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 |
|---|---|
| subchorioid | anatomy, beneath the chorioid coat |
| subchorioidal | anatomy, beneath the chorioid coat |
| subchoroid | anatomy, beneath the choroid |
| subcingulum | anatomy, the part below the cingulum |
| subcision | surgery, cutting beneath the skin |
| subclavioaxillary | anatomy, of the subclavian and axillary vessels |
| subclaviojugular | anatomy, of the subclavian and jugular vessels |
| subconnivent | botany, slightly converging |
| subcordately | botany, in a somewhat heart-shaped way |
| subcornual | anatomy, beneath a cornu or horn |
| subcorymbosely | botany, in a somewhat corymbose way |
| subcranially | anatomy, beneath the cranium |
| subcrenated | botany, slightly scalloped at the edge |
| subcrenately | botany, in a slightly scalloped way |
| subcrepitation | medicine, a faint crepitant sound |
| subcrureal | anatomy, of the subcrureus muscle |
| subcrureus | anatomy, small muscle under the crureus |
| subcuneus | anatomy, region below the cuneus |
| subcutes | anatomy, Latin plural of subcutis |
| subcutises | anatomy, English plural of subcutis |
| subcyanid | chemistry, subcyanide in the -id spelling |
| subcyanide | chemistry, cyanide with the least cyanogen |
| subdendroid | botany, somewhat treelike in form |
| subdendroidal | botany, somewhat treelike in form |
| subdentation | botany and zoology, slight toothing |
| subdenticulated | botany, minutely and slightly toothed |
| subdiapason | music, the octave below the diapason |
| subdiapasonic | music, of the subdiapason |
| subdiapente | music, the fifth below |
| subdiaphragmatically | anatomy, beneath the diaphragm |
| subdiscoid | botany, somewhat disk-shaped |
| subdistichous | botany, somewhat two-ranked |
| subdistichously | botany, in a somewhat two-ranked way |
| subdolichocephalism | anthropometry, moderately long skull form |
| subdolichocephalous | anthropometry, moderately long-headed |
| subdolichocephaly | anthropometry, moderately long skull form |
| subectodermic | biology, beneath the ectoderm |
| subelaphine | zoology, somewhat like the red deer |
| subelectron | physics, a charge smaller than an electron |
| subemarginated | botany, slightly notched at the apex |
| subencephalon | anatomy, brain parts below the cerebrum |
| subepiglottal | anatomy, beneath the epiglottis |
| suberane | chemistry, cycloheptane, named from suberic acid |
| suberiferous | botany, cork-producing |
| suberinization | botany, conversion into suberin, cork substance |
| suberinize | botany, to convert into suberin |
| subfacies | geology, a subdivision of a facies |
| subfalcial | anatomy, beneath the falx cerebri |
| subfastigiated | botany, somewhat fastigiate |
| subfoliar | botany, beneath the leaf |
| subfossorial | zoology, partly adapted to digging |
| subgalea | entomology, sclerite below the galea |
| subgallate | chemistry, a basic gallate |
| subganoid | ichthyology, somewhat ganoid |
| subgeniculation | slight geniculation, bending at a joint |
| subgerminally | embryology, beneath the germinal disc |
| subgloboid | nearly spherical in form |
| subglossitis | medicine, inflammation under the tongue |
| subglottally | anatomy, below the glottis |
| subgyre | anatomy, a secondary convolution of the brain |
| subgyri | anatomy, plural of subgyrus |
| subgyrus | anatomy, a secondary cerebral convolution |
| subhalid | chemistry, subhalide in the -id spelling |
| subhalide | chemistry, halide with the least halogen |
| subhumeral | anatomy, beneath the humerus |
| subhyalin | histology, somewhat hyaline or glassy |
| subicle | anatomy, anglicized subiculum, an underlying layer |
| subicterical | medicine, slightly jaundiced |
| subilia | anatomy, plural of subilium |
| subimbricative | botany, somewhat overlapping like tiles |
| subintegumentary | zoology, beneath the integument |
| subiodide | chemistry, iodide with the least iodine |
| subjugular | anatomy, below the jugular |
| sublacunose | botany, somewhat pitted |
| sublaryngal | anatomy, below the larynx |
| sublaryngeally | anatomy, below the larynx |
| sublenticulate | botany, somewhat lens-shaped |
| sublinguate | zoology, having a sublingua |
| subloral | ornithology, below the lore |
| subloreal | ornithology, below the lore |
| sublunated | somewhat lunate, crescent-shaped |
| submakroskelic | anthropometry, moderately long-legged |
| submaxillas | anatomy, plural of submaxilla, the lower jaw |
| submontagne | ecology, the zone below the mountain belt |
| submuriate | chemistry, a basic chloride, less acid than a muriate |
| subnitrated | chemistry, combined as a basic nitrate |
| subnodulose | botany, faintly knotted or nodulose |
| subnuvolar | meteorology, lying beneath the clouds |
| subopercle | ichthyology, the bone below the opercle |
| subpeduncle | botany, a secondary or lesser peduncle |
| subpeduncled | botany, borne on a subpeduncle |
| subpeltated | botany, somewhat peltate or shield-like |
| subpeltately | botany, in a somewhat peltate manner |
| subpericardiac | anatomy, lying beneath the pericardium |
| subpericranial | anatomy, beneath the pericranium |
| subpharyngal | anatomy, situated below the pharynx |
| subpharyngeally | anatomy, below the pharynx |
| subphosphate | chemistry, a basic phosphate |
| subphylar | biology, of or in a subphylum |
| subplacentae | anatomy, plural of subplacenta |
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