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 |
|---|---|
| psychocatharsis | psychoanalysis, purging of the mind |
| psychoepilepsy | medical, epilepsy of mental origin |
| psychofugal | neurology, conducting away from the mental centres |
| psychognosis | psychology, knowledge of the mind |
| psychognostic | psychology, of knowledge of the mind |
| psychogonic | philosophy, of the origin of the soul |
| psychokyme | psychology, the nerve-energy of mental action |
| psycholepsy | psychology, sudden fall of mental tension |
| psychomorphic | psychology, having the form of mind |
| psychomorphism | psychology, ascribing mind-form to things |
| psychomotility | psychiatry, mentally governed movement |
| psychoneural | physiology, of mind and nervous system together |
| psychopannychian | theology, of the sleep of the soul till doom |
| psychopathia | medical, New Latin, mental disorder |
| psychopetal | neurology, conducting toward the mental centres |
| psychophonasthenia | medical, weakness of voice of mental origin |
| psychorhythmia | medical, disordered rhythm of mental action |
| psychorrhagic | psychical research, of the soul breaking loose |
| psychorrhagy | psychical research, escape of the soul from body |
| psychosarcous | pertaining to both mind and flesh |
| psychosome | psychology, the mind-body as one unit |
| psychotaxis | psychology, adjustment of mental processes |
| psychotogen | pharmacology, agent that induces psychosis |
| psychotrine | chemistry, alkaloid from ipecac (Psychotria) |
| psychroesthesia | medical, sensation of cold |
| psychrograph | instrument recording low temperatures |
| psychurgy | psychology, the working or energy of the mind |
| ptarmical | medical, causing sneezing (ptarmic) |
| pteranodont | paleontology, pterosaur of the Pteranodon kind |
| ptereal | zoology, of the wing region |
| pterergate | entomology, a winged worker ant |
| pterian | craniometry, of the pterion of the skull |
| pteric | zoology, of the wing |
| pterideous | botany, fern-like |
| pteridophilism | botany, the craze for collecting ferns |
| pteridophilist | botany, a fern-lover or fern-collector |
| pteridophilistic | botany, of fern-collecting |
| pteridophytous | botany, of the ferns (Pteridophyta) |
| pteridospermaphytic | paleobotany, of the seed-ferns |
| pterna | zoology, the heel of the foot |
| pterobranchiate | zoology, having wing-like gills |
| pteroclomorphic | ornithology, sandgrouse-like |
| pterographer | ornithology, one who describes feathers |
| pteropaedes | ornithology, birds feathered when hatched |
| pteropaedic | ornithology, hatched already feathered |
| pteropegal | entomology, of the wing-socket |
| pteropegous | entomology, having a wing-socket |
| pteropegum | entomology, the socket of an insect wing |
| pteropodal | zoology, of the pteropods (sea butterflies) |
| pteropodan | zoology, a pteropod mollusc |
| pteropodial | zoology, of the wing-foot of a pteropod |
| pteropodium | zoology, the wing-like foot or patagium |
| pterotheca | entomology, the wing-sheath of a pupa |
| pterygobranchiate | zoology, having wing-shaped gills |
| pterygode | entomology, wing-like scale over the wing base |
| pterygodum | entomology, the wing-base scale |
| pterygoidean | anatomy, of the pterygoid bone |
| pterygomalar | anatomy, of the pterygoid and malar bones |
| pterygomandibular | anatomy, of pterygoid and mandible |
| pterygopalatal | anatomy, of pterygoid and palate bones |
| pterygopharyngeal | anatomy, of pterygoid and pharynx |
| pterygopharyngean | anatomy, of pterygoid and pharynx |
| pterygophore | ichthyology, bone supporting a fin ray |
| pterygosphenoid | anatomy, of pterygoid and sphenoid |
| pterygospinous | anatomy, of pterygoid and spinous process |
| pterygostaphyline | anatomy, of pterygoid and uvula |
| pterygotous | entomology, winged, of the Pterygota |
| pterygotrabecular | anatomy, of pterygoid and trabecula |
| ptinoid | entomology, resembling the beetle genus Ptinus |
| ptochogony | sociology, the breeding or producing of paupers |
| ptomainic | chemistry, of or caused by ptomaines |
| ptyalagogic | medical, promoting the flow of saliva |
| ptyalectasis | medical, dilation of a salivary duct |
| ptyalocele | medical, a cyst of a salivary duct |
| ptyalogenic | medical, producing saliva |
| ptyalolith | medical, a salivary calculus |
| ptyalolithiasis | medical, formation of salivary stones |
| ptychoparid | paleontology, a ptychopariid trilobite |
| ptychopterygial | zoology, of a folded or plaited fin |
| ptychopterygium | zoology, a folded fin structure |
| ptysmagogue | medical, agent promoting salivation |
| pubal | anatomy, of the pubis, pubic |
| puboiliac | anatomy, of the pubis and the ilium |
| puccinoid | mycology, resembling Puccinia rust fungi |
| puerer | tanning, one who bates hides with puer |
| puerman | tanning, workman who applies puer |
| puerperalism | medical, morbid state following childbirth |
| puerperant | medical, a woman in childbed |
| puerpery | medical, childbed, the puerperium |
| puglianite | petrology, a syenitic rock of Vesuvius |
| pulicarious | zoology, pertaining to or infested with fleas |
| pulicoid | zoology, flea-like |
| pulicosity | zoology, state of being infested with fleas |
| pulmobranchia | zoology, a lung-like gill, book lung |
| pulmobranchial | zoology, of the lung-gills |
| pulmonarian | zoology, an air-breathing pulmonate mollusk |
| pulmonical | medical, pulmonary, of the lungs |
| pulmonifer | zoology, a lung-bearing mollusk |
| pulmotracheal | zoology, of both lungs and tracheae |
| pulmotracheary | zoology, having lungs and tracheae |
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