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 |
|---|---|
| ferbams | ferbam + -s |
| ferities | ferity + -ies |
| ferlied | ferly + -ied, wondered |
| ferlies | ferly + -ies, wonders |
| ferlying | ferly + -ing, wondering |
| ferreling | ferrel + -ing, fitting with a ferrule |
| ferrelling | ferrell + -ing, fitting with a ferrule |
| ferruginating | ferruginate + -ing |
| fetologies | fetology + -ies |
| fetted | fet + -ted, obsolete past of fet, fetched |
| feverberries | feverberry + -ies |
| fewneses | fewnes + -es, plural of fewness |
| ficins | ficin + -s, fig proteolytic enzyme |
| fiddlies | fiddly + -ies, ship's stokehold casings |
| fidleys | fidley + -s |
| fiendlier | fiendly + -er, more fiendlike |
| fiendliest | fiendly + -est, most fiendlike |
| filagreing | filagree + -ing |
| filicites | filicite + -s, fossil ferns |
| filigrained | filigrain + -ed, worked in filigree |
| filigreing | filigree + -ing |
| fillagreed | fillagree + -ed, ornamented with filigree |
| fillagreing | fillagree + -ing |
| filmdoms | filmdom + -s |
| filmlands | filmland + -s |
| fimbrillae | fimbrilla + -ae |
| finises | finis + -es |
| finnicking | finnick + -ing, fussing over trifles |
| finochios | finochio + -s, Florence fennel |
| fishybacking | fishyback + -ing, hauling trailers by water |
| fitchered | fitcher + -ed, hampered, bothered |
| fitchering | fitcher + -ing, hampering, bothering |
| fittier | fitty + -er, more neat or proper |
| fittiest | fitty + -est, most neat or proper |
| flagellulae | flagellula + -ae |
| flagfishes | flagfish + -es |
| flamefishes | flamefish + -es |
| flappered | flapper + -ed |
| flappering | flapper + -ing |
| flatworks | flatwork + -s |
| flaughts | flaught + -s (Scots, flakes, gusts) |
| flawier | flawy + -er |
| flawiest | flawy + -est |
| flaxier | flaxy + -er |
| flaxiest | flaxy + -est |
| fleckier | flecky + -er |
| fleckiest | flecky + -est |
| fledgier | fledgy + -er |
| fledgiest | fledgy + -est |
| flerried | flerry + -ied |
| flerrying | flerry + -ing |
| flichtered | flichter + -ed (Scots, to flutter) |
| flichtering | flichter + -ing |
| flichters | flichter + -s |
| fliskier | flisky + -er (Scots, frisky) |
| fliskiest | flisky + -est |
| floorages | floorage + -s |
| floreating | floreate + -ing, to decorate with flowers |
| florulae | florula + -ae (a small local flora) |
| florulas | florula + -s |
| flowcharted | flowchart + -ed |
| flubdubberies | flubdubbery + -ies |
| fluing | flue + -ing, to splay or widen |
| fluorins | fluorin + -s (older spelling of fluorine) |
| foliaging | foliage + -ing |
| footgears | footgear + -s |
| footier | footy + -er (dialect, paltry) |
| footiest | footy + -est |
| fopped | fop + -ed (obs. verb, to fool) |
| fopping | fop + -ing |
| forbidals | forbidal + -s |
| forbysening | forbysen + -ing |
| forches | forche + -s (obs., forks, gallows) |
| forfars | forfar (coarse Forfar linen) + -s |
| forficated | forficate (deeply forked) + -ed |
| forkier | forky (forked) + -ier |
| forkiest | forky (forked) + -iest |
| fowlpoxes | fowlpox + -es |
| foxfires | foxfire + -s |
| foxfishes | foxfish + -es |
| foxinesses | foxiness + -es |
| fozier | fozy (spongy, Scots) + -ier |
| fozinesses | foziness + -es |
| frazed | fraze (to flute, ream) + -ed |
| frazing | fraze (to flute, ream) + -ing |
| freckened | frecken (freckle) + -ed |
| fremituses | fremitus + -es |
| frettier | fretty (heraldry, fretted) + -ier |
| frettiest | fretty (heraldry, fretted) + -iest |
| fritts | fritt (frit) + -s |
| fromenties | fromenty + -ies (frumenty) |
| frontspieces | frontspiece + -s |
| frouzier | frouzy + -er |
| fugitated | fugitate + -ed |
| fugitating | fugitate + -ing |
| fulcrumed | fulcrum + -ed |
| fulcruming | fulcrum + -ing |
| fumigatories | fumigatory + -ies |
| fumishing | fumish + -ing |
| furiouser | furious + -er |
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