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 |
|---|---|
| preguilty | pre- + guilty |
| pregustant | pregust + -ant, one who tastes first |
| pregustic | pregust + -ic, of tasting beforehand |
| prehandicapped | pre- + handicapped |
| prehandicapping | pre- + handicapping |
| prehandle | pre- + handle |
| prehandled | pre- + handled |
| prehandling | pre- + handling |
| prehardener | pre- + hardener |
| preharmonious | pre- + harmonious |
| preharmoniously | pre- + harmoniously |
| preharmoniousness | pre- + harmoniousness |
| preharmony | pre- + harmony |
| preharsh | pre- + harsh |
| preharshness | pre- + harshness |
| prehatred | pre- + hatred |
| prehaunt | pre- + haunt |
| prehaunted | pre- + haunted |
| prehazard | pre- + hazard |
| prehazardous | pre- + hazardous |
| preheal | pre- + heal |
| prehesitancy | pre- + hesitancy |
| prehesitate | pre- + hesitate |
| prehesitated | pre- + hesitated |
| prehesitating | pre- + hesitating |
| prehesitation | pre- + hesitation |
| prehexameral | pre- + hexameral, before the six days of creation |
| preholder | pre- + holder |
| preholding | pre- + holding |
| prehorizon | pre- + horizon |
| prehorror | pre- + horror |
| prehostile | pre- + hostile |
| prehumiliate | pre- + humiliate |
| prehumor | pre- + humor |
| prehunger | pre- + hunger |
| preidea | pre- + idea, a preconception |
| preidentification | pre- + identification |
| preidentify | pre- + identify |
| preidentifying | pre- + identifying |
| preillustrate | pre- + illustrate |
| preillustrated | pre- + illustrated |
| preillustrating | pre- + illustrating |
| preillustration | pre- + illustration |
| preimaginary | pre- + imaginary |
| preimagination | pre- + imagination |
| preimbibing | pre- + imbibing |
| preimbue | pre- + imbue |
| preimbued | pre- + imbued |
| preimbuing | pre- + imbuing |
| preimitate | pre- + imitate |
| preimitated | pre- + imitated |
| preimitating | pre- + imitating |
| preimitation | pre- + imitation |
| preimpair | pre- + impair |
| preimpart | pre- + impart |
| preimport | pre- + import |
| preimportance | pre- + importance |
| preimportant | pre- + important |
| preimportantly | pre- + importantly |
| preimportation | pre- + importation |
| preimposal | pre- + imposal |
| preimposition | pre- + imposition |
| preimpress | pre- + impress |
| preimpression | pre- + impression |
| preimpressionism | pre- + impressionism |
| preimpressive | pre- + impressive |
| preimprove | pre- + improve |
| preimproved | pre- + improved |
| preimprovement | pre- + improvement |
| preimproving | pre- + improving |
| preinaugurate | pre- + inaugurate |
| preinaugurated | pre- + inaugurated |
| preinaugurating | pre- + inaugurating |
| preincarnate | pre- + incarnate |
| preincentive | pre- + incentive |
| preincrease | pre- + increase |
| preincreased | pre- + increased |
| preincreasing | pre- + increasing |
| preindebted | pre- + indebted |
| preindebtedly | pre- + indebtedly |
| preindebtedness | pre- + indebtedness |
| preindemnification | pre- + indemnification |
| preindemnified | pre- + indemnified |
| preindemnify | pre- + indemnify |
| preindemnifying | pre- + indemnifying |
| preindemnity | pre- + indemnity |
| preindependent | pre- + independent |
| preindependently | pre- + independently |
| preindicant | pre- + indicant |
| preindication | pre- + indication |
| preindicative | pre- + indicative |
| preindispose | pre- + indispose |
| preindisposing | pre- + indisposing |
| preindisposition | pre- + indisposition |
| preinducement | pre- + inducement |
| preinducing | pre- + inducing |
| preinductive | pre- + inductive |
| preindulge | pre- + indulge |
| preindulged | pre- + indulged |
| preindulgence | pre- + indulgence |
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