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 |
|---|---|
| preilium | anatomy, anterior part of the ilium |
| preinsula | anatomy, anterior part of the insula |
| preinsular | anatomy, of the preinsula |
| preiotization | linguistics, iotation at the start of a word |
| preiotize | linguistics, to prefix a j-glide to a vowel |
| prelabial | entomology, in front of the labium |
| prelabrum | entomology, sclerite in front of the labrum |
| prelachrymal | anatomy, in front of the lacrimal bone |
| prelacrimal | anatomy, -i- spelling of prelachrymal |
| prelaryngoscopic | medical, before laryngoscopic examination |
| preloral | zoology, in front of the lore of a bird |
| preloreal | zoology, -eal form of preloral |
| premorula | embryology, stage before the morula |
| premyelocyte | hematology, precursor of the myelocyte |
| preneuralgic | medical, preceding a neuralgic attack |
| preoesophageal | anatomy, in front of the oesophagus |
| prepalatine | anatomy, in front of the palatine bone |
| preparoccipital | anatomy, in front of the paroccipital process |
| prepeduncle | anatomy, anterior cerebellar peduncle |
| prephragma | anatomy, the anterior phragma |
| prepineal | anatomy, in front of the pineal gland |
| prepituitary | anatomy, in front of the pituitary |
| prepontile | anatomy, in front of the pons |
| prepyramidal | anatomy, in front of the pyramidal tract |
| preramus | anatomy, the anterior ramus |
| prerolandic | neuroanatomy, in front of the Rolandic fissure |
| presbyacusia | medical, hearing loss of old age |
| prescapularis | anatomy, Latin form of prescapular |
| presemilunar | anatomy, in front of the semilunar ganglion |
| presolvated | chemistry, solvated beforehand |
| presphygmic | physiology, before the pulse wave of a beat |
| prespinous | anatomy, in front of the spine |
| pressiroster | ornithology, wader of the Pressirostres |
| pressosensitive | physiology, responsive to pressure |
| prestomial | zoology, of the prestomium |
| prestomium | zoology, part before the mouth in flies |
| presymphysial | anatomy, in front of the symphysis |
| presynsacral | anatomy, in front of the synsacrum |
| prethoracic | anatomy, in front of the thorax |
| prethyroid | anatomy, in front of the thyroid |
| pretone | phonetics, the syllable before the accent |
| pretrematic | anatomy, in front of a gill-cleft |
| pretrochal | zoology, in front of the larval trochus |
| pretympanic | anatomy, in front of the tympanum |
| preumbonal | conchology, in front of the umbo |
| priacanthine | ichthyology, of the bigeyes, Priacanthus |
| priapitis | medical, inflammation of the penis |
| priapuloid | zoology, a worm of the Priapuloidea |
| primeverin | chemistry, a glucoside of Primula root |
| primevrin | chemistry, primverin, a Primula glucoside |
| primulaverin | chemistry, a glucoside from Primula |
| primulaveroside | chemistry, a Primula glucoside |
| primulic | chemistry, primulic acid, from Primula |
| priodont | zoology, saw-toothed; of the giant armadillos |
| prionid | entomology, a longicorn beetle of the Prionidae |
| prionine | entomology, of the Prioninae beetles |
| prionodesmacean | zoology, bivalve of the Prionodesmacea |
| prionodesmaceous | zoology, of the Prionodesmacea |
| prionodesmatic | zoology, with a saw-toothed shell hinge |
| prionodont | zoology, having saw-like teeth |
| prionopine | ornithology, of the helmet-shrikes |
| priorite | mineralogy, a niobate of the aeschynite group |
| prisere | ecology, a primary sere or succession |
| proal | zoology, of jaw movement directed forward |
| proanaphora | liturgy, part of the mass before the anaphora |
| proanaphoral | liturgy, of the proanaphora |
| proangiospermic | botany, of ancestral angiosperms |
| proangiospermous | botany, of a forerunner of the angiosperms |
| proanthropos | anthropology, hypothetical ancestral man |
| procarp | botany, female organ of the red algae |
| procarpium | botany, NL. form of procarp |
| procatalectic | prosody, wanting a syllable at the beginning |
| procellariine | ornithology, of the petrel subfamily Procellariinae |
| proceritic | zoology, of the procerite of a crustacean antenna |
| prochlorite | mineralogy, a chlorite-group mineral |
| prochondral | anatomy, preceding cartilage formation |
| prochromosome | cytology, chromatin body of the resting nucleus |
| proclimax | ecology, stable community replacing a climax |
| procnemial | anatomy, in front of the shin or tibia |
| procoelia | anatomy, anterior cavity, procoelia of the brain |
| procoracoidal | anatomy, of the procoracoid bone |
| procrypsis | zoology, concealment by protective coloring |
| procryptically | zoology, by protective coloration |
| proctal | anatomy, of the anus or rectum |
| proctalgy | medical, pain in the anus (= proctalgia) |
| proctatresia | medical, imperforate anus |
| proctatresy | medical, imperforate anus (= proctatresia) |
| proctectasia | medical, dilatation of the rectum |
| proctocolonoscopy | medical, inspection of rectum and colon |
| proctocystoplasty | surgery, repair between rectum and bladder |
| proctocystotomy | surgery, incision of the bladder via the rectum |
| proctoelytroplastic | surgery, of plastic repair of rectum and vagina |
| proctoparalysis | medical, paralysis of the anus |
| proctoplastic | surgery, of plastic repair of the rectum |
| proctoplasty | surgery, plastic repair of the rectum |
| proctoplegia | medical, paralysis of the anal sphincter |
| proctopolypus | medical, polyp of the rectum |
| proctoptoma | medical, prolapse of the rectum |
| proctoptosis | medical, prolapse of the rectum |
| proctorrhagia | medical, bleeding from the rectum |
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