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 |
|---|---|
| greeing | gree (to agree) + -ing |
| greenths | greenth (verdure) + -s |
| grewsomer | grewsome (gruesome) + -er |
| grilladed | grillade + -ed |
| grillading | grillade + -ing |
| gripier | gripy + -ier |
| gripiest | gripy + -iest |
| grummels | grummel (gromwell) + -s |
| guaiocums | guaiocum + -s |
| guanases | guanase + -s |
| guanays | guanay + -s |
| gucked | guck + -ed, smeared with guck |
| gulfier | gulfy + -ier |
| gulfiest | gulfy + -iest |
| gulosities | gulosity + -ies |
| gulpier | gulpy + -ier |
| gulpiest | gulpy + -iest |
| gunpoints | gunpoint + -s |
| gustoes | gusto + -es |
| gynics | gynic + -s |
| gypsumed | gypsum + -ed |
| gypsuming | gypsum + -ing |
| gypsydoms | gypsydom + -s |
| gyrectomies | gyrectomy + -ies |
| haafs | haaf + -s, Shetland deep-sea fishing ground |
| habdalahs | habdalah + -s |
| hacklier | hackly + -ier |
| hackliest | hackly + -iest |
| haemagglutinated | haemagglutinate + -d |
| hailstoned | hailstone + -ed |
| halavahs | halavah + -s |
| halenesses | haleness + -es |
| halidomes | halidome + -s |
| halkahs | halkah (halakah) + -s |
| haoris | haori + -s |
| haplites | haplite + -s |
| haplopias | haplopia + -s |
| haploses | haplosis + -es |
| harmins | harmin + -s |
| harshlets | harshlet (haslet) + -s |
| haulmier | haulmy + -ier |
| haulmiest | haulmy + -iest |
| havdalahs | havdalah + -s |
| haviors | havior + -s |
| haviours | haviour (behaviour) + -s |
| hazeled | hazel (vb) + -ed |
| hegumenies | hegumeny + -ies |
| heighted | height (vb) + -ed, raised |
| heized | heize (to hoist) + -ed |
| heizing | heize (to hoist) + -ing |
| helotages | helotage + -s |
| hemagogs | hemagog + -s |
| hematoids | hematoid + -s |
| hemielytra | hemielytron + -a (plural) |
| hempier | hempie + -er, Scots hempie, roguish |
| hempiest | hempie + -est, Scots hempie, roguish |
| hendecahedrons | hendecahedron + -s |
| henequins | henequin + -s, sisal fibre |
| heniquens | heniquen + -s, variant of henequen |
| hepatectomizing | hepatectomize + -ing |
| hepaticoenterostomies | hepaticoenterostomy + -ies |
| hepatoscopies | hepatoscopy + -ies |
| heresiologies | heresiology + -ies |
| hieracosphinges | hieracosphinx + -es |
| highted | hight + -ed, archaic "called, named" |
| hirseled | hirsel + -ed, Scots to sort or herd sheep |
| hirseling | hirsel + -ing |
| hirselled | hirsel + -ed, doubled l |
| hirselling | hirsel + -ing, doubled l |
| hirsled | hirsle + -d, Scots to slide or shuffle |
| hirsles | hirsle + -s |
| hirsling | hirsle + -ing |
| histographies | histography + -ies |
| histotomies | histotomy + -ies |
| hitchier | hitchy + -er |
| hitchiest | hitchy + -est |
| hoactzines | hoactzin + -es |
| hoboisms | hoboism + -s |
| hoddins | hoddin + -s |
| hokypokies | hokypoky + -ies |
| hologonidia | hologonidium + -ia |
| hologynies | hologyny + -ies |
| homiliaries | homiliary + -ies |
| hominesses | hominess + -es |
| hominians | hominian + -s |
| homogonies | homogony + -ies |
| hoodoes | hoodoo + -es |
| hookeys | hookey + -s |
| hookies | hooky + -ies |
| horseier | horsey + -er, comparative |
| horseiest | horsey + -est, superlative |
| hospitalmen | hospitalman + -men, plural |
| howfing | howf + -ing, Scots frequenting a howff |
| humorers | humorer + -s |
| hutzpahs | hutzpah + -s |
| hutzpas | hutzpa + -s |
| hybrises | hybris + -es |
| hydrauluses | hydraulus + -es, water organs |
| hydropses | hydrops + -es (cases of dropsy) |
| hydrotherapeuticians | hydrotherapeutician + -s |
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