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 |
|---|---|
| rebeset | re- + beset |
| rebetake | re- + betake |
| rebewail | re- + bewail |
| rebiddable | re- + biddable |
| rebidden | re- + bidden |
| reblame | re- + blame |
| reblister | re- + blister |
| reblunder | re- + blunder |
| reboast | re- + boast |
| rebob | re- + bob |
| rebold | re- + bold, to make bold again |
| rebone | re- + bone |
| reboundant | rebound + -ant, reverberating |
| reboundingness | rebounding + -ness |
| rebourbonize | re- + bourbonize, to restore the Bourbons |
| rebrandish | re- + brandish |
| rebringer | re- + bringer |
| rebroaden | re- + broaden |
| rebroadened | re- + broadened |
| rebroadening | re- + broadening |
| rebroadens | re- + broadens |
| rebuffably | rebuffable + -ly |
| rebuffet | re- + buffet |
| rebuoy | re- + buoy |
| rebuoyage | re- + buoyage |
| recadency | re- + cadency, a falling back, relapse |
| recamera | re- + camera |
| recandescence | re- + candescence, a glowing again |
| recarbon | re- + carbon |
| recarrier | re- + carrier |
| recart | re- + cart |
| recaution | re- + caution |
| receiptment | receipt + -ment, law, the harbouring of a felon |
| receptant | recept + -ant, receiving |
| rechafe | re- + chafe |
| rechaos | re- + chaos |
| rechar | re- + char |
| rechaser | re- + chaser |
| rechaw | re- + chaw, to chew over again |
| recheer | re- + cheer |
| recidivity | recidive + -ity, tendency to relapse |
| reciprocatist | reciprocate + -ist, one who reciprocates |
| recitationalism | recitational + -ism, teaching by recitation |
| recitativical | recitative + -ical |
| recivilization | re- + civilization |
| reclaimment | reclaim + -ment |
| recoast | re- + coast |
| recollectedly | recollected + -ly |
| recollectible | recollect + -ible |
| recommunion | re- + communion |
| recompass | re- + compass |
| recompensatory | recompense + -atory |
| recompetition | re- + competition |
| recompetitor | re- + competitor |
| recomplain | re- + complain |
| recomplaint | re- + complaint |
| recomprehend | re- + comprehend |
| recomprehension | re- + comprehension |
| reconcert | re- + concert |
| reconcession | re- + concession |
| reconcileless | reconcile + -less |
| reconclusion | re- + conclusion |
| reconcur | re- + concur |
| recondole | re- + condole |
| reconfusion | re- + confusion |
| recongelation | re- + congelation |
| recongratulation | re- + congratulation |
| reconjunction | re- + conjunction |
| recontend | re- + contend |
| recontrast | re- + contrast |
| recontrivance | re- + contrivance |
| reconventional | reconvention + -al, of a counterclaim in civil law |
| reconverse | re- + converse |
| recordatively | recordative + -ly, by way of record |
| recordatory | record + -atory, serving to record |
| recorporification | re- + corporification |
| recorporify | re- + corporify |
| recounsel | re- + counsel |
| recounseled | re- + counseled |
| recounseling | re- + counseling |
| recountenance | re- + countenance |
| recreantness | recreant + -ness |
| recreatable | re- + creatable |
| recrescence | re- + crescence, a growing again |
| recroon | re- + croon |
| rectangulate | rectangul- + -ate, made rectangular |
| recureful | recure + -ful, healing (archaic recure, to cure) |
| redamnation | re- + damnation |
| redared | re- + dared |
| redaring | re- + daring |
| redart | re- + dart |
| redawn | re- + dawn |
| redecay | re- + decay |
| rededuction | re- + deduction |
| redeemedness | redeemed + -ness |
| redefecate | re- + defecate |
| redefiance | re- + defiance |
| redenigrate | re- + denigrate |
| redepend | re- + depend |
| redepreciate | re- + depreciate |
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