Real Words Without Definition
We're sure about this one.
A plural or a tense of a word that is already obscure, so the whole thing disappears twice over.
logoes is logo plus -es. landslided is landslide plus -ed. furiouser is furious plus -er. clanning is clan plus -ing.
Dictionaries list the base word and expect you to work out the rest. That works for a reader and not at all for a lookup script.
2,925 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 | The base word |
|---|---|
| eclated | eclat + -ed, to shine forth |
| eclating | eclat + -ing, to shine forth |
| eclipsises | eclipsis + -es |
| ecphoriae | ecphoria + -ae (psychology, mneme theory) |
| ectopatagia | ectopatagium + -a |
| ectropionized | ectropionize + -ed |
| ectropionizing | ectropionize + -ing |
| ecuelling | ecuelle + -ing, citrus-oil extraction |
| edacities | edacity + -ies |
| edificing | edifice (vb) + -ing |
| effluvias | effluvia + -s, double plural |
| eglateres | eglatere + -s, eglantine |
| egurgitated | egurgitate + -ed |
| egurgitating | egurgitate + -ing |
| eighthes | eighth + -es, archaic plural |
| eightvos | eightvo + -s, octavo volumes |
| elaeothesia | elaeothesium + -a, plural |
| elains | elain + -s, olein |
| elinguated | elinguate + -ed |
| elinguating | elinguate + -ing |
| elmier | elmy + -er |
| elmiest | elmy + -est |
| eluating | eluate + -ing, chemistry |
| embrasuring | embrasure + -ing |
| embryotegae | embryotega + -ae, plural |
| embryulci | embryulcus + -i, plural |
| embryulcuses | embryulcus + -es |
| emeroids | emeroid + -s |
| emetines | emetine + -s |
| emetins | emetin + -s, emetine |
| encephalotomies | encephalotomy + -ies |
| endamebae | endameba + -ae |
| endamebas | endameba + -s |
| endoconidia | endoconidium + -a |
| endosarcs | endosarc + -s |
| endosteomas | endosteoma + -s |
| endosteomata | endosteoma + -ata |
| endostraca | endostracum + -a |
| enolizing | enolize + -ing |
| enologies | enology + -ies, wine science |
| enosises | enosis + -es, unions with Greece |
| enows | enow + -s, archaic enough |
| enrapted | enrapt + -ed |
| enrapting | enrapt + -ing |
| enrapts | enrapt + -s |
| entasias | entasia + -s, tonic spasms |
| entelluses | entellus + -es, langur monkeys |
| entirities | entirity + -ies, obs. entireties |
| entrymen | entryman + -men, plural |
| entypies | entypy + -ies, embryological entypy |
| enuresises | enuresis + -es |
| eonisms | eonism + -s, transvestism after d'Éon |
| epencephalons | epencephalon + -s |
| epigynies | epigyny + -ies, botanical epigyny |
| epiphonemae | epiphonema + -ae |
| epipleurae | epipleura + -ae |
| episcenia | episcenium + -a |
| epistomata | epistoma + -ta |
| epithalami | epithalamus + -i |
| epizoisms | epizoism + -s |
| equinities | equinity + -ies |
| erectilities | erectility + -ies |
| erotogeneses | erotogenesis + -es |
| erratums | erratum + -s |
| ervils | ervil + -s |
| essancias | essancia + -s |
| essencing | essence + -ing |
| estafetted | estafette + -ed, sent by courier |
| esthesises | esthesis + -es |
| ethions | ethion + -s (ethyl radical compound) |
| ethnogenies | ethnogeny + -ies |
| eupepsias | eupepsia + -s |
| eupepsies | eupepsy + -ies |
| eupnoeas | eupnoea + -s |
| eutaxies | eutaxy + -ies |
| evected | evect + -ed, carried up or away |
| excurvated | excurvate + -ed |
| exocrinologies | exocrinology + -ies |
| extradicted | extradict + -ed (obs. var. of extradite) |
| extradicting | extradict + -ing |
| eyednesses | eyedness + -es |
| facier | facy + -er, more impudent |
| faciest | facy + -est, most impudent |
| fadding | fad + -ing, indulging in fads |
| fanums | fanum + -s, Latin temples |
| farandmen | plural of farandman |
| farcers | farcer + -s |
| farfels | farfel + -s |
| farles | farl + -es, Scots oatcake quarters |
| fastigiums | fastigium + -s |
| fatiguabilities | fatiguability + -ies |
| fauvisms | fauvism + -s |
| favellae | favella + -ae, cystocarps of red algae |
| faveoluli | plural of faveolulus, a small pit |
| favuses | favus + -es |
| fawnier | fawny + -er, more fawn-coloured |
| fawniest | fawny + -est |
| featlier | featly + -er, more neatly |
| fellnesses | fellness + -es |
| feracities | feracity + -ies |
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