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 |
|---|---|
| ceratiasis | medical, growth of a horny excrescence |
| ceratitoid | paleontology, of the ammonoid Ceratites |
| ceratoblast | histology, a cell forming horny tissue |
| ceratocricoid | anatomy, of the cornu and cricoid cartilage |
| ceratofibrous | histology, horny and fibrous |
| ceratoglossal | anatomy, of the hyoid cornu and tongue |
| ceratomandibular | anatomy, of the cornu and lower jaw |
| ceratopteridaceous | botany, of the water-fern family |
| ceratorhine | zoology, having a horn on the nose |
| ceratospongian | zoology, of the horny sponges |
| ceratotheca | entomology, horny case of a pupal part |
| ceratothecal | entomology, of the ceratotheca |
| ceraunogram | physics, a figure produced by lightning |
| cercariform | zoology, shaped like a cercaria |
| cerealose | chemistry, a maltose-like sugar from grain |
| cerebellocortex | anatomy, the cortex of the cerebellum |
| cerebralgia | medical, pain in the head, headache |
| cerebrasthenia | medical, weakness of the brain |
| cerebrasthenic | medical, of cerebrasthenia |
| cerebrogalactose | chemistry, galactose from brain cerebrosides |
| cerebroganglion | zoology, the brain ganglion of invertebrates |
| cerebroganglionic | zoology, of the cerebral ganglion |
| cerebrometer | instrument for measuring the brain or skull |
| cerebroparietal | anatomy, of the cerebrum and parietal bone |
| cerebropontile | anatomy, of the cerebrum and pons |
| cerebropsychosis | medical, mental disorder of cerebral origin |
| cerebrorachidian | anatomy, cerebrospinal |
| cerebroscope | medical, instrument for examining the brain |
| cerebrosensorial | physiology, of cerebral sensation |
| cerebrosis | medical, any disease of the brain |
| cerebrospinant | pharmacy, a drug acting on brain and cord |
| cerebrosuria | medical, cerebrose (galactose) in the urine |
| cererite | mineralogy, old name for cerite, a cerium silicate |
| cerianthoid | zoology, resembling Cerianthus |
| ceride | chemistry, a wax-like compound of ceryl |
| cerigerous | biology, bearing wax or a cere |
| ceroline | chemistry, a wax-derived lubricating oil |
| cerophilous | biology, wax-loving, growing on wax |
| ceroplast | art, a modeller in wax |
| cerotate | chemistry, a salt of cerotic acid |
| ceroxyle | botany, a wax palm (Ceroxylon) |
| ceruleite | mineralogy, a blue copper-aluminium arsenate |
| ceruleolactite | mineralogy, blue-white phosphate mineral |
| cerulific | producing a blue colour |
| cerulignol | chemistry, phenol from beechwood tar |
| cerulignone | chemistry, blue quinone from wood tar |
| ceruminiferous | anatomy, conveying or secreting earwax |
| cervicaprine | zoology, of the reedbuck genus Cervicapra |
| cerviciplex | anatomy, the cervical plexus |
| cervicispinal | anatomy, of the neck and spine |
| cervicoauricular | anatomy, of the neck and the ear |
| cervicomuscular | anatomy, of the muscles of the neck |
| cerviconasal | anatomy, of the neck and the nose |
| cervuline | zoology, of the muntjac deer (Cervulus) |
| cetic | zoology, pertaining to whales |
| cetid | zoology, a whale of the family Cetidae |
| cetiosaurian | palaeontology, of the Cetiosauria |
| cetomorphic | zoology, whale-shaped |
| cetonian | entomology, of the rose-chafers (Cetonia) |
| cetorhinoid | zoology, resembling the basking shark |
| cetotolite | geology, phosphatic nodule from whale bone |
| cetraric | chemistry, of cetraric acid from Iceland moss |
| cetylene | chemistry, the hydrocarbon cetene |
| cevine | chemistry, alkaloid from cevadilla seed |
| chaetognathous | zoology, of the arrow-worms (Chaetognatha) |
| chaetopodan | zoology, a bristle-bearing annelid |
| chaetopodous | zoology, having bristled feet |
| chaetopterin | biochemistry, pigment from Chaetopterus worms |
| chainomatic | instruments, balance read by a chain weight |
| chalazian | biology, of the chalaza of an ovule or egg |
| chalazium | medical, a chalazion, cyst of the eyelid |
| chalazoidite | geology, spherical grain in volcanic tuff |
| chalazoin | biology, the substance of the chalazae |
| chalcedonous | mineralogy, of the nature of chalcedony |
| chalcidic | architecture, a portico or vestibule hall |
| chalcidiform | entomology, shaped like a chalcid wasp |
| chalcites | mineralogy, an ancient name for copper ore |
| chalcographical | art, pertaining to engraving on copper |
| chalcomancy | divination by means of brass vessels |
| chalcon | chemistry, chalcone, an aromatic ketone |
| chalcotrichite | mineralogy, hair-like variety of cuprite |
| chalcotript | one who takes rubbings of monumental brasses |
| chalicotherioid | palaeontology, resembling a chalicothere |
| chalinine | zoology/chem., substance from Chalina sponges |
| chalinitis | medical, inflammation of the frenum |
| chalkosideric | mineralogy, containing copper and iron |
| chamaecranial | craniometry, having a low flat skull |
| chamaeprosopic | craniometry, having a low broad face |
| chamaerrhine | craniometry, having a broad flat nose |
| chamecephalic | craniometry, low-skulled |
| chamecephalous | craniometry, having a low flat skull |
| chamecephalus | craniometry, a low-skulled individual |
| chamecephaly | craniometry, lowness of the skull |
| chamite | palaeontology, a fossil Chama shell |
| chapitral | architecture, pertaining to a chapiter |
| chapourn | heraldry, a hood-shaped charge (chaperon) |
| chapournet | heraldry, a chief formed by a chapourn |
| chapournetted | heraldry, bearing a chapournet |
| characetum | ecology, a plant association of Chara stoneworts |
| characine | ichthyology, of the characin fishes |
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