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 |
|---|---|
| taily | tail + -y |
| takedownable | takedown + -able |
| takeful | take + -ful, taking or captivating |
| talcer | talc + -er, one who applies talc |
| tallageability | tallageable + -ity |
| tallymanship | tallyman + -ship |
| talmudization | Talmudize + -ation |
| tamably | tamable + -ly |
| tambouret | tambour + -et, a small drum or frame |
| tamerlanism | Tamerlane + -ism |
| taniness | tany or tanny (tawny) + -ness |
| taperly | taper + -ly, slenderly |
| tapery | taper + -y |
| taplet | tap + -let, a little tap |
| tappableness | tappable + -ness |
| tapsterlike | tapster + -like |
| tapsterly | tapster + -ly |
| tarantarize | tarantara + -ize, to sound a trumpet |
| tarantulary | tarantula + -ary |
| taratantarize | taratantara + -ize, to sound a trumpet |
| tardiloquent | tardi- + -loquent, slow of speech |
| tardiloquous | tardi- + -loquous, slow-speaking |
| tardiloquy | tardi- + -loquy, slow speech |
| tarditude | tardi- + -tude, slowness |
| targeman | targe + man, a soldier armed with a targe |
| tarhood | tar (sailor) + -hood |
| tarish | tar + -ish, somewhat like tar |
| tarltonize | Tarlton + -ize, to clown as Tarlton did |
| tarquinish | Tarquin + -ish, tyrannical |
| tarradiddler | tarradiddle + -er, a fibber |
| tarrer | tar + -er, one who tars |
| tarryingness | tarrying + -ness |
| tartarism | Tartar + -ism, Tartar character or rule |
| tartishly | tartish + -ly, somewhat tartly |
| tartishness | tartish + -ness, a slight tartness |
| tartuffian | Tartuffe + -ian, hypocritically pious |
| tartuffishly | Tartuffish + -ly, in a canting hypocrite's way |
| taskage | task + -age, work set as a task |
| tasseler | tassel + -er, one who makes or fits tassels |
| tastableness | tastable + -ness |
| tasteableness | tasteable + -ness, the tasteable spelling |
| tasteably | tasteable + -ly |
| tastekin | taste + -kin, a little taste |
| tastingly | tasting + -ly, by way of tasting |
| tatarization | Tatar + -ization, making Tatar |
| tatarize | Tatar + -ize, to make Tatar |
| tatterdemalionry | tatterdemalion + -ry, raggedness |
| tatterly | tatter + -ly, ragged |
| tattlement | tattle + -ment, gossip |
| tattlingly | tattling + -ly |
| tattooment | tattoo + -ment, a tattoo marking |
| tauriferous | tauri- + -ferous, bull-bearing |
| tauroesque | tauro- + -esque, bull-like |
| taurophobe | tauro- + -phobe, one who dreads bulls |
| tautologizer | tautologize + -er, one who repeats himself |
| tautometrical | tautometric + -al |
| tautoousian | tauto- + ousia, of the very same substance |
| tautoousious | tauto- + ousia, of identical essence |
| teachment | teach + -ment, instruction |
| teaer | tea + -er, a tea drinker |
| teaey | tea + -ey, tasting of tea |
| teagardeny | tea-garden + -y, suggestive of a tea garden |
| teaism | tea + -ism, the cult of tea |
| tealeafy | tea-leaf + -y, like tea leaves |
| teapottykin | teapot + -kin, a tiny teapot |
| tearableness | tearable + -ness |
| tearage | tear + -age, the act of tearing |
| teasableness | teasable + -ness |
| teaseableness | teaseable + -ness, the -eable spelling |
| teaseably | teaseable + -ly |
| teasement | tease + -ment, annoyance |
| teasiness | teasy + -ness, peevishness |
| teasler | teasle + -er, one who raises nap with teasels |
| teatling | teat + -ling, a suckling |
| teaty | teat + -y, having or like teats |
| techniquer | technique + -er, one who relies on technique |
| technist | techn- + -ist, one versed in technics |
| teemfulness | teemful + -ness, fruitfulness |
| teenfully | teenful + -ly, grievously |
| teenish | teen + -ish, fretful or peevish |
| teerer | teer + -er, the boy who spreads colour in calico printing |
| teetotumism | teetotum + -ism, spinning like a teetotum |
| teetotumize | teetotum + -ize, to spin like a teetotum |
| teetotumwise | teetotum + -wise, in the manner of a teetotum |
| teknonymously | teknonymous + -ly, naming a parent from the child |
| telacoustic | tele- + acoustic, of hearing at a distance |
| telarly | telar + -ly, in the manner of a web |
| telautographist | telautograph + -ist, one who works a telautograph |
| telautomatically | telautomatic + -ally, by remote control |
| telegraphee | telegraph + -ee, the person telegraphed to |
| telegraphics | telegraph + -ics, the science of telegraphy |
| telemetrographic | telemetrograph + -ic |
| teleotemporal | teleo- + temporal, of ends viewed in time |
| telephonical | telephonic + -al, by telephone |
| telephonics | telephone + -ics, the science of telephony |
| telergically | telergical + -ly, by force acting at a distance |
| telesmatical | telesmatic + -al, talismanic |
| teletypewrite | tele- + typewrite, to send by teletypewriter |
| televocal | tele- + vocal, of the voice at a distance |
| telical | telic + -al, expressing purpose |
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