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 |
|---|---|
| semiclimbing | semi- + climbing |
| semiclinical | semi- + clinical |
| semiclinically | semi- + clinically |
| semiclose | semi- + close |
| semicollapsible | semi- + collapsible |
| semicollar | semi- + collar |
| semicolloquially | semi- + colloquially |
| semicolonially | semi- + colonially |
| semicombust | semi- + combust, half consumed by fire |
| semicomically | semi- + comically |
| semicommercially | semi- + commercially |
| semicommunicative | semi- + communicative |
| semiconditioned | semi- + conditioned |
| semiconfinement | semi- + confinement |
| semiconically | semi- + conically |
| semiconnection | semi- + connection |
| semicontinent | semi- + continent |
| semicontinuum | semi- + continuum |
| semicontraction | semi- + contraction |
| semicontradiction | semi- + contradiction |
| semiconventional | semi- + conventional |
| semiconventionality | semi- + conventionality |
| semiconventionally | semi- + conventionally |
| semiconversion | semi- + conversion |
| semiconvert | semi- + convert |
| semicope | semi- + cope, a short ecclesiastical cope |
| semicotton | semi- + cotton |
| semicounterarch | semi- + counterarch |
| semicountry | semi- + country |
| semicrepe | semi- + crepe, a part-crepe fabric |
| semicubit | semi- + cubit, half a cubit |
| semicultivated | semi- + cultivated |
| semicultured | semi- + cultured |
| semicupola | semi- + cupola |
| semicured | semi- + cured |
| semicurl | semi- + curl |
| semicynically | semi- + cynically |
| semidangerously | semi- + dangerously |
| semidangerousness | semi- + dangerousness |
| semideafness | semi- + deafness |
| semidecadent | semi- + decadent |
| semidecadently | semi- + decadently |
| semidefensive | semi- + defensive |
| semidefensively | semi- + defensively |
| semidefensiveness | semi- + defensiveness |
| semideify | semi- + deify |
| semideistical | semi- + deistical |
| semidelight | semi- + delight |
| semidependently | semi- + dependently |
| semidestruction | semi- + destruction |
| semidetachment | semi- + detachment |
| semidiaphanously | semi- + diaphanously |
| semidiaphanousness | semi- + diaphanousness |
| semidictatorial | semi- + dictatorial |
| semidictatorially | semi- + dictatorially |
| semidictatorialness | semi- + dictatorialness |
| semidigression | semi- + digression |
| semidirectness | semi- + directness |
| semidivision | semi- + division |
| semidivisive | semi- + divisive |
| semidivisively | semi- + divisively |
| semidivisiveness | semi- + divisiveness |
| semidole | semi- + dole, half a dole or share |
| semidomestically | semi- + domestically |
| semidrachm | semi- + drachm, half a drachm |
| semidramatical | semi- + dramatical |
| semidramatically | semi- + dramatically |
| semieffigy | semi- + effigy, a half-length effigy |
| semiegg | semi- + egg |
| semiegret | semi- + egret |
| semielastically | semi- + elastically |
| semielevated | semi- + elevated |
| semielision | semi- + elision |
| semiellipsis | semi- + ellipsis |
| semiellipsoidal | semi- + ellipsoidal |
| semiemotional | semi- + emotional |
| semiemotionally | semi- + emotionally |
| semienclosure | semi- + enclosure |
| semiepic | semi- + epic |
| semiepical | semi- + epical |
| semiepically | semi- + epically |
| semierectly | semi- + erectly |
| semierectness | semi- + erectness |
| semieremitical | semi- + eremitical, partly like a hermit |
| semiessay | semi- + essay |
| semiexclusive | semi- + exclusive |
| semiexclusively | semi- + exclusively |
| semiexclusiveness | semi- + exclusiveness |
| semiexecutive | semi- + executive |
| semiexhibitionist | semi- + exhibitionist |
| semiexpansible | semi- + expansible |
| semiexperimental | semi- + experimental |
| semiexperimentally | semi- + experimentally |
| semiexplanation | semi- + explanation |
| semiexpositive | semi- + expositive |
| semiexpository | semi- + expository |
| semiexposure | semi- + exposure |
| semiexpressionistic | semi- + expressionistic |
| semiexternalized | semi- + externalized |
| semiexternally | semi- + externally |
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