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 |
|---|---|
| sulphoricinoleic | chemistry, sulphonated ricinoleic acid |
| sulphoselenium | chemistry, a sulphur-selenium compound |
| sulphosilicide | chemistry, a thiosilicide |
| sulphosol | chemistry, a sol of a metallic sulphide |
| sulphostannic | chemistry, of thiostannic acid |
| sulphostannide | chemistry, a thiostannide |
| sulphostannite | chemistry, a thiostannite salt |
| sulphostannous | chemistry, of sulphostannous acid |
| sulphosuccinic | chemistry, of sulphosuccinic acid |
| sulphosulphurous | chemistry, of thiosulphuric acid |
| sulphotannic | chemistry, of sulphotannic acid |
| sulphotelluride | chemistry, a sulphur telluride compound |
| sulphoterephthalic | chemistry, of sulphoterephthalic acid |
| sulphothionyl | chemistry, the sulphothionyl radical |
| sulphotoluic | chemistry, of sulphotoluic acid |
| sulphotungstic | chemistry, thiotungstic acid |
| sulphovanadate | chemistry, a thiovanadate salt |
| sulphovinate | chemistry, an ethylsulphate salt |
| sulphovinic | chemistry, ethylsulphuric acid |
| sulphowolframic | chemistry, thiotungstic acid |
| sulphoxism | medical, sulphur poisoning |
| sulphoxylic | chemistry, of sulphoxylic acid |
| sulphoxyphosphate | chemistry, a sulphur-oxygen phosphate salt |
| sulphozincate | chemistry, a thiozincate salt |
| sulphuran | chemistry, a sulphur compound of the sulfurane type |
| sulphureonitrous | chemistry, sulphurous and nitrous together |
| sulphureosaline | of mineral water, sulphurous and saline |
| sulphureosuffused | zoology, suffused with sulphur yellow |
| sulphureovirescent | zoology, sulphur yellow tending to green |
| sulphurosyl | chemistry, the sulphurosyl (SO) radical |
| sulphydric | chemistry, hydrosulphuric, of hydrogen sulphide |
| sumbulic | chemistry, of sumbul root, sumbulic acid |
| superacetate | old chemistry, an acid acetate |
| superacromial | anatomy, situated above the acromion |
| superalbal | anatomy, lying above the white (albal) part |
| superalbuminosis | medical, excess of albumin |
| superambulacral | zoology, above the ambulacra |
| superarseniate | old chemistry, an acid arseniate |
| superazotation | old chemistry, excess combination with azote |
| supercerebellar | anatomy, above the cerebellum |
| supercerebrally | anatomy, above the cerebrum |
| superdicrotic | medical, of an exaggerated dicrotic pulse |
| superdural | anatomy, above the dura mater |
| superethmoidal | anatomy, above the ethmoid bone |
| superfibrination | medical, excess of fibrin in the blood |
| superflexion | medical, flexion carried too far |
| superfoliaceous | botany, borne above the leaves |
| supergenual | anatomy, above the knee |
| superglottally | phonetics, above the glottis, + -ly |
| superhirudine | zoology, above the leeches (Hirudinea) |
| superinvolution | medical, excessive involution of the uterus |
| superlactation | medical, prolonged or excessive lactation |
| superlaryngeally | anatomy, above the larynx, + -ly |
| supermalate | chemistry, an acid malate |
| supermedially | anatomy, above the middle line, + -ly |
| superoexternal | anatomy, situated above and to the outside |
| superofrontal | anatomy, above the frontal bone |
| superointernal | anatomy, situated above and to the inside |
| superoxalate | chemistry, an acid oxalate |
| superoxygenating | chemistry, charging with excess oxygen |
| superpetrosal | anatomy, above the petrosal bone |
| superpetrous | anatomy, above the petrous temporal bone |
| superphlogisticate | old chemistry, to overcharge with phlogiston |
| superphlogistication | old chemistry, overcharging with phlogiston |
| superpigmentation | medical, excessive pigmentation |
| superrenal | anatomy, above the kidney, suprarenal |
| superseptal | anatomy, lying above a septum |
| supersesquitertial | old arithmetic, of the ratio four to three |
| supersphenoid | anatomy, lying above the sphenoid bone |
| supersquamosal | anatomy, the bone above the squamosal |
| supersuborder | systematics, a rank above a suborder |
| supersulcus | anatomy, a sulcus lying above another |
| supersulfate | chemistry, an acid sulfate |
| supersulfureted | chemistry, charged with excess sulfur |
| supersulfurize | chemistry, to combine with excess sulfur |
| supersulfurized | chemistry, combined with excess sulfur |
| supersulfurizing | chemistry, combining with excess sulfur |
| supersulphuret | chemistry, a sulphuret with excess sulphur |
| supersulphurize | chemistry, to combine with excess sulphur |
| supersulphurized | chemistry, combined with excess sulphur |
| supersulphurizing | chemistry, combining with excess sulphur |
| superthyroidism | medical, overactivity of the thyroid |
| supervenosity | medical, an excessively venous state of the blood |
| suppnea | medical, sup- (sub-) + -pnea, deficient breathing |
| supposital | scholastic logic, of a supposit or supposition |
| suprabasidorsal | anatomy, above the basidorsal element |
| supracaecal | anatomy, above the caecum |
| suprachorioid | anatomy, outside the chorioid coat of the eye |
| suprachorioidal | anatomy, of the layer outside the chorioid |
| suprachorioidea | anatomy, the lamina suprachorioidea of the eye |
| suprachoroidea | anatomy, the layer outside the choroid |
| supraclusion | dentistry, a tooth set above the line of occlusion |
| supracommissure | anatomy, a commissure lying above another |
| supracoralline | marine biology, above the coralline zone |
| supracoxal | entomology, above the coxa |
| suprafoliar | botany, borne above the leaf |
| suprainterdorsal | anatomy, above the interdorsal cartilage |
| supranervian | zoology, lying above a nerve cord |
| supraoesophagal | zoology, above the oesophagus, as the ganglion |
| suprapharyngeal | anatomy, above the pharynx |
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