Real Words Without Definition
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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 |
|---|---|
| pulverableness | pulverable + -ness |
| pulverant | pulver- + -ant, powdery |
| pulveration | pulver- + -ation, reduction to powder |
| pulvereous | pulver- + -eous, dusty |
| pulverescent | pulver- + -escent, becoming powdery |
| puly | pule + -y, whining, sickly |
| pumicose | pumice + -ose, pumice-like |
| pumpkinify | pumpkin + -ify |
| punctiliomonger | punctilio + -monger |
| punitional | punition + -al |
| punitionally | punitional + -ly |
| punnic | pun + -ic, of the nature of a pun |
| punnical | pun + -ical, punning |
| punnigram | pun + -igram, a punning epigram |
| puntist | punt + -ist, one who punts |
| punyship | puny + -ship |
| pupilability | pupil + -ability |
| pupilize | pupil + -ize |
| pupillize | pupil + -ize, double-l spelling |
| pupilmonger | pupil + -monger |
| puplike | pup + -like |
| puppetly | puppet + -ly |
| puppify | pup + -ify, to make a puppy or fop of |
| purchasery | purchase + -ery, the business of purchasing |
| purfler | purfle + -er, one who purfles or borders |
| purportively | purportive + -ly |
| purslet | purse + -let, a little purse |
| purveyal | purvey + -al |
| purveyancer | purveyance + -er |
| pussiness | pussy + -ness, state of being full of pus |
| putationary | putation + -ary, supposed, reputed |
| putidly | putid + -ly, foully, worthlessly |
| putredinal | putredin- + -al, of putrefaction |
| putrescibility | putrescible + -ity |
| puzzleation | puzzle + -ation |
| puzzleheadedly | puzzleheaded + -ly |
| pygmyship | pygmy + -ship |
| pyramidalist | pyramidal + -ist, a theorist about the pyramids |
| pyramidicalness | pyramidical + -ness |
| pyramoidal | pyramoid + -al, of a pyramoid |
| pyroglazer | pyro- + glazer, one who glazes by firing |
| pyrrhichian | pyrrhic + -ian, of the pyrrhic dance |
| pyrrhonistic | Pyrrhonist + -ic, sceptical |
| pythagoreanize | Pythagorean + -ize |
| pythagoreanly | Pythagorean + -ly |
| pythagorizer | pythagorize + -er |
| pythonical | pythonic + -al, prophetic |
| pythonize | python + -ize, to play the soothsayer |
| quadrangularness | quadrangular + -ness |
| quadranguled | quadrangle + -ed, four-cornered |
| quadricycler | quadricycle + -er, rider of a quadricycle |
| quadrigabled | quadri- + gabled, having four gables |
| quakeful | quake + -ful, trembling |
| quakeric | Quaker + -ic |
| quakerlet | Quaker + -let, a little Quaker |
| qualityship | quality + -ship |
| qualmyish | qualmy + -ish |
| quantitied | quantity + -ed, possessed of quantity |
| quantitiveness | quantitive + -ness |
| quarrelet | quarrel + -et, a small square pane |
| quarrelingly | quarreling + -ly |
| quarrellingly | quarrelling + -ly |
| quarrelously | quarrelous + -ly |
| quarterdeckish | quarterdeck + -ish |
| quemefully | quemeful + -ly, pleasingly |
| querulation | querulate + -ion, complaining |
| questionous | question + -ous, inquisitive |
| quietable | quiet + -able |
| quinquecentenary | quinque- + centenary, 500th anniversary |
| quinquennialist | quinquennial + -ist |
| quinquepartition | quinque- + partition, division into five |
| quintessentiate | quintessence + -ate, to refine to essence |
| quipsomeness | quipsome + -ness |
| quislingistic | quisling + -istic |
| quizzability | quizzable + -ity |
| quizzatorial | quiz + -atorial, in a quizzing manner |
| rabbindom | rabbin + -dom, the rabbinical world |
| rabbinitic | Rabbinite + -ic |
| rabbinship | rabbin + -ship |
| rabbish | rabbi + -ish, rabbinical |
| racemously | racemous + -ly |
| radiably | radiable + -ly |
| radiobserver | radio- + observer, with elision |
| radiomicrophone | radio- + microphone |
| raffery | raff + -ery, rubbish, riffraff |
| raftiness | rafty + -ness, dampness, mustiness |
| rageously | rageous + -ly, furiously |
| rageousness | rageous + -ness |
| raggily | raggy + -ly, in a ragged manner |
| railroadship | railroad + -ship |
| railwayed | railway + -ed, provided with railways |
| rakeage | rake + -age, the act or result of raking |
| rakely | rake + -ly, in a rakish manner |
| rakily | raky + -ly, rakishly |
| ramillied | ramillie + -ed, wearing a Ramillies plait |
| rammishly | rammish + -ly, rankly |
| rampish | ramp + -ish, boisterous or rampant |
| ranchless | ranch + -less |
| rancored | rancor + -ed, filled with rancour |
| rander | rand + -er, one who rands leather |
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