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 |
|---|---|
| characinid | ichthyology, a characin fish |
| characinoid | ichthyology, characin-like |
| charadrine | ornithology, of the plovers (Charadrius) |
| charadrioid | ornithology, plover-like |
| chaunoprockt | zoology, gaping-vented (chauno- + proktos) |
| chebule | botany, the chebulic myrobalan fruit |
| cheimaphobia | medical, morbid dread of cold |
| cheimatophobia | medical, morbid dread of cold |
| cheirolin | chemistry, sulphur compound from wallflower seed |
| cheiroline | chemistry, = cheirolin, wallflower compound |
| cheiropatagium | zoology, bat wing membrane between the fingers |
| cheiropod | zoology, an animal with hand-like feet |
| chelerythrin | chemistry, alkaloid of celandine |
| chelide | zoology, a side-necked turtle (Chelidae) |
| chelidonate | chemistry, a salt of chelidonic acid |
| chelidonian | of the swallow (Gr. chelidon) or celandine |
| chelidonic | chemistry, chelidonic acid from celandine |
| chelidonin | chemistry, the alkaloid of celandine |
| chelodine | zoology, of the snake-necked turtles (Chelodina) |
| chelonin | pharmacy, extract of Chelone (turtlehead) |
| chelophore | zoology, a claw-bearing appendage |
| chelydroid | zoology, resembling the snapping turtle Chelydra |
| chemasthenia | medical, weakness of chemical (metabolic) function |
| chemawinite | mineralogy, Canadian fossil resin, amber |
| chemicker | textiles, a bleacher who works with chemic |
| chemiculture | agriculture, growing plants in chemical solutions |
| chemigraph | printing, a chemically etched plate or print |
| chemigrapher | printing, a practitioner of chemigraphy |
| chemigraphically | printing, by means of chemigraphy |
| chemiphotic | chemistry, of the chemical action of light |
| chemolyze | chemistry, to decompose chemically |
| chemopause | atmos. science, top of the chemosphere |
| chemophysiological | of chemical physiology |
| chemophysiology | the chemistry of physiological process |
| chemoserotherapy | medical, chemotherapy plus serum therapy |
| chemosorption | chemistry, = chemisorption |
| chemosorptive | chemistry, of chemosorption |
| chemospheric | atmos. science, of the chemosphere |
| chemotherapeuticness | medical, quality of being chemotherapeutic |
| cheoplastic | dentistry, of fusible metal for dentures |
| chiasmatype | genetics, chromosome formed by crossing over |
| chiasmatypy | genetics, Janssens' crossing-over theory |
| chiastoneural | zoology, of the twisted nerve loop in snails |
| chibinite | petrology, a nepheline syenite from Khibiny |
| chilalgia | medical, pain in the lip |
| chilectropion | medical, eversion of the lip |
| chilenite | mineralogy, a silver-bismuth mineral of Chile |
| chiliadron | geometry, a thousand-sided figure |
| chiliaedron | geometry, a thousand-faced solid |
| chilitis | medical, inflammation of the lip (cheilitis) |
| chiloma | zoology, the tumid upper lip of some mammals |
| chiloncus | medical, a tumor or swelling of the lip |
| chiloplasty | surgery, plastic repair of the lip |
| chilopodan | zoology, a centipede (Chilopoda) |
| chilopodous | zoology, of the centipedes |
| chilotomy | surgery, incision of the lip |
| chinoidin | chemistry, quinoidine, amorphous quinine resin |
| chinoleine | chemistry, quinoline (older spelling) |
| chinotoxine | chemistry, quinotoxine, a quinine derivative |
| chiococcine | chemistry, an alkaloid from Chiococca root |
| chirarthritis | medical, arthritis of the hand |
| chirocosmetics | the art of beautifying the hands |
| chirognostic | medical, able to tell which hand is touched |
| chirogymnast | music, a finger-exercising apparatus |
| chirometer | an instrument for measuring the hand |
| chironym | taxonomy, an unpublished manuscript name |
| chiropod | zoology, a hand-footed animal |
| chiropodial | medical, of chiropody, foot care |
| chiropompholyx | medical, pompholyx of the hands |
| chiropraxis | medical, manual (chiropractic) treatment |
| chiropterygian | zoology, of the chiropterygium limb |
| chiropterygious | zoology, having a chiropterygium |
| chiropterygium | zoology, the pentadactyl vertebrate limb |
| chirotype | taxonomy, specimen bearing a manuscript name |
| chitinocalcareous | zoology, of chitin and calcareous matter |
| chlamydobacteriaceous | bacteriology, of the Chlamydobacteriaceae |
| chlamydosporic | mycology, of a chlamydospore |
| chlamydozoan | microbiology, a chlamydozoon, virus-like body |
| chloracetate | chemistry, a salt of chloracetic acid |
| chloragen | zoology, chloragogen tissue of earthworms |
| chloralformamide | chemistry, chloral formamide, a hypnotic |
| chloranaemia | medical, anaemia with chlorosis |
| chloranemia | medical, anemia with chlorosis |
| chloranhydride | chemistry, an acid chloride |
| chloridation | metallurgy, conversion into a chloride |
| chlorider | metallurgy, one who or that which chloridizes |
| chlorize | chemistry, to treat with chlorine |
| chlormethylic | chemistry, of chlormethyl, chloromethane |
| chloroaurite | chemistry, a salt of chloroaurous acid |
| chlorobromomethane | chemistry, CH2ClBr, a fire-extinguishing agent |
| chlorochromic | chemistry, of chlorochromic acid |
| chlorodize | photography, to treat with a chloride |
| chlorohydroquinone | chemistry, a chlorinated hydroquinone developer |
| chloronaphthalene | chemistry, a chlorinated naphthalene |
| chloronitrate | chemistry, a chloronitrate salt or ester |
| chloropalladic | chemistry, of chloropalladic acid |
| chlorophyceous | botany, of the Chlorophyceae, green algae |
| chlorophyllan | chemistry, a chlorophyll derivative |
| chlorophyllian | botany, of or containing chlorophyll |
| chlorophylliferous | botany, bearing chlorophyll |
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