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 |
|---|---|
| prereferring | pre- + referring |
| prerefine | pre- + refine |
| prerefined | pre- + refined |
| prerefinement | pre- + refinement |
| prerefining | pre- + refining |
| prereformation | pre- + reformation |
| prereformatory | pre- + reformatory |
| prerefusal | pre- + refusal |
| prerefuse | pre- + refuse |
| prerefused | pre- + refused |
| prerefusing | pre- + refusing |
| preregal | pre- + regal |
| preregulate | pre- + regulate |
| preregulated | pre- + regulated |
| preregulating | pre- + regulating |
| prereject | pre- + reject |
| prerejoice | pre- + rejoice |
| prerejoiced | pre- + rejoiced |
| prerejoicing | pre- + rejoicing |
| prerelate | pre- + relate |
| prerelated | pre- + related |
| prerelating | pre- + relating |
| prerelation | pre- + relation |
| prerelationship | pre- + relationship |
| prereluctance | pre- + reluctance |
| prereluctation | pre- + reluctation (resistance) |
| preremit | pre- + remit |
| preremittance | pre- + remittance |
| preremitted | pre- + remitted |
| preremitting | pre- + remitting |
| preremorse | pre- + remorse |
| preremoval | pre- + removal |
| preremove | pre- + remove |
| preremoved | pre- + removed |
| preremoving | pre- + removing |
| preremunerate | pre- + remunerate |
| preremunerated | pre- + remunerated |
| preremunerating | pre- + remunerating |
| preremuneration | pre- + remuneration |
| prerent | pre- + rent |
| prerental | pre- + rental |
| prereport | pre- + report |
| prerepresent | pre- + represent |
| prerepresentation | pre- + representation |
| prerepublican | pre- + republican |
| prerequest | pre- + request |
| prerequisition | pre- + requisition |
| preresemblance | pre- + resemblance |
| preresemble | pre- + resemble |
| preresembled | pre- + resembled |
| preresembling | pre- + resembling |
| preresolution | pre- + resolution |
| preresort | pre- + resort |
| prerespectability | pre- + respectability |
| prerespectable | pre- + respectable |
| prerespiration | pre- + respiration |
| prerespire | pre- + respire |
| preresponsibility | pre- + responsibility |
| preresponsible | pre- + responsible |
| prerestrain | pre- + restrain |
| prerestraint | pre- + restraint |
| prerestrict | pre- + restrict |
| prerestriction | pre- + restriction |
| prereveal | pre- + reveal |
| prerevelation | pre- + revelation |
| prerevenge | pre- + revenge |
| prerevenged | pre- + revenged |
| prerevenging | pre- + revenging |
| prereverse | pre- + reverse |
| prereversed | pre- + reversed |
| prereversing | pre- + reversing |
| prerevise | pre- + revise |
| prerevised | pre- + revised |
| prerevising | pre- + revising |
| prerich | pre- + rich |
| prerighteous | pre- + righteous |
| prerighteously | pre- + righteously |
| prerighteousness | pre- + righteousness |
| prerogativity | prerogative + -ity |
| preroyal | pre- + royal |
| preroyally | pre- + royally |
| preroyalty | pre- + royalty |
| presacrificed | pre- + sacrificed |
| presacrificing | pre- + sacrificing |
| presagefully | presageful + -ly |
| presagefulness | presageful + -ness |
| presaid | pre- + said, aforesaid |
| presalvation | pre- + salvation |
| presanctification | pre- + sanctification |
| presanctify | pre- + sanctify |
| presanctifying | pre- + sanctifying |
| presanguine | pre- + sanguine |
| presatisfaction | pre- + satisfaction |
| presatisfactory | pre- + satisfactory |
| presavage | pre- + savage |
| presavagery | pre- + savagery |
| presaw | pre- + saw, past tense of presee |
| presay | pre- + say, to say beforehand |
| presaying | pre- + saying |
| prescholastic | pre- + scholastic |
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