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 |
|---|---|
| solanein | chemistry, solanine, the nightshade alkaloid |
| solaneine | chemistry, solanine, an alkaloid of Solanum |
| solaneous | botany, of the nightshade family Solanaceae |
| solanidin | chemistry, solanidine, the aglycone of solanine |
| solarometer | an instrument for solar observation |
| solenial | zoology, of a solenium, the tube of a hydroid |
| solenitis | medical, inflammation of a duct or tube |
| solenium | zoology, a tubular canal in a hydroid colony |
| solenoconch | zoology, a tusk shell, a scaphopod |
| solenodont | zoology, grooved-toothed; of the solenodons |
| solenoglyphic | herpetology, having hollow erectile fangs |
| solenostomoid | ichthyology, resembling the ghost pipefishes |
| solenostomous | zoology, having a tube-like mouth |
| solifugean | zoology, of the sun spiders, Solifugae |
| solifugous | zoology, shunning the sun; of the Solifugae |
| solipedal | zoology, solid-hoofed, of a soliped |
| soliquid | chemistry, a solid dispersed in a liquid |
| solmizate | music, to sing in solmization syllables |
| solutize | chemistry, to render soluble in alkali |
| solutizer | chemistry, an agent that makes mercaptans soluble |
| solutory | medical, loosening or laxative |
| somacule | biology, a hypothetical unit of living matter |
| somaplasm | biology, body plasm as opposed to germ plasm |
| somasthenia | medical, bodily weakness |
| somatasthenia | medical, weakness of the body |
| somaticovisceral | medical, of the body and the viscera |
| somatochrome | histology, a nerve cell rich in cytoplasm |
| somatocystic | zoology, of the somatocyst of a siphonophore |
| somatoderm | zoology, the body wall or outer layer |
| somatogenetic | biology, arising in the body, somatic in origin |
| somatognosis | medical, awareness of one's own body |
| somatognostic | medical, of bodily awareness |
| somatomic | biology, of a somatome or body segment |
| somatophyte | botany, a plant with differentiated body tissue |
| somatophytic | botany, of a somatophyte |
| somatoplastic | biology, forming body tissue |
| somatotonia | psychology, the assertive muscular temperament |
| somatotyper | anthropometry, one who somatotypes |
| somatotypic | anthropometry, of body type |
| somatotypically | anthropometry, in terms of body type |
| somatotypy | anthropometry, classification by body type |
| somatous | biology, of or having a body |
| somatrophin | medical, growth hormone, somatropin |
| somervillite | mineralogy, a melilite named after Mary Somerville |
| sommaite | petrology, a rock from Monte Somma, Vesuvius |
| sommite | mineralogy, a nepheline variety from Monte Somma |
| somnifugous | driving away sleep |
| somnivolency | an inclination or desire to sleep |
| sonagram | acoustics, a sound spectrogram from a Sonagraph |
| sondation | engineering, a sounding or boring; cf. sondage |
| sorage | falconry, a hawk's first year |
| sorbol | chemistry, an alcohol of the sorbitol group |
| sorbosid | chemistry, sorboside, a glycoside of sorbose |
| sorboside | chemistry, a glycoside of sorbose |
| sordavalite | mineralogy, a glassy mineral from Sordavala |
| sordawalite | mineralogy, sordawalite, a pitchy Finnish mineral |
| sorediform | botany, shaped like a lichen soredium |
| soricident | zoology, shrew-toothed; cf. Soricidae |
| sorosphere | botany, a spherical spore mass; cf. Sorosporella |
| sozolic | chemistry, sozolic acid, an antiseptic phenolsulphonate |
| spadicifloral | botany, bearing flowers on a spadix |
| spadiciflorous | botany, with flowers borne on a spadix |
| spadonic | medical, of a eunuch, impotent |
| spadonism | medical, eunuchism, impotence |
| spanemy | medical, poverty of the blood (spanaemia) |
| spanipelagic | biology, rarely found at the sea surface |
| spanopnea | medical, infrequent breathing |
| spanopnoea | medical, infrequent breathing (oe spelling) |
| sparsile | astronomy, of a star not belonging to a constellation |
| sparsioplast | biology, a scattered protoplasmic granule |
| spasmatomancy | divination by convulsions or twitchings |
| spasmolysant | medical, an agent that relieves spasm |
| spasmolytically | medical, in a spasm-relieving way |
| spasmotin | chemistry, a convulsant principle of ergot |
| spasmotoxine | chemistry, a spasm-causing toxin (spasmotoxin) |
| spatalamancy | divination from skin, bones or excrement |
| spatilomancy | divination from excrement |
| spectrobolograph | physics, recorder of radiant energy across a spectrum |
| spectrocomparator | physics, instrument for comparing two spectra |
| spectrophoby | medical, morbid dread of mirrors or spectres |
| spectrophotoelectric | physics, of the photoelectric effect by wavelength |
| spectropyrheliometer | astronomy, measures solar radiation by wavelength |
| spectropyrometer | physics, pyrometer working from the spectrum |
| spectrotelescope | astronomy, telescope combined with a spectroscope |
| speltoid | botany, of a wheat form resembling spelt |
| spermalist | biology, one holding the sperm theory of generation |
| spermania | medical, morbid preoccupation with semen |
| spermatiogenous | botany, producing spermatia |
| spermation | biology, the forming of spermatozoa |
| spermatitis | medical, inflammation of the spermatic duct |
| spermatogene | biology, a sperm-producing element |
| spermatolysis | medical, dissolution of spermatozoa |
| spermatolytic | medical, destroying spermatozoa |
| spermatoplasm | biology, the protoplasm of a sperm cell |
| spermatoplasmic | biology, of sperm protoplasm |
| spermatoplast | biology, a formed body of sperm protoplasm |
| spermigerous | botany, seed-bearing |
| spermoblastic | biology, of a spermoblast |
| spermocarp | botany, the fertilized oogonium and its coat |
| spermocenter | cytology, the centrosome of a spermatozoon |
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