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 |
|---|---|
| campodeoid | entomology, campodea-shaped larva |
| campshot | engineering, plank facing of a river bank |
| camptodrome | botany, of arching leaf venation |
| campulitropal | botany, having a curved ovule |
| campulitropous | botany, campylotropous ovule |
| campylodrome | botany, curved leaf venation |
| campylometer | instrument for measuring curved lines |
| canadite | petrology, a nepheline syenite |
| canaliculization | anatomy, formation of canaliculi |
| canarin | chemistry, a resin from Canarium |
| cancerin | medical, a supposed cancer principle |
| cancrisocial | zoology, living commensally with crabs |
| cancrophagous | zoology, crab-eating |
| cantalite | mineralogy, mineral from Cantal |
| cantharic | chemistry, cantharic acid |
| cantharidize | medical, to treat with cantharides |
| cantharidizing | medical, blistering with cantharides |
| capillarimeter | instrument for measuring capillarity |
| capillariomotor | physiology, controlling the capillaries |
| capitelliform | anatomy, shaped like a capitellum |
| capparid | botany, plant of the caper family |
| caprelline | zoology, of the skeleton shrimps |
| capreolar | botany, tendril-like |
| capreolary | botany, bearing tendrils |
| caprimulgine | zoology, of the nightjars |
| caproin | chemistry, glyceride of caproic acid |
| capronic | chemistry, capronic acid |
| capronyl | chemistry, radical of capronic acid |
| caprylene | chemistry, an octene hydrocarbon |
| caprylone | chemistry, ketone from caprylic acid |
| capsuligerous | biology, bearing capsules |
| capsulociliary | anatomy, of lens capsule and ciliary body |
| capsulogenous | biology, producing a capsule |
| capsulopupillary | anatomy, of capsule and pupil |
| capsumin | chemistry, red pigment of capsicum |
| captance | electrical, capacitive reactance |
| carabidoid | zoology, resembling a carabid beetle |
| carapine | chemistry, bitter principle of Carapa |
| carbanilic | chemistry, carbanilic acid |
| carbanilid | chemistry, carbanilide |
| carbazic | chemistry, carbazic acid |
| carbazin | chemistry, carbazine |
| carbazine | chemistry, a dye base |
| carbazylic | chemistry, of carbazyl |
| carboazotine | chemistry, a blasting explosive |
| carbocinchomeronic | chemistry, an acid from cinchomeronic |
| carbogelatin | chemistry, a gelatin explosive |
| carbohydrogen | chemistry, a hydrocarbon |
| carbolating | treating with carbolic acid |
| carbolineate | to treat with carbolineum |
| carbolxylol | chemistry, carbolic acid with xylol |
| carbomethene | chemistry, a carbon-methene compound |
| carbonemia | medical, carbon dioxide in the blood |
| carbonimeter | instrument measuring carbon dioxide |
| carbonometry | measurement of carbon dioxide |
| carbonuria | medical, carbon compounds in the urine |
| carbonylene | chemistry, carbonyl derivative |
| carbophilous | botany, growing on charcoal |
| carbosilicate | chemistry, carbon silicate |
| carburometer | instrument measuring carburetted gas |
| carcharioid | zoology, resembling Carcharias sharks |
| carcinemia | medical, cancer cells in the blood |
| carcinolysin | medical, cancer-dissolving substance |
| carcinophagous | zoology, crab-eating |
| carcinopolypus | medical, a cancerous polyp |
| cardiagra | medical, gouty pain in the heart |
| cardialgic | medical, of cardialgia or heartburn |
| cardiameter | instrument gauging the heart |
| cardiamorphia | medical, malformation of the heart |
| cardianesthesia | medical, loss of cardiac sensation |
| cardianeuria | medical, deficient heart nerve force |
| cardiaplegia | medical, paralysis of the heart |
| cardiarctia | medical, constriction of the heart |
| cardiasthenia | medical, weakness of the heart |
| cardiasthma | medical, cardiac asthma |
| cardiataxia | medical, irregular heart action |
| cardiatomy | surgery, incision of the heart |
| cardiatrophia | medical, atrophy of the heart |
| cardiauxe | medical, enlargement of the heart |
| cardicentesis | surgery, puncture of the heart |
| cardiectasis | medical, dilatation of the heart |
| cardiectomize | surgery, to excise the heart |
| cardielcosis | medical, ulceration of the heart |
| cardiemphraxia | medical, obstruction of the heart |
| cardiocele | medical, hernia of the heart |
| cardiocirrhosis | medical, cirrhosis of the heart |
| cardioclasia | medical, rupture of the heart |
| cardioclasis | medical, rupture of the heart |
| cardiodysesthesia | medical, disordered cardiac sensation |
| cardiodysneuria | medical, disordered heart innervation |
| cardiolith | medical, a concretion in the heart |
| cardiomelanosis | medical, melanosis of the heart |
| cardiometer | instrument measuring heart action |
| cardiomyomalacia | medical, softening of the heart muscle |
| cardioncus | medical, tumour of the heart |
| cardionecrosis | medical, necrosis of heart tissue |
| cardioneural | anatomy, of the heart and its nerves |
| cardionosus | medical, disease of the heart |
| cardioparplasis | medical, displacement of the heart |
| cardiopericarditis | medical, heart and pericardium inflamed |
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