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 |
|---|---|
| reflectioning | reflection + -ing |
| reflectionist | reflection + -ist |
| refledge | re- + fledge |
| reflee | re- + flee |
| reflexism | reflex + -ism |
| refling | re- + fling |
| reflog | re- + flog |
| refool | re- + fool |
| reforestational | reforestation + -al |
| reforgeable | re- + forgeable |
| reformableness | reformable + -ness |
| reformativeness | reformative + -ness |
| reforsake | re- + forsake |
| refracturable | re- + fracturable |
| refrenzy | re- + frenzy |
| refreshener | refreshen + -er |
| refulgentness | refulgent + -ness |
| regalize | regal + -ize, to make royal |
| regallop | re- + gallop |
| regamble | re- + gamble |
| regambled | re- + gambled |
| regambling | re- + gambling |
| regardance | regard + -ance |
| regardancy | regard + -ancy |
| regelled | re- + gelled |
| regelling | re- + gelling |
| regerminative | re- + germinative |
| regerminatively | re- + germinatively |
| regill | re- + gill |
| regimenal | regimen + -al |
| regimentalled | regimental + -ed, dressed in regimentals |
| regird | re- + gird |
| registrationist | registration + -ist |
| reglementist | reglement- + -ist, advocate of state regulation |
| reglorification | re- + glorification |
| reglorified | re- + glorified |
| reglorify | re- + glorify |
| reglorifying | re- + glorifying |
| regovern | re- + govern |
| regovernment | re- + government |
| regradate | re- + gradate |
| regradated | re- + gradated |
| regradating | re- + gradating |
| regradation | re- + gradation |
| regraduate | re- + graduate |
| regraduation | re- + graduation |
| regratingly | regrating + -ly |
| reguarantee | re- + guarantee |
| reguaranteed | re- + guaranteed |
| reguaranteeing | re- + guaranteeing |
| reguaranties | re- + guaranties |
| reguaranty | re- + guaranty |
| regush | re- + gush |
| rehale | re- + hale, to haul again |
| rehazard | re- + hazard |
| rehoe | re- + hoe |
| rehood | re- + hood |
| reiced | re- + iced |
| reicing | re- + icing |
| reimbush | re- + imbush (archaic ambush) |
| reimbushment | re- + imbushment, a renewed ambush |
| reimmigrant | re- + immigrant |
| reimpatriate | re- + impatriate |
| reimpatriation | re- + impatriation |
| reimplied | re- + implied |
| reimply | re- + imply |
| reimplying | re- + implying |
| reimposure | re- + imposure |
| reinability | re- + inability |
| reincapable | re- + incapable |
| reincarnadine | re- + incarnadine |
| reincentive | re- + incentive |
| reincidence | re- + incidence, a relapse |
| reincidency | re- + incidency |
| reinclination | re- + inclination |
| reincline | re- + incline |
| reinclined | re- + inclined |
| reinclining | re- + inclining |
| reindebted | re- + indebted |
| reindebtedness | re- + indebtedness |
| reindependence | re- + independence |
| reindicate | re- + indicate |
| reindicated | re- + indicated |
| reindicating | re- + indicating |
| reindication | re- + indication |
| reindifferent | re- + indifferent |
| reindoctrination | re- + indoctrination |
| reindorse | re- + indorse |
| reindorsed | re- + indorsed |
| reindorsement | re- + indorsement |
| reindorsing | re- + indorsing |
| reinducement | re- + inducement |
| reindue | re- + indue |
| reindulgence | re- + indulgence |
| reinferred | re- + inferred |
| reinferring | re- + inferring |
| reinflatable | re- + inflatable |
| reingraft | re- + ingraft |
| reingress | re- + ingress |
| reinhabitation | re- + inhabitation |
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