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 |
|---|---|
| hyposalemia | medical, deficiency of blood salts |
| hyposcleral | anatomy, beneath the sclera |
| hyposcope | optics, periscopic sight for a rifle |
| hyposphresia | medical, diminished sense of smell |
| hyposternal | anatomy, below the sternum |
| hyposthenic | medical, of diminished strength |
| hypostigma | Greek grammar, the comma point |
| hypostilbite | mineralogy, zeolite related to stilbite |
| hypostomous | zoology, having the mouth underneath |
| hypostypsis | medical, slight astringency |
| hypostyptic | medical, mildly astringent |
| hyposuprarenalism | medical, adrenal insufficiency |
| hyposynaphe | prosody, subordinate metrical linkage |
| hyposynergia | medical, deficient muscular synergy |
| hyposystole | medical, deficient cardiac systole |
| hypotaxia | hypnotism, a light hypnotic state |
| hypotaxic | hypnotism, of hypotaxia |
| hypotensor | medical, agent lowering blood pressure |
| hypothenic | anatomy, of the hypothenar eminence |
| hypotrochoidal | geometry, of a hypotrochoid |
| hypotypic | biology, of a hypotype specimen |
| hypotypical | biology, of the nature of a hypotype |
| hypovanadate | chemistry, salt of hypovanadic acid |
| hypovanadic | chemistry, of the lower vanadium oxide |
| hypovanadious | chemistry, hypovanadous |
| hypovanadous | chemistry, of vanadium in low valence |
| hypoxanthic | chemistry, of hypoxanthine |
| hypozoan | zoology, of the Hypozoa |
| hypsibrachycephalic | craniometry, high and broad-headed |
| hypsibrachycephalism | craniometry, high broad-headedness |
| hypsibrachycephaly | craniometry, high broad skull form |
| hypsicephalic | craniometry, high-skulled |
| hypsicephalous | craniometry, high-skulled |
| hypsicephaly | craniometry, high-skulledness |
| hypsidolichocephalic | craniometry, high and long-headed |
| hypsidolichocephalism | craniometry, high long-headedness |
| hypsidolichocephaly | craniometry, high long skull form |
| hypsiliform | shaped like the letter upsilon |
| hypsilophodontoid | paleontology, resembling Hypsilophodon |
| hypsistenocephalic | craniometry, high and narrow-headed |
| hypsistenocephalism | craniometry, high narrow-headedness |
| hypsistenocephaly | craniometry, high narrow skull form |
| hypsobathymetric | geography, of heights and depths |
| hypsocephalous | craniometry, high-headed |
| hypsochromy | chemistry, color shift toward the violet |
| hypsoisotherm | meteorology, isotherm at altitude |
| hypsometrist | one who practises hypsometry |
| hypsophonous | having a high-pitched voice |
| hypsophyllar | botany, of the hypsophylls or bracts |
| hypsophyllous | botany, of the nature of bracts |
| hypsophyllum | botany, a bract or upper leaf |
| hypsothermometer | altitude gauge using the boiling point |
| hyraciform | zoology, shaped like a hyrax |
| hyracodontoid | paleontology, resembling Hyracodon |
| hyracoidian | zoology, of the Hyracoidea |
| hyracothere | paleontology, a hyracotheriine horse |
| hyracotherian | paleontology, of Hyracotherium |
| hystazarin | chemistry, an isomer of alizarin |
| hysterelcosis | medical, ulceration of the uterus |
| hysteresial | physics, of hysteresis |
| hysteriform | medical, resembling hysteria |
| hysterioid | medical, resembling hysteria |
| hysterocrystalline | petrology, crystallized at a later stage |
| hysterogen | botany, tissue formed later |
| hysterogenetic | medical, producing hysteria |
| hysterogenous | botany, developed later |
| hysterogeny | medical, the production of hysteria |
| hysteroidal | medical, resembling hysteria |
| hysterolaparotomy | surgery, uterus removal through abdomen |
| hysterolith | a uterine calculus; also a fossil shell |
| hysterolithiasis | medical, formation of uterine stones |
| hysterolysis | surgery, freeing the uterus of adhesions |
| hysterometry | medical, measurement of the uterus |
| hysteromorphous | mycology, shaped like Hysterium |
| hysteroneurasthenia | medical, hysterical neurasthenia |
| hysteropathy | medical, disease of the uterus |
| hysteropexia | surgery, fixation of the uterus |
| hysterophore | medical, a uterine support or pessary |
| hysteroproterize | rhetoric, to invert the natural order |
| hysteroptosia | medical, prolapse of the uterus |
| hysteroptosis | medical, prolapse of the uterus |
| hysterorrhexis | medical, rupture of the uterus |
| hysterotely | entomology, delayed appearance of traits |
| hystricismus | medical, ichthyosis hystrix, spiny skin |
| hystricoid | zoology, porcupine-like |
| hystricomorphic | zoology, of the Hystricomorpha rodents |
| hyzone | chemistry, triatomic hydrogen |
| iberite | mineralogy, altered cordierite from Spain |
| ibidine | zoology, of the ibis subfamily Ibidinae |
| ichneumoniform | entomology, shaped like an ichneumon fly |
| ichneutic | pertaining to tracking or searching out |
| ichorrhemia | medical, ichorous or septic blood |
| ichorrhoea | medical, discharge of ichor |
| ichthulinic | chemistry, of ichthulin, a fish-egg protein |
| ichthyian | zoology, of or like fishes |
| ichthyician | zoology, relating to fishes |
| ichthyism | medical, poisoning from tainted fish |
| ichthyismus | medical Latin, fish poisoning |
| ichthyization | biology, a becoming fishlike |
| ichthyized | biology, made fishlike |
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