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 |
|---|---|
| semifailure | semi- + failure |
| semifamine | semi- + famine |
| semifashion | semi- + fashion |
| semifib | semi- + fib |
| semifiction | semi- + fiction |
| semifiguratively | semi- + figuratively |
| semifigurativeness | semi- + figurativeness |
| semifinish | semi- + finish |
| semifiscal | semi- + fiscal |
| semifistular | semi- + fistular, partly pipe-shaped |
| semifitting | semi- + fitting |
| semiflashproof | semi- + flashproof |
| semiflexure | semi- + flexure |
| semifloating | semi- + floating |
| semifluctuant | semi- + fluctuant, only partly yielding to pressure |
| semifluctuating | semi- + fluctuating |
| semifluidic | semi- + fluidic |
| semifoaming | semi- + foaming |
| semiforbidding | semi- + forbidding |
| semifrater | semi- + frater, lay half-brother of a religious house |
| semifrontier | semi- + frontier |
| semifuddle | semi- + fuddle |
| semifunctionalism | semi- + functionalism |
| semifunctionally | semi- + functionally |
| semifurnished | semi- + furnished |
| semifusion | semi- + fusion |
| semifuturistic | semi- + futuristic |
| semify | semi- + -fy, to make half or halfway |
| semigala | semi- + gala |
| semigentleman | semi- + gentleman |
| semigenuflection | semi- + genuflection |
| semigeometric | semi- + geometric |
| semigeometrical | semi- + geometrical |
| semigeometrically | semi- + geometrically |
| semigirder | semi- + girder |
| semiglaze | semi- + glaze |
| semiglorious | semi- + glorious |
| semigovernmentally | semi- + governmentally |
| semigrainy | semi- + grainy |
| semigranulate | semi- + granulate |
| semigravel | semi- + gravel |
| semigroove | semi- + groove |
| semihand | semi- + hand |
| semihardness | semi- + hardness |
| semiherbaceous | semi- + herbaceous |
| semiheretic | semi- + heretic |
| semiheretical | semi- + heretical |
| semihexagon | semi- + hexagon |
| semihiant | semi- + hiant, half-gaping |
| semihiatus | semi- + hiatus |
| semihistoric | semi- + historic |
| semihistorically | semi- + historically |
| semihobo | semi- + hobo |
| semihoboes | semi- + hoboes |
| semihobos | semi- + hobos |
| semihonor | semi- + honor |
| semihoral | semi- + horal, half-hourly |
| semihostilely | semi- + hostilely |
| semihostility | semi- + hostility |
| semihumanism | semi- + humanism |
| semihumanistic | semi- + humanistic |
| semihumanitarian | semi- + humanitarian |
| semihumanized | semi- + humanized |
| semihumbug | semi- + humbug |
| semihyperbola | semi- + hyperbola |
| semihyperbolic | semi- + hyperbolic |
| semihyperbolical | semi- + hyperbolical |
| semihysterically | semi- + hysterically |
| semiintoxicated | semi- + intoxicated |
| semijealousy | semi- + jealousy |
| semijocularly | semi- + jocularly |
| semijubilee | semi- + jubilee |
| semijudicially | semi- + judicially |
| semijuridic | semi- + juridic |
| semijuridically | semi- + juridically |
| semilate | semi- + late |
| semilegislatively | semi- + legislatively |
| semiliberalism | semi- + liberalism |
| semiliberally | semi- + liberally |
| semilichen | semi- + lichen |
| semilimber | semi- + limber |
| semilined | semi- + lined |
| semilooper | semi- + looper, larva that loops only partly |
| semiluminous | semi- + luminous |
| semiluminously | semi- + luminously |
| semiluminousness | semi- + luminousness |
| semilunated | semi- + lunated |
| semilunation | semi- + lunation |
| semilyric | semi- + lyric |
| semilyrical | semi- + lyrical |
| semilyrically | semi- + lyrically |
| semimachine | semi- + machine |
| semimade | semi- + made |
| semimagically | semi- + magically |
| semimagnetical | semi- + magnetical |
| semimagnetically | semi- + magnetically |
| semimalicious | semi- + malicious |
| semimaliciously | semi- + maliciously |
| semimaliciousness | semi- + maliciousness |
| semimalignantly | semi- + malignantly |
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