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
Matches the word itself, not the note beside it. Case does not matter.
| Word, sorted Z to A | How it is built |
|---|---|
| perjurement | perjure + -ment, act of perjury |
| perkingly | perking + -ly, perkily |
| permirific | per- + mirific, very wonderful |
| permixable | permix + -able, capable of being mixed |
| permixtive | permixt + -ive, tending to mix |
| permoralize | per- + moralize, to moralize thoroughly |
| permutationist | permutation + -ist |
| permutatorial | permutator + -ial, of permutation |
| peroratorical | perorator + -ical, of a peroration |
| peroratorically | peroratorical + -ly |
| peroratory | perorate + -ory, of a peroration |
| perperfect | per- + perfect, thoroughly perfect |
| perqueerly | perqueer + -ly, Scots exactly, by heart |
| perridiculous | per- + ridiculous, very ridiculous |
| perrukery | perruque + -ry, wig-making |
| persecutiveness | persecutive + -ness |
| persicize | Persic + -ize, to make Persian |
| personifiant | personify + -ant, personifying |
| perspectived | perspective + -ed, given perspective |
| perstringement | perstringe + -ment, a censuring |
| persuadedly | persuaded + -ly |
| perturbatress | perturbator + -ess, female disturber |
| perturbatrix | perturbator + -trix, female disturber |
| perukeless | peruke + -less, wigless |
| perukery | peruke + -ry, wig-making |
| perukiership | perukier + -ship, wigmaker's office |
| pervagation | pervagate + -ion, a wandering through |
| pervertibly | pervertible + -ly |
| pervertive | pervert + -ive, tending to pervert |
| perviable | pervi(ous) + -able, able to be passed through |
| pestifugous | pesti- + -fugous, driving off pestilence |
| petalage | petal + -age, the petals collectively |
| petful | pet + -ful, given to fits of ill humor |
| petrarchal | Petrarch + -al |
| petrarchesque | Petrarch + -esque |
| petrarchistic | Petrarchist + -ic |
| petrarchistical | Petrarchistic + -al |
| petrescency | petrescent + -cy, turning into stone |
| petrificant | petrific + -ant, a petrifying agent |
| petrolean | petrole(um) + -an, of petroleum |
| petronellier | petronel + -ier, soldier with a petronel |
| pettedly | petted + -ly, sulkily |
| petticoaterie | petticoat + -erie, womenfolk |
| petticoatism | petticoat + -ism, petticoat rule |
| petticoaty | petticoat + -y, petticoat-like |
| pettifogulizer | pettifogulize + -er, a pettifogger |
| pewy | pew + -y, full of pews |
| phalaecean | Phalaecus + -ean, hendecasyllabic verse |
| phalaecian | Phalaecus + -ian, hendecasyllabic verse |
| phalangean | phalange + -an, of the finger bones |
| phalanxed | phalanx + -ed, formed into a phalanx |
| phalarism | Phalaris + -ism, tyrannical cruelty |
| phalerate | phalera + -ate, adorned with bosses |
| phantasmagorianly | phantasmagorian + -ly |
| phantasmist | phantasm + -ist, believer in phantasms |
| pharmacopeian | pharmacopeia + -an |
| pherecratian | Pherecrates + -ian, a metrical line |
| phidiac | Phidias + -ac, of the sculptor Phidias |
| philanthropine | philanthrop- + -ine, of philanthropy |
| philarchaist | phil- + archaist, lover of archaic things |
| philaristocracy | phil- + aristocracy, love of aristocracy |
| philhymnic | phil- + hymnic, fond of hymns |
| philistinize | Philistine + -ize, to make philistine |
| philobotanic | phil- + botanic, fond of botany |
| philobotanist | phil- + botanist, lover of botany |
| philobrutish | phil- + brutish, fond of brutes |
| philocathartic | phil- + cathartic, fond of purgatives |
| philocatholic | phil- + catholic, friendly to Catholics |
| philocynical | phil- + cynical |
| philocynicism | phil- + cynicism |
| philodespot | phil- + despot, despot-loving |
| philodestructiveness | phil- + destructiveness |
| philofelon | phil- + felon, fond of criminals |
| philogarlic | phil- + garlic, fond of garlic |
| philograph | phil- + graph, lover of writing |
| philohellenian | phil- + Hellenian, friendly to Greeks |
| philologastry | philologaster + -y, petty philology |
| philomathematic | phil- + mathematic, fond of mathematics |
| philomelanist | phil- + melanist, fond of black |
| philomelian | Philomela + -ian, of the nightingale |
| philomystic | phil- + mystic |
| philomythic | phil- + mythic, fond of myths |
| philonatural | phil- + natural |
| philonic | Philo + -ic, of Philo Judaeus |
| philopagan | phil- + pagan |
| philopig | phil- + pig, fond of pigs |
| philoplutonic | phil- + plutonic, money-loving |
| philopoet | phil- + poet |
| philopublican | phil- + publican |
| philoradical | phil- + radical |
| philorchidaceous | phil- + orchidaceous, fond of orchids |
| philorthodox | phil- + orthodox |
| philosophedom | philosophe + -dom |
| philosophilous | philosoph- + -philous, philosophy-loving |
| philosophisation | philosophise + -ation |
| philosophister | philosoph- + -ister, sham philosopher |
| philosophling | philosoph- + -ling, petty philosopher |
| philosophuncule | philosoph- + -uncule, petty philosopher |
| philotadpole | phil- + tadpole |
| philothaumaturgic | phil- + thaumaturgic |
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