Real Words Without Definition
We're sure about this one.
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 |
|---|---|
| postcoenal | post- + coenal, after dinner |
| postcommunicant | post- + communicant |
| postconcretism | post- + concretism |
| postconcretist | post- + concretist |
| postcontract | post- + contract |
| postconvalescents | post- + convalescents |
| postdetermined | post- + determined |
| postdisapproved | post- + disapproved |
| postelemental | post- + elemental |
| posterial | poster- + -ial, posterior |
| posteriorically | posterioric + -ally |
| posterioristically | posteriorist + -ically |
| posteternity | post- + eternity |
| postexistency | post- + existency, existence afterward |
| postexpressionism | post- + expressionism |
| postexpressionist | post- + expressionist |
| postfixial | postfix + -ial |
| postflection | post- + flection |
| postfoetal | post- + foetal |
| postheat | post- + heat |
| posthexaplar | post- + hexaplar (after Origen's Hexapla) |
| posthexaplaric | post- + hexaplaric |
| postillioned | postillion + -ed, furnished with a postillion |
| postincarnation | post- + incarnation |
| postingly | posting + -ly, in haste |
| postjacent | post- + -jacent, lying behind |
| postlegitimation | post- + legitimation |
| postlicentiate | post- + licentiate |
| postmaniacal | post- + maniacal |
| postmasterlike | postmaster + -like |
| postmeridional | post- + meridional, of the afternoon |
| postmillennian | post- + millennian, postmillennial |
| postmineral | post- + mineral, later than mineralization |
| postmortuary | post- + mortuary, after death |
| postmultiplied | post- + multiplied, multiplied on the right |
| postmundane | post- + mundane, after the world |
| postmutative | post- + mutative |
| postperforated | post- + perforated |
| postpredicament | post- + predicament (scholastic logic) |
| postprophesy | post- + prophesy |
| postprophetic | post- + prophetic |
| postprophetical | post- + prophetical |
| postredemption | post- + redemption |
| postscholastic | post- + scholastic |
| postsign | post- + sign, to sign afterwards |
| postsigner | postsign + -er, one who signs afterwards |
| posttoxic | post- + toxic |
| posttreaty | post- + treaty |
| postulance | postulant + -ance, postulancy |
| postulantship | postulant + -ship |
| potboydom | potboy + -dom |
| potentibility | potent + -ibility |
| potherment | pother + -ment |
| pothookery | pothook + -ery, scrawled writing |
| pothousey | pothouse + -y, low or vulgar |
| potling | pot + -ling, a little pot |
| pottagy | pottage + -y, like pottage |
| pourpointer | pourpoint + -er, maker of quilted doublets |
| powerably | powerable + -ly, powerfully |
| powwowism | powwow + -ism |
| practicianism | practician + -ism |
| practitional | practition + -al, relating to practice |
| practitionery | practitioner + -y |
| praedialist | praedial + -ist, holder of landed property |
| praediality | praedial + -ity |
| praefervid | prae- + fervid, very fervid |
| praelectress | praelect + -ress, a woman lecturer |
| praetaxation | prae- + taxation |
| praetorianism | praetorian + -ism, rule by the guard |
| prairiedom | prairie + -dom |
| praisableness | praisable + -ness |
| prankle | prank + -le, to frisk about |
| pratement | prate + -ment, chatter |
| pratey | prate + -y, given to prating |
| pratincoline | pratincole + -ine |
| prattly | prattle + -y, given to prattling |
| prayingwise | praying + -wise |
| preabsorbent | pre- + absorbent |
| preabstract | pre- + abstract |
| preabundance | pre- + abundance |
| preabundant | pre- + abundant |
| preabundantly | pre- + abundantly |
| preacceptances | pre- + acceptances |
| preaccess | pre- + access |
| preaccessible | pre- + accessible |
| preaccidental | pre- + accidental |
| preaccidentally | pre- + accidentally |
| preaccommodate | pre- + accommodate |
| preaccommodated | pre- + accommodated |
| preaccommodating | pre- + accommodating |
| preaccommodatingly | pre- + accommodatingly |
| preaccommodation | pre- + accommodation |
| preaccomplish | pre- + accomplish |
| preaccomplishment | pre- + accomplishment |
| preaccord | pre- + accord |
| preaccordance | pre- + accordance |
| preaccount | pre- + account |
| preaccredit | pre- + accredit |
| preaccumulate | pre- + accumulate |
| preaccumulating | pre- + accumulating |
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