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 |
|---|---|
| rapeful | rape + -ful |
| raphaelitism | Raphaelite + -ism, the style of Raphael's school |
| ratableness | ratable + -ness |
| ratcher | ratch + -er, one who ratches |
| ratchment | ratch + -ment |
| rateableness | rateable + -ness (British spelling of ratable) |
| ratement | rate + -ment, an assessment |
| ratherly | rather + -ly |
| ratiocinant | ratiocinate + -ant, reasoning |
| ratliner | ratline + -r, one who works the ratlines |
| rattage | rat + -age, loss or damage caused by rats |
| rattingly | ratting + -ly, in the manner of one who rats |
| raucorous | raucor + -ous, hoarse |
| ravenling | raven + -ling, a young raven |
| ravenwise | raven + -wise, in the manner of a raven |
| ravishedly | ravished + -ly, rapturously |
| rawishness | rawish + -ness, somewhat rawness |
| raylessly | rayless + -ly |
| razzer | razz + -er, one who razzes |
| reabbreviate | re- + abbreviate |
| reabbreviated | re- + abbreviated |
| reabbreviates | re- + abbreviates |
| reabbreviating | re- + abbreviating |
| reable | re- + able, to make able again |
| reabsence | re- + absence |
| reacclaim | re- + acclaim |
| reaccost | re- + accost |
| reachableness | reachable + -ness |
| readaptiveness | re- + adaptiveness |
| readingdom | reading + -dom, the domain of reading |
| readmeasurement | re- + admeasurement |
| readventure | re- + adventure |
| readvertency | re- + advertency |
| readvertisement | re- + advertisement |
| readvocate | re- + advocate |
| readvocated | re- + advocated |
| readvocating | re- + advocating |
| readvocation | re- + advocation |
| reaffection | re- + affection |
| reafford | re- + afford |
| reaffront | re- + affront |
| reaffusion | re- + affusion |
| reaggressive | re- + aggressive |
| reagitated | re- + agitated |
| reagreement | re- + agreement |
| realisticize | realistic + -ize |
| realive | re- + alive, brought to life again |
| reallowance | re- + allowance |
| reallusion | re- + allusion |
| realterable | re- + alterable |
| realterableness | re- + alterableness |
| realterably | re- + alterably |
| reamage | ream + -age, the work or product of reaming |
| reamassment | re- + amassment |
| reambitious | re- + ambitious |
| reanalyzely | reanalyze + -ly, an irregular adverb formation |
| reannoy | re- + annoy |
| reannoyance | re- + annoyance |
| reantagonize | re- + antagonize |
| reantagonized | re- + antagonized |
| reantagonizing | re- + antagonizing |
| reanvil | re- + anvil |
| reanxiety | re- + anxiety |
| reapologies | re- + apologies |
| reapology | re- + apology |
| reapplause | re- + applause |
| reappliance | re- + appliance |
| reapplier | re- + applier |
| reapproachable | re- + approachable |
| reapprobation | re- + approbation |
| rearisal | re- + arisal, a rising again |
| rearling | rear + -ling, a hand-reared young animal |
| reashlar | re- + ashlar, to reface with ashlar |
| reasiness | reasy + -ness, rancidness (dialect) |
| reasonal | reason + -al, having to do with reason |
| reasonedly | reasoned + -ly |
| reassignation | re- + assignation |
| reassist | re- + assist |
| reassistance | re- + assistance |
| reastonishment | re- + astonishment |
| reastray | re- + astray |
| reattention | re- + attention |
| reavery | reave + -ery, plundering |
| reavoid | re- + avoid |
| reavoidance | re- + avoidance |
| reaware | re- + aware |
| rebank | re- + bank |
| rebankruptcy | re- + bankruptcy |
| rebasis | re- + basis |
| rebateable | rebate + -able |
| rebawl | re- + bawl |
| rebeg | re- + beg |
| rebeggar | re- + beggar |
| rebeguile | re- + beguile |
| rebelief | re- + belief |
| rebelong | re- + belong |
| rebelove | re- + belove |
| rebemire | re- + bemire |
| rebenediction | re- + benediction |
| rebenefit | re- + benefit |
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