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 |
|---|---|
| precentennial | pre- + centennial |
| precentory | precentor + -y, of a precentor |
| preceptoral | preceptor + -al |
| preceptorate | preceptor + -ate, office of a preceptor |
| preceremonies | pre- + ceremonies |
| prechallenged | pre- + challenged |
| prechallenging | pre- + challenging |
| prechampioned | pre- + championed |
| precharted | pre- + charted |
| precherish | pre- + cherish |
| precipitatedly | precipitated + -ly |
| precipitatousness | precipitatous (precipitous) + -ness |
| precirculate | pre- + circulate |
| precirculated | pre- + circulated |
| precirculating | pre- + circulating |
| precirculation | pre- + circulation |
| precisioner | precision + -er, one who is precise |
| precisionistic | precisionist + -ic |
| precitation | pre- + citation |
| precite | pre- + cite |
| preciting | pre- + citing |
| preclaimant | pre- + claimant |
| preclaimer | pre- + claimer |
| preclassically | pre- + classically |
| preclose | pre- + close |
| preclosed | pre- + closed |
| preclothe | pre- + clothe |
| preclothed | pre- + clothed |
| preclothing | pre- + clothing |
| precoil | pre- + coil |
| precoiler | pre- + coiler |
| precoincidence | pre- + coincidence |
| precoincident | pre- + coincident |
| precoincidently | pre- + coincidently |
| precollapsable | pre- + collapsable |
| precollapsed | pre- + collapsed |
| precollapsibility | pre- + collapsibility |
| precollapsible | pre- + collapsible |
| precollapsing | pre- + collapsing |
| precollectable | pre- + collectable |
| precollector | pre- + collector |
| precollude | pre- + collude |
| precolluded | pre- + colluded |
| precolluding | pre- + colluding |
| precollusive | pre- + collusive |
| precolorable | pre- + colorable |
| precoloration | pre- + coloration |
| precolourable | pre- + colourable |
| precolouration | pre- + colouration |
| precombatant | pre- + combatant |
| precombated | pre- + combated |
| precombating | pre- + combating |
| precombination | pre- + combination |
| precommand | pre- + command |
| precommend | pre- + commend |
| precomment | pre- + comment |
| precommune | pre- + commune |
| precommuned | pre- + communed |
| precommunicate | pre- + communicate |
| precommunicated | pre- + communicated |
| precommunicating | pre- + communicating |
| precommunication | pre- + communication |
| precommuning | pre- + communing |
| precompare | pre- + compare |
| precompared | pre- + compared |
| precomparing | pre- + comparing |
| precomparison | pre- + comparison |
| precompass | pre- + compass |
| precompel | pre- + compel |
| precompelled | pre- + compelled |
| precompelling | pre- + compelling |
| precompliance | pre- + compliance |
| precompliant | pre- + compliant |
| precomplicate | pre- + complicate |
| precomplicated | pre- + complicated |
| precomplicating | pre- + complicating |
| precomplication | pre- + complication |
| precompounding | pre- + compounding |
| precompoundly | precompound + -ly |
| precomprehension | pre- + comprehension |
| precomprehensive | pre- + comprehensive |
| precomprehensively | pre- + comprehensively |
| precomprehensiveness | pre- + comprehensiveness |
| precompulsion | pre- + compulsion |
| precomradeship | pre- + comradeship |
| preconceal | pre- + conceal |
| preconcealed | pre- + concealed |
| preconcealing | pre- + concealing |
| preconcealment | pre- + concealment |
| preconceals | pre- + conceals |
| preconcede | pre- + concede |
| preconceded | pre- + conceded |
| preconceding | pre- + conceding |
| preconcentratedly | preconcentrated + -ly |
| preconcern | pre- + concern |
| preconcernment | pre- + concernment |
| preconcertive | preconcert + -ive |
| preconcession | pre- + concession |
| preconcessions | pre- + concessions |
| preconcessive | pre- + concessive |
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