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 |
|---|---|
| corneagen | anatomy, producing corneal substance |
| corneine | chemistry, horny substance of corals |
| corneosclerotic | anatomy, of cornea and sclera |
| corneosiliceous | zoology, horny and siliceous |
| corniculer | Roman antiquities, an officer's clerk |
| cornigeous | zoology, bearing horns |
| cornule | a little horn |
| cornulite | paleontology, fossil tube of Cornulites |
| corocleisis | medical, closure of the pupil |
| corodiastasis | medical, dilatation of the pupil |
| corodiastole | medical, dilatation of the pupil |
| corollitic | architecture, columns wreathed with leafage |
| corometer | medical, instrument measuring the pupil |
| coronetty | heraldry, adorned with coronets |
| coronillin | chemistry, glucoside from Coronilla |
| coronobasilar | craniometry, of coronal and basilar points |
| coronofacial | anatomy, of the crown and the face |
| coronofrontal | anatomy, of coronal and frontal parts |
| coroparelcysis | surgery, drawing the pupil aside |
| coroplasty | art of modeling terracotta figures |
| corotomy | surgery, incision of the iris |
| correality | law, joint and several liability |
| corresol | chemistry, a phenolic compound |
| cortian | anatomy, of the organ of Corti |
| cortication | botany, formation of a cortex or bark |
| corticin | chemistry, glucoside from aspen bark |
| corticoafferent | neurology, carrying toward the cortex |
| corticoline | botany, growing upon bark |
| cortinarious | mycology, having a cortina or veil |
| corvoid | ornithology, crow-like |
| corybulbin | chemistry, alkaloid from Corydalis |
| corybulbine | chemistry, alkaloid from Corydalis bulbs |
| corycavamine | chemistry, alkaloid of Corydalis cava |
| corycavidin | chemistry, alkaloid of Corydalis cava |
| corycavidine | chemistry, alkaloid of Corydalis cava |
| corycavine | chemistry, alkaloid of Corydalis cava |
| coryl | chemistry, radical derived from hazel |
| corylet | botany, a growth or copse of hazel |
| corylin | chemistry, a substance from hazel |
| corynine | chemistry, alkaloid from Corynanthe |
| corynite | mineralogy, a nickel sulpharsenide |
| corynocarpaceous | botany, of the Corynocarpaceae |
| coryphaenoid | ichthyology, of the dolphinfishes |
| coryphylly | botany, crowning arrangement of leaves |
| corystoid | zoology, of the crab family Corystidae |
| coseism | seismology, a coseismal line |
| cosinusoid | math, the cosine curve |
| cosmecology | cosmo- + ecology, ecology of the cosmos |
| cosmopathic | psychical, receptive to cosmic influence |
| cosmoscope | optics, instrument for viewing the heavens |
| costicartilaginous | anatomy, of the costal cartilages |
| costicervical | anatomy, of the ribs and the neck |
| costispinal | anatomy, of the ribs and the spine |
| costoapical | anatomy, of ribs and apex of the lung |
| costocolic | anatomy, of the ribs and the colon |
| costogenic | medical, arising from the ribs |
| costoinferior | anatomy, of the lower rib region |
| costopneumopexy | surgery, fixing the lung to the chest wall |
| costosuperior | anatomy, of the upper rib region |
| costotrachelian | anatomy, from the ribs to the neck |
| cosymmedian | geometry, line paired with a symmedian |
| cotarnin | chemistry, alkaloid from narcotine (cotarnine) |
| cotingoid | ornithology, resembling the cotingas |
| cotoin | chemistry, active principle of coto bark |
| cotterite | mineralogy, a lustrous variety of quartz |
| cotyliscus | zoology, a small cup-shaped cavity |
| cotyloidal | anatomy, cup-shaped, of the acetabulum |
| cotylophorous | zoology, having a cotyledonary placenta |
| cotylopubic | anatomy, of the acetabulum and pubis |
| cotylosacral | anatomy, of the acetabulum and sacrum |
| coumalic | chemistry, coumalic acid |
| coumalin | chemistry, lactone related to coumalic acid |
| coumaran | chemistry, dihydrobenzofuran |
| coumarane | chemistry, variant name of coumaran |
| coumarilic | chemistry, coumarilic acid |
| couseranite | mineralogy, dark scapolite from Couserans |
| coversed | math, coversed sine (1 - sin) |
| covite | petrology, a nepheline syenite rock |
| cowroid | archaeology, a cowry-shaped Egyptian seal |
| coxankylometer | medical, gauge for hip-joint ankylosis |
| coxarthritis | medical, inflammation of the hip joint |
| coxarthrocace | medical, caries of the hip joint |
| coxarthropathy | medical, disease of the hip joint |
| coxocerite | zoology, basal joint of a crustacean antenna |
| coxoceritic | zoology, of the coxocerite |
| coxodynia | medical, pain in the hip |
| cranioclasis | obstetrics, crushing of the fetal skull |
| cranioclasty | obstetrics, operation of crushing the fetal head |
| craniodidymus | teratology, twin monster joined at the head |
| craniognosy | anatomy, knowledge of the skull |
| craniopuncture | surgery, puncture through the skull |
| craniorhachischisis | medical, cleft of skull and spine |
| craniotympanic | anatomy, of the skull and the tympanum |
| craspedal | zoology, of the craspedum (medusa velum) |
| craspedon | zoology, velum of a hydromedusa |
| craspedum | zoology, marginal velum of a medusa |
| crassilingual | zoology, thick-tongued (of lizards) |
| cratometric | of cratometry, measurement of power |
| cratometry | measurement of power or force |
| creatophagous | zoology, flesh-eating |
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