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 |
|---|---|
| pleasurefulness | pleasureful + -ness |
| pleasurehood | pleasure + -hood |
| plebiscitarian | plebiscite + -arian |
| plebiscitarism | plebiscite + -arism, rule by plebiscite |
| plenilunal | plenilune + -al, of the full moon |
| plenipotentiarize | plenipotentiary + -ize |
| plentify | plenty + -ify, to make plentiful |
| plethorous | plethora + -ous |
| pleuritically | pleuritical + -ly |
| plicateness | plicate + -ness, foldedness |
| plicater | plicate + -er, one who folds |
| plicative | plicate + -ive, tending to fold |
| plinyism | Pliny + -ism, a Plinian expression |
| plodderly | plodder + -ly, in plodding fashion |
| plotinize | Plotinus + -ize, to philosophize like Plotinus |
| plowwise | plow + -wise |
| pluckerian | Plucker + -ian, of the geometer Plucker |
| plucklessly | pluckless + -ly |
| pluggingly | plugging + -ly |
| pluggy | plug + -y, like a plug, stumpy |
| plumblessness | plumbless + -ness, unfathomableness |
| plumette | plume + -ette, a small plume |
| plumification | plumify + -ation, a turning into feathers |
| plumify | plume + -ify, to make feathery |
| plumoseness | plumose + -ness, featheriness |
| plungingness | plunging + -ness |
| pluralness | plural + -ness |
| plurification | pluri- + -fication, a making plural |
| plussage | plus + -age, an excess or surplus |
| plutarchical | Plutarch + -ical |
| plutarchically | plutarchical + -ly |
| pluvially | pluvial + -ly, as regards rain |
| plyingly | plying + -ly |
| pneumaticness | pneumatic + -ness |
| pocketableness | pocketable + -ness |
| pococurantish | pococurante + -ish, nonchalant |
| podesterate | podesta + -ate, office of a podesta |
| pointways | point + -ways, with the point foremost |
| poisable | poise + -able |
| poisonfully | poisonful + -ly |
| poleaxer | poleax + -er, one who poleaxes |
| polian | Poli + -an, as in Polian vesicle |
| policemanism | policeman + -ism |
| policize | police + -ize, to bring under civil order |
| policizer | policize + -er |
| politied | polity + -ed, furnished with a polity |
| poltroonishness | poltroonish + -ness |
| polyaffectioned | poly- + affectioned |
| polybuttoned | poly- + buttoned |
| polydaemoniac | poly- + daemoniac |
| polydynamic | poly- + dynamic |
| polyfenestral | poly- + fenestral, many-windowed |
| polyglotwise | polyglot + -wise |
| polyhistory | poly- + history, wide and varied learning |
| polylaminated | poly- + laminated |
| polymagnet | poly- + magnet, a compound magnet |
| polymicroscope | poly- + microscope, a compound microscope |
| polymythic | poly- + mythic, having many plots |
| polyoeciously | polyoecious + -ly |
| polyoeciousness | polyoecious + -ness |
| polypage | poly- + page, of many pages |
| polypaged | poly- + paged, many-leaved |
| polyphoned | polyphone + -ed, having many sounds |
| polyprism | poly- + prism |
| polyprismatic | poly- + prismatic |
| polysensuousness | poly- + sensuousness |
| polysidedness | poly- + sidedness |
| polyvirulent | poly- + virulent |
| pommeller | pommel + -er |
| pomonal | Pomona + -al, of fruit and fruit trees |
| pompster | pomp + -ster, one who makes display |
| ponderancy | ponderant + -cy, weight, preponderance |
| ponderling | ponder + -ling, a small weight or trifle |
| poodler | poodle + -er |
| poodleship | poodle + -ship |
| pooly | pool + -y, full of pools |
| popgunner | popgun + -er |
| popgunnery | popgun + -ery |
| poplinette | poplin + -ette |
| porger | porge + -er, one who porges meat |
| porkin | pork + -kin, a little pig |
| poroseness | porose + -ness |
| portalless | portal + -less |
| portendance | portend + -ance, a portent |
| portify | port + -ify, to fortify with port wine |
| portional | portion + -al |
| portionally | portional + -ly |
| portionize | portion + -ize |
| posadaship | posada + -ship, the keeping of an inn |
| possessible | possess + -ible |
| possessionalist | possessional + -ist |
| possessionate | possession + -ate, holding property |
| possessorial | possessor + -ial |
| postadjunct | post- + adjunct |
| postapostolic | post- + apostolic |
| postapostolical | post- + apostolical |
| postarmistice | post- + armistice |
| postcarnate | post- + carnate, after the incarnation |
| postcenal | post- + cenal, after dinner (L. cena) |
| postclassicism | post- + classicism |
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