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 |
|---|---|
| underrenting | under- + renting |
| underriddle | under- + riddle, to sift beneath |
| underrigged | under- + rigged, insufficiently rigged |
| underriver | under- + river, beneath a river |
| underroarer | under- + roarer, one that roars below |
| underrogue | under- + rogue, a lesser rogue |
| underroll | under- + roll, to roll beneath |
| underroller | under- + roller, a lower roller |
| underrower | under- + rower, a subordinate rower |
| underrule | under- + rule, to rule under another |
| underruled | under- + ruled |
| underruler | under- + ruler, a subordinate ruler |
| underruling | under- + ruling |
| undersail | under- + sail, a lower sail |
| undersally | under- + sally |
| undersap | under- + sap, to sap from beneath |
| undersavior | under- + savior, a subordinate savior |
| undersaw | under- + saw, to saw from beneath |
| underscale | under- + scale, a lower scale |
| underscheme | under- + scheme, a subordinate scheme |
| underschool | under- + school, a lower school |
| underscoop | under- + scoop, to scoop from beneath |
| underscriber | under- + scriber, one who writes below |
| underscript | under- + script, writing placed below |
| underscrupulously | under- + scrupulously, with too little scruple |
| underseam | under- + seam, a lower seam |
| undersect | under- + sect, a subordinate sect |
| underseedman | under- + seedman, an assistant seedsman |
| undersequence | under- + sequence, a subordinate sequence |
| underservice | under- + service, subordinate service |
| undersettle | under- + settle, to settle or prop beneath |
| undersettler | under- + settler, a subtenant |
| undersettling | under- + settling |
| undersharp | under- + sharp, somewhat sharp |
| undersheathing | under- + sheathing, an inner sheathing |
| undershield | under- + shield, a shield beneath |
| undershine | under- + shine, to shine from beneath |
| undershining | under- + shining |
| undershire | under- + shire, a subdivision of a shire |
| undershone | under- + shone, past of undershine |
| undershore | under- + shore, to prop from beneath |
| undershored | under- + shored |
| undershoring | under- + shoring |
| undershorten | under- + shorten |
| undershrieve | under- + shrieve (sheriff), an under-sheriff |
| undershrievery | undershrieve + -ry, the office of under-sheriff |
| undershrubbiness | undershrubby + -ness |
| undersignalman | under- + signalman, an assistant signalman |
| undersignalmen | under- + signalmen, plural |
| undersitter | under- + sitter, one who sits below |
| undersluice | under- + sluice, a sluice at the bottom |
| undersneer | under- + sneer, a covert sneer |
| undersomething | under- + something |
| undersorcerer | under- + sorcerer, a subordinate sorcerer |
| undersort | under- + sort, the lower sort |
| undersoul | under- + soul, the deeper soul |
| undersound | under- + sound, a sound beneath |
| underspan | under- + span, to span from beneath |
| underspar | under- + spar, a lower spar |
| underspinner | under- + spinner, an assistant spinner |
| undersplice | under- + splice, to splice beneath |
| underspliced | under- + spliced |
| undersplicing | under- + splicing |
| underspore | under- + spore, a spore borne beneath |
| underspreading | under- + spreading, spreading beneath |
| underspring | under- + spring, to spring from beneath |
| undersprout | under- + sprout, a sprout from below |
| understain | under- + stain, to stain beneath |
| understamp | under- + stamp |
| understay | under- + stay, a stay placed beneath |
| understem | under- + stem, the lower stem |
| understimuli | under- + stimuli, plural |
| understimulus | under- + stimulus, a weak stimulus |
| understrain | under- + strain, to strain too little |
| understrapped | under- + strapped, strapped beneath |
| understrew | under- + strew, to strew beneath |
| understrewed | under- + strewed |
| understricken | under- + stricken, struck from beneath |
| understride | under- + stride, to stride beneath |
| understriding | under- + striding |
| understrife | under- + strife, covert strife |
| understrike | under- + strike, to strike from below |
| understriking | under- + striking |
| understring | under- + string, a lower string |
| understruck | under- + struck, past of understrike |
| understruction | under- + struction, a substructure |
| understuff | under- + stuff, stuffing placed beneath |
| understuffing | under- + stuffing |
| undersuggestion | under- + suggestion, a covert suggestion |
| underswain | under- + swain, a subordinate swain |
| underswamp | under- + swamp |
| undersward | under- + sward, beneath the turf |
| underswearer | under- + swearer, a subordinate swearer |
| undersweat | under- + sweat |
| undersweeping | under- + sweeping, sweeping beneath |
| underswept | under- + swept |
| undertakingly | undertaking + -ly |
| undertalk | under- + talk, talk in an undertone |
| undertapster | under- + tapster, an assistant tapster |
| underteamed | under- + teamed, drawn by too small a team |
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