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 |
|---|---|
| preeducate | pre- + educate |
| preeducated | pre- + educated |
| preeducating | pre- + educating |
| preeducational | pre- + educational |
| preeducationally | pre- + educationally |
| preeffect | pre- + effect |
| preeffective | pre- + effective |
| preeffectively | pre- + effectively |
| preeffectual | pre- + effectual |
| preeffectually | pre- + effectually |
| preeffort | pre- + effort |
| preelective | pre- + elective |
| preelectrical | pre- + electrical |
| preelectrically | pre- + electrically |
| preelemental | pre- + elemental |
| preelementary | pre- + elementary |
| preeligibility | pre- + eligibility |
| preeligible | pre- + eligible |
| preeligibleness | pre- + eligibleness |
| preeligibly | pre- + eligibly |
| preeliminate | pre- + eliminate |
| preeliminated | pre- + eliminated |
| preeliminating | pre- + eliminating |
| preelimination | pre- + elimination |
| preeliminator | pre- + eliminator |
| preemancipation | pre- + emancipation |
| preembarrass | pre- + embarrass |
| preembarrassment | pre- + embarrassment |
| preembodied | pre- + embodied |
| preembodiment | pre- + embodiment |
| preembody | pre- + embody |
| preembodying | pre- + embodying |
| preemergencies | pre- + emergency, plural |
| preemergency | pre- + emergency |
| preemotion | pre- + emotion |
| preemotional | pre- + emotional |
| preemotionally | pre- + emotionally |
| preemperor | pre- + emperor |
| preemployee | pre- + employee |
| preemployer | pre- + employer |
| preenable | pre- + enable |
| preenabled | pre- + enabled |
| preenabling | pre- + enabling |
| preenclose | pre- + enclose |
| preenclosed | pre- + enclosed |
| preenclosing | pre- + enclosing |
| preenclosure | pre- + enclosure |
| preencounter | pre- + encounter |
| preencourage | pre- + encourage |
| preencouragement | pre- + encouragement |
| preendeavor | pre- + endeavor |
| preendorse | pre- + endorse |
| preendorsed | pre- + endorsed |
| preendorsement | pre- + endorsement |
| preendorser | pre- + endorser |
| preendorsing | pre- + endorsing |
| preenforce | pre- + enforce |
| preenforced | pre- + enforced |
| preenforcement | pre- + enforcement |
| preenforcing | pre- + enforcing |
| preengineering | pre- + engineering |
| preenjoy | pre- + enjoy |
| preenjoyable | pre- + enjoyable |
| preenjoyment | pre- + enjoyment |
| preenlarge | pre- + enlarge |
| preenlarged | pre- + enlarged |
| preenlargement | pre- + enlargement |
| preenlarging | pre- + enlarging |
| preenlighten | pre- + enlighten |
| preenlightener | pre- + enlightener |
| preenlightenment | pre- + enlightenment |
| preenlist | pre- + enlist |
| preenlistment | pre- + enlistment |
| preenlistments | pre- + enlistment, plural |
| preenroll | pre- + enroll |
| preentail | pre- + entail |
| preentailment | pre- + entailment |
| preenter | pre- + enter |
| preentertain | pre- + entertain |
| preentertainer | pre- + entertainer |
| preentertainment | pre- + entertainment |
| preenthusiasm | pre- + enthusiasm |
| preentitle | pre- + entitle |
| preentitled | pre- + entitled |
| preentitling | pre- + entitling |
| preentrance | pre- + entrance |
| preentry | pre- + entry |
| preenumerate | pre- + enumerate |
| preenumerated | pre- + enumerated |
| preenumerating | pre- + enumerating |
| preenumeration | pre- + enumeration |
| preenvelop | pre- + envelop |
| preenvelopment | pre- + envelopment |
| preenvironmental | pre- + environmental |
| preepochal | pre- + epochal |
| preequalization | pre- + equalization |
| preequip | pre- + equip |
| preequipment | pre- + equipment |
| preequipped | pre- + equipped |
| preequipping | pre- + equipping |
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