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 |
|---|---|
| suably | suable + -ly, so as to be open to suit |
| suantly | suant + -ly, dialect, smoothly or evenly |
| suasibility | suasible + -ity, openness to persuasion |
| suasionist | suasion + -ist, one who relies on persuasion |
| subabsolutely | sub- + absolutely |
| subabsoluteness | sub- + absoluteness |
| subacademical | sub- + academical |
| subacademically | sub- + academically |
| subacidness | sub- + acidness |
| subacridity | sub- + acridity |
| subacridly | sub- + acridly |
| subacridness | sub- + acridness |
| subacumination | sub- + acumination, a slight tapering point |
| subadjacently | sub- + adjacently |
| subadjutor | sub- + adjutor, an under helper |
| subadministrate | sub- + administrate |
| subadministrated | sub- + administrated |
| subadministrating | sub- + administrating |
| subadministratively | sub- + administratively |
| subadultness | sub- + adultness |
| subaerate | sub- + aerate |
| subaerated | sub- + aerated |
| subaerating | sub- + aerating |
| subaeration | sub- + aeration, imperfect aeration |
| subaetheric | sub- + aetheric, beneath the ether |
| subaffluence | sub- + affluence |
| subaffluently | sub- + affluently |
| subage | sub- + age, a subdivision of an age |
| subaggregately | sub- + aggregately |
| subaggregation | sub- + aggregation |
| subaggregative | sub- + aggregative |
| subalgebraical | sub- + algebraical |
| subalgebraically | sub- + algebraically |
| subalgebraist | sub- + algebraist |
| subalimentation | sub- + alimentation, underfeeding |
| subangularities | sub- + angularities |
| subangularity | sub- + angularity |
| subangularness | sub- + angularness |
| subangulately | sub- + angulately |
| subangulation | sub- + angulation |
| subanniversary | sub- + anniversary |
| subantichrist | sub- + antichrist |
| subantiquely | sub- + antiquely |
| subantiqueness | sub- + antiqueness |
| subantiquities | sub- + antiquities |
| subantiquity | sub- + antiquity |
| subapparently | sub- + apparently |
| subapparentness | sub- + apparentness |
| subappearance | sub- + appearance |
| subapprobation | sub- + approbation |
| subapprobative | sub- + approbative |
| subapprobativeness | sub- + approbativeness |
| subapprobatory | sub- + approbatory |
| subaqual | sub- + aqua + -al, under water |
| subarboraceous | sub- + arboraceous, somewhat treelike |
| subarboreous | sub- + arboreous, somewhat treelike |
| subarborescence | sub- + arborescence |
| subarcuation | sub- + arcuation, a slight arching |
| subarmor | sub- + armor |
| subarousal | sub- + arousal |
| subarouse | sub- + arouse |
| subartesian | sub- + artesian |
| subarticulately | sub- + articulately |
| subarticulateness | sub- + articulateness |
| subarticulation | sub- + articulation |
| subarticulative | sub- + articulative |
| subassociational | sub- + associational |
| subassociative | sub- + associative |
| subassociatively | sub- + associatively |
| subattenuation | sub- + attenuation |
| subattorneyship | sub- + attorneyship |
| subaudibility | sub- + audibility |
| subaudibleness | sub- + audibleness |
| subauditionist | subaudition + -ist |
| subautomatic | sub- + automatic |
| subautomatically | sub- + automatically |
| subaveragely | sub- + averagely |
| subbailie | sub- + bailie, a deputy bailie |
| subbailiwick | sub- + bailiwick |
| subballast | sub- + ballast |
| subbasaltic | sub- + basaltic, lying beneath basalt |
| subbeau | sub- + beau, a secondary suitor |
| subbias | sub- + bias |
| subbookkeeper | sub- + bookkeeper |
| subcandid | sub- + candid |
| subcandidly | sub- + candidly |
| subcandidness | sub- + candidness |
| subcaptainship | sub- + captainship |
| subcarbonaceous | sub- + carbonaceous |
| subcardinally | sub- + cardinally |
| subcash | sub- + cash, a subordinate cash office |
| subcast | sub- + cast, a subordinate casting |
| subcavate | sub- + cavate, slightly hollowed |
| subchamberer | sub- + chamberer, an under-chamberlain |
| subchancel | sub- + chancel |
| subchronical | sub- + chronical, somewhat chronic |
| subcircularity | sub- + circularity |
| subcircularly | sub- + circularly |
| subclimactic | sub- + climactic |
| subcollateral | sub- + collateral |
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