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 |
|---|---|
| redepreciated | re- + depreciated |
| redepreciating | re- + depreciating |
| redepreciation | re- + depreciation |
| redesert | re- + desert |
| redeserve | re- + deserve |
| redesire | re- + desire |
| redesirous | re- + desirous |
| redespise | re- + despise |
| redeterminible | re- + determinible (determinable) |
| redevotion | re- + devotion |
| redheadedly | redheaded + -ly |
| redigitalize | re- + digitalize |
| rediscourage | re- + discourage |
| redisembark | re- + disembark |
| redissolubleness | re- + dissolubleness |
| redissolubly | re- + dissolubly |
| redistend | re- + distend |
| redistillable | re- + distillable |
| redistillableness | re- + distillableness |
| redistiller | re- + distiller |
| redistrain | re- + distrain |
| redistrainer | re- + distrainer |
| redistributory | re- + distributory |
| redive | re- + dive |
| redivertible | re- + divertible |
| redivorcement | re- + divorcement |
| redivulge | re- + divulge |
| redivulgence | re- + divulgence |
| redroop | re- + droop |
| reelevation | re- + elevation |
| reeligibleness | re- + eligibleness |
| reeligibly | re- + eligibly |
| reemanate | re- + emanate |
| reemanated | re- + emanated |
| reemanating | re- + emanating |
| reembarcation | re- + embarcation |
| reembellish | re- + embellish |
| reemersion | re- + emersion |
| reemigrate | re- + emigrate |
| reemigrated | re- + emigrated |
| reemigrating | re- + emigrating |
| reemigration | re- + emigration |
| reenclose | re- + enclose |
| reenclosed | re- + enclosed |
| reencloses | re- + encloses |
| reenclosing | re- + enclosing |
| reendorse | re- + endorse |
| reendorsed | re- + endorsed |
| reendorsement | re- + endorsement |
| reendorsing | re- + endorsing |
| reengross | re- + engross |
| reenjoin | re- + enjoin |
| reenlargement | re- + enlargement |
| reenlighted | re- + enlighted |
| reenlighten | re- + enlighten |
| reenlightened | re- + enlightened |
| reenlightening | re- + enlightening |
| reenlightenment | re- + enlightenment |
| reenlightens | re- + enlightens |
| reenterable | re- + enterable |
| reentranced | re- + entranced |
| reentrancing | re- + entrancing |
| reenumerate | re- + enumerate |
| reenumerated | re- + enumerated |
| reenumerating | re- + enumerating |
| reenumeration | re- + enumeration |
| reenunciate | re- + enunciate |
| reenunciated | re- + enunciated |
| reenunciating | re- + enunciating |
| reenunciation | re- + enunciation |
| reerupt | re- + erupt |
| reeruption | re- + eruption |
| reevacuate | re- + evacuate |
| reevacuated | re- + evacuated |
| reevacuating | re- + evacuating |
| reevacuation | re- + evacuation |
| reevasion | re- + evasion |
| reevidence | re- + evidence |
| reevidenced | re- + evidenced |
| reevidencing | re- + evidencing |
| reexcavate | re- + excavate |
| reexcavated | re- + excavated |
| reexcavating | re- + excavating |
| reexecution | re- + execution |
| reexercise | re- + exercise |
| reexercised | re- + exercised |
| reexercising | re- + exercising |
| reexperiment | re- + experiment |
| reexplication | re- + explication |
| reexporter | re- + exporter |
| reexposition | re- + exposition |
| refascination | re- + fascination |
| refathered | re- + fathered |
| refavor | re- + favor |
| refeign | re- + feign |
| referently | referent + -ly |
| referribleness | referrible + -ness |
| refertilizable | re- + fertilizable |
| refete | re- + fete |
| reflagellate | re- + flagellate |
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