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 |
|---|---|
| tannyl | chemistry, the tannin radical |
| tantalifluoride | chemistry, a double tantalum fluoride |
| tantalofluoride | chemistry, a fluotantalate salt |
| tanystomatous | entomology, having a long proboscis |
| tanystome | entomology, a long-proboscid fly |
| tapeinocephalism | craniometry, flatness of the skull |
| tapinophobia | medical, morbid fear of small things |
| tapinophoby | medical, fear of small things |
| tapiridian | zoology, relating to the tapirs |
| tarandean | zoology, of the reindeer (Tarandus) |
| tarandian | zoology, relating to the reindeer |
| tarantist | medical, one affected with tarantism |
| tarantulite | mineralogy, an -ite rock name, probably from Taranto |
| tarassis | medical, hysteria in the male |
| tariric | chemistry, tariric acid from tariri oil |
| taririnic | chemistry, taririnic acid |
| tarsadenitis | medical, inflammation of the tarsal glands |
| tarsectopia | medical, displacement of the tarsus |
| tarsochiloplasty | surgery, repair of the eyelid tarsus and lip |
| tarsoclasis | surgery, surgical breaking of the tarsus |
| tarsomalacia | medical, softening of the tarsus |
| tarsophalangeal | anatomy, of the tarsus and phalanges |
| tarsophyma | medical, a tumour of the eyelid tarsus |
| tarsoplasia | surgery, plastic repair of the eyelid |
| tarsoplasty | surgery, plastic surgery of the eyelid tarsus |
| tarsoptosis | medical, flatfoot, falling of the tarsus |
| tarsotibal | anatomy, of the tarsus and tibia |
| tartralic | chemistry, tartralic acid from tartaric acid |
| tartramic | chemistry, tartramic acid, an amide of tartaric |
| tartramid | chemistry, tartramide, amide of tartaric acid |
| tartratoferric | chemistry, of ferric iron with tartrate |
| tartrazinic | chemistry, of tartrazine, the yellow dye |
| tartrelic | chemistry, tartrelic acid, a tartaric anhydride |
| tartro | chemistry, tartro-, combining form of tartaric |
| tartronic | chemistry, tartronic acid, hydroxymalonic acid |
| tartronylurea | chemistry, tartronylurea, dialuric acid |
| tartrous | chemistry, containing tartar or tartaric acid |
| tartryl | chemistry, the radical of tartaric acid |
| tartrylic | chemistry, tartrylic acid |
| tasimetry | physics, measurement with the tasimeter |
| tasmanite | mineralogy, a resinous Tasmanian shale mineral |
| taurite | petrology, a liparitic rock of the Crimea |
| taurocol | chemistry, glue made from bull hides |
| tauryl | chemistry, the radical of taurine |
| taurylic | chemistry, taurylic acid, a phenol of taurine |
| tautirite | petrology, an igneous rock from Tautira, Tahiti |
| tautochronism | physics, the property of being tautochronous |
| tautoisomerism | chemistry, isomerism between tautomeric forms |
| tautometer | prosody, repetition of a word in the same foot |
| tautometric | prosody, repeated in the same metrical place |
| tautomorphous | having the same form throughout |
| tautopodic | prosody, of like metrical feet |
| tautopody | prosody, repetition of the same foot |
| tautotype | taxonomy, a type whose species name repeats the genus |
| tautourea | chemistry, a tautomeric form of urea |
| tavistockite | mineralogy, a phosphate from Tavistock, Devon |
| tavolatite | petrology, a leucite rock from Tavolato, Italy |
| tawite | petrology, a nepheline rock of the Kola peninsula |
| taxeopod | zoology, a mammal of the Taxeopoda |
| taxeopodous | zoology, with serially arranged foot bones |
| taxeopody | zoology, the taxeopod arrangement of the foot |
| taxicorn | entomology, a beetle of the Taxicornes |
| technicon | music, a hand-training machine for pianists |
| technocausis | medicine, cauterization by the actual cautery |
| technolithic | archaeology, of artificially worked stone |
| technopsychology | psychology of the arts and techniques |
| tecnoctonia | the killing of one's own children, infanticide |
| tecnology | Greek teknon, the study of children |
| tecomin | chemistry, a principle from Tecoma bark |
| tectibranchian | zoology, a tectibranch gastropod |
| tectocephaly | craniometry, a roof-shaped skull form |
| tectospondylic | ichthyology, of concentrically layered vertebrae |
| tectospondylous | ichthyology, with concentrically layered vertebrae |
| teioid | zoology, resembling the Teiidae lizards |
| telaesthetic | psychical research, of sensing at a distance |
| telangiosis | medicine, a disorder of the capillaries |
| telarian | zoology, a web-spinning spider |
| telautomatic | Tesla's term, of machines controlled at a distance |
| telautomatics | the art of controlling machines at a distance |
| teleanemograph | an instrument recording wind at a distance |
| telebarograph | a barograph recording at a distance |
| telechemic | chemistry, of chemical action at a distance |
| telecinematography | transmission of moving pictures at a distance |
| telectrograph | apparatus for sending pictures electrically |
| teledendrion | neurology, the end branching of an axon |
| teledendrite | neurology, a terminal branch of an axon |
| teledendron | neurology, the terminal arborization of an axon |
| telegraphonograph | a telegraph recording on a phonograph |
| teleianthous | botany, having perfect flowers |
| teleiosis | biology, the completion of growth |
| telekinematography | sending moving pictures at a distance |
| telelectrograph | apparatus for transmitting pictures by wire |
| telemetrograph | an instrument for long-distance photography |
| telencephal | anatomy, the telencephalon or forebrain |
| telenergic | psychical research, of force acting at a distance |
| teleneurite | neurology, a terminal branch of an axon |
| teleneuron | neurology, the end portion of a nerve fibre |
| telengiscope | optics, a telescope attachment for distant viewing |
| teleocephalous | ichthyology, of the Teleocephali |
| teleodesmaceous | zoology, of the Teleodesmacea bivalves |
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