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 |
|---|---|
| desoxycinchonine | chemistry, cinchonine minus oxygen |
| desoxymorphine | chemistry, desomorphine |
| desoxyribonucleoprotein | biochemistry, DNA-protein complex |
| desucration | chemistry, extraction of sugar from molasses |
| desulphuret | chemistry, to free from sulphur |
| desyl | chemistry, the desyl radical |
| dethyroidism | medical, want of thyroid function |
| detubation | medical, removal of a tube |
| deutencephalic | anatomy, of the deutencephalon |
| deutencephalon | embryology, the second brain vesicle |
| deuteranomal | ophthalmology, person with deuteranomaly |
| deuteroalbumose | chemistry, secondary albumose |
| deuterocasease | biochemistry, secondary casein enzyme |
| deuteroconid | odontology, cusp of a lower molar |
| deuterodome | crystallography, dome of the second order |
| deuteroelastose | chemistry, secondary elastose |
| deuterofibrinose | chemistry, secondary fibrinose |
| deuterogelatose | chemistry, secondary gelatose |
| deuterogenesis | biology, secondary development |
| deuteroglobulose | chemistry, secondary globulose |
| deuteromorphic | geology, of secondary form |
| deuteromyosinose | chemistry, secondary myosinose |
| deuteroprism | crystallography, prism of second order |
| deuteroproteose | chemistry, secondary proteose |
| deuteroscopic | of deuteroscopy, second sight |
| deuterostomatous | zoology, of the deuterostomes |
| deuterotype | taxonomy, a secondary type specimen |
| deuterovitellose | chemistry, secondary vitellose |
| deutobromide | old chemistry, the second bromide |
| deutocarbonate | old chemistry, the second carbonate |
| deutochloride | old chemistry, the second chloride |
| deutomala | entomology, the second maxillae |
| deutomalal | entomology, of the deutomala |
| deutomalar | entomology, of the deutomala |
| deutonephron | embryology, the secondary nephron |
| deutoscolex | zoology, a secondary scolex |
| devaporate | chemistry, to condense from vapour |
| deviascope | navigation, compass-deviation demonstrator |
| devisceration | medical, removal of the viscera |
| devonite | mineralogy, a mineral named from Devon |
| dexiocardia | medical, heart displaced to the right |
| dexiotrope | zoology, a right-handed spiral shell |
| dexiotropism | zoology, right-handed coiling |
| dexiotropous | zoology, coiled to the right |
| dextrinate | chemistry, a compound of dextrin |
| dextroaural | physiology, right-eared |
| dextrocardial | medical, of dextrocardia |
| dextrocerebral | physiology, of the right cerebrum |
| dextrocularity | physiology, right-eyedness |
| dextroduction | ophthalmology, turning the eyes right |
| dextrogyration | physics, rotation to the right |
| dextrogyratory | physics, rotating to the right |
| dextrolactic | chemistry, dextrorotatory lactic acid |
| dextrolimonene | chemistry, dextrorotatory limonene |
| dextropedal | physiology, right-footed |
| dextropinene | chemistry, dextrorotatory pinene |
| dextrosazone | chemistry, the osazone of dextrose |
| dextrosuria | medical, dextrose in the urine |
| dextrotartaric | chemistry, dextrorotatory tartaric acid |
| dextrotropic | turning to the right |
| dextrotropous | turning to the right |
| dezincation | metallurgy, removal of zinc |
| dezinkify | metallurgy, to remove zinc from |
| dezymotize | medical, to destroy zymotic germs in |
| diabantite | mineralogy, a chlorite from diabase |
| diabetophobia | medical, morbid fear of diabetes |
| diacanthous | botany, having two spines |
| diacetic | chemistry, of diacetic acid |
| diacetin | chemistry, glycerol diacetate |
| diacetine | chemistry, variant of diacetin |
| diacetonuria | medical, diacetic acid in the urine |
| diachaenium | botany, a double achene fruit |
| diachoretic | medicine, mildly laxative |
| diacipiperazine | chemistry, a piperazine derivative |
| diaclasite | mineralogy, an altered pyroxene |
| diaclastic | geology, of rock fracture |
| diacle | geology, a joint or diaclase in rock |
| diaclinal | geology, crossing the strike of strata |
| diacoca | pharmacy, a preparation made with coca |
| diacoelia | anatomy, the third ventricle |
| diacoelosis | medical, dilation of the third ventricle |
| diacranteric | ichthyology, with a gap in the tooth row |
| diacromyodian | ornithology, of the Diacromyodi |
| diaculum | pharmacy, diachylon or lead plaster |
| diadelphic | botany, with stamens in two bundles |
| diaderm | embryology, the two-layered blastoderm |
| diadokokinesis | medical, rapid alternating movement |
| diaene | zoology, a two-rayed sponge spicule |
| diageotropy | botany, growth across the pull of gravity |
| diaglyptic | art, engraved in intaglio |
| diagredium | pharmacy, prepared scammony resin |
| diagrydium | pharmacy, prepared scammony, var. diagredium |
| dialkylic | chemistry, containing two alkyl groups |
| diallagite | petrology, rock composed of diallage |
| dialycarpous | botany, having separate carpels |
| dialyphyllous | botany, with separate leaves or sepals |
| dialystaminous | botany, with separate stamens |
| dialystelic | botany, having separate steles |
| dialystely | botany, condition of separate steles |
| dialyzability | chemistry, capacity to be dialyzed |
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