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 |
|---|---|
| tryptogen | physiology, a precursor or excitant of trypsin |
| tryptonize | biochemistry, to digest with trypsin |
| tubercularisation | medical, becoming tubercular (Brit. -isation) |
| tubercularise | medical, to make tubercular (Brit. -ise) |
| tuberculatogibbous | botany, tuberculate and gibbous |
| tuberculatonodose | botany, tuberculate and nodose |
| tuberculatoradiate | botany, tuberculate and radiate |
| tuberculatospinous | botany, tuberculate and spinous |
| tuberculiferous | bearing tubercles |
| tuberculination | medical, treatment or testing with tuberculin |
| tuberculinic | medical, relating to tuberculin |
| tuberculinisation | medical, tuberculin testing (Brit. -isation) |
| tuberculinise | medical, to treat or test with tuberculin |
| tuberculocele | medical, tubercular swelling of the testis |
| tuberculoderma | medical, tuberculosis of the skin |
| tuberculoprotein | biochemistry, protein of the tubercle bacillus |
| tuberculosectorial | dentistry, of a tubercular-sectorial molar |
| tuberculotherapist | medical, one who practises tuberculotherapy |
| tuberculotoxin | medical, toxin of the tubercle bacillus |
| tuberculotrophic | medical, favouring tubercle growth |
| tubicorn | zoology, hollow-horned, of the Tubicornia |
| tubicornous | zoology, having hollow horns |
| tubifacient | zoology, tube-forming |
| tubiferous | bearing tubes |
| tubilingual | zoology, having a tubular tongue |
| tubinarial | ornithology, of the tube-nosed birds |
| tubinarine | ornithology, of the Tubinares |
| tubiparous | zoology, producing tubes |
| tubiporid | zoology, of the organ-pipe corals |
| tubiporoid | zoology, resembling Tubipora corals |
| tubiporous | zoology, having tubular pores |
| tuboabdominal | anatomy, of the tube and the abdomen |
| tubolabellate | botany, having a tubular labellum |
| tuboovarial | anatomy, of the tube and the ovary |
| tuboovarian | anatomy, of the tube and the ovary |
| tuborrhea | medical, discharge from the Eustachian tube |
| tubotympanal | anatomy, of the tube and the tympanum |
| tubovaginal | anatomy, of the tube and the vagina |
| tubularidan | zoology, a hydroid of the Tubularida |
| tubulibranch | zoology, a tube-gilled mollusc |
| tubulibranchian | zoology, of the tube-gilled molluscs |
| tubulibranchiate | zoology, having tubular gills |
| tubulifloral | botany, having tubular florets |
| tubuliporid | zoology, of the bryozoan Tubuliporidae |
| tubuliporoid | zoology, resembling Tubulipora |
| tubulodermoid | medical, a dermoid cyst of tubular form |
| tubuloracemose | anatomy, of glands both tubular and racemose |
| tubulostriato | combining form, tubulate and striate |
| tubuphone | music, instrument of tuned metal tubes |
| tungstosilicic | chemistry, of tungstosilicic acid |
| turbinatoconcave | botany, turbinate and concave |
| turbinatocylindrical | botany, turbinate and cylindrical |
| turbinatoglobose | botany, turbinate and globose |
| turbinatostipitate | botany, turbinate and stipitate |
| turbinelloid | conchology, like the genus Turbinella |
| turbinotome | surgery, instrument for cutting nasal turbinates |
| turnicine | ornithology, of the button-quails (Turnix) |
| turnicomorphic | ornithology, of the Turnicomorphae |
| turpethin | chemistry, the resin principle of turpeth root |
| turpinite | explosives, a picric compound named for E. Turpin |
| turriferous | heraldry, bearing towers (Latin turris) |
| turrigerous | tower-bearing, as an elephant with a howdah |
| turriliticone | conchology, a turreted spiral shell form |
| tychistic | philosophy, of tychism, the doctrine of chance |
| tylaster | zoology, a knobbed aster spicule of sponges |
| tylion | craniometry, a point on the skull |
| tylopodous | zoology, pad-footed, of the Tylopoda (camels) |
| tylosoid | botany, resembling a tylosis in wood vessels |
| tylosteresis | medical, removal or loss of a callosity |
| tylostylar | zoology, of a tylostyle sponge spicule |
| tylostylote | zoology, a spicule knobbed at one end |
| tylostylus | zoology, a tylostyle sponge spicule |
| tylotate | zoology, bearing tylote spicules |
| tylotoxea | zoology, a spicule knobbed at one end, pointed at the other |
| tylotoxeate | zoology, of a tylotoxea spicule |
| tylotus | zoology, a tylote sponge spicule |
| tympanichord | anatomy, the chorda tympani |
| tympanichordal | anatomy, of the chorda tympani |
| tympanocervical | anatomy, of the tympanum and the neck |
| tympanosis | medical, tympanic distension |
| tympanotemporal | anatomy, of the tympanum and the temporal bone |
| typhaemia | medical, typhoid blood poisoning |
| typhemia | medical, typhoid blood poisoning (US spelling) |
| typhlatonia | medical, atony of the caecum |
| typhlatony | medical, atony of the caecum |
| typhlectasis | medical, dilatation of the caecum |
| typhloalbuminuria | medical, albuminuria of caecal origin |
| typhlocele | medical, hernia of the caecum |
| typhloempyema | medical, empyema about the caecum |
| typhlohepatitis | medical, inflammation of caecum and liver |
| typhlolexia | medical, word blindness |
| typhlolithiasis | medical, stones in the caecum |
| typhlomegaly | medical, enlargement of the caecum |
| typhlopexia | surgery, fixation of the caecum |
| typhlopexy | surgery, fixation of the caecum |
| typhloptosis | medical, prolapse of the caecum |
| typhlostenosis | medical, narrowing of the caecum |
| typhlostomy | surgery, opening made into the caecum |
| typhlotomy | surgery, incision of the caecum |
| typhoaemia | medical, typhoid blood infection |
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