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 |
|---|---|
| schematograph | instrument for drawing outlines to scale |
| schematomancy | divination from a person's appearance |
| schematonics | art of expressing meaning by gesture |
| scheuchzeriaceous | botany, of the family Scheuchzeriaceae |
| schistocelia | medical, congenital fissure of the abdomen |
| schistocoelia | medical, cleft abdomen; fuller form of schistocelia |
| schistocormia | medical, congenital fissure of the trunk |
| schistocormus | medical, fetus with a cleft trunk |
| schistoid | geology, resembling schist |
| schistomelia | medical, congenital cleft of a limb |
| schistomelus | medical, fetus with a cleft limb |
| schistoprosopia | medical, congenital cleft of the face |
| schistoprosopus | medical, fetus with a cleft face |
| schistorrhachis | medical, cleft spine, spina bifida |
| schistoscope | instrument for viewing split or divided images |
| schistosis | medical, lung disease from slate or schist dust |
| schistosomia | medical, congenital cleft of the body wall |
| schistosomus | medical, fetus with cleft abdomen |
| schistosternia | medical, congenital cleft of the sternum |
| schistothorax | medical, congenital cleft thorax |
| schizognath | ornithology, a bird with a cleft palate |
| schizogregarine | zoology, gregarine reproducing by schizogony |
| schizolaenaceous | botany, of the Schizolaenaceae |
| schizolite | mineralogy, a manganese silicate mineral |
| schizomanic | psychiatry, of schizomania |
| schizomycete | bacteriology, a fission fungus, a bacterium |
| schizomycetic | bacteriology, of the schizomycetes |
| schizomycetous | bacteriology, of the schizomycetes |
| schizomycosis | medical, disease caused by bacteria |
| schizonemertean | zoology, of the Schizonemertea worms |
| schizonemertine | zoology, of the Schizonemertea worms |
| schizopodal | zoology, of the Schizopoda crustaceans |
| schizospore | biology, a spore formed by fission |
| schizostele | botany, a divided stele |
| schizothoracic | zoology, having a divided thorax |
| schizothyme | psychology, a person of schizothymic type |
| schnebelite | mineralogy, a manganese-bearing mineral |
| schorenbergite | petrology, a leucite rock named for Schorenberg |
| sciaeniform | ichthyology, shaped like a drum or croaker |
| sciapodous | having large shade-giving feet |
| scillitoxin | chemistry, a toxic glycoside from squill |
| scincidoid | zoology, resembling the skinks (Scincidae) |
| scinciform | zoology, skink-shaped |
| sciomachiology | the doctrine of fighting with shadows |
| sciophobia | medical, morbid fear of shadows |
| scirrhogastria | medical, scirrhus, hard cancer, of the stomach |
| scirrhosis | medical, formation of a hard scirrhous growth |
| scirtopod | zoology, a rotifer with leaping feet |
| scirtopodous | zoology, of the Scirtopoda |
| scissorium | anatomy, the cutting or carnassial tooth |
| scleranth | botany, a plant of the genus Scleranthus, knawel |
| scleratogenous | medical, producing hardening or sclerosis |
| sclerectasia | medical, bulging of the sclera |
| sclerencephalia | medical, hardening of the brain |
| sclererythrin | chemistry, red pigment from ergot sclerotia |
| scleretinite | mineralogy, a hard fossil resin |
| sclerify | biology, to harden, become sclerotic |
| sclerized | biology, hardened, sclerotized |
| scleroblastemic | anatomy, of the scleroblastema |
| scleroblastic | anatomy, of a scleroblast, a skeleton-forming cell |
| sclerocauly | botany, the condition of having hard stems |
| sclerochorioiditis | medical, inflammation of sclera and choroid |
| sclerochoroiditis | medical, inflammation of sclera and choroid |
| scleroconjunctivitis | medical, inflammation of sclera and conjunctiva |
| sclerodactylia | medical, scleroderma of the fingers |
| sclerodema | medical, hardening and swelling of the skin |
| sclerodermatitis | medical, inflammation with hardening of the skin |
| sclerodermitis | medical, inflammation of hardened skin |
| sclerogenoid | ichthyology, of the Sclerogeni fishes |
| scleroiritis | medical, inflammation of sclera and iris |
| sclerokeratitis | medical, inflammation of sclera and cornea |
| sclerokeratoiritis | medical, inflammation of sclera, cornea and iris |
| scleromeninx | anatomy, the dura mater, the hard meninx |
| scleromere | zoology, a hardened skeletal segment |
| scleronychia | medical, hardening of the nails |
| scleronyxis | medical, puncture of the sclera |
| sclerophthalmia | medical, hardening of the eyelid margins |
| sclerosarcoma | medical, a hard sarcoma of the gum |
| scleroskeletal | anatomy, of the scleroskeleton |
| sclerostenosis | medical, hardening with contraction |
| sclerostomiasis | veterinary, infestation with Sclerostoma worms |
| scleroticectomy | surgery, excision of part of the sclerotic |
| scleroticochorioiditis | medical, inflammation of sclerotic and choroid |
| scleroticochoroiditis | medical, inflammation of sclerotic and choroid |
| scleroticonyxis | surgery, puncture of the sclerotic |
| scleroticotomy | surgery, incision of the sclerotic |
| sclerotiniose | plant pathology, disease caused by Sclerotinia |
| sclerozone | biology, a hardened zone or band |
| scoleciasis | medical, infestation with worm larvae |
| scoliograptic | written in oblique or crooked lines |
| scoliokyposis | medical, scoliosis combined with kyphosis |
| scolopendrelloid | zoology, resembling Scolopendrella |
| scolopendroid | zoology, centipede-like |
| scolophore | entomology, a sensory rod organ, a scolopophore |
| scombrine | ichthyology, mackerel-like, of the Scombridae |
| scombroidean | ichthyology, of the Scombroidea |
| scombrone | chemistry, a base obtained from mackerel flesh |
| scopeliform | ichthyology, shaped like a lanternfish |
| scopiped | entomology, a bee with brush-bearing feet |
| scopoleine | chemistry, an alkaloid from Scopolia |
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