Real Words Without Definition
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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 |
|---|---|
| dimerisms | dimerism + -s |
| dimethyls | dimethyl + -s |
| diminuendoed | diminuendo + -ed |
| diminuendoes | diminuendo + -es |
| dimissaries | dimissary + -ies (letters dimissory) |
| dimitted | dimit + -ed (to dismiss, to grant) |
| dimitting | dimit + -ing |
| dingled | dingle + -ed (to ring, to tinkle) |
| dingling | dingle + -ing |
| diobolons | diobolon + -s |
| dioecisms | dioecism + -s |
| diphthonged | diphthong + -ed |
| diphthonging | diphthong + -ing |
| diplacuses | diplacusis + -es (double hearing) |
| dipleurulas | dipleurula + -s |
| diplomaing | diploma + -ing (verb, to diploma) |
| diploses | diplosis + -es |
| diptycas | diptyca + -s |
| dirled | dirl + -ed (Scots, to vibrate) |
| dirls | dirl + -s |
| discrepated | discrepate + -ed (obs., to differ) |
| discrepating | discrepate + -ing |
| dishevelments | dishevelment + -s |
| dismembrated | dismembrate + -ed |
| dispensated | dispensate + -ed |
| dispensating | dispensate + -ing |
| dispergated | dispergate + -ed |
| dispergating | dispergate + -ing |
| disquisited | disquisit + -ed |
| disquisiting | disquisit + -ing |
| dissemblies | dissembly + -ies |
| dissyllabised | dissyllabise + -d |
| dissyllabising | dissyllabise + -ing |
| distomes | distome + -s |
| ditheisms | ditheism + -s |
| diurons | diuron + -s, the herbicide |
| divelled | divell + -ed, to tear apart |
| divelling | divell + -ing, to tear apart |
| dixits | dixit + -s, ipse dixits |
| dobroes | dobro + -es, resonator guitars |
| dodoisms | dodoism + -s |
| dogbodies | dogbody + -ies |
| dogdoms | dogdom + -s |
| doggereled | doggerel + -ed |
| doggerelled | doggerel + -led |
| doggerelling | doggerel + -ling |
| dominicks | dominick + -s, a breed of fowl |
| dopinesses | dopiness + -es |
| dormins | dormin + -s, plant dormancy hormone |
| dourahs | dourah + -s, durra grain sorghum |
| dourines | dourine + -s, trypanosome disease of horses |
| dowsabels | dowsabel + -s, sweethearts |
| dozened | dozen (Scots, to benumb) + -ed, stupefied |
| dozening | dozen (Scots, to benumb) + -ing |
| dozinesses | doziness + -es |
| draegermen | draegerman, plural -men |
| draffier | draffy + -er, more dreggy or worthless |
| draffiest | draffy + -est, most dreggy |
| dragaded | dragade + -ed |
| dragading | dragade + -ing |
| drammocks | drammock + -s, Scots raw oatmeal and water |
| drearies | dreary (n.) + -ies, dreary things |
| dreks | drek + -s, Yiddish, rubbish |
| drogermen | drogerman + -men, plural, dragomans |
| droughermen | drougherman + -men, plural, var. of dragoman |
| droukan | drouk (Scots, to drench) + -an, drenching |
| drouked | drouk (Scots, to drench) + -ed |
| drouket | drouk + -et, Scots pp., drenched |
| drouking | drouk (Scots, to drench) + -ing |
| drouks | drouk (Scots, to drench) + -s |
| drumlier | drumly + -er, more turbid or gloomy |
| drumliest | drumly + -est, most turbid or gloomy |
| drunkeries | drunkery + -ies, drinking houses |
| duecentos | duecento + -s, Italian 13th centuries |
| duenesses | dueness + -es |
| dulcets | dulcet + -s (sweet-toned organ stops) |
| dunkled | dunkle + -ed (Scots, to dent) |
| dunkling | dunkle + -ing (Scots, to dent) |
| dunnaged | dunnage + -ed (nautical) |
| dunnaging | dunnage + -ing (nautical) |
| dunnesses | dunness + -es |
| dunnites | dunnite + -s (ammonium picrate) |
| duplified | duplify + -ied |
| duplifying | duplify + -ing |
| durneder | durned + -er (comparative) |
| duvetines | duvetine + -s (a napped fabric) |
| dynamogeneses | dynamogenesis + -es |
| dyscrased | dyscrase + -ed |
| dyscrasing | dyscrase + -ing |
| dystaxias | dystaxia + -s |
| dyvours | dyvour + -s (Scots, a bankrupt) |
| earthsets | earthset + -s (setting of the earth) |
| earwaxes | earwax + -es |
| easted | east + -ed (to move eastward) |
| ebbets | ebbet + -s (dialect, a newt) |
| eccentring | eccentre + -ing, to set off centre |
| ecdysons | ecdyson + -s (moulting hormone) |
| ecesises | ecesis + -es |
| eched | eche + -ed (obs., to eke out) |
| eching | eche + -ing (obs., to eke out) |
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