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 |
|---|---|
| cupolaing | cupola + -ing |
| cuppier | cuppy + -er |
| cuppiest | cuppy + -est |
| cuprums | cuprum + -s (Latin, copper) |
| curfewing | curfew + -ing |
| curiologics | curiologic + -s |
| curneys | curney + -s |
| curnies | curnie + -s |
| curricled | curricle + -ed |
| curricling | curricle + -ing |
| curtalaxes | curtalax + -es |
| curtesies | curtesy + -ies (legal tenancy) |
| curupays | curupay + -s |
| cussos | cusso + -s (Hagenia, anthelmintic) |
| cutises | cutis + -es |
| cutlings | cutling + -s |
| cuttled | cuttle + -ed |
| cuttling | cuttle + -ing |
| cuttoos | cuttoo + -s |
| cuvies | cuvy + -ies |
| cyanometries | cyanometry + -ies |
| cyclometries | cyclometry + -ies |
| cyclotomies | cyclotomy + -ies |
| cylloses | cyllosis + -es, clubfoot deformities |
| cymbaled | cymbal + -ed, furnished with cymbals |
| cypruses | cyprus + -es, pieces of cyprus crape |
| cypseli | cypselus + -i, swifts |
| cystidiums | cystidium + -s, sterile fungal cells |
| cytulae | cytula + -ae, fertilized egg-cells |
| dackered | dacker + -ed, Scots to saunter or waver |
| dackering | dacker + -ing |
| dackers | dacker + -s |
| dacrya | dacryon + -a, craniometric tear points |
| daemonies | daemony + -ies |
| daffled | daffle + -ed |
| daffling | daffle + -ing |
| dainchas | daincha + -s, an Indian fiber plant |
| dairyings | dairying + -s |
| daised | daise + -ed, Scots benumbed with cold |
| daising | daise + -ing, Scots growing numb |
| dalapons | dalapon + -s, a herbicide |
| dameworts | damewort + -s |
| damnabilities | damnability + -ies |
| damndests | damndest + -s |
| dandriffs | dandriff + -s |
| daneweeds | daneweed + -s, dwarf elder |
| darndests | darndest + -s |
| daubier | dauby + -er, more dauby |
| daubries | daubry + -ies |
| dauded | daud + -ed, Scots to strike |
| dauding | daud + -ing |
| daudit | daud + -it, Scots past tense |
| dauties | dautie + -s, Scots darlings |
| dauting | daut + -ing, Scots petting |
| dauts | daut + -s |
| dawtet | dawt + -et, Scots petted |
| dawties | dawtie + -s, Scots darlings |
| dawtit | dawt + -it, Scots petted |
| deaved | deave + -ed (Scots, deafened) |
| deaving | deave + -ing (Scots, deafening) |
| debbies | debby + -ies, debutante-like girls |
| decurrences | decurrence + -s |
| decurrencies | decurrency + -ies |
| decurring | decur + -ing, running down |
| deerflys | deerfly + -s (for deerflies) |
| degames | degame + -s, lemonwood trees |
| degamis | degami + -s, lemonwood trees |
| degreeing | degree + -ing |
| deliciouses | delicious + -es, used as a noun plural |
| dellies | delly + -ies, little dells |
| demonstrationists | demonstrationist + -s |
| depressibilities | depressibility + -ies |
| derries | derry + -ies, ballad refrains or grudges |
| derrises | derris + -es, the plant genus |
| dertra | dertrum + -a, plural of bird bill-tip |
| deucing | deuce + -ing, scoring deuce |
| dewinesses | dewiness + -es |
| dhooras | dhoora + -s, sorghum grain |
| dhourras | dhourra + -s, sorghum grain |
| dhurnas | dhurna + -s, sit-in to compel payment |
| diacetyls | diacetyl + -s |
| dialogged | dialog + -ged, past tense of dialogue |
| dialogging | dialog + -ing |
| diaplases | diaplasis + -es, setting of a fracture |
| diastalses | diastalsis + -es (peristaltic wave) |
| diauli | diaulos + -i (Greek double flute) |
| dickenses | dickens + -es |
| diclinies | dicliny + -ies |
| dicyclies | dicycly + -ies |
| didascaliae | didascalia + -e (Latin plural) |
| didromies | didromy + -ies |
| diduced | diduce + -ed (to draw apart) |
| diducing | diduce + -ing |
| didymiums | didymium + -s |
| didynamies | didynamy + -ies |
| diestrums | diestrum + -s |
| diestruses | diestrus + -es |
| differers | differer + -s |
| diffided | diffide + -ed (to distrust) |
| diffiding | diffide + -ing |
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