Real Words Without Definition
We're sure about this one.
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 |
|---|---|
| unadmissive | un- + admissive |
| unadmittableness | un- + admittableness |
| unadmonitory | un- + admonitory |
| unadoptably | un- + adoptably |
| unadoptional | un- + adoptional |
| unadoptive | un- + adoptive |
| unadoptively | un- + adoptively |
| unadorableness | un- + adorableness |
| unadorably | un- + adorably |
| unadoration | un- + adoration |
| unadoringly | un- + adoringly |
| unadroit | un- + adroit |
| unadroitly | un- + adroitly |
| unadulating | un- + adulating |
| unadulatory | un- + adulatory |
| unadvancedly | un- + advancedly |
| unadvancedness | un- + advancedness |
| unadvantageousness | un- + advantageousness |
| unadverse | un- + adverse |
| unadversely | un- + adversely |
| unadverseness | un- + adverseness |
| unadvertency | un- + advertency |
| unaestheticism | un- + aestheticism |
| unaffableness | un- + affableness |
| unaffectation | un- + affectation |
| unaffectionateness | un- + affectionateness |
| unaffirmation | un- + affirmation |
| unafflictedly | un- + afflictedly |
| unafflictedness | un- + afflictedness |
| unaffliction | un- + affliction |
| unaffranchised | un- + affranchised |
| unafire | un- + afire |
| unafloat | un- + afloat |
| unagglomerative | un- + agglomerative |
| unagilely | un- + agilely |
| unagitatedness | un- + agitatedness |
| unagitation | un- + agitation |
| unagonize | un- + agonize |
| unagriculturally | un- + agriculturally |
| unairily | un- + airily |
| unalacritous | un- + alacritous |
| unalarm | un- + alarm |
| unalarmingly | un- + alarmingly |
| unalcoholised | un- + alcoholised |
| unaldermanly | un- + aldermanly |
| unalienability | un- + alienability |
| unalimentative | un- + alimentative |
| unallayably | un- + allayably |
| unallegedly | un- + allegedly |
| unallegorically | un- + allegorically |
| unallegorized | un- + allegorized |
| unallergic | un- + allergic |
| unalleviably | un- + alleviably |
| unalleviating | un- + alleviating |
| unalleviatingly | un- + alleviatingly |
| unalleviation | un- + alleviation |
| unalleviative | un- + alleviative |
| unalliedly | un- + alliedly |
| unalliedness | un- + alliedness |
| unallow | un- + allow |
| unallowedly | un- + allowedly |
| unallurable | un- + allurable |
| unallusively | un- + allusively |
| unallusiveness | un- + allusiveness |
| unaloud | un- + aloud |
| unalterative | un- + alterative |
| unamalgamative | un- + amalgamative |
| unamative | un- + amative |
| unamatively | un- + amatively |
| unamazedness | un- + amazedness |
| unamazement | un- + amazement |
| unambidextrousness | un- + ambidextrousness |
| unambient | un- + ambient |
| unambiently | un- + ambiently |
| unambulant | un- + ambulant |
| unambush | un- + ambush |
| unameliorable | un- + ameliorable |
| unameliorative | un- + ameliorative |
| unamend | un- + amend |
| unamendedly | un- + amendedly |
| unamending | un- + amending |
| unamerceable | un- + amerceable |
| unamicability | un- + amicability |
| unamicableness | un- + amicableness |
| unamiss | un- + amiss |
| unammoniated | un- + ammoniated |
| unamorousness | un- + amorousness |
| unamortization | un- + amortization |
| unample | un- + ample |
| unamply | un- + amply |
| unamputative | un- + amputative |
| unamusably | un- + amusably |
| unamusingness | un- + amusingness |
| unanachronistical | un- + anachronistical |
| unanachronistically | un- + anachronistically |
| unanachronous | un- + anachronous |
| unanachronously | un- + anachronously |
| unanaemic | un- + anaemic (British spelling) |
| unanalogically | un- + analogically |
| unanalogized | un- + analogized |
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