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 |
|---|---|
| bevesseled | be- + vesseled |
| bevesselled | be- + vesselled |
| beveto | be- + veto |
| bevillain | be- + villain |
| bevined | be- + vined |
| bevoiled | be- + voiled, veiled |
| bewaitered | be- + waitered |
| bewall | be- + wall |
| bewary | be- + wary |
| bewearied | be- + wearied |
| bewearies | be- + wearies |
| beweary | be- + weary |
| bewearying | be- + wearying |
| bewhig | be- + whig |
| bewhistle | be- + whistle |
| bewhite | be- + white |
| bewidow | be- + widow |
| bewired | be- + wired |
| bewormed | be- + wormed |
| beworming | be- + worming |
| beworms | be- + worms |
| beworn | be- + worn |
| beworship | be- + worship |
| bewrathed | be- + wrathed |
| bezaleelian | Bezaleel + -ian |
| biangulous | bi- + angulous |
| biassedly | biassed + -ly |
| biasways | bias + -ways |
| biaxillary | bi- + axillary |
| bibaciousness | bibacious + -ness |
| biblicolegal | biblico- + legal |
| biblicoliterary | biblico- + literary |
| biblicopsychological | biblico- + psychological |
| bibliomanism | bibliomania + -ism |
| bibliophilistic | bibliophilist + -ic |
| bibliosoph | biblio- + -soph, one learned in books |
| bicalvous | bi- + calvous, bald in two places |
| bicentrically | bicentric + -ally |
| bicirrose | bi- + cirrose, with two tendrils |
| biclavate | bi- + clavate |
| bidented | bi- + dented, two-toothed |
| bidential | bidental + -ial |
| bielectrolysis | bi- + electrolysis |
| biflected | bi- + flected, bent in two |
| biflex | bi- + flex, bent two ways |
| bifoil | bi- + foil, two-leaved ornament |
| biforking | bi- + forking |
| bigamistically | bigamistic + -ally |
| bigwiggedness | bigwigged + -ness |
| bihalve | bi- + halve, divided in two |
| bihamate | bi- + hamate, doubly hooked |
| bilineated | bi- + lineated, marked with two lines |
| billiardly | billiard + -ly |
| billionism | billion + -ism |
| bimarine | bi- + marine, between two seas |
| bimillionaire | bi- + millionaire |
| binominated | bi- + nominated, having two names |
| binomy | bi- + -nomy, use of two names |
| bioclimatician | bioclimat- + -ician |
| bioclimatologically | bioclimatological + -ly |
| biofog | bio- + fog, fog of organic origin |
| biologicohumanistic | biologico- + humanistic |
| bioral | bi- + oral, having two mouths |
| birefracting | bi- + refracting, doubly refracting |
| biscayanism | Biscayan + -ism |
| bishopful | bishop + -ful |
| bismarine | bis- + marine, between two seas |
| bistroic | bistro + -ic |
| bisymmetrically | bisymmetrical + -ly |
| bitreadle | bi- + treadle, having two treadles |
| bitripartite | bi- + tripartite, twice trifid |
| biuniquely | biunique + -ly |
| biverb | bi- + verb |
| bivocalized | bi- + vocalized |
| bivoluminous | bi- + voluminous, in two volumes |
| biwinter | bi- + winter, every two winters |
| blamability | blamable + -ity |
| blanketer | blanket + -er |
| blenchingly | blenching + -ly |
| blindfoldedly | blindfolded + -ly |
| blisterous | blister + -ous |
| blithelike | blithe + -like |
| blockheadishness | blockheadish + -ness |
| blockholer | blockhole + -er, one who drills blockholes |
| blockishly | blockish + -ly |
| bloodripeness | bloodripe + -ness |
| bloodstainedness | bloodstained + -ness |
| blossomry | blossom + -ry, mass of blossoms |
| blottesquely | blottesque + -ly |
| blowiness | blowy + -ness |
| bludgeoneer | bludgeon + -eer |
| bluestoner | bluestone + -er, bluestone worker |
| blunderheaded | blunderhead + -ed |
| blunderheadedness | blunderheaded + -ness |
| boanergean | Boanerges + -an, loudly declamatory |
| boanergism | Boanerges + -ism, vociferous preaching |
| boarship | boar + -ship, condition of a boar |
| boatly | boat + -ly, boatlike |
| boatsmanship | boatsman + -ship |
| bobbiner | bobbin + -er, bobbin worker |
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