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 Β· sorted A to Z Β· 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 |
|---|---|
| pseudodoxal | pseudodox + -al, of a false opinion |
| pseudodramatically | pseudo- + dramatically |
| pseudoeconomical | pseudo- + economical |
| pseudoeconomically | pseudo- + economically |
| pseudoeditorial | pseudo- + editorial |
| pseudoeditorially | pseudo- + editorially |
| pseudoeducationally | pseudo- + educationally |
| pseudoelectoral | pseudo- + electoral |
| pseudoelephant | pseudo- + elephant |
| pseudoemotionally | pseudo- + emotionally |
| pseudoenthusiastically | pseudo- + enthusiastically |
| pseudoepiscopal | pseudo- + episcopal |
| pseudoerotically | pseudo- + erotically |
| pseudoethically | pseudo- + ethically |
| pseudoetymologically | pseudo- + etymologically |
| pseudoeugenics | pseudo- + eugenics |
| pseudoevangelic | pseudo- + evangelic |
| pseudoevangelically | pseudo- + evangelically |
| pseudoexperimental | pseudo- + experimental |
| pseudoexperimentally | pseudo- + experimentally |
| pseudofaithful | pseudo- + faithful |
| pseudofaithfully | pseudo- + faithfully |
| pseudofamously | pseudo- + famously |
| pseudofatherly | pseudo- + fatherly |
| pseudofeverish | pseudo- + feverish |
| pseudofeverishly | pseudo- + feverishly |
| pseudofinally | pseudo- + finally |
| pseudofluctuation | pseudo- + fluctuation, a false fluctuation |
| pseudogeneral | pseudo- + general |
| pseudogenerical | pseudo- + generical |
| pseudogenerically | pseudo- + generically |
| pseudogenerous | pseudo- + generous |
| pseudogentlemanly | pseudo- + gentlemanly |
| pseudogenuses | pseudo- + genuses, plural of pseudogenus |
| pseudogeometry | pseudo- + geometry |
| pseudogermanic | pseudo- + Germanic |
| pseudographize | pseudograph + -ize, to write spuriously |
| pseudogyrate | pseudo- + gyrate, seemingly whorled |
| pseudoheroical | pseudo- + heroical |
| pseudoheroically | pseudo- + heroically |
| pseudohistorically | pseudo- + historically |
| pseudohumanistic | pseudo- + humanistic |
| pseudoidentical | pseudo- + identical |
| pseudoimpartially | pseudo- + impartially |
| pseudoindependently | pseudo- + independently |
| pseudoinfluenza | pseudo- + influenza, influenza-like illness |
| pseudoinsane | pseudo- + insane |
| pseudoinsoluble | pseudo- + insoluble |
| pseudoinspirational | pseudo- + inspirational |
| pseudoinspiring | pseudo- + inspiring |
| pseudointernational | pseudo- + international |
| pseudointernationalistic | pseudo- + internationalistic |
| pseudoinvalid | pseudo- + invalid |
| pseudoinvalidly | pseudo- + invalidly |
| pseudolabial | pseudo- + labial, seemingly of the lip |
| pseudolaminated | pseudo- + laminated |
| pseudolateral | pseudo- + lateral |
| pseudolegislative | pseudo- + legislative |
| pseudoliberally | pseudo- + liberally |
| pseudolinguistically | pseudo- + linguistically |
| pseudomalaria | pseudo- + malaria, malaria-like fever |
| pseudomaniac | pseudo- + maniac |
| pseudomantic | pseudo- + mantic, falsely prophetic |
| pseudomedically | pseudo- + medically |
| pseudomedievally | pseudo- + medievally |
| pseudomica | pseudo- + mica, mineral resembling mica |
| pseudomilitarily | pseudo- + militarily |
| pseudomilitarist | pseudo- + militarist |
| pseudoministry | pseudo- + ministry |
| pseudomiraculously | pseudo- + miraculously |
| pseudomodestly | pseudo- + modestly |
| pseudomonastical | pseudo- + monastical |
| pseudomonastically | pseudo- + monastically |
| pseudomoralistic | pseudo- + moralistic |
| pseudomutuality | pseudo- + mutuality, sham reciprocity |
| pseudomythically | pseudo- + mythically |
| pseudonarcotic | pseudo- + narcotic |
| pseudonationally | pseudo- + nationally |
| pseudonoble | pseudo- + noble |
| pseudonymuncle | pseudonym + -uncle, a paltry pen-name |
| pseudonymuncule | pseudonym + -uncule, a paltry pen-name |
| pseudooccidental | pseudo- + occidental |
| pseudoofficial | pseudo- + official |
| pseudoofficially | pseudo- + officially |
| pseudoorganic | pseudo- + organic |
| pseudoorganically | pseudo- + organically |
| pseudooriental | pseudo- + oriental |
| pseudoorientally | pseudo- + orientally |
| pseudooval | pseudo- + oval |
| pseudoovally | pseudo- + ovally |
| pseudopagan | pseudo- + pagan |
| pseudopapal | pseudo- + papal |
| pseudopatriotically | pseudo- + patriotically |
| pseudopermanent | pseudo- + permanent |
| pseudoperspective | pseudo- + perspective |
| pseudophilanthropical | pseudo- + philanthropical |
| pseudophilanthropically | pseudo- + philanthropically |
| pseudopiously | pseudo- + piously |
| pseudopolitic | pseudo- + politic |
| pseudopore | pseudo- + pore, a false pore |
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