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 |
|---|---|
| transaccidentation | trans- + accidentation, change of accidents |
| transactioneer | transaction + -eer, a dealer in transactions |
| transalpinely | transalpine + -ly, beyond the Alps |
| transalpiner | transalpine + -er, a dweller beyond the Alps |
| transappalachian | trans- + Appalachian, beyond the Appalachians |
| transaquatic | trans- + aquatic, across the water |
| transatlantican | transatlantic + -an, one from across the Atlantic |
| transbaikalian | trans- + Baikalian, beyond Lake Baikal |
| transboard | trans- + board, across the board or deck |
| transcendentalisation | transcendentalise + -ation, British spelling |
| transcendentalization | transcendentalize + -ation, making transcendental |
| transchanged | trans- + changed, changed over into |
| transchanger | trans- + changer, one who changes a thing over |
| transchanging | trans- + changing, changing over into |
| transchannel | trans- + channel, across the Channel |
| transcolor | trans- + color, to change the colour of |
| transcoloration | trans- + coloration, a change of colour |
| transcolour | trans- + colour, British spelling of transcolor |
| transcolouration | trans- + colouration, British spelling |
| transconscious | trans- + conscious, beyond consciousness |
| transcorporeal | trans- + corporeal, passing through bodies |
| transcriptural | trans- + scriptural, going beyond Scripture |
| transcursively | transcursive + -ly, digressively |
| transcurvation | trans- + curvation, a bending across |
| transdiurnal | trans- + diurnal, lasting beyond a day |
| transelemental | trans- + elemental, beyond the elements |
| transelementary | trans- + elementary, beyond the elements |
| transelementate | trans- + elementate, to change the elements of |
| transelementated | trans- + elementated, changed in elements |
| transelementating | trans- + elementating, changing the elements of |
| transempirical | trans- + empirical, beyond experience |
| transessentiate | trans- + essentiate, to change in essence |
| transessentiated | trans- + essentiated, changed in essence |
| transessentiating | trans- + essentiating, changing in essence |
| transexperiential | trans- + experiential, beyond experience |
| transfashion | trans- + fashion, to change the form of |
| transfeature | trans- + feature, to alter the features of |
| transfeatured | trans- + featured, altered in features |
| transfeaturing | trans- + featuring, altering the features of |
| transferably | transferable + -ly, so as to be transferred |
| transfiltration | trans- + filtration, filtering through |
| transfixture | transfix + -ture, a transfixing |
| transformingly | transforming + -ly, in a transforming way |
| transfusively | transfusive + -ly, by transfusion |
| transgeneration | trans- + generation, passage across generations |
| transgenerations | trans- + generations, passages across generations |
| transhumanate | trans- + humanate, to change human nature |
| transhumanation | trans- + humanation, a change of human nature |
| transimpression | trans- + impression, transfer of an impression |
| transincorporation | trans- + incorporation, passing into another body |
| transitival | transitive + -al, of transitive verbs |
| transitivism | transitive + -ism, transitive quality or use |
| translay | trans- + lay, to lay across |
| transletter | trans- + letter, to transliterate |
| translight | trans- + light, a backdrop lit from behind |
| translinguate | trans- + linguate, to put into another tongue |
| translocatory | translocation + -ory, effecting translocation |
| translucidity | translucid + -ity, translucence |
| transmade | trans- + made, made over, transformed |
| transmake | trans- + make, to make over, transform |
| transmaking | trans- + making, making over |
| transmarginally | transmarginal + -ly, beyond the margin |
| transmaterial | trans- + material, beyond matter |
| transmateriation | trans- + materiation, change of substance |
| transmental | trans- + mental, beyond the mind |
| transmentally | transmental + -ly, beyond the mind |
| transmentation | trans- + mentation, a change of mind |
| transmeridional | trans- + meridional, across the meridians |
| transmeridionally | transmeridional + -ly, across the meridians |
| transmigratively | transmigrative + -ly, by transmigration |
| transmittability | transmittable + -ity, transmissibility |
| transmold | trans- + mold, to mold anew |
| transmould | trans- + mould, British spelling of transmold |
| transmuscle | trans- + muscle, passing across a muscle |
| transmutually | transmutual + -ly, mutually across |
| transnatural | trans- + natural, beyond nature |
| transnaturation | trans- + naturation, a change of nature |
| transnihilation | trans- + nihilation, change by annihilation |
| transnormally | transnormal + -ly, beyond the normal |
| transpanamic | trans- + Panamic, across Panama |
| transparish | trans- + parish, across parish bounds |
| transpassional | trans- + passional, beyond passion |
| transpatronized | trans- + patronized, patronage transferred |
| transpatronizing | trans- + patronizing, transferring patronage |
| transpeer | trans- + peer, to peer or pass through |
| transpenetrable | trans- + penetrable, penetrable throughout |
| transpenetration | trans- + penetration, penetration throughout |
| transphysical | trans- + physical, beyond the physical |
| transphysically | transphysical + -ly, beyond the physical |
| transpicuity | transpicuous + -ity, transparency |
| transplendently | transplendent + -ly, with surpassing splendour |
| transponibility | transponible + -ity, transferability |
| transportationist | transportation + -ist, advocate of transportation |
| transpository | transposition + -ory, involving transposition |
| transpour | trans- + pour, to pour from one vessel to another |
| transprocess | trans- + process, running across a process |
| transproser | transprose + -er, one who turns verse into prose |
| transreal | trans- + real, beyond the real |
| transrectification | trans- + rectification, rectifying across |
| transrhodanian | trans- + Rhodanian, beyond the Rhone |
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