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 |
|---|---|
| precorridor | pre- + corridor |
| precorrupt | pre- + corrupt |
| precorruption | pre- + corruption |
| precorruptive | pre- + corruptive |
| precorruptly | pre- + corruptly |
| precorruptness | pre- + corruptness |
| precosmically | pre- + cosmically |
| precounsellor | pre- + counsellor |
| precranially | pre- + cranially |
| precreate | pre- + create |
| precreation | pre- + creation |
| precreditor | pre- + creditor |
| precreed | pre- + creed |
| precriticism | pre- + criticism |
| precriticize | pre- + criticize |
| precriticized | pre- + criticized |
| precriticizing | pre- + criticizing |
| precrucial | pre- + crucial |
| precultivate | pre- + cultivate |
| precultivating | pre- + cultivating |
| precurricula | pre- + curricula |
| precurriculum | pre- + curriculum |
| precurriculums | pre- + curriculums |
| precyclone | pre- + cyclone |
| precyclonic | pre- + cyclonic |
| predark | pre- + dark |
| preday | pre- + day |
| predealer | pre- + dealer |
| predealing | pre- + dealing |
| predeathly | pre- + deathly |
| predebater | pre- + debater |
| predebit | pre- + debit |
| predebtor | pre- + debtor |
| predeceive | pre- + deceive |
| predeceived | pre- + deceived |
| predeceiver | pre- + deceiver |
| predeceiving | pre- + deceiving |
| predeception | pre- + deception |
| predecession | pre- + decession, a going before |
| predecisive | pre- + decisive |
| predecisively | pre- + decisively |
| predeclination | pre- + declination |
| predecline | pre- + decline |
| predeclined | pre- + declined |
| predeclining | pre- + declining |
| predecreed | pre- + decreed |
| predecreeing | pre- + decreeing |
| predecrement | pre- + decrement |
| prededicate | pre- + dedicate |
| prededicated | pre- + dedicated |
| prededicating | pre- + dedicating |
| prededuction | pre- + deduction |
| predefault | pre- + default |
| predefeat | pre- + defeat |
| predefect | pre- + defect |
| predefective | pre- + defective |
| predefence | pre- + defence |
| predefend | pre- + defend |
| predefense | pre- + defense |
| predefiance | pre- + defiance |
| predeficiency | pre- + deficiency |
| predeficient | pre- + deficient |
| predeficiently | pre- + deficiently |
| predefied | pre- + defied |
| predefray | pre- + defray |
| predefrayal | pre- + defrayal |
| predefy | pre- + defy |
| predefying | pre- + defying |
| predegeneracy | pre- + degeneracy |
| predegenerate | pre- + degenerate |
| predelegate | pre- + delegate |
| predelegated | pre- + delegated |
| predelegating | pre- + delegating |
| predelegation | pre- + delegation |
| predeliberately | pre- + deliberately |
| predelineate | pre- + delineate |
| predelineated | pre- + delineated |
| predelineating | pre- + delineating |
| predelinquently | pre- + delinquently |
| predelude | pre- + delude |
| predeluded | pre- + deluded |
| predeluding | pre- + deluding |
| predelusion | pre- + delusion |
| predemand | pre- + demand |
| predemonstrate | pre- + demonstrate |
| predemonstrated | pre- + demonstrated |
| predemonstrating | pre- + demonstrating |
| predemonstration | pre- + demonstration |
| predemonstrative | pre- + demonstrative |
| predenial | pre- + denial |
| predenied | pre- + denied |
| predeny | pre- + deny |
| predenying | pre- + denying |
| predepart | pre- + depart |
| predependable | pre- + dependable |
| predependence | pre- + dependence |
| predependent | pre- + dependent |
| predeplete | pre- + deplete |
| predepleting | pre- + depleting |
| predepletion | pre- + depletion |
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