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 |
|---|---|
| stomatomy | surgery, incision of the mouth |
| stomatomycosis | medical, fungus disease of the mouth |
| stomatonecrosis | medical, necrosis of the mouth, noma |
| stomatophorous | zoology, bearing a mouth |
| stomatoscopy | medical, inspection of the mouth |
| stomatosepsis | medical, septic infection of the mouth |
| stomatotomy | surgery, incision into the mouth |
| stomatotyphus | medical, typhus with mouth lesions |
| stomenorrhagia | medical, menstrual bleeding from the mouth |
| stomion | craniometry, the midpoint of the oral slit |
| strabometry | medical, measurement of a squint |
| strabotome | surgery, a knife used in strabotomy |
| stratameter | geology, instrument for measuring strata |
| straticulation | geology, arrangement in very thin strata |
| stratiformis | meteorology, the cloud species spread in a sheet |
| stratous | meteorology, of the nature of stratus cloud |
| stremmatograph | engineering, an instrument recording strains |
| strepsinema | cytology, the twisted thread stage of meiosis |
| strepsipteral | zoology, of the Strepsiptera, twisted wing insects |
| strepsipteron | zoology, a twisted wing insect |
| strepsis | medical, a twisting or torsion |
| strepsitene | cytology, the twisted thread stage of meiosis |
| streptoneural | zoology, having the nerve loop twisted |
| streptosepticemia | medical, streptococcal septicemia |
| streptotrichal | medical, of Streptothrix |
| streptotrichosis | medical, infection with Streptothrix |
| strigal | botany, of or like a striga, a stiff bristle |
| strigilate | botany, bearing minute stiff bristles |
| strigilous | botany, covered with fine bristles |
| striolated | biology, marked with minute striae |
| striolet | biology, a very fine stria |
| stroboradiograph | medical, a stroboscopic X-ray record |
| stromateoid | ichthyology, resembling the Stromateidae |
| strombiform | zoology, shaped like a Strombus shell |
| strombuliferous | botany, bearing spirally twisted pods |
| strombuliform | botany, twisted like a screw |
| strongylate | zoology, blunt ended, of a sponge spicule |
| strongyliasis | medical, infestation with Strongylus worms |
| strongylidosis | veterinary, disease from strongylid worms |
| strongylon | zoology, a blunt ended sponge spicule |
| strongyloplasmata | cytology, rounded protoplasmic granules |
| strophosis | medical, a twisting or distortion |
| strophotaxis | botany, a twisting movement on stimulus |
| strumaticness | medical, the state of being scrofulous |
| strumiprivic | medical, following removal of the thyroid |
| strumiprivous | medical, following removal of the thyroid |
| struthiiform | ornithology, ostrich like in form |
| struthiin | chemistry, a glucoside from Gypsophila struthium |
| struthin | chemistry, struthiin, a glucoside |
| struthioid | ornithology, ostrich like |
| struthonine | ornithology, of the ostriches, struthionine |
| strychnol | chemistry, a derivative of strychnine |
| stubachite | mineralogy, a serpentine from the Stubach valley |
| stupp | metallurgy, mercury bearing furnace soot |
| sturin | chemistry, a protamine from sturgeon roe |
| sturine | chemistry, a protamine from sturgeon roe |
| sturionine | ichthyology, of the sturgeons |
| sturniform | ornithology, starling like |
| sturnine | ornithology, of the starlings |
| styceric | chemistry, of styceric acid |
| stycerinol | chemistry, an alcohol of the styceric series |
| styline | botany, relating to the style of a flower |
| styloauricularis | anatomy, muscle from styloid process to the ear |
| stylogonidium | botany, a gonidium borne on a stalk |
| stylohyoidean | anatomy, of the styloid process and hyoid bone |
| stylomyloid | anatomy, of the styloid and mylohyoid |
| stylostegium | botany, the staminal corona of an asclepiad |
| stylostemon | botany, a stamen united with the style |
| stypticin | pharmacy, cotarnine hydrochloride, a styptic |
| styrogallol | chemistry, a styrene pyrogallol compound |
| styrylic | chemistry, of styryl, as styrylic acid |
| subacetabular | anatomy, situated below the acetabulum |
| subacrodromous | botany, venation nearly acrodromous |
| subalary | zoology, situated under the wing |
| subalated | botany, somewhat winged |
| subalbid | natural history, somewhat whitish |
| subanconeal | anatomy, beneath the anconeus muscle |
| subarachnoidean | anatomy, beneath the arachnoid membrane |
| subareolet | entomology, cell below the areolet of a wing |
| subarytenoidal | anatomy, beneath the arytenoid cartilage |
| subastragalar | anatomy, beneath the astragalus |
| subastragaloid | anatomy, beneath the astragalus |
| subauriculate | botany, somewhat ear-shaped at the base |
| subaxillar | anatomy and botany, below the axilla |
| subbourdon | music, organ stop below the bourdon |
| subbrachial | anatomy, beneath the arm or brachium |
| subbrachiate | zoology, somewhat brachiate |
| subbrachycephaly | craniometry, moderately broad skull form |
| subbrachyskelic | anthropometry, moderately short-legged |
| subbranchial | anatomy, beneath the gills |
| subbromid | chemistry, subbromide in the -id spelling |
| subbromide | chemistry, bromide with the least bromine |
| subbronchially | anatomy, beneath the bronchi |
| subcalcarine | anatomy, below the calcarine fissure |
| subcancellous | anatomy, somewhat cancellous, of bone |
| subcarbide | chemistry, carbide with the least carbon |
| subcarburetted | chemistry, carbureted in low proportion |
| subcerebellar | anatomy, beneath the cerebellum |
| subchelae | zoology, plural of subchela, a folding claw |
| subchordal | anatomy, beneath the notochord |
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