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 |
|---|---|
| teleodont | entomology, the fully toothed male beetle form |
| teleometer | an instrument for measuring distance |
| teleophore | zoology, the gonophore of certain hydroids |
| teleoroentgenogram | radiology, an X-ray taken at a long distance |
| teleoroentgenography | radiology, X-ray work at a long tube distance |
| teleosteous | ichthyology, of the bony teleost fishes |
| teleostomate | zoology, a fish of the Teleostomi |
| teleostomian | zoology, of the Teleostomi |
| teleostomous | zoology, of the Teleostomi |
| teleotrocha | zoology, a larva with a terminal ciliary band |
| teleozoic | zoology, of fully developed animals |
| teleozoon | zoology, a fully developed animal, a metazoan |
| telephoty | the sending of pictures at a distance |
| telescribe | a device recording telephone messages |
| telesiurgic | sociology, of purposive human effort (Ward) |
| telesmeter | an instrument for measuring distance |
| telesthetic | psychical research, of sensation at a distance |
| telethermogram | the record of a distance-reading thermometer |
| teletopometer | surveying, an instrument for distance and position |
| teleuto | botany, a teleutospore of a rust fungus |
| teleutoform | botany, the teleutospore stage of a rust |
| teleutosorus | botany, a sorus of teleutospores |
| teleutosporiferous | botany, bearing teleutospores |
| telfairic | chemistry, telfairic acid from Telfairia oil |
| teliosorus | botany, a sorus of teliospores |
| teliosporiferous | botany, bearing teliospores |
| tellinaceous | zoology, of the Tellinacea bivalves |
| tellinoid | zoology, resembling the genus Tellina |
| tellurethyl | chemistry, ethyl telluride |
| telodendria | neurology, plural of telodendron |
| telokinesis | cytology, the final stage of mitotic division |
| telolemma | anatomy, the sheath over a motor end plate |
| telolemmata | anatomy, plural of telolemma |
| telomitic | cytology, attached at the end of the chromosome |
| telophragma | histology, the membrane closing a sarcomere |
| telosynapsis | cytology, end-to-end pairing of chromosomes |
| telosynaptic | cytology, of telosynapsis |
| teloteropathic | psychical research, of thought transfer at a distance |
| telotrocha | zoology, a larva with a terminal ciliated ring |
| telurgy | tele- + -urgy, working at a distance; cf. telergy |
| temporoalar | anatomy, of the temporal region and the alae |
| temporocerebellar | anatomy, joining temporal lobe and cerebellum |
| temporohyoid | anatomy, of the temporal bone and the hyoid |
| temporomastoid | anatomy, of the temporal and mastoid bones |
| temporosphenoidal | anatomy, of the temporal and sphenoid bones |
| tendineal | anatomy, pertaining to a tendon |
| tendomucin | biochemistry, a mucin from tendon tissue |
| tendomucoid | biochemistry, a mucoid from tendon tissue |
| tendotome | surgery, an instrument for cutting tendons |
| tendotomy | surgery, the cutting of a tendon, tenotomy |
| tendovaginal | anatomy, of a tendon sheath |
| tenebrion | entomology, a darkling beetle of the genus Tenebrio |
| tenology | medical, the study of tendons (cf. tenontology) |
| tenomyoplasty | surgery, plastic repair of tendon and muscle |
| tenomyotomy | surgery, cutting of a tendon and its muscle |
| tenonostosis | medical, ossification of a tendon |
| tenontagra | medical, gout or pain in a tendon |
| tenontitis | medical, inflammation of a tendon |
| tenontodynia | medical, pain in a tendon |
| tenontography | anatomy, descriptive account of the tendons |
| tenontolemmitis | medical, inflammation of a tendon sheath |
| tenontomyoplasty | surgery, plastic repair of tendon and muscle |
| tenontomyotomy | surgery, division of tendon and muscle |
| tenontophyma | medical, a tumour or swelling of a tendon |
| tenontothecitis | medical, inflammation of a tendon sheath |
| tenontotomy | surgery, cutting of a tendon |
| tenophony | medical, the sound made by a moving tendon |
| tenophyte | medical, a bony growth in a tendon |
| tenoplastic | surgery, of plastic repair of a tendon |
| tenostosis | medical, ossification of a tendon |
| tenosuture | surgery, the suturing of a divided tendon |
| tenovaginitis | medical, inflammation of a tendon sheath |
| tenthredinoid | entomology, sawfly-like (Tenthredinidae) |
| tenuicostate | biology, having slender ribs |
| tenuifasciate | biology, marked with narrow bands |
| tenuiflorous | botany, slender-flowered |
| tenuiroster | ornithology, a slender-billed bird |
| tenuirostrate | ornithology, slender-billed |
| tenuistriate | biology, finely striated |
| tephromalacia | medical, softening of the grey matter |
| tephromyelitic | medical, of inflamed spinal grey matter |
| tephrosis | medical, reduction to ashes, incineration |
| teratic | medical, relating to monstrosities |
| teratoscopy | divination from monstrous births |
| terebelloid | zoology, like the marine worm Terebella |
| terebenic | chemistry, of terebenic acid from turpentine |
| terebilic | chemistry, of terebilic acid from turpentine |
| terebinic | chemistry, of terebinic acid from turpentine |
| terebral | zoology, of a terebra or boring organ |
| terebratuline | zoology, of the brachiopod Terebratulina |
| terebratuloid | zoology, resembling Terebratula brachiopods |
| tereticaudate | zoology, having a cylindrical tail |
| teretifolious | botany, having cylindrical leaves |
| teretipronator | anatomy, the pronator teres muscle |
| teretiscapular | anatomy, of the teres muscles and scapula |
| teretiscapularis | anatomy, the teretiscapularis muscle |
| tergiferous | biology, borne on the back |
| tergolateral | anatomy, of the back and the side |
| ternariant | mathematics, an invariant of a ternary form |
| ternatipinnate | botany, ternately pinnate |
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