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 |
|---|---|
| bacillian | bacteriology, of or like a bacillus |
| bacilligenic | bacteriology, producing bacilli |
| bacilliparous | bacteriology, giving rise to bacilli |
| bacillite | petrology, a rod-shaped crystallite |
| bacillogenic | bacteriology, producing bacilli |
| bacillogenous | bacteriology, produced by bacilli |
| bacteriaceous | bacteriology, of the Bacteriaceae |
| bactericholia | medical, bacteria in the bile |
| bacteriform | shaped like a bacterium |
| bacterioblast | bacteriology, a germinal bacterial body |
| bacteriodiagnosis | medical, diagnosis by bacterial findings |
| bacteriofluorescin | bacteriology, bacterial fluorescent pigment |
| bacteriohemolysin | medical, bacterial blood-dissolving toxin |
| bacterioprecipitin | immunology, precipitin for bacteria |
| bacterioprotein | biochemistry, protein of bacterial origin |
| bacteriopsonic | immunology, of bacteriopsonin |
| bacteriopsonin | immunology, opsonin acting on bacteria |
| bacteriosolvent | medical, dissolving bacteria |
| bacteriotrypsin | biochemistry, trypsin-like bacterial enzyme |
| baculoid | rod-shaped, like a baculum |
| badenite | mineralogy, a cobalt-nickel arsenide |
| baikalite | mineralogy, diopside variety from Lake Baikal |
| baikerinite | mineralogy, tarry constituent of baikerite |
| baikerite | mineralogy, waxy mineral resin from Baikal |
| balaenoidean | zoology, of the whalebone whales |
| balaneutics | medicine, the art of bathing |
| balanism | medicine, use of suppositories |
| balanoblennorrhea | medical, mucous discharge from the glans |
| balanocele | medical, protrusion of the glans |
| balanophore | botany, plant of the Balanophoraceae |
| balanorrhagia | medical, discharge from the glans |
| balantidic | medical, of Balantidium |
| balantidiosis | medical, Balantidium coli infection |
| balladromic | biology, moving toward a stimulus source |
| balneophysiology | medicine, physiology of bathing |
| balneotechnics | medicine, technology of baths |
| baluchithere | paleontology, giant fossil rhinoceros |
| bamalip | logic, mnemonic for a syllogistic mood |
| bandaite | petrology, a dacitic rock from Bandai |
| bandspreading | radio, spreading a tuning band on the dial |
| bangiaceous | botany, of the red algae Bangiaceae |
| baralipton | logic, mnemonic for a syllogistic mood |
| barbellula | zoology, a minute barbel |
| barberite | a corrosion-resisting copper alloy |
| barbituism | medical, chronic barbital poisoning |
| baromacrometer | medical, gauge of newborn weight and length |
| barometrography | meteorology, recording of air pressure |
| baromotor | a motor driven by air pressure |
| barosinusitus | medical, sinusitis from pressure change |
| barotaxy | biology, response to pressure |
| barothermogram | record of pressure and temperature |
| barothermohygrogram | record of pressure, temperature, humidity |
| baroxyton | music, a bass brass instrument |
| barrulety | heraldry, divided by barrulets |
| barthite | mineralogy, a zinc arsenate |
| baruria | medical, urine of high specific gravity |
| baryecoia | medical, dullness of hearing |
| baryglossia | medical, difficulty of speech |
| barylalia | medical, indistinct thick speech |
| baryphonia | medical, heaviness of voice |
| baryphonic | medical, having a heavy voice |
| baryphony | medical, heaviness of voice |
| barytocelestine | mineralogy, baryto-celestine |
| barytocelestite | mineralogy, barium-strontium sulphate |
| barytophyllite | mineralogy, a barium mica |
| barytostrontianite | mineralogy, barium-strontium carbonate |
| barytosulphate | chemistry, a double barium sulphate |
| basiarachnitis | medical, inflamed basal arachnoid |
| basiarachnoiditis | medical, basal arachnoiditis |
| basibracteolate | botany, bracteolate at the base |
| basibranchiate | zoology, of the basibranchial bones |
| basichromatic | cytology, of basichromatin |
| basichromatinic | cytology, of basichromatin |
| basichromiole | cytology, a basichromatin granule |
| basicytoparaplastin | cytology, a basal cell-plasm substance |
| basidigital | anatomy, at the base of a digit |
| basidigitale | anatomy, a basal digital bone |
| basidiogenetic | mycology, producing basidia |
| basigamy | botany, basal fusion in the embryo sac |
| basigenic | chemistry, base-forming |
| basigenous | chemistry, base-producing |
| basiglandular | anatomy, at the base of a gland |
| basigynium | botany, stalk supporting the gynoecium |
| basiliscan | zoology, of the basilisk lizards |
| basiliscine | zoology, of the genus Basiliscus |
| basilysis | medical, crushing of the fetal skull base |
| basilyst | medical, instrument for basilysis |
| basimesostasis | petrology, basic mesostasis |
| basinasial | craniometry, of basion and nasion |
| basiophitic | petrology, basic ophitic texture |
| basiophthalmite | zoology, basal joint of a crustacean eyestalk |
| basiophthalmous | zoology, having eyes on a basal joint |
| basiotribe | medical, fetal-skull crushing instrument |
| basiotripsy | medical, crushing of the fetal skull |
| basiparachromatin | cytology, a basal chromatin substance |
| basiparaplastin | cytology, a basal plasm substance |
| basiradial | anatomy, at the base of the radius |
| basirhinal | anatomy, at the base of the nose |
| basirostral | zoology, at the base of the beak |
| basisidia | lichenology, basal isidium-like outgrowths |
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