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 |
|---|---|
| truthable | truth + -able |
| tubbist | tub + -ist, one who lives in a tub |
| tubeman | tube + -man, a workman on tubes |
| tuberation | tuber + -ation, formation of tubers |
| tubercularness | tubercular + -ness |
| tuberculatedly | tuberculated + -ly |
| tuberculously | tuberculous + -ly |
| tuberculousness | tuberculous + -ness |
| tubster | tub + -ster, a tub-preacher |
| tubulator | tubulate + -or, one who fits a tube |
| tubulousness | tubulous + -ness |
| tuchunize | tuchun + -ize, to rule as a warlord |
| tuitionless | tuition + -less |
| tulipiferous | tulip + -iferous, tulip-bearing |
| tumblerwise | tumbler + -wise |
| tummer | tum + -er, one who cards wool |
| tunish | tune + -ish, somewhat tuneful |
| tunist | tune + -ist, a maker or player of tunes |
| tunnelite | tunnel + -ite, a tunnel worker or dweller |
| tunnellite | tunnel + -ite, doubled-l spelling |
| tunner | tun + -er, one who tuns liquor |
| tunnery | tunny + -ery, a tunny fishery |
| turbinage | turbin(e) + -age, working by turbine |
| turbulentness | turbulent + -ness |
| turgescently | turgescent + -ly |
| turkeyism | Turkey + -ism, Turkish ways |
| turkomanize | Turkoman + -ize |
| turnipwise | turnip + -wise |
| turpentinous | turpentine + -ous |
| turtleize | turtle + -ize |
| turveydropdom | Turveydrop + -dom, affected deportment |
| tuscanlike | Tuscan + -like |
| tusher | tush + -er, one who says "tush" |
| tuskish | tusk + -ish |
| tutoriate | tutor + -iate, the office or body of tutors |
| tutster | tut + -ster, one who says "tut" |
| twaddleize | twaddle + -ize |
| twanker | twank + -er, one that twanks |
| twankingly | twanking + -ly |
| twentymo | twenty + -mo, a 20mo book size |
| twibilled | twibill + -ed, having a double axe |
| twifoldly | twifold + -ly, doubly |
| twinism | twin + -ism |
| twinkleproof | twinkle + -proof |
| twinkless | twink + -less, without a twinkle |
| twinly | twin + -ly |
| twistiways | twisti- + -ways, crookedly |
| twistiwise | twisti- + -wise, crookedly |
| twitterly | twitter + -ly |
| tyrannicly | tyrannic + -ly |
| tyrannisingly | tyrannising + -ly (Brit. spelling) |
| tyrannoid | tyranno- + -oid, tyrant-like |
| tzaristic | tzarist + -ic |
| uberously | uberous + -ly, abundantly |
| ugrianize | Ugrian + -ize |
| ugroid | Ugro- + -oid, resembling the Ugrians |
| ultrabelieving | ultra- + believing |
| ultracentralizer | ultra- + centralizer |
| ultrachurchism | ultra- + churchism |
| ultraconcomitant | ultra- + concomitant |
| ultradandyism | ultra- + dandyism |
| ultradeclamatory | ultra- + declamatory |
| ultradiscipline | ultra- + discipline |
| ultraeducationist | ultra- + educationist |
| ultraemphasis | ultra- + emphasis |
| ultraenforcement | ultra- + enforcement |
| ultraepiscopal | ultra- + episcopal |
| ultraexpeditious | ultra- + expeditious |
| ultragrave | ultra- + grave |
| ultrahonorable | ultra- + honorable |
| ultraindifferent | ultra- + indifferent |
| ultrainsistent | ultra- + insistent |
| ultralegality | ultra- + legality |
| ultramelancholy | ultra- + melancholy |
| ultramorose | ultra- + morose |
| ultramulish | ultra- + mulish |
| ultranegligent | ultra- + negligent |
| ultranonsensical | ultra- + nonsensical |
| ultraobstinate | ultra- + obstinate |
| ultraorganized | ultra- + organized |
| ultraornate | ultra- + ornate |
| ultraoutrageous | ultra- + outrageous |
| ultraplausible | ultra- + plausible |
| ultrapopish | ultra- + popish |
| ultraremuneration | ultra- + remuneration |
| ultraritualism | ultra- + ritualism |
| ultraservile | ultra- + servile |
| ultrasimian | ultra- + simian |
| ultraspartan | ultra- + spartan |
| ultrasplendid | ultra- + splendid |
| ultrastylish | ultra- + stylish |
| ultratrivial | ultra- + trivial |
| ultraugly | ultra- + ugly |
| ultrauncommon | ultra- + uncommon |
| ultrazealousness | ultra- + zealousness |
| umbraciousness | umbracious (shady) + -ness |
| umbriferousness | umbriferous (shade-giving) + -ness |
| umpirism | umpire + -ism, the office of umpire |
| unabasedly | un- + abasedly |
| unabasing | un- + abasing |
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