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 |
|---|---|
| prepenetrate | pre- + penetrate |
| prepenetrated | pre- + penetrated |
| prepenetrating | pre- + penetrating |
| prepeople | pre- + people (to people beforehand) |
| preperceptive | pre- + perceptive |
| preperfect | pre- + perfect |
| prepersuade | pre- + persuade |
| prepersuaded | pre- + persuaded |
| prepersuading | pre- + persuading |
| preperusal | pre- + perusal |
| preperuse | pre- + peruse |
| preperused | pre- + perused |
| preperusing | pre- + perusing |
| prepigmental | pre- + pigmental |
| prepious | pre- + pious |
| prepiously | pre- + piously |
| prepledge | pre- + pledge |
| prepledged | pre- + pledged |
| prepledging | pre- + pledging |
| preplot | pre- + plot |
| preplotted | pre- + plotted |
| preplotting | pre- + plotting |
| prepoetic | pre- + poetic |
| prepoetical | pre- + poetical |
| prepoison | pre- + poison |
| prepolish | pre- + polish |
| prepolitic | pre- + politic |
| preportray | pre- + portray |
| preportrayal | pre- + portrayal |
| prepossessionary | pre- + possessionary |
| prepostorship | prepostor + -ship (school prefect's office) |
| prepractical | pre- + practical |
| prepracticed | pre- + practiced |
| prepracticing | pre- + practicing |
| prepractise | pre- + practise |
| prepractised | pre- + practised |
| prepractising | pre- + practising |
| prepreference | pre- + preference |
| preprimer | pre- + primer (book before a primer) |
| preprofess | pre- + profess |
| prepromised | pre- + promised |
| prepromising | pre- + promising |
| prepromote | pre- + promote |
| prepromoted | pre- + promoted |
| prepromoting | pre- + promoting |
| prepronounce | pre- + pronounce |
| prepronounced | pre- + pronounced |
| prepronouncement | pre- + pronouncement |
| prepronouncing | pre- + pronouncing |
| preprove | pre- + prove |
| preproved | pre- + proved |
| preprovoke | pre- + provoke |
| preprovoked | pre- + provoked |
| preprovoking | pre- + provoking |
| preprudent | pre- + prudent |
| preprudently | pre- + prudently |
| prepurchaser | pre- + purchaser |
| prepurpose | pre- + purpose |
| prepurposing | pre- + purposing |
| prepurposive | pre- + purposive |
| prequarantined | pre- + quarantined |
| prequarantining | pre- + quarantining |
| prequestion | pre- + question |
| prequotation | pre- + quotation |
| prequote | pre- + quote |
| prequoted | pre- + quoted |
| prequoting | pre- + quoting |
| prerailroadite | pre-railroad + -ite, one of the pre-rail era |
| prereadiness | pre- + readiness |
| preready | pre- + ready |
| prerealize | pre- + realize |
| prerealized | pre- + realized |
| prerealizing | pre- + realizing |
| prereceipt | pre- + receipt |
| prereceive | pre- + receive |
| prereceived | pre- + received |
| prereceiver | pre- + receiver |
| prereceiving | pre- + receiving |
| prerecital | pre- + recital |
| prerecite | pre- + recite |
| prerecited | pre- + recited |
| prereciting | pre- + reciting |
| prereckon | pre- + reckon |
| prereckoning | pre- + reckoning |
| prerecognition | pre- + recognition |
| prerecognize | pre- + recognize |
| prerecognized | pre- + recognized |
| prerecognizing | pre- + recognizing |
| prerecommend | pre- + recommend |
| prerecommendation | pre- + recommendation |
| prereconcile | pre- + reconcile |
| prereconciled | pre- + reconciled |
| prereconcilement | pre- + reconcilement |
| prereconciliation | pre- + reconciliation |
| prereconciling | pre- + reconciling |
| preredeem | pre- + redeem |
| preredemption | pre- + redemption |
| prerefer | pre- + refer |
| prereference | pre- + reference |
| prereferred | pre- + referred |
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