology, weaver-bird-like (Ploceus) |
| ploimate | zoology, of the rotifer order Ploima |
| plumasite | petrology, a corundum-bearing igneous rock |
| plumatellid | zoology, bryozoan of the Plumatellidae |
| plumatelloid | zoology, resembling Plumatella |
| plumboniobate | chemistry, a lead niobate |
| plumieride | chemistry, a glucoside from Plumeria |
| plumipede | zoology, feather-footed |
| plurative | logic, expressing plurality, some but not all |
| pluricarinate | zoology, having several keels |
| pluricarpellary | botany, with several carpels |
| pluricipital | anatomy, many-headed, as a muscle |
| pluricuspid | dentistry, having several cusps |
| pluricuspidate | dentistry, having several cusps |
| pluridentate | having several teeth |
| plurifacial | having several faces |
| plurifetation | medical, multiple pregnancy |
| pluriflagellate | biology, having several flagella |
| pluriguttulate | mycology, with several oil guttules |
| plurimammate | zoology, having many mammae |
| pluriserial | arranged in several rows |
| pluriseriate | botany, in several series or rows |
| pluriseriated | botany, arranged in several series |
| plurisetose | zoology, bearing several bristles |
| plurispiral | conchology, with several spiral turns |
| plurivalve | having several valves |
| plutean | zoology, of a pluteus larva |
| pluteiform | zoology, shaped like a pluteus larva |
| plutonite | petrology, a plutonic rock |
| plutonometamorphism | geology, metamorphism by deep plutonic action |
| pluvialiform | ornithology, plover-like (Pluvialis) |
| pluvialine | ornithology, of the plovers |
| pluvine | pertaining to rain |
| pluvioscopic | meteorology, of the pluvioscope or rain-gauge |
| pneodynamics | medical, the dynamics of respiration |
| pneograph | medical, instrument recording the breath |
| pneomanometer | medical, gauge of respiratory pressure |
| pneometry | medical, measurement of respiration |
| pneophore | medical, oxygen apparatus for resuscitation |
| pneoscope | medical, instrument for observing breathing |
| pneumarthrosis | medical, gas within a joint |
| pneumathaemia | medical, air in the blood |
| pneumatocardia | medical, air within the heart |
| pneumatochemical | chemistry, of the chemistry of gases |
| pneumatochemistry | chemistry, the chemistry of gases |
| pneumatogenic | medical, produced by or forming gas |
| pneumatogenous | medical, gas-producing |
| pneumatographer | one who practises pneumatography |
| pneumatographic | of pneumatography |
| pneumatography | description of air, or of spiritual beings |
| pneumatomachy | theology, denial of the Holy Spirit's divinity |
| pneumatomorphic | theology, having the form of spirit |
| pneumatonomy | the doctrine of the laws of gases |
| pneumatophanic | of a manifestation of spirit |
| pneumatophany | theology, a manifestation of spirit |
| pneumatophilosophy | philosophy of spirit |
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