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 |
|---|---|
| prenecessitate | pre- + necessitate |
| prenecessitated | pre- + necessitated |
| prenecessitating | pre- + necessitating |
| preneglect | pre- + neglect |
| preneglectful | pre- + neglectful |
| prenegligence | pre- + negligence |
| prenegligent | pre- + negligent |
| prenegotiate | pre- + negotiate |
| prenegotiating | pre- + negotiating |
| prenight | pre- + night |
| prenoble | pre- + noble |
| prenotation | pre- + notation |
| prenurseries | pre- + nurseries |
| preobedience | pre- + obedience |
| preobedient | pre- + obedient |
| preobediently | pre- + obediently |
| preobject | pre- + object |
| preobjection | pre- + objection |
| preobjective | pre- + objective |
| preobligate | pre- + obligate |
| preobligated | pre- + obligated |
| preobligating | pre- + obligating |
| preobligation | pre- + obligation |
| preoblige | pre- + oblige |
| preobliged | pre- + obliged |
| preobliging | pre- + obliging |
| preobservance | pre- + observance |
| preobserve | pre- + observe |
| preobserved | pre- + observed |
| preobserving | pre- + observing |
| preobstruct | pre- + obstruct |
| preobstruction | pre- + obstruction |
| preobtainable | pre- + obtainable |
| preobtrude | pre- + obtrude |
| preobtruded | pre- + obtruded |
| preobtrusion | pre- + obtrusion |
| preobtrusive | pre- + obtrusive |
| preobviate | pre- + obviate |
| preobviated | pre- + obviated |
| preobviating | pre- + obviating |
| preobvious | pre- + obvious |
| preobviously | pre- + obviously |
| preobviousness | pre- + obviousness |
| preoccasioned | pre- + occasioned |
| preoccultation | pre- + occultation |
| preoccupative | pre- + occupative |
| preoccur | pre- + occur |
| preoccurred | pre- + occurred |
| preoccurring | pre- + occurring |
| preoceanic | pre- + oceanic |
| preodorous | pre- + odorous |
| preoffend | pre- + offend |
| preoffense | pre- + offense |
| preoffensive | pre- + offensive |
| preoffensively | pre- + offensively |
| preoffensiveness | pre- + offensiveness |
| preoffer | pre- + offer |
| preoffering | pre- + offering |
| preofficially | pre- + officially |
| preomission | pre- + omission |
| preomit | pre- + omit |
| preomitted | pre- + omitted |
| preomitting | pre- + omitting |
| preopen | pre- + open |
| preoperate | pre- + operate |
| preoperated | pre- + operated |
| preopinionated | pre- + opinionated |
| preoppose | pre- + oppose |
| preopposed | pre- + opposed |
| preopposing | pre- + opposing |
| preopposition | pre- + opposition |
| preoppress | pre- + oppress |
| preoppression | pre- + oppression |
| preoppressor | pre- + oppressor |
| preoptimistic | pre- + optimistic |
| preorganic | pre- + organic |
| preorganically | pre- + organically |
| preoriginal | pre- + original |
| preoriginally | pre- + originally |
| preornamental | pre- + ornamental |
| preoutline | pre- + outline |
| preoutlined | pre- + outlined |
| preoutlining | pre- + outlining |
| preoverthrew | pre- + overthrew |
| preoverthrow | pre- + overthrow |
| preoverthrowing | pre- + overthrowing |
| preoverthrown | pre- + overthrown |
| prepalaeolithic | pre- + palaeolithic |
| prepanic | pre- + panic |
| prepartake | pre- + partake |
| prepartaken | pre- + partaken |
| prepartaking | pre- + partaking |
| prepartisan | pre- + partisan |
| prepartook | pre- + partook |
| prepatrician | pre- + patrician |
| prepatriotic | pre- + patriotic |
| prepave | pre- + pave |
| prepaved | pre- + paved |
| prepavement | pre- + pavement |
| prepaving | pre- + paving |
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