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 |
|---|---|
| coccule | botany, a small coccus or berry |
| cocculiferous | botany, bearing small berries |
| coccygerector | anatomy, muscle raising the coccyx |
| coccygine | anatomy, pertaining to the coccyx |
| coccygomorph | ornithology, a cuckoo-like bird |
| coccygomorphic | ornithology, of the Coccygomorphae |
| coccygotomy | surgery, cutting of the coccyx |
| cochlearifoliate | botany, with spoon-shaped leaves |
| cochlidiid | entomology, moth of the Cochlidiidae |
| cochlite | paleontology, a spiral fossil shell |
| cochlitis | medical, inflammation of the cochlea |
| cocin | chemistry, a fat from coconut oil |
| coctoantigen | bacteriology, heat-treated antigen |
| codamine | chemistry, an opium alkaloid |
| coelar | anatomy, of a coele or body cavity |
| coelarium | anatomy, epithelial lining of the coelom |
| coelastraceous | botany, of the algal family Coelastraceae |
| coelelminth | zoology, a hollow-bodied worm |
| coelelminthic | zoology, of the Coelelminthes |
| coelialgia | medical, pain in the abdomen |
| coelian | anatomy, of the belly, coeliac |
| coeliomyalgia | medical, pain in the abdominal muscles |
| coeliorrhea | medical, abdominal flux, diarrhea |
| coeliorrhoea | medical, abdominal flux (British spelling) |
| coelomatous | zoology, possessing a coelom |
| coelomocoela | embryology, cavity of the coelom |
| coelomopore | zoology, pore opening from the coelom |
| coelonavigation | navigation by the heavens, celestial navigation |
| coeloplanula | zoology, hollow planula larva |
| coeloscope | medical, instrument for viewing a body cavity |
| coelosperm | botany, hollow-faced umbelliferous seed |
| coemptionator | Roman law, purchaser in a coemptio marriage |
| coemptor | Roman law, joint purchaser in coemptio |
| coenanthium | botany, hollow fleshy receptacle inflorescence |
| coenobic | biology, forming a coenobium or colony |
| coenocentrum | botany, body in the fungal oogonium |
| coenodioecism | botany, dioecism with mixed flower clusters |
| coenoecic | zoology, of the coenoecium of a colony |
| coenogamete | botany, multinucleate gamete |
| coenogenetic | biology, of coenogenesis, adaptive larval traits |
| coenomonoecism | botany, monoecism with mixed clusters |
| coenosarcous | zoology, of the coenosarc of a hydroid |
| coenosite | biology, a messmate or commensal organism |
| coenospecifically | biology, with respect to a coenospecies |
| coenotrope | psychology, behaviour common to a group |
| coenotypic | biology, of a common or shared type |
| coeruleolactite | mineralogy, blue-white phosphate mineral |
| colacobiosis | entomology, ant social parasitism by flattery |
| colacobiotic | entomology, of colacobiosis in ants |
| colauxe | medical, enlargement of the colon |
| coleochaetaceous | botany, of the algal family Coleochaetaceae |
| coleopteron | zoology, a single beetle, member of Coleoptera |
| coleoptilum | botany, coleoptile, sheath of a grass seedling |
| colibacterin | medical, preparation or vaccine of B. coli |
| colicolitis | medical, colitis caused by B. coli |
| colicystitis | medical, cystitis caused by B. coli |
| colicystopyelitis | medical, coli infection of bladder and renal pelvis |
| colilysin | medical, a lysin acting on B. coli |
| colinephritis | medical, nephritis caused by B. coli |
| coliplication | surgery, plication of the colon |
| colipuncture | surgery, puncture of the colon |
| colipyelitis | medical, pyelitis caused by B. coli |
| colipyuria | medical, pus in the urine from B. coli |
| colisepsis | medical, sepsis caused by B. coli |
| colitoxemia | medical, toxemia from B. coli toxins |
| coliuria | medical, B. coli present in the urine |
| collembolic | zoology, of the Collembola, springtails |
| collembolous | zoology, of the springtails |
| collencytal | zoology, of the collencytes of sponges |
| colletarium | biology, a glue-secreting structure |
| colletic | medical, adhesive, agglutinant |
| collicle | anatomy, a small eminence, colliculus |
| collobrierite | mineralogy, mineral named from Collobrieres |
| collochromate | chemistry, a colloidal chromate |
| collotypy | printing, the collotype process |
| collyrite | mineralogy, a white clay mineral |
| colocentesis | surgery, puncture of the colon |
| colocephalous | zoology, of the Colocephali fishes |
| coloclysis | medical, irrigation of the colon |
| colodyspepsia | medical, dyspepsia from colon disorder |
| colonalgia | medical, pain in the colon |
| colopexotomy | surgery, fixation and incision of the colon |
| colophan | chemistry, colophane, rosin |
| colophenic | chemistry, acid derived from colophony |
| colophonate | chemistry, a salt of colophonic acid |
| coloplication | surgery, plication of the colon |
| colopuncture | surgery, puncture of the colon |
| colorrhaphy | surgery, suture of the colon |
| colotyphoid | medical, typhoid with lesions of the colon |
| colpocystocele | medical, hernia of the bladder into the vagina |
| colpohyperplasia | medical, hyperplasia of the vaginal mucosa |
| colpoptosis | medical, prolapse of the vagina |
| colporrhea | medical, vaginal discharge |
| columbaceous | zoology, dove-like, of the Columbae |
| columbic | chemistry, of columbium (niobium) |
| columboid | zoology, pigeon-like, of Columba |
| columbotantalate | chemistry, salt of columbic and tantalic acids |
| columbotitanate | chemistry, a columbium-titanium salt |
| columbous | chemistry, of columbium in lower valence |
| colymbiform | zoology, diver- or grebe-like |
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