Real Words Without Definition
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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
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| Word, sorted Z to A | How it is built |
|---|---|
| semiwarfare | semi- + warfare |
| semiwildly | semi- + wildly |
| semiwildness | semi- + wildness |
| semiyearlies | semi- + yearlies, half-yearly publications |
| sempiternize | sempitern + -ize, to make everlasting |
| senescency | senescent + -cy, the state of growing old |
| sensationish | sensation + -ish |
| sensibilitist | sensibility + -ist, one given to sensibility |
| sensibilitous | sensibility + -ous, full of sensibility |
| sensify | sens(e) + -ify, to endow with sense |
| sensitivist | sensitive + -ist |
| sensize | sens(e) + -ize, to make sensible |
| sentimenter | sentiment + -er, one who deals in sentiment |
| separatress | separator + -ess, a woman who separates |
| septangled | sept- + angled, seven-angled |
| septangularness | septangular + -ness, seven-angledness |
| septenniad | septenn- + -ad, a seven-year period (cf. olympiad) |
| septennialist | septennial + -ist, supporter of septennial parliaments |
| septentrionality | septentrional + -ity, northernness |
| septentrionally | septentrional + -ly, northward |
| septentrionic | septentrion + -ic, northern |
| sequelant | sequel + -ant, one that follows on |
| sequentialize | sequential + -ize, to put into sequence |
| sequently | sequent + -ly, in succession |
| sequestratrix | sequestrator + -trix, a woman who sequesters |
| seraphicalness | seraphical + -ness |
| seraphicism | seraphic + -ism |
| seraphism | seraph + -ism |
| sereward | sere + -ward, toward the sere (ecological succession) |
| seriary | seri(es) + -ary, arranged in a series |
| seriopantomimic | serio- + pantomimic, half serious and pantomimic |
| serioridiculous | serio- + ridiculous, serious and absurd at once |
| sermonettino | sermonette + -ino, a very short sermon |
| sermonics | sermon + -ics, the art of preaching |
| sermonism | sermon + -ism |
| sermonoid | sermon + -oid, sermon-like |
| serousness | serous + -ness |
| serpentian | serpent + -ian, snakelike |
| serpentile | serpent + -ile, snakelike |
| serpentoid | serpent + -oid, snakelike |
| serventism | servente + -ism, the cavalier servente custom |
| servetianism | Servetian + -ism, the doctrine of Michael Servetus |
| servist | serve + -ist, one who serves |
| sessionally | sessional + -ly |
| setling | set + -ling, a young plant set out |
| severalization | severalize + -ation, a dividing into several |
| severate | sever + -ate, to separate |
| severedly | severed + -ly, separately |
| severingly | severing + -ly |
| severish | severe + -ish, somewhat severe |
| severization | severize + -ation |
| severize | sever + -ize, to sever or separate |
| sexologic | sexolog(y) + -ic |
| sextiply | sexti- + -ply, to multiply by six |
| sexuous | sex + -uous, sexual |
| shacker | shack + -er, one who shacks or gleans |
| shacklewise | shackle + -wise, in the manner of a shackle |
| shadowist | shadow + -ist, a painter of shadow |
| shadowly | shadow + -ly, shadowy |
| shakably | shakable + -ly |
| shallopy | shallop + -y, like a shallop |
| shallowist | shallow + -ist, a superficial person |
| shallowy | shallow + -y |
| shamableness | shamable + -ness |
| shamably | shamable + -ly |
| shandyism | Shandy + -ism, whimsy after Tristram Shandy |
| shapy | shape + -y, shapely |
| shareship | share + -ship |
| sharkishness | sharkish + -ness |
| sharkship | shark + -ship, mock title |
| shatterment | shatter + -ment |
| shavery | shave + -ery, fleecing, extortion |
| shavester | shave + -ster, one who fleeces |
| sheafage | sheaf + -age |
| sheathery | sheath + -ery, sheathlike |
| shedwise | shed + -wise |
| sheepify | sheep + -ify |
| sheepsheadism | sheepshead + -ism, stupidity |
| sheetling | sheet + -ling, a small sheet |
| sheetways | sheet + -ways |
| shelvingness | shelving + -ness |
| shepherddom | shepherd + -dom |
| shepherdize | shepherd + -ize |
| shepherdry | shepherd + -ry |
| sherifate | sherif + -ate, the office of a sherif |
| shieldlessly | shieldless + -ly |
| shieldlessness | shieldless + -ness |
| shieldling | shield + -ling, a small shield |
| shiplessly | shipless + -ly |
| shipmatish | shipmate + -ish |
| shivey | shive + -y, full of shives |
| shivy | shive + -y, full of shives |
| shoddylike | shoddy + -like |
| shoddyward | shoddy + -ward |
| shoddywards | shoddy + -wards |
| shopkeepery | shopkeeper + -y, shopkeeping ways |
| shopster | shop + -ster, a shopkeeper |
| showance | show + -ance, a showing |
| shriftless | shrift + -less, without absolution |
| shriftlessness | shriftless + -ness |
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