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 |
|---|---|
| prowarden | pro- + warden, a deputy warden |
| prowaterpower | pro- + water power, favoring water power |
| prowessful | prowess + -ful |
| prozoning | pro- + zoning, favoring zoning |
| prunability | prunable + -ity |
| prunableness | prunable + -ness |
| prunably | prunable + -ly |
| pruriousness | prurious + -ness, itchiness |
| prussianiser | Prussianise + -er, one who Prussianizes |
| prytanize | prytanis + -ize, to serve as prytanis |
| psalmy | psalm + -y, of the nature of a psalm |
| pseudamoeboid | pseud- + amoeboid |
| pseudamphora | pseud- + amphora, a false amphora |
| pseudamphorae | pseud- + amphorae, false amphorae |
| pseudatoll | pseud- + atoll, a false atoll |
| pseudelephant | pseud- + elephant, a false elephant |
| pseudepiscopacy | pseud- + episcopacy, sham episcopacy |
| pseudepiscopy | pseud- + episcopy, false rule by bishops |
| pseudoacademical | pseudo- + academical |
| pseudoacademically | pseudo- + academically |
| pseudoaccidentally | pseudo- + accidentally |
| pseudoacquaintance | pseudo- + acquaintance |
| pseudoaesthetic | pseudo- + aesthetic |
| pseudoaesthetically | pseudo- + aesthetically |
| pseudoaffectionately | pseudo- + affectionately |
| pseudoaggressive | pseudo- + aggressive |
| pseudoaggressively | pseudo- + aggressively |
| pseudoallegoristic | pseudo- + allegoristic |
| pseudoamateurish | pseudo- + amateurish |
| pseudoamateurishly | pseudo- + amateurishly |
| pseudoamateurism | pseudo- + amateurism |
| pseudoamatorial | pseudo- + amatorial |
| pseudoamatory | pseudo- + amatory |
| pseudoambidextrous | pseudo- + ambidextrous |
| pseudoambidextrously | pseudo- + ambidextrously |
| pseudoameboid | pseudo- + ameboid |
| pseudoanachronistic | pseudo- + anachronistic |
| pseudoanachronistical | pseudo- + anachronistical |
| pseudoanarchistic | pseudo- + anarchistic |
| pseudoanatomic | pseudo- + anatomic |
| pseudoanatomically | pseudo- + anatomically |
| pseudoancestrally | pseudo- + ancestrally |
| pseudoangelic | pseudo- + angelic |
| pseudoangelical | pseudo- + angelical |
| pseudoangelically | pseudo- + angelically |
| pseudoangularly | pseudo- + angularly |
| pseudoanthropoid | pseudo- + anthropoid |
| pseudoanthropological | pseudo- + anthropological |
| pseudoanthropology | pseudo- + anthropology |
| pseudoapologetically | pseudo- + apologetically |
| pseudoapoplectic | pseudo- + apoplectic |
| pseudoapoplectical | pseudo- + apoplectical |
| pseudoapoplectically | pseudo- + apoplectically |
| pseudoapoplexy | pseudo- + apoplexy, false apoplexy |
| pseudoapplicative | pseudo- + applicative |
| pseudoapprehensive | pseudo- + apprehensive |
| pseudoapprehensively | pseudo- + apprehensively |
| pseudoarchaically | pseudo- + archaically |
| pseudoaristocratical | pseudo- + aristocratical |
| pseudoaristocratically | pseudo- + aristocratically |
| pseudoarticulate | pseudo- + articulate |
| pseudoarticulately | pseudo- + articulately |
| pseudoartistic | pseudo- + artistic |
| pseudoartistically | pseudo- + artistically |
| pseudoascetical | pseudo- + ascetical |
| pseudoascetically | pseudo- + ascetically |
| pseudoassertive | pseudo- + assertive |
| pseudoassertively | pseudo- + assertively |
| pseudoassociational | pseudo- + associational |
| pseudoastringent | pseudo- + astringent |
| pseudoasymmetric | pseudo- + asymmetric |
| pseudoasymmetrical | pseudo- + asymmetrical |
| pseudoasymmetrically | pseudo- + asymmetrically |
| pseudobankrupt | pseudo- + bankrupt |
| pseudobaptismal | pseudo- + baptismal |
| pseudobenefactory | pseudo- + benefactory |
| pseudobenevolently | pseudo- + benevolently |
| pseudobiographic | pseudo- + biographic |
| pseudobiographically | pseudo- + biographically |
| pseudobrotherly | pseudo- + brotherly |
| pseudocandid | pseudo- + candid |
| pseudocandidly | pseudo- + candidly |
| pseudocaptive | pseudo- + captive |
| pseudocatholically | pseudo- + catholically |
| pseudocentric | pseudo- + centric |
| pseudocharitably | pseudo- + charitably |
| pseudochronologist | pseudo- + chronologist |
| pseudoclassicality | pseudo- + classicality |
| pseudoclerically | pseudo- + clerically |
| pseudocompetitive | pseudo- + competitive |
| pseudocompetitively | pseudo- + competitively |
| pseudoconclude | pseudo- + conclude |
| pseudoconfessional | pseudo- + confessional |
| pseudoconservatively | pseudo- + conservatively |
| pseudocourteous | pseudo- + courteous |
| pseudocourteously | pseudo- + courteously |
| pseudocritically | pseudo- + critically |
| pseudoculturally | pseudo- + culturally |
| pseudodemocratically | pseudo- + democratically |
| pseudodivine | pseudo- + divine |
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