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 |
|---|---|
| furfuroid | medical, branlike, scurfy |
| furfurylidene | chemistry, the furfurylidene radical |
| furnacite | mineralogy, a lead-copper chromate-arsenate |
| furodiazole | chemistry, fused furan-diazole compound |
| furomethyl | chemistry, the furomethyl radical |
| furomonazole | chemistry, furan-azole compound |
| furunculoid | medical, resembling a boil |
| fuscohyaline | mycology, dusky and translucent |
| fusula | zoology, spinning tube of a spider |
| gabbroitic | petrology, of the nature of gabbro |
| gadean | ichthyology, of the cod genus Gadus |
| gadinic | chemistry, an acid from cod-liver oil |
| gadinine | chemistry, a ptomaine from cod |
| galactemia | medical, milky condition of the blood |
| galacthidrosis | medical, milky sweat |
| galactidrosis | medical, milky sweat |
| galactodensimeter | instrument for measuring milk density |
| galactohemia | medical, milk in the blood |
| galactolipin | biochemistry, a galactose-bearing lipid |
| galactolysis | biochemistry, breakdown of milk sugar |
| galactolytic | biochemistry, splitting milk sugar |
| galactoma | medical, a milk tumor, galactocele |
| galactometry | measurement of milk richness |
| galactophlebitis | medical, inflammation of the milk-veins |
| galactophlysis | medical, milky vesicular eruption |
| galactophthysis | medical, wasting from over-lactation |
| galactophygous | medical, arresting the flow of milk |
| galactopyra | medical, milk fever |
| galactosis | medical, the secretion of milk |
| galactostasis | medical, arrest of the milk flow |
| galactotherapy | medical, treatment by a milk diet |
| galactotrophy | medical, feeding on milk |
| galatotrophic | medical, promoting milk secretion |
| galeod | zoology, a solpugid of the Galeodidae |
| galeoid | ichthyology, of the galeoid sharks |
| galericulate | botany, covered as with a little cap |
| galesaur | paleontology, a galesaurid cynodont |
| galipidine | chemistry, alkaloid of angostura bark |
| galipine | chemistry, alkaloid of Galipea bark |
| galipoidin | chemistry, alkaloid of Galipea bark |
| galipoidine | chemistry, alkaloid of Galipea bark |
| gallinaginous | ornithology, of the snipe genus Gallinago |
| gallinuline | ornithology, of the gallinule group |
| galvanoglyph | printing, a relief plate made by electrotyping |
| galvanologist | one versed in galvanism |
| galvanolysis | decomposition by a galvanic current |
| galvanomagnet | physics, a galvanically excited magnet |
| galvanosurgery | surgery with the galvanic current |
| galvanothermy | heat produced by a galvanic current |
| galvanotonic | medical, of galvanic tonic action |
| gambodic | chemistry, of gamboge resin |
| gametophagia | biology, devouring of gametes |
| gametophyll | botany, a gamete-bearing leaf |
| gammarine | zoology, of the amphipod genus Gammarus |
| gammaroid | zoology, resembling Gammarus |
| gamobium | biology, the sexual generation |
| gamodesmic | botany, having fused vascular bundles |
| gamodesmy | botany, fusion of vascular strands |
| gamogamy | biology, sexual reproduction |
| gamogeny | biology, sexual reproduction |
| gamone | biology, a gamete-attracting hormone |
| gamophagia | biology, absorption of one gamete nucleus |
| gamophagy | biology, absorption of one gamete nucleus |
| gamotropic | biology, showing gamotropism |
| gamotropism | biology, mutual attraction of gametes |
| gangliasthenia | medical, weakness of the ganglia |
| ganglioblast | embryology, a ganglion-forming cell |
| ganglioid | anatomy, resembling a ganglion |
| ganglionate | anatomy, furnished with ganglia |
| ganglioneural | anatomy, of ganglia and nerves |
| ganglioneure | anatomy, a ganglion-cell nerve unit |
| ganglioneuron | anatomy, a ganglion cell or nerve unit |
| ganglioplexus | anatomy, a plexus of ganglia |
| ganocephalan | zoology, member of the Ganocephala |
| ganosis | sculpture, waxing to dull marble's glare |
| gardenin | chemistry, flavone from Gardenia resin |
| gardinol | chemistry, sulfated fatty-alcohol detergent |
| garruline | ornithology, of the jays (Garrulinae) |
| gastaldite | mineralogy, a soda-amphibole rock mineral |
| gasterosteoid | zoology, resembling the stickleback Gasterosteus |
| gasterotheca | entomology, pupal case over the abdomen |
| gasterothecal | entomology, of the gasterotheca |
| gasterotrichan | zoology, member of the Gastrotricha |
| gasterozooid | zoology, feeding zooid of a hydroid colony |
| gastradenitis | medical, inflammation of the stomach glands |
| gastraead | zoology, an organism of gastraea form |
| gastraeal | zoology, of the gastraea |
| gastraneuria | medical, nervous debility of the stomach |
| gastrasthenia | medical, weakness of the stomach |
| gastratrophia | medical, atrophy of the stomach |
| gastrilegous | entomology, carrying pollen on the abdomen |
| gastriloquial | of speaking from the belly, ventriloquial |
| gastriloquous | speaking as if from the belly |
| gastritic | medical, pertaining to gastritis |
| gastroadenitis | medical, inflammation of the stomach glands |
| gastroadynamic | medical, with atony of the stomach |
| gastroalbuminorrhea | medical, albumin in the gastric secretion |
| gastroarthritis | medical, stomach disorder with joint inflammation |
| gastroatonia | medical, atony of the stomach |
| gastroatrophia | medical, atrophy of the stomach |
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