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 |
|---|---|
| predepository | pre- + depository |
| predepreciate | pre- + depreciate |
| predepreciated | pre- + depreciated |
| predepreciating | pre- + depreciating |
| predepreciation | pre- + depreciation |
| predeprivation | pre- + deprivation |
| predeprive | pre- + deprive |
| predeprived | pre- + deprived |
| predepriving | pre- + depriving |
| prederivation | pre- + derivation |
| prederive | pre- + derive |
| prederived | pre- + derived |
| prederiving | pre- + deriving |
| predescend | pre- + descend |
| predescent | pre- + descent |
| predescription | pre- + description |
| predesert | pre- + desert |
| predeserter | pre- + deserter |
| predesertion | pre- + desertion |
| predeserve | pre- + deserve |
| predeserved | pre- + deserved |
| predeserving | pre- + deserving |
| predesignatory | pre- + designatory |
| predesirous | pre- + desirous |
| predesirously | pre- + desirously |
| predesolate | pre- + desolate |
| predesolation | pre- + desolation |
| predespair | pre- + despair |
| predesperate | pre- + desperate |
| predespicable | pre- + despicable |
| predespise | pre- + despise |
| predespond | pre- + despond |
| predespondency | pre- + despondency |
| predespondent | pre- + despondent |
| predestinable | predestine + -able |
| predestitute | pre- + destitute |
| predestitution | pre- + destitution |
| predestroy | pre- + destroy |
| predestruction | pre- + destruction |
| predetach | pre- + detach |
| predetachment | pre- + detachment |
| predetail | pre- + detail |
| predetain | pre- + detain |
| predetainer | pre- + detainer |
| predetect | pre- + detect |
| predetection | pre- + detection |
| predetest | pre- + detest |
| predetestation | pre- + detestation |
| predetrimental | pre- + detrimental |
| predevise | pre- + devise |
| predevised | pre- + devised |
| predevising | pre- + devising |
| predevotion | pre- + devotion |
| predevour | pre- + devour |
| predialist | predial + -ist, holder of predial land |
| prediality | predial + -ity, tenure of land |
| predicableness | predicable + -ness |
| predicamentally | predicamental + -ly |
| predictate | pre- + dictate |
| predictated | pre- + dictated |
| predictating | pre- + dictating |
| predictation | pre- + dictation |
| predifferent | pre- + different |
| predifficulty | pre- + difficulty |
| prediligent | pre- + diligent |
| prediligently | pre- + diligently |
| prediminish | pre- + diminish |
| prediminishment | pre- + diminishment |
| prediminution | pre- + diminution |
| predine | pre- + dine |
| predined | pre- + dined |
| predining | pre- + dining |
| prediplomacy | pre- + diplomacy |
| prediplomatic | pre- + diplomatic |
| predirect | pre- + direct |
| predirection | pre- + direction |
| predirector | pre- + director |
| predisable | pre- + disable |
| predisadvantage | pre- + disadvantage |
| predisadvantageous | pre- + disadvantageous |
| predisadvantageously | pre- + disadvantageously |
| predisagree | pre- + disagree |
| predisagreeable | pre- + disagreeable |
| predisagreed | pre- + disagreed |
| predisagreeing | pre- + disagreeing |
| predisappointment | pre- + disappointment |
| predisastrous | pre- + disastrous |
| predisastrously | pre- + disastrously |
| prediscern | pre- + discern |
| prediscernment | pre- + discernment |
| prediscipline | pre- + discipline |
| predisciplined | pre- + disciplined |
| predisciplining | pre- + disciplining |
| prediscontent | pre- + discontent |
| prediscontented | pre- + discontented |
| prediscontentment | pre- + discontentment |
| prediscontinuance | pre- + discontinuance |
| prediscontinue | pre- + discontinue |
| prediscountable | pre- + discountable |
| prediscourage | pre- + discourage |
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