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 |
|---|---|
| transriverina | trans- + Riverina, beyond the Riverina district |
| transsegmental | trans- + segmental, across the segments |
| transsegmentally | transsegmental + -ly, across the segments |
| transsensually | transsensual + -ly, beyond the senses |
| transsepulchral | trans- + sepulchral, beyond the tomb |
| transsocietal | trans- + societal, across societies |
| transsolid | trans- + solid, passing through a solid |
| transubstantiationite | transubstantiation + -ite, a believer in it |
| transubstantiatively | transubstantiative + -ly, by transubstantiation |
| transvaluate | trans- + valuate, to revalue |
| transvenom | trans- + venom, to turn into poison |
| transversive | transverse + -ive, lying crosswise |
| transwritten | trans- + written, written over, transcribed |
| trapish | trap + -ish, resembling trap rock |
| trapperlike | trapper + -like |
| trappiness | trappy + -ness, the state of being full of traps |
| traship | trash + -ship, the condition of being trash |
| travailer | travail + -er, one who labours or toils |
| travelerlike | traveler + -like |
| treachousness | treachous + -ness, treacherousness |
| trencherless | trencher + -less, without a trencher |
| trencherwise | trencher + -wise, after the manner of a trencher |
| trepanize | trepan + -ize, to trepan |
| trepanningly | trepanning + -ly, in an ensnaring way |
| tresslet | tress + -let, a little tress |
| triadical | triadic + -al, threefold, of triads |
| triadics | triadic + -s, the doctrine of triads |
| triangleways | triangle + -ways, in the form of a triangle |
| triarchate | triarch + -ate, government by three |
| triarcuated | tri- + arcuated, having three arches |
| tribadistic | tribadist + -ic, of tribadism |
| tributist | tribute + -ist, one who pays tribute |
| tributorian | tributor + -ian, of a tributor or tribute payer |
| trichevron | tri- + chevron, marked with three chevrons |
| tricliniarch | triclinium + -arch, master of the Roman dining room |
| tricompound | tri- + compound, thrice compounded |
| tridentinian | Tridentine + -ian, of the Council of Trent |
| tridiametral | tri- + diametral, having three diameters |
| tridimensioned | tri- + dimensioned, three-dimensional |
| triedly | tried + -ly, in a proved or tested way |
| triedness | tried + -ness, the state of being proved |
| trienniality | triennial + -ity, the quality of being triennial |
| triequal | tri- + equal, equal in three parts |
| trifledom | trifle + -dom, the realm of trifles |
| trifly | trifle + -ly, triflingly |
| trifurcal | tri- + furcal, three-forked |
| trihypostatic | tri- + hypostatic, of three hypostases |
| trilarcenous | tri- + larcenous, thrice thievish |
| trilineated | tri- + lineated, marked with three lines |
| trillionize | trillion + -ize, to multiply a trillionfold |
| triluminous | tri- + luminous, giving three lights |
| trinalize | trinal + -ize, to make threefold |
| trinomiality | trinomial + -ity |
| trinunity | trin- + unity, threefold unity |
| trioeciously | trioecious + -ly |
| tripartedly | triparted + -ly |
| tripenny | tri- + penny, of three pence |
| trippler | tripple, to trot, + -er |
| tripsomely | tripsome, nimble, + -ly |
| triradiation | tri- + radiation |
| trisacramentarian | tri- + sacramentarian, holding three sacraments |
| trisceptral | tri- + sceptral, with three sceptres |
| trisyllabity | trisyllab- + -ity, being trisyllabic |
| tritheocracy | tri- + theocracy, rule of three gods |
| triticalness | tritical + -ness, triteness |
| triumphwise | triumph + -wise, in the manner of a triumph |
| triunification | tri- + unification, making three one |
| trivantly | trivant, truant, + -ly |
| trivetwise | trivet + -wise, in the manner of a trivet |
| trochaicality | trochaical + -ity |
| trochaically | trochaic + -ally |
| trocheeize | trochee + -ize, to make trochaic |
| trochoidally | trochoidal + -ly |
| trockery | trock, barter, + -ery; trash, trumpery |
| troker | troke, to barter, + -er |
| trollman | troll, to fish, + -man |
| trollopeanism | Trollopean + -ism, Trollope's manner |
| trollyman | trolly + -man, one who works a trolly |
| trooperess | trooper + -ess |
| tropeic | trope + -ic, figurative |
| trothlessness | trothless + -ness |
| trothlike | troth + -like |
| trotlet | trot + -let, a short trot |
| trottoired | trottoir + -ed, having pavements |
| troubadourist | troubadour + -ist |
| troughster | trough + -ster, one who works at troughs |
| troveless | trove + -less |
| trowman | trow, a Severn barge, + -man |
| truckster | truck, to barter, + -ster |
| truculental | truculent + -al |
| truculentness | truculent + -ness |
| truelike | true + -like |
| trufflesque | truffle + -esque |
| truncage | trunc- + -age, tree trunks collectively |
| truncher | trunch, to lop, + -er |
| trussery | truss + -ery, trusses collectively |
| trustableness | trustable + -ness |
| trustihood | trusty + -hood, trustiness |
| trustlessly | trustless + -ly |
| trustwoman | trust + -woman, a woman holding a trust |
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