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 |
|---|---|
| cardiophrenia | medical, cardiac neurosis |
| cardiopneumograph | instrument recording heart and lung |
| cardioptosis | medical, downward displaced heart |
| cardiorrheuma | medical, rheumatism of the heart |
| cardioschisis | medical, fissure of the heart |
| cardiosphygmogram | tracing of heart and pulse together |
| cardiosymphysis | medical, adhesion of the pericardium |
| cardiotrophia | medical, nutrition of the heart |
| cardiotrophotherapy | medical, feeding treatment for the heart |
| cardipaludism | medical, heart disorder from malaria |
| cardipericarditis | medical, heart and pericardium inflamed |
| cariacine | zoology, of the deer genus Cariacus |
| caricography | botany, description of sedges (Carex) |
| cariform | zoology, keel-shaped, carina + -form |
| carmeloite | petrology, rock from Carmelo Bay |
| carminophilous | biology, staining readily with carmine |
| carnaubic | chemistry, carnaubic acid of carnauba wax |
| carnaubyl | chemistry, radical of carnaubic acid |
| carniferrin | chemistry, iron compound from meat |
| carniform | biology, flesh-like |
| carnosin | chemistry, carnosine of muscle |
| caroid | pharmacy, papaya digestive ferment |
| caronic | chemistry, caronic acid from carone |
| carotinemia | medical, carotene in the blood |
| carpidium | botany, a carpel |
| carpium | botany, a fleshy fruit |
| carpocace | medical, caries of the wrist |
| carpocarpal | anatomy, between carpal bones |
| carpocerite | zoology, fifth joint of crustacean antenna |
| carpocervical | anatomy, of wrist and neck |
| carpogam | botany, a carpogamous element |
| carpogamy | botany, fertilization through the carpel |
| carpogenous | botany, fruit-producing |
| carpophalangeal | anatomy, of carpus and phalanges |
| carpoptosia | medical, wrist-drop |
| carthamic | chemistry, carthamic acid of safflower |
| cartilaginean | zoology, a cartilaginous fish |
| carvyl | chemistry, radical of carvol |
| cascadite | petrology, rock of the Cascade Range |
| caseolysis | medical, dissolution of caseous matter |
| casparian | botany, Casparian strip, after Caspary |
| cassidid | zoology, a helmet-shell mollusk |
| cataclinal | geology, running with the dip of strata |
| catacromyodian | ornithology, of syrinx muscle insertion |
| catadicrotic | medical, notched falling pulse wave |
| catakinesis | physiology, release of stored energy |
| catakinetic | physiology, energy-releasing |
| catakinetomer | physiology, energy-releasing unit |
| catakinomeric | physiology, of catakinomers |
| catalogia | medical, repetitive meaningless speech |
| catalyte | chemistry, substance undergoing catalysis |
| cataphoria | medical, downward deviation of visual axes |
| cataphrenia | medical, a curable dementia |
| cataphrenic | medical, of cataphrenia |
| cataphyllum | botany, a scale leaf |
| cataplasis | biology, degenerative change in cells or tissue |
| cataplastic | biology, of cataplasis, degenerative |
| catarinite | mineralogy, Santa Catarina meteoric iron |
| catarrhinian | zoology, of the Catarrhina, Old World monkeys |
| cataspilite | mineralogy, an altered mica-like mineral |
| catathymic | psychology, arising from an emotional complex |
| catechutannic | chemistry, catechutannic acid of catechu |
| catheptic | biochemistry, of cathepsin |
| cathetometric | physics, of a cathetometer |
| cathidine | chemistry, an alkaloid of khat, Catha edulis |
| cathin | chemistry, an alkaloid of khat |
| cathinine | chemistry, an alkaloid of khat |
| cathodofluorescence | physics, fluorescence under cathode rays |
| cathodography | radiography by cathode rays |
| cathograph | an X-ray photograph, short for cathodograph |
| cathography | X-ray photography |
| catocalid | entomology, moth of the genus Catocala |
| catocathartic | medical, purging downward by the bowels |
| catodont | zoology, having teeth in the lower jaw only |
| catogene | geology, rock formed by sedimentary deposition |
| catogenic | geology, of sedimentary origin |
| catoptrite | mineralogy, a black antimony silicate |
| catostomoid | ichthyology, resembling the sucker Catostomus |
| caudotibial | anatomy, of the tail and the tibia |
| caudotibialis | anatomy, the caudotibial muscle |
| caulerpaceous | botany, of the alga family Caulerpaceae |
| caulicule | botany, a small stalk; also of a capital |
| caulite | petrography, a stem-like crystallite |
| caulivorous | zoology, feeding on plant stems |
| caulocarpic | botany, with stems that fruit repeatedly |
| caulomer | botany, a unit member of a stem |
| caulosarc | botany, the fleshy tissue of a stem |
| caulotaxy | botany, arrangement of the stems |
| caumatic | medical, of burning fever (Gr. kauma) |
| cavascope | medical, instrument for viewing a cavity |
| cearin | chemistry, a constituent of Ceara wax |
| ceasmic | geology, of cleavage-like fissures in rock |
| cebian | zoology, of the capuchin genus Cebus |
| cecidogenous | botany, producing galls |
| cecidomyian | entomology, of the gall-midges Cecidomyiidae |
| cecidomyiidous | entomology, of the gall-midge family |
| cecilite | mineralogy, a leucite variety from Capo di Bove |
| cecograph | a writing instrument for the blind |
| cecomorphic | ornithology, of the Cecomorphae |
| cecotomy | surgery, incision of the caecum |
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