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 |
|---|---|
| dermatocoptic | veterinary, caused by Dermatocoptes mites |
| dermatoheteroplasty | surgery, skin grafting from another individual |
| dermatomere | embryology, a skin segment, dermatome |
| dermatomuscular | anatomy, of skin and muscle together |
| dermatomyoma | medical, a muscle tumour of the skin |
| dermatoneural | anatomy, of the skin and its nerves |
| dermatoneurosis | medical, skin disorder of nervous origin |
| dermatonosus | medical, a disease of the skin |
| dermatophagus | zoology, skin-eating, of parasitic mites |
| dermatophobia | medical, morbid dread of skin disease |
| dermatophone | medical, instrument for auscultating the skin |
| dermatophony | medical, auscultation of sounds through the skin |
| dermatoplasm | biology, protoplasm forming the skin or cell wall |
| dermatoplast | biology, a skin graft; a walled cell |
| dermatopsy | biology, perception of light through the skin |
| dermatoptic | biology, of light perception through the skin |
| dermatorrhagia | medical, bleeding from the skin |
| dermatorrhea | medical, excessive secretion from the skin |
| dermatorrhoea | medical, excessive skin secretion (Br. spelling) |
| dermatosiophobia | medical, morbid dread of skin disease |
| dermatotomy | anatomy, incision or dissection of the skin |
| dermatoxerasia | medical, abnormal dryness of the skin |
| dermatozoon | medical, an animal parasite of the skin |
| dermatozoonosis | medical, skin disease due to animal parasites |
| dermatrophia | medical, atrophy of the skin |
| dermatropic | medical, having an affinity for the skin |
| dermenchysis | medical, subcutaneous injection |
| dermoblast | embryology, the layer that forms the dermis |
| dermobranchiate | zoology, having skin gills |
| dermochrome | medical, a coloured plate of a skin disease |
| dermohemal | anatomy, of the dermal blood vessels or spines |
| dermohemia | medical, congestion of blood in the skin |
| dermohumeral | anatomy, of the skin and the humerus |
| dermoidal | medical, of or like a dermoid cyst |
| dermol | pharmacy, a bismuth compound used on the skin |
| dermomycosis | medical, fungous disease of the skin |
| dermoneurosis | medical, nervous disorder of the skin |
| dermonosology | medical, classification of skin diseases |
| dermophlebitis | medical, inflammation of the skin veins |
| dermophobe | medical, one with a dread of skin disease |
| dermopterous | zoology, of the Dermoptera, flying lemurs |
| dermoreaction | medical, a diagnostic skin reaction |
| dermorhynchous | ornithology, having a soft-skinned bill |
| dermosclerite | zoology, a dermal spicule of alcyonarians |
| dermostenosis | medical, contraction or hardening of the skin |
| dermosynovitis | medical, inflammation of skin over a synovial sac |
| dermotherm | medical, instrument for skin temperature |
| dermovaccine | medicine, vaccine of or for the skin |
| derodidymus | teratology, monster with two heads on one body |
| derotremate | zoology, a salamander of the Derotremata |
| derotrematous | zoology, having persistent gill clefts |
| derotreme | zoology, salamander with persistent gill openings |
| derrid | chemistry, insecticidal principle of derris root |
| derride | chemistry, a resinous principle of derris root |
| dertrotheca | ornithology, horny sheath of the bill tip |
| dertrum | ornithology, horny tip of the upper bill |
| desaccharification | chemistry, removal of sugar |
| desamidase | biochemistry, an amide-splitting enzyme |
| desamidization | chemistry, removal of the amide group |
| desaminase | biochemistry, deaminating enzyme |
| desaurin | chemistry, a thioketone compound |
| desaurine | chemistry, variant form of desaurin |
| desilicated | geology, having had silica removed |
| desilicating | geology, removing silica from |
| desilicify | geology, to remove silica from |
| desiliconize | metallurgy, to remove silicon from |
| desiodothyroxine | chemistry, thyroxine minus iodine |
| desmachymatous | zoology, of desmachyme in sponges |
| desmachyme | zoology, sponge connective tissue |
| desmacyte | zoology, cell secreting sponge spicules |
| desmectasia | medical, stretching of a ligament |
| desmepithelium | histology, connective epithelial layer |
| desmidiologist | botany, student of desmid algae |
| desmidiology | botany, study of desmid algae |
| desmocytoma | medical, tumor of connective-tissue cells |
| desmodynia | medical, pain in a ligament |
| desmogen | botany, tissue forming vascular bundles |
| desmogenous | botany, arising from desmogen |
| desmognathism | ornithology, the desmognathous palate |
| desmohemoblast | histology, blood-forming mesenchyme cell |
| desmoma | medical, connective-tissue tumor |
| desmon | biology, supposed binding substance in cells |
| desmoneoplasm | medical, connective-tissue new growth |
| desmonosology | medical, study of ligament diseases |
| desmopathologist | medical, specialist in ligament disease |
| desmopathology | medical, pathology of ligaments |
| desmopelmous | ornithology, with bound leg tendons |
| desmopexia | surgery, fixation by a ligament |
| desmopyknosis | medical, thickening of connective tissue |
| desmorrhexis | medical, rupture of a ligament |
| desmose | cytology, fibril joining centrosomes |
| desmosis | medical, disease of connective tissue |
| desmosite | petrology, banded hornfels rock |
| desmotrope | chemistry, a desmotropic isomer |
| desmotropic | chemistry, of tautomeric isomers |
| desmotropism | chemistry, tautomerism |
| desmotropy | chemistry, tautomerism |
| desoxalate | chemistry, salt of desoxalic acid |
| desoxyanisoin | chemistry, deoxygenated anisoin |
| desoxybenzoin | chemistry, deoxybenzoin ketone |
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