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 |
|---|---|
| fibroareolar | anatomy, fibrous and areolar |
| fibrobronchitis | medical, fibrinous bronchitis |
| fibrocalcareous | medical, fibrous and calcareous |
| fibrocaseose | medical, fibrous and caseous degeneration |
| fibrochondritis | medical, inflammation of fibrocartilage |
| fibrochondroma | medical, fibrous cartilage tumour |
| fibrochondrosteal | anatomy, fibrocartilaginous and bony |
| fibrocrystalline | mineralogy, fibrous and crystalline |
| fibrocyst | medical, cyst with fibrous walls |
| fibrocystoma | medical, cystic fibroma |
| fibroenchondroma | medical, fibroma containing cartilage |
| fibroglioma | medical, glioma with fibrous tissue |
| fibrointestinal | anatomy, fibrous tissue of the intestine |
| fibromatoid | medical, resembling a fibroma |
| fibromembrane | anatomy, a fibrous membrane |
| fibromembranous | anatomy, of a fibrous membrane |
| fibromucous | anatomy, fibrous and mucous |
| fibromyitis | medical, fibrous inflammation of muscle |
| fibromyomatous | medical, of a fibromyoma |
| fibromyositis | medical, inflammation of muscle and fibre |
| fibromyotomy | surgery, cutting of fibrous muscle tissue |
| fibromyxosarcoma | medical, fibro-myxo-sarcomatous tumour |
| fibroneuroma | medical, neuroma with fibrous tissue |
| fibronuclear | histology, fibrous and nuclear |
| fibronucleated | histology, fibrous and containing nuclei |
| fibropericarditis | medical, fibrinous pericarditis |
| fibropolypus | medical, a fibrous polyp |
| fibropsammoma | medical, psammoma with fibrous tissue |
| fibropurulent | medical, fibrinous and purulent |
| fibroreticulate | histology, fibrous and net-like |
| fibroserous | anatomy, fibrous and serous |
| fibrotuberculosis | medical, fibroid tuberculosis |
| fibrovasal | botany, fibrovascular |
| fibulocalcaneal | anatomy, of fibula and calcaneus |
| ficoid | botany, fig-like, of the Ficoideae |
| ficoidal | botany, fig-shaped |
| fideicommissor | civil law, one who leaves a fideicommissum |
| fidepromission | civil law, suretyship by promise |
| fidicinales | anatomy, the lumbrical "harper's" muscles |
| fierasferid | zoology, a fish of the Fierasferidae |
| fierasferoid | zoology, resembling the pearlfishes |
| filibranchiate | zoology, having filamentous gills |
| filicauline | botany, having a thread-like stem |
| filicin | chemistry, a principle of the male fern |
| filicinian | botany, of the Filicineae, fern-like |
| filicite | palaeobotany, a fossil fern |
| filigera | zoology, thread-bearing forms (L. filiger) |
| filigerous | biology, bearing filaments |
| filionymic | naming, derived from a son's name |
| filite | explosives, a cord-form smokeless powder |
| filmogen | chemistry, a film-forming substance |
| fimbrilla | biology, a small fimbria |
| fimbrilliferous | biology, bearing fimbrillae |
| fimbrillose | botany, fringed with fimbrillae |
| fimbriodentate | botany, fringed and toothed |
| finiglacial | geology, of the close of the glacial period |
| firmisternial | zoology, of the Firmisternia |
| firmisternous | zoology, having a fused sternum |
| fischerite | mineralogy, phosphate named for Fischer |
| fissidactyl | zoology, having separate, cleft toes |
| fissipalmate | ornithology, having lobed, cleft webbing |
| fissipalmation | ornithology, condition of cleft webbing |
| fissipedate | zoology, having divided toes |
| fissipedial | zoology, of the Fissipedia |
| fissirostrate | ornithology, having a cleft, wide beak |
| fistularioid | ichthyology, resembling Fistularia |
| fistulatome | surgery, instrument for cutting fistulas |
| flabellarium | biology, a fan-shaped organ or structure |
| flabellifoliate | botany, having fan-shaped leaves |
| flagellosis | medical, infestation with flagellate parasites |
| flagellula | biology, a small flagellate zoospore |
| flavic | chemistry, of flavic (yellow) acid |
| flavicant | biology, turning yellow |
| floccilation | medical, delirious picking at bedclothes |
| flocculous | biology, woolly, bearing flocculi |
| flokite | mineralogy, a zeolite (mordenite variety) |
| floricin | chemistry, constituent of castor oil |
| florimanist | horticulture, a flower-fancier |
| floriscope | instrument for viewing flowers |
| florisugent | zoology, flower-sucking |
| florizine | chemistry, the glucoside phlorizin |
| flosculet | botany, a small floret |
| flowmanostat | chemistry, a flow-regulating manostat |
| fluavile | chemistry, a resin of gutta-percha |
| fluidacetextract | pharmacy, fluid extract made with acetic acid |
| fluidimeter | instrument for measuring fluidity |
| fluigramme | pharmacy, unit of fluid measure |
| flumerin | pharmacy, an organomercury compound |
| fluoaluminate | chemistry, salt of fluoaluminic acid |
| fluoaluminic | chemistry, of fluorine and aluminium |
| fluoarsenate | chemistry, fluorine-arsenic salt |
| fluoboric | chemistry, fluoboric acid |
| fluobromide | chemistry, mixed fluoride-bromide |
| fluocarbonate | chemistry, fluorine-bearing carbonate |
| fluocerine | mineralogy, a cerium fluoride mineral |
| fluochloride | chemistry, mixed fluoride-chloride |
| fluorbenzene | chemistry, fluorobenzene |
| fluorboric | chemistry, = fluoboric acid |
| fluorescigenous | chemistry, producing fluorescence |
| fluorindin | chemistry, an azine dye |
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