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 |
|---|---|
| presumableness | presumable + -ness |
| presuperficial | pre- + superficial |
| presuperficiality | pre- + superficiality |
| presuperficially | pre- + superficially |
| presuperfluity | pre- + superfluity |
| presuperfluous | pre- + superfluous |
| presuperfluously | pre- + superfluously |
| presuperintendence | pre- + superintendence |
| presuperintendency | pre- + superintendency |
| presupervise | pre- + supervise |
| presupervised | pre- + supervised |
| presupervising | pre- + supervising |
| presupervision | pre- + supervision |
| presupervisor | pre- + supervisor |
| presupplicate | pre- + supplicate |
| presupplicated | pre- + supplicated |
| presupplicating | pre- + supplicating |
| presupplication | pre- + supplication |
| presupport | pre- + support |
| presuppress | pre- + suppress |
| presupremacy | pre- + supremacy |
| presupreme | pre- + supreme |
| presurprisal | pre- + surprisal |
| presurprise | pre- + surprise |
| presurround | pre- + surround |
| presusceptibility | pre- + susceptibility |
| presusceptible | pre- + susceptible |
| presuspect | pre- + suspect |
| presuspend | pre- + suspend |
| presuspicion | pre- + suspicion |
| presuspicious | pre- + suspicious |
| presuspiciously | pre- + suspiciously |
| presuspiciousness | pre- + suspiciousness |
| presustain | pre- + sustain |
| presympathize | pre- + sympathize |
| presympathized | pre- + sympathized |
| presympathizing | pre- + sympathizing |
| presympathy | pre- + sympathy |
| presymphonic | pre- + symphonic |
| presymptom | pre- + symptom, a forerunning sign |
| pretabulating | pre- + tabulating |
| pretangible | pre- + tangible |
| pretangibly | pre- + tangibly |
| pretardily | pre- + tardily |
| pretardiness | pre- + tardiness |
| pretardy | pre- + tardy |
| pretaster | pre- + taster, one who tastes beforehand |
| pretaught | pre- + taught |
| preteach | pre- + teach |
| preteaching | pre- + teaching |
| pretechnically | pre- + technically |
| pretemperate | pre- + temperate |
| pretemperately | pre- + temperately |
| pretempt | pre- + tempt |
| pretemptation | pre- + temptation |
| pretenceful | pretence + -ful |
| preterchristian | preter- + Christian, beyond the Christian |
| preterconventional | preter- + conventional |
| preterdetermined | preter- + determined |
| preterdeterminedly | preter- + determinedly |
| preterdiplomatic | preter- + diplomatic |
| preterdiplomatically | preter- + diplomatically |
| preterequine | preter- + equine, beyond the horse kind |
| preteressential | preter- + essential |
| preterlethal | preter- + lethal, beyond the fatal |
| pretermitter | pretermit + -er, one who omits |
| preternative | preter- + native, beyond the natural |
| preternotorious | preter- + notorious |
| preterpolitical | preter- + political |
| preterregular | preter- + regular |
| preterroyal | preter- + royal |
| preterscriptural | preter- + scriptural |
| preterseasonable | preter- + seasonable |
| pretestified | pre- + testified |
| pretestify | pre- + testify |
| pretestifying | pre- + testifying |
| pretestimonies | pre- + testimonies |
| pretestimony | pre- + testimony |
| prethoughtfully | pre- + thoughtfully |
| prethoughtfulness | pre- + thoughtfulness |
| prethreaten | pre- + threaten |
| prethrill | pre- + thrill |
| prethrust | pre- + thrust |
| pretimeliness | pre- + timeliness |
| pretincture | pre- + tincture |
| pretire | pre- + tire, to tire beforehand |
| pretired | pre- + tired |
| pretiring | pre- + tiring |
| pretoken | pre- + token, to foretoken |
| pretorsional | pre- + torsional |
| pretortured | pre- + tortured |
| pretorturing | pre- + torturing |
| pretrace | pre- + trace |
| pretraced | pre- + traced |
| pretracing | pre- + tracing |
| pretransact | pre- + transact |
| pretranslate | pre- + translate |
| pretranslated | pre- + translated |
| pretranslating | pre- + translating |
| pretried | pre- + tried |
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