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 |
|---|---|
| pretry | pre- + try |
| pretrying | pre- + trying |
| pretyranny | pre- + tyranny |
| preultimate | pre- + ultimate, next before the last |
| preultimately | pre- + ultimately |
| preunderstand | pre- + understand |
| preunderstood | pre- + understood |
| preundertake | pre- + undertake |
| preundertaken | pre- + undertaken |
| preundertaking | pre- + undertaking |
| preundertook | pre- + undertook |
| preunions | pre- + unions |
| preunite | pre- + unite |
| preunited | pre- + united |
| preunites | pre- + unites |
| preuniting | pre- + uniting |
| preutilizable | pre- + utilizable |
| preutilization | pre- + utilization |
| preutilize | pre- + utilize |
| preutilized | pre- + utilized |
| preutilizing | pre- + utilizing |
| prevacate | pre- + vacate |
| prevacated | pre- + vacated |
| prevacating | pre- + vacating |
| prevalentness | prevalent + -ness |
| prevalid | pre- + valid |
| prevalidity | pre- + validity |
| prevalidly | pre- + validly |
| prevaluation | pre- + valuation |
| prevalue | pre- + value |
| prevalued | pre- + valued |
| prevaluing | pre- + valuing |
| prevariation | pre- + variation |
| preventured | pre- + ventured |
| preventuring | pre- + venturing |
| preversed | pre- + versed |
| preversing | pre- + versing |
| preversion | pre- + version, an earlier version |
| preveto | pre- + veto |
| prevetoed | pre- + vetoed |
| prevetoes | pre- + vetoes |
| prevetoing | pre- + vetoing |
| previctorious | pre- + victorious |
| previgilance | pre- + vigilance |
| previgilant | pre- + vigilant |
| previgilantly | pre- + vigilantly |
| previolate | pre- + violate |
| previolated | pre- + violated |
| previolating | pre- + violating |
| previolation | pre- + violation |
| previsibly | previsible + -ly, foreseeably |
| previsitor | pre- + visitor |
| prevogue | pre- + vogue, an earlier vogue |
| prevoidance | pre- + voidance |
| prevolunteer | pre- + volunteer |
| prevoted | pre- + voted |
| prevoting | pre- + voting |
| preweigh | pre- + weigh |
| prewelcome | pre- + welcome |
| prewelcomed | pre- + welcomed |
| prewelcoming | pre- + welcoming |
| prewilling | pre- + willing |
| prewillingly | pre- + willingly |
| prewitness | pre- + witness |
| prewonder | pre- + wonder |
| prewonderment | pre- + wonderment |
| preworldliness | pre- + worldliness |
| preworthily | pre- + worthily |
| preworthiness | pre- + worthiness |
| preworthy | pre- + worthy |
| prewound | pre- + wound, wound up beforehand |
| preyingly | prey + -ingly, in a preying manner |
| preyouthful | pre- + youthful |
| priapusian | Priapus + -ian, phallic |
| priceably | priceable + -ly, so as to be priced |
| prideling | pride + -ling, a petty proud person |
| priesteen | priest + -een, Anglo-Irish "little priest" |
| prigster | prig + -ster, a petty prig |
| primarian | primary + -an, one of the first rank |
| primatic | primate + -ic, of an ecclesiastical primate |
| primevalism | primeval + -ism |
| primevity | primeval + -ity, primevalness |
| primogenetrix | primo- + genetrix, earliest female ancestor |
| primoprime | primo- + prime, first of the first |
| primoprimitive | primo- + primitive, earliest primitive |
| primosity | prim + -osity, primness |
| princeage | prince + -age, a prince's due or rank |
| princify | prince + -ify, to make princely |
| principly | principle + -ly, according to principle |
| prinky | prink + -y, spruce, dressed up |
| printably | printable + -ly |
| prioristically | prioristic + -ally, in an a priori way |
| privatistic | privatism + -istic, of private concerns |
| proabsolutism | pro- + absolutism |
| proabsolutist | pro- + absolutist |
| proabstinence | pro- + abstinence |
| proacademic | pro- + academic |
| proacceptance | pro- + acceptance |
| proacquisition | pro- + acquisition |
| proacquittal | pro- + acquittal |
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