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 |
|---|---|
| dolichocephal | anthropology, a long-headed person |
| dolichocephalize | anthropology, to make long-headed |
| dolichocercic | zoology, having a long tail |
| dolichocnemic | anthropology, having long shanks |
| dolichocranic | craniometry, long-skulled |
| dolichocrany | craniometry, long-skulledness |
| dolichohieric | osteology, having a long sacrum |
| dolichoprosopic | craniometry, long-faced |
| dolichotmema | Greek dolicho- + tmema, long segment |
| dolichuric | prosody, of a dolichurus, lengthened verse |
| dolite | mineralogy, old name for dolerite |
| dolomize | geology, to convert into dolomite |
| dolorimetrically | medicine, as measured by dolorimetry |
| domitic | petrology, of domite, a trachytic rock |
| donaciform | conchology, shaped like a Donax shell |
| dorsabdominal | anatomy, of the back and abdomen |
| dorsabdominally | anatomy, in a dorso-abdominal direction |
| dorsibranch | zoology, a dorsibranchiate annelid |
| dorsicollar | anatomy, of the back of the neck |
| dorsicolumn | anatomy, dorsal column of the spinal cord |
| dorsicommissure | anatomy, dorsal commissure of the cord |
| dorsicornu | anatomy, dorsal horn of the spinal cord |
| dorsiduct | anatomy, to draw toward the back |
| dorsigrade | zoology, walking on the backs of the digits |
| dorsiparous | zoology, carrying the young on the back |
| dorsipinal | anatomy, = dorsispinal, of back and spine |
| dorsocaudad | anatomy, toward the back and tail |
| dorsocephalad | anatomy, toward the back and head |
| dorsocervically | anatomy, in a dorsocervical direction |
| dorsoepitrochlear | anatomy, of the dorsoepitrochlear muscle |
| dorsointercostal | anatomy, of the back and the ribs |
| dorsolum | entomology, = dorsulum, mesothoracic scutum |
| dorsoposteriad | anatomy, toward the back and the rear |
| dorsoventrad | anatomy, from the back toward the belly |
| dorsula | entomology, small dorsal sclerite |
| dorsulum | entomology, scutum of the mesothorax |
| dorsumbonal | conchology, toward the dorsal umbo |
| dosimetrician | medical, practitioner of dosimetry |
| dothienenteritis | medical, inflammation of the intestinal glands |
| dracontian | archaeology, of dracontia, serpent temples |
| drassid | zoology, a spider of the family Drassidae |
| drepanoid | zoology, sickle-shaped |
| drewite | geology, bacterially precipitated lime mud |
| dromaeognathism | ornithology, having a dromaeognathous palate |
| drometer | instrument measuring speed, = dromometer |
| dromioid | zoology, resembling the crab genus Dromia |
| drosograph | meteorology, instrument recording dew |
| drumloid | geology, a drumlin-shaped hill |
| drumloidal | geology, of the nature of a drumloid |
| drupeole | botany, a drupelet |
| drupetum | botany, an aggregate of drupelets |
| drupiferous | botany, bearing drupes |
| drupose | chemistry, a cellulose-like matter of stone fruit |
| dryadetum | ecology, a Dryas-dominated plant community |
| dryopteroid | botany, resembling the fern genus Dryopteris |
| duant | physics, D-shaped cyclotron electrode |
| dubiocrystalline | petrology, of doubtful crystallinity |
| duboisin | chemistry, alkaloid of Duboisia |
| dulcigenic | chemistry, producing sweetness |
| dungannonite | petrology, a nepheline-bearing diorite |
| dunstone | mining, a hard dun-colored limestone |
| duocosane | chemistry, a 22-carbon paraffin |
| duodecimole | music, a group of twelve notes |
| duodenate | anatomy, of or in the duodenum |
| duodenation | anatomy, duodenal formation |
| duodenocholangitis | medical, duodenum and bile-duct inflammation |
| duodenocholecystostomy | surgery, duodenum-to-gallbladder opening |
| duodenogram | medical, X-ray picture of the duodenum |
| duodiode | electronics, a twin-diode valve |
| duodiodepentode | electronics, double-diode pentode valve |
| duodynatron | electronics, a double dynatron valve |
| duogravure | printing, two-tone gravure process |
| duopsonistic | economics, of a duopsony |
| duosecant | mathematics, cutting in two places |
| duotriacontane | chemistry, a 32-carbon paraffin |
| duotriode | electronics, a double triode valve |
| duplicident | zoology, double-incisored, lagomorph |
| duplicipennate | zoology, having doubly pinnate feathers |
| duramatral | anatomy, of the dura mater |
| durbachite | petrology, a mica-rich syenite |
| durdenite | mineralogy, hydrous iron tellurite |
| durenol | chemistry, a hydroxy derivative of durene |
| duridine | chemistry, a durene derivative |
| duryl | chemistry, the radical of durene |
| dyakisdodecahedron | crystallography, a 24-faced diploid form |
| dyassic | geology, of the Dyas, Permian |
| dynagraph | engineering, a recording track dynamometer |
| dynametric | optics, of the dynameter |
| dynamogenous | physiology, producing nerve energy |
| dynamogenously | physiology, in a dynamogenous manner |
| dynamometamorphic | geology, of dynamic metamorphism |
| dynamometamorphism | geology, metamorphism by pressure |
| dynamometamorphosed | geology, altered by dynamic metamorphism |
| dynamomorphic | biology, shaped by force or stress |
| dynamoneure | physiology, a motor nerve cell |
| dynamophone | an early electric musical instrument |
| dynamostatic | physics, at once dynamic and static |
| dynapolis | town planning, a dynamically growing city |
| dynastidan | entomology, of the Dynastidae, rhinoceros beetle |
| dyophone | music, an instrument giving two tones |
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