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 |
|---|---|
| bochism | Boche + -ism, German character |
| bodefully | bodeful + -ly |
| bodefulness | bodeful + -ness |
| bodier | body + -er, one who gives body |
| bodilize | bodil(y) + -ize, to embody |
| bodiment | body + -ment, embodiment |
| boggishness | boggish + -ness |
| bogier | bogie + -er, one who runs bogies |
| bogledom | bogle + -dom, realm of bogles |
| bogydom | bogy + -dom |
| boilinglike | boiling + -like |
| boily | boil + -y, full of boils |
| boistously | boistous (obs. boisterous) + -ly |
| boistousness | boistous + -ness |
| boldfacedly | boldfaced + -ly |
| boldfacedness | boldfaced + -ness |
| boldheartedly | boldhearted + -ly |
| boldheartedness | boldhearted + -ness |
| bolelike | bole + -like |
| boloism | Bolo (Pasha) + -ism, treasonable intrigue |
| boltage | bolt + -age, bolts collectively |
| boltheader | bolthead + -er, bolt-heading machine |
| boltheading | bolthead + -ing, forming bolt heads |
| boltuprightness | boltupright + -ness |
| bonairly | bonair (obs. debonair) + -ly |
| bonairness | bonair + -ness |
| bondship | bond + -ship, bondage |
| bonhomously | bonhomous + -ly |
| bonneter | bonnet + -er, one who bonnets, a decoy |
| bonzery | bonze + -ery, a Buddhist monastery |
| bonzian | bonze + -ian, of bonzes |
| boobishness | boobish + -ness |
| boodledom | boodle + -dom, world of political graft |
| boodleism | boodle + -ism, political bribery |
| booksellerism | bookseller + -ism |
| bookways | book + -ways, in the manner of books |
| boothage | booth + -age, toll for erecting booths |
| boother | booth + -er, keeper of a booth |
| boozify | booze + -ify |
| boppist | bop + -ist, a bebop musician |
| bopster | bop + -ster, a bebop player or fan |
| boroughlet | borough + -let, a small borough |
| boroughship | borough + -ship |
| bosomer | bosom + -er, one who bosoms |
| bosominess | bosomy + -ness |
| bosporanic | Bosporan + -ic, of the Bosporus |
| bossship | boss + -ship |
| boswelliana | Boswell + -iana, Boswell anecdotes |
| bothlike | both + -like, in like manner, alike |
| bothsidedness | bothsided + -ness |
| botling | bot + -ling, a young botfly larva |
| boucherism | Boucher + -ism, wood-preserving process |
| boudoiresque | boudoir + -esque |
| boulterer | boulter + -er, one who fishes with a boulter |
| boundly | bound + -ly, within bounds |
| bourbonesque | Bourbon + -esque |
| bourbonize | Bourbon + -ize |
| bourignianist | Bourignon + -ianist, her follower |
| bourignonism | Bourignon + -ism, her mystical doctrine |
| bourignonist | Bourignon + -ist, her follower |
| bovaristic | Bovary + -istic, self-deluding |
| bowellike | bowel + -like |
| bowerlike | bower + -like |
| boweryish | Bowery + -ish, rowdy in NY style |
| bowieful | bowie (knife) + -ful |
| boyardism | boyard + -ism |
| boyarism | boyar + -ism |
| boylikeness | boylike + -ness |
| boyship | boy + -ship |
| brabblingly | brabbling + -ly, quarrelsomely |
| braggadocianism | braggadocian + -ism, empty boasting |
| brahmahood | brahma + -hood |
| brahmanhood | brahman + -hood |
| brahmanize | brahman + -ize |
| brahmism | brahma + -ism, Brahmanism |
| brainward | brain + -ward |
| brandify | brandy + -ify, to dose with brandy |
| branniness | branny + -ness |
| brantness | brant (Scots, steep) + -ness |
| bravuraish | bravura + -ish |
| brawnedness | brawned + -ness |
| brazenfacedness | brazenfaced + -ness |
| breatheableness | breathe + -ableness, older spelling |
| brethrenism | brethren + -ism |
| bretwaldadom | bretwalda + -dom, the office of Bretwalda |
| bribability | bribable + -ity |
| bribeability | bribe + -ability |
| brickhood | brick + -hood |
| bridaler | bridal + -er, one who attends a bridal |
| bridehead | bride + -head (= -hood), bridehood |
| bridemaidship | bridemaid + -ship |
| brilliantwise | brilliant + -wise |
| brimfullness | brimfull + -ness |
| britishhood | british + -hood |
| broguer | brogue + -er |
| broideress | broider + -ess, a woman embroiderer |
| broomer | broom + -er |
| browsage | browse + -age |
| brushet | brush + -et, a little brush |
| brutage | brute + -age |
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