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 |
|---|---|
| unruinously | un- + ruinously |
| unruinousness | un- + ruinousness |
| unrulableness | un- + rulableness, ungovernableness |
| unruledly | un- + ruledly, without rule |
| unruminant | un- + ruminant |
| unruminatingly | un- + ruminatingly |
| unruminative | un- + ruminative |
| unrurally | un- + rurally |
| unrushing | un- + rushing |
| unrustically | un- + rustically |
| unsabered | un- + sabered, not armed with a saber |
| unsabled | un- + sabled, not draped in black |
| unsaccharic | un- + saccharic |
| unsacrament | un- + sacrament, to deprive of the sacrament |
| unsacrificeably | un- + sacrificeably |
| unsacrificially | un- + sacrificially |
| unsacrilegiously | un- + sacrilegiously |
| unsacrilegiousness | un- + sacrilegiousness |
| unsagaciously | un- + sagaciously |
| unsagaciousness | un- + sagaciousness |
| unsagely | un- + sagely |
| unsageness | un- + sageness |
| unsalaciously | un- + salaciously |
| unsalaciousness | un- + salaciousness |
| unsaliently | un- + saliently |
| unsalivating | un- + salivating |
| unsallow | un- + sallow |
| unsallowness | un- + sallowness |
| unsallying | un- + sallying |
| unsaltable | un- + saltable, not able to be salted |
| unsaltatorial | un- + saltatorial (not adapted for leaping) |
| unsaltatory | un- + saltatory |
| unsalubriously | un- + salubriously |
| unsalubriousness | un- + salubriousness |
| unsalutariness | un- + salutariness |
| unsalutatory | un- + salutatory |
| unsalvableness | un- + salvableness |
| unsalvably | un- + salvably |
| unsalvageability | un- + salvageability |
| unsame | un- + same, not the same |
| unsameness | un- + sameness, want of sameness |
| unsanctitude | un- + sanctitude, want of holiness |
| unsaneness | un- + saneness |
| unsanguinarily | un- + sanguinarily |
| unsanguinariness | un- + sanguinariness |
| unsanguinely | un- + sanguinely |
| unsanguineness | un- + sanguineness |
| unsanguineously | un- + sanguineously |
| unsapient | un- + sapient |
| unsapiential | un- + sapiential |
| unsapientially | un- + sapientially |
| unsapiently | un- + sapiently |
| unsarcastical | un- + sarcastical |
| unsardonically | un- + sardonically |
| unsartorially | un- + sartorially |
| unsatanical | un- + satanical |
| unsatanically | un- + satanically |
| unsatcheled | un- + satcheled, carrying no satchel |
| unsatin | un- + satin, not of satin |
| unsatire | un- + satire, absence of satire |
| unsatiric | un- + satiric |
| unsatiricalness | un- + satiricalness |
| unsatirisable | un- + satirisable |
| unsatirize | un- + satirize |
| unsatyrlike | un- + satyrlike |
| unsaurian | un- + saurian |
| unsavagely | un- + savagely |
| unsavageness | un- + savageness |
| unsavingly | un- + savingly |
| unsavor | un- + savor |
| unsavoredly | un- + savoredly |
| unsavoredness | un- + savoredness |
| unsavorly | un- + savorly |
| unscabrous | un- + scabrous |
| unscabrously | un- + scabrously |
| unscabrousness | un- + scabrousness |
| unscalableness | un- + scalableness |
| unscalding | un- + scalding |
| unscaledness | un- + scaledness |
| unscandalised | un- + scandalised (British -ise) |
| unscandalize | un- + scandalize |
| unscandalously | un- + scandalously |
| unscarcely | un- + scarcely |
| unscarceness | un- + scarceness |
| unscenically | un- + scenically |
| unschematically | un- + schematically |
| unschematised | un- + schematised (British -ise) |
| unschemed | un- + schemed |
| unschizoid | un- + schizoid |
| unschizophrenic | un- + schizophrenic |
| unscholar | un- + scholar, one who is no scholar |
| unscholastically | un- + scholastically |
| unschooledly | un- + schooledly |
| unscintillant | un- + scintillant |
| unscolding | un- + scolding |
| unscorching | un- + scorching |
| unscoring | un- + scoring |
| unscottify | un- + Scottify, to strip of Scottish character |
| unscourging | un- + scourging |
| unscouring | un- + scouring |
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