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 |
|---|---|
| pseudocapitulum | botany, a false capitulum |
| pseudocarbamide | chemistry, isomeric form of urea |
| pseudocarcinoid | medical, resembling a carcinoid tumor |
| pseudocarpous | botany, bearing a pseudocarp or false fruit |
| pseudocartilaginous | anatomy, only apparently cartilaginous |
| pseudocelian | zoology, of the pseudocoele |
| pseudocelic | zoology, of the pseudocoel |
| pseudocelom | zoology, a false body cavity, pseudocoelom |
| pseudocentrous | zoology, having a pseudocentrum |
| pseudocentrum | anatomy, a false vertebral centrum |
| pseudoceratites | paleontology, ammonoids resembling Ceratites |
| pseudoceratitic | paleontology, of a pseudoceratite suture |
| pseudocercaria | zoology, a false cercaria larva |
| pseudocercariae | zoology, plural of pseudocercaria |
| pseudocerci | entomology, plural of pseudocercus |
| pseudocercus | entomology, a false cercus |
| pseudoceryl | chemistry, isomeric ceryl radical |
| pseudochromesthesia | psychology, false color sensation |
| pseudochromia | medical, false coloration |
| pseudochronism | chronology, a false dating, anachronism |
| pseudochrysalis | entomology, the false chrysalis stage |
| pseudochrysolite | mineralogy, moldavite, a false chrysolite |
| pseudochylous | medical, only resembling chyle |
| pseudocoele | anatomy, the false fifth ventricle of the brain |
| pseudocolumellar | zoology, of a false columella |
| pseudocommissural | anatomy, of a false commissure |
| pseudocommissure | anatomy, a false commissure |
| pseudoconcha | anatomy, a false nasal concha |
| pseudoconglomerate | geology, rock only resembling conglomerate |
| pseudoconglomeration | geology, formation of a pseudoconglomerate |
| pseudoconhydrine | chemistry, alkaloid of hemlock |
| pseudoconjugation | biology, false conjugation in protozoa |
| pseudocorneous | zoology, only apparently horny |
| pseudocortex | anatomy, a false cortex |
| pseudocosta | entomology, a false costa or rib |
| pseudocotyledonal | botany, of a pseudocotyledon |
| pseudocotyledonary | botany, of a pseudocotyledon |
| pseudocubical | crystallography, only apparently cubic |
| pseudocubically | crystallography, in a pseudocubic manner |
| pseudocumenyl | chemistry, radical from pseudocumene |
| pseudocumidine | chemistry, amine of pseudocumene |
| pseudocumyl | chemistry, pseudocumene radical |
| pseudocyclosis | biology, false cyclosis of protoplasm |
| pseudodeltidium | paleontology, plate over a brachiopod pedicle |
| pseudoderm | zoology, a false skin layer |
| pseudodermic | zoology, of a pseudoderm |
| pseudodiastolic | medical, only apparently diastolic |
| pseudodiphtherial | medical, resembling diphtheria |
| pseudodiphtheric | medical, resembling diphtheria |
| pseudodipterally | architecture, in pseudodipteral fashion |
| pseudodipteros | architecture, a pseudodipteral temple |
| pseudodont | zoology, having horny false teeth |
| pseudodysentery | medical, false dysentery |
| pseudoedema | medical, false oedema |
| pseudoedemata | medical, plural of pseudoedema |
| pseudoencephalitic | medical, resembling encephalitis |
| pseudoerysipelatous | medical, resembling erysipelas |
| pseudoerythrin | chemistry, lichen substance isomeric with erythrin |
| pseudofilarian | zoology, resembling a filarial worm |
| pseudofoliaceous | botany, only apparently leaflike |
| pseudogaster | zoology, false gastric cavity of a sponge |
| pseudogastrula | embryology, a false gastrula |
| pseudogeusia | medical, a false sensation of taste |
| pseudogeustia | medical, pseudogeusia, false taste sensation |
| pseudoglobulin | biochemistry, a globulin fraction of serum |
| pseudoglottis | anatomy, the false glottis |
| pseudographeme | linguistics, a false grapheme |
| pseudographia | false or spurious writing, a forged document |
| pseudohermaphrodism | medical, false hermaphroditism |
| pseudoholoptic | entomology, only seemingly holoptic (eyes meeting) |
| pseudohyoscyamine | chemistry, alkaloid isomeric with hyoscyamine |
| pseudoisatin | chemistry, isomer of isatin |
| pseudoisomerism | chemistry, apparent isomerism |
| pseudoisometric | crystallography, only apparently isometric |
| pseudoisotropy | physics, apparent isotropy |
| pseudolamellibranchiate | zoology, of the Pseudolamellibranchiata |
| pseudoleucocyte | histology, cell resembling a leucocyte |
| pseudoleukemia | medical, leukemia-like blood disorder |
| pseudoleukemic | medical, of pseudoleukemia |
| pseudolobar | medical, resembling lobar pneumonia |
| pseudolunula | zoology, a false lunule |
| pseudolunulae | zoology, plural of pseudolunula |
| pseudolunule | zoology, a false crescent-shaped marking |
| pseudomancy | divination, sham or false soothsaying |
| pseudomantist | divination, a false soothsayer |
| pseudomelanosis | medical, false darkening of tissue after death |
| pseudomer | chemistry, a pseudomeric compound |
| pseudomeric | chemistry, of pseudomerism |
| pseudomerism | chemistry, apparent isomerism of tautomers |
| pseudomery | zoology, false segmental correspondence |
| pseudomitotic | cytology, resembling mitosis |
| pseudomonoclinic | crystallography, only apparently monoclinic |
| pseudomonocyclic | botany, apparently in a single whorl |
| pseudomonotropy | chemistry, apparent monotropy |
| pseudomorphia | chemistry, alkaloid isomeric with morphia |
| pseudomorula | embryology, a false morula |
| pseudomorular | embryology, of a pseudomorula |
| pseudomucoid | biochemistry, mucin-like protein of ovarian cysts |
| pseudomultiseptate | mycology, only apparently many-septate |
| pseudomycelial | mycology, of a false mycelium |
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