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 |
|---|---|
| prochemical | pro- + chemical |
| prochronic | prochronism + -ic, dated too early |
| prochronize | prochron- + -ize, to date too early |
| prochurchian | pro- + church + -ian |
| procity | pro- + city |
| procivic | pro- + civic |
| procivilian | pro- + civilian |
| procivism | pro- + civism, favoring good citizenship |
| proclaimingly | proclaiming + -ly |
| proclassic | pro- + classic |
| proclassical | pro- + classical |
| proclergy | pro- + clergy |
| proclerical | pro- + clerical |
| proclericalism | pro- + clericalism |
| proclivitous | proclivity + -ous, sloping, inclined |
| proclivousness | proclivous + -ness, proneness |
| procoercion | pro- + coercion |
| procoercive | pro- + coercive |
| procollectivism | pro- + collectivism |
| procollectivist | pro- + collectivist |
| procollectivistic | pro- + collectivistic |
| procollegiate | pro- + collegiate |
| procolonial | pro- + colonial |
| procombat | pro- + combat |
| procombination | pro- + combination |
| procomedy | pro- + comedy |
| procommemoration | pro- + commemoration |
| procomment | pro- + comment |
| procommercial | pro- + commercial |
| procommission | pro- + commission |
| procommittee | pro- + committee |
| procommunal | pro- + communal |
| procommunity | pro- + community |
| procommutation | pro- + commutation |
| procompensation | pro- + compensation |
| procomprise | pro- + comprise |
| procompulsion | pro- + compulsion |
| proconcentration | pro- + concentration |
| proconcession | pro- + concession |
| proconciliation | pro- + conciliation |
| procondemnation | pro- + condemnation |
| proconfederationist | pro- + confederationist |
| proconference | pro- + conference |
| proconfession | pro- + confession |
| proconfessionist | pro- + confessionist |
| proconfiscation | pro- + confiscation |
| proconquest | pro- + conquest |
| proconscription | pro- + conscription |
| proconscriptive | pro- + conscriptive |
| proconservationist | pro- + conservationist |
| proconsolidation | pro- + consolidation |
| proconstitutional | pro- + constitutional |
| proconstitutionalism | pro- + constitutionalism |
| proconsularly | proconsular + -ly |
| proconsultation | pro- + consultation |
| procontinuation | pro- + continuation |
| proconventional | pro- + conventional |
| proconviction | pro- + conviction |
| procorporation | pro- + corporation |
| procosmetic | pro- + cosmetic |
| procosmopolitan | pro- + cosmopolitan |
| procotton | pro- + cotton |
| procourt | pro- + court |
| procrastinatively | procrastinative + -ly |
| procrastinativeness | procrastinative + -ness |
| procreativity | procreative + -ity, procreative power |
| procremation | pro- + cremation |
| procritic | pro- + critic |
| procritique | pro- + critique |
| procrusteanism | Procrustean + -ism |
| proctorization | proctorize + -ation |
| procurableness | procurable + -ness |
| procurvation | pro- + curvation, a bending forward |
| proczarist | pro- + czarist |
| prodatary | pro- + datary, papal officer of the Dataria |
| prodecoration | pro- + decoration |
| prodefault | pro- + default |
| prodefiance | pro- + defiance |
| prodelay | pro- + delay |
| prodemocrat | pro- + democrat |
| prodenominational | pro- + denominational |
| prodespotic | pro- + despotic |
| prodespotism | pro- + despotism |
| prodialogue | pro- + dialogue |
| prodisplay | pro- + display |
| prodistribution | pro- + distribution |
| prodivision | pro- + division |
| prodramatic | pro- + dramatic |
| producal | pro- + ducal |
| proecclesiastical | pro- + ecclesiastical |
| proeconomy | pro- + economy |
| proelectric | pro- + electric |
| proelectrical | pro- + electrical |
| proelectrocution | pro- + electrocution |
| proelimination | pro- + elimination |
| proempire | pro- + empire |
| proempiricism | pro- + empiricism |
| proempiricist | pro- + empiricist |
| proemployer | pro- + employer |
| proemployment | pro- + employment |
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