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 |
|---|---|
| unshiftiness | un- + shiftiness |
| unshimmeringly | un- + shimmeringly |
| unshirked | un- + shirked |
| unshockability | un- + shockability |
| unshop | un- + shop, to take out of the shop |
| unshore | un- + shore, to take away the prop |
| unshowed | un- + showed |
| unshowering | un- + showering |
| unshowily | un- + showily |
| unshrew | un- + shrew, to cure of shrewishness |
| unshrewdly | un- + shrewdly |
| unshrewdness | un- + shrewdness |
| unshrine | un- + shrine, to take from a shrine |
| unshrinement | un- + shrinement, removal from a shrine |
| unshrinkingness | un- + shrinkingness |
| unshunning | un- + shunning |
| unsiccated | un- + siccated, not dried |
| unsiccative | un- + siccative, not drying |
| unsidereal | un- + sidereal |
| unsiding | un- + siding |
| unsidling | un- + sidling |
| unsiege | un- + siege, to raise a siege |
| unsieged | un- + sieged |
| unsightedly | un- + sightedly |
| unsightless | un- + sightless |
| unsignalised | un- + signalised (British -ise) |
| unsignificancy | un- + significancy |
| unsignificantly | un- + significantly, older un- for in- |
| unsilentious | un- + silentious |
| unsilicated | un- + silicated |
| unsimmered | un- + simmered |
| unsimmering | un- + simmering |
| unsimpering | un- + simpering |
| unsimpleness | un- + simpleness |
| unsimply | un- + simply |
| unsimular | un- + simular, not counterfeit |
| unsimulating | un- + simulating |
| unsimulative | un- + simulative |
| unsimultaneously | un- + simultaneously |
| unsimultaneousness | un- + simultaneousness |
| unsincereness | un- + sincereness |
| unsingularly | un- + singularly |
| unsingularness | un- + singularness |
| unsinisterly | un- + sinisterly |
| unsinisterness | un- + sinisterness |
| unsinnable | un- + sinnable |
| unsinningness | un- + sinningness |
| unsinuate | un- + sinuate, without a wavy margin |
| unsinuated | un- + sinuated |
| unsinuately | un- + sinuately |
| unsinuously | un- + sinuously |
| unsinuousness | un- + sinuousness |
| unsiphon | un- + siphon, to undo a siphon |
| unsizableness | un- + sizableness |
| unsizeableness | un- + sizeableness |
| unskepticalness | un- + skepticalness |
| unskirmished | un- + skirmished |
| unslanderously | un- + slanderously |
| unslanderousness | un- + slanderousness |
| unslanting | un- + slanting |
| unslave | un- + slave, to free from slavery |
| unsleaved | un- + sleaved, not unravelled |
| unslicked | un- + slicked |
| unslimly | un- + slimly |
| unslimmed | un- + slimmed |
| unslimness | un- + slimness |
| unslinking | un- + slinking |
| unslouched | un- + slouched |
| unslouching | un- + slouching |
| unslouchy | un- + slouchy |
| unslow | un- + slow |
| unslowly | un- + slowly |
| unslowness | un- + slowness |
| unsluggishly | un- + sluggishly |
| unsluggishness | un- + sluggishness |
| unslumbery | un- + slumbery, sleepless |
| unslumped | un- + slumped |
| unslumping | un- + slumping |
| unslyly | un- + slyly |
| unslyness | un- + slyness |
| unsmarting | un- + smarting |
| unsmashed | un- + smashed |
| unsmirkingly | un- + smirkingly |
| unsmokified | un- + smokified, not turned to smoke |
| unsmokily | un- + smokily |
| unsmokiness | un- + smokiness |
| unsmoldering | un- + smoldering |
| unsmoothened | un- + smoothened |
| unsmouldering | un- + smouldering (British spelling) |
| unsmoulderingly | un- + smoulderingly (British spelling) |
| unsmugly | un- + smugly |
| unsmugness | un- + smugness |
| unsnaffled | un- + snaffled |
| unsnatch | un- + snatch |
| unsneaking | un- + sneaking |
| unsneaky | un- + sneaky |
| unsneeringly | un- + sneeringly |
| unsnouted | un- + snouted |
| unsnow | un- + snow, to clear of snow |
| unsnug | un- + snug |
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