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 |
|---|---|
| lithocystotomy | surgery, cutting the bladder for stone |
| lithodesma | zoology, calcareous plate in a bivalve ligament |
| lithofellic | chemistry, lithofellic acid of bezoar stones |
| lithofellinic | chemistry, lithofellinic acid |
| lithoglypher | art, an engraver on stone or gems |
| lithoidite | petrology, a lithoidal rhyolite |
| litholyte | medical, an agent for dissolving calculi |
| lithometer | an instrument for measuring calculi |
| lithonephria | medical, kidney disease with stone |
| lithonephritis | medical, nephritis with calculi |
| lithonephrotomy | surgery, cutting the kidney for stone |
| lithopaedium | medical, a calcified retained foetus |
| lithopedium | medical, a calcified retained foetus |
| lithophanic | ceramics, of lithophany, translucent porcelain pictures |
| lithophotogravure | printing, photogravure worked on stone |
| lithophthisis | medical, stone-cutters' lung disease |
| lithophyl | geology, a fossil leaf impression |
| lithophyll | geology, a fossil leaf impression |
| lithophyllous | botany, having stony or hard leaves |
| lithophysal | petrology, containing lithophysae |
| lithosiid | entomology, a moth of the family Lithosiidae |
| lithosis | medical, lung disease from stone dust |
| lithosperm | botany, a gromwell, Lithospermum |
| lithotomous | zoology, stone-boring, of molluscs |
| lithotony | surgery, incision for stone |
| lithotresis | surgery, boring a hole through a calculus |
| lithous | stony, of the nature of stone |
| lithoxylite | mineralogy, petrified or fossil wood |
| liticontestation | law, joinder of issue, litis contestatio |
| litiscontest | Scots law, to join issue in a suit |
| litiscontestational | law, of the joinder of issue |
| litorinoid | zoology, resembling the periwinkle Litorina |
| lituitoid | palaeontology, resembling Lituites cephalopods |
| lituoline | zoology, of the foraminiferal genus Lituola |
| lituoloid | zoology, resembling Lituola |
| lobellated | botany, divided into small lobes |
| lobigerous | biology, bearing lobes (lob- + -igerous) |
| lochiocolpos | medical, lochia retained in the vagina |
| lochiocyte | medical, a cell of the lochia |
| lochiometra | medical, lochia retained in the uterus |
| lochiometritis | medical, puerperal inflammation of uterus |
| lochiopyra | medical, puerperal fever |
| lochiorrhagia | medical, excessive lochial flow |
| lochioschesis | medical, suppression of the lochia |
| lochometritis | medical, puerperal metritis |
| lochoperitonitis | medical, puerperal peritonitis |
| lochopyra | medical, puerperal fever |
| loculamentose | botany, having loculaments (cells) |
| logarithmomancy | divination by logarithms or numbers |
| lokaose | chemistry, substance from lokao green |
| lomastome | zoology, having a fringed mouth |
| lomatine | zoology, of a loma or fringed margin |
| lomatinous | zoology, bearing a loma (fringe) |
| longilingual | zoology, long-tongued |
| lophin | chemistry, lophine, from bitter-almond oil |
| lophiodont | paleontology, crest-toothed, of Lophiodon |
| lophiodontoid | paleontology, resembling Lophiodon |
| lophiostomate | botany, having a crested ostiole or mouth |
| lophiostomous | zoology, crest-mouthed |
| lophocalthrops | zoology, crested calthrops sponge spicule |
| lophocome | ornithology, a bird of the Lophocomi |
| lophophorine | zoology, of the Lophophorinae (monals) |
| lophophytosis | medical, crest-forming fungal skin disease |
| lophotriaene | zoology, crested triaene sponge spicule |
| lophotrichic | bacteriology, having a tuft of flagella |
| loranskite | mineralogy, a rare-earth niobate mineral |
| lordoma | medical, lordosis, forward spinal curve |
| loretin | pharmacy, iodine quinoline antiseptic |
| loricarian | ichthyology, a loricariid mailed catfish |
| loricoid | zoology, resembling a lorica or shell |
| lotase | biochemistry, enzyme that splits lotusin |
| lotusin | chemistry, glucoside of Lotus arabicus |
| loxic | oblique, slanting (Gk. loxos) |
| loxoclase | mineralogy, a soda-orthoclase feldspar |
| loxocosm | loxo- + -cosm, the oblique sphere |
| loxodontous | anthropology, having slanting teeth |
| loxolophodont | paleontology, of Loxolophodon |
| loxophthalmus | medical, squint, oblique eye |
| loxotic | surgery, oblique, distorted |
| loxotomy | surgery, oblique amputation |
| luciferoid | zoology, like the shrimp genus Lucifer |
| lucinoid | zoology, resembling the Lucinidae bivalves |
| luetically | medical, in a syphilitic manner |
| lumbocolostomy | surgery, colostomy through the loin |
| lumbocolotomy | surgery, lumbar incision of the colon |
| lumbocostal | anatomy, of the loins and ribs |
| lumbricosis | medical, infestation with roundworms |
| lumeter | photometry, an instrument measuring light |
| lungmotor | medical, artificial-respiration apparatus |
| lunistitial | astronomy, of the moon's standstill |
| lunoid | crescent- or moon-shaped |
| lupanin | chemistry, lupanine, a lupine alkaloid |
| lupeose | chemistry, a sugar from lupine seeds |
| lupetidin | chemistry, lupetidine, a piperidine base |
| lupulic | chemistry, pertaining to hops |
| lupulinic | chemistry, of lupulin |
| lupulinous | botany, resembling lupulin glands |
| lupulone | chemistry, a bitter acid of hops |
| lural | anatomy, of the lura, an aperture |
| lutaceous | geology, made of mud or clay |
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