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 |
|---|---|
| lepargylic | chemistry, lepargylic (azelaic) acid |
| lepidene | chemistry, tetraphenylfuran |
| lepidin | chemistry, lepidine, a methylquinoline |
| lepidoblastic | petrology, scaly texture in metamorphic rock |
| lepidoid | zoology, scale-like; of the Lepidoidei |
| lepidophyllous | botany, having scaly leaves |
| lepidophyte | paleobotany, a fossil lycopod plant |
| lepidophytic | paleobotany, of fossil lycopods |
| lepidoporphyrin | biochemistry, a porphyrin derivative |
| lepidopterid | entomology, a lepidopteran insect |
| lepidosirenoid | zoology, resembling the lungfish Lepidosiren |
| lepidosis | medical, a scaly skin eruption |
| lepidosteoid | zoology, resembling the gar Lepidosteus |
| lepidotic | zoology, scaly, covered with scales |
| leporicide | the killing of a hare |
| lepothrix | medical, a bacterial disease of the hair |
| lepralian | zoology, of the bryozoan genus Lepralia |
| leprid | medical, a cutaneous lesion of leprosy |
| leprine | medical, pertaining to leprosy |
| leptene | cytology, the leptotene thin-thread stage |
| leptinolite | petrology, a fine schistose rock |
| leptite | petrology, fine-grained metamorphic rock |
| leptocephalan | zoology, a transparent eel larva |
| leptocephalia | medical, abnormal narrowness of the skull |
| leptocephalid | zoology, of the Leptocephalidae, eel larvae |
| leptocephaloid | zoology, resembling a leptocephalus larva |
| leptocercal | zoology, slender-tailed |
| leptochroa | medical, abnormal thinness of the skin |
| leptochrous | medical, thin-skinned |
| leptomatic | botany, pertaining to leptome or phloem |
| leptomedusan | zoology, a hydromedusa of the Leptomedusae |
| leptonecrosis | medical, necrosis of fine tissue |
| leptopellic | anthropometry, having a narrow pelvis |
| leptoprosopic | anthropometry, narrow-faced |
| leptoprosopous | anthropometry, narrow-faced |
| leptoprosopy | anthropometry, narrowness of the face |
| leptorrhin | anthropology, narrow-nosed |
| leptorrhinian | anthropology, narrow-nosed |
| leptorrhinism | anthropology, narrowness of the nose |
| leptosomic | medical, of slender asthenic body type |
| leptosperm | botany, a shrub of the genus Leptospermum |
| leptostracous | zoology, of the Leptostraca crustaceans |
| lernaeiform | zoology, shaped like the copepod Lernaea |
| lernaeoid | zoology, resembling Lernaea |
| leskeaceous | botany, of the moss family Leskeaceae |
| leucaethiop | old anthropology, an albino African |
| leucaethiopic | old anthropology, of albino Africans |
| leucanthous | botany, white-flowered |
| leucaugite | mineralogy, a pale variety of augite |
| leucaurin | chemistry, the leuco compound of aurin |
| leucic | chemistry, leucic acid, from leucine |
| leucitis | medical, inflammation of the sclera |
| leucitohedron | crystallography, the trapezohedron |
| leucitophyre | petrology, a leucite-bearing volcanic rock |
| leucobasalt | petrology, a light-coloured basalt |
| leucocarpous | botany, bearing white fruit |
| leucochalcite | mineralogy, a white copper arsenate |
| leucochroic | pale or whitish in colour |
| leucocism | medical, whiteness of skin, albinism |
| leucocyan | chemistry, colourless reduced form of a cyan dye |
| leucocytoblast | medical, a leucocyte-forming cell |
| leucocytology | medical, the study of leucocytes |
| leucocytolysin | medical, agent dissolving leucocytes |
| leucocytolytic | medical, destroying leucocytes |
| leucocytometer | medical, device for counting leucocytes |
| leucocytopenic | medical, marked by deficiency of leucocytes |
| leucocytoplania | medical, wandering of leucocytes in tissue |
| leucocytotherapy | medical, treatment with leucocytes |
| leucocytotic | medical, of leucocytosis |
| leucodermatous | medical, white-skinned |
| leucoethiop | ethnology, an albino African |
| leucoid | medical, resembling a leucocyte |
| leucoindigo | chemistry, reduced colourless indigo |
| leucoindigotin | chemistry, reduced indigotin |
| leucomelanic | marked with white and black |
| leucomelanous | anthropology, dark-haired but fair-skinned |
| leucophyllous | botany, white-leaved |
| leucophyre | petrology, an altered pale diabase |
| leucoquinizarin | chemistry, reduced colourless quinizarin |
| leucoryx | zoology, the white oryx antelope |
| leucospermous | botany, having white seeds |
| leucospheric | astronomy, of the sun's leucosphere |
| leucosyenite | petrology, a light-coloured syenite |
| leucotaxin | physiology, substance attracting leucocytes |
| leucotaxine | physiology, leucocyte-attracting polypeptide |
| leukocythemia | medical, leukaemia, excess of white cells |
| leukocytoblast | medical, a leucocyte-forming cell |
| leukocytotic | medical, of leukocytosis |
| leukon | medical, the total leucocyte mass of the body |
| leukopedesis | medical, migration of white cells through vessel walls |
| leukotaxin | physiology, leucocyte-attracting substance |
| leukotaxine | physiology, leucocyte-attracting polypeptide |
| levoduction | medical, turning of the eye to the left |
| levolactic | chemistry, levorotatory lactic acid |
| levolimonene | chemistry, levorotatory limonene |
| levotartaric | chemistry, levorotatory tartaric acid |
| levulic | chemistry, levulic (levulinic) acid |
| lherzite | mineralogy, a rock allied to lherzolite |
| libanophorous | botany, bearing frankincense |
| libanotophorous | botany, bearing rosemary or frankincense |
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