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 |
|---|---|
| philotheism | phil- + theism, love of God |
| philotheist | phil- + theist |
| philotheistic | philotheist + -ic |
| philotheosophical | phil- + theosophical |
| philterer | philter + -er, giver of love-potions |
| phlegmaticalness | phlegmatical + -ness |
| phlegmaticness | phlegmatic + -ness |
| phonautographically | phonautographic + -ally |
| phonogramically | phonogramic + -ally |
| phonogrammically | phonogrammic + -ally |
| phonomimic | phono- + mimic, imitating sound |
| phonotyper | phonotype + -er, one who phonotypes |
| photoceramist | photo- + ceramist |
| photochronographically | photochronographical + -ly |
| photodramaturgic | photo- + dramaturgic, of screen drama |
| photodramaturgy | photo- + dramaturgy, writing for the screen |
| photoepinastically | photoepinastic + -ally |
| photohyponastically | photohyponastic + -ally |
| photoimpression | photo- + impression, an impression by light |
| photoluminescently | photoluminescent + -ly |
| photorecorder | photo- + recorder |
| photorecording | photo- + recording |
| photospherically | photospheric + -ally |
| phototimer | photo- + timer |
| phototransceiver | photo- + transceiver |
| phototypically | phototypic + -ally |
| phrasify | phrase + -ify, to turn into phrases |
| phreneticness | phrenetic + -ness |
| phrenoward | phreno- + -ward, toward the diaphragm |
| phrygianize | Phrygian + -ize |
| phylacterize | phylactery + -ize |
| physicianing | physician + -ing, acting as physician |
| physiognomonically | physiognomonical + -ly |
| physiologian | physiolog- + -ian, a physiologist |
| piacularness | piacular + -ness |
| piazzian | piazza + -an, of a piazza |
| picayunishly | picayunish + -ly |
| pickableness | pickable + -ness |
| pickee | pick + -ee, one who is picked |
| pickthankly | pickthank + -ly, flatteringly |
| pickthankness | pickthank + -ness, sycophancy |
| pictorically | pictorical + -ly |
| pictury | picture + -y, picture-like |
| pidgized | pidgin + -ize, made into pidgin |
| pidgizing | pidgin + -ize, turning into pidgin |
| piebaldly | piebald + -ly |
| pietic | piety + -ic, pious |
| pietisticalness | pietistical + -ness |
| piglinghood | pigling + -hood |
| pigly | pig + -ly, swinish |
| pilastering | pilaster + -ing, pilaster-work |
| pilferment | pilfer + -ment |
| pilgarlicky | pilgarlic + -y, bald and pitiable |
| pillagee | pillage + -ee, one who is pillaged |
| pilledness | pilled + -ness, baldness |
| pillular | pilule + -ar, relating to pills |
| pilulist | pilule + -ist, a maker of pills |
| pindarize | Pindar + -ize, to write like Pindar |
| pinfeatherer | pinfeather + -er, remover of pinfeathers |
| pinfeathery | pinfeather + -y |
| pinguitudinous | pinguitude + -inous, fatty |
| piniferous | pini- + -ferous, pine-bearing |
| pinningly | pinning + -ly |
| pipery | pipe + -ery, pipes collectively |
| pipingness | piping + -ness |
| pipkinet | pipkin + -et, a little pipkin |
| pippiner | pippin + -er, grower of pippins |
| piquable | pique + -able |
| piratry | pirate + -ry, piracy |
| piscian | Pisces + -an, of the fishes |
| piscicapturist | pisci- + capturist, a catcher of fish |
| pistillid | pistil + -id, a pistil-like organ |
| pistilline | pistil + -ine, of a pistil |
| pistilloid | pistil + -oid, pistil-like |
| pistoleter | pistolet + -er, one armed with a pistolet |
| pistoletier | pistolet + -ier, a pistoleer |
| pithsome | pith + -some, full of pith |
| pitiability | pitiable + -ity |
| pitiedly | pitied + -ly |
| pitiedness | pitied + -ness |
| pittism | Pitt + -ism, the politics of William Pitt |
| plagiarical | plagiary + -ical |
| plaguesomeness | plaguesome + -ness |
| plaidy | plaid + -y, like a plaid |
| plainy | plain + -y, like a plain |
| planeting | planet + -ing, moving as a planet |
| planetist | planet + -ist |
| planispheral | planisphere + -al |
| planographist | planograph + -ist |
| planterly | planter + -ly |
| plashment | plash + -ment, a splashing |
| platery | plate + -ery, plated ware collectively |
| platformistic | platform + -istic |
| platicly | platic + -ly |
| platonicalness | platonical + -ness |
| platonicism | platonic + -ism |
| platonistic | platonist + -ic |
| platonization | platonize + -ation |
| playwrightry | playwright + -ry |
| pleaship | plea + -ship, litigiousness |
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