Real Words Without Definition
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A normal word with something added to the front or the back.
You can read these without being told what they mean. lifehood is life plus -hood. citydom is city plus -dom. musicproof is music plus -proof. Around 21,753 words in the list carry a prefix like un-, non-, over- or anti-.
Nothing is wrong with them. No dictionary bothered to list them because the meaning is obvious from the parts.
24,323 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 | How it is built |
|---|---|
| avifaunally | avifaunal + -ly |
| avifaunistic | avifauna + -istic |
| avoyership | avoyer + -ship, office of a Swiss avoyer |
| avunculize | avuncul(ar) + -ize, to act as an uncle |
| awaft | a- + waft, borne along |
| awakeable | awake + -able |
| awaredom | aware + -dom |
| awarrant | a- + warrant, to warrant or assure |
| awater | a- + water, on the water |
| awedly | awed + -ly |
| aweek | a- + week, in the week |
| awhet | a- + whet, to whet or sharpen |
| awhir | a- + whir, whirring |
| awide | a- + wide, widely |
| awingly | awing + -ly |
| awonder | a- + wonder, in wonder |
| aworry | a- + worry, worrying |
| axiform | axi- + -form, axis-shaped |
| axwise | ax + -wise, in the manner of an ax |
| ayless | aye + -less, without an aye |
| azoology | a- + zoology, science of lifeless nature |
| babbishly | babbish + -ly, babyishly |
| babbittess | Babbitt + -ess, a female Babbitt |
| babblishly | babblish + -ly, in a babbling way |
| backslidingness | backsliding + -ness |
| baddishly | baddish + -ly |
| bailieship | bailie + -ship |
| bailiffry | bailiff + -ry |
| bairnishness | bairnish + -ness |
| bairnliness | bairnly + -ness |
| bakerlike | baker + -like |
| baldling | bald + -ling |
| baldpatedness | baldpated + -ness |
| ballastic | ballast + -ic |
| balloonation | balloon + -ation |
| balloonery | balloon + -ery |
| balsamaceous | balsam + -aceous |
| balsamitic | balsam + -itic |
| balsamiticness | balsamitic + -ness |
| balsamize | balsam + -ize |
| bananist | banana + -ist |
| bandlessly | bandless + -ly |
| baragouinish | baragouin + -ish |
| barbery | barber + -y, a barber's shop |
| bardily | bardy + -ly |
| bardiness | bardy + -ness |
| bargainwise | bargain + -wise |
| baronethood | baronet + -hood |
| baronetize | baronet + -ize |
| bartizaned | bartizan + -ed |
| baseheartedness | basehearted + -ness |
| bashawdom | bashaw + -dom |
| basilicalike | basilica + -like |
| bathycurrent | bathy- + current |
| batster | bat + -ster |
| beacher | beach + -er |
| bealtared | be- + altared |
| beatably | beatable + -ly |
| beaverism | beaver + -ism |
| beaverize | beaver + -ize |
| beback | be- + back |
| bebait | be- + bait |
| beballed | be- + balled |
| bebaron | be- + baron |
| bebaste | be- + baste |
| bebatter | be- + batter |
| bebite | be- + bite |
| beblain | be- + blain (blister) |
| beblear | be- + blear |
| bebloom | be- + bloom |
| beblotch | be- + blotch |
| bebog | be- + bog |
| beboss | be- + boss (to emboss) |
| bebotch | be- + botch |
| bebrave | be- + brave |
| bebreech | be- + breech |
| bebrine | be- + brine |
| bebrother | be- + brother |
| bebrush | be- + brush |
| becap | be- + cap |
| becapping | be- + capping |
| becaps | be- + caps |
| becater | be- + cater |
| becense | be- + cense (perfume with incense) |
| bechase | be- + chase |
| bechatter | be- + chatter |
| bechauffeur | be- + chauffeur |
| becheck | be- + check |
| bechirp | be- + chirp |
| becivet | be- + civet |
| beclang | be- + clang |
| beclatter | be- + clatter |
| becluster | be- + cluster |
| becobweb | be- + cobweb |
| becollier | be- + collier |
| becombed | be- + combed |
| becomma | be- + comma |
| becompass | be- + compass |
| becost | be- + cost |
| becousined | be- + cousined |
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