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 |
|---|---|
| theologastric | theologaster + -ic, of a sham theologian |
| theomagic | theo- + magic, divine magic |
| theomagical | theomagic + -al |
| theomagics | theo- + magics, magic worked by divine power |
| theomisanthropist | theo- + misanthropist, hater of God and man |
| theomorphize | theomorph(ic) + -ize, to make godlike |
| theomythologer | theomythology + -er, a writer on divine myth |
| theomythology | theo- + mythology, the mythology of the gods |
| theopaschitally | theopaschital + -ly, in the Theopaschite way |
| theopaschitic | Theopaschite + -ic |
| theophanism | theophany + -ism, belief in divine manifestations |
| theophanous | theophany + -ous, of a divine manifestation |
| theophilanthrope | theo- + philanthrope, a Theophilanthropist |
| theophysical | theo- + physical |
| theopolitician | theo- + politician |
| theopolitics | theo- + politics |
| theopolity | theo- + polity, a polity ruled by God |
| theopsychism | theo- + psychism, doctrine of a divine soul |
| theorematically | theorematical + -ly |
| theoteleological | theo- + teleological |
| theoteleology | theo- + teleology |
| theotherapist | theo- + therapist, one who heals by divine means |
| theriomaniac | therio- + maniac, one with a mania for animals |
| theriotheism | therio- + theism, worship of beast gods |
| theriotheist | therio- + theist, a worshipper of beast gods |
| thermogenerator | thermo- + generator, a thermoelectric generator |
| thermogeographical | thermo- + geographical |
| thermogeography | thermo- + geography, geography of temperature |
| thermomagnetically | thermomagnetic + -ally |
| thermometamorphic | thermo- + metamorphic, altered by heat |
| thermometamorphism | thermo- + metamorphism |
| thermometerize | thermometer + -ize, to measure by thermometer |
| thermomigrate | thermo- + migrate, to move under a heat gradient |
| thermomotive | thermo- + motive, producing motion by heat |
| thermomotor | thermo- + motor, a hot-air engine |
| thermoscopical | thermoscopic + -al |
| thermotelephonic | thermo- + telephonic |
| thesial | thesis + -al, of the thesis of a metrical foot |
| thewiness | thewy + -ness, muscularity |
| thewlike | thew + -like, sinewy |
| thiasite | thiasus + -ite, one of a Bacchic guild |
| thingumajigger | thingumajig + -er, a whatsit |
| thinkling | think + -ling, a petty thinker |
| thirdling | third + -ling, a third part |
| thistlery | thistle + -ery, a growth of thistles |
| thoroughfarer | thoroughfare + -r, one who passes through |
| thoroughfaresome | thoroughfare + -some, much passed through |
| thoroughgrowth | thorough- (through) + growth, a growing through |
| thoughtkin | thought + -kin, a slight thought |
| thoughtness | thought + -ness, the quality of being thought |
| thranitic | thranite + -ic, of the upper-bench rowers of a trireme |
| thraver | thrave + -er, one who makes or counts thraves |
| thriftlike | thrift + -like, thrifty in appearance |
| thrillfully | thrillful + -ly, thrillingly |
| throatlike | throat + -like |
| thromboplastically | thromboplastic + -ally |
| throstlelike | throstle + -like, like a song-thrush |
| throttlingly | throttling + -ly, in a choking manner |
| thrushy | thrush + -y |
| thwarteous | thwart + -eous |
| thwartman | thwart + -man |
| thwartmen | thwart + -men |
| thwartways | thwart + -ways |
| thymelic | thymele + -ic |
| thymelical | thymelic + -al |
| ticketmonger | ticket + -monger |
| ticklely | tickle + -ly |
| tickliness | tickly + -ness |
| tickseeded | tickseed + -ed |
| ticktacker | ticktack + -er |
| tideling | tide + -ling |
| tidemaker | tide + -maker |
| tidemaking | tide + -making |
| tideward | tide + -ward |
| tidyism | tidy + -ism |
| tierer | tier + -er |
| tiersman | tiers + -man |
| tiffie | tiff + -ie, a little tiff |
| tightfistedly | tightfisted + -ly |
| tilette | tile + -ette, a small tile |
| tileways | tile + -ways, overlapping like tiles |
| tilewright | tile + -wright |
| tiltmaker | tilt + -maker |
| tiltmaking | tilt + -making |
| tilture | till + -ure, tillage |
| timable | time + -able |
| timberer | timber + -er |
| timbreler | timbrel + -er |
| timbreller | timbrel + -er, with doubled l |
| timekeepership | timekeeper + -ship |
| timetaker | time + -taker |
| timetaking | time + -taking |
| tinage | tin + -age, tin work |
| tinderous | tinder + -ous |
| tinkerdom | tinker + -dom |
| tinkerwise | tinker + -wise |
| tinklerman | tinkler, a tinker, + -man |
| tinlet | tin + -let, a small tin |
| tinnified | tin + -ified, made tinny |
| tinselmaker | tinsel + -maker |
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