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 |
|---|---|
| weathertightness | weathertight + -ness |
| weatherward | weather + -ward, toward the weather side |
| weavement | weave + -ment, weaving, a woven thing |
| weddedly | wedded + -ly |
| weekling | week + -ling, a weekly thing |
| weeply | weep + -ly, tearfully |
| weirdlessness | weirdless (Scots, unlucky) + -ness |
| weirdliness | weirdly + -ness, weirdness |
| weirdward | weird + -ward, toward fate |
| welkinlike | welkin + -like |
| welleresque | Weller + -esque, after Sam Weller in Pickwick |
| wellmost | well + -most, best of all |
| welshlike | Welsh + -like |
| wemless | wem (a blemish) + -less, spotless |
| wemmy | wem (a blemish) + -y, blemished |
| westlandways | westland + -ways, toward the west country |
| westmeless | westme (growth) + -less, fruitless |
| westnorthwestwardly | westnorthwest + -wardly |
| westralianism | Westralian (Western Australian) + -ism |
| wettishness | wettish + -ness |
| whalebacker | whaleback + -er, a whaleback steamer |
| whaly | wale + -y, marked with wales or streaks |
| whangable | whang (to beat) + -able |
| whealy | wheal + -y, covered with weals |
| wheeldom | wheel + -dom, the realm of the wheel |
| wheyeyness | wheyey + -ness |
| wheyisness | wheyish + -ness |
| whiffable | whiff + -able |
| whifflingly | whiffling + -ly |
| whiggarchy | Whig + -archy, rule by Whigs |
| whiggess | Whig + -ess, a female Whig |
| whipship | whip + -ship, the office of a whip |
| whipwise | whip + -wise, in the manner of a whip |
| whiskerandoed | whiskerando + -ed, wearing large whiskers |
| whiskerer | whisker + -er, one who wears whiskers |
| whitefootism | Whitefoot + -ism, the practices of the Whitefeet |
| whitewards | white + -wards, toward white |
| whoreishly | whoreish + -ly |
| whoreishness | whoreish + -ness |
| whoremastery | whoremaster + -y, whoremongering |
| whory | whore + -y, whorish |
| wickedlike | wicked + -like |
| widespreadedly | widespread + -edly |
| wieldableness | wieldable + -ness |
| wightness | wight + -ness, strength or nimbleness |
| wilderedly | wildered + -ly, in a bewildered way |
| wildlike | wild + -like |
| willness | will + -ness, the quality of willing |
| wimblelike | wimble + -like |
| wimpler | wimple + -er, one who wimples |
| windermost | wind + -ermost, furthest to windward |
| windwaywardly | windwayward + -ly |
| winepresser | winepress + -er |
| wingable | wing + -able |
| winklet | wink + -let, a slight wink |
| winnowingly | winnowing + -ly |
| winterishness | winterish + -ness |
| winterliness | winterly + -ness |
| wintrify | wintry + -fy, to make wintry |
| wiseacredness | wiseacred + -ness |
| wiseheartedly | wisehearted + -ly |
| wishness | wish + -ness, wishfulness |
| wistlessness | wistless + -ness, unknowingness |
| witess | wit + -ess, a female wit |
| withen | withe + -en, made of withes |
| witship | wit + -ship, the quality of wit |
| wobegoneness | wobegone + -ness |
| wobegonish | wobegone + -ish |
| woebegonish | woebegone + -ish |
| woeness | woe + -ness, sorrowfulness |
| woldlike | wold + -like |
| woldy | wold + -y, of the open upland |
| wolfen | wolf + -en, wolfish |
| wolfward | wolf + -ward |
| wolfwards | wolf + -wards |
| womanlihood | womanly + -hood, womanliness |
| womanways | woman + -ways, in the manner of a woman |
| woodcockize | woodcock + -ize, to play the fool |
| woolenization | woolenize + -ation |
| woolenize | woolen + -ize |
| woollenize | woollen + -ize |
| wordably | wordable + -ly, in words |
| wordlorist | wordlore + -ist, a student of word lore |
| workwomanly | workwoman + -ly |
| worserment | worser + -ment, a worsening |
| worthward | worth + -ward, tending toward worth |
| woundableness | woundable + -ness |
| wracker | wrack + -er, one who wrecks or plunders wrecks |
| wrapperer | wrapper + -er, one who wraps goods |
| wrappering | wrapper + -ing, material for wrappers |
| wrawler | wrawl + -er, one who caterwauls |
| wrightry | wright + -ry, the craft of a wright |
| wrinkleful | wrinkle + -ful, full of wrinkles |
| wristikin | wrist + -ikin, a little wristband |
| writhedly | writhed + -ly, in a twisted manner |
| writhedness | writhed + -ness |
| wrongrel | wrong + -rel, a wrongdoer; cf. wastrel |
| wrothiness | wrothy + -ness, angriness |
| wrothsome | wroth + -some, angry |
| yammerly | yammer + -ly, lamentably |
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