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 |
|---|---|
| preindulgent | pre- + indulgent |
| preindulging | pre- + indulging |
| preinfect | pre- + infect |
| preinfer | pre- + infer |
| preinference | pre- + inference |
| preinflection | pre- + inflection |
| preinflict | pre- + inflict |
| preinfliction | pre- + infliction |
| preinfluence | pre- + influence |
| preinformation | pre- + information |
| preinhabit | pre- + inhabit |
| preinhabitation | pre- + inhabitation |
| preinhere | pre- + inhere |
| preinhered | pre- + inhered |
| preinhering | pre- + inhering |
| preinherit | pre- + inherit |
| preinheritance | pre- + inheritance |
| preinitiate | pre- + initiate |
| preinitiating | pre- + initiating |
| preinjure | pre- + injure |
| preinquisition | pre- + inquisition |
| preinscribed | pre- + inscribed |
| preinscribing | pre- + inscribing |
| preinscription | pre- + inscription |
| preinsinuate | pre- + insinuate |
| preinsinuated | pre- + insinuated |
| preinsinuating | pre- + insinuating |
| preinsinuatingly | pre- + insinuatingly |
| preinsinuation | pre- + insinuation |
| preinsinuative | pre- + insinuative |
| preinspector | pre- + inspector |
| preinspire | pre- + inspire |
| preinspired | pre- + inspired |
| preinspiring | pre- + inspiring |
| preinstill | pre- + instill |
| preinstillation | pre- + instillation |
| preinsulate | pre- + insulate |
| preinsulating | pre- + insulating |
| preinsulation | pre- + insulation |
| preinsult | pre- + insult |
| preinsurance | pre- + insurance |
| preinsure | pre- + insure |
| preinsured | pre- + insured |
| preinsuring | pre- + insuring |
| preintellectually | pre- + intellectually |
| preintelligence | pre- + intelligence |
| preintelligently | pre- + intelligently |
| preintend | pre- + intend |
| preintention | pre- + intention |
| preintercede | pre- + intercede |
| preinterceded | pre- + interceded |
| preinterceding | pre- + interceding |
| preintercession | pre- + intercession |
| preinterfere | pre- + interfere |
| preinterpretative | pre- + interpretative |
| preinterrupt | pre- + interrupt |
| preintimate | pre- + intimate |
| preintimated | pre- + intimated |
| preintimately | pre- + intimately |
| preintimating | pre- + intimating |
| preinvent | pre- + invent |
| preinventive | pre- + inventive |
| preinventories | pre- + inventories |
| preinvest | pre- + invest |
| preinvestigate | pre- + investigate |
| preinvestigated | pre- + investigated |
| preinvestigating | pre- + investigating |
| preinvestigator | pre- + investigator |
| preinvestment | pre- + investment |
| preinvitation | pre- + invitation |
| preinvite | pre- + invite |
| preinvited | pre- + invited |
| preinviting | pre- + inviting |
| preinvocation | pre- + invocation |
| preinvolve | pre- + involve |
| preinvolved | pre- + involved |
| preinvolving | pre- + involving |
| preissuance | pre- + issuance |
| preissue | pre- + issue |
| preissued | pre- + issued |
| preissuing | pre- + issuing |
| prejudicator | prejudicate + -or, one who prejudges |
| prejurisdiction | pre- + jurisdiction |
| prejustification | pre- + justification |
| prejustified | pre- + justified |
| prejustify | pre- + justify |
| prejustifying | pre- + justifying |
| prekindle | pre- + kindle |
| prekindled | pre- + kindled |
| prekindling | pre- + kindling |
| preknew | pre- + knew |
| preknit | pre- + knit |
| preknow | pre- + know |
| preknowing | pre- + knowing |
| prelabel | pre- + label |
| prelaticalness | prelatical + -ness |
| prelaunching | pre- + launching |
| prelawful | pre- + lawful |
| prelawfully | pre- + lawfully |
| prelawfulness | pre- + lawfulness |
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