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 |
|---|---|
| renullify | re- + nullify |
| renullifying | re- + nullifying |
| reobject | re- + object |
| reobjected | re- + objected |
| reobjecting | re- + objecting |
| reobjects | re- + objects |
| reobligate | re- + obligate |
| reobligated | re- + obligated |
| reobligating | re- + obligating |
| reobligation | re- + obligation |
| reoffset | re- + offset |
| reomission | re- + omission |
| reomit | re- + omit |
| reordinate | re- + ordinate, to ordain again |
| reoutrage | re- + outrage |
| reovercharge | re- + overcharge |
| reoverflow | re- + overflow |
| reoverwork | re- + overwork |
| reown | re- + own, to own again |
| repaganizer | re- + paganizer |
| repage | re- + page, to page again |
| repandousness | repandous + -ness, bent-upward form |
| repartable | re- + partable, divisible again |
| reparteeist | repartee + -ist, a maker of repartee |
| reparticipate | re- + participate |
| reparticipation | re- + participation |
| repatency | re- + patency |
| repatronize | re- + patronize |
| repatronized | re- + patronized |
| repatronizing | re- + patronizing |
| repavement | re- + pavement |
| repealableness | repealable + -ness |
| repealless | repeal + -less |
| repeatal | repeat + -al, the act of repeating |
| repellance | repel + -ance, repellence |
| repenalize | re- + penalize |
| repenalized | re- + penalized |
| repenalizing | re- + penalizing |
| repension | re- + pension |
| repercussor | re- + percussor, that which drives back |
| repermission | re- + permission |
| reperplex | re- + perplex |
| repertorily | repertory + -ly, in the manner of a repertory |
| repetticoat | re- + petticoat |
| rephonate | re- + phonate |
| repineful | repine + -ful |
| replod | re- + plod |
| repope | re- + pope, to make pope again |
| repound | re- + pound |
| repractice | re- + practice |
| repracticed | re- + practiced |
| repracticing | re- + practicing |
| repraise | re- + praise |
| repraised | re- + praised |
| repraising | re- + praising |
| repray | re- + pray |
| repreach | re- + preach |
| reprefer | re- + prefer |
| reprehendable | reprehend + -able |
| reprehendatory | reprehend + -atory |
| repremise | re- + premise |
| repremised | re- + premised |
| repremising | re- + premising |
| representably | representable + -ly |
| represide | re- + preside |
| repressory | repress + -ory |
| repriever | reprieve + -er, one who reprieves |
| reprisalist | reprisal + -ist |
| reprivilege | re- + privilege |
| reproachability | reproach + -ability |
| reprobatively | reprobative + -ly |
| reproceed | re- + proceed |
| reproclamation | re- + proclamation |
| reprofane | re- + profane |
| reprofess | re- + profess |
| reproffer | re- + proffer |
| reproofless | reproof + -less |
| repropitiation | re- + propitiation |
| reprosper | re- + prosper |
| reprotest | re- + protest |
| reprovability | re- + provability |
| reprovableness | reprovable + -ness |
| repry | re- + pry |
| reptiliousness | reptilious + -ness |
| republical | republic + -al |
| republicanisation | republicanise + -ation |
| republicaniser | republicanise + -er |
| republishable | republish + -able |
| repuddle | re- + puddle |
| repulpit | re- + pulpit |
| repulseless | repulse + -less |
| repulseproof | repulse + -proof |
| repunishable | re- + punishable |
| repurple | re- + purple |
| repursuit | re- + pursuit |
| reree | re- + ree, to sift or riddle grain again |
| rereeve | re- + reeve, to reeve a rope again |
| rerental | re- + rental |
| rerival | re- + rival |
| rerob | re- + rob |
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