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 |
|---|---|
| preaccuse | pre- + accuse |
| preaccused | pre- + accused |
| preaccusing | pre- + accusing |
| preaccustom | pre- + accustom |
| preaccustomed | pre- + accustomed |
| preaccustoming | pre- + accustoming |
| preaccustoms | pre- + accustoms |
| preacherling | preacher + -ling, a petty preacher |
| preachieved | pre- + achieved |
| preacid | pre- + acid |
| preacidity | pre- + acidity |
| preacidly | pre- + acidly |
| preacidness | pre- + acidness |
| preacquisitive | pre- + acquisitive |
| preacquisitively | pre- + acquisitively |
| preacquisitiveness | pre- + acquisitiveness |
| preacquit | pre- + acquit |
| preacquitted | pre- + acquitted |
| preacquitting | pre- + acquitting |
| preactiveness | pre- + activeness |
| preacuteness | pre- + acuteness |
| preadaptable | pre- + adaptable |
| preaddition | pre- + addition |
| preadditional | pre- + additional |
| preadequacy | pre- + adequacy |
| preadequate | pre- + adequate |
| preadequately | pre- + adequately |
| preadequateness | pre- + adequateness |
| preadhere | pre- + adhere |
| preadhered | pre- + adhered |
| preadherently | pre- + adherently |
| preadhering | pre- + adhering |
| preadjective | pre- + adjective |
| preadjourn | pre- + adjourn |
| preadjournment | pre- + adjournment |
| preadjunct | pre- + adjunct |
| preadministrative | pre- + administrative |
| preadministrator | pre- + administrator |
| preadmire | pre- + admire |
| preadmired | pre- + admired |
| preadmirer | pre- + admirer |
| preadmiring | pre- + admiring |
| preadoration | pre- + adoration |
| preadore | pre- + adore |
| preadorn | pre- + adorn |
| preadornment | pre- + adornment |
| preadvance | pre- + advance |
| preadvancement | pre- + advancement |
| preadventure | pre- + adventure |
| preadvertency | pre- + advertency |
| preadvertent | pre- + advertent |
| preadvertiser | pre- + advertiser |
| preadvice | pre- + advice |
| preadvisable | pre- + advisable |
| preadvise | pre- + advise |
| preadviser | pre- + adviser |
| preadvising | pre- + advising |
| preadvisory | pre- + advisory |
| preadvocacy | pre- + advocacy |
| preadvocate | pre- + advocate |
| preadvocated | pre- + advocated |
| preadvocating | pre- + advocating |
| preaffect | pre- + affect |
| preaffection | pre- + affection |
| preaffidavit | pre- + affidavit |
| preaffiliate | pre- + affiliate |
| preaffiliated | pre- + affiliated |
| preaffiliating | pre- + affiliating |
| preaffiliation | pre- + affiliation |
| preaffirm | pre- + affirm |
| preaffirmation | pre- + affirmation |
| preaffirmative | pre- + affirmative |
| preaffirmed | pre- + affirmed |
| preaffirming | pre- + affirming |
| preaffirms | pre- + affirms |
| preafflict | pre- + afflict |
| preaffliction | pre- + affliction |
| preaggravate | pre- + aggravate |
| preaggravated | pre- + aggravated |
| preaggravating | pre- + aggravating |
| preaggravation | pre- + aggravation |
| preaggression | pre- + aggression |
| preaggressive | pre- + aggressive |
| preaggressively | pre- + aggressively |
| preaggressiveness | pre- + aggressiveness |
| preagitate | pre- + agitate |
| preagitated | pre- + agitated |
| preagitating | pre- + agitating |
| preagitation | pre- + agitation |
| preagony | pre- + agony |
| preagree | pre- + agree |
| preagreed | pre- + agreed |
| preagreeing | pre- + agreeing |
| preagreement | pre- + agreement |
| prealarm | pre- + alarm |
| prealkalic | pre- + alkalic (geology) |
| preallegation | pre- + allegation |
| preallege | pre- + allege |
| prealleged | pre- + alleged |
| prealleging | pre- + alleging |
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