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 |
|---|---|
| preequity | pre- + equity |
| preerect | pre- + erect |
| preerection | pre- + erection |
| preerupt | pre- + erupt |
| preeruption | pre- + eruption |
| preeruptively | pre- + eruptively |
| preescape | pre- + escape |
| preescaped | pre- + escaped |
| preescaping | pre- + escaping |
| preessay | pre- + essay |
| preessential | pre- + essential |
| preessentially | pre- + essentially |
| preesteem | pre- + esteem |
| preestimate | pre- + estimate |
| preestimated | pre- + estimated |
| preestimates | pre- + estimate, plural |
| preestimating | pre- + estimating |
| preestimation | pre- + estimation |
| preestival | pre- + estival, before summer |
| preeternal | pre- + eternal |
| preevade | pre- + evade |
| preevaded | pre- + evaded |
| preevading | pre- + evading |
| preevaporate | pre- + evaporate |
| preevaporated | pre- + evaporated |
| preevaporating | pre- + evaporating |
| preevaporation | pre- + evaporation |
| preevaporator | pre- + evaporator |
| preevasion | pre- + evasion |
| preevidence | pre- + evidence |
| preevident | pre- + evident |
| preevidently | pre- + evidently |
| preevolutional | pre- + evolutional |
| preevolutionary | pre- + evolutionary |
| preevolutionist | pre- + evolutionist |
| preexact | pre- + exact |
| preexaction | pre- + exaction |
| preexaminer | pre- + examiner |
| preexcept | pre- + except |
| preexception | pre- + exception |
| preexceptional | pre- + exceptional |
| preexceptionally | pre- + exceptionally |
| preexclude | pre- + exclude |
| preexcluded | pre- + excluded |
| preexcluding | pre- + excluding |
| preexclusion | pre- + exclusion |
| preexclusive | pre- + exclusive |
| preexclusively | pre- + exclusively |
| preexcursion | pre- + excursion |
| preexcuse | pre- + excuse |
| preexcused | pre- + excused |
| preexcusing | pre- + excusing |
| preexecute | pre- + execute |
| preexecuted | pre- + executed |
| preexecuting | pre- + executing |
| preexecution | pre- + execution |
| preexecutor | pre- + executor |
| preexempt | pre- + exempt |
| preexemption | pre- + exemption |
| preexhaust | pre- + exhaust |
| preexhaustion | pre- + exhaustion |
| preexhibit | pre- + exhibit |
| preexhibition | pre- + exhibition |
| preexhibitor | pre- + exhibitor |
| preexpand | pre- + expand |
| preexpansion | pre- + expansion |
| preexpect | pre- + expect |
| preexpectant | pre- + expectant |
| preexpedition | pre- + expedition |
| preexpeditionary | pre- + expeditionary |
| preexpend | pre- + expend |
| preexpenditure | pre- + expenditure |
| preexpense | pre- + expense |
| preexperience | pre- + experience |
| preexperienced | pre- + experienced |
| preexperiencing | pre- + experiencing |
| preexpiration | pre- + expiration |
| preexplain | pre- + explain |
| preexplanation | pre- + explanation |
| preexplanatory | pre- + explanatory |
| preexplode | pre- + explode |
| preexploded | pre- + exploded |
| preexploding | pre- + exploding |
| preexplosion | pre- + explosion |
| preexposition | pre- + exposition |
| preexposures | pre- + exposure, plural |
| preexpound | pre- + expound |
| preexpounder | pre- + expounder |
| preexpress | pre- + express |
| preexpression | pre- + expression |
| preexpressive | pre- + expressive |
| preextend | pre- + extend |
| preextensive | pre- + extensive |
| preextensively | pre- + extensively |
| preextent | pre- + extent |
| preextinction | pre- + extinction |
| preextinguish | pre- + extinguish |
| preextinguishment | pre- + extinguishment |
| prefaceable | preface + -able |
| prefamiliar | pre- + familiar |
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