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 |
|---|---|
| salpingocele | medical, hernia containing a Fallopian tube |
| salpingocyesis | medical, tubal pregnancy |
| salpingomalleus | anatomy, tube to malleus in the ear |
| salpingoperitonitis | medical, tube and peritoneum inflamed |
| salpingopexy | surgery, fixing the oviduct in place |
| salpingopterygoid | anatomy, of the tube and pterygoid |
| salpingorrhaphy | surgery, suture of a Fallopian tube |
| salpingoscope | medical, instrument for viewing the tube |
| salpingostaphyline | anatomy, of the tube and the uvula |
| salpingostenochoria | medical, narrowing of the Eustachian tube |
| salpingostomatomy | surgery, opening the end of an oviduct |
| salpoid | zoology, resembling a salp |
| salvadoraceous | botany, of the family Salvadoraceae |
| salveline | ichthyology, of the chars (Salvelinus) |
| sanctilogy | discourse or writing about the saints |
| sanctologist | one who studies the lives of the saints |
| sanctology | the study of saints, hagiology |
| sanctorium | ecclesiastical, a repository of saints' relics |
| sandaracin | chemistry, a resin from sandarac |
| sanguimotor | physiology, moving the blood |
| sanguimotory | physiology, of the movement of blood |
| sanguineovascular | anatomy, of the blood vascular system |
| sanguinicolous | biology, living in the blood |
| sanguinification | physiology, the forming of blood |
| sanguinometer | medical, instrument measuring the blood |
| sanguinopoietic | physiology, blood-forming |
| sanguinopurulent | medical, both bloody and purulent |
| sanidinic | mineralogy, of the feldspar sanidine |
| sannaite | petrology, an alkaline igneous rock |
| sanopurulent | medical, both sanious and purulent |
| sanoserous | medical, both sanious and serous |
| santene | chemistry, a terpene from sandalwood oil |
| santoninic | chemistry, of santonin, santoninic acid |
| santorinite | petrology, a rock from Santorin |
| saponated | pharmacy, combined with soap |
| saponiferous | botany, soap-yielding |
| saponul | pharmacy, a soap made with a volatile oil |
| saprin | chemistry, a base from putrefaction |
| saprocoll | chemistry, a product of putrefying gelatin |
| sapromic | biology, relating to putrefactive decay |
| saproplankton | biology, plankton of foul water |
| saprozoon | biology, an animal living on decaying matter |
| sarcoadenoma | medical, tumour of sarcoma and gland tissue |
| sarcocollin | chemistry, the principle of sarcocolla gum |
| sarcocystidean | zoology, of the Sarcocystidea |
| sarcocystidian | zoology, of the Sarcocystidea |
| sarcocystoid | zoology, resembling Sarcocystis |
| sarcocyte | biology, the inner protoplasm of a protozoan |
| sarcoderma | botany, a fleshy seed coat |
| sarcodictyum | biology, the network of sarcode in a rhizopod |
| sarcoenchondroma | medical, tumour of sarcoma and cartilage |
| sarcogenic | physiology, flesh-producing |
| sarcoglia | histology, substance at motor nerve endings |
| sarcolactic | chemistry, sarcolactic acid, from muscle |
| sarcologist | anatomy, a student of the soft parts |
| sarcolyte | biology, a fragment of breaking-down muscle |
| sarcopoietic | physiology, flesh-forming |
| sarcosepsis | medical, septic decay of the flesh |
| sarcosoma | zoology, the fleshy body of a polyp |
| sarcosperm | botany, a fleshy seed coat |
| sarcosporid | zoology, a sarcosporidian parasite |
| sarcostosis | medical, ossification of flesh |
| sarcotherapeutics | medicine, treatment with animal flesh extracts |
| sarcotherapy | medicine, treatment with flesh extracts |
| sarkical | Greek sarx, pertaining to the flesh |
| sarkine | chemistry, sarcine, the old name for hypoxanthine |
| sarmentiferous | botany, bearing runners or sarments |
| sarracenial | botany, of the pitcher-plant Sarracenia |
| sartoriad | anatomy, toward the sartorius muscle |
| satisdation | law, the giving of security or bail |
| saurodont | palaeontology, lizard-toothed |
| saurornithic | palaeontology, part reptile and part bird |
| saururan | zoology, of the lizard-tailed birds |
| saururous | zoology, lizard-tailed |
| saxifragant | medical, breaking up stone or calculi |
| scabrescent | botany, becoming slightly rough |
| scabrin | chemistry, an amide from Heliopsis scabra |
| scabriusculose | botany, minutely roughened |
| scabriusculous | botany, slightly scabrous |
| scalarian | zoology, of the wentletrap genus Scalaria |
| scalpellar | surgery, of or like a scalpel |
| scalpellic | surgery, of the scalpel |
| scansory | zoology, scansorial, fitted for climbing |
| scaphitoid | palaeontology, like the ammonite Scaphites |
| scaphocephalus | medical, a boat-shaped skull |
| scaphoceritic | zoology, of the crustacean scaphocerite |
| scaphognathitic | zoology, of the scaphognathite or gill bailer |
| scaphopodous | zoology, of the Scaphopoda, the tusk shells |
| scapulette | anatomy, a small scapula |
| scapuloaxillary | anatomy, of the scapula and the armpit |
| scapulopexy | surgery, fixation of the scapula |
| scarabaean | entomology, of the scarab beetles |
| scarabaeidoid | entomology, resembling the Scarabaeidae |
| scatophagoid | ichthyology, of the Scatophagidae or scats |
| scelalgia | medical, pain in the leg |
| scelidosaurian | palaeontology, of Scelidosaurus |
| scelidosauroid | palaeontology, resembling Scelidosaurus |
| sceloncus | medical, a swelling or tumour of the leg |
| scelotyrbe | medical, a shaking or dragging gait |
| schematogram | medical, outline chart for recording findings |
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