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 |
|---|---|
| proenlargement | pro- + enlargement |
| proepiscopist | pro- + episcopist, favoring episcopacy |
| proequality | pro- + equality |
| proethical | pro- + ethical |
| proevolution | pro- + evolution |
| proevolutionary | pro- + evolutionary |
| proevolutionist | pro- + evolutionist |
| proexamination | pro- + examination |
| proexecutive | pro- + executive |
| proexemption | pro- + exemption |
| proexercise | pro- + exercise |
| proexperiment | pro- + experiment |
| proexperimentation | pro- + experimentation |
| proexpert | pro- + expert |
| proexporting | pro- + exporting |
| proexposure | pro- + exposure |
| proextension | pro- + extension |
| proextravagance | pro- + extravagance |
| profaculty | pro- + faculty |
| profanableness | profanable + -ness |
| profanably | profanable + -ly |
| profanism | profane + -ism, profanity |
| profanize | profane + -ize, to make profane |
| profascism | pro- + fascism |
| profederation | pro- + federation |
| professive | profess + -ive, given to professing |
| professively | professive + -ly |
| professorhood | professor + -hood |
| profiction | pro- + fiction |
| proflogger | pro- + flogger, favoring flogging |
| proforeign | pro- + foreign |
| profraternity | pro- + fraternity |
| progermination | pro- + germination |
| progospel | pro- + gospel |
| programmar | pro- + grammar |
| progressionally | progressional + -ly |
| proguardian | pro- + guardian |
| progypsy | pro- + gypsy |
| prohaste | pro- + haste |
| proholiday | pro- + holiday |
| prohostility | pro- + hostility |
| prohuman | pro- + human |
| prohumanistic | pro- + humanistic |
| proidealistic | pro- + idealistic |
| proimmigration | pro- + immigration |
| proimmunity | pro- + immunity |
| proinclusion | pro- + inclusion |
| proincrease | pro- + increase |
| proindemnity | pro- + indemnity |
| proindustrialisation | pro- + industrialisation |
| proindustrialization | pro- + industrialization |
| proinjunction | pro- + injunction |
| proinnovationist | pro- + innovationist |
| proinquiry | pro- + inquiry |
| proinsurance | pro- + insurance |
| prointegration | pro- + integration |
| projectrix | projector + -trix, a woman projector |
| projiciently | projicient + -ly, outwardly |
| projournalistic | pro- + journalistic |
| projudicial | pro- + judicial |
| prokindergarten | pro- + kindergarten |
| prolacrosse | pro- + lacrosse |
| prolatively | prolative + -ly |
| prolegislative | pro- + legislative |
| prolegomenal | prolegomena + -al |
| prolegomenist | prolegomena + -ist, writer of prolegomena |
| proletairism | proletaire + -ism, proletarianism |
| proletariatism | proletariat + -ism |
| prolicense | pro- + license |
| prolicidal | prolicide + -al, of the killing of offspring |
| proliquor | pro- + liquor |
| proliterary | pro- + literary |
| proliturgical | pro- + liturgical |
| proliturgist | pro- + liturgist |
| prologlike | prolog + -like |
| prologuer | prologue + -er, speaker of a prologue |
| prologuiser | prologuise + -er |
| prologuist | prologue + -ist, writer of prologues |
| prologuizer | prologuize + -er |
| prolongableness | prolongable + -ness |
| prolusionize | prolusion + -ize, to write prolusions |
| promachinery | pro- + machinery |
| promajority | pro- + majority |
| promarriage | pro- + marriage |
| promatrimonial | pro- + matrimonial |
| promatrimonialist | pro- + matrimonialist |
| promaximum | pro- + maximum |
| promemorial | pro- + memorial |
| promenaderess | promenader + -ess, a woman promenader |
| promercy | pro- + mercy |
| promerger | pro- + merger |
| promilitarism | pro- + militarism |
| promilitarist | pro- + militarist |
| prominimum | pro- + minimum |
| proministry | pro- + ministry |
| prominority | pro- + minority |
| promisemonger | promise + -monger, dealer in promises |
| promiseproof | promise + -proof, proof against promises |
| promissionary | pro- + missionary |
| promoderation | pro- + moderation |
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