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
Matches the word itself, not the note beside it. Case does not matter.
| Word, sorted Z to A | How it is built |
|---|---|
| subtersuperlative | subter- + superlative, just short of superlative |
| subtersurface | subter- + surface, below the surface |
| subtilist | subtile + -ist, a subtle reasoner |
| subtillage | sub- + tillage, tilling of the subsoil |
| subtotemic | sub- + totemic, of a subordinate totem |
| subtower | sub- + tower, a lesser tower |
| subtranslucence | sub- + translucence, partial translucence |
| subtranslucency | sub- + translucency |
| subtransparently | subtransparent + -ly |
| subtransparentness | subtransparent + -ness |
| subtransversal | sub- + transversal, nearly transverse |
| subtransversally | subtransversal + -ly |
| subtransversely | subtransverse + -ly |
| subtray | sub- + tray, a tray below another |
| subtread | sub- + tread, a tread beneath the tread |
| subtriangularity | sub- + triangularity, near triangular form |
| subtriplicated | sub- + triplicated, in subtriplicate ratio |
| subtriplication | sub- + triplication, taking the cube root |
| subtrist | sub- + trist, somewhat sad |
| subtrousers | sub- + trousers, undertrousers |
| subtruncated | sub- + truncated, somewhat cut off at the end |
| subtrunk | sub- + trunk, a branch of a trunk line |
| subtuberant | sub- + tuberant, slightly swollen |
| subtubiform | sub- + tubiform, nearly tube-shaped |
| subtutorship | sub- + tutorship, the post of under-tutor |
| subtwined | sub- + twined, twined underneath |
| subunequally | subunequal + -ly, somewhat unequally |
| subunequalness | subunequal + -ness |
| subutopian | sub- + utopian, short of utopian |
| subvaluation | sub- + valuation, undervaluation |
| subvein | sub- + vein, a branch vein |
| subvendee | sub- + vendee, one who buys from a vendee |
| subvenize | subvene + -ize, to come to the aid of |
| subvertebrate | sub- + vertebrate, lying beneath the vertebrae |
| subverticalness | subvertical + -ness, near verticality |
| subvestment | sub- + vestment, a garment worn beneath |
| subvicarship | sub- + vicarship, the office of subvicar |
| subvirile | sub- + virile, imperfectly virile |
| subvitalisation | sub- + vitalisation, lowered vitality |
| subvitalised | sub- + vitalised, of lowered vitality |
| subvitalization | sub- + vitalization, lowered vitality |
| subvitreously | subvitreous + -ly, with a faint glassy lustre |
| subvitreousness | subvitreous + -ness |
| subwardenship | sub- + wardenship, the office of subwarden |
| subwater | sub- + water, lying under water |
| subwealthy | sub- + wealthy, less than wealthy |
| subwink | sub- + wink, a covert wink |
| subzonary | sub- + zonary, imperfectly zoned |
| succorful | succor + -ful, full of help |
| succourful | succour + -ful, full of help |
| suckerel | sucker + -el, a young sucker fish |
| suddy | sud + -y, frothy or sudsy |
| sudoriferousness | sudoriferous + -ness, sweatiness |
| sudsman | suds + -man, one who works in the suds |
| suecism | Suec- (Sweden) + -ism, a Swedish idiom |
| suedine | suede + -ine, an imitation suede cloth |
| sufficeable | suffice + -able, able to suffice |
| suffixment | suffix + -ment, the adding of a suffix |
| suffraganal | suffragan + -al, of a suffragan bishop |
| suffraganate | suffragan + -ate, the office of a suffragan |
| suffragancy | suffragan + -cy, the rank of suffragan |
| suffraganeous | suffragan + -eous, acting as a suffragan |
| suffragatory | suffragate + -ory, supporting by vote |
| suffragistically | suffragistic + -ally, in a suffragist manner |
| suggestionability | suggestion + -ability, openness to suggestion |
| suggestionable | suggestion + -able, open to suggestion |
| suggestionize | suggestion + -ize, to work on by suggestion |
| suicidalwise | suicidal + -wise, in a suicidal fashion |
| suisimilar | sui- (of itself) + similar, self-similar |
| suitly | suit + -ly, suitably |
| suity | suit + -y, matching or suitable |
| sulfurage | sulfur + -age, treatment with sulfur |
| sulfureousness | sulfureous + -ness |
| sulliedness | sullied + -ness |
| sulphurage | sulphur + -age, treatment with sulphur |
| sultanesque | sultan + -esque |
| sultanian | sultan + -ian |
| sultanize | sultan + -ize, to rule as a sultan |
| sumlessness | sumless + -ness, countlessness |
| summerling | summer + -ling, a thing grown in summer |
| summerward | summer + -ward, toward summer |
| summulist | summula + -ist, a writer of scholastic summaries |
| sumoist | sumo + -ist, a sumo wrestler |
| sumpage | sump + -age, mining, water collected in a sump |
| sunbeamed | sunbeam + -ed, lit by sunbeams |
| sunburnedness | sunburned + -ness |
| sunderwise | sunder + -wise, apart, separately |
| sunfisher | sunfish + -er, one who fishes for sunfish |
| sunfishery | sunfish + -ery, the sunfish fishery |
| sunspotted | sunspot + -ed, marked with sunspots |
| sunspotty | sunspot + -y, full of sunspots |
| superabduction | super- + abduction |
| superabhor | super- + abhor |
| superably | super- + ably |
| superabnormally | super- + abnormally |
| superabominable | super- + abominable |
| superabominableness | super- + abominableness |
| superabominably | super- + abominably |
| superabomination | super- + abomination |
| superabstractly | super- + abstractly |
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