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 |
|---|---|
| methylosis | biochemistry, methylation process |
| methylotic | biochemistry, of methylosis |
| methylsulfanol | chemistry, methyl sulphanol |
| methyltrinitrobenzene | chemistry, TNT, methyl trinitrobenzene |
| metochous | ecology, living as an indifferent guest |
| metochy | ecology, indifferent guest relationship |
| metoestrous | physiology, of the period following oestrus |
| metoestrum | physiology, period following oestrus |
| metostylous | zoology, with hyomandibular jaw suspension |
| metoxazine | chemistry, meta- oxazine |
| metoxeny | mycology, alternation of hosts, heteroecism |
| metranemia | medical, anaemia of the uterus |
| metrectasia | medical, dilatation of the uterus |
| metrectatic | medical, of uterine dilatation |
| metrectopia | medical, displacement of the uterus |
| metrectopic | medical, of uterine displacement |
| metrectopy | medical, displacement of the uterus |
| metrectotmy | medical, excision of the uterus |
| metreme | prosody, minimal unit of metre |
| metriocephalic | craniometry, of medium skull height |
| metrocampsis | medical, bending of the uterus |
| metrocarat | metrology, the metric carat, 200 mg |
| metrocarcinoma | medical, carcinoma of the uterus |
| metrocele | medical, hernia of the uterus |
| metroclyst | medical, instrument for uterine irrigation |
| metrocolpocele | medical, hernia of uterus and vagina |
| metrocracy | sociology, government by mothers |
| metrocratic | sociology, of rule by mothers |
| metrocystosis | medical, cyst formation in the uterus |
| metrofibroma | medical, fibroma of the uterus |
| metrography | medical, graphic recording of the uterus |
| metrologue | metrology, a treatise on weights and measures |
| metrolymphangitis | medical, uterine lymphangitis |
| metromalacia | medical, softening of the uterus |
| metromalacoma | medical, softening of the uterus |
| metromalacosis | medical, softening of the uterus |
| metroneuria | medical, nervous disorder of the uterus |
| metroparalysis | medical, paralysis of the uterus |
| metroptosia | medical, prolapse of the uterus |
| metroptosis | medical, prolapse of the uterus |
| metroradioscope | medical, instrument for viewing the uterus |
| metrorrhea | medical, abnormal uterine discharge |
| metrorrhexis | medical, rupture of the uterus |
| metrorthosis | medical, correction of uterine displacement |
| metrosalpingitis | medical, inflammation of uterus and tubes |
| metrosalpinx | medical, the uterine (Fallopian) tube |
| metroscirrhus | medical, scirrhous cancer of the uterus |
| metrostaxis | medical, slight persistent uterine bleeding |
| metrosteresis | medical, loss or removal of the uterus |
| metrosynizesis | medical, collapse of the uterine walls |
| metrotherapist | medical, practitioner of uterine therapy |
| metrotherapy | medical, treatment of uterine disease |
| metrotometry | medical, measurement of the uterus |
| miazine | chemistry, miazine, pyrimidine |
| micacite | petrology, a rock composed chiefly of mica |
| micasization | geology, alteration of a mineral into mica |
| micasize | geology, to convert into mica |
| micellarly | chemistry, by way of micelles |
| micraesthete | zoology, small sense organ in chiton shell |
| micrander | biology, a dwarf male individual |
| micrencephalus | medical, one with an abnormally small brain |
| micresthete | zoology, small chiton shell sense organ |
| microbarogram | meteorology, microbarograph record |
| microblast | haematology, small blast cell |
| microblepharia | medical, abnormal smallness of the eyelids |
| microblepharism | medical, smallness of the eyelids |
| microblephary | medical, smallness of the eyelids |
| microbrachia | medical, abnormal smallness of the arms |
| microbrachius | medical, one with abnormally small arms |
| microburet | chemistry, burette for minute quantities |
| microburette | chemistry, burette for minute quantities |
| microcaltrop | zoology, minute caltrop-shaped spicule |
| microcardius | medical, one with an abnormally small heart |
| microcentrosome | cytology, minute centrosome |
| microcentrum | cytology, the centrosome region of a cell |
| microcephal | medical, a microcephalic person |
| microceratous | zoology, having small horns or antennae |
| microchiropterous | zoology, of the Microchiroptera, small bats |
| microclastic | petrology, made of minute fragments |
| microcnemia | medical, abnormal smallness of the legs |
| micrococcic | bacteriology, of micrococci |
| microcoleoptera | entomology, the minute beetles collectively |
| microconjugant | protozoology, smaller of two conjugating cells |
| microcranous | craniometry, having a small skull |
| microcrystallogeny | mineralogy, formation of microcrystals |
| microcrystalloscopy | chemistry, microscopic crystal analysis |
| microdentous | zoology, having small teeth |
| microdiactine | zoology, minute two-rayed sponge spicule |
| microdontous | zoology, having small teeth |
| microdonty | dentistry, smallness of the teeth |
| microelectrolysis | chemistry, electrolysis on a minute scale |
| microelectrophoretical | chemistry, of microelectrophoresis |
| microelectroscope | physics, very sensitive electroscope |
| microeutaxitic | petrology, microscopically eutaxitic |
| microfelsite | petrology, microcrystalline felsitic matrix |
| microfoliation | geology, foliation on a minute scale |
| microgalvanometer | physics, very sensitive galvanometer |
| microgamy | biology, conjugation of small gametes |
| microgilbert | physics, one millionth of a gilbert |
| microhymenoptera | entomology, the minute parasitic wasps |
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