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 |
|---|---|
| selenitish | selenite + -ish, of the nature of gypsum |
| selfcide | self + -cide, self-killing, suicide |
| selfful | self + -ful, full of self, selfish |
| semiabsorbent | semi- + absorbent |
| semiabstracted | semi- + abstracted |
| semiacademic | semi- + academic |
| semiacademical | semi- + academical |
| semiacademically | semi- + academically |
| semiaccomplishment | semi- + accomplishment |
| semiacetic | semi- + acetic, partly acetic |
| semiacidic | semi- + acidic |
| semiacidified | semi- + acidified |
| semiacidulated | semi- + acidulated |
| semiacrobatic | semi- + acrobatic |
| semiactiveness | semi- + activeness |
| semiadhesive | semi- + adhesive |
| semiadhesively | semi- + adhesively |
| semiadhesiveness | semi- + adhesiveness |
| semiadjectively | semi- + adjectively |
| semiaerial | semi- + aerial |
| semiaffectionate | semi- + affectionate |
| semiagricultural | semi- + agricultural |
| semialcoholic | semi- + alcoholic |
| semiallegiance | semi- + allegiance |
| semiallegoric | semi- + allegoric |
| semiallegorical | semi- + allegorical |
| semiallegorically | semi- + allegorically |
| semialuminous | semi- + aluminous |
| semianaesthetic | semi- + anaesthetic |
| semianalytically | semi- + analytically |
| semianarchism | semi- + anarchism |
| semianarchist | semi- + anarchist |
| semianarchistic | semi- + anarchistic |
| semianatomic | semi- + anatomic |
| semianatomically | semi- + anatomically |
| semiandrogenous | semi- + androgenous |
| semianesthetic | semi- + anesthetic |
| semiangular | semi- + angular |
| semianimated | semi- + animated |
| semianna | semi- + anna, half an anna coin |
| semiannealed | semi- + annealed |
| semianthropologic | semi- + anthropologic |
| semianthropological | semi- + anthropological |
| semianthropologically | semi- + anthropologically |
| semiantiministerial | semi- + antiministerial |
| semiantique | semi- + antique |
| semiaperiodic | semi- + aperiodic |
| semiarchitecturally | semi- + architecturally |
| semiarticulately | semi- + articulately |
| semibacchanalian | semi- + bacchanalian |
| semibachelor | semi- + bachelor |
| semibaldly | semi- + baldly |
| semibaldness | semi- + baldness |
| semibalked | semi- + balked |
| semiball | semi- + ball, a half ball |
| semiballoon | semi- + balloon |
| semiband | semi- + band |
| semibase | semi- + base |
| semibay | semi- + bay |
| semibeam | semi- + beam |
| semibejan | semi- + bejan, a second-year Scots student |
| semibelted | semi- + belted |
| semibiographic | semi- + biographic |
| semibiologic | semi- + biologic |
| semibiological | semi- + biological |
| semibiologically | semi- + biologically |
| semiblasphemous | semi- + blasphemous |
| semiblasphemously | semi- + blasphemously |
| semiblasphemousness | semi- + blasphemousness |
| semibleached | semi- + bleached |
| semiblind | semi- + blind |
| semibody | semi- + body |
| semibolshevist | semi- + bolshevist |
| semibolshevized | semi- + bolshevized |
| semibureaucratic | semi- + bureaucratic |
| semibureaucratically | semi- + bureaucratically |
| semicabalistic | semi- + cabalistic |
| semicabalistical | semi- + cabalistical |
| semicabalistically | semi- + cabalistically |
| semicallipygian | semi- + callipygian |
| semicannibalic | semi- + cannibalic |
| semicantilever | semi- + cantilever |
| semicapitalistic | semi- + capitalistic |
| semicapitalistically | semi- + capitalistically |
| semicaricatural | semi- + caricatural |
| semicarved | semi- + carved |
| semicatalytic | semi- + catalytic |
| semicatholicism | semi- + catholicism |
| semicellulous | semi- + cellulous, partly cellular |
| semichannel | semi- + channel |
| semichaotically | semi- + chaotically |
| semicheviot | semi- + cheviot, a part-cheviot wool cloth |
| semichevron | semi- + chevron |
| semichiffon | semi- + chiffon |
| semichrome | semi- + chrome |
| semicircularness | semi- + circularness |
| semicircumvolution | semi- + circumvolution |
| semicleric | semi- + cleric |
| semiclerically | semi- + clerically |
| semiclimber | semi- + climber |
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