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 |
|---|---|
| yankeeist | Yankee + -ist |
| yapster | yap + -ster, one that yaps |
| yearnling | yearn + -ling, one that yearns |
| yeomaness | yeoman + -ess, a woman yeoman |
| yeomanwise | yeoman + -wise, after the manner of a yeoman |
| yieldableness | yieldable + -ness |
| yodelist | yodel + -ist, a yodeller |
| yogeeism | yogee + -ism, the practice of the yogis |
| yokage | yoke + -age, a fee for hauling with a yoke |
| yokeableness | yokeable + -ness |
| yokeage | yoke + -age, spelled with the e; cf. yokage |
| yondmost | yond + -most, farthest off |
| yondward | yond + -ward, toward that place |
| youthfullity | youthful + -ity, youthfulness |
| youthily | youthy + -ly, youthfully |
| youthiness | youthy + -ness, youthfulness |
| youthlikeness | youthlike + -ness |
| youward | you + -ward, toward you |
| youwards | youward + -s |
| zanyship | zany + -ship, the character of a zany |
| zeallessness | zealless + -ness, want of zeal |
| zigzagways | zigzag + -ways, in a zigzag course |
| zoophytish | zoophyte + -ish, somewhat like a zoophyte |
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