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 |
|---|---|
| granitoidal | geology, of granitoid structure |
| granolite | building, granolithic paving material |
| granomerite | petrology, a granular rock constituent |
| granospherite | petrology, granular spherulitic structure |
| granulitis | medical, granular inflammation |
| granulitization | geology, conversion of rock into granulite |
| granulitize | geology, to convert into granulite |
| granuloadipose | pathology, granular and fatty |
| granzita | mineralogy, a mineral species name |
| graphomaniacal | psychiatry, of graphomania |
| graphometrist | surveying, one who uses a graphometer |
| graphostatic | engineering, of graphic statics |
| graphostatical | engineering, of graphic statics |
| graphostatics | engineering, graphic statics |
| graptomancy | divination by handwriting |
| gravipause | astronomy, limit of a body's gravitational sway |
| gravisphere | astronomy, sphere of gravitational dominance |
| gravispheric | astronomy, of a gravisphere |
| greffotome | surgery, instrument for cutting skin grafts |
| gregaloid | biology, forming loose aggregates |
| gregarinian | zoology, of or a gregarine |
| gregarinidal | zoology, of the Gregarinida |
| gregariniform | zoology, gregarine-shaped |
| gregarinosis | medical, infestation with gregarines |
| gregarinous | zoology, of the gregarines |
| gregaritic | biology, of or like gregarines |
| gressorious | zoology, adapted for walking |
| grippotoxin | medical, supposed toxin of la grippe |
| grisounite | mining, a firedamp-safe explosive |
| gromatical | antiq., of Roman land-surveying (groma) |
| groroilite | mineralogy, a manganese oxide mineral |
| grorudite | petrology, an aegirine granite porphyry |
| grossularious | botany, of the gooseberry (Grossularia) |
| grothite | mineralogy, a variety of titanite |
| gruine | zoology, crane-like (Grus) |
| gryposis | medical, abnormal curvature of the nails |
| guacin | chemistry, a principle got from guaco |
| guaconize | medicine, to treat with guaco |
| guaiacolize | medicine, to treat with guaiacol |
| guaiaconic | chemistry, guaiaconic acid |
| guaiaretic | chemistry, guaiaretic acid |
| guaiasanol | pharmacy, a guaiacol derivative |
| guaneide | chemistry, a guanine derivative |
| guanidopropionic | chemistry, guanidopropionic acid |
| guarinite | mineralogy, a Vesuvian titanium mineral |
| guitermanite | mineralogy, a lead sulpharsenide |
| gulonic | chemistry, gulonic acid |
| guttiferal | botany, of the order Guttiferales |
| guttular | of a guttula, a small drop |
| gutturine | anatomy, pertaining to the throat |
| gutturopalatal | phonetics, guttural and palatal |
| gutturopalatine | anatomy, gutturo-palatine |
| gutturotetany | medical, spasm of the throat muscles |
| gymnanthous | botany, having naked flowers |
| gymnemic | chemistry, gymnemic acid |
| gymnetrous | zoology, of Gymnetrus, the ribbon-fishes |
| gymnoceratous | entomology, of the Gymnocerata |
| gymnocidium | botany, swollen naked base of a moss seta |
| gymnodiniaceous | botany, of the Gymnodiniaceae |
| gymnogenous | zoology, hatched naked |
| gymnoglossate | malacology, having a naked radula |
| gymnogynous | botany, having a naked ovary |
| gymnolaematous | zoology, of the Gymnolaemata |
| gymnorhinal | ornithology, with unfeathered nostrils |
| gymnotokous | zoology, bringing forth naked young |
| gymnurine | zoology, of the gymnures (Gymnura) |
| gynaecocoenic | anthropology, of community of women |
| gynaecocrat | a ruler or advocate of gynaecocracy |
| gynaecocratic | of gynaecocracy, rule by women |
| gynaeolater | a worshipper of women |
| gynaeolatry | the worship of women |
| gynandrarchic | of rule by both sexes |
| gynandrarchy | government by both sexes |
| gynandrophore | botany, stalk bearing stamens and pistil |
| gynecocratical | of gynecocracy, rule by women |
| gynecomaniac | medical, one affected with gynecomania |
| gynecomaniacal | medical, of gynecomania |
| gynecotelic | biology, tending toward the female |
| gynethusia | Gr. gyne + thysia, sacrifice of women |
| gynetype | zoology, a female type specimen |
| gynic | biology, female, pertaining to women |
| gynobaseous | botany, having a gynobase |
| gynocardic | chemistry, gynocardic acid |
| gynodioeciously | botany, in a gynodioecious manner |
| gynodioecism | botany, the gynodioecious condition |
| gynomonoeciously | botany, in a gynomonoecious manner |
| gynophagite | Gr. coinage, an eater of women |
| gynophoric | botany, of a gynophore |
| gynosporangium | botany, a female (mega)sporangium |
| gynospore | botany, a megaspore |
| gypsine | mineralogy, of the nature of gypsum |
| gyrectomy | surgery, excision of a cerebral gyrus |
| gyrencephalate | zoology, having a convoluted brain |
| gyrencephalous | zoology, having a convoluted brain |
| gyric | anatomy, pertaining to a gyrus |
| gyroceracone | paleontology, a loosely coiled shell |
| gyrochrome | histology, nerve cell with ringed chromatin |
| gyrolith | paleontology, a spiral fossil body |
| gyromele | medical, a rotating stomach swab |
| gyrophoraceous | botany, of the Gyrophoraceae |
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