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 |
|---|---|
| unjovially | un- + jovially |
| unjubilantly | un- + jubilantly |
| unjudicative | un- + judicative |
| unjudiciable | un- + judiciable |
| unjuicily | un- + juicily |
| unjuridic | un- + juridic |
| unjuridical | un- + juridical |
| unjuridically | un- + juridically |
| unjustification | un- + justification |
| unjustled | un- + justled, old form of jostled |
| unjuvenilely | un- + juvenilely |
| unjuvenileness | un- + juvenileness |
| unkaiserlike | un- + kaiserlike |
| unkennedness | un- + kenned + -ness, unknownness |
| unkidnaped | un- + kidnaped |
| unkindledness | un- + kindledness |
| unkinger | unking + -er, one who deposes a king |
| unkinlike | un- + kinlike |
| unknave | un- + knave, to strip of knavery |
| unlabialise | un- + labialise, phonetics |
| unlabialised | un- + labialised |
| unlabialising | un- + labialising |
| unlabialize | un- + labialize |
| unlabializing | un- + labializing |
| unlaborable | un- + laborable, not able to be worked |
| unlacerating | un- + lacerating |
| unladled | un- + ladled |
| unladyfied | un- + ladyfied, not made ladylike |
| unlanguidly | un- + languidly |
| unlanguidness | un- + languidness |
| unlarcenous | un- + larcenous |
| unlarcenously | un- + larcenously |
| unlasher | unlash + -er, one who unlashes |
| unlath | un- + lath, to strip of laths |
| unlaudableness | un- + laudableness |
| unlaudative | un- + laudative |
| unlawly | unlaw + -ly, unlawfully |
| unleaflike | un- + leaflike |
| unleaguer | un- + leaguer, to raise a siege |
| unlearnableness | un- + learnableness |
| unlecherously | un- + lecherously |
| unlecherousness | un- + lecherousness |
| unledged | un- + ledged, without a ledge |
| unleft | un- + left, not left behind |
| unlegalness | un- + legalness |
| unlegate | un- + legate, to deprive of a legateship |
| unlegible | un- + legible, illegible |
| unlegislatively | un- + legislatively |
| unlethally | un- + lethally |
| unlethargic | un- + lethargic |
| unlethargical | un- + lethargical |
| unlethargically | un- + lethargically |
| unletteredly | un- + letteredly, in an unlettered way |
| unleviable | un- + leviable, not able to be levied |
| unlexicographically | un- + lexicographically |
| unlibellously | un- + libellously |
| unlibelous | un- + libelous |
| unlibelously | un- + libelously |
| unliberalised | un- + liberalised |
| unliberally | un- + liberally |
| unlibidinously | un- + libidinously |
| unlicentiated | un- + licentiated, holding no licence |
| unlicentiously | un- + licentiously |
| unlicentiousness | un- + licentiousness |
| unlie | un- + lie, to take back a lie |
| unligable | un- + ligable, not able to be bound |
| unlightedly | un- + lightedly |
| unlimberness | un- + limberness |
| unlimitableness | un- + limitableness |
| unlimp | un- + limp, not limp |
| unlionised | un- + lionised, not made a celebrity |
| unliquescent | un- + liquescent, not melting |
| unliquidation | un- + liquidation |
| unlisty | un- + listy, listless |
| unliteralised | un- + literalised |
| unliteralized | un- + literalized |
| unlithographic | un- + lithographic |
| unlitigating | un- + litigating |
| unlitigious | un- + litigious |
| unlitigiously | un- + litigiously |
| unlitigiousness | un- + litigiousness |
| unliturgize | un- + liturgize |
| unlivability | un- + livability |
| unliver | unlive + -er, one who unlives something |
| unliveries | un- + livery, plural unliveries |
| unlivery | un- + livery, without livery |
| unloafing | un- + loafing |
| unloanably | un- + loanably |
| unloaning | un- + loaning |
| unloathful | un- + loathful |
| unloathly | un- + loathly, not loathsome |
| unloathness | un- + loathness, willingness |
| unlobbying | un- + lobbying |
| unlocalisable | un- + localisable |
| unlocalise | un- + localise |
| unlocalising | un- + localising |
| unlocative | un- + locative |
| unlogicalness | un- + logicalness |
| unlogistic | un- + logistic |
| unlogistical | un- + logistical |
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