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 |
|---|---|
| chlorophylligenous | botany, producing chlorophyll |
| chloropia | medical, green vision, chloropsia |
| chloroplatinous | chemistry, of chloroplatinous acid |
| chlorosilicate | chemistry, a chlorine-bearing silicate |
| chlorsalol | pharmacy, a chlorinated salol |
| cholalic | chemistry, of cholalic (cholic) acid |
| cholangioitis | medical, inflammation of the bile ducts |
| cholanic | chemistry, cholanic acid, a bile acid |
| cholecyanin | chemistry, a blue bile pigment |
| cholecyanine | chemistry, a blue bile pigment |
| cholecystalgia | medical, pain in the gallbladder |
| cholecystectasia | medical, dilatation of the gallbladder |
| cholecystenterorrhaphy | surgery, suture of gallbladder to intestine |
| cholecystgastrostomy | surgery, gallbladder-to-stomach anastomosis |
| cholecystnephrostomy | surgery, gallbladder-to-kidney drainage |
| cholecystocolostomy | surgery, gallbladder-to-colon anastomosis |
| cholecystocolotomy | surgery, incision of gallbladder and colon |
| cholecystoileostomy | surgery, gallbladder-to-ileum anastomosis |
| cholecystonephrostomy | surgery, gallbladder-to-kidney anastomosis |
| cholecystopexy | surgery, fixation of the gallbladder |
| cholecystorrhaphy | surgery, suture of the gallbladder |
| choledochoenterostomy | surgery, bile-duct-to-intestine anastomosis |
| choledography | medical, radiography of the bile ducts |
| cholehematin | chemistry, a bile pigment |
| choleine | chemistry, choleic acid constituent of bile |
| choleinic | chemistry, of choleinic acid, from bile |
| cholelithic | medical, of or having gallstones |
| choleokinase | biochemistry, a supposed bile enzyme |
| cholepoietic | physiology, bile-producing |
| choleromania | medical, panic or delirium about cholera |
| cholerrhagia | medical, excessive flow of bile |
| cholesteremia | medical, cholesterol in the blood |
| cholesterinemia | medical, cholesterin in the blood |
| cholesterinuria | medical, cholesterin in the urine |
| cholesteroluria | medical, cholesterol in the urine |
| choletelin | chemistry, a bilirubin oxidation pigment |
| choletherapy | medical, treatment with bile or bile salts |
| choleuria | medical, bile in the urine |
| cholocyanine | chemistry, a blue bile pigment |
| chologenetic | physiology, bile-forming |
| choloid | chemistry, resembling bile; choloid acid |
| choloidic | chemistry, of choloidic acid, from bile |
| choloidinic | chemistry, of choloidinic acid |
| chololith | medical, a gallstone |
| chololithic | medical, of gallstones |
| cholophaein | chemistry, a brown bile pigment |
| cholorrhea | medical, excessive flow of bile |
| choloscopy | medical, examination for bile pigment |
| chondralgia | medical, pain in a cartilage |
| chondrarsenite | mineralogy, a manganese arsenate mineral |
| chondrenchyma | biology, cartilaginous tissue |
| chondric | anatomy, cartilaginous |
| chondrinous | chemistry, of chondrin, cartilage gelatin |
| chondrioma | cytology, the mitochondrial apparatus |
| chondriomere | cytology, a portion of the chondrioma |
| chondriomite | cytology, a chain of mitochondrial granules |
| chondriosomal | cytology, of chondriosomes, mitochondria |
| chondriosphere | cytology, a spherical mitochondrial body |
| chondroadenoma | medical, tumor of cartilage and gland tissue |
| chondroangioma | medical, tumor of cartilage and vessels |
| chondroarthritis | medical, arthritis involving the cartilages |
| chondrocarcinoma | medical, carcinoma with cartilage |
| chondrocele | medical, a cartilaginous swelling |
| chondroclasis | medical, fracture of a cartilage |
| chondrocoracoid | anatomy, of the coracoid cartilage |
| chondroendothelioma | medical, tumor of cartilage and endothelium |
| chondrofetal | embryology, of fetal cartilage |
| chondrofibromatous | medical, of a chondrofibroma |
| chondrogeny | biology, the formation of cartilage |
| chondroglossal | anatomy, of the chondroglossus muscle |
| chondrography | anatomy, a description of the cartilages |
| chondroitic | chemistry, of chondroitic acid |
| chondrolipoma | medical, tumor of cartilage and fat |
| chondromyoma | medical, tumor of cartilage and muscle |
| chondropharyngeus | anatomy, the chondropharyngeal muscle |
| chondroplast | histology, a cartilage-forming cell |
| chondropterygious | zoology, having a cartilaginous skeleton |
| chondrosarcomatous | medical, of a chondrosarcoma |
| chondroseptum | anatomy, the cartilaginous nasal septum |
| chondrosteoma | medical, a cartilage-and-bone tumor |
| chondrosteous | zoology, having a cartilaginous skeleton |
| chonicrite | mineralogy, a chlorite-like mineral |
| chordacentrous | anatomy, having notochordal vertebral centra |
| chordamesodermic | embryology, of the chordamesoderm |
| chordomesoderm | embryology, notochord-forming mesoderm |
| chorioallantoid | embryology, of the chorioallantois |
| choriocele | medical, hernia of the choroid |
| chorioidocyclitis | medical, choroid and ciliary body inflamed |
| chorioidoiritis | medical, inflammation of choroid and iris |
| chorioidoretinitis | medical, choroid and retina inflamed |
| chorionepithelioma | medical, tumour of chorionic epithelium |
| choriphyllous | botany, having distinct leaflets |
| chorism | botany, splitting of an organ into parts |
| choristoblastoma | medical, tumour of displaced tissue |
| choroidocyclitis | medical, choroid and ciliary body inflamed |
| choroidoiritis | medical, choroid and iris inflamed |
| choromanic | medical, of choromania, dancing mania |
| chortosterol | chemistry, sterol from grass (Gk chortos) |
| chrismatite | mineralogy, a fossil resin |
| chroatol | chemistry, a coal-tar disinfectant |
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