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 |
|---|---|
| prosecutory | prosecut(e) + -ory, of prosecution |
| proseity | prose + -ity, quality of being prose |
| proselenic | pro- + selenic, existing before the moon |
| prosely | prose + -ly, in prose fashion |
| proselytingly | proselyting + -ly |
| proseneschal | pro- + seneschal, deputy seneschal |
| prosifier | prosify + -er, one who turns verse to prose |
| prosiliently | prosilient + -ly, leaping forth |
| prosilverite | pro- + silverite, US free-silver supporter |
| prosish | prose + -ish, prosy |
| proslave | pro- + slave, proslavery |
| prosodal | prosod(y) + -al, prosodic |
| prosodially | prosodial + -ly |
| prosophist | pro- + sophist |
| prospeculation | pro- + speculation |
| prosperation | prosper + -ation, a making prosperous |
| prosport | pro- + sport |
| prostitutely | prostitute + -ly |
| prostrative | prostrate + -ive, tending to prostrate |
| prosubmission | pro- + submission |
| prosubscription | pro- + subscription |
| prosubstantive | pro- + substantive |
| prosubstitution | pro- + substitution |
| prosuffrage | pro- + suffrage |
| prosupervision | pro- + supervision |
| prosupport | pro- + support |
| prosurgical | pro- + surgical |
| prosyndicalism | pro- + syndicalism |
| prosyndicalist | pro- + syndicalist |
| protariff | pro- + tariff |
| protatically | protatic + -ly, by way of the protasis |
| protax | pro- + tax |
| proteanwise | protean + -wise |
| protechnical | pro- + technical |
| protectionate | protection + -ate, placed under protection |
| protectionize | protection + -ize |
| protectionship | protection + -ship |
| protemperance | pro- + temperance |
| protempirical | pro- + empirical |
| protestantishly | protestantish + -ly |
| protestantlike | Protestant + -like |
| protetrarch | pro- + tetrarch, deputy tetrarch |
| protevangel | prot- + evangel, the first gospel promise |
| protheatrical | pro- + theatrical |
| prothrift | pro- + thrift |
| protoamphibian | proto- + amphibian, ancestral amphibian |
| protoapostate | proto- + apostate, the first apostate |
| protoarchitect | proto- + architect, the first architect |
| protobishop | proto- + bishop, the first bishop |
| protochronicler | proto- + chronicler, the earliest chronicler |
| protodevil | proto- + devil, the first or chief devil |
| protoforester | proto- + forester, the first forester |
| protogenist | protogen(esis) + -ist, holder of protogenesis |
| protogod | proto- + god, a primordial god |
| protoheresiarch | proto- + heresiarch, the first heresiarch |
| protoleration | pro- + toleration |
| protoliturgic | proto- + liturgic, of the earliest liturgy |
| protomagister | proto- + magister, chief master |
| protomagnate | proto- + magnate, chief or first magnate |
| protometaphrast | proto- + metaphrast, the first metaphrast |
| protonegroid | proto- + Negroid, primitive Negroid type |
| protonotion | proto- + notion, an original notion |
| protonotions | proto- + notions, original notions |
| protoparent | proto- + parent, a first parent |
| protopatriarchal | proto- + patriarchal |
| protopatrician | proto- + patrician, earliest patrician |
| protopragmatic | proto- + pragmatic |
| protorebel | proto- + rebel, the first rebel |
| protoreptilian | proto- + reptilian, earliest reptile type |
| protosinner | proto- + sinner, the first sinner |
| protosolution | proto- + solution, an original solution |
| prototraitor | proto- + traitor, the first traitor |
| protovestiary | proto- + vestiary, Byzantine wardrobe officer |
| protovillain | proto- + villain, the first villain |
| protragedy | pro- + tragedy, favoring tragedy |
| protragical | pro- + tragical, favoring tragedy |
| protransfer | pro- + transfer, favoring transfer |
| protranslation | pro- + translation, favoring translation |
| protransubstantiation | pro- + transubstantiation |
| protravel | pro- + travel, favoring travel |
| protreasurer | pro- + treasurer, deputy treasurer |
| protropical | pro- + tropical, favoring the tropics |
| protrusility | protrusile + -ity, capacity to be protruded |
| protuberantness | protuberant + -ness |
| protutor | pro- + tutor, one acting as tutor |
| protutory | pro- + tutory, of a protutor |
| prouniformity | pro- + uniformity, favoring uniformity |
| prounionism | pro- + unionism |
| prounionist | pro- + unionist |
| prouniversity | pro- + university, favoring universities |
| provaccinist | pro- + vaccinist, favoring vaccination |
| provedly | proved + -ly, in a proved manner |
| provicariate | pro- + vicariate, office of a provicar |
| provincialship | provincial + -ship, office of a provincial |
| provingly | proving + -ly, by way of proof |
| provisioneress | provisioner + -ess, a female provisioner |
| provisive | provis- + -ive, making provision |
| provivisectionist | pro- + vivisectionist |
| provocational | pro- + vocational, favoring vocational training |
| provolunteering | pro- + volunteering |
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