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 |
|---|---|
| epibatholithic | geology, lying above a batholith |
| epiblastema | botany, an outgrowth upon a plant |
| epiblemata | botany, pl. of epiblema, root epidermis |
| epibolism | embryology, development by epiboly |
| epicarid | zoology, a parasitic isopod, Epicaridea |
| epicaridan | zoology, an epicarid isopod |
| epicarides | zoology, pl. of epicarid |
| epicele | anatomy, ventricle of the epencephalon |
| epicerebral | anatomy, situated upon the brain |
| epichil | botany, terminal part of an orchid lip |
| epichile | botany, terminal part of the labellum |
| epichilia | botany, pl. of epichilium |
| epichilium | botany, terminal part of orchid labellum |
| epichondrosis | medical, cartilaginous outgrowth |
| epichondrotic | medical, of epichondrosis |
| epichoristic | botany, relating to chorisis, organ splitting |
| epicleidian | anatomy, of the epicleidium |
| epiclidal | anatomy, of the epicleidium of the shoulder |
| epicoela | anatomy, pl. of epicoele |
| epicoelar | anatomy, of the epicoele |
| epicoelia | anatomy, the epicoele or its plural |
| epicoeliac | anatomy, upon the coeliac region |
| epicoelian | anatomy, of the epicoele |
| epicoeloma | zoology, upper portion of the coelom |
| epicoelous | zoology, having a dorsal body cavity |
| epicondylian | anatomy, of an epicondyle |
| epicoracohumeral | anatomy, joining epicoracoid and humerus |
| epicostal | anatomy, situated upon a rib |
| epicotyleal | botany, of the epicotyl |
| epicrasis | old medicine, gradual correction of the humors |
| epicrystalline | petrology, with crystalline surface texture |
| epicyemate | zoology, with externally borne embryo |
| epicyesis | medical, superfetation |
| epicystotomy | surgery, suprapubic incision of the bladder |
| epidendral | botany, growing upon trees |
| epidendric | botany, epiphytic, tree-dwelling |
| epidendron | botany, a plant growing upon a tree |
| epidermidalization | histology, conversion into epidermis |
| epidermomycosis | medical, fungal disease of the skin |
| epidesmine | mineralogy, a zeolite, variety of stilbite |
| epidiascopic | optics, of the epidiascope projector |
| epididymodeferentectomy | surgery, excision of epididymis and vas |
| epidiorthosis | medical, a secondary correction of deformity |
| epidiplosis | rhetoric, a figure of repeated doubling |
| epifolliculitis | medical, superficial folliculitis |
| epigastraeum | anatomy, the epigastric region |
| epigastriocele | medical, epigastric hernia |
| epigastrocele | medical, epigastric hernia |
| epiglot | anatomy, the epiglottis, older short form |
| epigonium | botany, sporophyte sheath in bryophytes |
| epihydric | chemistry, of epihydrin or glycidol |
| epihydrinic | chemistry, of epihydrin |
| epilabra | entomology, pl. of epilabrum |
| epilabrum | entomology, plate beside the labrum |
| epilimnial | limnology, of the epilimnion |
| epilobe | botany, a willow-herb, plant of Epilobium |
| epimandibular | anatomy, situated upon the mandible |
| epimeride | zoology, an epimeral plate |
| epimerism | chemistry, isomerism differing at one carbon |
| epimeritic | zoology, of the epimerite of a gregarine |
| epimerum | entomology, the epimeron, lateral thoracic plate |
| epimyocardial | embryology, of the epimyocardium |
| epimyocardium | embryology, the epimyocardial heart mantle |
| epineolithic | archaeology, of the period after the Neolithic |
| epionychia | anatomy, cuticle layer over the nail |
| epionychium | anatomy, cuticle over the nail root |
| epiopticon | entomology, second optic ganglion of insects |
| epipedometry | math, measurement of plane figures |
| epiphloedic | botany, growing upon the bark |
| epiphragmal | zoology, of a mollusc's epiphragm |
| epiphylaxis | medical, heightened natural defense |
| epiphylline | botany, growing upon a leaf |
| epiphysary | anatomy, of an epiphysis |
| epiplasm | mycology, residual protoplasm in the ascus |
| epiplasmic | mycology, of the epiplasm |
| epipleura | entomology, deflexed margin of the elytron |
| epipodiale | anatomy, bone of the second limb segment |
| epipoditic | zoology, of a crustacean epipodite |
| epipolize | physics, to render fluorescent (epipolic) |
| epiprecoracoid | anatomy, bone in front of the precoracoid |
| epipterous | botany, winged at the summit |
| epirhizous | botany, growing upon roots |
| epirotulian | anatomy, above the patella |
| epirrhematic | Greek comedy, of the epirrheme |
| epirrheme | Greek comedy, speech after the parabasis |
| episarcine | chemistry, purine base related to sarcine |
| episcenium | classical architecture, upper stage structure |
| episiocele | medical, hernia through the vulva |
| episiohematoma | medical, hematoma of the vulva |
| episiorrhagia | medical, bleeding from the vulva |
| episiostenosis | medical, narrowing of the vulvar orifice |
| epispadiac | medical, affected with epispadias |
| episplenitis | medical, inflammation of the spleen capsule |
| epistapedial | anatomy, upper element of the stapes |
| epistemonic | philosophy, pertaining to knowledge |
| epistemophiliac | psychology, one craving knowledge |
| epistemophilic | psychoanalysis, loving knowledge |
| episternalia | anatomy, the episternal bones |
| episternite | entomology, sclerite of the episternum |
| epistomian | zoology, of the epistome |
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