Real Words Without Definition
We're sure about this one.
A normal word with something added to the front or the back.
You can read these without being told what they mean. lifehood is life plus -hood. citydom is city plus -dom. musicproof is music plus -proof. Around 21,753 words in the list carry a prefix like un-, non-, over- or anti-.
Nothing is wrong with them. No dictionary bothered to list them because the meaning is obvious from the parts.
24,323 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 | How it is built |
|---|---|
| optableness | optable + -ness (desirableness) |
| optably | optable + -ly (desirably) |
| opticism | optic + -ism |
| opticly | optic + -ly (optically) |
| optimisticalness | optimistical + -ness |
| optoisolate | opto- + isolate (isolate optically) |
| opuscular | opuscul(um) + -ar (of a minor work) |
| oracler | oracle + -er (one who utters oracles) |
| oraculate | oracul- + -ate (to utter as an oracle) |
| orangize | Orange + -ize (make an Orangeman) |
| oratorianism | Oratorian + -ism (system of the Oratory) |
| oratorianize | Oratorian + -ize |
| orbicularness | orbicular + -ness |
| orbific | orb + -ific (world-making) |
| orchideously | orchideous + -ly (orchid-like) |
| ordurousness | ordurous + -ness |
| ored | ore + -ed (containing ore) |
| organicismal | organicism + -al |
| organifier | organify + -er (that which organifies) |
| organizationist | organization + -ist |
| organogenetically | organogenetic + -ally |
| organry | organ + -ry (organ music, organ-playing) |
| orgiasm | orgi- + -asm (orgiastic frenzy) |
| orientization | Orient + -ization |
| orientize | Orient + -ize (make oriental) |
| origenical | Origen + -ical (of Origen) |
| origenize | Origen + -ize (follow Origen) |
| originarily | originary + -ly (in origin, originally) |
| originist | origin + -ist (holder of a doctrine of origins) |
| orleanistic | Orleanist + -ic |
| orpheist | Orphe(us) + -ist (an Orphic) |
| orphize | Orph(eus) + -ize (make Orphic) |
| orphreyed | orphrey + -ed (trimmed with orphrey) |
| orseller | orselle + -er (gatherer or dealer in orchil) |
| orthodoxicalness | orthodoxical + -ness |
| oscillance | oscillant + -ance (oscillation) |
| oscilloscopically | oscilloscopic + -ally |
| osculable | osculate + -able (kissable) |
| oscularity | oscular + -ity |
| ossificatory | ossificat(ion) + -ory (tending to ossify) |
| otherism | other + -ism, regard for others |
| otherist | other + -ist, one who lives for others |
| otterer | otter + -er, an otter-hunter |
| outadmiral | out- + admiral |
| outawe | out- + awe |
| outawed | out- + awed |
| outawing | out- + awing |
| outbade | out- + bade, past of outbid |
| outban | out- + ban |
| outbanned | out- + banned |
| outbanning | out- + banning |
| outbanter | out- + banter |
| outbarter | out- + barter |
| outbat | out- + bat |
| outbatted | out- + batted |
| outbatter | out- + batter |
| outbatting | out- + batting |
| outbeggar | out- + beggar |
| outbend | out- + bend |
| outbetter | out- + better |
| outblacken | out- + blacken |
| outbolting | out- + bolting |
| outborough | out- + borough, an outlying borough |
| outbraid | out- + braid, to upbraid beyond |
| outbreather | outbreathe + -er |
| outbridge | out- + bridge |
| outbridged | out- + bridged |
| outbridging | out- + bridging |
| outcame | out- + came, past of outcome |
| outcavil | out- + cavil |
| outcaviled | out- + caviled |
| outcaviling | out- + caviling |
| outcavilled | out- + cavilled |
| outcavilling | out- + cavilling |
| outcavils | out- + cavils |
| outchid | out- + chid |
| outchidden | out- + chidden |
| outchide | out- + chide |
| outchided | out- + chided |
| outchides | out- + chides |
| outchiding | out- + chiding |
| outcities | out- + cities |
| outcity | out- + city, an outlying city |
| outclerk | out- + clerk, a non-resident clerk |
| outclomb | out- + clomb, past of outclimb |
| outcomplete | out- + complete, to surpass in completeness |
| outcountry | out- + country, outlying country |
| outcricket | out- + cricket, to beat at cricket |
| outcull | out- + cull |
| outcurving | out- + curving |
| outcutting | out- + cutting |
| outdespatch | out- + despatch |
| outdispatch | out- + dispatch |
| outdistrict | out- + district, an outlying district |
| outdragon | out- + dragon |
| outdraught | out- + draught, an outward draft |
| outdropped | out- + dropped |
| outdropping | out- + dropping |
| outeate | out- + eate, obs. spelling of eat |
| outechos | out- + echos |
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