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 |
|---|---|
| glycerination | chemistry, treatment with glycerin |
| glycerinize | chemistry, to treat with glycerin |
| glycerize | pharmacy, to combine with glycerin |
| glycerizin | chemistry, a glycerin compound |
| glycerizine | chemistry, a glycerin compound |
| glycerogelatin | pharmacy, glycerin and gelatin base |
| glycic | chemistry, glycic acid |
| glycocholic | chemistry, glycocholic acid of bile |
| glycogelatin | pharmacy, gelatin with glycerin |
| glycogenize | physiology, to convert into glycogen |
| glycogenous | physiology, producing glycogen |
| glycohaemia | medical, sugar in the blood |
| glycohemia | medical, sugar in the blood |
| glycolipin | biochemistry, a glycolipid |
| glycolipine | biochemistry, a glycolipid |
| glycollide | chemistry, lactide of glycollic acid |
| glyconean | prosody, of the Glyconic metre |
| glyconeogenetic | physiology, of gluconeogenesis |
| glycopexia | physiology, storage of sugar in tissue |
| glycopexis | physiology, storage of sugar in tissue |
| glycosin | chemistry, a base got from glucose |
| glycuronid | chemistry, a glucuronide |
| glycuronide | chemistry, a glucuronide |
| glycyphyllin | chemistry, glucoside of Smilax glycyphylla |
| glycyrize | pharmacy, to treat with licorice |
| glykopectic | physiology, fixing sugar in the tissues |
| glykopexic | physiology, storing sugar |
| glyoxalic | chemistry, glyoxalic (glyoxylic) acid |
| glyoxalin | chemistry, glyoxaline, imidazole |
| glyoxilin | chemistry, variant of glyoxaline |
| glyoxyl | chemistry, the glyoxyl radical |
| glyptician | art, an engraver of gems |
| glyptograph | an engraved gem or its impression |
| glyptolith | geology, a wind-faceted stone |
| gnaphalioid | botany, resembling Gnaphalium, cudweed |
| gnathometer | instrument for measuring the jaws |
| gnathophorous | zoology, bearing jaws |
| gnathopodous | zoology, having gnathopods |
| gnathostomous | zoology, having a jawed mouth |
| gneissitic | geology, of the nature of gneiss |
| gnotobiosis | biology, germ-free state |
| gobian | zoology, pertaining to the gobies |
| goiterogenic | medical, goiter-producing (goitrogenic) |
| goldic | chemistry, of gold in its higher valence |
| gonal | biology, of a gonad |
| gonapod | zoology, a genital appendage (gonopod) |
| gondite | geology, manganese-silicate rock of the Gond area |
| gonepoiesis | medical, production of semen |
| gonepoietic | medical, semen-producing |
| goniac | craniometry, of the gonion (jaw angle) |
| goniale | anatomy, small bone of the reptilian jaw |
| goniatitoid | paleontology, resembling a goniatite |
| gonidiferous | botany, bearing gonidia |
| gonidiogenous | botany, producing gonidia |
| gonidiose | botany, having gonidia |
| gonidiospore | botany, a spore formed from a gonidium |
| goniocraniometry | craniometry, measurement of skull angles |
| goniotheca | botany, case enclosing reproductive bodies |
| goniotropous | botany, turned at an angle |
| gonitis | medical, inflammation of the knee joint |
| gonoblast | zoology, a reproductive bud or cell |
| gonoblastic | zoology, of a gonoblast |
| gonocalycine | zoology, of the gonocalyx of a hydroid |
| gonocheme | zoology, reproductive zooid of a siphonophore |
| gonochorismal | biology, of gonochorism, separate sexes |
| gonochorismus | biology, separation of the sexes |
| gonococcoid | medical, resembling a gonococcus |
| gonocoel | embryology, cavity giving rise to the gonads |
| gonocoele | embryology, var. of gonocoel |
| gonoecium | zoology, reproductive chamber of a bryozoan |
| gonogenesis | biology, formation of the sex cells |
| gonomere | cytology, chromosome group from one parent |
| gonophoric | zoology, of a gonophore |
| gonophorous | zoology, bearing gonophores |
| gonosphere | botany, reproductive sphere in algae |
| gonotocont | cytology, cell dividing to form gametes |
| gonotokont | cytology, var. of gonotocont |
| gonotome | embryology, part of a somite forming the gonad |
| gonotype | taxonomy, the type species of a genus |
| gonyalgia | medical, pain in the knee |
| gonycampsis | medical, bending or curvature of the knee |
| gonyocele | medical, swelling of the knee joint |
| gonyoncus | medical, tumor of the knee |
| gonystylaceous | botany, of the Gonystylaceae |
| gonytheca | ornithology, horny sheath of the gonys |
| gordiacean | zoology, a horsehair worm |
| gordioid | zoology, resembling Gordius, a hairworm |
| gordunite | petrology, olivine rock named from Gorduno |
| gorgoniacean | zoology, a gorgonian coral |
| gorgoniaceous | zoology, of the Gorgoniacea |
| gossypin | chemistry, a glucoside from cotton flowers |
| gotiglacial | geology, a Scandinavian late-glacial stage |
| gracilariid | entomology, a leaf-miner moth of Gracilariidae |
| gradometer | surveying, instrument for measuring gradients |
| gramenite | mineralogy, a green nontronite-like mineral |
| graminiform | botany, grass-shaped |
| graminin | chemistry, a carbohydrate from grasses |
| graminological | botany, of graminology, study of grasses |
| grandrelle | textiles, yarn twisted of two colors |
| graniticoline | ecology, growing on granite |
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