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 |
|---|---|
| basocyte | hematology, a basophil cell |
| basoid | chemistry, resembling a base |
| bastonite | mineralogy, a mica from Bastogne |
| bathic | oceanography, of the ocean depths |
| bathochromatism | chemistry, shift of absorption toward red |
| bathochromy | chemistry, bathochromic shift |
| bathoflore | chemistry, fluorescence-deepening group |
| bathofloric | chemistry, of a bathoflore |
| bathomania | coinage, morbid craving relating to depth |
| bathometry | measurement of depths |
| bathyanesthesia | medical, loss of deep sensibility |
| bathybian | zoology, living in the deep sea |
| bathycentesis | medical, deep puncture |
| bathychrome | chemistry, color-deepening group |
| bathyhyperesthesia | medical, excess of deep sensibility |
| bathyhypesthesia | medical, reduced deep sensibility |
| bathysmal | oceanography, of the greatest depths |
| bathysophic | relating to deep-sea knowledge |
| bathysophical | relating to deep-sea knowledge |
| bathythermogram | record made by a bathythermograph |
| batidaceous | botany, of the Batidaceae |
| batrachiate | zoology, frog-like, four-limbed |
| batrachoplasty | medical, operation for ranula |
| battarism | medical, stammering |
| battarismus | medical, stuttering |
| batukite | petrology, a leucite-bearing rock |
| batyphone | music, a bass clarinet-like instrument |
| bauxitite | petrology, rock composed of bauxite |
| beckelite | mineralogy, a rare-earth silicate mineral |
| beekite | mineralogy, concentric chalcedony rings |
| beggiatoaceous | bacteriology, of the genus Beggiatoa |
| belemnid | paleontology, a belemnite cephalopod |
| beloeilite | mineralogy, mineral from Beloeil, Quebec |
| belonesite | mineralogy, a magnesium molybdate mineral |
| belonosphaerite | mineralogy, a rare silicate mineral |
| belugite | petrology, an Alaskan igneous rock |
| bennettitaceous | paleobotany, of the Bennettitaceae |
| benthoscope | deep-sea observation sphere |
| benzalaniline | chemistry, benzal-aniline condensate |
| benzalazine | chemistry, azine of benzaldehyde |
| benzalcohol | chemistry, benzyl alcohol |
| benzalcyanhydrin | chemistry, benzal cyanohydrin |
| benzaldiphenyl | chemistry, benzal diphenyl compound |
| benzalethylamine | chemistry, benzal ethylamine |
| benzalhydrazine | chemistry, benzal hydrazine |
| benzalphenylhydrazone | chemistry, benzal phenylhydrazone |
| benzalphthalide | chemistry, benzalphthalide |
| benzaminic | chemistry, of benzaminic acid |
| benzamino | chemistry, benzamino- group |
| benzanalgen | pharmacy, a benzoyl analgesic |
| benzantialdoxime | chemistry, anti-aldoxime of benzaldehyde |
| benzazide | chemistry, benzoyl azide |
| benzazimide | chemistry, benzazimide |
| benzazine | chemistry, benzene-fused azine |
| benzbitriazole | chemistry, benzo-bis-triazole |
| benzdiazine | chemistry, benzene-fused diazine |
| benzdifuran | chemistry, benzene-fused difuran |
| benzdioxazine | chemistry, benzo dioxazine |
| benzdioxdiazine | chemistry, benzo dioxdiazine |
| benzdioxtriazine | chemistry, benzo dioxtriazine |
| benzein | chemistry, a benzene derivative |
| benzenediazonium | chemistry, benzenediazonium ion |
| benzhydroxamic | chemistry, benzhydroxamic acid |
| benzidino | chemistry, benzidino- group |
| benziminazole | chemistry, benzimidazole |
| benzoazurine | chemistry, a blue azo dye |
| benzobis | chemistry, benzobis- combining form |
| benzocoumaran | chemistry, benzo-fused coumaran |
| benzodiazole | chemistry, benzodiazole |
| benzoflavine | chemistry, a yellow acridine dye |
| benzofuroquinoxaline | chemistry, fused furo-quinoxaline |
| benzofuryl | chemistry, benzofuryl radical |
| benzoglycolic | chemistry, benzoglycolic acid |
| benzoglyoxaline | chemistry, benzoglyoxaline |
| benzohydrol | chemistry, benzhydrol |
| benzoiodohydrin | chemistry, benzoyl iodohydrin |
| benzolate | chemistry, a salt or ester of benzol |
| benzolize | chemistry, to treat with benzol |
| benzomorpholine | chemistry, benzo-fused morpholine |
| benzonitrol | chemistry, a nitro-benzol derivative |
| benzoperoxide | chemistry, benzoyl peroxide |
| benzophenanthrazine | chemistry, fused phenanthrazine |
| benzophenanthroline | chemistry, benzo-fused phenanthroline |
| benzophenazine | chemistry, benzo-fused phenazine |
| benzophenol | chemistry, phenol from benzene |
| benzophenothiazine | chemistry, benzo phenothiazine |
| benzophloroglucinol | chemistry, benzoyl phloroglucinol |
| benzophosphinic | chemistry, benzophosphinic acid |
| benzophthalazine | chemistry, benzo-fused phthalazine |
| benzopyranyl | chemistry, benzopyranyl radical |
| benzopyrazolone | chemistry, benzo-fused pyrazolone |
| benzoquinoxaline | chemistry, benzo-fused quinoxaline |
| benzosulphimide | chemistry, saccharin |
| benzotetrazine | chemistry, benzo-fused tetrazine |
| benzotetrazole | chemistry, benzo-fused tetrazole |
| benzothiodiazole | chemistry, benzo thiodiazole |
| benzothiofuran | chemistry, benzothiophene |
| benzotoluide | chemistry, benzoyl toluidide |
| benzotrifuran | chemistry, benzo-fused trifuran |
| benzoxate | chemistry, salt of a benzoxy acid |
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