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 |
|---|---|
| endogastritis | medical, inflamed stomach lining |
| endogonidium | biology, internally formed gonidium |
| endointoxication | medical, poisoning from within |
| endolabyrinthitis | medical, inflamed inner labyrinth |
| endolemma | anatomy, inner sheath of a nerve fiber |
| endolumbar | medical, within the lumbar spinal canal |
| endomastoiditis | medical, inflamed mastoid lining |
| endometry | measurement of an internal cavity |
| endopathic | medical, arising from within |
| endoperitonitis | medical, inflamed peritoneal lining |
| endophragm | zoology, internal skeleton of crustaceans |
| endoplastron | zoology, entoplastron of a turtle shell |
| endoplastular | biology, of the endoplastule (nucleolus) |
| endopleural | anatomy, within the pleura |
| endopleuritic | zoology, of the endopleurite |
| endoproctous | zoology, of the Endoprocta |
| endopsychic | psychology, within the psyche |
| endopterygotic | entomology, of the Endopterygota |
| endopterygotism | entomology, complete metamorphosis |
| endopterygotous | entomology, of the Endopterygota |
| endorachis | anatomy, lining of the spinal canal |
| endorhinitis | medical, inflamed nasal lining |
| endosarcode | biology, inner protoplasm of a protozoan |
| endosarcous | biology, of the endosarc |
| endosclerite | zoology, an internal sclerite |
| endosepsis | medical, sepsis from within |
| endosiphon | zoology, inner tube of a cephalopod shell |
| endosiphonal | zoology, of the endosiphon |
| endosiphonate | zoology, having an endosiphon |
| endosmic | physics, of endosmosis |
| endosmos | physics, inward osmotic flow |
| endosteitis | medical, inflammation of the endosteum |
| endosteoma | medical, tumor within a bone |
| endostracal | zoology, of the inner shell layer |
| endostracum | zoology, inner layer of a shell |
| endothecate | botany, having an endothecium |
| endothelioblastoma | medical, tumor of endothelial cells |
| endotheliolysin | immunology, lysin for endothelium |
| endotheliolytic | immunology, destroying endothelium |
| endotheliomyoma | medical, endothelial-muscle tumor |
| endotheliomyxoma | medical, endothelial-myxomatous tumor |
| endothermism | chemistry, endothermic character |
| endotoxoid | immunology, detoxified endotoxin |
| endotracheitis | medical, inflamed tracheal lining |
| endotrachelitis | medical, inflamed cervical canal |
| endotropic | botany, turning inward |
| endovaccination | medical, vaccination by internal route |
| energesis | physiology, liberation of energy |
| enetophobia | medical, morbid fear of pins |
| enfonced | heraldry, driven in, sunken |
| engraphia | psychology, recording of engrams |
| engraphy | psychology, inscription of engrams |
| engysseismology | seismology, study of near earthquakes |
| enhaemospore | biology, spore developing in blood |
| enneadianome | botany, divided into nine parts |
| enneaeteric | chronology, of a nine-year cycle |
| enneagynous | botany, having nine pistils |
| enneahedria | crystallography, a nine-faced form |
| enneandrian | botany, having nine stamens |
| enneaphyllous | botany, nine-leaved |
| enneasemic | prosody, of nine time-units |
| enneasepalous | botany, having nine sepals |
| enneaspermous | botany, having nine seeds |
| enneastylar | architecture, having nine columns |
| enneastylos | architecture, a nine-columned portico |
| enneatic | chronology, occurring every ninth |
| ennoic | philosophy, of ennoia, a mental conception |
| ennomic | law, lawful, within the law (Gk ennomos) |
| enomaniac | medical, one affected with œnomania |
| enophthalmus | medical, sunken condition of the eyeball |
| enoplion | prosody, the enoplian metrical foot |
| ensisternal | anatomy, of the ensisternum |
| ensisternum | anatomy, xiphoid part of the sternum |
| enstatitite | petrology, rock composed of enstatite |
| enstatolite | petrology, an enstatite-bearing rock |
| entapophysial | anatomy, of an entapophysis |
| entapophysis | anatomy, inward process of a vertebra |
| entarthrotic | anatomy, situated within a joint |
| enteraden | medical, an intestinal gland |
| enteradenographic | medical, of intestinal-gland description |
| enteradenography | medical, description of intestinal glands |
| enteradenological | medical, of intestinal-gland science |
| enteradenology | medical, study of the intestinal glands |
| enterauxe | medical, enlargement of the intestine |
| entergogenic | medical, exciting intestinal activity |
| entericoid | medical, resembling enteric fever |
| enterobiliary | medical, of intestine and bile ducts |
| enteroceptor | physiology, a visceral sense receptor |
| enterochirurgia | medical, surgery of the intestines |
| enterochlorophyll | biology, gut pigment like chlorophyll |
| enterocholecystostomy | surgery, intestine-to-gallbladder opening |
| enterocleisis | medical, closure of the intestine |
| enteroclisis | medical, injection into the intestine |
| enterocoela | anatomy, pl. of enterocoele, gut coeloms |
| enterocrinin | physiology, an intestinal hormone |
| enterodelous | zoology, with distinct alimentary canal |
| enteroepiplocele | medical, hernia of intestine and omentum |
| enterogram | medical, tracing of intestinal movement |
| enterohelcosis | medical, ulceration of the intestine |
| enterohemorrhage | medical, bleeding from the intestine |
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