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 |
|---|---|
| overweakly | over- + weakly |
| overweakness | over- + weakness |
| overweave | over- + weave |
| overweb | over- + web |
| overweep | over- + weep |
| overwelt | over- + welt |
| overwend | over- + wend |
| overwheel | over- + wheel |
| overwhirl | over- + whirl |
| overwhisper | over- + whisper |
| overwidely | over- + widely |
| overwideness | over- + wideness |
| overwildly | over- + wildly |
| overwildness | over- + wildness |
| overwilily | over- + wilily |
| overwillingness | over- + willingness |
| overwisdom | over- + wisdom |
| overwoman | over- + woman |
| overwomanize | over- + womanize |
| overwood | over- + wood |
| overwoody | over- + woody |
| overwove | over- + wove, past of overweave |
| overwoven | over- + woven |
| overzeals | over- + zeals |
| ovisaclike | ovisac + -like |
| ovoelliptic | ovo- + elliptic, egg-shaped and elliptic |
| owenize | Owen + -ize, to follow Robert Owen |
| ownhood | own + -hood |
| oxmanship | oxman + -ship, skill in driving oxen |
| oxonolatry | Oxon- + -latry, worship of Oxford |
| pabulatory | pabulate + -ory, relating to feeding |
| pacately | pacate + -ly, calmly |
| pacemake | back-formation from pacemaker |
| pachadom | pacha + -dom, pashadom |
| pacificistic | pacificist + -ic |
| pacificistically | pacificistic + -ally |
| packmanship | packman + -ship, a pedlar's trade |
| packthreaded | packthread + -ed |
| padronism | padrone + -ism, the padrone system |
| paeanize | paean + -ize, to sing a paean |
| paedagogism | paedagogue + -ism, pedagogy |
| paedarchy | paed- + -archy, rule by children |
| paederastically | paederastic + -ally |
| paiker | paik + -er, Scots a beater or vagrant |
| painingly | paining + -ly, painfully |
| palaeoalchemical | palaeo- + alchemical |
| palaeodendrologically | palaeodendrological + -ly |
| palaeolatry | palaeo- + -latry, worship of antiquity |
| palaeolithist | palaeolith + -ist |
| palaeophile | palaeo- + -phile, lover of antiquity |
| palaeophilist | palaeo- + -philist, student of antiquity |
| palaeotypical | palaeo- + typical, of early printing types |
| palaeotypically | palaeo- + typically |
| palaeotypographic | palaeo- + typographic |
| palaeotypographical | palaeo- + typographical |
| palaeotypographist | palaeo- + typographist |
| palaeotypography | palaeo- + typography, study of early printing |
| palankeener | palankeen + -er, palanquin bearer |
| palankeeningly | palankeening + -ly |
| palanquiner | palanquin + -er |
| palanquiningly | palanquining + -ly |
| palatist | palate + -ist, student of the palate |
| paledness | paled + -ness |
| paleoalchemical | paleo- + alchemical |
| paleolithist | paleolith + -ist |
| palikarism | palikar + -ism |
| palingenist | palingeny + -ist, believer in palingenesis |
| palsify | palsy + -ify, to affect with palsy |
| pamphletage | pamphlet + -age |
| panaesthetic | pan- + aesthetic, of total sensation |
| panamic | Panama + -ic |
| panamist | Panama + -ist, one mixed in the Panama scandal |
| panboeotian | pan- + Boeotian, of all Boeotia |
| panconciliatory | pan- + conciliatory |
| pancratically | pancratical + -ly |
| pancyclopedic | pan- + cyclopedic |
| pandaric | Pandarus + -ic, pandering |
| panderize | pander + -ize |
| pandiabolism | pan- + diabolism |
| panecclesiastical | pan- + ecclesiastical |
| panelation | panel + -ation, panelling |
| pangamously | pangamous + -ly |
| pangenetically | pangenetic + -ly, by pangenesis |
| panharmonic | pan- + harmonic |
| panimmunity | pan- + immunity |
| paninean | Panini + -ean, of the Sanskrit grammarian |
| panisic | Panisc- + -ic, of the little Pans |
| pannationalism | pan- + nationalism |
| pannellation | pannel + -ation, panelling |
| pannery | pan + -ery, a place where pans are made |
| panoptical | panoptic + -al |
| panphenomenalism | pan- + phenomenalism |
| panpneumatism | pan- + pneumatism |
| panscientist | pan- + scientist |
| pansciolism | pan- + sciolism, pretence to all knowledge |
| pansciolist | pan- + sciolist |
| pantagruelically | Pantagruel + -ically |
| pantagrueline | Pantagruel + -ine |
| pantagruelistic | Pantagruelist + -ic |
| pantagruelistical | Pantagruelistic + -al |
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