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 |
|---|---|
| botrycymose | botany, with clustered cymose inflorescence |
| botryomycoma | medical, tumor caused by botryomycosis |
| botryotherapy | medical, the grape cure |
| bowralite | petrology, trachyte rock from Bowral, NSW |
| braccianite | petrology, rock from Bracciano, Italy |
| brachiferous | botany, bearing arms or branches |
| brachigerous | zoology, bearing arms |
| brachiocyllosis | medical, curvature of the arm |
| brachiofaciolingual | medical, of arm, face and tongue |
| brachioganoid | zoology, a fish of the Brachioganoidei |
| brachiopodous | zoology, of the brachiopods |
| brachiorrhachidian | anatomy, of the arm and spine |
| brachiorrheuma | medical, rheumatism of the arm |
| brachiostrophosis | medical, twisting distortion of the arm |
| brachiotomy | obstetrics, amputation of the fetal arm |
| brachistocephali | anthropology, the very short-headed races |
| brachistocephalic | craniometry, very short-headed |
| brachistocephalous | craniometry, very short-headed |
| brachistocephaly | craniometry, extreme short-headedness |
| brachistochronic | mathematics, of the brachistochrone |
| brachistochronous | mathematics, of the brachistochrone |
| brachycephal | craniometry, a short-headed person |
| brachyceral | entomology, of the short-horned flies |
| brachyceric | entomology, short-antennaed |
| brachycerous | zoology, having short horns or antennae |
| brachycnemic | anthropology, having short tibiae |
| brachycrany | craniometry, short-headedness |
| brachydactyl | medical, short-fingered |
| brachydodrome | botany, of short-running leaf venation |
| brachydomal | crystallography, of a brachydome |
| brachydomatic | crystallography, of a brachydome |
| brachydontism | odontology, having short-crowned teeth |
| brachyglossal | zoology, short-tongued |
| brachyhieric | anthropology, having a short sacrum |
| brachymetropic | ophthalmology, near-sighted |
| brachypleural | zoology, having short pleura |
| brachypnea | medical, short shallow breathing |
| brachypodine | zoology, short-footed |
| brachyprism | crystallography, prism on the brachydiagonal |
| brachyprosopic | craniometry, short-faced |
| brachypyramid | crystallography, pyramid on the brachydiagonal |
| brachyrrhinia | medical, abnormal shortness of the nose |
| brachystaphylic | craniometry, having a short palate |
| brachystomatous | zoology, short-mouthed |
| brachystomous | zoology, short-mouthed |
| brachytic | botany, of dwarfed short-jointed growth |
| brachyure | zoology, a short-tailed crab |
| bracteiform | botany, shaped like a bract |
| bradenhead | oil drilling, a casing-head fitting |
| bradyacousia | medical, slowness of hearing |
| bradyauxesis | biology, slow relative growth |
| bradyauxetic | biology, of slow relative growth |
| bradyauxetically | biology, by slow relative growth |
| bradycauma | medical, slow or lingering fever |
| bradydactylia | medical, slow growth of the fingers |
| bradyesthesia | medical, slowness of perception |
| bradynosus | medical, a slowly progressing disease |
| bradypepsy | medical, slow digestion |
| bradypod | zoology, a sloth (Bradypus) |
| bradypode | zoology, a sloth |
| bradypodoid | zoology, sloth-like |
| bradyspermatism | medical, slow emission of semen |
| bradysphygmia | medical, abnormal slowness of the pulse |
| bradystalsis | medical, slow peristalsis |
| bradyteleocinesia | medical, slow completion of a movement |
| bradyteleokinesis | medical, slow completion of a movement |
| bradytocia | obstetrics, slow labor |
| bragite | mineralogy, a rare-earth niobate mineral |
| bramantip | logic, mnemonic name of a syllogistic mood |
| branchicolous | zoology, living on the gills of another animal |
| branchihyal | anatomy, of the branchial and hyoid arches |
| branchiogenous | anatomy, of branchial origin |
| branchiopallial | zoology, of the gills and mantle |
| branchiopneustic | zoology, breathing by gills |
| branchiopodan | zoology, a branchiopod crustacean |
| branchiopodous | zoology, of the Branchiopoda |
| branchiopulmonate | zoology, breathing by both gill and lung |
| branchiosaurian | paleontology, of the Branchiosauria |
| branchiostegan | zoology, of the branchiostegal membrane |
| branchiostomous | zoology, having a gill-bearing mouth |
| branchireme | zoology, crustacean with gill-bearing feet |
| branchiurous | zoology, of the Branchiura, fish lice |
| brandisite | mineralogy, a clintonite-group mineral |
| brassate | chemistry, a salt of brassic acid |
| brassylic | chemistry, brassylic acid, a C13 diacid |
| brayerin | chemistry, active principle of Brayera (kousso) |
| brazilite | mineralogy, a zirconium mineral |
| bredbergite | mineralogy, a garnet named after Bredberg |
| bregmate | anatomy, of or having a bregma |
| breislakite | mineralogy, named after Breislak |
| brephic | biology, of the earliest ontogenetic stage |
| brevifoliate | botany, short-leaved |
| breviradiate | zoology, having short rays |
| brochophony | medical, = bronchophony, bronchial voice |
| broggerite | mineralogy, uraninite variety named for Brogger |
| bromacetanilide | chemistry, brominated acetanilide |
| bromacetate | chemistry, a salt of bromacetic acid |
| bromacetic | chemistry, bromoacetic acid |
| bromacetone | chemistry, bromoacetone |
| bromalbumin | chemistry, a brominated albumin |
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