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 |
|---|---|
| pseudopriestly | pseudo- + priestly |
| pseudoprimitive | pseudo- + primitive |
| pseudoprimitivism | pseudo- + primitivism |
| pseudoprincely | pseudo- + princely |
| pseudoproboscis | pseudo- + proboscis |
| pseudoprofessorial | pseudo- + professorial |
| pseudoprosperous | pseudo- + prosperous |
| pseudoprosperously | pseudo- + prosperously |
| pseudoreformatory | pseudo- + reformatory |
| pseudoreformed | pseudo- + reformed |
| pseudoregal | pseudo- + regal |
| pseudoregally | pseudo- + regally |
| pseudoreligiously | pseudo- + religiously |
| pseudorepublican | pseudo- + republican |
| pseudoresident | pseudo- + resident |
| pseudoresidential | pseudo- + residential |
| pseudoromantically | pseudo- + romantically |
| pseudoroyal | pseudo- + royal |
| pseudoroyally | pseudo- + royally |
| pseudosacrilegious | pseudo- + sacrilegious |
| pseudosacrilegiously | pseudo- + sacrilegiously |
| pseudosalt | pseudo- + salt, a compound only seeming a salt |
| pseudosatirical | pseudo- + satirical |
| pseudosatirically | pseudo- + satirically |
| pseudoscholastically | pseudo- + scholastically |
| pseudosemantic | pseudo- + semantic |
| pseudosemantically | pseudo- + semantically |
| pseudosensational | pseudo- + sensational |
| pseudoservile | pseudo- + servile |
| pseudoservilely | pseudo- + servilely |
| pseudosessile | pseudo- + sessile, only apparently stalkless |
| pseudoskeletal | pseudo- + skeletal |
| pseudoskeleton | pseudo- + skeleton |
| pseudoskink | pseudo- + skink, lizard resembling a skink |
| pseudosocially | pseudo- + socially |
| pseudosoph | pseudo- + soph, a pretender to wisdom |
| pseudosopher | pseudosoph + -er, a sham wise man |
| pseudosophical | pseudo- + sophical, of sham wisdom |
| pseudosophist | pseudo- + sophist |
| pseudosophy | pseudo- + -sophy, sham wisdom |
| pseudosperm | pseudo- + sperm, a false seed |
| pseudospermic | pseudosperm + -ic |
| pseudospermous | pseudosperm + -ous |
| pseudospiritually | pseudo- + spiritually |
| pseudostratum | pseudo- + stratum, a false layer |
| pseudostudious | pseudo- + studious |
| pseudostudiously | pseudo- + studiously |
| pseudosubtle | pseudo- + subtle |
| pseudosubtly | pseudo- + subtly |
| pseudosweating | pseudo- + sweating |
| pseudosymptomatic | pseudo- + symptomatic |
| pseudotribal | pseudo- + tribal |
| pseudotribally | pseudo- + tribally |
| pseudotributary | pseudo- + tributary |
| pseudoval | pseud- + oval, only seemingly oval |
| pseudoviaduct | pseudo- + viaduct |
| pseudoviperous | pseudo- + viperous |
| pseudoviperously | pseudo- + viperously |
| pseudoviscosity | pseudo- + viscosity, apparent viscosity |
| pseudoviscous | pseudo- + viscous |
| pseudovolcanic | pseudo- + volcanic |
| pseudovolcano | pseudo- + volcano |
| pseudozealot | pseudo- + zealot |
| pseudozealous | pseudo- + zealous |
| pseudozealously | pseudo- + zealously |
| pseudozoological | pseudo- + zoological |
| psittaceously | psittaceous + -ly, parrot-fashion |
| psychoautomatic | psycho- + automatic |
| psychogenetical | psychogenetic + -al |
| psychomonism | psycho- + monism, all reality is mental |
| psychoorganic | psycho- + organic |
| psychoquackeries | psycho- + quackeries |
| psychorealism | psycho- + realism |
| psychorealist | psycho- + realist |
| psychorealistic | psycho- + realistic |
| psychoreflex | psycho- + reflex, reflex of mental origin |
| psychorhythm | psycho- + rhythm |
| psychorhythmic | psycho- + rhythmic |
| psychorhythmical | psycho- + rhythmical |
| psychorhythmically | psycho- + rhythmically |
| psychosophy | psycho- + -sophy, wisdom concerning the soul |
| psychotheist | psycho- + theist, holder that God is pure spirit |
| psychovital | psycho- + vital |
| psychrotherapies | psychro- (cold) + therapies, cold treatments |
| pterodactylian | pterodactyl + -ian |
| pterodactylous | pterodactyl + -ous |
| publicanism | publican + -ism |
| publicational | publication + -al |
| puckerel | puck + -erel, a little imp |
| puckling | puck + -ling, a little puck |
| pugilistical | pugilistic + -al |
| pugmiller | pugmill + -er |
| pukishness | pukish + -ness |
| pulahanism | Pulahan + -ism, the Philippine sect movement |
| pullery | pull + -ery, a place where pulling is done |
| pullmanize | Pullman + -ize, to fit out with Pullman cars |
| pulpefaction | pulp + -efaction, reduction to pulp |
| pulpitly | pulpit + -ly |
| pulpitolatry | pulpit + -olatry, worship of the pulpit |
| pulsatively | pulsative + -ly |
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