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 |
|---|---|
| bromatium | mycology, fungal food-body grown by ants |
| bromaurate | chemistry, a salt of bromauric acid |
| bromauric | chemistry, bromauric acid |
| brombenzamide | chemistry, brominated benzamide |
| brombenzene | chemistry, bromobenzene |
| brombenzyl | chemistry, bromobenzyl |
| bromcamphor | chemistry, monobromated camphor |
| bromeigon | photography, bromide print (brom- + eikon) |
| bromeikon | photography, a bromide enlargement print |
| bromethyl | chemistry, ethyl bromide |
| bromethylene | chemistry, vinyl bromide |
| bromgelatin | photography, bromide gelatin emulsion |
| bromhydric | chemistry, hydrobromic |
| bromindigo | chemistry, brominated indigo dye |
| brominize | chemistry, to treat with bromine |
| bromiodide | chemistry, a bromide-iodide compound |
| bromisation | chemistry, bromination |
| bromoaurate | chemistry, a bromoaurate salt |
| bromoauric | chemistry, bromoauric acid |
| bromocamphor | chemistry, monobromated camphor |
| bromochlorophenol | chemistry, a bromo-chloro phenol |
| bromocyanid | chemistry, cyanogen bromide |
| bromocyanidation | metallurgy, cyanidation aided by bromine |
| bromoethylene | chemistry, vinyl bromide |
| bromohydrate | chemistry, a hydrobromide |
| bromoiodid | chemistry, a bromo-iodide |
| bromoiodide | chemistry, a bromo-iodide |
| bromomania | medical, mania from bromide poisoning |
| bromomenorrhea | medical, fetid menstrual discharge |
| bromometric | chemistry, of bromometry |
| bromometrical | chemistry, of bromometry |
| bromometrically | chemistry, by bromometric method |
| bromometry | chemistry, titration with bromine |
| bromopicrin | chemistry, nitrobromoform |
| bromopikrin | chemistry, bromopicrin, k spelling |
| bromoprotein | chemistry, a brominated protein |
| bromphenol | chemistry, bromophenol |
| bronchadenitis | medical, inflamed bronchial glands |
| bronchiarctia | medical, narrowing of the bronchi |
| bronchiloquy | medical, bronchial voice on auscultation |
| bronchiocele | medical, dilatation of a bronchus |
| bronchiocrisis | medical, bronchial crisis in tabes |
| bronchiospasm | medical, spasm of the bronchi |
| bronchiostenosis | medical, stricture of a bronchus |
| bronchoadenitis | medical, inflamed bronchial glands |
| bronchoaspergillosis | medical, aspergillus infection of bronchi |
| bronchoblennorrhea | medical, mucous bronchial discharge |
| bronchocephalitis | medical, old name for whooping cough |
| bronchoegophony | medical, bronchophony with egophony |
| bronchohemorrhagia | medical, bronchial hemorrhage |
| broncholemmitis | medical, inflammation of bronchial lining |
| bronchomucormycosis | medical, mucor fungus infection of bronchi |
| bronchophonic | medical, of bronchophony |
| bronchophthisis | medical, bronchial consumption |
| bronchoplegia | medical, paralysis of bronchial muscles |
| bronchopleurisy | medical, pleurisy with bronchitis |
| bronchorrhagia | medical, hemorrhage from the bronchi |
| bronchorrhaphy | medical, suture of a bronchus |
| bronchostomy | medical, surgical opening of a bronchus |
| bronchotetany | medical, bronchial spasm in tetany |
| bronchotomist | medical, one who performs bronchotomy |
| bronchotyphoid | medical, typhoid with bronchitis |
| bronchotyphus | medical, typhus with bronchitis |
| brontogram | meteorology, a brontograph record |
| brontolite | meteoritics, a meteorite, thunder-stone |
| brontolith | meteoritics, a meteorite, thunder-stone |
| brotuliform | ichthyology, shaped like a brotulid |
| bryogenin | chemistry, glycoside from Bryonia |
| bryonidin | chemistry, bitter principle of bryony |
| bubonalgia | medical, pain in the groin |
| buccate | zoology, having cheeks or cheek pouches |
| bucciniform | conchology, shaped like a Buccinum shell |
| buccobranchial | anatomy, of the cheek and gills |
| buchite | petrology, a vitrified contact rock |
| buchnerite | mineralogy, a mineral named for Buchner |
| buchonite | petrology, a variety of tephrite |
| bucklandite | mineralogy, a variety of epidote |
| bufidin | chemistry, a principle from Bufo toads |
| bulbilla | botany, a small bulbil |
| bulbocapnin | chemistry, bulbocapnine alkaloid |
| bulbomedullary | anatomy, of the medulla oblongata |
| bulbomembranous | anatomy, of bulbous and membranous urethra |
| bulbonuclear | anatomy, of the medullary nuclei |
| bulborectal | anatomy, of the bulb and rectum |
| bulimiform | conchology, shaped like a Bulimus shell |
| bulimoid | conchology, resembling Bulimus |
| bullule | botany/medicine, a small blister |
| burelage | heraldry, the state of being burelé |
| burmite | mineralogy, Burmese fossil amber |
| burnetize | to season timber by Burnett's zinc process |
| bursula | anatomy, a small bursa |
| butein | chemistry, a flavonoid from Butea |
| butoxyl | chemistry, the butoxyl radical |
| butyrically | chemistry, in a butyric manner |
| butyrochloral | chemistry, butyrochloral hydrate |
| buxeous | botany, of or like boxwood (Buxus) |
| buzane | old chemistry, name for butane |
| buzylene | old chemistry, a C4H6 hydrocarbon |
| byerite | mineralogy, a bituminous coal |
| byerlite | an artificial asphalt, byerlite |
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