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 |
|---|---|
| subplexal | anatomy, lying beneath a plexus |
| subpodophyllous | veterinary, beneath the podophyllous hoof tissue |
| subporphyritic | geology, somewhat porphyritic in texture |
| subprostatic | anatomy, lying below the prostate |
| subrameal | botany, borne beneath a branch (L. ramus) |
| subrectal | anatomy, situated below the rectum |
| subrictal | ornithology, below the rictus or gape |
| subsemifusa | music, the mensural note below the semifusa |
| subsere | ecology, a secondary successional sere |
| subseres | ecology, plural of subsere |
| subsesqui | chemistry, ratio between the sub- and sesqui- salts |
| subsphenoid | anatomy, beneath the sphenoid bone |
| subspinose | botany, somewhat spiny |
| subsplenial | anatomy, beneath the splenial bone |
| subsulci | anatomy, plural of subsulcus |
| subsulcus | anatomy, a small secondary groove |
| subtarsal | anatomy, situated below the tarsus |
| subtectal | anatomy, lying beneath the tectum |
| subtegminal | botany, beneath the tegmen or seed coat |
| subtertian | medicine, malarial fever between tertian and quotidian |
| subtetanical | medicine, slightly tetanic |
| subthoracal | anatomy, situated below the thorax |
| subtrochlear | anatomy, lying below the trochlea |
| subtrochleariform | anatomy, somewhat pulley-shaped |
| subtympanitic | medicine, giving a faintly tympanitic note |
| subumbelliferous | botany, somewhat umbelliferous |
| subuncinal | zoology, somewhat hooked (L. uncinus) |
| subuncinated | zoology, slightly hooked at the tip |
| subunguial | anatomy, beneath the nail or claw (L. unguis) |
| subventricous | botany, somewhat swollen or ventricose |
| subverticilate | botany, somewhat whorled |
| subverticilated | botany, arranged in imperfect whorls |
| succinanil | chemistry, the anilide of succinic acid |
| succiniferous | chemistry, yielding amber or succinic acid |
| succinimid | chemistry, older spelling of succinimide |
| succinol | chemistry, an oily alcohol from amber |
| succinoresinol | chemistry, a resin alcohol got from amber |
| succinosulphuric | chemistry, of a succinic and sulphuric acid compound |
| succinylsulphathiazole | pharmacy, a sulphonamide drug for the bowel |
| succorrhea | medicine, excessive secretion of a juice |
| succorrhoea | medicine, excessive secretion; British spelling |
| sucramin | chemistry, the ammonium salt of saccharin |
| sucramine | chemistry, ammonium salt of saccharin |
| sucroacid | chemistry, an acid derived from sugar |
| sudiform | natural history, shaped like a stake (L. sudis) |
| sudoric | chemistry, of an acid obtained from sweat |
| suiline | zoology, of or resembling swine (L. sus, suis) |
| suithold | law, tenure held by suit of court |
| sulcalize | anatomy, to furrow, to form into sulci |
| sulcatoareolate | botany, furrowed and areolate |
| sulcatocostate | botany, furrowed and ribbed |
| sulcatorimose | botany, furrowed and cracked (rimose) |
| sulcomarginal | anatomy, of the sulcus and the cord margin |
| sulculate | biology, marked with fine furrows |
| sulculus | anatomy, a small sulcus |
| sulfamethylthiazole | chemistry, a sulfanilamide drug |
| sulfamidic | chemistry, of sulfamide |
| sulfamine | chemistry, an amido sulfonic compound |
| sulfaminic | chemistry, of sulfaminic (sulfamic) acid |
| sulfanilylguanidine | chemistry, sulfaguanidine |
| sulfantimonide | chemistry, a thioantimonide |
| sulfapyrazine | chemistry, a sulfonamide drug |
| sulfarseniuret | chemistry, old name for a sulpharsenide |
| sulfatization | chemistry, conversion into a sulfate |
| sulfatize | chemistry, to convert into a sulfate |
| sulfazide | chemistry, a sulfur azide compound |
| sulfindigotic | chemistry, of sulfindigotic acid, from indigo |
| sulfindylic | chemistry, of sulfindylic acid |
| sulfinide | chemistry, benzoic sulfinide, saccharin |
| sulfionide | chemistry, a compound of the sulfion radical |
| sulfoamide | chemistry, a sulfonamide |
| sulfobenzide | chemistry, diphenyl sulfone |
| sulfobenzoic | chemistry, of sulfobenzoic acid |
| sulfobismuthite | chemistry, a thiobismuthite salt |
| sulfoborite | mineralogy, a magnesium sulfate borate mineral |
| sulfocarbamide | chemistry, thiourea |
| sulfocarbimide | chemistry, an isothiocyanate |
| sulfocarbolate | chemistry, a phenolsulfonate salt |
| sulfocarbolic | chemistry, phenolsulfonic acid |
| sulfocyan | chemistry, the sulfocyanic radical, thiocyanogen |
| sulfofication | chemistry, conversion into a sulfur compound |
| sulfogermanate | chemistry, a thiogermanate salt |
| sulfohydrate | chemistry, a hydrosulfide |
| sulfoindigotate | chemistry, a salt of sulfoindigotic acid |
| sulfoleic | chemistry, sulfonated oleic acid |
| sulfolysis | chemistry, cleavage by sulfuric acid |
| sulfomethylic | chemistry, of sulfomethylic acid |
| sulfonamic | chemistry, of sulfonamic acid |
| sulfonator | chemistry, an agent or vessel that sulfonates |
| sulfonethylmethane | chemistry, trional, a hypnotic drug |
| sulfophthalein | chemistry, a sulfonphthalein indicator dye |
| sulfopurpurate | chemistry, a salt of sulfopurpuric acid |
| sulfopurpuric | chemistry, of sulfopurpuric acid |
| sulforicinate | chemistry, a salt of sulforicinic acid |
| sulforicinic | chemistry, sulfonated castor-oil acid |
| sulforicinoleate | chemistry, a turkey-red oil salt |
| sulforicinoleic | chemistry, sulfonated ricinoleic acid |
| sulfosilicide | chemistry, a thiosilicide |
| sulfostannide | chemistry, a thiostannide |
| sulfotelluride | chemistry, a sulfur telluride compound |
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