Real Words Without Definition
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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
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| Word, sorted Z to A | How it is built |
|---|---|
| pantagruelize | Pantagruel + -ize |
| pantaletless | pantalet + -less |
| pantechnic | pan- + technic, of all the arts |
| pantelephonic | pan- + telephonic |
| panterer | panter + -er, one who snares birds with a net |
| pantheian | Pantheon + -ian |
| pantomimicry | pantomimic + -ry |
| pantophile | panto- + -phile, lover of everything |
| pantopragmatic | panto- + pragmatic, meddling in everything |
| papability | papable + -ity, fitness to be pope |
| papaphobist | papa + -phobist, one who dreads the pope |
| papaprelatical | papa- + prelatical |
| papaprelatist | papa- + prelatist |
| paparchical | paparchy + -ical, of papal rule |
| papicolar | papicola (pope-worshipper) + -ar |
| papicolist | papicol- + -ist, a papist |
| papistlike | papist + -like |
| papless | pap + -less, having no teat |
| parabaptism | para- + baptism, irregular baptism |
| parabaptization | para- + baptization |
| parabolicalism | parabolical + -ism |
| parachaplain | para- + chaplain, assistant chaplain |
| paraconscious | para- + conscious |
| paradisally | paradisal + -ly |
| paradoxicalism | paradoxical + -ism |
| paraengineer | para- + engineer |
| paragglutination | para- + agglutination |
| paragraphistical | paragraphist + -ical |
| parallelepipedonal | parallelepipedon + -al |
| parallelepipedous | parallelepiped + -ous |
| paralyzant | paralyze + -ant, agent causing paralysis |
| paramarine | para- + marine, parachute marine |
| paranoidism | paranoid + -ism |
| paranotions | para- + notions, false notions |
| paranymphal | paranymph + -al |
| paraoperation | para- + operation |
| paraphrasian | paraphrase + -ian, a paraphraser |
| paraphraster | paraphrast + -er, one who paraphrases |
| parasaboteur | para- + saboteur, parachuted saboteur |
| paraspotter | para- + spotter, parachuted spotter |
| paraspy | para- + spy, parachuted spy |
| paratypical | para- + typical, departing from type |
| paratypically | para- + typically |
| parcelment | parcel + -ment, division into parcels |
| parchable | parch + -able |
| parded | pard (leopard) + -ed, leopard-spotted |
| paregorical | paregoric + -al, soothing |
| parergal | parergon + -al, subordinate |
| parergic | parergon + -ic, accessory |
| parishionally | parishional + -ly |
| parishionate | parishion + -ate, body of parishioners |
| parlayer | parlay + -er, one who parlays |
| parlayers | parlay + -er + -s |
| parliamenteer | parliament + -eer |
| parliamenteering | parliament + -eering |
| parliamenter | parliament + -er |
| parochialic | parochial + -ic |
| paroeciously | paroecious + -ly, botany |
| paroeciousness | paroecious + -ness |
| paroemiographer | paroemio- + -grapher, proverb collector |
| parolers | parole + -er + -s |
| paronomasial | paronomasia + -al, punning |
| paronomasian | paronomasia + -an, a punster |
| paronomasiastic | paronomasia + -stic, punning |
| paroxysmalist | paroxysmal + -ist |
| paroxysmist | paroxysm + -ist |
| parriable | parry + -able |
| parricided | parricide + -ed, slain by parricide |
| parsonese | parson + -ese, clerical jargon |
| parsonet | parson + -et, a little parson |
| parsoning | parson + -ing, acting as a parson |
| parsonity | parson + -ity |
| parsonize | parson + -ize |
| parsonolatry | parson + -olatry, worship of parsons |
| parsonology | parson + -ology |
| parsonry | parson + -ry |
| parsony | parson + -y, parson-like |
| partivity | partive + -ity, state of being divided |
| partykin | party + -kin, a small party |
| partyship | party + -ship |
| paschalist | paschal + -ist, keeper of Easter |
| paschite | pasch + -ite, a Quartodeciman |
| pasquilic | pasquil + -ic, of a lampoon |
| pasquillant | pasquil + -ant, a lampooner |
| pasquiller | pasquil + -er, a lampooner |
| pasquillic | pasquil + -ic |
| pasquinian | Pasquin + -ian, lampooning |
| passionative | passion + -ative, impassioned |
| passionfulness | passionful + -ness |
| passionometer | passion + -ometer, gauge of passion |
| passionwise | passion + -wise |
| pastedness | pasted + -ness |
| pasterned | pastern + -ed, having pasterns |
| pastoralisation | pastoral + -isation |
| pastorling | pastor + -ling, a petty pastor |
| pasturewise | pasture + -wise |
| patarinism | Patarin + -ism, doctrine of the Patarines |
| patentness | patent + -ness |
| paterfamiliarly | paterfamiliar + -ly, as a father of a family |
| patesiate | patesi + -ate, office of a Sumerian patesi |
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