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 |
|---|---|
| hylotomous | entomology, wood-cutting |
| hylotropic | chemistry, constant in composition on phase change |
| hymenicolar | mycology, growing on the hymenium |
| hymeniferous | mycology, bearing a hymenium |
| hymeniophore | mycology, structure bearing the hymenium |
| hymenogeny | biology, formation of a membrane |
| hymenoid | anatomy, membrane-like |
| hymenomycetal | mycology, of the Hymenomycetes |
| hymenomycetoid | mycology, resembling a hymenomycete |
| hymenophorum | mycology, the hymenium-bearing surface |
| hymenotome | surgery, instrument for cutting membranes |
| hyocholalic | chemistry, hyocholalic acid of hog bile |
| hyocholic | chemistry, hyocholic acid of hog bile |
| hyoepiglottidean | anatomy, of hyoid bone and epiglottis |
| hyoglycocholic | chemistry, bile acid of the hog |
| hyoidan | anatomy, of the hyoid arch |
| hyolithoid | paleontology, resembling Hyolithes |
| hyoplastral | anatomy, of the hyoplastron of a turtle |
| hyoscapular | anatomy, of hyoid bone and scapula |
| hyostyly | anatomy, jaw suspension by the hyomandibular |
| hyothere | paleontology, a fossil pig of Hyotherium |
| hyothyroid | anatomy, of hyoid bone and thyroid cartilage |
| hypacusia | medical, impaired hearing |
| hypacusis | medical, partial deafness |
| hypaesthesic | medical, marked by diminished sensation |
| hypautomorphic | petrology, partly crystal-faced, subhedral |
| hypegiaphobia | psychiatry, morbid fear of responsibility |
| hyperabelian | mathematics, of a hyperabelian group |
| hyperacidaminuria | medical, excess amino acids in urine |
| hyperacousia | medical, abnormally acute hearing |
| hyperadenosis | medical, glandular enlargement |
| hyperadipose | medical, excessively fatty |
| hyperadiposis | medical, excessive accumulation of fat |
| hyperadrenalemia | medical, excess adrenal secretion in blood |
| hyperadrenia | medical, adrenal overactivity |
| hyperalgesis | medical, excessive sensitivity to pain |
| hyperalgetic | medical, marked by hyperalgesia |
| hyperanabolic | physiology, of excessive anabolism |
| hyperanabolism | physiology, excessive constructive metabolism |
| hyperanacinesia | medical, excessive muscular motion |
| hyperanakinesia | medical, excessive motility |
| hyperanakinesis | medical, excessive motor activity |
| hyperaphia | medical, excessive tactile sensitivity |
| hyperaphic | medical, of hyperaphia |
| hyperapophyseal | anatomy, of a hyperapophysis of a vertebra |
| hyperapophysial | anatomy, of the hyperapophysis |
| hyperazoturia | medical, excess nitrogenous matter in urine |
| hyperbarism | medical, disorder from raised pressure |
| hyperbrachycephal | craniometry, an extremely short-headed person |
| hyperbrachyskelic | anthropometry, having very short legs |
| hyperbranchia | zoology, the region above the gills |
| hyperbranchial | zoology, situated above the gills |
| hypercalcinaemia | medical, excess calcium in the blood |
| hypercarbamidemia | medical, excess urea in the blood |
| hypercarbureted | chemistry, over-charged with carbon |
| hypercenosis | medical, excessive discharge or evacuation |
| hyperchamaerrhine | anthropometry, extremely broad-nosed |
| hypercholesterolia | medical, excess cholesterol in the blood |
| hypercholia | medical, excessive secretion of bile |
| hypercrinemia | medical, excess gland secretion in blood |
| hypercrinia | medical, excessive glandular secretion |
| hypercrinism | medical, endocrine over-secretion |
| hypercrisia | medical, excessive glandular secretion |
| hypercryaesthesia | medical, extreme sensitiveness to cold |
| hypercryalgesia | medical, extreme pain from cold |
| hypercryesthesia | medical, excessive sensitiveness to cold |
| hypercyanosis | medical, extreme blueness of the skin |
| hypercythemia | medical, excess of red cells in the blood |
| hyperdactyl | anatomy, having supernumerary digits |
| hyperdactylia | medical, presence of extra digits |
| hyperdactylism | medical, polydactyly |
| hyperdiapason | music, the octave above |
| hyperdiapente | music, the fifth above |
| hyperdiastole | medical, extreme dilatation of the heart |
| hyperdiastolic | medical, of hyperdiastole |
| hyperdiatessaron | music, the fourth above |
| hyperdiazeuxis | Greek music, disjunction above a tetrachord |
| hyperditone | music, the ditone above |
| hyperdolichocephal | craniometry, an extremely long-headed person |
| hyperdolichocephalic | craniometry, of an extremely long head |
| hyperdolichocephaly | craniometry, extreme length of the head |
| hyperdolichocranial | craniometry, of a very long skull |
| hyperdulical | theology, of hyperdulia, veneration of Mary |
| hyperemization | medical, inducing of hyperemia |
| hyperendocrinia | medical, excessive endocrine secretion |
| hyperendocrinism | medical, endocrine overactivity |
| hyperendocrisia | medical, over-secretion of endocrine glands |
| hyperephidrosis | medical, excessive sweating |
| hyperepinephria | medical, excess adrenal secretion |
| hyperepinephrinemia | medical, excess adrenaline in the blood |
| hyperepinephry | medical, adrenal hyperfunction |
| hypererethism | medical, excessive irritability |
| hypereuryprosopic | anthropometry, extremely broad-faced |
| hyperexophoria | ophthalmology, upward and outward deviation |
| hypergalactia | medical, excessive secretion of milk |
| hypergalactosia | medical, excessive milk secretion |
| hypergalactosis | medical, over-secretion of milk |
| hypergeusesthesia | medical, heightened sense of taste |
| hyperglobulia | medical, excess red corpuscles in blood |
| hyperglobulism | medical, excess of blood corpuscles |
The other lists filed alongside this one.
