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 |
|---|---|
| cypselomorphic | ornithology, of the Cypselomorphae |
| cypselous | botany, of or bearing a cypsela |
| cyrtoceratite | paleontology, curved-shelled nautiloid |
| cyrtoceratitic | paleontology, of a cyrtoceratite |
| cyrtograph | instrument for tracing curves |
| cyrtometer | medical, gauge for chest curvature |
| cyrtopia | zoology, larval stage of euphausiid shrimps |
| cyrtosis | medical, abnormal spinal curvature |
| cyrtostyle | architecture, a circular projecting portico |
| cystadenosarcoma | medical, cystic adenosarcoma |
| cystaster | cytology, cyst-like aster in cell division |
| cystatrophia | medical, atrophy of the bladder |
| cystatrophy | medical, atrophy of the bladder |
| cystectasia | medical, dilatation of the bladder |
| cystectasy | medical, dilatation of the bladder |
| cysteinic | chemistry, of or from cysteine |
| cystelcosis | medical, ulceration of the bladder |
| cystenchyma | biology, tissue of vesicular cells |
| cystenchymatous | biology, of cystenchyma |
| cystenchyme | biology, vesicular cellular tissue |
| cystencyte | biology, a cyst-forming cell |
| cysterethism | medical, irritability of the bladder |
| cysticarpic | botany, of a cystocarp in red algae |
| cysticarpium | botany, fruiting body of a red alga |
| cysticercoidal | parasitology, of a cysticercoid larva |
| cysticolous | biology, living within cysts |
| cystidicolous | biology, inhabiting a cyst |
| cystiferous | biology, bearing cysts |
| cystigerous | biology, bearing cysts |
| cystignathine | herpetology, of the Cystignathinae |
| cystirrhea | medical, mucous discharge from the bladder |
| cystitome | surgery, knife for the lens capsule |
| cystocarpic | botany, of a cystocarp |
| cystocolostomy | surgery, bladder-to-colon opening |
| cystodynia | medical, pain in the bladder |
| cystoelytroplasty | surgery, repair of bladder and vagina |
| cystoenterocele | medical, hernia of bladder and intestine |
| cystoepiplocele | medical, hernia of bladder and omentum |
| cystoepithelioma | medical, cystic epithelial tumor |
| cystoflagellate | zoology, a cystoflagellate protozoan |
| cystogenous | biology, producing cysts |
| cystolithectomy | surgery, removal of a bladder stone |
| cystomatous | medical, of the nature of a cystoma |
| cystomorphous | biology, cyst-shaped |
| cystomyoma | medical, a myoma containing cysts |
| cystomyxoma | medical, a myxoma containing cysts |
| cystonectous | zoology, of the siphonophore Cystonectae |
| cystonephrosis | medical, distension of bladder and kidney |
| cystoneuralgia | medical, neuralgia of the bladder |
| cystoparalysis | medical, paralysis of the bladder |
| cystophore | zoology, a cyst-bearing structure |
| cystophotography | medical, photographing the bladder interior |
| cystophthisis | medical, wasting ulceration of the bladder |
| cystoproctostomy | surgery, bladder-to-rectum opening |
| cystoptosis | medical, prolapse of the bladder lining |
| cystopyelography | radiology, imaging bladder and renal pelvis |
| cystorrhagia | medical, hemorrhage from the bladder |
| cystorrhea | medical, mucous flow from the bladder |
| cystoschisis | medical, congenital fissure of the bladder |
| cystospastic | medical, relating to bladder spasm |
| cystosyrinx | medical, fistula of the bladder |
| cystotrachelotomy | surgery, incision of the bladder neck |
| cystoureteritis | medical, inflammation of bladder and ureter |
| cytasic | biochemistry, of the enzyme cytase |
| cytioderma | cytology, the cell wall |
| cytoblastemal | cytology, of the cytoblastema |
| cytoblastematous | cytology, of the cytoblastema |
| cytoblastemic | cytology, of the cytoblastema |
| cytoblastemous | cytology, of the cytoblastema |
| cytodieretic | cytology, relating to cell division |
| cytoecology | biology, ecology at the cellular level |
| cytoglobulin | biochemistry, a globulin derived from cells |
| cytomitome | cytology, filament network of the cytoplasm |
| cytone | cytology, body of a nerve cell, cyton |
| cytoparaplastin | cytology, a paraplastic substance of the cell |
| cytoreticulum | cytology, the reticular network of a cell |
| cytospectrophotometry | cytology, spectrophotometry of single cells |
| cytost | biology, substance freed by disintegrating cells |
| cytostroma | cytology, the framework of the cell |
| cytostromatic | cytology, of the cytostroma |
| cytotrophy | biology, nutrition of the cell |
| cytovirin | virology, antiviral substance of cell origin |
| cytozymase | biochemistry, an enzyme of the cell |
| dacelonine | ornithology, of the kookaburra subfamily |
| dacryadenalgia | medical, pain in the lacrimal gland |
| dacryagogue | medical, an agent that induces tears |
| dacrycystalgia | medical, pain in the lacrimal sac |
| dacryd | botany, a conifer of the genus Dacrydium |
| dacryelcosis | medical, ulceration of the lacrimal ducts |
| dacryoadenalgia | medical, pain in the lacrimal gland |
| dacryoblenorrhea | medical, mucous flow from the lacrimal sac |
| dacryocystalgia | medical, pain in the lacrimal sac |
| dacryocystoblennorrhea | medical, mucous discharge from lacrimal sac |
| dacryocystoptosis | medical, prolapse of the lacrimal sac |
| dacryocystosyringotomy | surgery, incision of lacrimal sac and duct |
| dacryocystotome | surgery, knife for the lacrimal sac |
| dacryohelcosis | medical, ulceration of the lacrimal apparatus |
| dacryolin | chemistry, a protein substance found in tears |
| dacryolite | medical, a calculus of the lacrimal passages |
| dacryopyorrhea | medical, flow of pus from the lacrimal sac |
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