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 |
|---|---|
| silicize | chemistry, to combine or impregnate with silica |
| silicoacetic | chemistry, of silicoacetic acid |
| silicoalkaline | geology, siliceous and alkaline |
| silicoarsenide | chemistry, an arsenide containing silicon |
| silicocalcareous | geology, of silica and lime |
| silicocyanide | chemistry, a silicon cyanide compound |
| silicoferruginous | geology, of silica and iron |
| silicohydrocarbon | chemistry, silicon analogue of a hydrocarbon |
| silicomagnesian | geology, of silica and magnesia |
| silicopropane | chemistry, silicon analogue of propane |
| silicotalcose | mineralogy, siliceous and talcose |
| silicothermic | metallurgy, reduction of ores by silicon |
| silicotitanate | chemistry, a silicon and titanium salt |
| siliculous | botany, bearing a silicle |
| silicyl | chemistry, the radical silicyl |
| simiad | zoology, an ape of the Simiidae |
| simioid | zoology, apelike, of Simia |
| simity | anatomy, snub-nosedness, from Greek simos |
| simplicident | zoology, of the Simplicidentata rodents |
| simplicidentate | zoology, having a single pair of incisors |
| simulioid | entomology, of the blackfly genus Simulium |
| sinamin | chemistry, sinamine, allyl cyanamide from mustard |
| sinapize | medicine, to treat with mustard |
| singultation | medical, hiccuping |
| sinigrosid | chemistry, sinigroside, the mustard glucoside |
| sinigroside | chemistry, the glucoside sinigrin |
| sinistrocerebral | anatomy, of the left cerebral hemisphere |
| sinistrocularity | optics, dominance of the left eye |
| sinistrogyrate | chemistry, turning polarized light to the left |
| sinistrogyration | chemistry, leftward rotation |
| sinistrogyric | chemistry, turning to the left |
| sinistrorsally | botany, in a left-handed spiral |
| sinuatocontorted | botany, sinuate and contorted |
| sinuatodentate | botany, wavy and toothed at the margin |
| sinuatodentated | botany, wavy and toothed at the margin |
| sinuatopinnatifid | botany, sinuate and pinnatifid |
| sinuatoserrated | botany, sinuate and serrate |
| sinuatoundulate | botany, sinuate and wavy |
| sinuauricular | anatomy, of the sinus and the auricle |
| sinuventricular | anatomy, of the sinus and the ventricle |
| siphac | anatomy, an old name for the peritoneum |
| siphonapterous | entomology, of the fleas (Siphonaptera) |
| siphonated | zoology, furnished with a siphon |
| siphonogam | botany, a plant fertilized by a pollen tube |
| siphonogamic | botany, of fertilization by a pollen tube |
| siphonognathid | ichthyology, a fish of the Siphonognathidae |
| siphonognathous | zoology, having tubular mouthparts |
| siphonoplax | zoology, a shelly plate on a bivalve siphon |
| siphonopore | zoology, the opening of a siphon |
| siphonorhinal | zoology, having tubular nostrils |
| siphonorhine | zoology, tube-nosed |
| siphonosome | zoology, the siphon-bearing body of a siphonophore |
| siphonostely | botany, a tubular vascular stele |
| siphonostomous | zoology, tube-mouthed |
| siphonula | zoology, a siphon-bearing larval form |
| siphorhinal | zoology, tube-nosed |
| siphorhinian | zoology, a tube-nosed animal |
| sipunculacean | zoology, a sipunculid worm |
| sirenoid | zoology, resembling a Siren, lungfish-like |
| sirenomelus | medicine, a fetus with fused legs |
| sistomensin | pharmacy, an early ovarian hormone preparation |
| sistroid | geometry, of the angle between two convex curves |
| sivatherioid | paleontology, resembling Sivatherium |
| sixthet | music, a group of six notes |
| skatoma | medical, a tumour of hardened feces |
| skatoscopy | medical, examination of the feces |
| skatosine | chemistry, a base derived from skatole |
| skatoxyl | chemistry, an oxidation product of skatole |
| skeletin | biochemistry, the horny matter of invertebrate skeletons |
| skelic | anthropometry, of the leg, as in the skelic index |
| skeptophylaxia | medicine, brief protection against anaphylaxis |
| skeptophylaxis | medicine, brief protection against anaphylaxis |
| skiameter | optics, an instrument for measuring shadows |
| skiametry | optics, retinoscopy by shadow measurement |
| skiapodous | Greek skia- + -podous, shadow-footed |
| skintle | brickmaking, to set bricks askew for drying |
| skintled | brickmaking, set askew in drying |
| skintling | brickmaking, stacking bricks askew to dry |
| skleropelite | geology, an indurated pelitic rock |
| skogbolite | mineralogy, a tantalum mineral from Skogbole |
| skomerite | petrology, an altered andesite from Skomer |
| skybal | medical, a hardened lump of feces |
| skyshine | physics, radiation scattered back from the air |
| smectis | mineralogy, an old name for fuller's earth |
| sobralite | mineralogy, a manganese-bearing pyroxene |
| sociocentricity | sociology, the quality of being sociocentric |
| sociolatry | sociology, the worship of society |
| sociophagous | socio- + -phagous, devouring society |
| sodaclase | mineralogy, soda feldspar, albite |
| sodalithite | petrology, a rock rich in sodalite |
| soddite | mineralogy, soddyite, a uranium silicate |
| sodioaluminic | chemistry, of sodium and aluminium |
| sodioaurous | chemistry, of sodium and gold |
| sodiocitrate | chemistry, a sodium citrate double salt |
| sodiohydric | chemistry, containing sodium and hydrogen |
| sodioplatinic | chemistry, of sodium and platinum |
| sodiosalicylate | chemistry, a sodium salicylate double salt |
| sodiotartrate | chemistry, a sodium tartrate double salt |
| soggendalite | petrology, a pyroxene-rich dolerite from Soggendal |
| solanal | botany, of the nightshade order Solanales |
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