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
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| Word, sorted Z to A | How it is built |
|---|---|
| uplimber | up- + limber, to limber up a gun |
| uploop | up- + loop, to loop up |
| upmast | up- + mast, up the mast |
| upperch | up- + perch, to perch up |
| upperhandism | upper hand + -ism, seeking the upper hand |
| upplow | up- + plow, to plow up |
| uppoint | up- + point, to point upward |
| uppoise | up- + poise, to poise aloft |
| uppop | up- + pop, to pop up |
| upprick | up- + prick, to prick up |
| uppuff | up- + puff, to puff up |
| uppull | up- + pull, to pull up |
| uppush | up- + push, to push up |
| uprein | up- + rein, to rein up |
| uprender | up- + render, to give up |
| uprestore | up- + restore, to restore again |
| uprid | up- + rid, to clear up |
| uprisement | uprise + -ment, a rising up |
| uprive | up- + rive, to tear up |
| uproad | up- + road, up the road |
| uproarer | uproar + -er, one who makes an uproar |
| uproariness | uproar + -iness, uproariousness |
| uproom | up- + room, an upper room |
| uproute | up- + rout(e), to root up |
| upsaddle | up- + saddle, to saddle up |
| upscrew | up- + screw, to screw up |
| upseize | up- + seize, to seize up |
| upshaft | up- + shaft, up the shaft |
| upshear | up- + shear, to shear up |
| upsheath | up- + sheath, to sheathe up |
| upshoulder | up- + shoulder, to shoulder up |
| upshove | up- + shove, to shove up |
| upsilonism | upsilon + -ism, use of the letter upsilon |
| upsit | up- + sit, to sit up |
| upsitten | up- + sitten, old past participle of upsit |
| upsitting | up- + sitting, sitting up after childbirth |
| upslip | up- + slip, to slip up |
| upsmite | up- + smite, to strike upward |
| upsoak | up- + soak, to soak up |
| upspeed | up- + speed, to speed up |
| upspin | up- + spin, to spin up |
| upspire | up- + spire, to shoot up |
| upsprinkle | up- + sprinkle, to sprinkle up |
| upstamp | up- + stamp, to stamp up |
| upstaunch | up- + staunch, to staunch up |
| upsteam | up- + steam, to steam upward |
| upstem | up- + stem, to breast a current |
| upstraight | up- + straight, to straighten up |
| upstretch | up- + stretch, to stretch up |
| upstruggle | up- + struggle, to struggle up |
| upsun | up- + sun, toward the sun |
| upsup | up- + sup, to sup up |
| uptable | up- + table, to set on the table |
| uptemper | up- + temper, to raise the temper of |
| uptend | up- + tend, to tend upward |
| uptide | up- + tide, up the tide |
| uptrack | up- + track, up the track |
| uptrail | up- + trail, up the trail |
| uptrill | up- + trill, to trill upward |
| uptrunk | up- + trunk, up the trunk |
| uptruss | up- + truss, to truss up |
| uptube | up- + tube, an upward tube |
| uptuck | up- + tuck, to tuck up |
| uptwined | up- + twined, twined upward |
| upvomit | up- + vomit, to vomit up |
| upwall | up- + wall, to wall up |
| upwax | up- + wax, to grow up |
| upway | up- + way, an upward way |
| upwhelm | up- + whelm, to heave up |
| upwhir | up- + whir, to whir upward |
| upwork | up- + work, to work up |
| upwring | up- + wring, to wring up |
| upyard | up- + yard, up the yard |
| upyoke | up- + yoke, to yoke up |
| urbanolatry | urban + -olatry, worship of city life |
| urbic | urb- + -ic, of the city |
| urbification | urbify + -ication, making urban |
| urbify | urb- + -ify, to make urban |
| urgeful | urge + -ful |
| urinousness | urinous + -ness |
| uromantist | uromantia + -ist, a diviner by urine |
| usedly | used + -ly, customarily |
| usherism | usher + -ism |
| usucapionary | usucapion + -ary, of title by long possession |
| usucaptable | usucapt + -able, obtainable by usucaption |
| vacantry | vacant + -ry, emptiness |
| vacuefy | vacu- + -efy, to make empty |
| vagabondager | vagabondage + -r, one who lives as a vagabond |
| vagabondia | vagabond + -ia, the land of vagabonds |
| vagarisome | vagary + -some, full of vagaries |
| valetudinarist | valetudinar(y) + -ist, an invalid |
| vandemonianism | Vandemonian + -ism, Tasmanian convict lawlessness |
| vanitarianism | vanitarian + -ism, devotion to vanity |
| vanitied | vanity + -ed, given to vanity |
| vaporiferousness | vaporiferous + -ness |
| vaporiness | vapory + -ness |
| vaporizability | vaporizable + -ity |
| vaporoseness | vaporose + -ness |
| varsiter | varsity + -er, a university man |
| vasewise | vase + -wise, in the manner of a vase |
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