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 |
|---|---|
| laparomyitis | medical, inflammation of the abdominal muscles |
| laparomyomectomy | surgery, removal of a myoma via the abdomen |
| laparomyomotomy | surgery, incision of a myoma via the abdomen |
| laparonephrectomy | surgery, removal of a kidney via the abdomen |
| laparonephrotomy | surgery, incision of the kidney via the abdomen |
| laparorrhaphy | surgery, suture of the abdominal wall |
| laparosalpingectomy | surgery, removal of an oviduct via the abdomen |
| laparosalpingotomy | surgery, incision of an oviduct via the abdomen |
| laparosplenectomy | surgery, removal of the spleen via the abdomen |
| laparosplenotomy | surgery, incision of the spleen via the abdomen |
| laparostict | entomology, of the Laparosticti beetles |
| laparothoracoscopy | surgery, inspection of abdomen and thorax |
| laparotrachelotomy | surgery, incision of the cervix via the abdomen |
| lapideon | music, instrument of graduated stone bars |
| laquearian | Rom. antiq., of the noose-armed gladiators |
| lardite | mineralogy, a soft soapstone, agalmatolite |
| lariid | ornithology, a gull of the family Laridae |
| larithmic | demography, of larithmics, population statistics |
| larvicolous | zoology, living in or on larvae |
| larvigerous | zoology, bearing or carrying larvae |
| laryngalgia | medical, pain in the larynx |
| laryngendoscope | medical, endoscope for the larynx |
| laryngocentesis | medical, surgical puncture of the larynx |
| laryngofission | medical, surgical splitting of the larynx |
| laryngophthisis | medical, tuberculosis of the larynx |
| laryngorrhea | medical, excessive laryngeal discharge |
| laryngoscleroma | medical, scleroma of the larynx |
| laryngostasis | medical, laryngeal obstruction, croup |
| laryngostomy | medical, surgical opening into the larynx |
| laryngotracheoscopy | medical, inspection of larynx and trachea |
| laryngovestibulitis | medical, inflammation of the laryngeal vestibule |
| lasianthous | botany, having woolly or hairy flowers |
| latensify | photography, to intensify a latent image |
| laterifloral | botany, with flowers borne on the side |
| lateriflorous | botany, side-flowering |
| laterinerved | botany, nerved along the sides |
| lateroabdominal | anatomy, of the side of the abdomen |
| laterodeviation | medical, deviation to one side |
| lateromarginal | anatomy, at the lateral margin |
| lateronuchal | anatomy, of the side of the nape |
| lateroposition | medical, displacement to one side |
| laterostigmatal | entomology, with spiracles at the sides |
| laterostigmatic | entomology, with lateral spiracles |
| laterotorsion | medical, twisting to one side |
| latidentate | zoology, broad-toothed |
| latipennate | zoology, broad-winged |
| latipennine | entomology, of the broad-winged group |
| latiplantar | ornithology, with a broad flat tarsal sole |
| latirostral | zoology, broad-billed |
| latirostrous | zoology, broad-beaked |
| latisept | botany, having a broad septum |
| latrobite | mineralogy, a pink feldspar, for C. Latrobe |
| laubanite | mineralogy, zeolite from Lauban, Silesia |
| laudanin | chemistry, an opium alkaloid |
| lavialite | petrology, amphibole rock from Lavia, Finland |
| lavrovite | mineralogy, green vanadiferous pyroxene |
| laxiflorous | botany, loosely flowered |
| laxifoliate | botany, loosely leaved |
| laxifolious | botany, with scattered leaves |
| lecaniid | entomology, a scale insect of the Lecaniidae |
| lecanine | entomology, pertaining to Lecanium scale insects |
| lecanoric | chemistry, lecanoric acid, from lichens |
| lecanoscopic | pertaining to lecanoscopy |
| lecanoscopy | divination by gazing into a basin of water |
| lechriodont | zoology, having obliquely set teeth |
| lecideiform | lichenology, shaped like Lecidea apothecia |
| lecidioid | lichenology, resembling the lichen Lecidea |
| lecithalbumin | biochemistry, lecithin-albumin compound |
| lecithic | biochemistry, pertaining to yolk or lecithin |
| lecithoblast | embryology, a yolk-forming cell |
| lecithoid | biochemistry, resembling lecithin or yolk |
| lecithoprotein | biochemistry, lecithin-protein compound |
| lecythid | botany, a plant of the Lecythidaceae |
| lecythoid | shaped like a lecythus |
| lederite | mineralogy, a variety of titanite |
| ledol | chemistry, sesquiterpene alcohol from Ledum |
| leguminiform | botany, shaped like a legume pod |
| leiocephalous | zoology, smooth-headed |
| leiocome | chemistry, dextrin, "smooth gum" |
| leiodermatous | zoology, smooth-skinned |
| leiodermia | medical, abnormally smooth glossy skin |
| leiomyofibroma | medical, mixed smooth-muscle and fibrous tumor |
| leiophyllous | botany, smooth-leaved |
| leiotrichan | anthropology, of the smooth-haired races |
| leiotriches | anthropology, the smooth-haired races |
| leiotrichine | ornithology, of the Leiotrichinae, babblers |
| leiotropic | biology, coiling to the left |
| leitneriaceous | botany, of the Leitneriaceae, corkwood family |
| lemmitis | medical, inflammation of the neurilemma |
| lemmoblastic | medical, forming neurilemma cells |
| lemmocyte | medical, a neurilemma cell |
| lemography | medical, a description or treatise on plague |
| lenad | petrology, the feldspathoid mineral group |
| lennilite | mineralogy, vermiculite from Lenni, Pennsylvania |
| lenticulation | optics, forming of lenticules on film |
| lentiscine | chemistry, a principle of mastic (lentisk) |
| leodicid | zoology, an annelid of the Leodicidae |
| leontocephalous | zoology, lion-headed |
| leopardite | petrology, spotted porphyry of North Carolina |
| leopoldite | mineralogy, a variety of sylvite |
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