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 |
|---|---|
| unwilier | un- + wilier, comparative of unwily |
| unwilily | un- + wilily |
| unwiliness | un- + wiliness |
| unwilledness | un- + willed + -ness |
| unwimple | un- + wimple, to take off a wimple |
| unwingable | un- + wingable |
| unwink | un- + wink, to open the eyes |
| unwinly | un- + winly (obsolete: pleasantly) |
| unwinter | un- + winter, to rid of winter |
| unwirable | un- + wirable |
| unwistfully | un- + wistfully |
| unwistfulness | un- + wistfulness |
| unwithholden | un- + withholden |
| unwithholding | un- + withholding |
| unwithstanding | un- + withstanding |
| unwitless | un- + witless |
| unwoefully | un- + woefully |
| unwoefulness | un- + woefulness |
| unwoful | un- + woful (variant of woeful) |
| unwonderfully | un- + wonderfully |
| unwoof | un- + woof, to unweave |
| unwordily | un- + wordily |
| unworminess | un- + worminess |
| unwoundableness | un- + woundableness |
| unwrappered | un- + wrappered, without a wrapper |
| unwrathfulness | un- + wrathfulness |
| unwreaken | un- + wreaken (old pp of wreak), unavenged |
| unwrestedly | un- + wrestedly |
| unwrongfully | un- + wrongfully |
| unwrongfulness | un- + wrongfulness |
| unyearned | un- + yearned |
| unzephyrlike | un- + zephyrlike |
| upaisle | up- + aisle, up the aisle |
| upalley | up- + alley, up the alley |
| uparise | up- + arise, to rise up |
| uparm | up- + arm, to raise the arm |
| upattic | up- + attic, up in the attic |
| upavenue | up- + avenue, up the avenue |
| upband | up- + band, to bind up |
| upbank | up- + bank, up the bank |
| upbelt | up- + belt, to belt up |
| upblacken | up- + blacken |
| upbolster | up- + bolster, to bolster up |
| upbolt | up- + bolt, to start up |
| upbotch | up- + botch, to patch up |
| upboulevard | up- + boulevard, up the boulevard |
| upbristle | up- + bristle, to bristle up |
| upbrook | up- + brook, up the brook |
| upbrow | up- + brow, up the brow of a hill |
| upbuilder | up- + builder, one who upbuilds |
| upbuy | up- + buy, to buy up |
| upcanal | up- + canal, up the canal |
| upcarry | up- + carry, to carry up |
| upcatch | up- + catch, to catch up |
| upchamber | up- + chamber, an upper chamber |
| upchannel | up- + channel, up the channel |
| upchariot | up- + chariot, to raise in a chariot |
| upchaunce | up- + chaunce (old spelling of chance) |
| upchimney | up- + chimney, up the chimney |
| upchoke | up- + choke, to choke up |
| upcity | up- + city, up in the city |
| upclimber | up- + climber, one who climbs up |
| upcloser | up- + closer, one who closes up |
| upcock | up- + cock, to cock up |
| upcolumn | up- + column, up the column |
| upcourse | up- + course, an upward course |
| upcover | up- + cover, to cover up |
| upcrane | up- + crane, to hoist up |
| upcrop | up- + crop, to crop up |
| upcrowd | up- + crowd, to crowd upward |
| upcushion | up- + cushion, to cushion up |
| updeck | up- + deck, an upper deck |
| updelve | up- + delve, to dig up |
| updress | up- + dress, to dress up |
| updrink | up- + drink, to drink up |
| upfeed | up- + feed, feeding from below |
| upfingered | up- + fingered, with fingers raised |
| upflee | up- + flee, to flee upward |
| upfollow | up- + follow, to follow up |
| upframe | up- + frame, to frame up |
| upgale | up- + gale, to blow up as a gale |
| upgape | up- + gape, to gape upward |
| upget | up- + get, to get up |
| upglean | up- + glean, to glean up |
| upgorge | up- + gorge, to disgorge |
| upgrave | up- + grave, to dig up |
| upgully | up- + gully, up the gully |
| uphale | up- + hale, to haul up |
| upharbor | up- + harbor, up the harbor |
| uphasp | up- + hasp, to fasten up |
| upheal | up- + heal, to heal up |
| upheaven | up- + heaven (pp of heave), heaved up |
| upholsterydom | upholstery + -dom, the upholstery trade |
| upisland | up- + island, inland on an island |
| upknell | up- + knell, to sound up |
| uplake | up- + lake, up the lake |
| uplane | up- + lane, up the lane |
| uplick | up- + lick, to lick up |
| upliftitis | uplift + -itis, a mania for uplift |
| uplimb | up- + limb, up the limb |
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