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 |
|---|---|
| archpractice | arch- + practice |
| archprelatic | arch- + prelatic |
| archprelatical | arch- + prelatical |
| archpresbyterate | arch- + presbyterate |
| archpretender | arch- + pretender |
| archpriestship | archpriest + -ship |
| archprince | arch- + prince |
| archprophet | arch- + prophet |
| archprotopope | arch- + protopope (chief archpriest) |
| archprototype | arch- + prototype |
| archpublican | arch- + publican |
| archpuritan | arch- + puritan |
| archradical | arch- + radical |
| archrascal | arch- + rascal |
| archreactionary | arch- + reactionary |
| archrebel | arch- + rebel |
| archregent | arch- + regent |
| archrepresentative | arch- + representative |
| archrobber | arch- + robber |
| archruler | arch- + ruler |
| archsacrificator | arch- + sacrificator |
| archsacrificer | arch- + sacrificer |
| archsaint | arch- + saint |
| archsatrap | arch- + satrap |
| archscoundrel | arch- + scoundrel |
| archseducer | arch- + seducer |
| archsee | arch- + see (archiepiscopal see) |
| archsewer | arch- + sewer (chief table officer) |
| archshepherd | arch- + shepherd |
| archsnob | arch- + snob |
| archspirit | arch- + spirit |
| archspy | arch- + spy |
| archsteward | arch- + steward |
| archswindler | arch- + swindler |
| archsynagogue | arch- + synagogue (ruler of the synagogue) |
| archtempter | arch- + tempter |
| archthief | arch- + thief |
| archturncoat | arch- + turncoat |
| archtyrant | arch- + tyrant |
| archurger | arch- + urger |
| archvagabond | arch- + vagabond |
| archvampire | arch- + vampire |
| archvestryman | arch- + vestryman |
| archvisitor | arch- + visitor |
| archwag | arch- + wag (chief jester) |
| archwench | arch- + wench |
| archworker | arch- + worker |
| archworkmaster | arch- + workmaster |
| arcticologist | arctic + -ologist |
| arcticology | arctic + -ology |
| arctogaean | Arctogaea + -an |
| aready | a- + ready (in readiness) |
| areasoner | areason + -er (one who questions) |
| arianist | Arian + -ist (follower of Arius) |
| arianistical | Arianistic + -al |
| aridge | a- + ridge (on edge, ridgewise) |
| aridian | arid + -ian (of arid regions) |
| aristorepublicanism | aristo- + republicanism |
| arithmic | arithm- + -ic (numerical, arithmetical) |
| armoried | armory + -ed (bearing armorial bearings) |
| armorwise | armor + -wise |
| aroast | a- + roast, roasting |
| arock | a- + rock, rocking, in motion |
| aromacity | aroma + -acity, aromatic quality |
| arraignability | arraign + -ability |
| arraignableness | arraignable + -ness |
| arrantness | arrant + -ness |
| arrentable | arrent + -able, lettable at rent |
| arrogatingly | arrogating + -ly |
| arteried | artery + -ed, furnished with arteries |
| articulationist | articulation + -ist, teacher of speech |
| artize | art + -ize, to practise art |
| artlet | art + -let, a petty art or artist |
| asbestoidal | asbestoid + -al, asbestos-like |
| aseptify | aseptic + -ify, to render aseptic |
| aslaver | a- + slaver, slavering |
| aslop | a- + slop, in a slopping manner |
| asmack | a- + smack, with a smack |
| asmile | a- + smile, smiling |
| asouth | a- + south, southward |
| asperly | asper + -ly, harshly, roughly |
| asperness | asper + -ness, roughness |
| aspiree | aspire + -ee, one aspired to |
| aspring | a- + spring, springing up |
| asquare | a- + square, squarely |
| assassinist | assassin + -ist, an assassinator |
| assertingly | asserting + -ly |
| assessionary | assession + -ary, relating to assession |
| assidually | assidual + -ly, assiduously |
| assify | ass + -ify, to make an ass of |
| assignably | assignable + -ly |
| assistanted | assistant + -ed, provided with an assistant |
| assistency | assist + -ency, assistance |
| assizement | assize + -ment, an assizing |
| associationalism | associational + -ism |
| associationalist | associational + -ist |
| assortive | assort + -ive, tending to assort |
| assuagable | assuage + -able |
| assyroid | Assyro- + -oid, Assyrian in type |
| astalk | a- + stalk, stalking |
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