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 |
|---|---|
| eczematosis | medical, an eczematous condition |
| edaphodont | palaeontology, having pavement-like teeth |
| edeagra | medical, gout of the genitals |
| edeitis | medical, inflammation of the genitals |
| edeodynia | medical, pain in the genitals |
| edeology | medical, study of the genital organs |
| edeomania | medical, sexual mania |
| edeoscopy | medical, examination of the genitals |
| edeotomy | surgery, incision of the genitals |
| edestan | biochemistry, acid-modified edestin of hempseed |
| edriophthalmatous | zoology, of the sessile-eyed crustaceans |
| educabilia | pedagogy, beings capable of education |
| efoliose | botany, leafless |
| egeran | mineralogy, a variety of vesuvianite |
| eglandulous | botany, without glands |
| egol | pharmacy, proprietary silver antiseptic |
| egueiite | mineralogy, an iron phosphate mineral |
| ehrwaldite | petrology, rock named from Ehrwald, Tyrol |
| eichwaldite | mineralogy, mineral named for Eichwald |
| eidolology | philosophy, doctrine of mental images |
| eidoptometry | medical, measurement of form vision |
| eikonology | rhetoric, doctrine of images and similes |
| ejectamenta | geology, matter ejected by a volcano |
| ekerite | petrology, alkali granite of Eker, Norway |
| ekphorize | psychology, to revive a memory engram |
| elabrate | zoology, lacking a labrum |
| elachistaceous | botany, of the algal family Elachistaceae |
| elaeoblast | zoology, oil organ of the ascidian larva |
| elaeoblastic | zoology, of the elaeoblast |
| elaeodochon | ornithology, the oil gland of birds |
| elaeomargaric | chemistry, of elaeomargaric acid |
| elaeometer | instrument for the density of oils |
| elaeopten | chemistry, liquid part of a volatile oil |
| elaeosaccharum | pharmacy, sugar rubbed with a volatile oil |
| elaic | chemistry, elaic (oleic) acid |
| elaidinic | chemistry, of elaidin |
| elaioleucite | botany, oil-forming plastid |
| elaphurine | zoology, of the deer genus Elaphurus |
| elasmothere | paleontology, extinct giant rhinoceros |
| elasticum | New Latin, elastic-tissue substance |
| elastose | biochemistry, proteose from elastin |
| elaterometer | physics, gauge of air rarefaction |
| elatrometer | physics, gauge of air rarefaction |
| electragy | trade, the electrical contracting business |
| electroballistician | physics, expert in electro-ballistics |
| electrocataphoresis | medical, driving drugs in by current |
| electrocataphoretic | medical, of electrocataphoresis |
| electrocratic | colloid chem., stabilized by electric charge |
| electrocystoscope | medical, electrically lighted cystoscope |
| electroendosmose | phys. chem., electrically driven endosmose |
| electroergometer | physiology, electric ergometer |
| electrolithotrity | surgery, crushing stone by electricity |
| electrolyzability | chemistry, capacity to be electrolyzed |
| electromerism | chemistry, isomerism from electron shift |
| electromotograph | telegraphy, Edison's motograph receiver |
| electrootiatrics | medical, electric treatment of the ear |
| electrophotomicrography | photography, photomicrography by electric light |
| electrophototherapy | medical, combined electric and light therapy |
| electropism | botany, growth response to a current |
| electropsychrometer | meteorology, electrical psychrometer |
| electropuncturation | medical, treatment by electrified needles |
| electropuncturing | medical, treating by electric needle |
| electropyrometer | physics, electrical pyrometer |
| electroresection | surgery, resection with an electric loop |
| electroscission | surgery, cutting by electric current |
| electrosherardizing | metallurgy, sherardizing with current |
| electrotautomerism | chemistry, tautomerism by electron shift |
| electrotellurograph | instrument recording earth currents |
| electrothanatosis | medical, death by electricity |
| electrothermancy | physics, thermoelectric heating effect |
| electrothermics | physics, science of electric heating |
| electrothermotic | physics, of electric heating |
| electrotrephine | surgery, electrically driven trephine |
| electrotropic | botany, turning to an electric current |
| electrovection | physics, charge carried by moving matter |
| elegiambic | prosody, of dactylic-iambic verse |
| elegiambus | prosody, dactylic colon plus iambic |
| eleonorite | mineralogy, hydrous iron phosphate |
| eleoplast | botany, oil-storing plastid |
| eleoptene | chemistry, liquid part of a volatile oil |
| eleutherodactyl | zoology, having free, unwebbed toes |
| eleutheromorph | biology, organism of free, unattached form |
| eleutheropetalous | botany, having separate petals |
| eleutherophyllous | botany, having free leaves |
| eleutherosepalous | botany, having separate sepals |
| eleutherozoan | zoology, a free-living echinoderm |
| elixiviate | chemistry, to extract by leaching |
| ellagate | chemistry, a salt of ellagic acid |
| elonite | mineralogy, an -ite mineral or trade material |
| elroquite | mineralogy, an -ite mineral name |
| elydoric | art, painting in both oil and water |
| elytrin | chemistry, chitin of insect elytra |
| elytrocele | medical, vaginal hernia |
| elytroclasia | medical, rupture of the vagina |
| elytroplastic | medical, of vaginal plastic surgery |
| elytropolypus | medical, polypus of the vagina |
| elytroptosis | medical, prolapse of the vagina |
| elytrorrhagia | medical, vaginal hemorrhage |
| elytrorrhaphy | medical, suture of the vagina |
| elytrostenosis | medical, narrowing of the vagina |
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