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 |
|---|---|
| sporogonous | biology, of sporogony, spore production |
| sporomycosis | medical, disease caused by fungal spores |
| sporophydium | botany, a small spore-bearing body |
| sporophyllum | botany, Latin form of sporophyll |
| sporostrote | botany, having the spores spread in a layer |
| sporozoal | zoology, of the Sporozoa |
| sporozoic | zoology, of the Sporozoa |
| sporozooid | biology, a zooid arising from a spore |
| sputumary | medical, relating to sputum |
| sputumose | medical, full of sputum |
| sputumous | medical, of the nature of sputum |
| squamatine | zoology, scaly, of the Squamata |
| squamatogranulous | natural history, scaly and granular |
| squamatotuberculate | natural history, scaly and tuberculate |
| squamify | natural history, to form into scales |
| squamipennate | zoology, scaly-winged |
| squamipinnate | zoology, with scaly fins |
| squamoepithelial | anatomy, of squamous epithelium |
| squamomastoid | anatomy, of the squamous and mastoid parts |
| squamoparietal | anatomy, of the squamous and parietal bones |
| squamopetrosal | anatomy, of the squamous and petrosal bones |
| squamoseness | anatomy, scaliness (squamose + -ness) |
| squamosodentated | natural history, scaly and toothed |
| squamosoimbricated | natural history, scaly and overlapping |
| squamosoradiate | natural history, scaly and radiate |
| squamosotemporal | anatomy, of the squamosal and temporal bones |
| squamosozygomatic | anatomy, of the squamosal and zygomatic bones |
| squamosphenoid | anatomy, of the squamosal and sphenoid bones |
| squamosphenoidal | anatomy, of the squamosal and sphenoid bones |
| squamotemporal | anatomy, of the squamosal and temporal bones |
| squatinoid | zoology, like the angel sharks (Squatina) |
| squillian | zoology, of the mantis shrimps (Squilla) |
| stabilivolt | electronics, a voltage-stabilizing tube |
| stachydrin | chemistry, an alkaloid from Stachys plants |
| stachyuraceous | botany, of the Stachyuraceae family |
| stackhousiaceous | botany, of the Stackhousiaceae family |
| stadic | surveying, of stadia measurement |
| stagmometer | physics, a drop-counting instrument |
| stainierite | mineralogy, a cobalt oxide mineral |
| stannid | chemistry, a stannide, a binary tin compound |
| stannoxyl | chemistry, the tin-oxygen radical SnO |
| stapedectomized | surgery, having had a stapedectomy |
| staphyledema | medical, oedema of the uvula |
| staphylematoma | medical, a blood tumor of the uvula |
| staphylic | craniometry, of the palate or uvula |
| staphylinic | entomology, of the rove beetles |
| staphylinideous | entomology, of the rove beetle family |
| staphylion | craniometry, midpoint of the hard palate margin |
| staphylitis | medical, inflammation of the uvula |
| staphyloangina | medical, staphylococcal sore throat |
| staphylococcemic | medical, of staphylococci in the blood |
| staphylodermatitis | medical, staphylococcal skin inflammation |
| staphylodialysis | medical, relaxation of the uvula |
| staphyloedema | medical, oedema of the uvula |
| staphylohemia | medical, staphylococci in the blood |
| staphylomycosis | medical, staphylococcal infection |
| staphyloncus | medical, a swelling or tumor of the uvula |
| staphyloptosia | medical, falling of the uvula |
| staphyloptosis | medical, prolapse of the uvula |
| staphyloraphic | surgery, of staphyloraphy, suture of the soft palate |
| staphylorrhaphic | surgery, of staphylorrhaphy, cleft palate repair |
| staphyloschisis | medical, cleft of the uvula and soft palate |
| staphylosis | medical, staphylococcal disease |
| stasimetric | physics, of the stasimeter, which gauges gas density |
| stasophobia | medical, morbid fear of standing up |
| stathenry | physics, the electrostatic unit of inductance |
| statiscope | physics, instrument for slight air-pressure changes |
| statolithic | biology, of statoliths, the balance granules |
| statometer | medical, instrument measuring eyeball protrusion |
| stauraxonial | zoology, of the Stauraxonia, cross-axed in symmetry |
| staurion | craniometry, where the palatine sutures cross |
| staurology | theology, the doctrine of the cross |
| steadite | metallurgy, the phosphide eutectic in cast iron |
| steariform | chemistry, resembling stearin, fatty |
| stearolactone | chemistry, a lactone from stearic acid |
| stearrhoea | medical, excessive flow of sebum |
| steatin | chemistry, a fatty substance, from Greek stear |
| steatocele | medical, a fatty tumor of the scrotum |
| steatogenous | medical, producing fat |
| steatolysis | medical, the splitting of fats in digestion |
| steatolytic | medical, fat-splitting |
| steatopathic | medical, of disease of the sebaceous glands |
| steatopygy | anthropology, steatopygia, fatness of the buttocks |
| steganophthalmate | zoology, of the covered-eyed medusae |
| steganophthalmatous | zoology, belonging to the Steganophthalmata |
| steganopodan | ornithology, a totipalmate bird |
| stegodontine | palaeontology, of the stegodont elephants |
| stegosauroid | palaeontology, resembling Stegosaurus |
| stelleridean | zoology, of the Stellerida, the starfishes |
| stemmatiform | zoology, shaped like a stemma or ocellus |
| stemmatous | entomology, having stemmata, the simple eyes |
| stenion | craniometry, the narrowest point of the temporal region |
| stenobenthic | ecology, confined to a narrow range of depth |
| stenobregma | craniometry, narrowness at the bregma |
| stenocardiac | medical, of stenocardia, angina pectoris |
| stenocephalia | medical, narrowness of the head |
| stenocephalic | medical, narrow-headed |
| stenocephalous | medical, narrow-headed |
| stenocephaly | medical, narrowness of the skull |
| stenocoriasis | medical, narrowing of the pupil |
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