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 |
|---|---|
| prescout | pre- + scout |
| preseal | pre- + seal |
| presearch | pre- + search |
| presecure | pre- + secure |
| presecured | pre- + secured |
| presecuring | pre- + securing |
| presedentary | pre- + sedentary |
| presee | pre- + see, to foresee |
| preseeing | pre- + seeing |
| preseen | pre- + seen |
| preseminary | pre- + seminary |
| preseparate | pre- + separate |
| preseparated | pre- + separated |
| preseparating | pre- + separating |
| preshare | pre- + share |
| presharing | pre- + sharing |
| preshelter | pre- + shelter |
| preship | pre- + ship |
| preshipped | pre- + shipped |
| preshrinkage | pre- + shrinkage |
| presignaled | pre- + signaled |
| presignificance | pre- + significance |
| presignificancy | pre- + significancy |
| presignificant | pre- + significant |
| presignificative | pre- + significative |
| presignificator | pre- + significator |
| presolicit | pre- + solicit |
| presolicitation | pre- + solicitation |
| presolution | pre- + solution |
| presound | pre- + sound |
| prespecialist | pre- + specialist |
| prespecialize | pre- + specialize |
| prespecialized | pre- + specialized |
| prespecializing | pre- + specializing |
| prespecifically | pre- + specifically |
| prespeculate | pre- + speculate |
| prespeculated | pre- + speculated |
| prespeculating | pre- + speculating |
| presplendor | pre- + splendor |
| prespoil | pre- + spoil |
| prespontaneity | pre- + spontaneity |
| prespontaneous | pre- + spontaneous |
| prespontaneously | pre- + spontaneously |
| prespread | pre- + spread |
| prespreading | pre- + spreading |
| prespur | pre- + spur |
| prespurred | pre- + spurred |
| prespurring | pre- + spurring |
| pressible | press + -ible, able to be pressed |
| prestabilism | pre- + stabilism, preestablished harmony |
| prestated | pre- + stated |
| prestating | pre- + stating |
| prestidigitatory | prestidigitation + -ory, of sleight of hand |
| prestimuli | pre- + stimuli |
| prestock | pre- + stock |
| prestore | pre- + store |
| prestoring | pre- + storing |
| prestrain | pre- + strain |
| prestricken | pre- + stricken |
| prestruggle | pre- + struggle |
| prestruggled | pre- + struggled |
| prestruggling | pre- + struggling |
| prestubborn | pre- + stubborn |
| prestudious | pre- + studious |
| prestudiously | pre- + studiously |
| prestudiousness | pre- + studiousness |
| presubdue | pre- + subdue |
| presubdued | pre- + subdued |
| presubduing | pre- + subduing |
| presubjection | pre- + subjection |
| presubordinate | pre- + subordinate |
| presubordinated | pre- + subordinated |
| presubordinating | pre- + subordinating |
| presubordination | pre- + subordination |
| presubscribe | pre- + subscribe |
| presubscribed | pre- + subscribed |
| presubscriber | pre- + subscriber |
| presubscribing | pre- + subscribing |
| presubscription | pre- + subscription |
| presubsist | pre- + subsist |
| presubsistence | pre- + subsistence |
| presubsistent | pre- + subsistent |
| presubstitute | pre- + substitute |
| presubstituted | pre- + substituted |
| presubstituting | pre- + substituting |
| presubstitution | pre- + substitution |
| presuccess | pre- + success |
| presuccessful | pre- + successful |
| presuccessfully | pre- + successfully |
| presuffer | pre- + suffer |
| presuffering | pre- + suffering |
| presufficiency | pre- + sufficiency |
| presufficient | pre- + sufficient |
| presufficiently | pre- + sufficiently |
| presuggest | pre- + suggest |
| presuggestion | pre- + suggestion |
| presuggestive | pre- + suggestive |
| presuitability | pre- + suitability |
| presuitable | pre- + suitable |
| presuitably | pre- + suitably |
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